Gracie made a good Daenerys, though

Sudden realisation

 

Obscure Pop Culture Reference #3

It's a reference to a 40-year-old film and it's a sequel to this one. Yes, Josh, yes! Milk the past! Milk it like the world is ending!

Yum.

Archaic Pop Culture Reference

Ask your parents. Wait -- let me see that calendar?

Fuuuuuck.

Ask your grandparents.

Outdated Pop Culture Reference

Quick, While It's Still Almost Topical

Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference #Some

As suggested by RSJS during the collection of moments in between movie viewing and large pies that we half-heartedly refer to as "real life" -- pick the Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference that most appeals to you:

And that's the end of that.

*Here's* the Narnia Reference...

Obscure Pop Culture Reference #2

Gratutitous Pop Culture Reference, I Guess

I should point out that Uncle is not actually a floating torso -- that bit of the picture was cut out to make room for the original text. On the other hand, I didn't actually pay much attention to the original text -- it could have been about a sword-wielding floating torso for all I know.

A Slayer's Work is Never Done

I'm pretty sure that's two Gratuitous Pop Culture References in one there. Monkey Fluids: value for money. If you were actually paying money to read this, that is.

Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference #D

I did have another caption for this one, but I figured I better get in with the Indy reference before everyone else does.

Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference #∞

Obscure Pop Culture Reference

Not to be confused with the Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference (where one references something well known in order to get a cheap laugh off the back of someone else's work), the Obscure Pop Culture Reference is where one references something less well-known in order to create a stronger kinship with those who get it, and a feeling of superiority over those who don't. Because one is a wanker.

Reader Mail #1

Back when I started, I recall threatening to use reader-submitted captions that took my liking. Lest it be said that I don't make good on my threats, I present this offering submitted by one Stefan Jones back in April:

At the time I was leery of gratuitous pop culture references, wondering what it said about my levels of creativity. Since I'm right now generating material from someone else's caption adorning someone else's illustration, fuck it.

Gratuitous Pop Culture Reference #2

Gratutious Pop Culture Reference