List of Shoutouts at Grandmother's Costume Party

Grandmother and Seffie's masquerade ball, to welcome back Martellus von Blitzengaard to Paris, and intended to be the "apex of the winter season" ✣ is first mentioned ✣ in The City of Lightning. The party finally is portrayed ✣ , already in full swing, in act 2, volume 4.

Among the costumes worn by the guests attending this party are many that seem to be shoutouts (that is, references) to characters from pop culture, comics (print and web), video games, cartoons, and even classical mythology in our universe.

Costume Shoutouts by Page and Panel

Page 037

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Panel 1

• A couple that could be Aquaman and Mera or Poseidon/Neptune and Amphitrite/Salacia
• Yugi Mutou from Yu-Gi-Oh!
• At the top of the stairs, the Bride of the Monster from Bride of Frankenstein.
• A wizard

Panel 2

• Hellboy talking to Sam Starfall from the webcomic Freefall
• Medusa
• Minmax from the webcomic Goblins with either Ronnie Kane (Giant Girl) from the webcomic Giant Girl Adventures or Carmen Sandiego
• A pirate with a hook in place of a hand, possibly Captain Hook
• A Blue Meanie from the film Yellow Submarine.

Page 038

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Panel 2

• Possibly the Flame Princess from Adventure Time.

Panel 3

• The Tin Woodman from The Wizard of Oz.
• The Skull-Queen of Skral from some web-comic or other.

Page 039

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Panel 1

• Sigmund Ooze from the TV program Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Panel 3

• Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town
• Possibly a Plague doctor
• Sans from Undertale
• Sephiroth from Final Fantasy

Page 043

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• Shovel Knight from Shovel Knight.

Page 065

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Panel 1

• Pikachu from Pokémon
• Lord Hater from Wander Over Yonder
• Possibly Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch
• Dr. Radium from It's Science With Dr. Radium

See Also

• Shoutouts to other webcomics