He also paraphrases and makes word-plays and in-jokes on formulations found in Hegel's works as well as in the works of his contemporaries such as Ludwig Feuerbach.

Despite airing in a children's timeslot, the show has quite a broad appeal, containing frequent science fiction references, in-jokes and puns, as well as nods to other movies and TV series.

Because Ben Browder and Claudia Black ( Vala Mal Doran ) were well known for formerly starring as star-crossed lovers in Farscape, the Stargate producers refrained from emphasizing the pairing of Mitchell and Vala beyond in-jokes.

Because Ben Browder and Claudia Black were well known for formerly starring as star-crossed lovers in the cult sci-fi series Farscape, the Stargate producers refrained from emphasizing the pairing of Mitchell and Vala beyond in-jokes.

For example, in the play The Wasps by Aristophanes the first parabasis is about Aristophanes ' career as a playwright to date, while the second parabasis is shorter, and contains a string of in-jokes about local characters who would be well known to the ancient Athenian audience ( e. g. the politician Cleon ).

Blogs – with their threaded comments, personalized illustrations, shorthand in-jokes, wide variety in quality and wider variety of content — follow the structure developed in science fiction fanzines, without ( usually ) realizing the antecedent.

He is perhaps best known on Usenet for his famous ( or infamous ) " Happynet Proclamation " ( 1992 ), circulated to many newsgroups, some absurdly unrelated, which satirised the endless flamewars on the network, with Parry posing as a godlike being issuing an edict full of in-jokes and humor targets that claimed to unify all news into one glorious totality, " happynet ".

While this story is not in continuity with the cartoon, it is filled with various in-jokes to aspects of the show, such as Firestar believing Wolverine to be Australian, a reference to an out-of-character voice choice for Wolverine in the episode " A Firestar Is Born ".

A few who praised it commented that Excessions complexity and frequent use of in-jokes make it advisable for new readers of Banks ' Culture stories to start with other books.

Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today said that with Meyer directing, " this last mission gets almost everything right — from the nod to late creator Gene Roddenberry to in-jokes about Kirk's rep as an alien babe magnet.

Freleng was occasionally the subject of in-jokes in Warner cartoons, with billboards in the background of scenes advertising various products called " Friz " in Canary Row, the " Hotel Friz " in Racketeer Rabbit, and " Frizby the Magician " in High Diving Hare as one of the acts Bugs is pitching.

The 2009 movie Star Trek contained multiple references to the 1960s Star Trek TV series, with the references constituting in-jokes for those familiar with the series.

Many of their lyrics concern Southern California culture, rife with references and in-jokes ; examples include songs like " Waterslide ", " I'm A Cholo ", " Manny, Moe, and Jack ", and "( I'm Stuck in a Pagoda with ) Tricia Toyota ".

This prompted the hiring of Willard Waterman as Peary's replacement, the transition occurring during the show's 1950 summer hiatus between Episode 369 (" Houseboat Vacation ") and Episode 370 (" Marjorie is Expecting ") with several audience-aware in-jokes noting the change in the first act of the latter episode.

The game uses a multitude of conspiracy theory in-jokes, with cards such as the Boy Sprouts ( where sinister youth leaders influence the world leaders of tomorrow ), the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, the Mafia, two headed Anti-Nuclear Activists, or Trekkies.

MetaFilter has developed a fairly stable community with a variety of in-jokes.

He peppered his artwork with in-jokes such as upside down Superman logos, hidden Marvel characters, eyeball creatures, and scrawled humorous messages on signs in the background of his panels in the alternate futuristic alphabet Interlac.

For this reason many modern interactive fiction works make extensive in-jokes referencing grues ; one of the more extensive parodies is a work called Enlightenment, which takes place in a Zork-like universe where the protagonist has overloaded himself with an abundance of light sources — suddenly finding himself in need of help from grues to defeat a troll, he is forced to find a way to extinguish them all.

The most beloved family objects tend to be high quality utensils or furniture, painted freehand with favorite patterns, colors or flowers, humorous themes, family in-jokes, or illustrations of favorite or family stories.

* In the " Video Pirates " segment of Amazon Women on the Moon ( 1987 ), pirates find a treasure chest filled with golden video cassettes ; among the numerous in-jokes visible on the tapes, one of the cassette cases is labeled " See You Next Wednesday.

This was the 100th episode of Stargate SG-1, and as such was produced as a " special " episode laden with large numbers of in-jokes and cameo appearances.

and 200 were largely self-parodies filled with in-jokes that celebrated the show's 100th and 200th episodes, respectively.

The novel is a mix of hardboiled detective and supernatural horror, laced with heavy doses of humor and Hollywood in-jokes.

To this end his comedy was not of a slapstick variety but rather verbal with many intricate Talmudic references and in-jokes.

It is often combined with the Liberal Revue, a series of sketches consisting mostly of in-jokes and irreverent takes on political matters.

The writers were very fond of in-jokes, obscure references and running gags, and popular phrases or literary devices would become absorbed into APs culture ( such as, for example, using capital letters for dramatic emphasis ).

There was also comedy and episodes often had " in-jokes " about modern themes.

The episode focuses on animation and includes several in-jokes about The Simpsons and the animation industry in general.

Seven parody entries, written by contributors to the 1980 edition, and full of musical puns and dictionary in-jokes, were published in the February 1981 issue of The Musical Times ( which was also edited by Stanley Sadie at the time ).

In the computer industry some computer programmers hide in-jokes within the code of software in the form of Easter eggs, i. e., hidden content that can be revealed only by following a specific sequence of inputs.

Some columns, like the famous Peliluola by Nordic the Incurable, were written in a subculture insider style, and obscure in-jokes such as exploding hamsters were occasionally used.

Terry Pratchett's novel Eric mentions that the president of the cabinet of demons has carpets inhabited by tribes of liliputs, possibly suggesting a link between The Carpet People and Discworld universes, or possibly merely one of Pratchett's in-jokes.

Though influenced by such fantasy environments as The Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons, Eamon generally avoids stories, situations or other game elements that are particularly serious or complex, instead seeking to create an engaging, genial mood through quick play and in-jokes.

There are a number of subtle references or in-jokes to this legacy on the estate — a large redwood tree of the Wellingtonia variety stands very much out-of-place at the entrance to the manor house of Arley House, as does one by the footbridge across the River Severn in the village ; and the estate buildings, be they commercial or residential, are coloured green and cream, the corporate colours of the Wellington companies.

As a result of the long history of the club, numerous in-jokes, scripted by tradition, are told throughout the session.

Parodies are a staple of their performances, and their parodies ( well-known songs set to different words ) often have Barbershop " in-jokes " where they poke fun at other quartets and singers ( by name!

The dialogue is littered with puns, double entendres, and Beatles in-jokes, many scripted by poet Roger McGough.

It has since gained a cult following for its numerous in-jokes skewering pompous directors — including Cecil B. de Mille, John Huston, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni and De Sica himself — vain film stars, their starstruck audiences, and pretentious film critics.

The story contains several other in-jokes, including references to " farnoth flies " ( for Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright ) and " ugrats " ( derived from " Hugo the Rat ", Lovecraft's unaffectionate nickname for Wonder Stories editor Hugo Gernsback ).

There are hidden messages and puzzles in the ICR which serve as enticements to see the book in a different way, most often through in-jokes and occasional circular references.

The series also contains many comic book-enthusiast and DC in-jokes and satire ; series editor Julius Schwartz is also a character in the book.