- In one scene, the aforementioned Cool Old Guy tells his enemies, "My name is Ruy Sanchez de Casador y Ortiz. Prepare to die." An American witness realizes Ruy isn't quoting The Princess Bride; Inigo Montoya was a "comic twist on an ancient and very real model. Meet Ruy Sanchez — the original." In a sense, The Princess Bride was quoting him.
- In an early scene in 1632, Jeff Higgins and friends wonder whether Voyager ever made it home.
- When Balthazar Abrabanel asks the Roths about Mike Stearns, he cries out "Oh, my ducats! Oh, my daughter!" in fun.
- In 1633, during a discussion addressing why a flintlock is better for the current era than a more-advanced caplock would be, one of the characters mentions that "maybe Clarke was right. 'Superiority'."
- The aforementioned Cool Old Guy goes undercover, posing as a slow-witted porter from Barcelona. His first piece of dialogue in that role is "¿Qué?". He's of course chosen to call himself Manuel?
- In 1634: The Galileo Affair the Scottish Lieutenant Taggart announces a crime scene with the phrase "There's been a murder".
- 1634: The Bavarian Crisis features several tributes to The Sound of Music; Maria Anna adores the musical, she and her co-conspirators use lyrics from the show as code phrases, there are several moments when people who are on the run either flee or consider fleeing over the Alps (one character even considers escaping to Salzburg!) and the entire plot of the book could very easily be described as 'How do you solve a problem like Maria (Anna)?'
- 1634: The Ram Rebellion contains another In-Universe example courtesy of Constantin Ableidinger, who at one point introduces himself as "Helmut, speaking for the Ram."
- 1635: The Papal Stakes has Harry Lefferts, gone all angsty after a failed rescue attempt, completely losing it when he discovers the Italian fishing boat he's on is named the Minnow. Plentiful Gilligan's Island references follow along with a rendition of the famous theme song.
- 1636: The Saxon Uprising contains another In-Universe example, when Gretchen forms the "Committee for Public Safety" to defend Dresden.
- 1636: Seas of Fortune there is a steamboat named Valdemar.
- In 1636: The Devil's Opera, Marla rallies the population of Magdeburg with a rousing rendition of "Do You Hear the People Sing?"
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