History ShoutOut / CookieClicker

* The first Chancemaker upgrade, Your Lucky Cookie

* For owning one cortex baker, the achievement "[[Creator/Markiplier It's Big Brain Time]]" is awarded.

In short, [[ReferenceOverdosed almost everything]]:

* One cookie milestone in particular is a reference to the Milkshake song by Kelis:
-->''"Your cookies brings all the boys to the yard."''
* The [[https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/v10466/img/grandmaIcon.png Grandma icon]] and another status update quote is referencing an [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna1yzB9Jg1qlktl7o1_400.jpg image macro meme]] based on the movie ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'':
-->''"Moist cookies."''
--->-Grandma

* One of the achievements is titled "''VideoGame/QuantumConundrum''".
* The achievement for building 1 portal is "A whole new world", referencing the song from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
* Achievement for building 50 portals is "[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Now you're thinking]]."
* The achievement for having 100 cursors is "Literature/OfMiceAndMen", a reference to the [[Creator/JohnSteinbeck Steinbeck]] novel of the same name.
* The achievement for having 100 alchemy labs is "Gold Member", referencing the third Film/AustinPowers movie.
* The quote on the "Nihilism" achievement: "[[WebAnimation/RatboyGenius There are many things that need to be erased.]]"
* The description for the "Get Lucky" achievement references ''[[Music/DaftPunk Daft Punk]]'s'' song "Get Lucky":
-->"You've been up all night, didn't you?"
* The FlavorText for the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Quintillion Fingers]] upgrade is a direct quote from [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Boomhauer]]. It gets pretty hilarious if you remember the context of the original quote; you probably know why the hands are so effective now.
-->''Yeah man, I tell ya what, man, that dang ol' internet, man, you just go in on there and point and click, talk about w-w-dot-w-com, mean [[TheInternetIsForPorn you got nekkid chicks on there]], '''man, just go click, click, click, click, click, its real easy, man.'''''
* The Kitten Workers upgrade has the FlavorText "meow meow meow meow," a probable reference to the four-descending-notes jingle of "Meow Mix" cat food.
* [[Film/TheGraduate I'll say one word, just one: "cookies".]]

* The icon for the "Meme" building during [[AprilFoolsDay Business Day]] (actually the Wizard Tower) is a cookie-themed take on two different memes depending on the version: In the browser version, it's Pepe the Frog, while on the Steam version it's the Nyan Cat (albeit with a cookie in place of a Pop-Tart).

* The achievement for having 150 Shipments is "Type II civilization," a reference to the Kardashev scale.
* As of Version 1.0417, the Mine-related achievement "Never dig down" is a reference to one of the things you shouldn't do in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* The achievement for making 1 septillion cookies just from prisms is called "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Praise the sun]]".
* The achievement for having 250 grandmas is "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 The old never bothered me anyway]]".

* The Easter grandma skin is a grandma [[Film/DonnieDarko wearing a stupid bunny suit.]]
* The achievement ''Videogame/RealmOfTheMadGod'' is a shout out to the videogame of the same name.

* The achievement for buying 400 cursors is [[Film/The5000FingersOfDrT "Dr. T."]]
* The achievement for buying 500 cursors, "Thumbs, phalanges, metacarpals", has the flavor text, [[VideoGame/SonicAndKnuckles ''& KNUCKLES'']].
* The 350 grandma achievement is [[Franchise/StarTrek "To Oldly Go."]]
* Once your grandmas produce 10 quintillion cookies by themselves you unlock the [[http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/ "Gushing Grannies"]] achievement. There's also a grandma named "Gusher".
* The 300 temple achievement is "Wololo," from the sound priests would make when trying to convert enemies in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI''.
* The achievement for baking 100 octillion cookies is "[[Film/Dune1984 He who controls the cookies controls the universe]]". ''The milk must flow.''
* The achievement for baking 1 quadrillion cookies a second is "[[Website/CollegeHumor Turbopuns]]" with the description "Mother Nature will be like slowwwww dowwwwwwn."
* The following news message is a reference to a [[http://imgur.com/dIrST memetic edit of a hentai doujinshi]] made on 4chan:
-->News: elves sabotage radioactive frosting factory, turn hundreds blind in vicinity - "Who in their right mind would do such a thing?" laments outraged mayor.

* The achievement for building 300 time machines references the "Ricky and Morty forever and ever" rant from the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.

* An update for the game's fifth anniversary added, among other things, a series of building achievements that are all references to "All Star" by Music/SmashMouth (like "Sharpest Tool in the Shed" for having 500 farms).
** There is also the "So much to do so much to see" shadow achievement for having a cookie legacy at least a year old.
** As well as the description for the "Wishalloy Mouse" upgrade:
-->''"Clicking is fine and dandy, but don't [[{{Pun}} smash your mouse]] over it. Get your game on. Go play."''
* Many of the grandma names are this, which is a given since they're suggested by Patreon supporters. These include:
** [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Zan Tart-izanne]].
** dQw4w9WgXcQ. [[spoiler: Pasting it into a Website/YouTube URL sends you to a JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}.]]
** [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Mrs PoopyButthole]].
** [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Muriel]].
** [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Steve...?]]
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface Grandma McGrandmaface]].
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Khookiesi, Grandmother of Dragonflights]].
** "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hey-guys-its-nicole Hey guys, it's Nicole]]".
** VideoGame/IttleDew.
** [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Ruby Rose]].
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Erina Pendleton-Joestar]].
** [[Music/{{Queen}} Don't Stop Me Now]].
** [[WebVideo/ScottTheWoz ScartTheWaz]].
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Tell Cersei, it was me.]]
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachi]].
** [[Film/TheSandlot You're Killing Me Smols]].
** [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin Granny Grearest]].

* The achievement for owning 350 portals is "He Comes", referencing the WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} mythos. It's even rendered in Zalgo text in-game!
* The achievement for making 100 sextillion cookies from clicking is [[Music/FosterThePeople "All the other kids with the pumped up clicks."]]
* One of the news ticker headlines is a shout-out to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spiders-georg Spiders Georg]] meme, specifically referencing the infamous [[https://reallyreallyreallytrying.tumblr.com/post/40033025233/average-person-eats-3-spiders-a-year-factoid "average person eats 3 spiders a year" post]].
-->''"News: 'average person bakes [cookies baked/7.3 billion] cookies a year' factoid actually just statistical error; [[[HelloInsertNameHere Bakery]]], who has produced [cookies baked] cookies in their lifetime, is an outlier and should not have been counted."''
* Achievements for the Wizard Tower included [[VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing A Wizard is You]] (with the flavor text "[[Literature/HarryPotter I'm a what?]]") and "[[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Bibidi-babadi-boo]]."
* The achievement for owning 250 chancemakers is called "[[Literature/TheHungerGames Ever in your favor]]."
* Reaching one duodecillion cookies per second earns you the "Bake him away, toys" achievement, referring to WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode "Cape Feare".
* Harvesting a bifurcated sugar lump gives the achievement [[WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow "Sugar sugar"]].

** A later upgrade, also for the Shipments, is called "The Final Frontier"

* The icon for the "Mokalsium" spirit (itself a play on words) is based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Cow The Laughing Cow]] brand of dairy products.

* The Glucosmium Portal Upgrade is named [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Portal Guns]]
* The Achievement for 100 Quindecillion Cookies per second is called [[Franchise/{{Cars}} I am speed]]
* The Achievement for 650 Time Machines is called [[{{VideoGame/ChronoTrigger}} But the future refused to change]]
* The Steam only flavoured cookie upgrade Steamed Cookies has a reference to [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/steamed-hams the Steamed Hams meme from ''The Simpsons'']]
-->''"Localized entirely within this gaming platform? Yes! Baked with the power of steam, in a touch of cutting-edge modernity not seen since the industrial revolution"''

* The FlavorText for the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Quintillion Fingers]] upgrade is a direct quote from [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Boomhauer]]. It gets pretty hilarious if you remember the context of the original quote; [[ADateWithRosiePalms you probably know why the hands are so effective now]].

* The Steam only flavoured cookie upgrade Steamed Cookies has a reference to [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/steamed-hams the famous simpsons meme]]

* The Achievement for 650 Time Machines is called [[{{VideoGame/Undertale}} But the future refused to change]]

--> ''"Your cookies brings all the boys to the yard."''

--> ''"Moist cookies."''

--> "Pierce the heavens, etc."

--> "Do the impossible, see the invisible. Roe roe, fight the power?"

--> 'We can change if we want to. we can leave our brains behind.'

--> "You've been up all night, didn't you?"

--> ''"If you want to bake a cookie from scratch, you must first build a factory."''

---> ''"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."''

--> "All the world will be your enemy, and when they catch you they will kill you... but first they must catch you."

* The achievement for baking 100 octillion cookies is "[[Film/Dune1984 He who controls the cookies controls the universe]]" ''The milk must flow''.

--> News: elves sabotage radioactive frosting factory, turn hundreds blind in vicinity - "Who in their right mind would do such a thing?" laments outraged mayor.

--> ''"Clicking is fine and dandy, but don't [[{{Pun}} smash your mouse]] over it. Get your game on. Go play."''

--> What lottery? THE lottery, that's what lottery! Only lottery that matters!

--> ''"News: 'average person bakes [cookies baked/7.3 billion] cookies a year' factoid actually just statistical error; [[[HelloInsertNameHere Bakery]]], who has produced [cookies baked] cookies in their lifetime, is an outlier and should not have been counted."''

--> ''A beloved Indonesian pastry; its name means "snow princess", for the powdered sugar it's coated with. Had we added these to Cookie Clicker some years ago, this is where we'd make a reference to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 that one Disney movie]], but it's probably time to let it go.''

--> ''"These new state-of-the-art excavators have been tested on Merula, Globort, Flwanza VI, [[Franchise/DeadSpace among other distant planets which have been curiously quiet lately]]."''

--> ''"[[Franchise/DuckTales This is the first cookie you've ever baked]]. It holds a deep sentimental value and, after all this time, an interesting smell."''

* The Achievement for 100 Quindecillion Cookies per second is called [[Franchise/{{Cars}}I am speed]]

* The Jaffa Cake cookie upgrade makes reference to the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} Tekkit series, ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Jaffa Factory]]''.

* The eclipse cookie's flavor text "look to the cookie" comes from Series/{{Seinfeld}}, where Jerry appeals to Elaine to see a half-black, half-white cookie as a metaphor for racial harmony.

* The [[http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/img/grandmaIcon.png Grandma icon]] and another status update quote is referencing an [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lna1yzB9Jg1qlktl7o1_400.jpg image macro meme]] based on the movie ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'':

* The "Wishalloy Mouse" upgrade references the band [[Music/SmashMouth Smash Mouth]] and the lyrics of their song "All Star".
--> ''"Clicking is fine and dandy, but don't [[{{Pun}} smash your mouse]] over it. Get your game on. Go play."''

* The achievement for baking 100 octillion cookies is "[[Film/{{Dune}} He who controls the cookies controls the universe]]" ''The milk must flow''.

* The 300 temple achievement is "Wololo," from the sound priests would make when trying to convert enemies in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires''.