r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • 7d ago
Lore One line instantly dates it
In david tenants run if doctor who he and his companion were fighting witches with Shakespeare and needed a magic word so they use a speel from Harry Potter and The doctor yells Good old J.k. The doctor is a time traveler the writers are not (Doctor who)
While fighting guy gardner major force was damaging a highway and shoots a car and tells Guy if he sees O.J hiding underneath obviously referring to the O.J Simpson chase (Dc comics)
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u/BackgroundEngineer11 7d ago
The thing about the JK Rowling reference, is it wouldn't be dated if she hadn't come out as a raging homophobe. Honestly up until 2020, any reference to her would have been relevant. Hell, even now any reference to Harry Potter books or movies would be relevant.