During the race on the River Styx, you can actually hear the Monkey Island theme playing, maybe.When Boogey projects those who stole Grim's scythe, the Sleestaks turn out to be among the list.The creators of the show claimed that the Big Boogey Adventure special was an indirect shout out to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, since like Wrath of Khan, a minor, one-time villain makes a comeback in a movie length special.In "Scythe For Sale", Billy comes across a cantankerous green hand puppet living in a Dumpster who tells him to get away from his house.Harold has a pair of fuzzy twenty-sided dice hanging in his car.One particular reference is in "Billy and Mandy Begins" where in Grim's story, the crowd of monsters he addresses include an otyugh, a grell, an owlbear, and an umber hulk.A subtle one in the Wrath of the Spider Queen special with the dark elves working for Velma Green.The Elemental Plane of Fire briefly appears in one episode.Obviously a reference to 2nd Edition D&D as wands of magic missile in that version of the game really were useless. "Wand of Magic Missile - I'm never gonna use that thing." said offhandedly by Grim as he rummages through his trunk of magic stuff in the basement.Several examples involving Dungeons & Dragons.And the Brain's last words are the same as The Wicked Witch of the West. At one point there is a Michael Jackson's Thriller Parody since the residents that have their brains consumed are made zombies as per cartoon tradition.The entirety of the episode is a clear parody of, well, Little Shop of Horrors, particularly the musical and its film adaptation.In "My Fair Mandy", one of the tests turns out to be gom jabbar.Spice is replaced with cinnamon, which spice is said to resemble in smell and texture. The episode "Mandy the Merciless" was a straight-up parody of God-Emperor of Dune, with Mandy in the Leto II role, Billy in the Duncan Idaho role, and Grim in the role of Moneo, Leto's majordomo.Someone on the show must have been a fan of Dune, because it gets more shout-outs than you'd expect from a children's show."Dad Day Afternoon" includes an appearance by Country Bears lookalikes.During the episode, Sperg tosses the tricycle off a sidewalk that abruptly ends at a cliff, saying "This is Where the Sidewalk Ends Baby!" The shot of him preparing to throw the trike is a reference to the book's cover."Tricycle of Terror" is a parody of Christine, as it involves a tricycle which is haunted, can repair itself after being destroyed, and attacks the enemies of its nerdy owner before being crushed to destruction in a final confrontation.The show's version of Dracula is not only black, but he's based on Redd Foxx.Hoss Delgado is a blatant reference to both Ash from the Evil Dead series and Snake from Escape from New York.Horror TV host Atrocia in "Grim or Gregory?" is an obvious expy of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.And the Billy & Mandy version isn't in Swedish. The first episode, "Meet the Reaper", is a blatant pastiche of The Seventh Seal, except the Grim Reaper is wagering a hamster's life over a game of limbo rather than a knight's life over a game of chess.Interestingly enough, Maxwell Atoms actually sent a letter to Carlos expressing interest in her composing for the series, which she ultimately and politely declined.The score for the series was influenced from the works of Wendy Carlos.The names were somewhat blurred in the final version albeit disordered from the post-production effects. The tombstones shown in the intro sequence have the names of several short-lived Cartoon Network shows such as the aformentioned Con Carne, Time Squad and Whatever Happened to.The intro sequence has a bit where Grim's head is ablaze and laughing with a swirly background behind him, referencing the intro to Grim and Evil, back when the series shared a timeslot alongside Evil Con Carne.
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