Cameos/references in your NaNo novel?

I was wondering if this happened to anyone else. Imagine my surprise when my apprentice-MMC goes to the front of the watchmaker's shop, only to see a gangly-looking young man in a bow tie, purchasing a pocket watch!

Doctor, is that you?!

Usually I have intentional cameos or references. Can't remember the last time I did it unintentionally. Well there was this goth chick lawyer. It wasn't until after I described her did I realize 'Oh right that's Abbey from NCIS'

So far I pretty much decided to steal the name Leliana from Dragon Age. I was leaning towards using Leanna, which was close enough. But decided to just use it anyways. They also both have red hair...

I always insert references to and quotes from various movies/shows/games/etc. into my novels - I can't help it, it's practically a biological necessity for me! Since a great deal of my story deals with my FMC being institutionalized and my MMC being a serial killer, I fully intend on slipping in some Girl, Interrupted and Dexter references at the very least, with many more as the story goes on. I know for a fact my guy is going to use the Trinity Killer as a point of reference for his own M.O. :]

My favorite reference I've ever done was from my '09 novel though, when I managed to work the infamous "Isn't that a girl's name?" line from Zeta Gundam into my story.

So far, I have both of Valjean's prisoner numbers as the POW number for one of my characters. The other character has this one: 3 0 50 – 1 1 9 8 1 3, which is the days in November, the word goal, the month's number, the year it started, and the number of regular people who work in OLL.

So far that's it...

probably anime of some sort..not sure which ones :p

I have a couple of literary references - the last names of my characters are Galt and Faulkner :)

Oh! I so want to have the Doctor show up as a cameo in my story! Can you really do that?

I'm doing historical fantasy, so I have a bunch of historical cameos in mine. Bram Stoker and Queen Victoria, to name a few. Lord Salisbury, the PM at the time as well.

What I *really* want to put in is some kind of reference to My Little Pony FiM, but I can't for the life of me figure out how. Seriously, names like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash stick out in 19th century London. I will find a way though!

Most of my references are obscure, so basically only I notice them. But they are still there.

Yeah, I'm such a pop culture junkie that I just can't help myself. Pretty much ALL my texts are chock full of shout-out to various song, people, movies etc. I don't know if it's a bad habit, perhaps I should try to tune it down D:

I have several comic book references. Then again, I'm such a comic geek that I named a couple of my (IRL) children after my fave comic characters!

I'm thinking of putting The Doctor in ... just to be a part of the DW Multiverse ... YEAH!
I also think that Stephen King / H.P Lovecraft (My writing idols ... ) are going to make a brief cameo ....

My characters are theater majors, so there have been several references to musicals and plays already. I've also referenced Hitchcock's Vertigo, How I Met Your Mother, Disney's Song of the South, and Firefly.

It's going to be a strange year, I think.

Several historical references, and at least one theatre one:

"It's more terrifying than hearing the people sing".

My characters should stop listening to Les Miserables.

Erm, the bartender at the diner my FMC frequents and gets tips on zombie hot spots from may or may not be modelled after Sam Winchester from Supernatural. Hee.

Well... I do have aliens, so maybe I can work in Doctor Who. My FMC's adopted mother was originally written as a half-Time Lord fanfic character, after all...

I'm only a few paragraphs in, but I've already worked in a subtle reference to the Nostalgia Critic's "Take over the world/Of Course!" gag.

Love all these Who references! xD
My FMC tries to knock out my MMC with a cricket bat. It doesn't work, but it gets a reference in there.

Oh! And I thought of another one. The title for my story is from the last names of two explorers. These two guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigizmund_Levanevsky (Except that I just relised that Mr. Levanevsky's name keeps showing up spelled wrong. I'll go fix that. Blagh.)

I.. MAY have just shamelessly named my (main?) character Dar Rvin. :-:
My friend told me to have Darwin in my novel, and I just realised that I'd managed to name my char Dar, so...
Interesting :P

Well, one of my MC's is named Eowyn Epona. Both names were chosen for their equine connections rather than intentional references.

I haven't really referenced anything from outside my head yet. However, my second MC and a minor character were once a Pidgeot and an Ampharos, respectively. I characterized my Pokemon and then realized I wanted to do something actually useful with them.