History ShoutOut / BorderlandsThePreSequel

* "[[Music/JanetJackson Name's Nisha! Miss Kadam if you're nasty!"]]

* After using the skill Cryogenic Exhaust Manifold, performed by buttslamming, he may say "Welcome to the jam!", quoting SpaceJam's famous theme song after it tells you to come on and slam...which he, of course, just did.

** A hidden room in Tycho's Ribs has a retro 8-bit appearance straight out of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', although it's tinted yellow. It even gives you the ability to jump up on top of the level and run past the first warp pipe into a secret loot room with 3 warp pipes.

* After doing Cosmo Wishbone's sidequest, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Niel Parsec]] will try to jump off the balcony only to fall after several feet of flight.

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''
** The flavor text for the Asteriod Belt shield is "Straight from the bug homeworld."
** The Holodome DLC adds a weapon called the Cry Baby with red text referencing ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac''. It shoots spherical bullets resembling Isaac's tears and every copy of the gun has a different tear effect from the game.
** Then there's the not-really-a-rocket-launcher from the Claptastic Voyage DLC named [[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Kaneda's Laser]]. Even the red text accompanying it is a direct quote from the movie adaption.
** One of the legendary OZ kits is the [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Moonlight Saga.]] When equipped it makes the character using it sparkle.
** The legendary Four Seasons grenade mod and its description, "Four seasons in one 'nade," reference a song by Australian/New Zealand band ''Music/CrowdedHouse''.

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* Achievements:
** [[WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet Roger Slamjet]]
** Series/MasterChef
** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} No Suit For You]]
** [[Film/PulpFiction The One That Says B.A.M.F.]]
** Film/SomeLikeItHot
** [[Series/{{Blackadder}} A Chunk of Purest Green]]
** [[Music/JimiHendrix Purple Haze]]
** [[Film/TheRoadWarrior Road Warrior]]
** [[SemperFi Improvise, Adapt, Overcome]]
** [[Music/MotleyCrue Doctor Feels Good]]
** [[Film/{{Highlander}} There Can Be Only... Me]]
** [[WesternAnimation/BettyBoop Betty Boom]]
** [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Pass the Chianti]]
** [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Magic Missile]]
** [[Film/UncleBuck Hello Uncle Buckshot]]
** [[Film/JerryMaguire Throw Me the Money!]]
** [[Music/{{ACDC}} OC/DC]]

* Equipment:
** The ZX-1 is essentially the ZF-1 from ''Film/TheFifthElement'', a gun that fires {{Roboteching}} lasers.
** As mentioned below with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' expies, you get a laser weapon that functions exactly like a lightsaber.
** If you side with Janey instead of Torgue during her quest, she'll reward you with the "Firestarta", a laser weapon that looks like the American flag. A reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw "Firestarter"]] by ''Music/TheProdigy''.
** The Flavor Text for Zarpedon's Cyber Eagle is "[[Film/MenInBlack I feel like I'm gonna break this damn thing!]]"
** The Ice Scream has the Flavor Text "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Winter is]] [[{{Pun}} Numbing]]..."

*** A continuous laser weapon that borrows its name from Egon. The flavor text tells you (twice) that it "Kills ghosts, apparently." It also has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_symbol No Symbol]] on it, like the Ghostbusters' logo.
*** The access code for the door in the mission in which you can get the gun is 1984, the same year the movie came out.

* Vehicle Skins:
** One of the Stingray's skins is called [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "Goblin." It turns the stingray vibrant green.]]

* Misc:
** Meme-related:
*** In the preview video that has Mr. Torgue and Sir Hammerlock giving a ''very detailed'' breakdown of all the characters, enemies, environments, new features, new weapons, and story has Torgue straight up point out the various internet memes found around the game. BECAUSE REASONS! Then he says he's just kidding. [[SelfDeprecation They blew the F$@& out of the meme references in BL2 because of how lame they are]]. The video then references Doge.
----> WOW. SUCH MEMES. VERY REGRET.
*** In the magazine racks in Concordia, there's a pamphlet to visit the [[DiscreditedMeme Echonet Meme Graveyard.]]
----> WOW. SUCH SCARES. VERY HORROR.
** In the preview video, Mr. Torgue mentions that certain versions of the laser weapons shoot [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 a continuous stream of energy like in that one movie...]] but he gets them confused and says it's from ''Film/GhostDad''.
** The Launch Trailer has a twofer, saying the game has "[[VideoGame/{{Destiny}} Zero Moon Wizards]]" before quickly recanting when Claptrap appears in a wizard outfit.
--->'''[[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Call me]] [[{{Pun}} Gundalf!]]'''
** In the Handsome Jack Trailer, Jack recites a version of "Ozymandias", tailored for him.

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** Lost Legionaries may say "Rosebud" as a death quote, as a reference to ''Film/CitizenKane''.
** A line from Jack in the beginning:
---> "Uh, no idea, but I get the feeling [[Series/{{Firefly}} it could kill us with its brain]], so, y'know, keep running!"
** In Concordia, there's two midgets running the DJ booth [[Music/DaftPunk wearing space-age helmets.]]
** ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': One of the BoozeBasedBuff drinks you can order is the GargleBlaster.
** In Stanton's Liver, there's an Eridian Monolith you can step into. It teleports you to strange areas, including a small enclosed room with nothing but 2 of Marcus' ancestors and a loot crate. When you step through the 3rd time, [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey you see a midget scav in fetal position, contained within a bubble, orbiting Elpis.]]
** The boss [=RedBelly=]:
*** Based on Master Blaster from ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderDome'', with a huge guy serving as the body and a dwarf serving as the head.
*** A reference to infamous and legendary Australian outlaw UsefulNotes/NedKelly. One ECHO log for the pair has Belly mentioning that he forgot the leg portions of their armour (Ned Kelly's famous armour lacked any protection for his legs. The police disabled him by shooting there when they successfully captured him).[[GeniusBonus This is even the best place to hit him during the boss fight!]]
** There is an entire mission dedicated to escorting [[Franchise/StarWars C-3P0 and R2-D2 expies (named RT-FC (Read The Fucking Code) and ICU-P]]] [[ToiletHumor (I see you pee)]] [[Film/ANewHope to deliver safely deliver a message to Toby Van Adobe.]]:
*** Your reward there is a gun that functions exactly like a lightsaber, and is called "An elegant weapon to be clumsy and totally unpredictable."
*** The name of the recipient could also have been a reference to current Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbot.
** Sterwin's quests:
*** He's a parody of Steve Irwin, who talks and looks almost exactly like him. In this case, he's an indoors office worker who's been mysterious sent outdoors to capture Eridians, and can be used to unlock a further quest where you capture them to be put on a preserve, because all they want to do is "play around, not hurt people."
*** During his quests you have to capture Eridians using a grenade mod that functions like a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Poké Ball]] (and looks like a Quick Ball.) You have to lower their health first and everything. The descriptions for the filled balls are also full of references to ''Pokémon''. The mission completion text points out how you were the best, like no one ever was.
----> "Congratulations, OPHA was caught! Want to give it a nickname or something?"

** A mission in Helios's Research and Development area involves receiving a weapon from Claptrap expies:
*** Of [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] and [[Videogame/SystemShock SHODAN]]: [=CLAP-9000=] and DAN-TRAP The first is friendly and has a soothing voice. The second constantly boasts about the perfection and beauty of destruction and has a stutter.
*** The robot you choose to disable will quote the same dying lines as the AI they are an expy of, and the surviving bot will give you a weapon which references the AI they are based on. For example, DAN-trap's reward is called the Mining Laser, which is a reference to the mining laser SHODAN took control of in ''Videogame/SystemShock''.

---> This is Deadlift. See Deadlift lift. See Deadlift who lifts become dead. See how happy this makes Janey. Verrrry happy.

--->"Long ago, the Scav nations lived together in disharmony. Then everything changed when Zarpedon attacked. Only the Vault Hunter, master of guns, could stop her. I believe the Vault Hunter can save the moon...Cue intro music. Spoilers !! It happened pretty much like that, actually."
** The Darksiders:
*** Their emblem is a transparent prism splitting a beam of light. [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Elpis is a moon]]. Right?
*** Two members of the gang are Magma Rivers (based on former lead Roger Waters) and Wally Wrong (keyboardist Richard Wright) with the last (Fair Dinkum) being the name of an Australian cover band. Wally Wrong even threatens making the player [[Music/TheWall more than numb.]]

--->ERADICATE! ERADICATE!

** Upon meeting the Skipper's true AI form, she says 'Yank me', much like Cortana does in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''.
** Felicity:
*** After killing some Scavs in the prototype powersuit, will remark "everything lost, [[Film/BladeRunner like tears in a puddle...]]
*** Her ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' references, with her boss form, "Felicity Rampant" and the BossSubtitles are "If Only Elpis Had More Time.":

*** The use of “rampant” is itself a shout out to both games. The process of “rampancy” originating in Marathon, specifically dealing with an AI processing not being human and wanting to have an actual life outside of what it was built for. Which is exactly what’s happening to Felicity.
** The quest "Hot Head" has Dean introduced by shouting "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI HATE! HATE! HATE!]]"
** Tassiter's [[TakeThat brain-dead nephew's favorite show]] is the [[Series/TheBigBangTheory The Big Explosion Hypothesis]].
** Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog references with the Kraggon, "Phonic", in Serenity's Waste:
*** It's the only Shock-element Kraggon in the game, giving it a blue colour. Kraggons in general like to attack you [[RollingAttack by curling up into a ball and rolling into you]]. What does "Phonic" rhyme with again?
*** In TVHM, it is replaced by a [[SuperMode gold-colored Phuper Phonic Kraggon.]]
** After doing Cosmo Wishbone's sidequest, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Niel Parsec]] will try to jump off the balcony only to fall after several feet of flight.
** Possibly unintentional, but Nurse Nina, who speaks with a thick Russian accent, has a button pinned to her jacket which reads "[[Creator/FPSRussia Have nice day]]".
** Also possibly unintentional, but the Japanese dub of Nurse Nina has her speaking in the same manner as [[LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika Chaika.]]
** When the player opens the secret entrance to Moxxi's garage, Moxxi is singing the "Bubbles and Birds" song from an episode of the Claptrap Web Series.
** There are a host of messages on a screen written by The Bosun, one of which includes a message about [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries small creatures that got in the hold]] [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles that are eating the food and repopulating wildly.]]
** Upon entering Concordia, you are [[Film/DemolitionMan promptly fined a dollar for swearing. This happens twice in a row.]]
** Sometimes when you grind out an item with a luneshine buff on it, the Dahl grinder will say, [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} "You got the cool...you got the cool luneshine!"]]
** One of the Concordia [=NPCs=] may sometimes mutter "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Serenity now...]]"
** There's a silver Hyperion loader in the Hyperion Hall of Heroism named R-0513. [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons It is wearing a light blue maid outfit.]]
** Pickle being a ten-year-old boy helping Jack with his plans may be a reference to the Evil Overlord's List.
** You can complete a chain of quests from representatives of organisations called "The Concordia People's Liberation Front", "The Concordia's People Front" and "The People's Front", referencing the well known WeAREStrugglingTogether gag from ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''.
** Captain Chef is a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook James Cook]], more commonly known as Captain Cook, who first established a colony on and mapped large parts of Australia (and ultimately met his end after angering a crowd of Hawaiians). Much like Cook, Chef is oblivious to the outrage of existing inhabitants (in Cook's case, the people indigenous to the continent) and apparently unaware the place has already been discovered (in Cook's case, multiple landings were made on the Australian continent by other countries, they just either sank or didn't bother ''staying'' there). His quests might also be a reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff_War Flagstaff War]].
** Davis Pickle's name is a reference to Travis Bickle of ''Film/TaxiDriver''.
** One challenge with multiple levels to it is called [[Franchise/BattlestarGalactica Battle Star]].
** The challenge "One for every occasion" may be a reference to the Yogsquest 2 series, in which Sips says he likes to have a gun for every occasion.
** Sereena the Geisha-bot sounds exactly like [[Franchise/MassEffect Tali'Zorah]] in the recording used to infuriate [=CU5TM-TP=], with electronic voice and the same accent.
** The mission log for the mission "A New Direction" reads [[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken "What a twist!"]]
** Female citizens on Condordia can ask [[Film/ANewHope "Arn't you a little short for a Vault Hunter?"]]
** During the Rough Love mission, where you round up suitors for Nurse Nina, she'll echo you after the second candidate falling through, saying that she [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/003/866/nfNeT7YvTozx0cv7ze3mplZpo1_500.gif "is disappoint"]].
** The Eye of Helios is pretty much one big reference to the [[Film/ANewHope Death Star's laser.]]
** Snick-it, a game played using a bat, a red ball, three wickets and in white uniforms, and with rules that sound like abject nonsense to those unfamiliar with it, is a stand-in [[UsefulNotes/CricketRules for]] UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}}. The man playing it ("the Don") is named for Sir Donald Bradman, an exceptionally skilled batsman who broke dozens of records, had an absurd 99.94 batting average and became something of an Australian icon and folk legend.
** The moonshot cannon and the fact that you can go ''inside'' the bullet seems to reference [[Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon a certain novel involving a cannon and the Moon.]]
** [[spoiler: Shadowtrap's Eclipse Form]] heavily resembles a light gray, futuristic version of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron.]]
** The first citizen you meet in Concordia: [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan 'I am not, and never will be, your friend.']]
** When you first see him, [=5H4D0W-TP=] is wearing a mask highly reminiscent of [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter's]]. [[spoiler:He has a chance to drop a matching head customization when fought.]]
** The sidequest ''The Empty Billabong'' is one long reference to the Australian song ''Waltzing Matilda'', including the Jolly Swagman, Billabong, Jumbuck (which gets shoved in a tucker bag), reference to the Swagman "boiling his billy", coolibah tree, and that fact that you find Swagman's recording after he's dead, meaning you are effectively hearing his ghost.
** The bonus objective from ''Space Slam'' which requires you to be on fire is a direct reference to ''VideoGame/NBAJam'', where outstanding performance would light you and the hoop on fire. To complete the reference, Tog even says "He/She's on fire!" in the exact same cadence as the ''Jam'' announcer.
** Lost Legion Sergeants are a twofer for ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', as their loadout of a pistol and sword is very commonly used by squad leaders in the grim, dark future. Additionally, their hats and body armor make them dead ringers for [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/6/64/Knight_Commander_Pask2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140412033611 Knight-Commander Pask]] and Cadian captains in general.
** The Laser Disker is one big reference to ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'', since its flavor text is the popular "Shazbot!" text taunt, and the weapon behaves exactly like the iconic Spinfusor, being a gun that fires explosive energy discs.
** Lawrence De Quidt, co-founder of Hyperion, is a reference to Creator/SteveJobs, right down to his death occurring while he was still developing products for his company.
** The mission where Mr. Torgue is first encountered is called [[Film/AnimalHouse Torgue-o! Torgue-o!]]
** The "Fabled Tortoise" Legendary Shield, which is a reference to the fable of ''Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare'' slows the wearer down and speeds them up if the shield is depleted. FlavorText with a pun:
---> Win by a hare.
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** There's an Oz kit called the "Ack Ack". I's flavor text says "I said to shoot across their nose, not up it!"

* The description for Winter's Fury, "Lit White Snow on the Mountain Tonight", comes a [[http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/12/disney-frozen-let-it-go-google-translate-video-4301353/ google mistranslation]] of [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]].

** There's an Oz kit called the "Ack Ack". It's flavor text says "I said to shoot across their nose, not up it!"

* "Prismatic Aegis" quotes ''{{Film/Poltergeist}}'' in its description.