For Good/Shout Out

As the main page formerly said: Hooo boy. This trope could seriously use a page just for Breakaway – we won't even mention the one-shots and the roleplay arc! The author seems to have an unhealthy love of making tributes to her favorite stories – the list just expands with each new chapter.


 * CS Lewis topics are a recurring shout out, such as the Walden Media Narnia films and Perelandra Avenue and Park.
 * Star Wars is another recurring shout out.
 * Windy once echoes Wedge's reaction to the Death Star: "Look at the size of that thing."
 * Zomega is also said to have a dash of Talon Karrde and Mara Jade thrown in - this becomes more obvious when you consider that one of Zomega's occupations is information brokering.
 * Speaking of Mara Jade, Warp is apparently familiar with the character.
 * Windy Terrik's name... Windy, a Tatooine friend of Luke's, and Booster Terrik, a blustery but loveable smuggler chief.
 * Speaking of names... Hayden Shaw. Hayden Christensen and Sebastian Shaw, two actors who portrayed Darth Vader...
 * Sherlock Holmes.
 * Erin's email address is jb_sherlockian, a tribute to Jeremy Brett, generally known as the definitive Sherlock Holmes. Dorm-team 76 even watches the show in one chapter.
 * In the same chapter, Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock are also discussed.
 * Robert Downey, Jr. is also mentioned, providing a supposed Berserk Button for the previously unflappable Ricki.
 * Star Trek. Chapter 10 of Breakaway takes the thing and runs with it; the chapter title is even "The Next Generation"!
 * Erin and Ricki end up discussing what TOS characters they and their dorm-mates resemble.
 * Chapter 11 is ridiculously Trek-heavy, right down to Erin, Windy, and Ricki making quips and references – even during a simulation! – including calling the First Officer “Number One”.
 * The similarities are lampshaded by Erin's thoughts: Why bother fighting it? If their lives paralleled a science fiction classic from a thousand years ago, so be it. 
 * Indiana Jones is Indy St. James's hero and the source of his name. Indy's real given name is Jim. That's right: Jim St. James.
 * Eda-Ji-Kep puts Erin in mind of Teal'c from Stargate SG-1. Yes, this lampshades the fact that "Eddie" is an Expy of Teal'c.
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Zomega intentionally resembles the Major, and Erin sings one of the anime's songs.
 * Not to mention the fact that Zurg is a full-bodied Cyborg and that cyberbrains are actually a staple of the Zeretaen race.
 * We're not even going to get into Erin's songs. We'll just say "Enya" and call it a day.
 * Nor are we going to touch the quotes. Nope.
 * Okay, just one. Erin and Mira quote the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film.
 * Oh, and Erin is probably a TV Troper. She knows waaay too many tropes by name.