History ShoutOut / Runescape

** Teleporting to Camelot unlocks "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail It's Only a Model]]".

** Yet more Creator/MontyPython references: teleporting to Camelot unlocks the "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail It's Only a Model]]" achievement. Additionally, two woodcutting-related Tasks are titled "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay" and "I Sleep All Night and I Work All Day".

* There are quite a few Creator/MontyPython references in the game. The best-known example comes whenever you try to [[WithThisHerring use a herring to chop down a tree]].

* The examine text for Lumberjack Leif (an {{NPC}} on Miscellania) is "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus He's a lumberjack and he's okay.]]" Additionally, two woodcutting-related Tasks are titled "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay" and "I Sleep All Night and I Work All Day".
* The guards in the towers on Jatizso and Neitiznot can be seen shouting insults to each other. These insults include [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Your mother was a Hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."]]
* In the old version of the "Wolf Whistle" quest, your character, asked to kill a Wolpertinger, responds "One rabbit stew coming up!" in a reference to the ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' killer rabbit scene. The Wolpertinger familiar's examine text is "[[BlatantLies It's just a harmless wee rabbit]]."

** Smithing a bronze mace rewards you with the [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Mace Invaders]] achievement.

** Yet another Creator/MontyPython reference: teleporting to Camelot unlocks "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail It's Only a Model]]".

* The magic carpet's examine text is "This could take me to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} a whole new world]].".

* Also, there are two children, [[Series/DoctorWho Amelia and Rory]], in Morytania who idolize the hero of the [[TheResistance Myreque]]. They're convinced he wears a [[BowtiesAreCool bowtie]], so [[YourCostumeNeedsWork you can't convince them you're that hero]].

* The Gower Quest features a barricaded door with millions of female voices chanting "Pargon" behind it; your character thinks it sounds like it leads to madness. In VideoGame/EternalDarkness, "Pargon" is a rune of power that magnifies the power of other spells it is applied to.

* The town crier in Seers' Village will give you the advice, "[[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Be excellent to each other!]]"

* If you speak with Bob the Cat while your own cat is with you, the two cats will re-enact the dialogue from the LukeIAmYourFather scene in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Similarly, if you type "I am your father" into your in-game notepad, the note that shows up will instead say "[[BigNo Nooooooooo!]]"

* When Bob gives you your second explorer's ring, he'll mutter about how "Adventurers these days are spoilt rotten. Why, in my day... (mumble)... [[ColossalCave dragons...(mumble) ...bare hands]].

** Smithing a bronze mace rewards you with the [[SpaceInvaders Mace Invaders]] achievement.

** Killing an enemy on the Khazard battlefield completes the "[[DukesOfHazzard Dukes of Khazard]]" task.

** Baking an Admiral pie unlocks "[[ReturnOfTheJedi It's a Trap]], No, Wait, It's a Pie!"

** Teleporting into the unicorn cage in the zoo unlocks the "A Visit to [[CharlieTheUnicorn Charlie]]" achievement.

** If you use the Ring of Charos to magically enhance your powers of persuasion, you can unlock "[[StarWarsANewHope These Aren't the Coins You're Looking For]]" by convincing the sailors to give you a free ride to Karamja. There's also "[[StarWars TzHaar Wars]]" for playing a minigame in the [=TzHaar=] area.

* The Flared Trousers item changes your "Dance" emote to one used by JohnTravolta in ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. Their examine text is "These'll help me stay alive."

-->'''Player''': "KHAAAAAN!"

* One of the smaller pigs in Draynor Village has the examine text "[[AustinPowers I shall call him...Mini-Pig.]]" The same reference is duplicated in the examine text of the baby moles in the caves underneath Falador garden.

* EdgarAllanPoe's short story "Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado" is about a wine connoisseur named Fortunato. The wine salesman in Draynor Village is named Fortunato; his examine text is "He looks as if he could do with a sip of Amontillado."
* Naturally, the Raven pet's dialogue contains additional EdgarAllanPoe references.

** Similarly, if you try to advance to the next part without putting him (and the others) down nets you 'You must slaughter your zombies before venturing forth!', a play on the [[MostAnnoyingSound infamous message]] from [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]].

** "[[BonJovi Living on a Prayer]]" is unlocked by performing the Air Guitar emote near a monastery.

** The examine text for one of the antagonists of the quest is [[RobZombie "Living dead girl."]]

* The examine text for the Rapier is "The very butcher of a silk button," a quote from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''RomeoAndJuliet''.
* The "What Lies Below" quest includes an NPC archaeologist named [[IndianaJones Louisiana Jones]]. Similarly, the quest "Desert Treasure" includes Asgarnia Smith, also an [[InsistentTerminology archaeologist.]]

** Ren Bo: "Swift currents, strong wings[[note]]Intentionally misspelled.[[/note]] and a remarkably stable micro climate make the [[StealthPun average temperature of this island lower than its neighbors]]. Rumors exist of a Purist movement having made it their headquarters." (Rainbow Dash, an athletic pegasus who helps control the weather, and the TropeNamer for TwentyPercentCooler.)