History ShoutOut / HotlineMiami

* The fish mask is named Phil, for the creator of VideoGame/{{Fez}}, Phil Fish.

* The first boss, Wilson Fisker, is a clear shout-out to Wilson Fisk, AKA Comicbook/TheKingpin. His appearance seems based on the character's portrayal on the 2003 ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie.

For Shout-Outs in the sequel, go [[ShoutOut/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber here]].

* The entire game makes no secret of its roots, being inspired by the film ''Film/Drive2011''. Having the similar concepts of unnamed protagonists, synth soundtracks and explorations into the underworld, it's no wonder that the creators made a point of putting Drive's director in the credits.
** [[Film/Drive2011 Driver's]] jacket can be found as as level dressing.

* The frog mask is named Zack, possibly after Zacharie from the indie RPG VideoGame/{{OFF}}, who wears a frog mask.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSGWCnFGrj0 According to the creators]], much of the series' character design was inspired by 80's themed movies, such as ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' (Jacket) and ''Film/MiamiVice'' (Mobsters).
* The first boss, Wilson Fisker, is a clear shout-out to Wilson Fisk, A.K.A. Comicbook/TheKingpin. His appearance seems based on the character's portrayal on the 2003 ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie.

%%As with the main page, examples for the sequel go on the sequel's namespace, at ShoutOut/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber

* The first boss, Wilson Fisker, is a clear shout-out to Wilson Fisk, A.K.A. Comicbook/TheKingpin. His appearance seems based on the character's portrayal on the 2003 ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie.

* The camel mask is named Rami, for a half-Egyptian writer for Gamasutra named Rami Ismail, who is also the developer of ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'', which has its own references in ''Wrong Number''.

* The snake mask is named Jake, more then likely after [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "the snake" Roberts]]. Denis Wedin has gone on record saying Jake Roberts is his favorite wrestler.

* The monkey mask, Willem, has an uncanny resemblance towards the [[Creator/WillemDafoe actor of the same name]]

* The entire game makes no secret of its roots, being inspired by the film ''Film/{{Drive}}''. Having the similar concepts of unnamed protagonists, synth soundtracks and explorations into the underworld, it's no wonder that the creators made a point of putting Drive's director in the credits.
** [[Film/{{Drive}} Driver's]] jacket can be found as as level dressing.

* The snake mask is named Jake, more then likely after [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "the snake" Roberts]].

* Richter is likely named for the bald henchmen in the original ''[[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total Recall]]'', or for W.D. Richter, the director of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''

* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels

* The first boss, Wilson Fisker, is a clear shout-out to Wilson Fisk, A.K.A. The Kingpin. His appearance seems based on the character's portrayal on the 2003 [[Film/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil]] Movie.

* The camel mask is named Rami, for a half-Egyptian writer for Gamasutra named Rami Ismail.

* The panther mask is named Brandon, after Marlon Brando. Fittingly, in the second game a variation of the mask is revealed to have first been worn by a character who greatly resembles Marlon Brando's character of Colonel Kurtz from ApocalypseNow.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSGWCnFGrj0 According to the creators]], much of the series' character design was inspired by 80's themed movies, such as ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' (Jacket) and ''Film/MiamiVice'' (Mobsters).

* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels

* The panther mask is named Brandon, after Marlon Brando. Fittingly, in HotlineMiami2 a variation of the mask is revealed to have first been worn by a character who greatly resembles Marlon Brando's character of Colonel Kurtz from ApocalypseNow.

* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels

* The panther mask is named Brandon, after Marlon Brando. Fittingly, a variation of the mask is revealed to have first been worn by a character who greatly resembles Marlon Brando's character of Colonel Kurtz from ApocalypseNow.

* Speaking of which, one of ''Wrong Number''[='s=] synth tracks is titled "[[{{Film/Terminator}} Technoir]]"

* [[NuclearThrone Fish, Crystal, Melting and Y.V]] all show up as cardboard cutouts in 2nd Scene - Homicide. The achievement for shooting all of them has the description "They won't reach the Nuclear Throne" which is a nod to Nuclear Throne's GameOver screen.

* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels

* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels
* Tony, The leader of the Fans, wearing a mask of a big cat (Tiger) is quite bored. [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry He must be taking lessons from Bernkastel.]]

* The soundtrack is made to be reminiscent of ''Film/{{Drive}}''.

* [[Film/{{Drive}} Driver's]] jacket can be found as as level dressing.

* The fish mask is named Phil, for the creator of VideoGame/{{Fez}} Phil Fish.

* Richter is likely named for the bald henchmen in the original ''[[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total Recall]]'', or for W.D. Richter, the director of ''TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''

* The snake mask is named Jake, more then likely after [[JakeRoberts Jake "the snake" Roberts]].
* The frog mask is named Zack, possibly after Zacharie from the indie RPG {{OFF}}, who wears a frog mask.
* Two of the achievements are called "Guns for show" & "Knives for pro" a line said by Soap in LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels

* Tony, The leader of the Fans, wearing a mask of a big cat (Tiger) is quite bored. [[UminekoWhenTheyCry He must be taking lessons from Bernkastel.]]

* [[Film/{{Drive}} Driver's]] jacket can be found as as level dressing.