The Death of Comic Book Guy! (Part One)/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- Comic Book Guy's world record attempt at recreating the most fictional deaths in one minute include:
- Spock's death from the Star Trek film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- James T. Kirk's death from Star Trek Generations.
- Kane's death from a Xenomorph from Alien.
- Robin's death from the DC Comics storyline A Death in the Family.
- Optimus Prime handing Hot Rod the Matrix of Leadership in the Transformers film The Transformers: The Movie.
- Hawkeye's death in the Marvel Comics storyline Avengers Disassembled.
- Gwen Stacy's death in the Marvel Comics storyline The Night Gwen Stacy Died.
- The Death Star's explosion in the Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
- One of the comments on Comic Book Guy's video has an avatar of the top of Bender's head from Futurama.
- Comic Book Guy paraphrases Bruce Banner from Marvel Comics when he says "I don't like me when I'm angry".
- Comic Book Guy has a Magic 8 Ball Yoda from Star Wars.
- When Graphic Novel Kid meets Comic Book Guy, he says that it's like meeting his Bizarro clone.
- When the contestants for the competition to become the next Lard Lad are dunked in coffee, Comic Book Guy and Graphic Novel Kid both say that "it's just like the end of Terminator 2!"
- When Comic Book Guy and Graphic Novel Kid make it through the "maze of glaze", Comic Book Guy says "how Ghostbusters!" and Graphic Novel Kid says "more like Ghostbusters 2!"
- When Comic Book Guy yells "Noooooooooooo!", Graphic Novel Kid asks him if that was an impression of Darth Vader from Revenge of the Sith. Comic Book Guy then says that it was an impression of the Star Wars fans who sat through Revenge of the Sith.
- Comic Book Guy says "With this great power comes great responsibility", a reference to the phrase "With great power comes great responsibility" from Marvel Comics.
- Comic Book Guy refers to Lisa as the "Ghost of Christmas Future", a reference to A Christmas Carol.
- Comic Book Guy watches a Manimal marathon on TV.
- Comic Book Guy lets Bart and Lisa come along with him as the Cylons have not yet invaded so it's still a free country, a reference to Battlestar Galactica.
- Objects included at the Movie Memorabilia Auction include:
- Doctor Strange's cloak.
- Captain America's shield.
- Iron Man's armor.
- R2-D2 from Star Wars.
- Batman's cowl.
- Wonder Woman's lasso of truth.
- Superman's cape.
- A replica of King Kong on the tower.
- At the end of the story, the silhouette of Stan Lee is seen saying his catchphrase "Excelsior!"
