History ShoutOut / AdventureQuest

* A Mogloween quest has the player fighting Zirkon, a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]].

* Two zombies in an early Zorbak War were named Film/BillAndTed.

* The Revengers are of course based on Marvel's ''Franchise/TheAvengers''. [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Invincible Hogg]] is a green, muscular boar in purple shorts that engages in HulkSpeak, [[ComicBook/IronMan Irony Man]] is a loudmouth in red-and-yellow armor, [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]] is a literal wolverine with a yellow-and-dark-blue coat, and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Lieutenant Lore]] is Lore's CaptainGeographic. They fight Dr. Boom, an evil clone {{Technopath}}, [[Comicbook/{{Venom}} Varnak]], a villain with spider-themed powers, and [[Comicbook/RedSkull Lead Skull]], a robot with a very fitting moniker.
* The 2010 Frostval Gift Delivery armor is a stretchy suit, and the highest-level version of the armor is named [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Mr Funtastic]].

* The {{Flaming Skull|s}} item gives Fire- and Darkness-element resistance. The description makes it clear that it's a reference to Comicbook/GhostRider, saying that "Flaming motorcycle and chains sold separately."

* The (Indominable) Bulk armor and Elven Sniper guest misc. item reference the Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} of ComicBook/TheAvengers.
* Avenger armor consists of a steel breastplate and limb guards, copper plateskirt, yellow details, and a long, red cape, matching [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] classic costume--who of course, is a founding member of Comicbook/TheAvengers.

* The "Fading Warlic!" quest is full of references to ''Series/DoctorWho''. The player character and [=NPCs=] are trying to find why Warlic is fading from the current timeline. Warlic looks for a Doctor (in particular, Dr. Voltabolt) for answers. Dr. Voltabolt has two children, Gallie and Frey, and a device called the Z.A.R.D.I.S., a time-traveling Zard partially stuck in the form of a police box. Dr. Voltabolt has the last of the time cords, which the rest were destroyed in some GreatOffscreenWar, which he uses to send the other [=NPCs=] into the past to find the answer to Warlic's dilemma. Along the way, they encounter Salek Sprayers, a salt shaker in place of a Dalek, and a Cyberhen for a Cyberman (which doubles as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''). Along the way, the [=NPCs=] quote ''Doctor Who'' frequently. Besides ''Doctor Who'', the quest also sprinkles other time-traveling references. Gallie looks like Leela and Frey looks like Fry, characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', and at the end of the quest, the characters start quoting ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* The most powerful Eel weapon is the 1.21 Giga-Eel, a reference to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and its [=DeLorean=] requiring 1.21 gigawatts of power.

* The Gatling Gun weapon fires enough "[[FunetikAksent boolets]]" to satisfy a "burly Russian man that loves hats", which alludes to the Heavy of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', which uses a gatling gun as his WeaponOfChoice.

* The Revengers are of course based on Marvel's ''Franchise/TheAvengers''. [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Invincible Hogg]] is a green, muscular boar in purple shorts that engages in HulkSpeak, [[ComicBook/IronMan Irony Man]] is a loudmouth in red-and-yellow armor, [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]] is a literal wolverine with a yellow-and-dark-blue coat, and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Lieutenant Lore]] is Lore's CaptainGeographic. They fight Dr. Boom, an evil clone {{Technopath}}, [[Comicbook/{{Venom}} Varnak]], a villain with spider-themed powers, and [[Comicbook/RedSkull Lead Skull]], a robot with a very fitting moniker.

* The (Indominable) Bulk armor and Elven Sniper guest misc. item reference the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk and Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} of ComicBook/TheAvengers.

* The former [=VampireSlayer=] class leader was [[LightNovel/VampireHunterD Vampire Slayer E]], and he has a similar appearance to D. The player character can meet Vampire Slayers C, T, and V during "The Cure".

* The 2012 Mogloween quest is named "Film/{{Zombieland}}s", and the OneShotCharacter for that quest is named [[Creator/WoodyHarrelson Harryl Woodson]] who has a NiceHat and fights with a banjo. He's looking for Taladosian tarts, a.k.a., Twinkies.

* The Scizzard is designed after'' Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', what with its SkunkStripe hair, scissors, and description that says it's 'part demon' and 'part barber'.

* Among the {{Kaiju}} in "War of the Giants!" is the boss Kathool'Achoo. It takes the form of a giant squid whose description states that can't quite inflict the [[BrownNote insanity]] StandardStatusEffects--hearkening to Creator/HPLovecraft's {{Eldritch Abomination}}s--but instead blind.

* The description for the "Cozy Zombie [=ReignDragon=]" boss of the Frostval 2016 "Gift Delivery!" quest says, "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Looks like Blastem chose... poorly.]] [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer He probably won't be competing in the ReinDragon games this year.]]"

* The [=LOCOmotive=] is a train that's been infused with Loco's chaotic energies. The description says its name is WesternAnimation/{{Thomas|TheTankEngine}}.

* Berserkers have a skill called "Ticking Clock", and the berserker Val Kyrie has a description says that her love for Galanoth is like a ticking clock. Both instances are GettingCrapPastTheRadar references to the song "Love Among Freaks".

* The description for the Snow Angel pet starts off as "Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman," mimicking the song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.