1 | * Its title is of course a homage to ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Ms. Pac-Man]]''. |
2 | ** Ms. Splosion Man's non-sequiturs. Examples of her babbling include: |
3 | --->"[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Snozzberries? Just what are snozzberries?!]]" |
4 | --->"[[Film/{{Grease}} You're the one that I want!]]" |
5 | --->"These boots are made for 'splodin, and that's just what they'll do, 'cause one-a-these-days, [[IntercourseWithYou these boots are 'gunna 'splode all over you!]]" (lyrics from the Music/NancySinatra song) |
6 | --->[[Series/Castle2009 "Shut the front door!"]] |
7 | --->[[Music/{{Kesha}} "Got Jesus on my necklace!"]] |
8 | --->[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} "Truly truly truly outrageous!"]] |
9 | --->[[Series/SexAndTheCity "Some women aren't meant to be tamed!"]] |
10 | --->[[Music/{{TLC}} "Don't go chasing waterfalls!"]] |
11 | --->"What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man!" (lyrics from a [[GirlGroup Salt 'N' Pepa]] song) |
12 | --->[[Music/PaulaCole "Where have all the cowboys gone?"]] |
13 | --->[[Music/NoDoubt "I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl, in the world!"]]. Also, from Music/GwenStefani: "I ain't no holla back girl!" |
14 | --->[[Music/SpiceGirls "If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends!"]] |
15 | --->[[Music/{{Beyonce}} "A diva is a female version of a hustler!"]]. Also: "Better put a ring on it!" Also: "All the single ladies, all the single ladies..." (which can be misheard as "All the glitz..." or "All the cigarettes...") |
16 | --->[[Series/PressYourLuck "No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, STOP!"]] |
17 | --->[[VanityPlate "Sit, Ubu, sit, good boy! Woof!"]] |
18 | --->[[Music/LordsOfAcid "I must, I must, I must increase my bust!"]] |
19 | --->"Girls just wanna have fu-un!" (lyrics from a Music/CyndiLauper song) |
20 | --->[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally "I'll have what SHE'S having!"]] |
21 | --->[[Music/BritneySpears "Hit me, baby, one more time!"]]. Also: "I'm a slave, for you!" |
22 | --->[[Film/JerryMaguire "You had me at hello!"]] |
23 | --->"I must break you." (''Film/RockyIV'' quote) |
24 | --->[[Music/PaulaAbdul "A buh-buh-buh-buh-buh bye!"]] |
25 | --->"Why don't you come up and see me sometime, big boy?" (a line closely resembling one said in the film "She Done Him Wrong") |
26 | --->[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} "I'm the king of the world!"]]. Also: "I'll never let you go, Jeff, I promise!" |
27 | --->[[Film/NottingHill "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy!"]] |
28 | --->[[Music/{{Madonna}} "Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, on the cover of a magazine!"]]. Also: "Rita Hayworth gave good face." Also: "Like a virgin!" Also: "Strike a pose, there's nothing to it." |
29 | --->"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!" (lyrics from a Kelis song) |
30 | --->[[Film/SunsetBoulevard "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Demille!"]] |
31 | --->[[Film/GoneWithTheWind "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!"]] |
32 | --->"I wave my hair back and forth! I wave my hair back and forth!" (lyrics from a Willow Smith song) |
33 | --->[[Film/DirtyDancing "Nobody puts baby in a corner!"]] |
34 | --->"You complete me." (This could either be a reference to Jerry [=MacGuire=] or a song by Keyshia Cole) |
35 | --->[[Music/LadyGaga "I'll get him hot, show him what I got!"]] Also: "My my my my poker face." |
36 | --->[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit "I'm not bad; I just 'splode that way."]] |
37 | --->[[Franchise/MortalKombat "Toasty!"]] |
38 | * One cutscene where Ms. 'Splosion Man reveals herself in a disguise brings to mind the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', down to the disguise's head laughing before it explodes. |
39 | ** And before the Bionic Bommando boss fight, she arrives in a Johnnycab from the same movie. |
40 | * In the first boss battle ''alone'': |
41 | ** The Boss (Mighty Eternal) tells Ms. Splosion Man "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 I'm your boyfriend now!]]". |
42 | *** After she defeats the Boss, there's [[Franchise/{{Predator}} this exchange]]: |
43 | ---->'''Ms. Splosion Man:''' What the heck are you? |
44 | ---->'''Mighty Eternal:''' Wh-wh-wh-what the heck are ''you''? |
45 | ---->''(The Boss then initiates a very familiar self-destruct sequence.)'' |
46 | *** Not to mention that in the middle of the sequence, the boss says [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeere's Johnny!"]] |
47 | * One of Ms. Splosion Man's idle dances is [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir the Carlton]]. |
48 | ** Several of her idle animations contain notable parts from the music video of ''[[Music/{{Beyonce}} Single Ladies]]'' |
49 | ** Her other idle movements include jumping in victory like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun Li]] and doing the Macarena. |
50 | * During the final boss battle (which in itself is a shout out to VideoGame/PunchOut), Ms. Splosion Man says: |
51 | ---->'''Ms. Splosion Man:''' [[Film/TheRunningMan But I hope you leave enough room for my fist, because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your goddamned spine!]] |
52 | * In the third level of the game, we hear a random flying car driver humming the theme to ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. |
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