cultural history theme
A cultural artifact from actual human history is featured. Notably, these are references to well known stories that have been occasionally and explicitly referenced within other stories.
Examples
For example "the Wizard of Oz", "Lord of the Rings", and "the legend of King Arthur" are stories (or categories of stories) that are sometimes unambiguously referenced within more modern stories.
8 total · 3 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama3x18 | major | The Wizard of Oz was parodied in Leela's tale of interest. [The Wizard of Oz] |
| futurama4x11 | major | The episode was centered around the Star Trek franchise. [the Star Trek franchise] |
| futurama5x9101112 | major | The Dungeons & Dragons parody morphed into a Lord of the Rings one. [Lord of the Rings] |
| ahp2x24 | minor | Charles mentioned Macbeth and recited a few lines. |
| columbo1971e7x04 | minor | Dr. Eric Mason was an ardent fan of the film "Citizen Kane". He was the owner of the sled and gate featured in this iconic movie. [Citizen Kane] |
| movie: Zardoz (1974) | minor | Zed's consciousness was raised by reading this book. [The Wizard of Oz] |
| rd1988e1x04 | minor | The Rimmer hologram looked down his long nose at Lister for not knowing of the famed playwright of olden times Wilfred Shakespeare. |
| rd1988e4x01 | minor | Lister and Cat made a number of thinly veiled jabs at this franchise after Cat walked in on Lister taking in an episode of "Tales of the Riverbank: The Next Generation". [the Star Trek franchise] |