''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has so many {{Shout Out}}s to other works, that they had to be split off onto one page. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Enjoy the links]].
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[[folder: Champions A-L]]
!!!Ahri
* Dance: Befitting the Korean origins of her inspiration, her dance is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_gfD3nvh-8 Run Devil Run]] by Korean pop group Girls' Generation. A side by side [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krNyEn1CKGY here]].

!!!Akali
* Skins: Stinger Akali resembles The Bride from ''KillBill'', Crimson Akali looks like {{Elektra}} from ''{{Daredevil}}'', and Silverfang Akali looks like Smoke from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. On top of it all, her classic skin strongly resembles Jade from ''MortalKombat''.
* Dance: Single Ladies by {{Beyonce}}.

!!!Amumu
* Skins: The splash art for Emumu features posters for [[Music/DeathCabForCutie Death Cab for Corki]] and [[Music/JimmyEatWorld Cho'gath Eat World]].
* Dance: Dances like the goths do in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* Abilities: Take a close look at the icon for Bandage Toss -- it's him doing the {{Spiderman}} web-shooting motion.

!!!Annie
* Skins: Pretty obvious. You've got [[LittleRedRidingHood Red Ridding Annie]], [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Annie in Wonderland]], and [[FrankensteinsMonster FrankenTibbers Annie]].

!!!Ashe
* Skins: Sherwood Ashe gets her name and primary colors from RobinHood. Woad Ashe looks like Guinevere in the 2004 film of King Arthur.

!!!Blitzcrank
* Skins: iBlitzcrank's design is much like the AppleMacintosh, and was released alongside [=LoL=]'s beta client for Macs. The name itself is a reference to Apple's line of electronics which have a similar naming scheme (e.g. iPhone, iTouch).
** Ironically enough, when iBlitzcrank dies he suffers a Red Ring of Death; a reference to the XBox made by Microsoft, Apple's main competition.

!!!Brand
* Skins: Apocalyptic Brand looks like he just stumbled out of the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' world.
* Brand's origin seems to have been born out of [[NorseMythology Surtr]], with Brand's body being an essential viking, his appearance being similar a common description of Surtr (blackened skin with lava crackling in it), and his claims that him burning the world will renew it, as would follow Surtr's role in Ragnarok. Regretably, Brand has no FlamingSword.

!!!Cho'Gath
* Skins: The splash art for Jurassic Cho'Gath, with Cho'Gath in a museum-style building with a large banner hanging overhead, is a reference to the ''Film/JurassicPark'' film.
* Quotes: [[Creator/WalterScott "Ah, the tangled webs we weave..."]]
** Gentleman Cho'Gath has several appropriately British references: [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "I'll bite your legs off!"]] [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "It's funny isn't it? How your best friend can just blow up like that."]] [[WinstonChurchill "I like a man who grins when he fights!"]] [[OscarWilde "One can survive everything, nowadays, except death."]] [[EddieIzzard "Cake or death?"]]
* Some people can't help but look at his design and think "[[{{Spawn}} Violator]]." Other people think he looks a lot like a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Carnifex]]. In early beta, his title was "The Red Terror", a type of Tyranid.

!!!Corki
* Quotes: "This is [[Music/DavidBowie Major Tom to Ground Control]]!" His /joke is "Lima Oscar Lima", which is NATO phonetic for LOL, a shout out to the internet slang for 'laughing out loud'. Or, y'know, [[TitleDrop League of Legends]].
* ''Possibly'' a coincidence, but the fact that Sheen is a common powerful item on Corki makes [[http://elohell.net/chill/205340 this]] rather uncanny.

!!!Diana
* Quotes: Taunt "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic The Moon will rise! The night will last forever!]]"

!!!Draven
* His death animation is incredibly similar to a motion Ocelot does a lot throughout the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series.

!!!Evelynn
* Dance: Taken from the movie ''{{Flashdance}}''.
* Quotes: [[Franchise/EvilDead I may be bad, but I feel good.]]

!!!Ezreal
* Quotes: Several References to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', including "[[ThoseWackyNazis Noxians]]... I hate those guys..." and "You belong in a museum!"
* Dance: The Hare Hare Yukai from the ending credits of [[SuzumiyaHaruhi The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]].
* His energy bow looks a lot like the bow used by the Quincy in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
* Riot Games's advertisement on [=YouTube=] for his Pulsefire skin is a love song to ''[[VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Konami's Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner]]''. Watch the PS2 video game intro trailer and have fun finding inspirations/similarities.

!!!Fiora
* Dance: Fiora does her best impression of FredAstaire dancing to Puttin' on the Ritz.

!!!Fiddlesticks
* Quotes: "[[TheWizardOfOz I haven't got a brain]], and soon neither will you!"
* Dance: Imitates the Scarecrow from ''TheWizardOfOz''.

!!!Gangplank
* Skins: His Special Forces skin brings [[ModernWarfare Captain Price]] to mind.

!!!Garen
* Skins: His 'Sanguine' skin was explicitly made to evoke a Blood Angel SpaceMarine from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', his Commando skin evokes the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]], and his Dreadknight skin is a few letters and a space away from being a [[{{Warcraft}} Death Knight]].
** Steel Legion Garen is explicitly a Space Marine. Sadly, there is no chainsword.
* Quotes: The first sentence in one of his jokes ("Summon me and you'll like the way you look. I Garen-tee it. Get it?") is a reference to Men's Wearhouse commercials.
* Dance: Dances to the song Bye Bye Bye by {{NSYNC}}.

!!!Graves
* Abilities: His passive is called "TrueGrit."
* Being a cowboy with the first name Malcolm could be a reference to Malcolm Reynolds from ''{{Firefly}}''.

!!!Hecarim
* Quotes: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "Suffering is magic!"]]
* Dance: Though it could be seen as a reference to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG0tf5CmfJk Discord's memetic dance]], it bares the closest resemblance to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST3WBD3SNbY Dope Zebra]].

!!!Heimerdinger
* Skins: His Alien Invader skin is based on ''MarsAttacks''.
* Quotes: [[PlanetOfTheApes "Back, you dirty ape, back!"]]
* His making war a moot point mirrors the belief of Oppen'''heimer''', and the other half of his name is a reference to Schro'''dinger'''.

!!!Irelia
* She's named after one of the lead developer's usernames, who herself gets her name from Shurelia of ''ArTonelico''.

!!!Janna
* Skins: While this may be a coincidence, the SteamPunk inspired Hextech skin makes Janna look a bit like [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Agatha Heterodyne]].
* Dance: From this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5iZUKLDmc Dance Studio]] video.

!!!Jarvan IV
* Quotes: One of his lines "Today is a good day to die!" could be one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', but possibly instead to Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse. He says a line from The Charge of the Light Brigade verbatim: "Ours is to do and to die." He also says "For my father, the king.", a line of Prince Arthas from ''{{Warcraft}} 3''. As one of the developers worked on ''DefenseOfTheAncients'', a ''Warcraft 3'' custom map, this was quite certainly intentional.
* Skins: The long-awaited Warring Kingdoms skin makes him look like [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]]. His Commando skin is based on a [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]] [[ThePoliticalOfficer Commissar]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

!!!Jax
* Skins: His hockey-themed skin is called [[TheMightyDucks The Mighty Jax]]. PAX Jax, which was released for the [[PennyArcade Penny Arcade Expo]], appropriately wields a cardboard tube and has a ''PacMan'' logo on his clothes.
* His name and character are a reference to Garet Jax, the armsmaster who was an expert with all weapons, in Terry Brooks' ''The Wishsong of Shannara''.

!!!Jayce
* Skins: With his Full Metal skin, he could either pass as IronMan or [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] at a glance.
* Dance: Does the famous MCHammer slide. Yes, [[AWorldwidePunomenon it's hammer time]].

!!!Karthus
* Skins: Phantom Karthus wears a mask like ThePhantomOfTheOpera, and Pentakill Karthus strongly resembles Gene Simmons from Music/{{KISS}}, as well as Music/KingDiamond to a lesser degree.
* A somewhat elaborate example; Karthus' innate passive's icon, Death Defied was originally a picture of a sheep crossed out. One of the most powerful items in ''[=DotA=]'' is Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyze, which turns people into sheep. Guinsoo uses Karthus' icon in the official forums. You make the connection.

!!!Kassadin
* Skins: His Harbinger skin is somewhat reminiscent of [[GenerationX Emplate]].

!!!Katarina
* Dance: Taken from the famous dance scene at the end of ''Film/NapoleonDynamite''.

!!!Kayle
* Dance: Dances just like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFRJEjM3fc Will and Carlton do]] in an episode of ''FreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
* The dance for her upcoming Aether Kayle skin is the one from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQb8GMhB-Ws&list=PL8742F75EF72BE914&index=53 Night of Fire]] by Hinoi Team, best known from its use in ''InitialD''.

!!!Kennen
* Quotes: [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger "I am the wind!"]]
* Skins: Deadly Kennen is a fairly obvious {{Deadpool}} costume. Swamp Kennen is [[StarWars Yoda]].

!!!Kha'Zix
* Skins: He's heavily based off of [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a Xenomorph]], while his ability to assume the most desirable characteristics of the prey he devours is right out of the [[Warhammer40K Kroot and Tyranid]] playbooks.

!!!Kog'Maw
* Dance: Does the kicking dance done by the from from the animated classic ''OneFroggyEvening''.

!!![=LeBlanc=]
* Skins: Her Wicked skin resembles Cruella de Vil of ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''.
* Quotes: [[{{Archer}} "Lying is like 95% of what I do."]]

!!!Lee Sin
* Skins: His Muay Thai skin just screams [[StreetFighter Sagat]], right down to Resonating Strike becoming a flying knee attack.
* Dance: Taken from a scene from the film ''ShaolinSoccer''.
* His selection quote ("Your will, my hands") was originally spoken by Oenomaus in ''SpartacusBloodAndSand''.

!!!Leona
* Skins: You'll take one look at her Valkyrie skin and expect her ult to turn into [[ValkyrieProfile Nibelung Valest]].

!!!Lissandra
* Her backstory is equal parts [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Queen Jadis]] and [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].

!!!Lulu
* Abilities: Casting Help, Pix! on an enemy causes the faerie to annoyingly follow an enemy and damage them. The debuff is titled [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Hey! Listen!"]]

!!!Lux
* Quotes: [[Series/TheATeam "I love it when a plan comes together!"]] [[Anime/SailorMoon "In the name of Demacia, I will punish you!"]] [[MemeticMutation "Double Rainbow? What does it mean?" "Shhh! I'm charging my laser..."]][[invoked]]
* Lux is largely based on Marisa Kirisame from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. Her ultimate is named after Marisa's Final Spark (a variation on her trademark spell known as Master Spark), which is also a giant rainbow laser beam. Lux also calls herself an "ordinary witch," while Marisa is The Ordinary Magician, and both are known for copying spells from other people. Finally, Lux's Sorceress and Spell Thief skin may be based off of Marisa, most notably the witch's hat and broom on sorceress and the similarity of the outfit and wand of Spell Thief to Marisa's outfit in UFO.
* Skins: Her Commando skin is based on the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Bonus points for having a wand that's pretty much a lasgun on each end.
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[[folder: Champions M-Z]]
!!!Malzahar
* Dance: Does the famous MCHammer shuffle.

!!!Master Yi
* Skins: His Chosen skin is pretty much a [[StarWars Jedi knight]], complete with blue, green, or red light saber depending on how much his attack damage is increased by his Wuju Style ability. His Headhunter skin is based on ''Film/{{Predator}}''.
* Dance: A brief segment of the dance at the end of ''Film/NapoleonDynamite''.

!!!Maokai
* His saplings look, move, and sound quite a lot like {{Pikmin}}.

!!!Miss Fortune
* Quotes: Several of her quotes are references to [[StarWars Han Solo]].

!!!Mordekaiser
* Abilities: Each one is inspired by a heavy metal song.
** Innate passive: [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]]
** Q: Mace of Spades aka [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Ace of Spades]]
** W: [[Music/{{Metallica}} Creeping Death]]
** E: Siphon of Destruction aka [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Symphony of Destruction]]
** Ultimate: [[Music/BlackSabbath Children of the Grave]]
** Debuff: [[Music/IronMaiden The Prisoner]]

!!!Mundo
* Skins: His Toxic skin looks quite similar to TheIncredibleHulk. Rageborn Mundo may remind one of [[WorldOfWarcraft a Fel Orc]]. Or the Red Hulk.
* Quotes: Many of Corporate Mundo's quotes are references to ''OfficeSpace''.

!!!Nasus
* Quotes: "Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof."

!!!Nautilus
* Skins: His Abyssal skin uses patterns and colors similar to [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the Black Legion Chaos Space Marines]].
* Dance: Who ordered the pizza with extra [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ha_MlhOzH0 Peeparoonie]]?

!!!Nocturne
* Skins: His Ravager skin has more than a passing resemblance to [[SpiderMan Carnage]].

!!!Nunu
* Quotes: "Don't make the yeti angry! [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk You wouldn't like him when he's angry.]]"
* Skins: Grungy Nunu has Nunu and Willump dressed like [[SesameStreet Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster]].

!!!Olaf
* Skins: His Pentakill skin seems to be based off of [[Music/{{Pantera}} Vinnie Paul]].
* Quotes: [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Urge to kill, rising..."]] His Brolaf skin features references to ''{{Anchorman}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', and more.

!!!Orianna
* Skins: Her Bladecraft Orianna skin bares resemblance to Pris, the replicant from ''Film/BladeRunner''.
** Most likely a coincidence, but that costume also resembles Mathilda from AnarchyReigns, who appeared to have a fully mechanical torso.
* Quotes: One of her joke lines is a reference to [[RobotGirl Aigis]] from ''{{Persona 3}}''.

!!!Pantheon
* Skins: Ruthless Pantheon looks a lot like HeMan.
* Quotes: He's obviously a walking reference to ''ThreeHundred'', and both his taunt and his joke reference the movie.

!!!Poppy
* Skins: The face paint on Noxian Poppy looks an awful lot like the members of Music/{{KISS}}. Lollipoppy looks just like one of the Oompa Loompas from ''[[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''.

!!!Quinn
* Dance: Dances to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHVHEieFtk&list=PL8742F75EF72BE914&index=57 'Are You That Somebody?']] by {{Aaliyah}}.

!!!Rammus
* Skins: King Rammus changes his color scheme to closely resemble [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]]. Ninja Rammus is a reference to the ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', specifically Raphael.

!!!Rengar
* Skins: He's basically a walking homage to ''Film/{{Predator}}''. His Headhunter skin makes this more apparent.
* Dance: His dance is the Haka, of rugby All Blacks fame. This may further be a reference to the similar looking Charr race in ''GuildWars'', as they also use the Haka as their dance animation in GuildWars2. Very possible as the Lead Champion Designer Morello worked on ''GuildWars2'', and Rengar's release very closely coincided with ''GuildWars2'''s.

!!!Riven
* Skins: Her Redeemed skin is based off of [[FinalFantasyTactics Meliadoul]].
* Quotes: "[[WarcraftIII You are beyond redemption]]".
* A character named 'Riven' who is an exile... which main protagonists of a certain [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars game series]] does this remind you of?

!!!Ryze
* Dance: Looks suspiciously like the one done by {{IM Meen}}.

!!!Shaco
* Quotes: [[Film/TheDarkKnight "Why so serious?"]]

!!!Shen
* Skins: Not one, but ''two'' skins that reference ''MortalKombat''; Yellow Jacket Shen looks like Scorpion and Frozen Shen looks like Sub-Zero.
* Quotes: [[AskANinja "If light travels so fast, how come it's never caught a ninja?"]] [[FistOfTheNorthStar "You're already dead]], you just haven't caught up yet."

!!!Shyvana
* Skins: Darkflame Shyvana's dragon form bares a resemblance to [[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Alduin]].
* Dance: Does the same dance as Japanese idol group Music/AKB48 in the music video for their song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqLKCg-UgA RIVER]].

!!!Singed
* Skins: Augmented Singed is a very obvious reference to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bane]], who was the main villain in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', which was released at about the same time as the skin was.
* Quotes: [[JamesBond "Shaken, not stirred."]]

!!!Skarner
* Quotes: He will randomly say "[[PokemonSpeak Skar! Skar! Skarner!]]" if he idles in brush for long enough.

!!!Sion
* Skins: Hextech Sion looks like the Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
* Quotes: Arnold Schwarzenegger references abound. [[Film/KindergartenCop "Who is your summoner and what does he do?"]] [[Film/{{Predator}} "Get on my Chopper!"]] [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 "What is best in death?"]]

!!!Sivir
* Skins: Her Warrior Princess skin is [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]], her Spectacular skin is WonderWoman, and her PAX skin is based on ''Film/{{Tron}}'', her huntress skin resembles [[DynastyWarriors Zhu Rong]] as well as giving her a boomerang (her preferred weapon until 6).

!!!Sona
* Skins: Arcade Sona's ultimate (which sends out a wave causing enemies to dance) resembles a ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' screen, with a flow of arrows pointing in different directions.
* It's generally accepted that her standard skin was inspired by [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]].

!!!Swain
* Skins: His form while using his ultimate is awfully reminiscent of a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Lord of Change]]. His Tyrant skin makes this even more obvious.
* Abilities: One of them is called Nevermove, a pun on [[Literature/TheRaven Nevermore]] that was only supposed to be used during development but ended up sticking.

!!!Syndra
* Dance: Dances to the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4-SxcCO5d0 Hoot]] by Korean pop group GirlsGeneration.
* Her hat looks fairly similar to the one worn by [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna]].

!!!Talon
* Skins: His Dragonblade skin greatly resembles [[MarvelVsCapcom Strider Hiryu]], and his Crimson Elite skin resembles [[ComicBook/{{JudgeDredd}} a certain Judge]].
* Dance: MichaelJackson's famous Billie Jean dance, complete with moonwalk and crotch-grab.

!!!Taric
* Skins: His Armor of the Fifth Age skin is based on the [=WoW=] Paladin's bright pink fifth-tier armor.
* Quotes: [[JemAndTheHolograms "Gems are truly outrageous. They are truly, truly, truly outrageous."]]
* He's reported to have designed costumes for a play titled ''[[TheSoundOfMusic The Sound of Magic]]''.

!!!Teemo
* Skins: His Badger skin has to be a reference to the [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/badgers/ Badger Song]], especially given his associate with mushrooms.
* Dance: Another Badger Song reference.

!!!Tristana
* Skins: Her character is based off of ComicBook/TankGirl, with her Riot Girl skin as a further reference.

!!!Trundle
* Quotes: "[[MemeticMutation Don't hate the player]], hate the club that's smashing your face!"[[invoked]]

!!!Twisted Fate
* Dance: The dance from PSY's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 Gangnam Style]].

!!!Tryndamere
* Skins: [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Highlander Tryndamere]], compete with kilt.
* Dance: A segment from Bye Bye Bye by {{NSYNC}}.

!!!Urgot
* Skins: Three words: [[GiantEnemyCrab GIANT ENEMY CRABGOT]].

!!!Varus
* Varus is an archer. Varus is also [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim a deformity of the knee]]...

!!!Vayne
* Skins: Her Vindicator, Aristocratic, and Dragonslayer skins skins are likely references to ''DevilMayCry'', ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', and the classic Dragoon-class from ''FinalFantasy'', respectively.
* Dance: Appears to look a little like the poses the [[DragonBallZ Ginyu force]] pulls off, it might be a [[Film/{{Equilibrium}} Gunkata]] though.
* Her character and background draws heavy inspiration from Franchise/{{Batman}}. She even has bats flying around her when activating her ultimate!

!!!Veigar
* Skins: [[FinalFantasy White Mage]] Veigar is obvious, as is [[TheLordOfTheRings Veigar Greybeard]].
** For that matter, Veigar's default skin is a Black Mage (or [[FinalFantasyIX Vivi]]) in all but name, with the color of his hat being the most substantial difference.
* It's hard to say if it's intentional or not, but [[{{Magicka}} A little mage running around with an obscured face who has access to powerful and destructive magic]] does ring a bell for some.

!!!Vi
* Dance: She dances [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxYiIfr4WM the Dougie]].
* Skins: Her recall animation for her Neon Strike skin is the same as [[OnePiece Franky's]] poses.

!!!Viktor
* Dance: Does the Melbourne Shuffle, a rave dance that originated in Australia.

!!!Vladamir
* Skins: His Count, Marquise, Nosferatu, and Vandal skins are references to {{Dracula}}, [[TheVampireChronicles Lestat de Lioncourt]], [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Graf Orlock]], and [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Spike]], respectively.
* Abilities: One of his skills, Tides of Blood, may be a reference to an old {{MOBA}}-style ''WarCraft3'' custom map of the same name. Said map had a "Blood Mage" hero who had more-or-less the same gimmick as Vladimir.

!!!Volibear
* Dance: Imitates [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pANuw4IXrEs Sam B's energetic audition]] on ''AmericasGotTalent''.

!!!Warwick
* Dance: Does the "zombie dance" from MichaelJackson's Thriller video.

!!!Xerath
* Dance: Taken from the music video for "Pong" by Eisenfunk.
* Quotes: His jokes are both memes, coming from the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs Power Thirst commercial]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw an infamous LARP session]].

!!!Xin Zhao
* Skins: His Warring Kingdoms skin makes him look like [[DynastyWarriors Zhao Yun]]. His Commando skin is based on the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]] from 'TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

!!!Yorick
* Skins: His Pentakill skin is an obvious reference to [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]].
* Each of the alters on the Twisted Treeline have a shout out when Yorick captures them. The west alter will say "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Alas, poor Yorick]]" and the east alter will say "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!]]"

!!!Zac

* Bares a strong visual resemblance to [[DragonBallZ Majin Buu]], and his backstory is equal parts {{Superman}} and {{Hellboy}}. His classic look is also referred to as {{Flubber}}.

!!!Zed

* Bares a lot of resemblance to PowerRangers Lord Zedd, with a little bit of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT's]] Shredder thrown in.

!!!Ziggs
* Dance: From the viral video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVuIBpJ6B4E Midget Superstar]].

!!!Zilean
* Skins: Shurima Desert Zilean looks a bit like [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Gwonam]].
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[[folder:Other]]
!!!NPC's
* If two or more champions perform their dance emotes in front of Vilemaw, the giant spider boss of Twisted Treeline, he'll lift his legs up as if surprised, look around to make sure no one's watching, and start doing the [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Carlton Dance]].
* The two new shopkeepers on the Howling Abyss map will occasionally reference movie quotes:
** The Blue Team shopkeeper:
*** [[ThreeHundred "THIS! IS! FRELJOOOORD!"]]
** The Purple Team shopkeeper:
*** [[ThePrincessBride "Have fun storming the bridge!"]]

!!!Masteries
* The icon for Mastermind in the support mastery tree is a reference to the box art from ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.

!!!Items
* Youmuu's Ghostblade is one letter off from Youmu from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', who also wields a ghostly sword. It is a katana with sakura petals flying around it.
* Wriggle's Lantern shares a name with a firefly in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. The official statement is that it was named after an adjucator called Wriggle, but behind the scenes we know that (former) employee Shurelia is a big ''Touhou'' fan.
* Trinity Force is the most expensive item in the game, created by combining three different mid-level items into one hybridized one. Both its name and its in-game icon are a shout-out to the Triforce from the ''Zelda'' series.
* The Brutalizer item costs exactly 1337 gold in total.
* Rylai's Crystal Scepter is named after the lore name of Crystal Maiden from ''DefenseOfTheAncients''. The item icon is almost identical to the one for Rylai's Brilliance Aura ability.
* The Manamune is highly reminiscent of the {{Soul Calibur}} sword from the first few games.
** Its name is also derived from Masamune, a legendary Japanese swordsmith. Its upgraded form, Muramana, is the same case; Muramasa was also a famous Japanese swordsmith.
* Kage's Lucky Pick, a magical guitar pick item, is based upon {{Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny}}.
* Atma's Impaler references the "Atma Weapon" mistranslation of ''FinalFantasyVI''.
* Guinsoo's Rageblade is half shout out and half internal homage, as Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, one of the big names at Riot Games, used to develop ''DotAAllstars'' before passing it on to current developer Icefrog. For that matter, a number of champions and items take their moniker from Riot developers' screen names. But the most convoluted EasterEgg is the fact that Karthus's passive used to have a sheep as an icon. This referred to "Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse," an item from ''Dota'' which conferred {{Baleful Polymorph}}ing, and was snuck in because Karthus is Feak's favorite Champion.

!!!Meta
* An update for a more exact queue status now shows your place more precisely. Initially, when the queue was long enough, it just reports your current place in the waiting line as [[DragonBallZ Over 9000]]. The queue is now more exact (Over 20,000), but lost the reference.
* The in-game chat displays kill streaks using ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' lines, such as "Killing Spree!" "Dominating!" and "Godlike!"
* One example from the Journal of Justice that coincides with GettingCrapPastTheRadar is Janna being caught in the middle of a scandal that's heavily implied to involve a sex tape, and trying to pass it off as boosting her magical reserves, bringing to mind the notorious [[DeusSexMachina "Mana transfer"]] in ''FateStayNight''.
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