Or just shared. Some of them could just be coincidences.
EDITED 5/3/2015 Decided to include other series as well.
STAR WARSEDITED 5/3/2015 Decided to include other series as well.
TV Series
The Clone Wars (2008)
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
Season Four
Season Five
17. Sabotage-- film by Alfred Hitchcock
18. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much-- homage to The Man Who Knew Too Much film by Alfred Hitchcock
19. To Catch a Jedi-- homage to To Catch a Thief film by Alfred Hitchcock
20. The Wrong Jedi-- homage to The Wrong Man film by Alfred Hitchcock
Rebels (2014) TRANSFORMERS
TV Series
The Transformers (1984)
24. A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court-- homage to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court novel by Mark Twain
20. The Big Broadcast of 2006-- The Big Broadcast film series by Frank Tuttle
Beast Wars (1996)Beast Machines (1999)
16. Prometheus Unbound-- incomplete play by Aeschylus
18. A Wolf in the Fold-- reference to Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" ?
23. Spark of Darkness-- homage to Heart of Darkness novella by Joseph Conrad
24. The Downward Spiral-- album and song by Nine Inch Nails
Animated (2007)18. A Wolf in the Fold-- reference to Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" ?
23. Spark of Darkness-- homage to Heart of Darkness novella by Joseph Conrad
24. The Downward Spiral-- album and song by Nine Inch Nails
9. Along Came a Spider-- nursery rhyme or the novel by James Patterson
10. Sound and Fury-- line from Shakespeare's Macbeth
23. A Fistful of Energon-- homage to A Fistful of Dollars film by Sergio Leone
34. Where Is Thy Sting?-- phrase from the Bible
35. Five Servos of Doom-- possible homage to Five Fingers of Death film by Chang-hwa Chung
Prime (2010)Rescue Bots (2011)
2. Under Pressure -- song by David Bowie and Queen
6. Walk on the Wild Side -- title of several different works
8. Four Bots and a Baby -- homage to Three Men and a Baby film by Leonard Nimoy
8. Four Bots and a Baby -- homage to Three Men and a Baby film by Leonard Nimoy
26. Bot to the Future -- homage to Back to the Future film by Robert Zemeckis
39. The Island of Misfit Tech -- homage to the Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
53. Land Before Prime -- homage to The Land Before Time film by Don Bluth
61. Bot-Tastic Voyage -- homage to Fantastic Voyage film by Richard Fleischer
65. All Bots Great and Small -- homage to All Creatures Great and Small novel by James Harriot
76. I Have Heard the Robots Singing -- based on a line from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot ("I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.")
99. Cody's 11 -- homage to Ocean's 11 film by Lewis Milestone
Robots in Disguise (2015)65. All Bots Great and Small -- homage to All Creatures Great and Small novel by James Harriot
76. I Have Heard the Robots Singing -- based on a line from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot ("I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.")
99. Cody's 11 -- homage to Ocean's 11 film by Lewis Milestone
11. Adventures in Bumblebee-sitting! -- homage to Adventures in Babysitting film by Chris Columbus
17. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing -- homage to One of Our Aircraft Is Missing film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Comics17. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing -- homage to One of Our Aircraft Is Missing film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Marvel Comics
G1 US
#16: Plight of the Bumblebee!-- homage to "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
#23: Decepticon Graffiti!-- homage to American Graffiti film by George Lucas
#31: Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom-- homage to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom film by Steven Spielberg
#52: Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?-- possible homage to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
#54: King Con!-- homage to King Kong
#63: Kings of the Wild Frontier-- lyrics to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by The Wellingtons
G1 UK
G1 UK
#18-21: Raiders of the Last Ark-- homage to Raiders of the Lost Ark film by Steven Speilberg
Annual 1991: The Magnificent Six!-- homage to The Magnificent Seven by John Stuges
Annual 1991: The Magnificent Six!-- homage to The Magnificent Seven by John Stuges
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
#1: Blood on the Tracks-- album by Bob Dylan
Headmasters
Dreamwave Productions
Generation One vol.3
#4: Runnin' with the Devil-- song by Van Halen
Micromasters
#1: Destined for Nothing-- song by Bad Religion
#2: The Grey Race-- album by Bad Religion
#3: Recipe for Hate-- album by Bad Religion
#4: Victims of the Revolution-- song by Bad Religion
[Someone must really like Bad Religion]
Micromasters
#1: Destined for Nothing-- song by Bad Religion
#2: The Grey Race-- album by Bad Religion
#3: Recipe for Hate-- album by Bad Religion
#4: Victims of the Revolution-- song by Bad Religion
[Someone must really like Bad Religion]
IDW Publishing
IDW G1
Spotlight
Trailcutter: The Reluctant Specialist-- homage to The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
All Hail Megatron
#15: Everything in Its Right Place-- song by Radiohead
#16: The Man of Steel-- reference to Superman, probably.
The Transformers
#1: ...For All Mankind-- taken from a quote on the plaque left on the moon by Apollo 11
Trailcutter: The Reluctant Specialist-- homage to The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
All Hail Megatron
#15: Everything in Its Right Place-- song by Radiohead
#16: The Man of Steel-- reference to Superman, probably.
The Transformers
#1: ...For All Mankind-- taken from a quote on the plaque left on the moon by Apollo 11
#2: New Arrivals, Old Encounters-- story by Brian Aldiss
#3: A Rude Awakening-- story by Brian Aldiss
#4: Seasons in Flight-- story by Brian Aldiss
#5: Enemies of the System-- story by Brian Aldiss
#6: Earthworks-- story by Brian Aldiss
#7: All His Engines-- quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost
#9: The Land Ironclads-- short story by H.G. Wells
#10: Ranks of Bronze-- novel by David Drake
#11: Hawk Among the Sparrows-- novel by Dean McLaughlin
#12: All My Sins Remembered-- quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet
#13: Heart Like a Wheel-- title of several different works
#7: All His Engines-- quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost
#9: The Land Ironclads-- short story by H.G. Wells
#10: Ranks of Bronze-- novel by David Drake
#11: Hawk Among the Sparrows-- novel by Dean McLaughlin
#12: All My Sins Remembered-- quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet
#13: Heart Like a Wheel-- title of several different works
#14: The Demolished Man-- novel by Albert Bester
#15: Altered Carbon-- novel by Richard K. Morgan
#16: Woken Furies-- novel by Richard K. Morgan
#17: Burning Chrome-- short story by William Gibson
#18: Enemy Mine-- novella by Barry B. Longyear
#19: The Stars My Destination-- novel by Albert Bester
#20: Out of the Silent Planet-- novel by C.S. Lewis
#21: Orphans of the Helix-- short story by Dan Simmons
#24: Lamentations-- Book of the Bible
#26: Numbers-- Book of the Bible
#26: Numbers-- Book of the Bible
#27: Only Forward-- novel by Michael Marshall Smith
#28: Kings-- Book of the Bible
#28: Kings-- Book of the Bible
#29: A Second Chance at Eden-- anthology by Peter F. Hamilton
#30: Genesis-- Book of the Bible
Bumblebee
#1: The Hanging Sword-- Greek story about Damocles
#2: The Impossible Knot-- Greek about the Gordian Knot
#3: The Gift Horse-- Greek myth about the Trojan horse
#4: Wings of Wax-- Greek myth about Icarus
Ironhide
#30: Genesis-- Book of the Bible
Bumblebee
#1: The Hanging Sword-- Greek story about Damocles
#2: The Impossible Knot-- Greek about the Gordian Knot
#3: The Gift Horse-- Greek myth about the Trojan horse
#4: Wings of Wax-- Greek myth about Icarus
Ironhide
More than Meets the Eye
#1-3: Liars, A to D-- "Liars, A to E" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
#1-3: Liars, A to D-- "Liars, A to E" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
#6: Interiors-- film by Woody Allen
#8: Who's Afraid of the DJD?-- "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
#8: Who's Afraid of the DJD?-- "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
#13: Cybertronian Homesick Blues-- "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan
#15: Under Cold Blue Stars-- album by Josh Rouse
#17-21: Remain in Light-- album by Talking Heads
#19: The Divided Self-- work by R.D. Laing
#20: Arm the Lonely-- song by Savoy Grand
#26: Burning Bright-- "The Tyger" poem by William Blake
#17-21: Remain in Light-- album by Talking Heads
#19: The Divided Self-- work by R.D. Laing
#20: Arm the Lonely-- song by Savoy Grand
#26: Burning Bright-- "The Tyger" poem by William Blake
#28-30: World, Shut Your Mouth-- album by Julian Cope
#29: Words Hang in the Air-- song by The Ladybug Transistor
#29: Words Hang in the Air-- song by The Ladybug Transistor
#33: The Road Not Taken-- poem by Robert Frost
#35-38: Elegant Chaos-- "An Elegant Chaos" by Julian Cope
#39: The Permanent Revolution-- term from Marxist theory
#40: Our Steps Will Always Rhyme-- "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" by Leonard Cohen
#41: The Sensuous Frame-- line from In Memoriam A.H.H., poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
#43: The One Where They Go To Earth-- homage to the episode titles of Friends
#39: The Permanent Revolution-- term from Marxist theory
#40: Our Steps Will Always Rhyme-- "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" by Leonard Cohen
#41: The Sensuous Frame-- line from In Memoriam A.H.H., poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
#43: The One Where They Go To Earth-- homage to the episode titles of Friends
#48-49: Speak, Memory-- novel by Vladimir Nabokov
#50-55: The Dying of the Light-- all quotes taken from poem by Dylan Thomas
-How Bright Their Frail Deeds
-The Sun in Flight
-Your Fierce Tears
-At Close of Day
-Rage, Rage
-Do Not Go Gentle
Robots in Disguise
#1: The Autonomy Lesson-- issue of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
#9: Night and the City-- novel by Gerald Kirsh
#28: Hello Cruel World-- song by Mark Oliver Everett (possibly)
#29: Detonation Boulevard-- song by Sisters of Mercy
#31: Full Fathom Five-- quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
#32: I Dream of Wires-- song by Gary Numan
#35: Signals, Calls, and Marches-- album by Mission of Burma
#36: Vs.-- album by Mission of Burma
#37: ONoffON-- album by Mission of Burma
#38: The Obliterati-- album by Mission of Burma
#42: Now and On Earth-- novel by Jim Thompson
#43: South of Heaven-- novel by Jim Thompson
#44: The Transgressors-- novel by Jim Thompson
#45: The Nothing Man-- novel by Jim Thompson
#50: Once Upon a Time on Earth-- homage to Once Upon a Time in the West.
#53: It's Beginning To And Back Again-- album by Wire
#54: As Above...So Below-- Hermetic phrase from the Emerald Tablet
#55: No Fair Fights-- song by Prick
#56-57: White Light/White Heat-- album by The Velvet Underground
Dark Cybertron
#2: ...And the Damage Done-- "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young
Till All Are One
#10: The Price of You-- song by NoComply
Revolution
#1: Concord Hymn-- poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
#2: The Divine Source of Liberty-- poem by Samuel Adams
#3: O Ship of State-- poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#4: The New Colossus-- poem by Emma Lazarus
#5: Valley Forge-- poem by Thomas Buchanan Read
Optimus Prime
#1-6: New Cybertron-- all lyrics from "Babel" by Covenant
-To Walk Among the Chosen
-A Lonely Pillar on the Plain
-Behind My Bleeding Back
-Dance Among the Shadows
-Future Glories Lost
-Feel Safe Without Regrets
#7: The Next Day, and the Next-- song by David Bowie
Lost Light
#4: Bad Moon Rising-- song by Creedence Clearwater Revival
#8: An Axe to Break the Ice-- lyrics from "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie
#22: The Return of the King-- third novel of The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
#50-55: The Dying of the Light-- all quotes taken from poem by Dylan Thomas
-How Bright Their Frail Deeds
-The Sun in Flight
-Your Fierce Tears
-At Close of Day
-Rage, Rage
-Do Not Go Gentle
Robots in Disguise
#1: The Autonomy Lesson-- issue of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
#9: Night and the City-- novel by Gerald Kirsh
#28: Hello Cruel World-- song by Mark Oliver Everett (possibly)
#29: Detonation Boulevard-- song by Sisters of Mercy
#31: Full Fathom Five-- quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
#32: I Dream of Wires-- song by Gary Numan
#35: Signals, Calls, and Marches-- album by Mission of Burma
#36: Vs.-- album by Mission of Burma
#37: ONoffON-- album by Mission of Burma
#38: The Obliterati-- album by Mission of Burma
#42: Now and On Earth-- novel by Jim Thompson
#43: South of Heaven-- novel by Jim Thompson
#44: The Transgressors-- novel by Jim Thompson
#45: The Nothing Man-- novel by Jim Thompson
#50: Once Upon a Time on Earth-- homage to Once Upon a Time in the West.
#53: It's Beginning To And Back Again-- album by Wire
#54: As Above...So Below-- Hermetic phrase from the Emerald Tablet
#55: No Fair Fights-- song by Prick
#56-57: White Light/White Heat-- album by The Velvet Underground
Dark Cybertron
#2: ...And the Damage Done-- "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young
Till All Are One
#10: The Price of You-- song by NoComply
Revolution
#1: Concord Hymn-- poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
#2: The Divine Source of Liberty-- poem by Samuel Adams
#3: O Ship of State-- poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#4: The New Colossus-- poem by Emma Lazarus
#5: Valley Forge-- poem by Thomas Buchanan Read
Optimus Prime
#1-6: New Cybertron-- all lyrics from "Babel" by Covenant
-To Walk Among the Chosen
-A Lonely Pillar on the Plain
-Behind My Bleeding Back
-Dance Among the Shadows
-Future Glories Lost
-Feel Safe Without Regrets
#7: The Next Day, and the Next-- song by David Bowie
Lost Light
#4: Bad Moon Rising-- song by Creedence Clearwater Revival
#8: An Axe to Break the Ice-- lyrics from "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie
#22: The Return of the King-- third novel of The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
Other G1
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
#1: I Saw Three Ships-- English Christmas carol
#5: Everybody Hates Metroplex-- homage to Everybody Loves Raymond
Text Stories
Fun Publications
TransTech
Withered Hope-- song by They Might Be Giants.
I, Lowtech-- homage to I, Robot, story collection by Isaac Asimov.
Shattered Glass
Dungeons & Dinobots-- homage to Dungeons & Dragons
Eye in the Sky-- possible reference to the song by The Alan Parsons Project
Blitzwing Bop-- homage to "Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones.
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