History FanFic / ToyHammer

* OneofUs: A few trope names (Batel is noted to be an {{Expy}}) are dropped. Not really surprising, considering that Vincent, the AuthorAvatar, is egregiously stated to be OneofUs.

* ActionSurvivor: Michael, Vincent, Alice and Batel...which is rather funny considering that all 4 of them are literal giants (say, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]-scale) when compared to the miniatures.

** Again with Zara, when she screams [[spoiler:"''I DO NOT WEAR PANTIES!''"]]. She actually has a 'combat membrane', possibly something like a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion plugsuit]], which leaves no room for underwear, but still...

** Michael has the Grey Knights materialize a dozen Sentry Turrets from ''ModernWarfare 2'' and has them all blazing at full-auto at an advancing pack of daemons. The front ranks ''evaporate''.

** As well as a shout out to ''ModernWarfare'': "Oi, Suzy!"

** Emma. [[spoiler: She's the]] [[spoiler: [[IncrediblyLamePun Emma-peror.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Emma]] during the battle with the forces of Chaos. Spectacularly so.

* ContestWinnerCameo: Kinda, since its more 'thanks for a critique', although many characters (such as [[spoiler: Trooper Sohm Vekt, Madork Gunna, Miles Henderson and Silverite]], to name a few), are actually expanded upon to become {{AscendedExtra}}s in the omake chapters or in the main plot.

-->'''Emma''': Yet.

** And there is one for AN ENTIRE CHAPTER: "[[ShoutOut I refuse your reality,]] [[MythBusters and substitute my own.]]"

* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheIndianInTheCupboard'' (or ''SmallSoldiers'') meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

* SadClown: [[spoiler:Vincent's coping mechanism when he's being attacked by a Daemonhost and the forces of Chaos.]]

* ShoutOut: Many.
** Michael first convinces the minis to stop trying to kill each other by using [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock Would]] [[ArcWords You]] [[TriggerPhrase Kindly]]?]]
** The Swooping Hawks Exarch is named [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Al-Tair]].
** The leader of the Imperial Scouts? [[ModernWarfare Sergeant MacTavish]].
*** On a related note, ''ModernWarfare2'' is given a shout when the 75th Ranger Regiment (the American forces in the game) is mentioned to be setting up for a gun-show [[{{Foreshadowing}} soon]].
*** Again in Chapter 21, we have a classic: "Oi, Suzy!"
*** The unapologetic and lampshaded use of massed Sentry Turrets.
---> ''Thank you, Infinity Ward.''
** [[GearsOfWar Troika pattern]] combi-chainguns.
** Many [[ImageBoard /tg/ and 4chan]] memes are given a ShoutOut, especially during Chapter 13.
** From the Christmas {{Omake}}:
--->It was hard to describe, as I think there are few words in the English language to describe the mishmash of bizarre materials and machinery before me. [[Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k There might be one in Eldar, though. They're assholes like that.]]
** In the first Ordo Vermin omake, the extermination (vermin, not Exterminatus) company is lead by a man going by Buck, there's also a Dutch as one of his subordinates, and they both call Michael [[{{Halo}} 'Rookie']].
** TheIncredibleHulk is given one in the second Ordo Vermin omake.
** In chapter 20, Vincent has a quick shout out to ''TheDresdenFiles'':
--->"I shall feast on thy soul!"\\
"Its THINE, ya stupid bastard!"
** And then we have a ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' and ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' shout out when Vincent is deliberating which tool he should use for a weapon: He pulls out a crowbar and a Stillson wrench, the melee weapon of choice for Gordon Freeman and Jack, respectively.
*** Taken even further that he had gotten the wrench from a hardware store called [[spoiler:'Ryan and Son']].
*** [[spoiler:'Fountain Street']] which sounds similar to [[spoiler:'Fontaine Street']]
** In a ShoutOut to both ''FinalFantasy'' and CiaphasCain (who used the description for a Red Mage for a Mechanicus Adept), [[spoiler:two of the Zara personalities]] have descriptions matching up to that with a Black Mage and a White Mage. The 'musician' also has a close description to that of ''RagnarokOnline'''s Dancer class.
** Continuiing the CiaphasCain references:
*** Chapter 22 has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to the Valhallan 597th in Ishabeth's memories.
*** Cain himself may have been referred to here: isn't Chain-Blade a suitable callsign for a particular Commissar that favors chainsword weapons? Not to mention gets lost (to the point of where 'Valkyria' admits that this is not the first time they've lost contact with him) and loves his tanna tea.
** Throughout ch. 22, The Sorcerer constantly quotes Darth Vader almost word for word, and they are all ''in context''.
*** Notably:
**** "I find your lack of faith...disturbing"
**** "The Warp is strong with this one."
** Someone on the vox has the callsign [[{{Halo}} 'Spartan']], and hails from the Cadian's 117th regiment...
** Michael quotes Jack Sparrow's "I might've deserved that" after being slapped by Zara.
** MCHammer is given many a classic shout out in Chapter 23, which is titled "Hammer Time" and goes with it from there.
---> "Can't touch this." ''STAB''
** [[spoiler:The Rose]] uses a rose-petal-whirlwind type attack that is very similar to Byakuya Kuchiki's bankai.
---> "Scatter!"
** The especially appropriate opening quote for Chapter 25; [[{{Mythbusters}} "I refuse your reality, and substitute my own."]]
** Chapter 27 opens with a [[TurnSignalsOnALandRaider Land Raider using its turn signals]] to act as an impromptu alarm clock.
** Chapter 28 features several nods to the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fic ''FanFic/NobodyDies''
*** Vincent is terrified of the impending arrival of Michael's sister Jane because she reminds him of the Ree.
*** Jane uses Terrifying!Rei's trademark "Hee~ey!", and she also uses the Rei & the Ree's "[...] and stuff." speech tic once.
*** Zara uses the UnusualEuphemism "flurgen".
** One of the Apothecaries is named [[Series/BandOfBrothers Eyugeen Rho]]. Easier to spot if you say it out loud.
** Zara introduces herself to Jane:
---> [[Music/TheRollingStones "Jane. Allow me to introduce myself. I am a woman of far sight and grace."]]
** In Chapter 29, Michael describes the maxim of any professional soldier as [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 "plan to kill everyone you meet".]]
*** Michael meets an {{Expy}} of the Heavy in Chapter 30.
** Back in Chapter 29, Inquisitor Danilov and the Grey Knights [[{{Halo}} were on a curious ring-like structure, ten thousand kilometers in diameter]]. Those dimensions ''are'' canonical.
*** There's also Brother-Sergeant [[VideoGame/HaloReach Jorj]], a Devastator Marine (AKA the [[{{BFG}} heavy weapons]] specialist).
** Chapter 10 leads Vincent to say Michael's head is a black hole. The response to that?
---> [[Anime/{{FLCL}} "My head is not a black hole. No robot arms are going to be jumping out of them, okay? I have not had a psychotic girl hit me in the head with a Rickenbacker."]]
** Three Grey Knights are named after Literature/TheThreeMusketeers.
** Two imperial Psykers are named [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Elrick and Alphonse]].
** The ''Farseer Days: Frustration'' interlude ends with Michael entering the Eldar-inhabited bathroom of his house with a particularly boisterous greeting:
---> '''Michael:''' ''[[GoodMorningVietnam "GOOD MORNING ELDAR!"]]''
** Michael's soul is an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion AT field]], at least when fighting off psychic attacks.
** The mindscape of the Grey Knights is a [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight wasteland filled with every weapon they've ever seen]].

** [[spoiler:Batel the Chaos Cultist pulls a jagged-toothed version of this during her desperate attack on Michael and co.]]

* AerithAndBob: Given the mix of races, this is par for the course: normal human names like Alice and Vincent; 40K human variants like Ishabeth, Tomas and Eizak, and of course, Sohm Vekt; Madork Gunna (Ork) and Shas'ui D'lytir Nin'per(aka Sergeant Talon) (Tau).

* AerithAndBob: Given the mix of races, this is par for the course: normal human names like Alice and Vincent; 40K human variants like Ishabeth, Tomas and Eizak, and of course, Sohm Vekt; Madork Gunna (Ork) and Shas'ui Fi'rios Yon'anuk Eldi'myr (aka Sergeant Talon) (Tau).

** And then we have a ''Franchise/{{Bioshock}}'' and ''HalfLife'' shout out when Vincent is deliberating which tool he should use for a weapon: He pulls out a crowbar and a Stillson wrench, the melee weapon of choice for Gordon Freeman and Jack, respectively.

* ActionSurvivor: Michael, Vincent, Alice and Batel...which is rather funny considering that all 4 of them are literal giants (say, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]-scale) when compared to the miniatures.

** Michael, the KidWithTheLeash to at least four (miniaturized) [[BadassArmy Badass Armies]], including SpaceMarines, [[MachineWorship tech-priests]], {{Badass Normal}}s, {{Badass Abnormal}}s and {{Badass}}es in general. Oh, and a {{Tsundere}}. [[spoiler:He works as an exterminator.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474237/1/40k_ToyHammer ToyHammer]]'' is a ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' FanFic written by Rogue Psyker (who also wrote ''FanFic/ZeroShock'') which begins when Michael is dropped off at his home by his [[SelfInsert friend]], only to find that most of his house has been turned into a warzone between the various races of the 40K universe: multiple Space Marine chapters, [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard]] regiments, [[AmazonBrigade Sisters of Battle]], [[KnightTemplar Grey Knights]], and the attached elements of the [[MachineCult Adeptus Mechanicus]], as well as the major xenos factions: Eldar, Tau and Orks. The 'twist' in this is that, for reasons that have only been hinted at to date, all of the armies and their respective weaponry, mecha, and tanks have been shrunk to the size of the miniatures from the game...but their weapons still work just fine.

* XMeetsY: ''IndianInTheCupboard'' (or ''SmallSoldiers'') meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

And then, the fun ends (and starts) with [[spoiler:Chaos making their rude entrance]]. The fic last updated on 5/21/2012; future updates will appear in pieces on {{Spacebattles}} before being posted on FF.net.

** Michael first convinces the minis to stop trying to kill each other by using [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BioShock1 Would]] [[ArcWords You]] [[TriggerPhrase Kindly]]?]]

** And then we have a ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' and ''HalfLife'' shout out when Vincent is deliberating which tool he should use for a weapon: He pulls out a crowbar and a Stillson wrench, the melee weapon of choice for Gordon Freeman and Jack, respectively.

** Two imperial Psykers are named [[FullMetalAlchemist Elrick and Alphonse]].

* MyLittlePanzer: Played with, the minis are exactly the same size as their toy counterpart, but not only they're durable (accounting to their armor, most Orks are [[LudriciousGibs still squishy]]) but are certainly dangerous due to fully functional weaponry. Even more literal with their ([[HoverTank equivalent of]]) tanks, especially after retooled to accept 'real' cartridge (read: Titan pistol ammunition).

* Rule34: Mentioned.

** Michael first convinces the minis to stop trying to kill each other by using [[spoiler:[[{{Bioshock}} Would]] [[ArcWords You]] [[TriggerPhrase Kindly]]?]]

** And then we have a ''{{Bioshock}}'' and ''HalfLife'' shout out when Vincent is deliberating which tool he should use for a weapon: He pulls out a crowbar and a Stillson wrench, the melee weapon of choice for Gordon Freeman and Jack, respectively.

* AffablyEvil: The Rose of Slaanesh when attempting to [[recruit Michael]]. It goes down exactly the same way you think it does-what with the Rose being a follower of Slaanesh, TooKinkyToTorture AND a [[Vamp]].