History Trivia / Scribblenauts

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/JenniferHale voices Lily, who narrates ''Unlimited'''s opening and ending cutscenes.
** ''Unlimited'''s cutscenes are animated by Paul Robertson, of ''WebAnimation/KingsOfPowerFourBillionPercent'' / ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' / ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E10FightFighters Fight Fighters]]'' fame.
** In the Mexican Spanish version, Lily is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] and [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Chiharu Mihara]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: JenniferHale voices Lily, who narrates ''Unlimited'''s opening and ending cutscenes.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://scribblenauts.wikia.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki Here.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: ''Scribblenauts'' was developed by 5th Cell. Go look at their logo. Now go look at the cover of the notepad Maxwell holds on the cover of the first game.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://scribblenauts.wikia.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki Here.]]

* RecursiveAdaptation: ''Unlimited'' contained a tie-in comic as a pre-order bonus.

** In the Mexican Spanish version, Lily is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] and [[CardCaptorSakura Chiharu Mihara]].

** ''Unlimited'''s cutscenes are animated by Paul Robertson, of ''WebAnimation/KingsOfPowerFourBillionPercent'' / ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' / ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Fight Fighters]]'' fame.

** ''Unlimited'''s cutscenes are animated by Paul Robertson, of ''WebAnimation/KingsOfPowerFourBillionPercent'' / ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' / ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Fight Fighters]]'' fame.

** ''Unlimited'''s cutscenes are animated by Paul Robertson, of ''WebAnimation/KingsOfPowerFourBillionPercent'' / ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' / ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Fight Fighters]]'' fame.
* ShoutOut: A trailer showed Maxwell with [[{{Half-Life}} a hazmat suit minus the helmet, glasses, and a crowbar.]] And the video that shows Feep (linked above) also has "GAF" summon the [=NeoGAF=] logo.
** [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Proton pack]] is also a usable item (but don't try to use it on ghost in the coffin, though).
** [[EvilDead "Boomstick"]] aliases to "shotgun".
** Ultimate Weapon aliases to "crowbar"
*** The [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]] is also an item. It turns anything that lives into a humanoid skeleton warrior. Said skeletons will be allied with you... only when you're holding the book. And when it runs out of ammo, it drops... and turns into another skeleton which, along with its kin, [[EvilIsNotAToy will attack you]].
** The Merits screen displays the phrase [[ItemGet Merit Get!]]
** There are levels themed after ''VideoGame/BioShock'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
** One level has you retrieving a pirate's pocket watch. There are multiple treasure chests about, a crocodile, and a hidden puffer fish. Where is the pocket watch? [[PeterPan Inside the croc]].
** Wizards and dwarves [[Literature/TheHobbit defend]] [[TheLordOfTheRings any]] [[{{Hobbits}} halflings]] in sight.
*** In the same vein, halflings will defend [[RingofPower any rings in sight]]. If you take the ring, they instantly either attack you or angrily follow you around depending on if they have a weapon or not.
** Chimpanzees are very interested in [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey monoliths]].
** [[IHeartHuckabees I heart nuckelavees!]]
** Don't forget the awesome ''PacMan'' level.
** Summon an archaeologist, and you will get someone who resemble [[IndianaJones a certain]] AdventurerArchaeologist, complete with a habit to pick up a whip from the ground if they see one.
** Typing "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Manbearpig]]" will give you a minotaur.
** You can attach a laser gun to a shark without using any sort of connective material -- almost as if [[AustinPowers sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads]] were the most natural thing in the world.
*** They can actually equip any type of gun, but I'm pretty sure the idea was to allow them to have lasers.
** Knights will [[Literature/DonQuixote attack any windmills in sight]].
** "Mech" spawns a LawyerFriendlyCameo version of the [[BattleTech Mad Cat/Timber Wolf BattleMech]].
** In the sequel, [[ProblemSleuth "Sleuth Diplomacy"]] spawns a [[CoolGuns tommy gun]].
** Also in the sequel, there is a level with monkeys jumping on beds. The hint is "Four little monkeys jumping on a bed, don't crack their heads!"
** [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress Dwarves are afraid of elephants and carp.]]
*** And [[FanNickname "Urist"]] spawns a dwarf.
** There are a couple {{ShoutOut}}s to Music/TheProtomen in the sequel: Wily scientists - and ONLY wily scientists - will run away from rebels, and rebels look like Panther (one of the members of the aforementioned band).
** Another level shout out, though in the sequel, mainly to the SuperMarioBros.
** Typing "President" summons an [[BarackObama African American one]].
** Tryping "Mask" in the second game will lead you to two options: "Mask (Fun)" and "Mask (Beauty)". The first one summons a [[VForVendetta Guy Fawkes]] [[FourChan mask]].
** In Super Scribblenauts, typing "cable guy" will get you [[LarryTheCableGuy a bearded man wearing jeans, a baseball cap, a vest, and no shirt]].
** Summon a hedgehog and a ring. The hedgehog will run after the ring... [[SonicTheHedgehog Sounds familiar?]]
** Typing "Burning Man" will summon a [[http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/work/87/index.html giant wooden effigy]].
** If you summon a "board game", it's ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}''.
** In the third game, a male "cosplayer" is dressed as [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** The female "devil" (or "demon") in the third game has [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt long, lime-green hair and stubby horns]].
*** A female "succubus" has [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt light blue hair in a spiky ponytail]].
** In Unlimited, spawn a female Assassin. She may [[Videogame/AssassinsCreed look familiar]].
*** Also in Unlimited, give a [[AxeCop "male cop" a "perfect axe"]], and you'll get an "invincible militant dinosaur".
** Type in "wrestler" in Unlimited. Doesn't [[http://imgur.com/Cbz4E the character that appears]] look a lot like CMPunk?
** After completing "Out with the old" in ''Unlimited'', the game specifically spawns a pair of [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy "Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men"]]
** Also in ''Unlimited'', one challenge has you getting rid of [[Literature/ASoundOfThunder a butterfly that will apparently cause problems in the future]]. Said challenge is even called [[ButterflyOfDoom "The Butterfly Effect"]]!
** One of the female athletes looks remarkably like a humanized [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]].
*** One of the playable avatars, Scratch, is a blatant reference to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Vinyl Scratch]], also known as "DJ PON-3".
*** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLf9TpZTBxM/UPPbwArkGjI/AAAAAAABOuc/yyy1bylRM-Q/s1600/1.jpg An MLP changeling, the Element of Magic, and Twilight's gala dress also show up.]] The one wearing the dress and element is a Female "Brady Houck".
** One of the object shards requires you to break a crate with a crowbar. Its title? [[Videogame/HalfLife Free Man]].
** Several missions in ''Unlimited'' require you to re-enact famous movie scenes (For example, [[Film/KingKong making a gorilla giant, after which several planes will appear and shoot at it]]).
** And then there's the mini-mission where you help a [[WallaceAndGromit penguin wearing a chicken hat steal a diamond]].
** In one of the underwater levels of Unlimited, there is a [[SpongebobSquarepants pineapple, an Easter Island sculpture, and a rock]] on the ocean floor.
*** And if you 'Use' them they'll spawn the respective items. A friendly Starfish, A musical Squid, and a sinking Sponge.
** In ''Unlimited'', "people" spawns TheVillagePeople.
** Also in ''Unlimited'', you have to remind a halfling in a volcano what he was [[LordOfTheRings supposed to throw into it]].
** ''Dilophosaurus'' [[Franchise/JurassicPark spits blinding venom]].
** One of Maxwell's brothers in ''Unlimited'' is dressed ''exactly'' like [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]].
** Another of his brothers, found in a medieval castle serving a king and wearing elf-like clothes, is named {{LARP}}.
** In one level you have to fetch a cowboy his cow, off floating in space. The starite shard name? [[Music/SteveMillerBand Space Cowboy.]]
** In the high school level you have to help someone be protected from dodgeballs. When you complete this objective in any way, a large amount of various sports balls [[{{Dodgeball}} and one wrench]] try to hit him.
** Surprisingly, a few of the developers has both a male and a female form, such as the aforementioned "Brady Houck." For another, type "Dan Rosas," and you get a guy with a guitar. Make a Female one, and you get someone who looks suspiciously like [[LeagueOfLegends Lux]]...
** In the moon level, you can find a couple of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} whalers on the moon.]]
** Maxwell's superhero brother is named [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark.]]

** Maxwell's superhero brother is named [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark.]]

** In the moon level, you can find a couple of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} whalers on the moon.]]

*** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLf9TpZTBxM/UPPbwArkGjI/AAAAAAABOuc/yyy1bylRM-Q/s1600/1.jpg An MLP changeling and Twilight's tiara and gala dress also show up.]] The one wearing the dress and tiara is a Female "Brady Houck".

** Also in ''Unlimited, you have to remind this character in a volcano what he was [[LordOfTheRings supposed to throw into it]].

** Surprisingly, a few of the developers has both a male and a female form, such as the aforementioned "Brady Houck." For another, type "Dan Rosas," and you get a guy with a guitar. Make a Female one, and you get someone who looks suspiciously like [[LeagueOfLegends Lux]]...

** Wizards and dwarves [[TheHobbit defend]] [[TheLordOfTheRings any]] [[{{Hobbits}} halflings]] in sight.

** Surprisingly, one of the developers has both a male and a female form. Type "Dan Rosas," and you get a guy with a guitar. Make a Female one, and you get someone who looks suspiciously like [[LeagueOfLegends Lux]]...

*** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLf9TpZTBxM/UPPbwArkGjI/AAAAAAABOuc/yyy1bylRM-Q/s1600/1.jpg An MLP changeling and Twilight's tiara and gala dress also show up.]]

** Surprisingly, one of the developers has both a male and a female form. Type "Dan Rosas," and you get a guy with a guitar. Make a female one, and you get someone who looks suspiciously like [[LeagueOfLegends Lux]]...

** In the third game, "cosplayer" is dressed as [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].

** In Unlimited, spawn an Assassin. It may [[Videogame/AssassinsCreed look familiar]].

** In the high school level you have to help someone be protected from dodgeballs. When you complete this objective in any way, a large amount of various sports balls [[{{Dodgeball}} and one wrench]] try to hit him.

** In one level you have to fetch a cowboy his cow, off floating in space. The starite shard name? [[Music/SteveMillerBand Space Cowboy.]]

** Another of his brothers, found in a medieval castle serving a king and wearing elf-like clothes, is named {{LARP}}.

** One of Maxwell's brothers in ''Unlimited'' is dressed ''exactly'' like [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]].

** ''Dilophosaurus'' [[Franchise/JurassicPark spits blinding venom]].

* ''Unlimited'''s cutscenes are animated by Paul Robertson, of ''WebAnimation/KingsOfPowerFourBillionPercent'' / ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' / ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Fight Fighters]]'' fame.

* HeyItsThatVoice: JenniferHale voices Lily, who narrates ''Unlimited'''s opening and ending cutscenes.