Line #20 ShoutOut/PAYDAYTheHeist


1	* Each of the heists is based on a movie. For example, the "Heat Street" heist, involving an open-air shootout with the cops on crowded city streets, is heavily inspired by ''Film/{{Heat}}''.
2	** When the crew's would-be getaway driver is shot and crashes his car, it's also reminiscent of when Donald Breedman, the getaway driver for Neil [=McCauley=], gets shot in the head while escaping the police. The getaway cars are even nearly identical to each other.
3	** An even subtler shout-out is the name of the parking lot the gang passes through after getting Matt; "Jack's Parking," a reference to a parking lot the street shootout in Heat goes through, "Zack's Parking."
4	* Have an AI teammate in the bank lobby at the start of the "First World Bank" heist. [[Film/{{Heat}} Neil McCauley's]] line from the bank robbery scene gets quoted, word for word.
5	** The music while casing the First World Bank is very similar to the music used during the bank robbery scene in ''Heat'' leading up to the famous shoot-out.
6	* There is one to ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' in the form of an achievement, ''Left For Dead'', which you get for finishing a heist in custody while all three of your teammates escape, something that is very common in finales of... wait for it... Left 4 Dead.
7	** The 7th Patch added zombie-related movie-posters to "Panic Room" and some very familiar red first-aid-kits - four in a room only available in Overkill 145+, two in the cellar you escape through. In addition, "Diamond Heist" got a few posters with a young woman, which looks a lot like Zoey with a bit longer hair and no ponytail. Then there's the whole No Mercy campaign, which takes place before the events of Left 4 Dead at Mercy Hospital. It's been stated it's not a prequel, however.
8	** Also in the No Mercy level, if your escape route takes you through the basement, Bain declares you are ''LeftForDead''.
9	** Also also, sometimes Bain's pre-heist briefing is interrupted by a certain bearded Vietnam vet getting on the elevator and striking up a conversation with Wolf ("Insurance salesmen, bunch of crooks if you ask me").
10	* When you answer the phone, Bain will sometimes tell the person calling that there was a "weapons malfunction" just like Han from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
11	* Another achievement, for finishing a heist having killed a bulldozer and not having taken damage from any, is called [[Film/TheMatrix Dodge This!]]
12	* And Film/ABridgeTooFar for finishing "Green Bridge" on hard [[HarderThanHard or overkill difficulty.]]
13	* [[MalevolentMaskedMen The clown masks that the crew wear]] seem to be an homage to the beginning of ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
14	* Later patches to the game have added additional mask sets [[NixonMask that depict]] [[Film/PointBreak1991 U.S. Presidents]] and reference various games (specifically ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'', ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Metro 2033}}'', and ''VideoGame/DinoDDay'').
15	* A new achievement for finishing any heist using all [[{{DLC}} Technician equipment]] is called "[[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Detective Gadget]]", with a picture of Dallas wearing a tan trench coat and fedora.
16	* Wilson and Michell's houses are protected by [[VideoGame/HalfLife White Mesa]] Home Security Systems.
17	* If Alex successfully lands the limo on the roof on Undercover, he will say ''[[Film/AceVentura Like a glove!]]''
18	* The "Cheney?" achievement is earned by killing a Bulldozer with a shotgun blast to his face, which is a nod to the infamous event where former vice president Dick Cheney wound up shooting his friend in the face by accident.
19	* The alarm boxes in Diamond Heist sometimes have "guru meditation" errors according to Bain. "Guru meditation" was the [[Platform/{{Amiga}} Commodore Amiga]] equivalent of a BSOD. The player may also hear this message in Payday 2 while hacking a computer.
20	* Various phones seen in heists show '[[ClassicCheatCode idKFa12321]]' on the small [=LCD=] screen, in reference to the user of the same name who was among the "Lucky 200" in Payday: The Heist. They also appear in some heists in the sequel as well as the safe house.
21	* The team's cover in "Counterfeit" is "[[Film/PointBreak1991 Bodhi's]] Pool Repair". Bodhi himself would be introduced in Payday 2 to promote the remake of the movie he originated from.
22	* The two counterfeiters in Counterfeit are neighbors named [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Mitchell and Wilson]].
23	* The achievement for finding one of the hidden Christmas presents in one of the heists is called [[Music/GeorgeMichael Last Christmas]].
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Context ShoutOut / PAYDAYTheHeist