The Middleman is an American action adventure science fiction comedy-drama created by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine that ran from June 16 to September 1, 2008 on ABC Family (now Freeform).
Westphall connections in The Middleman[]
- In "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol", a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well as the Zygons from Doctor Who are mentioned. Aurebesh writing from Star Wars appears on a bomb in this episode.
- Twin Pines Mall from Back to the Future is mentioned in "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum".
- An award named after Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters is received by a character in "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation".
- A Hospital named after Alfred Necessiter from The Man with Two Brains is seen in "The Sino-Mexican Revolution".
- In "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome", a phased polaron cannon from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine appears, and is mentioned as such, and a Beryllium Sphere used to repair the ship in Galaxy Quest is also mentioned as being stolen, and an Oscillation overthruster from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and Polydichloric Euthimal from Outland are also mentioned in this episode.
- In "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown", a list of people who know the rules to the card game Shibumi includes Harry Rule and Contessa di Contini from The Protectors, Anatol Gogol from The Spy Who Loved Me, and Count Manzeppi from The Wild Wild West.
- An asylum named after John Seward from Dracula (1931) is seen in "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation".
- Balthorium G from Dr. Strangelove is mentioned in "Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown".
- A social club run by the Andolini family from The Godfather appears in "The Pilot Episode Sanction".
- In The Accidental Occidental Conception" an assistant delivers 50 daffodils to Shaddam of House of Corrin. This is a reference to Dune (1984).
Westphall connections to The Middleman[]
In the episode "And the Apple of Discord" of The Librarians the O2STK (The Organization Too Secret to Know), a fictional organization from this series is mentioned.