History ShoutOut / WorldOfWarcraft

** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', a quest is titled "Certains l'aiment Cho". It is a pun on the French title of ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'', ''Certains l'aiment chaud''.

** In the Alliance introduction quest of ''Dragonflight'', a Mechagnome NPC says "Mille millions de mille stators!". That's the {{Catchphrase}} of Captain Haddock in Creator/{{Herge}}'s ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' comic books, "Mille millions de mille sabords!", only with "sabords" replaced by "stators".

* In the old version of Dalaran, there's a shark in The Underbelly named [[UsefulNotes/SegaCD Segacedi]] with the title of "VideoGame/SewerShark".

* A small, casual, yet groundbreaking fact is that [[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearthstone]] characters like A.F. Kay, Cariel Roame, and Guff Runetotem are not only present in the Dragon Isles, but also REAL. Makes one wonder if they've gotten royalties.

* The achievement for obtaining 150 different companion pets is called "WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop".

* In the Southern Barrens, there's a [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=24685 quest called]] ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''. It involves helping a goblin steal the plans for a dwarven fortress. Guarding the plans is [[{{LetsPlay/Boatmurdered}} Haggis Boatmurder]]. The plans themselves are described as "A depiction of the fortress using primitive icons to represent essential structures."

* The companion Spyragos is based on [[Characters/SpyroTheDragonTheCharacter Spyro the Dragon]], as his description includes both his ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' {{Catchphrase}} of "All Fired Up!" and his very first line in [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998 his first game]] ("Looks like I've got some things to do!"). The quest to unlock him further references ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' by having the drinks needed to complete it named after various playable Skylanders: Flameslinger Rum, Riptide Brew, Popfizz Punch (Pop Fizz), Happy Trigger Sour (Trigger Happy), Slam Bam Swill, Whirlwind Wine, and Stealthy Elven Port (Stealth Elf).

* Lady Deathwhisper in Icecrown Citadel drops a bow called [[Film/{{Superman}} Zod's Repeating Bow]]. The flavor text reads, "[[KneelBeforeZod Kneel before him]]."

* In one quest in Winterspring, you hunt VideoGame/{{Altered Beast}}s for their brains. The flavor text for the brains reads "[[Music/CypressHill Arcane in the membrane... arcane in the brain!]]"

* A small, casual, yet groundbreaking fact is that [[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearthstone]] characters Cariel Roame and Guff Runetotem are not only present in the Dragon Isles, but also REAL. Makes one wonder if they've gotten royalties.

* There are, in fact, several such memorials in-game. The closest thing to an Alliance equivalent of the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior is the [[http://www.wowpedia.org/In_Loving_Memory In Loving Memory]] memorial. Less seriously, in Outland, there's also a memorial to the cancelled Blizzard game, ''Starcraft: Ghost''.
* The game contains a poem written in honor of Dak Krause, who died of leukemia. http://www.wowpedia.org/Caylee_Dak

** [[https://wow.gamepedia.com/A_Tiny,_Clever_Commander A Tiny Clever Commander]] is this to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiySSc2Yrhg&t=8s A Tiny, Tiny Clever Commander]], complete with the target enemy being "Commander" [[Franchise/TouhouProject Nazrim]].

* On a more positive note, the game is completely packed with references to other properties. A short list: During a quest where you ride a giant in Northrend, if his HP gets low it's warned that "[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gymer Needs Storm Cloud Badly!"]]. Many engineer [=NPCs=] are references to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series characters such as "Jhordy Lapforge" and "Chief Engineer Trep". The manhole from Series/{{Lost}} can be found in Sholazar Basin. An Engineering item is called [[WesternAnimation/WallE MOLL-E]]. [[http://www.wowpedia.org/In-jokes_and_references There's a whole section on another site, if you want to explore.]]

* The NPC [[http://www.wowwiki.com/John_J._Keeshan John J. Keeshan]] and the quests involving him made for the Cataclysm expansion in the Redridge Mountains are essentially ones to ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''.
* The Twilight Highlands quest [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Quest:Four_Heads_are_Better_than_None Four Heads are Better than None]]. Your targets? A pair of two-headed ogres named Za'brox and Beeble'phod. [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mix the names up a little...]]

** The quest to save Argent Crusaders on the back of a proto-dragon in Icecrown in ''Wrath of the Lich King'' is called "Ça va tanguer dans la verdure!". It's a reference to the comic book series ''The Adventures of Tanguy & Laverdure'' (about two {{Ace Pilot}}s) by Belgian author Creator/JeanMichelCharlier.

** In ''Legion'' again, the boss Oakheart from the Darkheart Thicket dungeon says "À la fin du blanc-bois, je souche!". It's a {{pun}} on the famous quote "A la fin de l'envoi, je touche!" from the play ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac''.
** There's a quest at Maldraxxus in ''Shadowlands'' called "Je me voyais déjà en haut de l'affiche" ("I already fancied myself on top of the poster"), from a song by Music/CharlesAznavour.

* In the Court of Stars dungeon, pulling a certain boss will draw in three minibosses. If you kill all three of them in advance, and attempt to call in a fourth, the game will note: "[[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} But nobody came]]".

** A whole group of characters in Zuldazar, posed as though the"goodies" have slain the "baddies."