The nod to retroactive continuity is a joke meant to be shared between the writers and the viewers as a way of pointing out that anything done throughout the course of the series can easily be undone with a simple plot device ; it also points to parent show Doctor Whos frequent use of the device in its several-decade run.

In a joking nod to the sinking of his Mercury craft Grissom named the first Gemini spacecraft Molly Brown after the popular Broadway show The Unsinkable Molly Brown ; NASA publicity officials were unhappy with this name.

As the show progressed, Chico's background was revealed as being Mexican on his father's side and Puerto Rican on his mother's side, and ( in a nod to Prinze's faux-Hungarian ancestry ) "... my grandmother speaks a little Hungarian !".

* On an episode of NCIS, Abby Sciutto reprimands Timothy McGee with the line " T ' ain't funny, McGee " as a nod to the show.

When he created the game show Wheel of Fortune, he gave a nod to Califon when naming the production company which was specifically responsible for the show.

The battles between Earth and planetary colonies featured throughout the show is a reference to Gundam, while the assortment of odd-ball characters on the ship who prefer to choose their own battles, rather than take sides, is a nod to Harlock.

The name ' Monty ' is a nod to the influence that show had on my humor.

As a nod to the episode, Henry Winkler's character again jumped a shark in the 2003 show Arrested Development.

In a nod to Baltimore's position as the home of Avalon Hill and the birthplace of the commercial wargame hobby, Don Greenwood, a game designer with Avalon Hill and founder of the convention, suggested calling the show " Origins ".

Allen first hosted The Linit Bath Club Revue on CBS, moving the show to NBC and becoming The Salad Bowl Revue ( in a nod to new sponsor Hellmann's Mayonnaise, which was marketed by the parent company of Linit ) later in the year.

* The TV show Melissa and Joey which stars Melissa Joan Hart has a blog named " Lennox Explains It All ", a nod to the show.

In most other cases, Johnny chose not to show his feelings, usually giving just a nod to Tony in a way of saying, " you're welcome ", but rather acted behind the scenes to take his revenge or undermine people.

Zoot's claim to fame was playing the final off-key note to the end theme of the show ; he then looks into his saxophone with a bewildered expression, checks his music, gives a satisfied nod, looks around at the other musicians and gives the same nod.

At the time, the FWA had been using the FWA European Union Championship as a secondary title, and with the company's ownership keen on promoting a particularly English flavour to the show, the title was renamed the All-England championship, a nod to the organisation running the Wimbledon tennis championships.

The park was named for WSM disc jockey Grant Turner's early morning show, " Opryland USA ", itself a nod to the stars of the Grand Ole Opry.

In this performance, Mark Hoppus changed the line " But then I turned on the TV " to " But then I turned on NBC " in a nod to the channel that currently airs the long-running sketch show.

Elijah Wood has publicly given a nod to the creativity of slash groups on the Graham Norton show during an interview post LOTR, this was a comment based on Manipulated photos that went with Slash and RPS stories on specific website.

Instead of shying away from these influences Wright makes an active effort to show his referencing, adding a ' Homage-O-Meter ' to all of his releases, a device that displays each directorial nod he has made during shooting.

Warren Zevon was a well-known fan of Ross MacDonald's work ; during the 2008 season of the show Californication, a character based loosely on Zevon named " Lew Ashby " was a nod to the Archer character.

Spiker and Bones are actually a nod towards the characters Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Sergeant George Carter in Thames Television's cop show The Sweeney and Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm and Detective Constable ' Taff ' Jones in, again, Thames Television's ' Minder ( TV series )'.

* In the episode " Everybody Hates Homecoming " from the show Everybody Hates Chris, a boy holds a boombox over his head with the song playing to prove his love for Chris's little sister Tonya, a nod to a similar scene in the 1989 film Say Anything.

Richardson had returned their departing grins with the noncommittal nod that is the security officer's stock in trade.

it is when I meet someone who was a close friend of the family, and therefore of mine, and they nod to me so coolly and walk away, that it hurts.

Like his creation the Necronomicon, Alhazred is often referenced in works that are not generally considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos, either as a subtle nod to Lovecraft or to create a connection to his world.

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the character of Alberto Mallich ( founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert ) is a sly nod to Albertus Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise.

What expands the qualities of further bodily response is a very subtle nod forward to counteract a common backward startle pattern, coupled with an upward movement of the head away from the body that lengthens the spine.

Homeric nod ( sometimes heard as ' Even Homer nods ') is a continuity error.

Nutation ( from Latin: nūtāre, to nod ) is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object, such as a gyroscope, planet, or bullet in flight, or as an intended behavior of a mechanism.

So the title itself is Davies ' nod to Spengler.

For example: an apparition of John Wayne is a recurring character and serves as a sort of spiritual guide or conscience for Custer ; Monument Valley and The Alamo serve as backdrops to various legs of the journey ; for a time, Jesse acts as the sheriff of a small town in Texas, and must protect the inhabitants from harm ; the image of the Saint of Killers, a reformed bounty hunter-turned-killer-once-more in the tradition of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven character, William Munny, is a nod to the classic Western notion of nemesis, straight and true and terrible.

The latter color is a nod to the 1960s uniforms.

The name of the village, " Calla Bryn Sturgis ", is a nod to John Sturges and Brynner, and the similarity in plot leads Roland's allies from 20th century New York to realize that they are taking part in a similar story.

In a nod to the less populist nature of the Senate, the Amendment tracks the vacancy procedures for the House of Representatives in requiring that the Governor call a special election to fill the vacancy, but ( unlike in the House ) it vests in the State Legislature the authority to allow the Governor to appoint a temporary replacement until the special election is held.

With a nod to the similarly cursed Greek hero Oedipus, Camus concludes that " all is well ," indeed, that " ne must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Andre Previn said, " You know, Stan Kenton can stand in front of a thousand fiddles and a thousand brass and make a dramatic gesture and every studio arranger can nod his head and say, ‘‘ Oh, yes, that ’ s done like this .’’ But Duke merely lifts his finger, three horns make a sound, and I don ’ t know what it is!

He is a true nod to the development of Italian comedy, providing humor, absurdity, and even some pity from audiences who frequent the commedia-scene.

" As an additional nod to the novel, the gun is part of weapon / costume set called " The Saharan Spy.

For instance: American Fiberglass Product ’ s “ Humbug ” has similar features to a classic Corvette, Berry ’ s “ Mini-T ” was a nod to the Ford Model T, or BMB Automotive ’ s “ Surviver ” is a scaled down version of the Lamborghini Cheetah.

Dr. Thompson and Dr. Maia both die grisly deaths, whereas in the movie they survive ; Maia is eaten by the monster, and Thompson is impaled on a long tree branch flung at him by the creature like a spear ( in an apparent nod to a deleted scene from Revenge of the Creature wherein the Gill-man killed a guard in this fashion ).

The uniforms from 1978 – 91 was a classic nod to their 1967 uniforms, except that the road color is red and the home lettering is blue with red trim.

* Ellen Yin, a supporting character in The Batman, is a clear nod to Ellen Yindel, Police Commissioner of Gotham City in The Dark Knight Returns.

With a significant nod to the parable style the old man's act of saving and caring for a stray kitten saves his life when he is lost through a soft place in reality and meets Morpheus, recently released from his imprisonment ( Preludes and Nocturnes ), and still weak.