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4* In ''The Sims Castaway Stories'' spinoff, the "Shipwrecked and Single" game features a island idol that the playable Sim names "Spaulding," also in reference to ''Film/CastAway''[[note]]"Spaulding" is a brand of basketball; "Wilson" in ''Cast Away'' was the brand of volleyball[[/note]].
5** After conveniently finding a machete buried on the beach very early on in the campaign, the Sim player character will jokingly wonder about also [[Franchise/FridayThe13th finding a hockey mask and abandoned summer camp for young and promiscuous teens]].
6* Someone on the ''Sims Social'' team appears to be a ''Series/RedDwarf'' fan, judging by the "Rimmer Games Table" from winter 2012 (Arnold Rimmer was obsessed with ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'').
7* Seeing as it's a SpinOff of this game, ''VideoGame/MySims'' gets a few references here and there. Amongst others, Travis, Liberty, Summer, and Vincent Skullfinder have appeared as characters (although Vincent was [[PosthumousCharacter already dead]]).
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9!The Sims
10* The See Me Feel Me Pinball Machine is named after a song from ''Pinball/TheWhosTommy''.
11* The cheatcode for more Simoleons was [[Film/CitizenKane "Rosebud."]]
12* One of the ''Haute Couture'' attires for the women in ''Superstar'' is really similar to the jacket Cher wears during the party scenes on Film/{{Clueless}}.
13* There is a jazzman named [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Handy W.C. Friendly]].
14* One item in the Makin' Magic expansion pack is the "[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner StinkSmasher 20X6]]".
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16!The Sims 2
17* In the final job in the Law career track your sim [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd becomes the law]].
18* One of the jobs in the adventurer career track is [[Film/AustinPowers "Multi-Regional Sim of Some Question."]]
19* The "[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Brick Roll]]" floor tile from Mansions and Garden, and one of the roof tiles promises to [[Music/RickAstley "Never to let you down"]].
20* The [[Literature/HarryPotter Prisoner of Azkalamp]] is the name of a cheap outdoor light in The Sims 2.
21* The [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The Prototype X94 "Angsternaut" Robosuit]]. The description also has shades of HumongousMecha in general (and possibly [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurenn Lagann in particular]]).
22** The French version instead gives a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars.
23** But wait, there's more! This game also has a trio of outfits that bear an uncanny resemblance to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] plugsuits the main characters wear. ''That you can wear as well.'' Clearly Will Wright is a NGE fan.
24** The game files refer to those suits as motor racing suits - with oddly-placed plugs.
25** [[http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy161/ciervovolante/Sims%202/aipr_2-12.png With this screenshot]] the ShoutOut may as well be confirmed.
26* There's another outfit that is basically Neo's outfit from Film/TheMatrix, complete with black trenchcoat.
27* For toddlers, there's a Rip Co. Wobbly [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wabbit]] Head toy
28* Socially deprived Sims in interact with a [[Film/DonnieDarko large, imaginary, one-eyed rabbit...]]
29** In a similar vein, Knowlege Sims at the end of their rope will start holding conversations with a [[Film/CastAway volleyball.]]
30** TV shows on the SBN (Sim Broadcasting Network) include: Not-Oprah, Pseudo-Series/{{Survivor}}, Un-ER, and the Pleasant twins in some kind of [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 generic teen drama.]]
31** The windmills that you can use to reduce your Sims' energy bill have a buy-mode description that suggests that you not try to use them to cool off, as "they [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} do not]] [[MemeticMutation work that way.]]"
32* There is a wallpaper in ''The Sims 2: Pets'' called "Jackson Stonewall"
33* Also in ''Pets'' is "The [[Series/DoctorWho Tahdis]] Wardrobe." The description claims it has a "[[BiggerOnTheInside deceptively spacious interior]]"
34* In ''Apartment Life'' expansion there's a set of wallpapers whose descriptions are lines from Theatre/{{Macbeth}}. This expansion pack introduced witches so it's fitting. Also doubles as a GeniusBonus.
35* One of the paintings that can be purchased features a red-haired woman in a red dress on a blue background. The description states that it "[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue illustrates the eternal struggle between red and blue]]"
36* And of course, there is [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Thoggus]].
37* One of the wall hangings is titled [[Film/TheFifthElement "The Fifth Element"]]
38* There's also the "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Unlikely Whale Sculpture]]".
39* One of the travel destinations in ''Bon Voyage'' features a local dish called PineappleSurprise.
40* A series of tile floors is called "[[Film/FightClub Tiler Durden]]."
41* A set of outfits for teen girl Sims look a lot like Avril Lavigne's early wardrobe style (tanktop, baggy pants, tie, exposed bra and underwear waistband).
42* The Grim Reaper biography, which can only be seen using a hack or [=SimPe=], mentions that his favorite band is {{Music/Styx}}.
43* In the chance card for the first level of the science career (Test Subject), your sim has to choose between taking a blue licorice or a red licorice, another reference to Film/TheMatrix.
44* The Sports hobby lot in [=FreeTime=] is called [[Film/FieldOfDreams Dreamy Fields]].
45* A chance card for the Recruit job in the Military career references a recruit [[Film/FullMetalJacket sneaking a donut in his footlocker]].
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47!The Sims 3
48[[folder:Base Game/Unclassified]]
49* Overall, it is quite obvious which works the creators of the game were especially fond of; the references to ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', for example, are numerous throughout the game and its expansion packs.
50* To literary classics. Old (and often valuable) books such as ''[[Literature/TheRedBadgeOfCourage The White Flag of Courage]]'' can be found while searching catacombs or bought.
51* Claire Ursine. Remember Claire Bear from [=TS1=] ''Unleashed''?
52* Also, likely to the joy of many a Troper - There is a [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Never Nude]] trait, as well as a Funke family.
53** Gobias Koffi, as well, is practically a walking shout out to [[AmbiguouslyGay Tobias]].
54* And the "Bethany and Miranda" painting, which shows a little girl hugging Death, which will surely delight ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fans.
55* One of the Large Paintings you can make is undoubtedly an alien done in the style of ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''.
56* Also in the painting section, you can find a movie poster featuring a clear ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' {{Expy}}.
57* On one of the standing mirrors (The Reflectinator), the description states that it has [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 1.21 gigajoules of power.]] Just a coincidence?
58* The icons for the Workaholic-only Likes Work/Missing Work moodlets are a [[TheRedStapler red]] [[Film/OfficeSpace stapler.]]
59* One of the new books you can buy is [[Creator/DrSeuss Oh, the Destinations You'll Briefly Visit]].
60** Toddlers can also read [[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam Bluish Eggs with a Side of Pastrami]] and [[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam Frank I'm Not]].
61* From level five and up of the music skill, there's a chance that your musically gifted Sim will play the [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Tristram theme.]]
62* Look at the description of the Festus 44 stove in Buy Mode. It ends with: [[Film/DirtyHarry "You've got one question to ask yourself; 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"]]
63* An NPC named [[Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude Pilar Ternera]] may show up in your neighborhood.
64* This may be accidental, but a pop song on the radio has an extremely {{Tsundere}} female singer, with so much switching between a nice voice and a rip-your-head-off-with-my-[[BearsAreBadNews bear]]-hands that you may have a severe case of MoodWhiplash. Being translated into gibberish, all of it is mainly inaudible, except for one word in the chorus, which sounds very similar to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion 'Asuka!']]
65** Another pop song sounds very similar to Music/MaroonFive's "This Love", and to drive the point home, the track is even titled "Ramooned".
66* One of the pizza delivery boys is named [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Torgo]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Pendragon]].
67* Other books your Sims can purchase are [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Game of Thorns]], [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Warlock of Palladia]] and [[Literature/WheresWally Where's Bella?]].
68* There is a seven book children's series, [[Literature/HarryPotter Jimmy Sprocket]], which includes [[Literature/HarryPotterandthePhilosophersStone Jimmy Sprocket and the Squishy Stone]] and [[Literature/HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire Jimmy Sprocket and the Chalice of Lichens]].
69* One of the books your Sims can read is called ''[[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird To Mock A Killing Bird]]''.
70* When writing a novel, two of the default Sci-Fi titles are ''[[Literature/EndersGame Blender's Fame]]'' and ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1948]].''
71* Another default title when writing a novel is "2000 Glorious Moons," a reference to Khaled Hosseini's ''A Thousand Splendid Suns.''
72* If your Sim is new to the Medical career, he/she can be pushed into a garbage bin by the evil [[Series/{{Scrubs}} janitor]].
73* In Sunset Valley, there is a family of powerful crime lords and their goody-good daughter. Their last name? [[Series/TheSopranos "Alto"]].
74* An opportunity for writers is to write a science-fiction book, the title of the opportunity is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "To Boldly Go"]].
75* If a house has a chessboard, a sim can [[Film/TheSeventhSeal play chess with the Grim Reaper]] in order to save the life of another sim.
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78[[folder:World Adventures]]
79* You can find a peculiar stone in Egypt: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Tiberium]]]]. [[CrackFic Let that sink in for a bit]]. (EA Games owns both franchises.) Get it Spire Cut for a mere §6,500, leave it out for a bit, and it will grow into a large crystal worth §30,000+ .
80** Also, leave any form of it in a Sim's inventory for a significant time and they get a moodlet ([[spoiler:Visceroidal Nausea]]) with special flavor text that furthers the shout-out.
81** One opportunity has you deliver a sample to the science lab, and when you do a message comes saying you met a representative called [[spoiler: Mr. Kane]].
82* The 'explorer' townies who can spawn in the three travel destinations are all Franchise/IndianaJones and [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] expies.
83* Each country has a bookstore. All 3 have a [[Literature/HarryPotter Jimmy Sprocket]] book available to buy. China also has a book titled [[Franchise/DragonAge The Dragon's Age]].
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86[[folder:Ambitions]]
87* The Time Machine has a few. One that stands out is that, when traveling to the future, you can get a message about your sim arriving amidst a big crowd, but that nobody noticed your sim because everybody was cheering about a [[Franchise/MassEffect shepherd that saved the galaxy from an ancient god-machine]].
88** Also from the Time Machine, if you travel to the past, it may tell you about not catching dysentery on ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail''.
89** Another Time Machine ShoutOut - your Sim spots [[Literature/AliceInWonderland a white rabbit]], but wisely decides to leave it for "some other sucker" to chase.
90** Sims will occasionally return with books. Titles can include [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Gone with the Solarwind]], [[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 7940 Tips and Tricks]] and [[{{Literature/WarAndPeace}} War and More War]].
91* While exploring a hole, a [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Warden]] sometimes helps your Sim not die from a monster.
92* The whole Ghost Hunter career contains a mix of ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' shoutouts.
93* The first in a series of tasks the science facility sends to an inventor is to help them develop a [[ComicBook/IronMan self-sustaining and compact energy source, by finding a piece of palladium for them]].
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96[[folder:Late Night]]
97* The description for the 'Kickin' Strobe Light' states that you can "torture your Sim with [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 1.21 gigawatts]] of pure pulsing power".
98* One of the vampires in the Bridgeport neighborhood is called [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Belisama]] Hemlock, which sounds similar to the protagonist of a certain teen-novel series. Her mother [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Morrigan]] shares her name, appearance, and personality with a witch from an unrelated video game.
99* One of the houses in Bridgeport is named [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Back to the Fuscia]].
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102[[folder:Pets]]
103* The Pets expansion includes a small wooden horse called 'Arya's Pony' whose description features the phrase "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Winter is coming.]]".
104* One of the moodlets for pets is "[[WebOriginal/LOLCats I Can Haz?]]"
105* One of the trailers has [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Grim Reaper riding a white horse]].
106* One default name for a fantasy novel is [[Film/MontyPythonandtheHolyGrail “The Sword of Aaagh”]].
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108
109[[folder:Supernatural]]
110* The "Night Owl" trait is described thusly:
111-->"Some Sims [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_Nightlife love the night life and occasionally feel the need to boogie]]..."
112* The zombies have an odd habit of [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies destroying your garden]] and [[Music/{{Thriller}} dancing like it's 1982]]. (As with the Tiberium example above, EA owns both ''VideoGame/TheSims'' and ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.)
113* There are several methods for making vampires immune to sunlight: A lifetime reward, a potion from the alchemy skill and [[Series/TrueBlood fairy plasma]]. Side effects? [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Sparkling]]. Also, vampires can confess to their romantic interests that [[StalkingIsLove they watch them in their sleep]].
114* Among the Achievements there's Swan Dive, which requires a non-supernatural female sim to make out with a vampire, break up with him, make out with a werewolf, break up with ''him'' and then marry a vampire.
115* The new neighbourhood is called Series/{{Moonlight}} Falls, which sounds a lot like [[Series/TheVampireDiaries Mystic Falls]]
116* Among the new households there are [[Series/Charmed1998 three witch-sisters]]; [[{{Expy}} Chester]] [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Swain]] and his supernatural-curious daughter Bailey, [[AlliterativeName Marigold Maldano]], [[Series/TrueBlood an orphan who lives in her deceased grandmother's house and recently discovered her fairy ancestry]], the [[AccidentalMisnaming Durwood]] family, involving [[Series/{{Bewitched}} a pair of parents, the mother of which is a witch, their two children, and the mother's mother, who does not like her son-in-law]], and Chauncey Series/{{Grimm}}, who slowly blunders into his ancestors' fairy tales. One of the "Roomies" households consists of [[Series/BeingHumanUK a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire.]]
117* Moonlight Falls features a beach titled [[{{Literature/Twilight}} La Shove]].
118* Sims can now travel with portals disguised as English [[Series/DoctorWho phone booths]].
119* One spell turns wardrobes into [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia portals]].
120** Another creates apples. If it fails (or if the witch is evil) the result is a [[Literature/SnowWhite poisonous apple that puts Sims who eat it to sleep]].
121** A high level witch can cast a Restoration Ritual and [[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} clean up an entire house quickly]].
122* The buy mode contains a bust of a certain Marianne Hatsfordshire, who became known for [[{{Hipster}} encouraging people who decidedly don't own TVs to go out and flaunt that to everybody as often as possible]].
123* The face in the Magic Mirror looks like the one from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (itself a Shout Out to ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'').
124* One of the moodlets for the Werewolf is [[Music/DuranDuran Hungry Like the Wolf.]]
125* The jelly beans are likely a reference to [[Literature/HarryPotter Bertie Botts' Every Flavor Beans]]. Also, broomriding tricks.
126** The [=MacDuff=] family seems to be an expy of the Weasleys (which makes [[MuggleBornOfMages Joe]] the [[BlackSheep Percy]] of the family).
127* [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} On nights where the moon is full, everything gets an eerie green aura and supernatural beings suddenly appear.]]
128* The Cowboy Angel painting's description is a reference to the song ''Ghost Riders in the Sky''.
129* Some of the new furniture is made by [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 Wickerman's Fine Furniture.]] Owned by [[Creator/NicolasCage Nicholas Wickerman]].
130* New books available to purchase include: True Fairy Tales by [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Chauncey Grimm]], Who Do Vampires Suck? by [[Creator/BramStoker Cole Stoker]], [[Literature/TheDunwichHorror The Sandwich Horror]] by [[Creator/HPLovecraft Howard L.Phelps]], [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs The Silence of the Llamas]] by Harrison J.Thomas, [[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Seances and Sixth Sense Abilities]] by [[Creator/JaneAusten Jane Houston]], [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace Plan 8 from Lunar Lakes]] by [[Creator/EdWood Woody Edwards]], [[Series/HaveGunWillTravel Spellslinger: Have Wand, Will Travel]], [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Accumulating Orgone With The Wind]]...
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133[[folder:Seasons]]
134* One of the Halloween costumes is a [[Franchise/{{FridayThe13th}} hockey mask]].
135* And there is a Film/RomanHoliday firework cannon.
136* On the side of the face painting booth is a poster showcasing the various designs your Sims can have painted on them, as well as a man who looks remarkably similar to [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]].
137* If you use the cheat 'buydebug' you can purchase an alien 'car', the description of which references ''Star Trek''.
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140[[folder:University Life]]
141* The launch trailer has a ''ridiculous'' number of shout outs to internet memes, including Lazy College Senior, Ehrmagerd, Overly Attached Girlfriend, and College Freshman.
142* Several pop culture phenomenons have been added, including duckfacing, [[Music/{{PSY}} Gangnam Style]], and others.
143* Some of the [=NPCs=] in the University World are Shout Outs: [[Creator/{{HarrisonFord}} Garrison Fort]] who looks, dresses and share traits of [[Franchise/{{IndianaJones}} Indiana Jones]]; [[Series/{{TheBigBangTheory}} Leonard Shelly]]; Level 5 rebel [[UsefulNotes/CheGuevara Che Justice]], among others.
144* Sims who reach level 2 in the rebel social group receive a "Banky's Street Art Kit". The name alludes to the famous Creator/{{Banksy}}.
145* No reference other than in name, but a death-related moodlet is titled ''[[Literature/TheHobbit There and Back Again]]''.
146* If you take a closer look at the cinema in the university neighbourhood, you will find posters hung on the wall modelled after real-world movies, including:
147** ''Film/BlackSwan'' (2nd from left)
148** ''Film/IronMan'' (4th from left)
149** ''Film/{{District 9}}'' (6th from left)
150* One of the new outfits is the [[Series/DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor's]] iconic suit and bowtie.
151* New books are available from the book store: [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Cosmology: The Universe Is A Really Really Big Place]] by [[UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson Tyson O'Neil]], [[Series/TheVampireDiaries The Vampire Blogs]] by J.L.Conners, [[VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors Zombies Ate My]] [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Plants]], [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids Day of the Plantsims]] by [[Creator/JohnWyndham Lucas Wyndham]], [[Film/SinginInTheRain Training in the Rain]]...
152* Many of the comics are fairly blatant about this: [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Fish Master]], [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Archie Archer]] and [[ComicBook/TheFlash Quickfoot]] (all by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Weisinger George Mortimer]]); [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Doctor Macabre]], [[ComicBook/XMen Mighty Mutants]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Inedible Bulk]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Freedom Family]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Plasma Bug]] (all by [[Creator/StanLee Stan Powers]]); [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Major Patriot]] and [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer Cyber Skateboarder]] by [[Creator/JackKirby Kirby Simon]]; [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Neo-Knight Noir]] by [[Creator/BillFinger William]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kane Kane]]; [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Awesome Woman]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Byrne Olive]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moulton_Marston Marston]]; [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Toadsim Ninjas]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Eastman Kevin]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Laird Peters]]...
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155[[folder:Generations]]
156* The Simlife goggles have several shout outs to different franchises.
157** The Sci Fi adventure comes up with a popup saying 'Blasters on stun'. An obvious shout out to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' as they often said 'Phasers on stun' before beaming down into a dangerous situation.
158* If a female Sim is elected Prom Queen the description in her moodlet will read [[Creator/SallyField "My classmates like me!]] [[BeamMeUpScotty They really like me!"]]
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161[[folder:Island Paradise]]
162* One of the items is called the Flameo Firepit. In the description itself, it even reads "[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Flameo, by Hotman]]."
163* There are mermaids named Triton King and Mia Azul who look like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 King Triton and Ariel. If a Sim explores a cave, a few messages may tell them that they found a dinglehopper or "How many wonders can one cavern hold?"]] Mia's in-game biography says she ''used to be a good singer''.
164** In the same vein, Ariel Walsh looks very similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]]. She is not a mermaid (anymore) and is friends with a male Sim (whose household name is "The Prince"), but [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid he has eyes for another]].
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167[[folder:Into the Future]]
168* One of the families in Oasis Landing, the "Formerly the Plains Express Household", bears a resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Futurama]] characters. The household is made up of Fryderik Rama, Lilah Turni, and [=Bend0=] the Plumbot.
169* The Time Traveler, Emit Relevart, and one of the sims in Oasis Landing - Martin [=McFleet=], who can occasionally be seen playing his guitar, - are a clear reference to ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. Also, Windcarvers=hoverboards.
170** One of the new hovercars is a "[=DeLorraine=]". Its description states that it must not go above 87 MPH.
171* Oasis Landing is chock full of references, really. There's a [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Bannister family]], two unrelated families that contain little [[Franchise/StarWars Leina and Loki]] (and there's also Bennet Obi, who lives alone), the [[Series/Castle2009 Castle family]], a female homeless sim named [[Film/TheFifthElement Samantha Loo]]...
172** Some of the future fashions and designs are also very reminiscent of [[Film/TheFifthElement The Fifth Element]]
173** Same goes for [[Literature/TheHungerGames The Hunger Games]]. Utopia kinda looks like the Capitol (but is obviously much nicer, considering that the world of Sims is not a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack]] one). There's also a new beard that looks like Crane's [[WeirdBeard signature one from the film]].
174* [[Franchise/StarTrek Tribble]] nanites and the three-level holochess set.
175* Several of the Future Tech appliances are labeled as being from [[Series/DoctorWho Tardisian]] Industries. Including the Sonic Shower.
176* When randomizing a new Plumbot's name, suggestions include, among others, [[Franchise/StarTrek Data, Loar]], [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Even]], [[Film/THX1138 X-1338]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 2B-OrNot-2B]], [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Ausem-O]], [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnathan 5]], [[Series/RedDwarf Kryten]], [[Literature/IRobot I, PLumbot]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Marvin P.A.]], [[Film/IronMan J.A.R.V.I.X.]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey P.A.L. 9000]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} The Manwitch, B3ND4R]], [[Franchise/StarWars P-3C0]] and [[Series/{{Lost}} 4 8 15 16 23]].
177* Two new objects in Buy Mode: the [[Film/BladeRunner Tannhauser Gate Floor Lamp and the Tears in Rain Ceiling Lights]].
178* One of the new hovercars is called [[Franchise/MassEffect Liara]].
179* The Llamas in Legion poster bears a striking resemblance to [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Rangers-style transformations]].
180* A ''VideoGame/SimCity2013'' poster is available in Buy mode.
181* Futuristic furniture includes the [[Film/SoylentGreen Soylash Grinder Food Processor]], the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gojira Picnic Table]], the [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan's Cauldron Fire Pit]] and the [[Franchise/StarWars [=BactaBath=] Bathtub]].
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184[[folder:Downloadable Content]]
185* One of the lights in the Futureshock furniture set is the [[Videogame/{{Portal}} Comrade Cube]].
186* A road in Lunar Lakes is named [[Literature/EndersGame Ender's Lane]]. Another is [[Literature/{{Hyperion}} Hyperion Highway]].
187* The Fifth Avenue Fashions set (60s inspired clothing) is presented by two female sims bearing a striking resemblance to [[Series/MadMen Joan Holloway]] and [[Series/MadMen Betty Draper]]
188* The neighborhood Midnight Hollow has [[{{Film/Psycho}} the Yates family, consisting of a young man and his elderly mother]]...
189** Also in Midnight Hollow there's the Flynn family, consisting of [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents three rich orphans and an evil impostor posing as their uncle]].
190* The "Immaculate Marcos" peep-toe shoes available at the Sims Store is a thinly-veiled reference to former Philippine First Lady [[UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos Imelda Marcos]], who gained notoriety for her immense shoe collection.
191* Most of the pre-made Sims in the Roaring Heights neighbourhood are [[{{Expy}} expies]] or LawyerFriendlyCameo parodies of real-world people and fictional characters from the Golden Era, namely [[Creator/SalvadorDali Francisco Battista]], [[Creator/FredAstaire Frank Astare]], [[Creator/JudyGarland Judy Rogers]], [[Literature/TheGreatGatsby Michael Dandy]], [[ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie Olivier Harbucks]] and [[Creator/ShirleyTemple Shirley Templeton]], among others.
192[[/folder]]
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194!The Sims 4
195* The Zero-G Training Bag's art depicts the button combination for Ryu's Hadoken.
196* You can buy a poster of a book-turned-movie series called ''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Henry Puffer]]''.
197* When a Sim is in a 'fine' mood for 48 hours, they get a moodlet saying [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} "What Makes a Sim Turn Neutral?"]].
198* One of the upgrades you can install in a motion gaming mat is an [[Platform/PlayStation2 eMotion Engine]]. Which is kinda ironic since the motion gaming mat was clearly inspired by the Platform/{{Wii}}.[[note]]Or maybe it's a nod to [[ItsBeenDone the Playstation 2 EyeToy]], which predates the Wii. EA remembered because several The Sims games for the [=PS2=] actually supported the accessory.[[/note]]
199* One of the lines a possessed sim in Strangervile can say is [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shrek-is-love-shrek-is-life "(The) Mother is love, mother is life"]].
200* Suspiciously titled novels:
201** ''[[Literature/ChasingTheRainbow Chasing the]] [[MemeticMutation Quadruple Rainbow]]''.
202** ''[[Literature/TheLastUnicorn The First Unicorn]]'', by [[Creator/PeterSBeagle "Pete Corgi"]].
203** ''[[Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould The Little Train that Couldn't]]''. The description tells readers that the book will prepare young children for the disappointment and failures of real life.
204** ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Swings]]''.
205** ''[[Literature/AGameOfThrones A Game of Groans]]'', by [[Creator/GeorgeRRMartin Greg Q. Q. Vartin]]. "Characters groan as [[AnyoneCanDie one by one]] they perish, and with the plethora of viewpoints, [[KudzuPlot interwoven storylines]], and {{plot twist}}s, you too will groan as you try to keep it all straight."
206** On the same note, ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Game of Musical Chairs: A Song of Hot and Cold]]'', by [[Creator/GeorgeRRMartin Geoff S. S. Marlin]]. Bonus points for also being a double shout-out to Music/KatyPerry, whose song "Hot N Cold" appeared in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and who featured prominently in ''VideoGame/TheSims3''[='=]s ''Showtime'' expansion and ''Sweet Treats'' stuff pack.
207** [[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Frequently Ending Story]]
208** ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey The 50 Shades on My Windows]]''.
209*** ''Twelve or so Swatches of [[UnusualEuphemism WooHoo]]''.
210** ''Where the Boardwalk Ends'', by [[Creator/ShelSilverstein Shelly Silverman]].
211** ''[[Literature/AtlasShrugged Atlas Hugged]]''.
212** [[Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick The Chronicles of Rodiek]].
213** Multiple parodies of ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.
214*** ''The Glutton Spiel''.
215*** ''The Bladder Games''.
216*** ''The Plunder Games'', by [[Creator/SuzanneCollins Zane Trollins]]. At this point, even the game was noticing a trend.
217--->"It's [[StrictlyFormula another]] death arena in [[ClicheStorm another]] near-future apocalypse as a young woman must battle to... wait a second, how many parodies of this did we make?"
218** ''[[Series/TheWalkingDead The Sauntering Dead]]''. "The dead have returned, and they are in no particular hurry to eat your brains!"
219** ''[[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lucas Dark and The Increasingly Unlikely Series of Coincidences]]'', [[LemonyNarrator by Lucas Dark]].
220** ''[[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe The Spy Who Loved Measles]]''.
221** ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious The Swift and the Angriest]]''.
222** ''[[Literature/LoveInTheTimeOfCholera Love in the Time of Sandwiches]]''
223** ''[[Series/HowIMetYourMother How I Dumped Your Father]]''. "Kids, this story involves corgis, a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E09SlapBet slap bet]], and a convincing Bella Goth impersonator. Buckle up!"
224** The books about baking are written by [[Franchise/TheMuppets Bill Barretta, Frank Oz, and The Swedish Chef.]]
225** The first two Gardening Skill books are written by Wacky Daniel, referencing [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Crazy Dave]]. The flavor text for both adapt his CatchPhrase and his rambling.
226* The flavor text for "Write Children's novel" being "You know, for kids!", a shout-out to ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''.
227* One of the moodlets a sim can get from watching the kids network on TV is ''Pirates and Pineapples''. Hmmm. [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants where have I seen pirates and pineapples come together before?]]
228* The "romance" TV show option is very clearly inspired by ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', down to familiar shots of the staff in front of the house as visitors drive by, a Violet Crawley-like old woman in the family, and going so far as to [[spoiler: ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice parody Matthew's death by car accident]]'' by showing a man drive off only for his car to [[StuffBlowingUp explode]]]].
229* If you make your Sim take medicine when they're healthy, they gain the moodlet whose flavor text reads "This is your Sim. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is your Sim on prescription drugs]]. Any questions?".
230* One of the rarer animals you can catch for your sim's collections is the [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Hypnofrog]].
231* The constructor robot at the lab in the ''Get To Work'' expansion pack bears strong resemblance to an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science personality core]]. Additionally, it talks like [[Franchise/StarWars R2D2]][[note]]The latter is unsurprising given that EA not only has the video game rights to the franchise, but have also released Star Wars costumes into the game to drum up interest for [[Film/TheForceAwakens Episode 7]][[/note]].
232* One of the illnesses Sims can contract in ''Get To Work'' is [[VideoGame/ThemeHospital Bloaty Head]].
233* [[Creator/MontyPython Noxious elderberries]]. Yes, the shout-out is a rather obvious one given how the word noxious is usually used to indicate foul smell.
234* Among the teas you can brew are Film/PitchBlack and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Earl Grey, Hot]].
235** Another tea-related shout out: Sims can get a flirty moodlet from drinking tea that mentions "[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} (making) you want to say 'Hello, Nurse!'"]]
236* Sims with the Geek trait can debate about [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries which]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration captain]] is better.
237* The ''Get Together'' expansion introduces a pair of dueling clubs called [[Franchise/MassEffect the Paragons and the Renegades]].
238* The workplace in the Business career is called [[Radio/CarTalk Dewey, Cheatem and Howe]].
239* With the ''Movie Stuff'' pack, Sims can get a "{{WebVideo/Cinema Sin|s}}'' moodlet that makes them Angry, with claims to be able to "list all the movie's mistakes, plot holes, and bad dialog in less than ten minutes".
240* The "Vampire Nexus" lot trait introduced with the ''Vampires'' game pack states that "a dark void envelops this place in [[Series/StrangerThings the upside down]]."
241* When describing getting a voodoo doll through high-level Mischief skill on the loading screen: "[[Film/{{Labyrinth}} What power? The power of voodoo. Who do? You do!]]"
242* Vladislaud Straud, a premade vampire from the appropriately named Vampires Game Pack, has "Master Vampire" as his Lifetime Wish, and looks suspiciously like [[Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer another Master...]]
243** "Straud" may also be a shoutout to the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' module [[TabletopGame/CurseOfStrahd Curse of Strahd]].
244* In the ''Jungle Adventure'' game pack, a can of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Dr. Parker's Spider Repellent]] is all you need to keep those nasty creepy crawlies from waking you up at night.
245* If your Sim has a career in business, you may get a notification asking if you want to retaliate when your coworker plays a prank and [[Series/TheOfficeUK puts your stapler]] in [[Series/TheOfficeUS jello]].
246** Your Sim will also be promoted to Assistant TO the Manager before being promoted to Assistant Manager.
247* The caption for the Comedy skill states that "As soon as one realizes that everything is a joke, being a comedian is the only thing that makes sense." [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Man, that sounds familiar...]]
248* With ''Seasons'', there's the "[[Music/{{Eminem}} Real Square Shady]]" umbrella.
249* One of the potential relationship statuses that two Sims can have is "[[Music/LadyGaga Bad Romance.]]"
250* In ''Get Famous'', successfully bribing the bouncer will give you the dialogue "[[Film/MeanGirls I'm not like a regular bouncer. I'm a fun bouncer.]]"
251* Also in ''Get Famous'', if a Sim's an Actor with the A.I. Staffing Agency, they would get a chance to be given a reminder the agency [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar ran 14 million simulations of their next acting gig]], with the ones where they practiced their scenes would give them resounding success.
252* In ''Get Famous'', the "[[PaperThinDisguise Celebrity Disguise]]" consists of a baseball cap and sunglasses, just like the usual disguise Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse characters wear when going undercover, as observed by [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/070/169/c2e.jpg The "I'm Just A Civilian" Starter Pack]] [[Memes/MarvelCinematicUniverse meme]].
253* In "Island Living", mermaids occasionally make a sound similar to [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} fish mouths]].
254* The trailer for ''Realm of Magic'' is jam-packed with {{Shout Out}}s to ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina''. It's set to Music/KFlay's "Blood in the Cut", the song used in the trailer for ''Sabrina''[='=]s first season, and the featured Sim, with his blond hair and red jacket, looks uncannily like a male version of Creator/KiernanShipka.
255** The cut and length of his jacket and his messy hair can also bring to mind [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander]].
256* Also in ''Realm of Magic'', a wicked witch named [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} L. Faba]] is the Sage of Mischief Magic.
257* One of the items included in ''Get to Work'' is a Cat Loves Food Inc. Warming Rack. This could be a nod to three different things, either the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' segment that popularized it, the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' dub that they were parodying, or the original 1980s commercial it originated in.
258* In ''Discover University'', the Secret Society's [[spoiler:salute resembles the [[WesternAnimation/{{StevenUniverse}} Diamond salute]].]]
259* If you have ''City Living'' installed, one of the character creation questions is 'My interest in politics is...', with one of the possible responses being 'measured by [[Series/GameOfThrones medieval serial dramas]]'.
260* In ''Snowy Escape'', one of the pre-made sims living in the Japan-inspired winter resort town of Mt. Komorebi is a teenage girl named Kaori Nishidake, who shares her name, her [[GenkiGirl cheerful personality]], and her love of snowboarding with one of the playable characters in the ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}'' series (also made by EA).
261* In ''Get Together'', one of the child Sims from a Nordic themed family is named [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] and even sports the exact same hairstyle as her younger self.
262* When 'cook together' was added into the game, not one but multiple positive moodlets associated with it were references to ''Film/TooManyCooks''.
263--> '''Cooking Memories (From Feeling Close with Someone Nearby)''': [Sim] is remembering it takes a lot to make a stew; a pinch of laughter, a scoop of Sims, and a dash of love to make it nice! Sometimes having too many cooks is just what you need.
264--> '''Pinch of Salt and Laughter (From Feeling Close with Someone Nearby)''': They say too many cooks will spoil the broth, but remembering all those cooking jokes fills [Sim] with laughter.
265* A death introduced in Cottage Living is your Sim being attacked by [[KillerRabbit a rabbit]] after aggravating it for the last time. [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The animation for this looks very familiar.]]
266** Also from Cottage Living, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda do not abuse the chickens.]]
267* One of the names a skeleton temple guardian can spawn with in ''Jungle Adventure'' is [[{{VideoGame/Undertale}} Sans.]]
268* When exploring space with the rocket ship, a Sim can encounter a small green alien who speaks with odd grammar, just like [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]].
269* The Werewolves expansion slipped in two items that take a nod to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
270** The "Racked Teak-a Greatshelves" is a reference to the Rak'tika Greatwood, a forest area in the ''Shadowbringers'' expansion known for its background music having the memetic "La-HEE!" that begins it. The flavor text also references the expansion's main theme's lyrics.
271** The Seventh Confectioner's Calamity Firewood Rack is named after the Seventh Umbral Calamity, a major event that ended the original Version 1.0 and paved the way for 2.0, A Realm Reborn. The flavor text there, parodies a major (and spoilery!) speech from the ''Endwalker'' expansion.
272** The Growing Together expansion adds another reference, although a really dark one. One of the items in the expansion is an art board with various crayon drawings, one of which is a blue bird flying through space. [[spoiler:The drawing is a reference to Meteion, the main antagonist of the ''Endwalker'' expansion, whose sisters searched the cosmos for intelligent life to ask them what gives life meaning, only to find them dead, dying, or destroyed upon arrival, starting the Final Days that drives the story of the first ten years of the game.]]
273* In High School Years, when your Sim signs up for the Video Game Streamer job, they have the option to become a VirtualYoutuber, including a selection of avatars. One such avatar includes a character with white hair and a blue streak, wearing a green dinosaur outfit, creating a heavy resemblence to [[Characters/HololiveGawrGuraCh Gawr Gura]] [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} wearing her Halloween outfit]].
274* In the City Living expansion, if you eat curry and then play basketball, you get a special Energized buff called "Hot Like Curry", a reference to [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] phenom UsefulNotes/StephenCurry. In case it wasn't obvious, the icon for the buff is a basketball jersey with the number 30, Curry's number as a player for the Golden State Warriors.
275* If you have the Eco Lifestyle pack, you can make a drink called "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetle Juice]]". A Sim that drinks this three times in a row will spin around and turn into a ghost.
276* In the Growing Together pack, there is a chair named ''Aldo Caldo's'' "The Nomad". The ''Aldecaldos'' are a nomad family (named after their founder of the same name) in both VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 and [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} the tabletop RPG]] it’s based on.
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278!The Sims: Medieval
279* The Made a Few Simoles moodlet text reads "Boy, what a sound! How you love to hear that money clink! That beautiful sound of cold, hard cash!" Almost verbatim Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
280* While patrolling the forest a possible chance card sees you encounter [[Franchise/BillAndTed "two peculiarly dressed young men]] standing next to what appeared to be an upright metal and glass coffin". You have a choice of either pointing them to the castle, or sending them to the Judgement Zone. If you send them to the castle the result card mentions that [[{{Catchphrase}} "Excellent!"]] suddenly becomes common parlance throughout the kingdom.
281* When Peterans pray, they perform the [[Film/TheKarateKid "Wax on, wax off"]] movements.
282* The sword Animuslaver from the quest of the same name is an amalgam of [[Literature/TheElricSaga the demonic sword Stormbringer]] and [[Literature/LordOfTheRings the One Ring]].
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284!The Sims Freeplay
285* Achievements:
286** Proclaimer!: Drive a total of 500 miles.[[note]]from The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).[[/note]]
287** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Sim Town 90210]]: Have a town worth 12,000,000 Simoleons.
288** [[Film/TheKarateKid Wax On... and Wax Off]]: Have a pre-teen Sim get a Blue and Black belt in Karate, respectively.
289** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Hello, Newman]]: Have a Sim with 1 [[SitcomArchNemesis nemesis]].
290** [[Film/AustinPowers Dr. Evil!]]: Have a town worth 1,000,000 Simoleons.

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