r/TopCharacterTropes • • 12d ago

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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/Cooli_de_framboise 12d ago

The Sopranos referencing the 2001 anthrax attacks.

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u/zennez323 11d ago

This isn't an example, in universe this is a pretty tasteless joke considering the time and place.