In "Gone", when a social workers comes to check on things, Buffy gets Spike out of the house by using this technique. Buffy - Don't you have to go now, Spike? Because of that thing. Spike - Thing, yeah. Uh, my blanket. Doris - He sleeps here? Buffy - What? No. Oh, the blanket? That's... Just a security thing.
Andrew Wells appears to have a crush (which he calls a "man crush") on a Star Trek: Enterprise character. In the season seven episode "First Date", Xander says "You heard me. Just tell me what to do. I'm mentally undressing Scott Bakula. That's a start, isn't it?", and Andrew replies dreamily "Captain Archer..."
In Angel Lonely Heart, Doyle says, "Great idea! Calling cards. It's not like you have a signal folks can shine in the sky when ever they need help, you know? "