History ShoutOut / DragonAgeII

* If you bring Varric and Fenris along with you, in party banter Fenris will ask Varric about his spy network, to which Varric gives a NonAnswer. Fenris calls him a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "strange, hairy little man."]]

* In one "encounter" in the Blooming Rose, Hawke can say "Give me something that will really blow my mind." Cut to Hawke in a room with a man who says [[Film/CitizenKane "...and it turns out it was actually the name of his sled, from when he was a little boy!]]" Other encounters with the man at the Blooming Rose include references to ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' ("He realised it was his home all along, but in the future!") and TheSixthSense ("... he had been dead the whole time!").

* The side quest for clearing the Redwater bandits out of Kirkwall's docks is titled [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Pier Pressure]].

* If you bring Varric and Fenris along with you, in party banter Fenris will ask Varric about his spy network, to which Varric gives a non-answer. Fenris calls him a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "strange, hairy little man."]]

* Isabella sometimes shouts, "[[VideoGame/MassEffect1 enemies everywhere]]!" when the fighting starts.

-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImZTwYwCug I like big boats. I cannot lie.]]"

* Isabella's "[[MissingStepsPlan plan]]" to deal with the man who is trying to kill her.
-->'''Isabella''': Step one, we go to Velasco. Step two... something exciting happens. [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Step three, profit]].

-->'''Bran:''' [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Do the words "political maelstrom" mean anything to you?]]

-->'''Isabella:''' Step one, we go to Velasco. Step two... something exciting happens. [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Step three, profit]].

-->'''Hawke:''' I never do anything quiet if I can help it. [[Franchise/BaldursGate Swords for everyone!]]

-->'''Hawke:''' She [[Music/JohnnyCash killed a man, just to watch him die.]] Everyone needs a hobby.

-->'''Hawke:''' [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Urge to kill. Rising.]] [[note]] From the ''Shining'' episode [[/note]]

!! ''Act 1''

!! ''General''

!! ''Act 2''

!! ''Act 3''

!! ''Mark of the Assassin''

!! ''Legacy''

!! ''The Exiled Prince''

!! ''The Black Emporium''

* At one point, Varric goes into an ImagineSpot that directly references the finale of ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', complete with him quoting lines from the film in Pacino's fake Cuban accent.
* Varric and Anders think of ways to enact revenge on Bartrand. Anders suggests one and Varric finds it poetic: [[Anime/NinjaScroll Dunking him in gold and dumping him in the ocean.]]
* Where did you get the maps for the Deep Roads? According to Anders, AWizardDidIt.
* When you arrive at Kirkwall and the guard insists that there's no more room in the city, Hawke can say, "There must be ''some'' room for [[{{Series/Firefly}} the pretty people]]."
* One quest has you framing a Templar for various illicit activities. The name of the Templar? [[Franchise/MassEffect Ser Conrad Vernhart]].
* Aveline gets on Varric's case about a novel series he's writing about a [[CowboyCop rogue guardsman]] He says in mock appeasement that he'll end the series with him retiring and buying a bar, saying that the cop is [[Film/LethalWeapon "too old for this shit."]] (Hilariously, he actually keeps this promise.)

* Taking Isabela into the Fade with you will result in her saying;
-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImZTwYwCug I like big boats. I cannot lie.]]"

* During a quest to hunt down a SerialKiller you encounter [[spoiler:Gascard [=DuPuis=] in a very suspicious situation]]. When he says he can explain:
-->'''Varric''': Twenty silver if he says, "[[Series/TheFugitive It wasn't me, it was the one-armed man!]]"
* When Fenris asks Varric why [[ICallItVera he named his crossbow "Bianca,"]], Varric replies, "[[VideoGame/JadeEmpire 'Mirabelle' was taken.]]"
* For that matter, "Bianca" is also the name of [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Bartolomeo's]] sword.
* In Isabela's intro, the men call her by her first name. She corrects them with ''"[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain]]'' Isabela." In addition, one of her passive skills is called "Savvy".
* A merchant on the Wounded Coast will comment to Hawke that [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Knowing Is Half The Battle]].
* When talking to Seneschal Bran in Act 3:
-->'''Bran:''' [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Do the words "political maelstrom" mean anything to you?]]

* In one "encounter" in the Blooming Rose, Hawke can say "Give me something that will really blow my mind." Cut to Hawke in a room with a man who says [[Film/CitizenKane "...and it turns out it was actually the name of his sled, from when he was a little boy!]]" Other encounters with the man at the Blooming Rose include references to ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' ("He realised it was his home all along, but in the future!") and TheSixthSense ("... he had been dead the whole time!").

* Act II contains a quest titled [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily "A Debt in the Family."]]
* There's a magic spell called Horror, which stuns its victims and can cause damage to the soul. The icon for it looks like [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
* One of the dock workers complains that he loaded 16 tons, and what does he get? [[SubvertedTrope A bad back]].
* Hawke [[Series/TheATeam loves it when a plan works out]].
* Fight dialogue changes with the route you're taking Hawke's personality down. During pitched battles, Funny!Hawke will occasionally shout that [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} "At least it's not boring!"]]
* The side quest for clearing the Redwater bandits out of Kirkwall's docks is titled [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Pier Pressure]].
* While in the Deep Roads, one of Bartrand's workers mentions that he read once that wandering around in the dark may result in [[VideoGame/{{Zork}} being eaten by a grue]].
* One promotional armour set claims that the chilling adventures of "[[VideoGame/DeadSpace Ser Isaac of Clarke]]" are a bard favourite on dark nights.

* Clicking on the window in the Hawke estate will sometimes prompt Hawke to remark that [[{{Series/Friends}} their neighbor needs to put some clothes on]].

* Aveline gets on Varric's case about a novel series he's writing about a [[CowboyCop rogue guardsman]] He says in mock appeasement that he'll end the series with him retiring and buying a bar, saying that the cop is [[Film/LethalWeapon "too old for this shit."]]

* Also from Mass Effect, the upgrade of the revival spell is called Unity.

* Leliana shows up in the quest "Faith" dressed in some medieval version of [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Blackwater's]] battle dress uniform. It's a pitch perfect, replete with red hair, of what Anna wears in ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Conviction.]]''