History ShoutOut / IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice

* Corvus declares that [[https://youtu.be/LJMLfACod48?t=55 "...[he] shall not die, no!"]] in precisely the same cadence as a certain incredibly bald [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Blood Ravens]] [[GeneralFailure captain]].
* Right before the credits of the Catachan episode:

** Earlier, you can hear another voiceclip, being said by the Catachan having his arms ripped off.

* The three other Custodes take the appearance of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure the Pillar Men]], to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhVCoTsBaM Awaken]] is their leitmotif. Others in the background are modeled after Vanilla Ice, Narciso Anasui and Diavolo from the same manga.
** The Diavolo Custode has his own theme, a short riff from [[Music/KingCrimson "21st Century Schizoid Man"]].
*** It goes even deeper, because in his introduction he asks both Kitten and Magnus if they know who he is. After both say no, he seems oddly pleased about this and once they leave he screams to himself that he will become a the new emperor. Obviously referencing the motives of Diavolo from part 5. And to top it all off he's voiced by Antfish! The creator of WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged
** When the other Custodes finally make an appearance, they obviously are other Stripperiffic male characters such as: Mr. Gold & Mr. Silver from ''VideoGame/GodHand'', Voldo from ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' & actual figures of the Adeptus Custodes.
** Another quick reference to Jojo which is so subtle is almost doubles as a FunnyBackgroundEvent, during the Emperor's lecture on galactic history, a pair of Eldar are seen freaking out over all the horrors running around after the War in Heaven. Their distress is vocalized using Old Man Joseph's famous [[OhCrap "OHHH NOOOO!"]]. It's rather hard to hear, since Emps is talking while they're screaming.

* Upon hearing about Emperor's sex life, [[spoiler:Magnus]] has the reaction you'd expect a child would have to [[ParentalSexualitySquick hearing about the sex life of one of his parents]] while channeling [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Professor Farnsworth]] for a moment.

* When reading about how Jaghatai Khan and his army were once caught in an avalanche, the Emperor starts to ask [[{{Disney/Mulan}} if it was fireworks-induced]] before getting cut off by Custodisi.

* In Episode 12.5: "Atrocious Answers," The Emperor sings ([[MachineMonotone through his text to speech device]]), part of Music/SimplePlan's song "How could this happen to me?"

* Upon hearing about Emperor's sex life, [[spoiler:Magnus]] has the reaction you'd expect [[spoiler: a child would have to hearing about the sex life of one of his parents]] while channeling [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Professor Farnsworth]] for a moment.

* [[spoiler:Corvus Corax's]] BeardOfSorrow makes him look ''a lot'' like Film/JohnWick or [[DarkerAndEdgier Season 5]] WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack.

* When the Emperor learns of what happened to the Sensei and flies into a ground-shaking fury, the Centurion says "We should go. I should go. I better go. [[MassEffect I'm Commander Shep-"]] *gets tackled by Magnus*

** In Episode 26 part 1, some Tauroxes (Tauroxen?) honk their horns with the same sound that was used in Ed, Edd, n' Eddy for most vehicles

* In episode 21, we get a flashback of Marneus Calgar unleashing a "[[Film/AClockworkOrange bit of the old Ultraviolence]]" on some necrons.

** During a particular revolting segment of Ian Watson's rather distressing personal FetishFuel from ''Inquisitor'', Whammudes calls the author a "sex pervert", a phrase likewise popularized by WebVideo/RedLetterMedia.

* Calgar tell's Sicarius to shut up by (mis)quoting [[Creator/AndrewWK Party Hard]].

* The Emperor makes the "[[MortalKombat Toasty!]]" sound effect in reference to the Salamander's pyromania.

** In the same special Lucius's cheap set is the same from the ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' complete with one seat shared with the co-host and guest, something Miriael Sabathiel notes and disparages. The entire opening is also a reference, complete with Lucius wrecking the entire set and generally spreading utter chaos around the area before coming back, exhausted, to an entirely replaced set which he keeps wrecking later during the show (something that [[spoiler:Rogal Dorn]] also notes and disparages).

* [[spoiler:After getting into Commoragh and getting caught into the first trap for intruders: A Inter-dimensional Mirror that leads directly to the sun. Kaldor Draigo is one of the many forces caught by it. His response? "''NO SUN''" in almost same pronunciation and animation style as {{WebAnimation/Tigtone}}, and with [[StarKilling similar effect]].]]

* [[spoiler:After getting into Commoragh and getting caught into the first trap for intruders: A Inter-dimensional Mirror that leads directly to the sun. Kaldor Draigo is one of the many forces caught by it, his response? ''NO SUN'' in almost same pronounciation and animation as {{WebAnimation/Tigtone}}.]]

** The episode title and many of the jokes are lifted from YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries. Of particular note is exclusively referring to the Egyptian God card, Winged Dragon of Ra, as "Mega Ultra Chicken," which in itself is a reference [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Aqua Teen Hunger Force]].