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*** At some point the Troubleshooters will end up in Studio 54 and participate in the ''Wide Complex of Sports''. Studio 54 is a reference to the one-time famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54 nightclub of the same name]], and ''Wide Complex of Sports'' refers to the [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] show ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''.
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*** At some point the Troubleshooters will end up in Studio 54 and participate in the ''Wide Complex of Sports''. Studio 54 is a reference to the one-time famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54 nightclub of the same name]], and ''Wide Complex of Sports'' refers to the [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] TV show ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''.
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** One of the {{Non Player Character}}s has no name. He has a cruel mouth, makes subtle puns, and females will be attracted to him. He uses cigarettes with three gold bands and owns a Bentley automobile. He's a high-ranking British agent and the British Secret Service will pay an $11,000 reward if the {{PC}}s rescue him. In short, he's the literary Literature/JamesBond.
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** One of the {{Non Player Character}}s has no name. He has a cruel mouth, makes subtle puns, and females will be attracted to him. He uses cigarettes with three gold bands and owns a Bentley automobile. He's a high-ranking British agent and the British Secret Service will pay an $11,000 reward if the {{PC}}s PlayerCharacters rescue him. In short, he's the literary Literature/JamesBond.
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*** Rules section P3.3 (effect of Asteroids on Combat) mentions that Tholians can create their webs easily in asteroid fields and says that if you encounter a Tholian inside one "You will probably not see home again." In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E9TheTholianWeb The Tholian Web]]" (which introduced the Tholians) Commander Spock says that if the Tholians complete their web around the Enterprise that "We shall not see home again."
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*** Rules section P3.3 (effect of Asteroids on Combat) mentions that Tholians can create their webs easily in asteroid fields and says that if you encounter a Tholian inside one "You will probably not see home again." In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E9TheTholianWeb The Tholian Web]]" (which introduced the Tholians) Tholians), Commander Spock says that if the Tholians complete their web around the Enterprise that "We shall not see home again."
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*** The Code 7 adventures "An ARD Day's Night" (Music/TheBeatles song "A Hard Day's Night"), "Miami Laser" (''Series/MiamiVice'') and "Outland-ISH" (''Film/{{Outland}}'')
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*** The Code 7 adventures "An ARD Day's Night" (Music/TheBeatles song "A Hard Day's Night"), "Miami Laser" (''Series/MiamiVice'') and "Outland-ISH" (''Film/{{Outland}}'')(''Film/{{Outland}}'').
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*** At some point the Troubleshooters will end up in Studio 54 and participate in the ''Wide Complex of Sports''. Studio 54 is a reference to the one-time famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54 nightclub of the same name]], and ''Wide Complex of Sports'' refers to the Creator/{{ABC}} show ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''.
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*** At some point the Troubleshooters will end up in Studio 54 and participate in the ''Wide Complex of Sports''. Studio 54 is a reference to the one-time famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54 nightclub of the same name]], and ''Wide Complex of Sports'' refers to the Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] show ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''.
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** ''Film/MenInBlack''. In the ''Witch Hunters'' book there's a phony [[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]] organization watched over by the [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening Panopticon]] that goes by the name "Division Six". Its mission is to pursue [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension "reality deviants"]].
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** ''Film/MenInBlack''. In the ''Witch Hunters'' book book, there's a phony [[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]] organization watched over by the [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening Panopticon]] that goes by the name "Division Six". Its mission is to pursue [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension "reality deviants"]].
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*** In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the '''Necronomicon''. On Level 2 itself, the actual Necronomicon itself (misspelled "Necronomican") can be found.
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*** In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the '''Necronomicon''.''Necronomicon''. On Level 2 itself, the actual Necronomicon itself (misspelled "Necronomican") can be found.
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* ''TabletopGame/JamesBond007'' RPG (Victory Games), supplement ''Thrilling Locations''. While at sea the {{PC}}s can encounter a man with a limp who is hunting a large white sailfish, a reference to Captain Ahab in ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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* ''TabletopGame/JamesBond007'' RPG (Victory Games), supplement ''Thrilling Locations''. While at sea sea, the {{PC}}s can encounter a man with a limp who is hunting a large white sailfish, a reference to Captain Ahab in ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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* ''Federation'': One of the "Federated Planets" you can gain influence on is Arratooine, a desert world that references both Arrakis from ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' and Tatooine from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
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** The blurb in ''GURPS Mysteries" on players instantly solving mysteries gives an example of a man walking into a room, the GM describing him, and a PC saying [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "Jim, this man's a Klingon!"]].
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*** In Level One of the Basement is a collection of books, each of which, when read, causes a specific form of insanity in the reader. Each book tells of evil alien races that plan to unleash their powerful EldritchAbomination gods on the land. In short, these are this universe's examples of the dreaded [[TomeOfEldritchLore Tomes Of Eldritch Lore]] of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
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*** Inside the Tomb can be found a TomeOfEldritchLore called ''Unspeakable Cults''. It is filled with rituals for summoning a demon called the Sewer God. The title of the book is a reference to a TomeOfEldritchLore in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos called ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' ("Nameless Cults") written by Friedrich von Junzt.
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*** Inside the Tomb can be found a TomeOfEldritchLore called ''Unspeakable Cults''. It is filled with rituals for summoning monsters, including one for a demon called the Sewer God. The title of the book is a reference to a TomeOfEldritchLore in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos called ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' ("Nameless Cults") written by Friedrich von Junzt.
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** Supplement ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'', Issue O Guidelines Booklet. The Idyllic Isles include the Isle of Ampedocles, on which is a castaway pirate who fears the return of a crocodile that hates him. This is based on Captain Hook in ''Literature/PeterPan'', who was pursued by a crocodile that had eaten his hand and liked the taste so much that he wanted to eat the rest of him.
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** Supplement ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'', Issue O Guidelines Booklet. The Idyllic Isles include the Isle of Ampedocles, on which is a castaway pirate who fears the return of a crocodile that hates him. This is based on Captain Hook in ''Literature/PeterPan'', who was pursued by a crocodile that had eaten his hand and liked the taste so much that he it wanted to eat the rest of him.
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** Supplement ''Wraith Overlord''. In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the Necronomicon. On Level 2 itself, the actual Necronomicon itself (misspelled "Necronomican") can be found.
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** Supplement ''Wraith Overlord''. Overlord''
*** In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called theNecronomicon. '''Necronomicon''. On Level 2 itself, the actual Necronomicon itself (misspelled "Necronomican") can be found.found.
*** Inside the Tomb can be found a TomeOfEldritchLore called ''Unspeakable Cults''. It is filled with rituals for summoning a demon called the Sewer God. The title of the book is a reference to a TomeOfEldritchLore in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos called ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' ("Nameless Cults") written by Friedrich von Junzt.
*** In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the
*** Inside the Tomb can be found a TomeOfEldritchLore called ''Unspeakable Cults''. It is filled with rituals for summoning a demon called the Sewer God. The title of the book is a reference to a TomeOfEldritchLore in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos called ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' ("Nameless Cults") written by Friedrich von Junzt.
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** Supplement ''Wraith Overlord''. In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the Kitab al-Azif (AKA the Necronomicon).
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** Supplement ''Wraith Overlord''. In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the Kitab al-Azif (AKA Necronomicon. On Level 2 itself, the Necronomicon).actual Necronomicon itself (misspelled "Necronomican") can be found.
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** Supplement ''Wraith Overlord''. In the first level of the Temple of Pegana is a secret door that leads down to Level 2 of the basement. It opens or closes when the word "Alhazred" is spoke. In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Abdul Alhazred was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the TomeOfEldritchLore called the Kitab al-Azif (AKA the Necronomicon).
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*** One test involves a long list of extremely confusing instructions that must be understood and followed. It also mentions a bean. This is a combined reference to the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel ''Literature/SpaceCadet''. As a part of entering the Space Patrol academy, prospective cadets had to pass two tests, one involving figuring out a lengthy list of bizarre instructions and one a SecretTest involving whether the candidate would cheat while trying to drop beans into a bottle with their eyes closed.
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*** One test involves a long list of extremely confusing instructions that must be understood and followed. It also mentions a bean. This is a combined reference to the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel ''Literature/SpaceCadet''.''Literature/SpaceCadetHeinlein''. As a part of entering the Space Patrol academy, prospective cadets had to pass two tests, one involving figuring out a lengthy list of bizarre instructions and one a SecretTest involving whether the candidate would cheat while trying to drop beans into a bottle with their eyes closed.
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*** A template to turn any character into [[Franchise/FantasticFour Reed Richards]].
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** ''Compass of Terrestrial Directions: The North'' features what appear to be Dragon-Bloods in flying {{Magitek}} PoweredArmor in one comic. One takes his helmet off and looks remarkably like [[Comicbook/IronMan a certain Mr Anthony Stark]]...
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** ''Compass of Terrestrial Directions: The North'' features what appear to be Dragon-Bloods in flying {{Magitek}} PoweredArmor in one comic. One takes his helmet off and looks remarkably like [[Comicbook/IronMan [[ComicBook/IronMan a certain Mr Anthony Stark]]...
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*** The adventure "Terry Toucan and the Puzzle Pals in: The House of 10,000 Sock Monkeys" is a parody of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons where "a wholesome group of kids and their semi-intelligible animal companion solved mysteries through curiosity, grit, and dumb luck". Since [[spoiler: the monsters are unexpectedly real, there's a ruined Spanish mission involved, and the Puzzle Pals' avian sidekick is smarter than they think and hates them, it's more than a little reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', with Terry Toucan as Professor Pericles]]. The inhabitants of Solivar include Mayor Fred Norbert (Norbert Rogers being Shaggy's real name) and Dr Kasem (Creator/CaseyKasem being the original voice of Shaggy). "Solivar" as the name of a town menaced by a giant monkey might be a reference to the leader of Gorilla City in ''Comicbook/TheFlash'' comics.
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*** The adventure "Terry Toucan and the Puzzle Pals in: The House of 10,000 Sock Monkeys" is a parody of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons where "a wholesome group of kids and their semi-intelligible animal companion solved mysteries through curiosity, grit, and dumb luck". Since [[spoiler: the monsters are unexpectedly real, there's a ruined Spanish mission involved, and the Puzzle Pals' avian sidekick is smarter than they think and hates them, it's more than a little reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', with Terry Toucan as Professor Pericles]]. The inhabitants of Solivar include Mayor Fred Norbert (Norbert Rogers being Shaggy's real name) and Dr Kasem (Creator/CaseyKasem being the original voice of Shaggy). "Solivar" as the name of a town menaced by a giant monkey might be a reference to the leader of Gorilla City in ''Comicbook/TheFlash'' ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' comics.
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** The Free Council book for ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' features a [[PrestigeClass Legacy]] known as [[Comicbook/TheInvisibles The Blank Badges]], who use persona-masking magics to subvert authority and push the borders of reality. Seeing as ''Comicbook/TheInvisibles'' shared a lot of themes with both the Free Council and ''Awakening'''s [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension predecessor game]], this seems like a logical ShoutOut.
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** The Free Council book for ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' features a [[PrestigeClass Legacy]] known as [[Comicbook/TheInvisibles [[ComicBook/TheInvisibles The Blank Badges]], who use persona-masking magics to subvert authority and push the borders of reality. Seeing as ''Comicbook/TheInvisibles'' ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' shared a lot of themes with both the Free Council and ''Awakening'''s [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension predecessor game]], this seems like a logical ShoutOut.
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*** The new secret society The Foundation is dedicated to creating refuges where Alpha Complex citizens can survive when the Complex is destroyed. This is a reference to Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' series, in which the Foundation was set up to preserve knowledge when the Galactic Empire fell.
*** The adventure "Me and My Shadow Mark IV" has: the clone Aunt-MAY (''Franchise/{{Spiderman}}''), briefing officer Jonnie-B-GUD (Music/ChuckBerry's song "Johnny Be Good"), the clone Robb-Y-RBT (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'''s Robby the Robot), scrubot 409-D (the RealLife Formula 409 family of cleaning products) and Episode Nine Part 1's title "The Charge of the Red Brigade" (Creator/AlfredLordTennyson's poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade").
*** The adventure "Me and My Shadow Mark IV" has: the clone Aunt-MAY (''Franchise/{{Spiderman}}''), briefing officer Jonnie-B-GUD (Music/ChuckBerry's song "Johnny Be Good"), the clone Robb-Y-RBT (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'''s Robby the Robot), scrubot 409-D (the RealLife Formula 409 family of cleaning products) and Episode Nine Part 1's title "The Charge of the Red Brigade" (Creator/AlfredLordTennyson's poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade").
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*** The new secret society The Foundation is dedicated to creating refuges where Alpha Complex citizens can survive when the Complex is destroyed. This is a reference to Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' ''Franchise/{{Foundation}}'' series, in which the Foundation was set up to preserve knowledge when the Galactic Empire fell.
*** The adventure "Me and My Shadow Mark IV" has: the clone Aunt-MAY(''Franchise/{{Spiderman}}''), (''ComicBook/SpiderMan''), briefing officer Jonnie-B-GUD (Music/ChuckBerry's song "Johnny Be Good"), the clone Robb-Y-RBT (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'''s Robby the Robot), scrubot 409-D (the RealLife Formula 409 family of cleaning products) and Episode Nine Part 1's title "The Charge of the Red Brigade" (Creator/AlfredLordTennyson's poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade").
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*** Characters are named [[Music/DavidBowie "Ziggy" Star-R-DST]], [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Spen-G-LER]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Sigmunduf-R-OID]], [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky-B-Boa]], [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules-V-ERN]], [[Creator/HGWells Herbert-G-WEL]], [[Series/CagneyAndLacey Cagne-Y-AND and Lace-Y-AND]], [[Creator/BennyHill Ben-I-HIL]], [[Series/MiamiVice Miami-V-ICE]], [[Creator/CharlesBronson Charles-B-RSN]], [[Film/DirtyHarry Dirt-Y-HRY]], [[Franchise/XMen Profess-O-EXX]], [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow And-Y-TLR and Barn-Y-FIF]] among others.
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*** Characters are named [[Music/DavidBowie "Ziggy" Star-R-DST]], [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Spen-G-LER]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Sigmunduf-R-OID]], [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky-B-Boa]], [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules-V-ERN]], [[Creator/HGWells Herbert-G-WEL]], [[Series/CagneyAndLacey Cagne-Y-AND and Lace-Y-AND]], [[Creator/BennyHill Ben-I-HIL]], [[Series/MiamiVice Miami-V-ICE]], [[Creator/CharlesBronson Charles-B-RSN]], [[Film/DirtyHarry Dirt-Y-HRY]], [[Franchise/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen Profess-O-EXX]], [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow And-Y-TLR and Barn-Y-FIF]] among others.
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** Supertoon setting. Ultrapig (Franchise/{{Superman}}), The Green Sparrow (ComicBook/GreenArrow), Revengers (Franchise/TheAvengers), Crisis of Infinite Mirths (ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths), The Pun-isher (ComicBook/ThePunisher), Splatman (Franchise/{{Batman}}), Jungle Jane (ComicBook/SheenaQueenOfTheJungle and Jane from Franchise/{{Tarzan}}), Mechatron (Mechanon from ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''), Dr. Gloom (ComicBook/DoctorDoom). The Toon Titans (ComicBook/TeenTitans) have their headquarters in the 86th floor of the Umpire's Plate Building (Empire State Building, ''Literature/DocSavage'').
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** Supertoon setting. Ultrapig (Franchise/{{Superman}}), (ComicBook/{{Superman}}), The Green Sparrow (ComicBook/GreenArrow), Revengers (Franchise/TheAvengers), (ComicBook/TheAvengers), Crisis of Infinite Mirths (ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths), The Pun-isher (ComicBook/ThePunisher), Splatman (Franchise/{{Batman}}), (ComicBook/{{Batman}}), Jungle Jane (ComicBook/SheenaQueenOfTheJungle and Jane from Franchise/{{Tarzan}}), Mechatron (Mechanon from ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''), Dr. Gloom (ComicBook/DoctorDoom). The Toon Titans (ComicBook/TeenTitans) have their headquarters in the 86th floor of the Umpire's Plate Building (Empire State Building, ''Literature/DocSavage'').
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