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.