I really need a list of all the pop culture references Kon makes/mentions in comics. I just think it's so interesting (Also an interesting way of him displaying his implanted knowledge, I believe).
(I'll update this post once I get through all the comics; I will have to swing back around to 1-50 in Superboy. And then reread all of YJ.)
Melrose Place - Superboy #0
90210 - Superboy #0
X-Files - Superboy #0
Mystery Science Theatre - Superboy #0
Indiana Jones - Superboy #1
"Be afraid, be very afraid." - Quote from The Fly - Superboy #2
"Wipeout" by Surfaris - Superboy #2
"He shoots, he scores!" - Phrase coined by Canadian broadcaster Foster Hewitt - Superboy #2
Silver Surfer - Superboy #5
Carmen Sandiego - Superboy #8
Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding - Superboy #8
Hole (Band) - Superboy #8
Liz Phair (Singer-Songwriter) - Superboy #8
The Spinanes (Band) - Superboy #8
Energizer Bunny - Superboy #9
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Star Trek - Quote, Worf, Tribbles — Superboy #55
Star Wars - Womp Rats — Superboy #59
Betty and Veronica/Archie Comics - Superboy
Tolkien - Young Justice #3
Scream - Superboy #45
The Postman (1997) - Young Justice: The Secret Vol .1 #1
Leonardo DiCaprio - Young Justice (1998) #16
War by Edwin Starr - Young Justice (1998) #35
Magilla Gorilla (The Magilla Gorilla Show) - Superboy (1994) #53
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Titanic (1997) - Superboy (1994) #54
(Maybe) Wacky Racers, Muttley - Superboy (1994) #54
Mighty Joe Young - Young Justice (I'll have to check)
Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and the 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase record. - Superboy (1994) #59
Richie Cunningham / Happy Days - Superboy (1994) #62
Men in Black (1997) (maybe?) - Superboy (1994) #62
Star Wars - Superboy (1994) #63
Star Trek and Captain Kirk - Superboy (1994) #66
Bob Dylan "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Superboy (1994) #66
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals - Suprboy (1994) #72
Jiminy Cricket - Superboy (1994) #75
Steven Spielberg - The Adventures of Superman (1987) #580
Pokemon and the Pokemon Theme - Action Comics (1938) #767
Scarface - Action Comics (1938) #767
"I'll be back" - Terminator (1984) — Superboy #76
Vinnie Barbarino from the show Welcome Back, Kotter — Superboy #83
"You're despicable." - Daffy Duck — Superboy #83
"I pity da fool" - Mr. T's catchphrase from Rocky III — Superboy #83
Metallica albums Master of Puppets and The Black Album — Superboy #83
Korn (band) - Superboy #83
Dark Angel (2000) (Television Show) — Superboy #84
Patrick Ewing (Basketball player and actor) — Superboy #84
Jabba the Hutt - Star Wars — Superboy #84
"We Are the World" by U.S.A. for Africa — Superboy #84
Rage Against the Machine — Superboy #84
The People's Elbow - WWE; The Rock's signature move. — Superboy #84
Parody song of Barry Manilow's "Mandy" — Superboy #84
"Muskrat Love" - Captain and Tennille — Superboy #84
"Happy Little Trees" / Bob Ross — Superboy #84
Ally McBeal (1997) TV Series — Superboy #84
"Burn Baby Burn" - I'm assuming it's a reference to "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps, but it could be a lot of things honestly. —Superboy #85
Tinkerbell - Superboy #85
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana - Superboy #85
