* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': The end of the Elise fight is much the same as an ActionCommand you can execute against Shannon, plus DestinationDefenestration. For bonus points, both have, at the very least, [[HotAsHell a similar theme!]] And there is also the FinalBoss fight against [[spoiler: the Black Baron ([[RunningGag stop starin']])]], which features a PummelDuel ActionCommand similar to one you can execute against [[MirrorBoss the Devil Hand.]]
* ''Film/TheMatrix'': Jack partakes in some BulletTime performing a B Finisher on a midair foe. Kreese also parodies the "red pill/blue pill" dialogue sometimes when Jack grabs a Happy Pill.
* One of the A Finishers is a [[Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Kinniku Buster]] that [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe splits the victim in half.]]
* Big Long Driller is based on [[VideoGame/BioShock the Big Daddies]], as he is a huge, masked drill bearer whose helmet has multiple "eyes".
* Both Big Bull Crocker and Big Long Driller do [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface's]] distinctive "rage dance".
* The Maintenance Facility in Area 66, home to [[Franchise/StarWars The Masters]] (Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon parodies that carry sabers that aren't heavy...), is full of shout outs to various sci-fi franchises.
** The Mooks are a mix of [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 cylons]] and storm-troopers.
** The bridge of a familar looking space ship is controlled by "very ''[[Franchise/StarTrek enterprising]]''" aliens.
** The commentators tell Jack to [[YouWannaGetSued "Use the For--MAGNETS!"]]
** "Jack won the power struggle! Great, Jack, [[VideoGame/StarFox Don't]] [[Franchise/StarWars get cocky]]!"
** "You are now entering [[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The FUCKED-UP Zone]]!"
* Frank is a nod to the FrankensteinsMonster.
* You can activate a machine called the VideoGame/AfterBurner in the casino area.
* von Twirlenkiller's biggest tornadoes will [[Film/{{Twister}} lift a cow into the air]].
* One of Howard's reactions to Twirlenkiller's tornados is "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Auntie Em! Auntie Em! It's a twister!]]"
* Jude the Dude is touted as [[Film/BrokebackMountain "the Brokest Back in the West"]].
* The description of The Dungeon level is "[[Music/GunsNRoses Welcome to the dungeon, we got fun and games!]]"
* The first minigame has you throw people into a jet engine. Or as the Black Baron puts it "Accelerate that ass [[Film/TopGun into the Danger Zone]] at thirty thousand Gs!"
* The song "Ain't that Funny" from the game's official OST has the verse "Jack, Jack! He's a psycho-maniac!", a reference to the famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUxhP6D2Ec Lego commercial]] ("Jack, Jack! He's a lego-maniac!").
* Amala calls Agent XIII "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings one asshole to rule them all]].
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