Shoutouts in Far Cry 5 and its associated DLC:
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Main Game
- Casey Seagal, the saloon's cook, is a reference to Casey Ryback played by Steven Seagal in Under Siege.
- The farm with the Crop Circles and mutilated cows is Bradbury Farm, after science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
- The "Getaway" clothes are styled after the Iconic Outfit worn by The Driver.
- An answering machine in one of the homes in Fall’s End has a message from a survivalist named Burt talking about how he and his wife were moving to get away from the cult to a quiet desert valley down south. It doesn’t end well.
- Some believe that Jacob Seed's facial scarring is a reference to Mark Pellegrino's Lucifer in season 5 of Supernatural
- Many weapon descriptions are movie and television shout-outs:
- The flavor text of the M60 machine gun states the instructions to use it are "apply red bandana, pull trigger, yell."
- The recurve bow is another one to Rambo: First Blood Part II.
- The descriptions of the .44 Magnum L and its Prestige model, the Cannon, pay homage to the Dirty Harry movies.
- The D2 sawed-off shotgun references Mad Max.
- The 45/70 rifle is one to The Cabin in the Woods.
- The A99 description mentions how it was used in Miami Vice.
- For all of Ubisoft's talk about not taking a stance on contemporary politics, they did give the county's most over-the-top right wing politician wannabe a mission called Make Hope Great Again. It's about shooting lots of people that won't vote for the guy. Make of that what you will.
- There's also the description of the medkit that lets you decide whether healthcare should be mandatory or optional.
- The description of the Burned Meat item, obtained by killing an animal by setting it on fire, says "smother it in ketchup and it makes a meal fit for a president."
- One of the idle chatters from random Guns For Hire is that prior to the events of the game, the worst thing they had to worry about was the president starting a nuclear war on social media.
- Willis is searching for a VHS tape that has blackmail implications for the President. His dialogue implies that it might be the infamous "pee tape", in which Trump allegedly hired people to pee onto a bed Obama once used in Russia, which may or may not exist.
- In his final dialogue, the dying John Seed uses the phrase "Look at how fucked things are... look at who's in charge..." as evidence that Joseph is right and the world really is coming to an end. In charge of what is left ambiguous, but the implication that he is discussing Trump is... pretty blatant.
- Flavor text for the wolverine advises you to Make Sure He's Dead because the bastard has a habit of regenerating.
- The "The Hurk Locker" achievement is obviously one to The Hurt Locker.
- The Master Blaster perk is another shout-out to Mad Max, specifically to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
- The description for crafting liquor states that it is "The cause and solution to many, many, many problems."
- The Widowmaker's paint job is highly reminiscent of Optimus Prime from the first five Transformers movies.
- Some Hired Guns will say "Transform and roll out!" while entering a car or truck.
- The final journal entry by Dr. Sarah Perkins mentions that she's going to "science the shit out" of the Judges.
- A sewer outlet has a red balloon floating by it, in reference to IT.
- Another red balloon can be found inside a haunted house, next to a phone with an extremely Pennywise-sounding laugh left on the answering machine message.
- The description of the Alpha Black Bear Skin says "practice your Welsh accent and prepare for winter."
- The Alpha Boar Skin's description is a reference to Lord of the Flies.
- Both the Alpha Skunk and Hare skin descripsions are references to Looney Tunes.
- Some of the Post-It notes scattered around read, "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"
- The Hope County Cougars, a sports team who have turned into a resistance movement against the militants occupying the county, are likely a nod to the Wolverines in Red Dawn (1984). They may also be a reference to the Hope County Cougars in Hitman: Absolution.
- The music that plays over the credits in the Resist ending is "We'll Meet Again".
Hours of Darkness
- In a room deep below a plantation house there is a bed frame pushed up against the wall with hand cuffs hanging from it like the torture scene in Rambo: First Blood Part II.
- One of Wendell's squadmates is called Joker.
Lost on Mars
- The resident EMP grenade goes by the name of System Shocker.
- Might be coincidental, but the very first Arachnid unit type you encounter shares a lot of similarities, both visually and mechanically, with the Aliens' anti-air unit from Earth 2160.
- Hurk mentions looking forward to watching Netflix when he's back home.
- ANNE's Killer Robots look very similar to the Tet drones from Oblivion (2013). If ANNE's drones were completely spherical and had four guns instead of just one, they'd be virtually identical.
Dead Living Zombies
