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3!Player Characters
4[[folder:Salvador The Gunzerker]]
5[[AC:Heads]]
6* [[RedBaron The Baron]]
7* [[Film/AClockworkOrange Bowler Badass]]
8* [[Series/BreakingBad Breaking Bald]]
9* Blog/{{Boatmurdere|d}}r (Also a reference to Dwarf Slayers from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}})''
10* [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gearhead]]
11* Film/{{Super|fly}}duperfly
12* [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Top Card]]
13
14[[AC:Skins]]
15* [[WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange Annoying Orange]]
16* Literature/{{Bluebeard}}
17* [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Golden Trigger Finger]]
18* A Music/GreenDay
19* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensleeves Green Sleeves]]
20* [[ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible Haggard and Horrible]]
21* [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment I Blue Myself]]
22* [[Film/{{Serenity}} I Don't Wanna Explode]]
23* [[Film/ThePrincessBride Indigo Montoya]]
24* [[Film/PaleRider Pale]] [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Rid]][[ComicBook/GhostRider er]]
25* RedBaron
26* Series/RedDwarf
27* [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Salvador SMASH!]]
28* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tK6aQS_H0 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes]]
29* [[Creator/VincentVanGogh Starry Night]]
30* [[Music/TheB52s Tin Roof -- Rusted]]
31* [[Literature/BookOfPsalms When I'm Old]] [[https://www.google.com/search?q=Psalm+71%3A18 and Grey]]
32
33[[AC:Skills]]
34* [[Series/JerseyShore Come At Me, Bro]]: "[[WesternAnimation/TheTick Nigh Invulnerability]] [[Series/ChappellesShow is one hell of a drug]]".
35* Film/HardToKill
36* [[Film/{{Speed}} Bus That]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Can't Slow Down]]
37* [[Film/{{Predator}} Ain't Got Time to Bleed / Sexual Tyrannosaurus]]
38* [[WebVideo/MyWayEntertainment I'm the]] [[ComicBook/XMen Juggernaut]]
39* [[Film/DirtyHarry 5 Shots or 6]]
40* [[Film/{{Tombstone}} I'm Your Huckleberry]]
41* [[Franchise/DieHard Yippee Ky Yay]]
42* [[Film/BadBoysII Just Got Real]]
43* [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inconceivable]]
44* [[Film/TheyLive Out Of Bubblegum]]
45* No Kill Like Overkill: "[[Film/{{Kuffs}} I'm looking for a really big gun that holds a lot of bullets]]".
46
47[[AC:Class Mods]]
48* VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988
49* Legendary Gunzerker: [[Film/DirtyDancing "Nobody puts this baby in a corner."]]
50
51[[AC:Dialogue]]
52* [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} "KILLING WITH SKILL!"]]
53* '''[[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2 "GARBAGE DAY!"]]'''
54* [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} "I AM INVINCIBLE!"]]
55* [[VideoGame/{{Haze}} "BO]][[WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo OSH!"]]
56* [[Film/DieHard "BIENVENIDOS A LA FIESTA, AMIGO!"]] [[note]]Spanish form of ''"Welcome to the party, pal!"''[[/note]]
57* While Gunzerking:
58** [[Film/HardBoiled "CHOW YUN-FAT!"]]
59** [[Film/{{Highlander}} "SOLO PUEDE HABER UNO!"]]
60* Killing an enemy while Gunzerking:
61** [[Film/AirForceOne "GET OFF MY PLANE!"]]
62** [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness "ESTE ES ME BOOMSTICK!"]]
63** [[Film/LethalWeapon2 "IT'S BEEN REVOKED!"]]
64** [[Film/{{Jaws}} "SONRÍE, HIJO DE...!"]]
65[[/folder]]
66
67[[folder:[=Zer0=] The Assassin]]
68[[AC:Heads]]
69* [[Franchise/DeadSpace 3NG13]] (Engie)
70* [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar C04l Tr41n]] (Coal Train)
71* [[Myth/ArthurianLegend G4l4h4d]] (Galahad)
72* [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Gh0st]]
73* [[Music/DaftPunk Punk]]
74* Murder of [=Cr0ws=]: [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} (Scarecrow) and Ech0lcation]]
75* [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Are Y0u Still There]]
76* [[Film/{{Tombstone}} I D0 Declare]]
77
78[[AC:Skins]]
79* [[http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Nightmare Azure Knight]]
80* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_dead_than_red Better Red]]
81* [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Blue Bot]]
82* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Light_Special Blue Light Special]]
83* [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Blue Scarab]]
84* [[Music/VanillaIce Cool as Ice]]
85* [[Film/TheDarkKnight Dark Night]]
86* [[Franchise/GIJoe Eyes of the Snake]]
87* [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Green-Eyed Monster]]
88* [[Series/{{Firefly}} Leaf on the Wind]]
89* [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Mutant]]: complete with Leonardo Blue stripe down his helmet.
90* [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky Has a Brain]]
91* [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Red Shirt]]
92* [[Franchise/MortalKombat Reptilian]]
93* [[Theatre/MacBeth Sound and Fury]]
94* [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli Sting Like a Bee]]
95* [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture This is]] [[VideoGame/HalfLife HEV-y]]
96* [[Music/TinyTim Tiptoe Through the Tulips]]
97* [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Toad of Battle]]
98* [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 UltraMarine]]
99* [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Vault Suit]]
100* [[Film/TheMask Who're you callin' yellow?]]
101* [[Film/TheDarkKnight Why so Serious]]
102* [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Wish Upon a Star]]
103* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner The Yellow Dart]]
104* [[Film/{{Tombstone}} D0n't Get My Dander Up]]
105
106[[AC:Skills]]
107* [[VideoGame/CounterStrike C0unter Strike]]
108* [[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Bl0ss0m]]
109* [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Kill C0nfirmed]]
110* [[VideoGame/OneMustFall Many Must Fall]]
111* Death Mark: "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack It's not an easy thing to live with.]]"
112
113[[AC:Class Mods]]
114* Film/TheProfessional
115* Legendary Killer: [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy "Well, that escalated quickly."]]
116
117[[AC:Dialogue]]
118* "How hilarious / [[Anime/YuGiOh You just set off my trap card]] / Your death approaches."
119* "I get skills for kills / Such a profitable life / [[Series/ChappellesShow I am rich, biatch."]]
120* "[[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelair This is the story / All about how my life got / Flipped, turned upside-down."]]
121[[/folder]]
122
123
124[[folder:Axton the Commando]]
125[[AC:Heads]]
126* [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Medic Mantis]]
127* Wetworker: [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Demoman's knit cap and eyepatch]].
128* [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shadoloo Style]]: M Bison's CommissarCap.
129* Gallant Grunt: [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Imperial Guard]] helmet.
130* [[VideoGame/SplinterCell Covert Op]]
131* [[Franchise/JurassicPark Clever Boy]]
132* [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Warrior of Light]]: [[Videogame/DarkSouls Solaire]]'s helmet
133
134[[AC:Skins]]
135* [[http://tinyurl.com/y8ombkl Axton's Blue Period]]
136* [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Blue Bomber]]
137* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Love Buring]] [[Music/ElvisPresley Love]]
138* "Double Down Brown Town": Reference to the Destructoid podcast, "Podtoid".
139* [[Music/{{Metallica}} Fade to Blue]]
140* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-and-forget Fire and Forget]]
141* [[Manga/GoldenBoy Golden]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Boy_(play) Boy]]
142* [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Half-Shell]]
143* [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Ice and Fire]]
144* The scarlet-colored [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Miss O'Hara]]
145* [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The Man With The Golden Pun]]
146* [[Film/ReservoirDogs Mister Blonde]]
147* [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther The Pink Panzer]]
148* [[Music/JimiHendrix Purple Haze]]
149* [[VideoGame/RedFaction Red Fraction]]
150* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rover Red Rover]]
151* [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Twenty Thousand Leagues]]
152* [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Undah da Sea]]
153* [[VideoGame/GhostRecon Advanced]] [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Warfare]]
154
155[[AC:Class Mods]]
156* [[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon Pointman]]
157* Legendary Ranger: [[Film/TheDarkKnight "Wanna know how I got these scars?"]]
158
159[[AC:Skills]]
160* [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Duty Calls]]
161* [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront Battlefront]]
162
163[[AC:Dialogue]]
164* [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow "You get a bullet! And you get a bullet! EVERYBODY GETS A BULLET!"]]
165* [[invoked]] [[Film/{{Zoolander}} "Cool Story Bro."]]
166* [[Film/TheTerminator "On your feet, soldier!"]]
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder:Maya the Siren]]
170[[AC:Heads]]
171* [[VideoGame/MetalGear Metal Fear]]: The Cyborg Ninja's head minus the light in the center.
172* [[Literature/TheRaven Nevermore]]
173* Clean Shave: [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Bald with blue tattoos]].
174
175[[AC:Skins]]
176* ComicBook/BlackWidow
177* ComicBook/BlackestNight
178* [[Radio/TheGreenHornet Emerald Hornet]]
179* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee Fright of the Bumblebee]]
180* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Yellow Mellow]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mello_Yello Yellow]]
181* [[Film/PrettyInPink Pretty and Pink]]
182* [[Series/DoctorWho Rose Tailor]]
183* Slice of Fried Gold: Creator/EdgarWright and Creator/SimonPegg's slang for "brilliant".
184* [[Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury Sound and Fury]]
185* [[Series/KungFu1972 Wise Grasshopper]]
186
187[[AC:Class Mods]]
188* [[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Warder]]
189* Fox: features image of a [[UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox flaming fox]].
190* VideoGame/BulletWitch
191
192[[AC:Dialogue]]
193* [[Series/TheHoneymooners "To the moon!"]] -- When running over enemies
194* [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive "So it goes..."]]
195[[/folder]]
196
197[[folder:Gaige the Mechromancer]]
198[[AC:Heads]]
199* [[VideoGame/{{Frogger}} Fragger]]
200* Metal Blood: Tali from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' (Naturally, also a WrenchWench that uses an AttackDrone)
201* Sinful Sweetheart: Ema Skye from ''Franchise/AceAttorney''
202* [[Film/TheNeverendingStory Neverending and Gory]]
203* [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Infector Gadget]]
204
205[[AC:Skins]]
206* [[Literature/BookOfRevelation And Hell Followed With Her]]
207* [[Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons Bye Bye Baby]]
208* [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Chilling and Killing]]: "... my Annabel Lee."
209* Theatre/DontDrinkTheWater
210* [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia It's Always Sunny on Pandora]]
211* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Steady_Go_(song) Reddy Steddy Go]]
212* [[Series/{{Community}} Streets Ahead / Cool Cool Cool]]
213* [[Literature/SherlockHolmes A Study in Red]]
214* [[Music/SexPistols Girly Rotten]]
215* [[Music/BadReligion Horrible Religion]]
216* [[Music/VanillaIce Cool as Ice]]
217* [[Music/{{NOFX}} YESFX]]
218* [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Bring Out Your Dead]]
219* [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Summoner Sickness]]
220
221[[AC:Class Mods]]
222* '''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Paranoid]]''' Punk mods, which give the biggest boost to the Annoyed '''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Android]]''' skill.
223
224[[AC:Skills]]
225* A few to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
226** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess 20% Cooler]]
227** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Fancy Mathematics]]
228** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster The Stare]]
229** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Evil Enchantress]]
230* [[WesternAnimation/Sealab2021 Strength of Five Gorillas]]
231* [[WesternAnimation/Sealab2021 Wires Don't Talk]]
232* [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Made of Sterner Stuff]]
233* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Make it Sparkle]]: "Robots are like vampires: they sparkle when hit with incendiary rounds."
234* [[Franchise/CareBears Sharing Is Caring]]
235* [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Nth Degree]]
236* Robot Rampage: [[Creator/{{Seanbaby}} "If one attack is good, then seven should be elected mayor."]]
237
238[[AC:Dialogue]]
239* [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} "Terminated!"]]
240* [[Series/DoctorWho "Exterminate!"]]
241* [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk "MECHROMANCER ANGRY"]]
242* [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament "Killing Spree!", "Unstoppable!", "Multikill-kill-kill-kill-kill..."]], etc.
243* [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} "Snikt, Snikt Bub!"]] -- When using her [[WolverineClaws With Claws]] skill.
244* [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith "UNLIMITED POWER!"]]
245* [[VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney "ALLAN WRITE SOME DIALOGUE HERE!"]]
246* When summoning Deathtrap:
247** [[Film/ShortCircuit "Number Five alive!"]]
248** [[Franchise/BattlestarGalactica "By my command!"]]
249** "KlaatuBaradaNikto!"
250** [[Creator/IsaacAsimov "To hell with the First Law!"]]
251** [[Music/{{Styx}} "Domo arigato, suckas!"]]
252** [[Series/{{Battlebots}} "It's robot fighting time!"]]
253* In her ECHO logs Gaige says she thinks whatever Marcy has planned for the science fair will look like an [[Film/ThisIslandEarth Interocitor]] compared to Deathtrap.
254[[/folder]]
255
256[[folder:Krieg The Psycho]]
257[[AC:Heads]]
258* [[Literature/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance ZEN AND THE ART OF MEAT]]
259* His I HEAR YOUR BLOOD mask looks very similar to [[Franchise/StarWars General Grievous's.]]
260
261[[AC:Skins]]
262* [[Film/{{Clueless}} CRIMSON WAVE MR. HALL]]
263* [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} I CAN'T BREATHE IN THIS]]
264
265[[AC:Skills]]
266* BurnBabyBurn
267
268[[AC:Class Mods]]
269* Legendary Sickle: [[Film/TheBigLebowski "You're entering a world of pain"]]
270
271[[AC:Dialogue]]
272* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
273** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "You were fantastic. SO WAS I!"]] -- when winning a duel.
274** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis "It's the end, but the meat has been prepared!"]] -- Losing a duel.
275** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe "CARROT JUICE!?"]] -- when accepting a duel.
276** "NO LAST WORDS FOR THE EIGHTH!" and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "I DON'T WANT TO GO!"]] -- quotes while falling into Fight-for-Your-Life mode.
277* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment "You're]] [[VideoGame/SWAT4 in my]] [[Series/TheBigBangTheory spot!"]] -- Using 'Redeem the Soul.'
278* [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard "Looks like them Puke boys are in a peck o' trouble!"]] -- Catching big air in a vehicle.
279* [[Series/DowntonAbbey "It's a bloody business, Bates!"]] -- Building up Bloodlust stacks.
280* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "Friendship is hate!"]] -- Issuing a duel.
281* "Now... GO TO SLEEP!" -- Killing a Badass (reference to the Jeff The Killer CreepyPasta).
282* [[VideoGame/DarkSouls "What an amazing chest, Gwynevere!"]] -- Opening a chest.
283* [[VideoGame/{{Blood}} "I swallowed your soul!"]] -- Scoring a Buzz Axe kill.
284* [[Literature/MobyDick "From Hell's heart!"]] -- Dying with Pull the Pin.
285* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Confusion!"]] -- Accidentally melee-ing yourself due to 'Silence the Voices.'
286* [[VideoGame/NBAJam "He's on fire!"]] -- Lighting yourself on fire with Burn, Baby, Burn, Fuel the Fire, and/or Delusional Damage.
287[[/folder]]
288
289!Enemies
290[[folder:Introduced in the main game]]
291* In one of Tannis' missions, she sends you into the Bloodshot stronghold to kill [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles four mutant Rat-type enemies.]] The references are ''legion:''
292** The mission is called "Splinter Group".
293** You have to lure them out with their TrademarkFavoriteFood: pizza.
294** They are found in a sewer.
295** They initially mistake you for their friend, June.
296** They talk with a stereotypical surfer accent, much like the 1980s versions of the Turtles.
297** The four Rats in question are named Lee, Mick, Dan, and Ralph. And they wear blue, orange, purple, and red, respectively.
298** A challenge named "Cut 'Em No Slack" after a line from the TMNT theme song requires you to kill the Rats in the order their corresponding turtles are named in said song.
299** One of their fight quotes: "This dude's worse than the Hand Clan!"
300** An optional boss fight after you kill the four mutants? Their master, Flinter.
301** The area you enter after beating the four mutants is modeled after the Turtles' lair from the 1980s cartoon.
302** Hell, the mission complete text for this mission? One word: [[LampshadeHanging "References!"]]
303* The [[Franchise/MassEffect Threshers]] are [[Franchise/{{Dune}} giant sand worms]].
304* There are two Stalkers fought in the jungle-themed "Wildlife Exploitation Preserve" level called [[Franchise/TheLionKing Pimon and Tumbaa]].
305* The Eridium Blight level houses two boss bullymongs called [[Film/KingKong King Mong]] and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Mong]].
306* Scooter's quest "The Cold Shoulder" ends with you fighting [[Literature/SnowWhite Laney White and her seven midgets]].
307* Goliaths will shout [[VideoGame/XMen "Welcome to die!"]]
308* Suicide Bandits will shout "[[Music/{{Drake}} YOLO!]]"
309* At the end of a side mission in the level "The Fridge", you fight a Rakk-disguised bandit called [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Rakkman]]. His ECHO ends up with a statement saying "I am throatscratch! I am the pants! I AM RAKKMAN!".
310** In battle, Rakkman refers to himself as "[[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder the Goddamn Rakkman]]", and in True Vault Hunter Mode he becomes "[[Film/BatmanForever Rakkman Forever]]".
311** He hangs out in a place called "The Rakk Cave."
312** His ECHO log makes a reference to his mother's "pearly-pearls." In media of the game's period, Bruce's mother was murdered by a mugger for her pearl necklace.
313* Bandits will shout [[Series/BreakingBad "I am the one who knocks!"]]
314* Bandits will shout [[VideoGame/GodHand "You're not Alexander!"]]
315* And bandits will also shout [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim "NEVER SHOULD HAVE COME HERE!"]]
316* Bandits in Buzzard helicopters will shout "[[Film/ToraToraTora Tora! Tora!]]" and sing "[[Film/ApocalypseNow Ride of the Valkyries]]".
317* The PWR Loader robots have [[Film/TheBlackHole spinning blades for hands]], and also resemble a [[Film/{{Aliens}} power lifter]]. To say nothing of how Hyperion engineers appear to be wearing miniature versions of the Power Lifter.
318* The [=BNK-3R=]'s BossSubtitles reads ''00101010''. If you know your [[SpeaksInBinary Binary Code]], this represents the number "42", which in itself is a reference to the ArcNumber of ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
319* In True Vault Hunter Mode, Lab Rats are renamed [[Film/ThePrincessBride R.O.U.S.'s]].
320* Psychos will also shout [[Film/ThePrincessBride "INCONCEIVABLE!"]] when shot.
321* Constructors will announce they're [[ImageBoards "Charging my laser"]].
322* [[VideoGame/{{XCOM}} Crystalisks]].
323* Psychos will sometimes quote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Wjkz8GkD8 entire passages]] of Theatre/{{Hamlet}}.
324** When killed, Goliaths will sometimes say "Good night, sweet prince" or "I am slain!"
325* Psychos occasionally shout [[Music/RickAstley "Never gonna give you up..."]] as a death-cry.
326* Loaders will announce that "[[ThreeLawsCompliant First Law]] disabled. Lethal Force Approved."
327* Lab Rats will [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater exclaim "the fear!"]] when attacked.
328** When they use their EyeBeams, Lab Rats sometimes say "[[VideoGame/CapcomVs Optic Blast!]]"
329* A dying Nomad may say [[VideoGame/SunsetRiders "Bury me with my stuff..."]]
330* A dying Goliath may say [[Film/TheUnearthly "Time for go to bed..."]]
331* Rats are quite fond of eating people. [[Series/IronChef "Allez cuisine!"]]
332* If you phaselock a Goliath, he might say [[Music/RKelly "I believe I can fly!"]]
333* Hyperion Engineers will say [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution "I didn't ask for this...."]] when dying.
334* Doubles as ActorAllusion, but sometimes a Goliath will threaten to [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves floss his teeth with your spine]].
335* When you throw a grenade, you might hear a bandit yell [[Series/{{Firefly}} "I don't wanna explode!"]]
336[[/folder]]
337
338[[folder:Introduced in ''Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty'']]
339* There's an unique enemy that has a chance of spawning somewhere in Magnys Lighthouse. His name is [[VideoGame/BioShock Mr. Bubbles]], and he is accompanied by a midget named Lil' Sis. If you kill Mr. Bubbles without harming Lil' Sis, she will stop being hostile and give you a gun called Little Evie.
340[[/folder]]
341
342[[folder:Introduced in ''Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage'']]
343* Some motorcycle-riding bikers are called [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Road Warriors]] in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode.
344* Midgets occasionally ride into battle on the backs of goliaths, echoing the dynamic inherent to [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Master Blaster]].
345[[/folder]]
346
347%% [[folder:Introduced in ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'']]
348%% [[/folder]]
349
350[[folder:Introduced in ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'']]
351* Orcs [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 talk about being "'ard".]] They also call each other "boyz", and humans "humies".
352* Dragons closely resemble the dragons in ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''.
353* Wizards... just about everything they say is a reference. Magic words range from "[[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Bibbity, bobbity, DIE!]]" to [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest "Sim sim sala BOOM!]]" to "[[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Mekka lekka hi, you're gonna die!]]" Run away from them and they may say "That's right, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing fly, you fools!]]"
354* Knights, when wounded, might say their injury is "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail But a scratch]]".
355* Pixies: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "HEY! LISTEN!"]]
356* A unique enemy in Hatred's Shadow: a patch of darkness on the wall, named The Darkness. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kgx2b1sIRs You attack The Darkness.]]
357-->[[LampshadeHanging Achievement Unlocked: It's Like That One Video]]
358** Bonus points if you cast [[http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Missile Magic Missile]] at [[http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/The_Darkness The Darkness]].
359* One of the enemies is a fire skeleton that, when headshotted, becomes a floating skull that rams towards their enemies, like [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} a Lost Soul]].
360[[/folder]]
361
362[[folder:Introduced in the ''Headhunters'' packs]]
363* ''The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler'' DLC has two chef minibosses named [[Creator/GordonRamsay Chef Gouda Remsay]] and [[Franchise/TheMuppets Chef Bork Bork]].
364** The two Tributes of Opportunity are named [[Music/GunsNRoses Axel and Rose]]
365[[/folder]]
366
367%% [[folder:Introduced in ''Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary'']]
368%% [[/folder]]
369
370!Other
371[[folder:Gear]]
372* All Vladof sniper rifles' prefix and title are in [[Literature/AClockworkOrange Nadsat]].
373* Dahlminator: "[[Film/TheMatrix Dodge this]]".
374* [[GloriousMotherRussia Vladof]] Transformer shield: "[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} There's more than your eye can see]]".
375* Roaster rocket launcher: "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Toasty!]]"
376* Dahl Emperor SMG: [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 "You know... for him."]]
377* The Jakobs [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Hammer Buster]] assault rifle: "Gar! Gorarr! My dad's a scientist! [[Music/{{GWAR}} GWARRRR]]!!!!"
378* Longbow: Shoots ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' arrows, has the flavor text [[TheTreacheryOfImages "Ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle."]]
379* [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Thre Dog]][[note]]Bandit-manufactured, [[RougeAnglesOfSatin thus the spelling]], and since the game engine treats "Thre" as a prefix, it registers as "Dog"[[/note]] shotgun: "One barrel ain't enough, and two is too few!"
380* Miss Moxxi's Heart Breaker: "[[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} I don't want to set the world on fire...]]"
381* [[Film/TheBoondockSaints Veritas gun and Aequitas shield]]
382* [[Franchise/LawAndOrder The Law pistol and Order shield]]: "Chung-gunk."
383* [[Creator/GwynethPaltrow Gwen's]] Head: [[Film/{{Se7en}} "What's in the box?!"]]
384* Captain Blade's Orphan Maker: "[[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Makes Orphans Often]]"
385* Deliverance shotgun: "[[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Kiki got a shotgun]]"
386* Chère-amie sniper rifle: "[[Music/FlightOfTheConchords Je suis enchante, Ou est le bibliotheque?]]"
387* Stinkpot combat rifle, which was the first elemental Jakobs gun: "[[Manga/OnePiece We're pirates. We don't follow the rules!]]"
388* Fastball grenade: "[[Film/MajorLeague Forget the curveball, Ricky, give him the heater.]]"
389* [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Nukem]] rocket launcher: [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever Stylized yellow radiation symbols]] on it and the flavor text "[[Creator/GearboxSoftware Name Dropper]]."
390* The Unkempt Harold pistol: [[Film/DirtyHarry "Did I fire five shots or six?]] Three? Seven. Whatever."
391* The Blockhead shotgun: "Also try ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''!"
392* The Mysterious Amulet of the Tiny Tina DLC is a reference to the Pendant in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. Specifically, as an item of unknown benefit that might possibly be put in the game simply just to confuse players and cause them to speculate. And exactly like the source[[note]]At least until ''Commander Lilith...'', where it's needed in order to get the UNICORNSPLOSION! from Butt Stallion[[/note]], they offer no benefit at all... Other than a graphical effect that only activates for every player currently wearing it, which only takes effect with a minimum of two players. Pretty lights, and no bonus whatsoever.
393* Incendiary Bandit weapons are have the prefix "[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Fire Fire]]", appropriately enough for weapons made by dumb, childish pyromaniacs.
394** Meanwhile, incendiary Bandit rocket launchers have the prefix "[[Music/ElvisPresley Hunka burnin']]".
395* ''[[Film/LogansRun Logan's Gun]]'': [[TagLine "Gun, Gunner!"]]
396* The "Deadly Bloom" shield, with flavor text: "[[Film/TheLastStarfighter What do you mean...theoretically?]]"
397* The Kitten assault rifle: "[[Literature/AliceInWonderland We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.]]"
398* The [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons "Lightning Bolt"]] grenade mod's flavor text: [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 What's a jiggawatt?]]
399* Doubles as a StealthPun: the Legendary ''Veruc assault'' rifle references one of the bratty kids in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. Don't get it? Read the gun's name and type out loud. Bonus points for being manufactured by [[Creator/RoaldDahl Dahl]].
400* The DLC ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'' has a shotgun which launches swords called "SWORDSPLOSION!". Its FlavorText reads [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Because Mr. Torgue said so!"]]
401[[/folder]]
402
403[[folder:Vehicle Skins]]
404* [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]]: No effect on [[RedOnesGoFaster speed]], unfortunately.
405* [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Purple]]: Neon purple and green.
406* [[Manga/OnePiece Alabaster]]: White Sand Skiff skin.
407* [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Propane]]: Blue flames, possibly of valour.
408[[/folder]]
409
410[[folder:Missions]]
411* [[Film/ThreeTenToYuma1957 3:10 to Kaboom]]
412* [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing The Once and Future Slab]]
413* [[Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing The Man Who Would Be Jack]]
414* [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]
415* Medical Mystery: VideoGame/{{XCOM}}-Municate
416* [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Rocko's Modern Strife]]
417* [[Film/BrightLightsBigCity Bright Lights, Flying City]]
418* The entire mission "Too Close for Missiles" is a sustained reference to ''Film/TopGun'': the quest giver is Loggins (Music/KennyLoggins did much of the ''Top Gun'' soundtrack), who spouts lines from the movie as the quest progresses. The final step is to kill the Shirtless Men after you burn their volleyball net. The completion screen is also a direct parody of the movie's opening crawl.
419* Splinter Group: you have to exterminate a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles group of escaped mutants named Lee, Ralph, Mick and Dan and Flinter]].
420** And you even had to lure them out with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pizza]].
421** After dropping the pizza: "What the hell, you're not June! GET 'EM, DUDES!"
422* The mission briefing for "Let There Be Light" directs you to install Captain Blade's compass at the top of the lighthouse, where it will reveal the location of the Treasure of the Sands. [[Film/{{Caddyshack}} So you've got that going for you. Which is nice.]]
423* "No Vacancy" references Gearbox's expansion to ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', ''Opposing Force'', where you need to find a Creator/{{valve|Software}} and a Creator/{{gearbox|Software}} to proceed. Here, you need to find a Platform/{{steam}} Creator/{{valve|Software}} and a Creator/{{gearbox|Software}}. Sadly, no giant alien worm.
424* [[Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery The Pretty Good Train Robbery]]: The mission screen quips "[[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?]]"
425* A mission in Wurmwood requires you to kill a monster named [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Grendel]].
426* Hyperion Contract #873: The Morningstar has the [[http://xkcd.com/873/ "FPS Mod"]], which was made by project [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} Ex-Kay Seedy]].
427* InMemoriam. A man is making recordings of a video game character which the character disapproves of. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll His name is Boll... as in infamous adapter Uwe]].
428* Ellie's hood ornaments in "Positive Self Image" use the same pose as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Ecstasy Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Ecstasy"]]
429* The title for the mission "I Know It When I See It" in the Washburne Refinery is a reference to a phrase used by Justice Potter Stewart in his definition of obscenity (specifically pornography) in the United States Supreme Court case ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobellis_v._Ohio Jacobellis versus State of Ohio]].'' Seriously, [[GeniusBonus how many video games reference the Supreme Court?]]
430* The mission to locate Captain Scarlett is "[[Literature/AStudyInScarlet A Study in Scarlett.]]"
431* [[Series/CSIMiami Won't Get Fooled Again]]: Where you need to find the culprit in a crime. If you get it right, the quest even ends with a [[QuipToBlack one-liner]] worthy of Horatio Caine himself.
432* [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio A Real Boy]]: A robot [[BecomeARealBoy wants to become human]], and as a reward he gives you a gun called Fibber, which lies about its own stats (but is still a good gun due to having a number of unique effects, some of which are significantly more powerful than others).
433* Assassinate the Assassins: The bonus objective for the fourth assassin asks that you VideoGame/{{MDK}} ([[Film/DemolitionMan Murder Death Kill]]) him with a shotgun.
434** The first assassin, [[Film/PulpFiction named Wot, has to be killed with a pistol.]]
435* In the Lynchwood mission "Showdown", a bonus objective requires you to [[Music/BobMarley shoot the sheriff, but not the deputy]].
436* The Talon of God: [[spoiler: Once you've finished shooting The Warrior, Lilith tells you to activate the Moonshot Console. What are you doing? [[Film/{{Aliens}} Nuking the creature from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.]] ]]
437** Additionally, [[spoiler: Lilith ends the final scene on the line "[[Music/CageTheElephant No rest for the wicked.]]" Doubles as a reference to the first game.]]
438** At the very beginning, Claptrap is fiddling with a panel to get access into Hero's Pass. [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Halfway through, while you are holding off a massive enemy assault, he accidentally triggers a set of blast doors.]]
439* [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly The Good, The Bad and The Mordecai]], which culminates in a three-man stand-off in a graveyard over buried treasure.
440* For part of Animal Rescue, the text when you start each part are a reference to ''Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie'', e.g. "If you give a skag some medicine, it's going to want some food...".
441* The Bagman in the Clan War questline is referred to as a leprechaun, and when you ambush him, he says "They're after me money!", a clear reference to the Lucky Charms mascot. The initial description of the quest ("Hearts, stars and horseshoes...") is lifted from the cereal's longtime jingle.
442** The entire Clan War questline is also a shoutout to ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''/''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''/''Film/LastManStanding''.
443* [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Faster than the Speed of Love]]
444* The mission description for Big Feet: [[Film/{{Serenity}} Advice from an old tracker: you wanna find something, use your eyes.]]
445* The mission description for Get To Know Jack is [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Know Your Enemy]].
446[[/folder]]
447
448[[folder:Challenges]]
449* [[Film/{{Predator}} You're One Ugly Mother...]]
450* [[Film/PulpFiction Say 'Watt' Again]]
451* [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty The Call of Booty]]
452* [[Franchise/TheMuppets It's Not Easy Looting Green]]
453* [[Music/EarthWindAndFire Death, Wind and Fire]]
454* [[Series/GameOfThrones Game of Thorns]]
455* [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Gone with the Second Wind]]
456* [[Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Assault Rifle]]
457* [[Film/FullMetalJacket This is my Rifle...]] and [[Film/FullMetalJacket ...This is my Gun]]
458* [[Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels Lock, Stock, and...]]
459* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 What're Ya Buyin?]]
460* [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft For The Hoard!]]
461* [[Series/PimpMyRide Yo Dawg, I heard you like Challenges]]
462* [[Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth The Not-So-Phantom Tollbooth]]
463* [[Series/ChappellesShow Eff Yo Couch]]
464* [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Down with Big, Handsome Brother]]
465* [[Film/ANewHope That's Impossible, Even for a Computer]]
466* [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Down the Rabbit Whole]]
467* [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby If You're Not First, You're Last]]
468* [[VideoGame/MarioKart Blue Sparks]]
469* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII A Squall of Violence]]
470* [[Film/PurpleRain Purple Reign]]
471* [[Film/{{Hardboiled}} Hard Boiled]]
472* Film/{{The Killer|1989}}
473* [[Music/JohnnyCash Burnin' Ring of Fire]]
474* [[Series/SesameStreet C4 is for Cookie]]
475* [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 So Much Blood!]]
476* [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Fus Ro Die!]]
477* [[VideoGame/OrcsMustDie Orcs Should Perish]] (Incidentally, both games have Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard as part of the cast)
478* [[Music/BlackSabbath Savage Bloody Savage]]
479* [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Dead Air]]
480[[/folder]]
481
482[[folder:Minor Dialogue]]
483[[AC:Angel]]
484* At one point Angel mentions that Roland is [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica the man with the plan.]]
485* Angel says that Handsome Jack's body doubles do all his "[[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw hand-kissing and baby-shaking]]" for him.
486
487[[AC:Claptrap]]
488* "My pal Hammerlock can fix me right up. [[Series/DoctorWho Allons-y!]]"
489* "Minion, [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} roll out!]]"
490
491[[AC:Crazy Earl]]
492* "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone, jerkwad!]]"
493
494[[AC:Ellie]]
495* "After this, you're gonna be the [[Film/LastManStanding last man standin']] with Film/{{a fistful of dollars}}! ...[[Film/{{Yojimbo}} Yo, Jimbo]]!" (Both films follow the same premise as the mission-a Drifter gets caught up in a MobWar and sees the opportunity to make some money by working for both sides.)
496* [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick What Scooter said - I wanna hollow that sumbitch's gourd and eat nachos out of it. ]] (After she hears Scooter demanding Jack's head on a pike via Echonet.)
497
498[[AC:Handsome Jack]]
499* I'm sending everything I have at you! [[Film/TheProfessional EVERYTHING!]]
500* In [=Zer0=]'s history Echoes, Jack says (to Angel) "You [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy have a brain the size of a planet.]]"
501* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Let's all go out for milkshakes."]]
502* Jack brags about buying a horse made out of diamond. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic A crystal pony if you will.]] It's not a sculpture, by the way.
503
504[[AC:Marcus]]
505* [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "Your friendly neighborhood arms dealer"]]
506
507[[AC:Moxxi]]
508* One of her responses to being tipped is to remember a great piece of advice Pappy Hodunk once gave her, which is subtitled [[Film/BlazingSaddles [Frontier Jibberish]]].
509
510[[AC:New-U Stations]]
511* "Hyperion welcomes you back from your visit to the [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare undiscovered country.]]"
512* "[[VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988 Rise from your grave!]]"
513* "[[Series/{{Firefly}} Hell is reserved exclusively for pedophiles, and people who buy Jakobs munitions.]]"
514* "[[Series/DoctorWho We hope you enjoy your new regeneration.]]"
515* "Hyperion suggests [[Literature/AuntieMame Live! Liiiiiive!]]"
516
517[[AC:Opportunity]]
518* "We will now take a moment of silence to commemorate this week's fallen workers: [[Series/DoctorWho Hartnell, W.; Troughton, P.; Pertwee, J.; Baker, T.]]"
519* The history exhibit seems at least partially based on a similar one dedicated to Andrew Ryan in ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''
520
521[[AC:Sanctuary citizens]]
522* "I'm missing [[Series/DoctorWho Constable What]] for this?"
523* "Have you ever played the ECHO sim [[VideoGame/SaintsRow Gang That Wears Purple]]?"
524* "[[http://i.imgur.com/0yQvp.jpg I used to be a Vault Hunter like you]], [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim until I took a bullet to the knee]]." [[note]]''Borderlands 2'' writer Anthony Burch [[https://twitter.com/reverendanthony/status/248486637498146816 apologized for the joke on Twitter]].[[/note]]
525* More subtly, a Crimson Raider may say, "Aargh, kneecap's seizing up! Damn war wounds."
526* "[[Series/GameOfThrones Winter's coming]]."
527* "[[Series/PartyDown Are we having fun yet?]]"
528* "This is [[Literature/NoCountryForOldMen no planet for old men]]."
529* "[[Literature/HarryPotter Constant Vigilance.]]"
530* "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons I must go now. My people need me]]". Even funnier with a glitch that makes enemies float off into the sky.
531* "[[VideoGame/MetalGear I feel asleep...]]"
532* "This place is just [[VideoGame/MetalGear outside heaven]] for soldiers like us. Always something to fight."
533
534[[AC:Tiny Tina]]
535* "[[WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo Boosh]]"
536* "[[Music/{{Drake}} Shorty, you da best. You da you da best.]]"
537* When you first see her, she greets you with [[WebOriginal/LOLCats "O hai!"]]
538
539[[AC:Wilhelm]]
540* "I am [[Film/FightClub Jack's righteous fury]]"
541[[/folder]]
542
543[[folder:DLC]]
544[[AC:Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty]]
545* The Captain herself is a shout-out to ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons''
546* The sand skiffs are from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' with Captain Scarlett's being Jabba the Hutt's.
547* Shade's face is reminiscent of Raoul Duke from ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas.''
548* Sandman rides a Goliath in a manner similar to Master Blaster from ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome.''
549
550[[AC:Mister Torgue's Campaign of Carnage]]
551* ''Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage'' is loaded with mission name references, all references to hard rock/heavy metal tunes.
552** [[Music/MotleyCrue Kickstart my Heart]]
553** [[Music/{{ACDC}} Highway to Hell and Long Way to the Top]]
554** [[Creator/GregoryPeck Twelve O'Clock High]]
555** [[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice A Montage]]
556** [[Film/{{Rocky}} Eat Cookies and Crap Thunder]]
557** [[Music/GunsNRoses Welcome to the Jungle, Knockin' On Heaven's Door,]] [[RuleOfThree and]] [[Music/GunsNRoses Appetite for Destruction]]
558** [[Music/SystemOfADown Chop Suey]]
559** [[Music/{{Sweet}} Bar Room Blitz]]
560* Mister Torgue at one point tells the player that it's "Straight up Dawg Time", a reference to the game "Dudebro: My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time", a game made by the [=NeoGAF=] community which, much like the DLC, satirizes TestosteronePoisoning.
561* One of Pyro Pete's first lines is "[[Series/TwinPeaks fire walk with me.]]"
562* Fly-Boy is constantly name dropping Franchise/FinalFantasy references.
563-->"TOUGH [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX TIDUS]]!"
564-->"You can go [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI kefka]] the taint."
565-->"None of you [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII hojos]] can compare to me!"
566-->"Now [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII midgar]] out of here!"
567
568[[AC:Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt]]
569* Savages in ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'' sometimes shout "[[VideoGame/MetalGear La Li Lu Le Lo!]]"
570* Early on in ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'', Professor Nakayama first addresses the Vault Hunters as "[[VideoGame/BioShock1 little moths]]"
571* ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'' features a sidequest called "The Rakk Dahlia Murder," which is a reference to an infamous Hollywood murder case.
572* Candlerakk's Crag entrance is near the skeleton of [[Literature/{{Dagon}} a huge creature (with some reptile or fish features) holding a monolith of similar size]].
573* Professor Nakayama's tinkering with animal genetics to create new war machines, combined with his physical appearance, attempts at being intimidating and coming across as pathetic, and the primary initial of his name give him more than a passing resemblance to [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Dr. Neo Cortex]]. To reinforce this, Krieg is awarded the head "[=MASKS MAKE ME LOOK FAT=]", a tribal mask similar to Uka Uka that brings to mind Crash Bandicoot himself with his physique, shirtless outfit, and being an escaped lab experiment.
574
575[[AC:Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep]]
576* ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'' is filled with shout outs and references to [=MMO=]s, nerd culture, and other things.
577** There's a quest where you have to find Ellie a suit of armor. You can either get her a sensible, protective armor, or a ChainmailBikini. The skimpier outfit is a dead ringer for Slave Girl Leia from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
578*** The armor also shows up in the [[http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news-700/Tiny-Tina-s-Assault-on-Dragon-Keep-DLC-for-Borderlands-2-Gets-Artwork.jpg?1369460160 teaser image]], which serves as an homage to the ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' cover.
579** One quest is nothing but a giant reference to ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' with the Vault Hunter helping out what is, by all appearances, a ''Dark Souls'' player down on his luck. There's a part where you fight giant skeletons in a graveyard, the stuff you grab for him comes with the item description "You sense agony. Despair. Snapped controllers," and at the end of the quest, the game is 'invaded' by a huge, red-tinted knight who uses recognizable moves from the game. The player advises you at the end to "Hold on to your humanity."
580** One quest has you being sent after [[Series/GameOfThrones Prince Jeffery]], who sits upon an Iron Throne made up of guns and has guards named Molehill and Canine (a reference to Gregor and Sandor Clegane, who are known as The Mountain and The Hound respectively). The main joke of the quest is that Mordecai doesn't get the references since he doesn't watch ''Game of Thrones'', instead watching a show about [[Series/DowntonAbbey duchesses getting married]].
581** The quest for the raid boss of the DLC is called ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Raiders of the Last Boss]]''.
582*** Funnily enough, in the spanish version of the DLC, the dragon's names are references to other media.
583----> Healianth is called [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Tiamatzo]]. Could be also a shout-out to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
584----> Brood is called [[Film/PetesDragon1977 Elliot]].
585----> Incinerator is called [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaugón]].
586----> Boost is called [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyroide]].
587** During one quest where you help Claptrap become a wizard, he tries to summon a powerful demon, but ends up [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} summoning brooms]].
588** In one quest, you hunt down a crazed knight's friends to see which of them stole his loot. Their names are [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers Sir Boil, Sir Mash, and Sir Stew]].
589** The mission My Dead Brother has the rather simple description of [[WebVideo/BroTeamPill "Bro team kill."]]
590** The mission Fake Geek Guy features Tiny Tina asking Mister Torgue various nerd culture related questions to test if he is a real nerd. These include references to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (the frequent deaths of RedShirts specifically), ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Series/DoctorWho''.
591** One of the spell grenade mods is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fireball.]] Its flavor text? [[WebVideo/GIJoePSAs "Porkchop sandwiches!"]]
592*** Similarly, Lightning Bolt (whose flavor text mentions jigawatts) and Magic Missile (point and shoot).
593** Butt Stallion finally makes an appearance, in which she's shown to be a white unicorn mare with curly, purple-indigo hair. [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Does that description remind you of someone who is also associated with diamonds]]? And lest people believe it's a coincidence, the game makers are well aware of the similarities. At one point a picture of Handsome Jack styling a Rarity toy was even posted on the game's facebook page.
594* Owing to the fantasy setting of the "[[AlliterationAndAdventurers Bunkers & Badasses]]" game, all the dialogue for the vending machines is changed. Thus:
595** Zed: [[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} You need healin'... badly!]]
596** [[Film/ThePrincessBride Have fun stormin' the tower!]]
597* The Dwarves make quite a few references when you kill them.
598--> [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to Hell I go...]]"
599--> [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} "At least it isn't another bloody Creeper!"]]
600--> [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress "Losing... is fun..."]]
601* The various mages say magical incantations as well.
602--> [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Meka-leka-hi-meka-YOU'RE-GONNA-DIE!]]
603* When you first get the "Post-Crumpocalyptic" quest, Moxxi says that [[Webcomic/RPGWorld "Times are tough, sugar...."]]
604* Mister Torgue wants you to [[WebAnimation/CheatCommandos blow up the ocean]]!
605** He also says at one point that he is [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson "THE MOST ELECTRIFYING MAN IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT"]].
606* Claptrap at one point shouts [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" before slamming his staff down.]]
607* There's an "enemy" called "The Darkness". You get an achievement for throwing a Magic Missile grenade at it because you're [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kgx2b1sIRs attacking the darkness.]]
608* After Claptrap says "I love you guys!" at Roland's statue, we hear the last line of narration in the DLC, spoken by Marcus: "And then Claptrap said [[Music/NancySinatra something stupid]] and ruined everything."
609-->'''Lyrics:''' ''"...and then I go and spoil it all by saying somethin' stupid like "I love you..."''
610
611[[AC: Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary]]
612* The achievement/trophy for activating the Backburner's firewall is "Anyway Here's '[[Music/{{Oasis}} Firewall]]'."
613* The achievement/trophy for equipping effervescent-quality (rainbow) gear in all slots is "[[Film/TheMuppetMovie Painbow Connection]]."
614* There's a box of Torgue brand Eggos marked [[Series/StrangerThings "Property of 11"]] in Mt Scarab Research Station.
615* [[spoiler:Scooter's Memorial is]] [[Anime/CowboyBebop See You, Space Cowboy]].
616* One of the locations in the Dahl Abandon is called [[Literature/SwordArtOnline Sinon's Perch]].
617* There is a sidequest named "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Brittle Pony]]", another goes "[[Series/TheOddCouple1970 The Oddest Couple]]".
618* Chapter 7 is titled "Paradise Found", which is a reference to ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
619* Inside the Burrows is a small ice cave with a sword sticking out of a pile of frozen bones. When you try to take it out, a skag appears and attacks. [[Characters/DestinyTheGuardians His name is Ghost ]][[Series/GameOfThrones and the Relic he drops is called "Winter is Over."]]
620* Hector's troops are labelled with titles such as "Heavy", "Pyro", "Sniper", "Medic", and "Scout". Sound [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 familiar? ]]
621** The "Winging It" mission is a HoldTheLine scenario against Hector's troops. You have to help Ellie repair some turrets with a 'bashwrench,' which she says can "fix anything by [[PercussiveMaintenance thwacking it a few times]]" with the wrench. Said wrench is a classic 1950s-era monkeywrench, and is found in front of a picture of Scooter, a Southern-accented mechanical genius. This means that ''you'' are now the Engineer.
622
623[[/folder]]
624
625[[folder:Etc...]]
626* On the whole, the presence of the always-watching Helios station, the Hyperion army all believing Jack to be a god, Jack's face plastered across posters and Jack wanting to torture or crush any opposition are big references to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. Opportunity is also a very Orwellian city, with the constant propaganda, giant statues, security cameras everywhere, and even the rewriting of history. And the moonshots could be inspired by the rocket-bomb that attacks a street full of proles in the novel's first act, and how the Party constantly bombs their own cities ForTheEvulz.
627* A subtle one: after the mission "Bright Lights, Flying City", [[spoiler:Sanctuary takes to the skies in order to evade the artillery barrage from Jack's Helios station.]] In other words, [[spoiler:Sanctuary just became a ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sky Sanctuary]]''.]]
628* According to writer [[WordOfGod Anthony Burch]] (on one of his Website/{{Twitch}} TV Livestreams), Handsome Jack's name is a reference to [[Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} Captain Jack Harkness]], who is referred to as "Handsome Jack" in the Tenth Doctor episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums "The Sound of Drums"]]. Originally it was just a placeholder name, and Anthony asked, "You're not going to ship it with him still named that, are you?" They did.
629* [[WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress Tundra Express]].
630* When we first meet Mordecai, his cutscene consists of him [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed climbing the tower above him while the camera pans out to a panoramic view.]]
631* The sliding elevator up the Varkid Ramparts is a homage to ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. There are several similar elevators in other locations as well - one at the end of the Fridge, and one leading up to the spectator area of the Bandit Arena of Slaughter.
632* Caustic Caverns:
633** There's a secret area which contains a number of [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} pixelated blocks and Creepers]]. They even drop pixelated skins and heads.
634** There's a [[VideoGame/DarkSouls bonfire with a phantom and an NPC named Solitaire]].
635* One loading screen says "If you use fire against fire skags, [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark you're gonna have a bad time]]".
636* Another loading screen: "Stalkers can't cloak without their organic shields, so get a shock weapon! [[Film/{{Predator}} If it bleeds, you can kill it]], etc."
637* One of the announcements heard in the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve tells you "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Do not panic]]."
638* In the Bunker area, there are a pair of road cones. [[VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle One is green and one is purple. The purple one has little arms.]]
639* You can can sacrifice a partner in co-op to the multi-armed statue of Marcus for guns by [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom throwing them into a burning pit]].
640** There's also graffiti nearby the statue that [[Film/{{Zardoz}} portrays Marcus as a huge head spewing weapons out of his mouth]].
641** Hell, the Bloodshots' gun-obsessed quasi-cargo-cult is pretty much ripped out of ''Zardoz''.
642* Bloodshot Stronghold:
643** One of [[http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c198/Behind_You/CrestofCrimsonThreeEyesBL2.jpg the graffiti]] is the [[http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c198/Behind_You/Zahard1.jpg Crest of the Crimson Three Eyes]] (a symbol of Zahard) from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''.
644* Marcus always had a lot of similarities to [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Sidorovich]], and now his shop in Sanctuary has a lot of similarities to Sidorovich's bunker.
645* On the second playthrough, there's an item in Claptrap's fireplace called "Geary's Ring." [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings If one takes it all the way to Geary in the Eridium Blight without fast travel or dying, Geary will hit you and take the ring, then proceed to jump into the lava.]] Three Rakks will fly by and drop three large chests with epic loot.
646* In a special spot in the Highlands, you can witness a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Rainbow_(viral_video) Double Rainbow]].
647-->'''Claptrap[=/=]Jack:''' Double Rainbow!\
648'''Achievement:''' What does it mean?
649* One of Zed's radio ads has a warning with numerous shout outs cutting in.
650-->"Come on down to-\
651'''*WARNING: DOCTOR ZED IS NOT A REAL DOCTOR. HIS USE OF THE WORD DOCTOR IS PURELY FOR STYLISTIC AND AESTHETIC PURPOSES. SEE ALSO: [[ProductPlacement PEPPER]], [[GangstaRap DRE]], [[ComicBook/SpiderMan OCTOPUS]]. PLEASE SEEK OUT AN ACTUAL LICENSED PHYSICIAN*'''\
652- Doctor Zed's!"
653* In "A Meat Bicycle Built for Two", Krieg's inner voice comments that Maya can [[Series/{{Firefly}} "Kill me with her brain."]] Maya herself has a variation where she'll "incinerate your brain".
654* If you take a close look at the [[TestosteronePoisoning Torgue-manufactured]] radios with the scope of a gun, you'll see that the radio stations on the dial go ''100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800... [[Anime/DragonBallZ 9001]]''.
655* The flavor text for the SMG variation of submachine gun made by Dahl is "[[WebVideo/FreemansMind Now I can solve up to 800 problems a minute!]]"
656* There is an exploration achievement in Eridium Blight called [[Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano Vault Hunter Vs. the Volcano]].
657* The Wildlife Exploration Preserve, in a way, looks like Franchise/JurassicPark. Oh, and the Eridium Blight looks like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mordor]]. The latter has everything-crappy weather, dust blowing on your face, volcanoes...and it's the place where you actually get to meet the BigBad.
658* Similar to [[CallBack the example in Marcus' shop in T-Bone Junction in the first Borderlands]], if you look around Claptrap's hideout on the glacier, you can find [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable a soccer-ball-sized tank with a skull emblem on the front.]] Fortunately it doesn't explode.
659* The Wattle Gobbler DLC is an obvious parody of Literature/TheHungerGames.
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