History ShoutOut / TwoBestFriendsPlay

** [[Franchise/XMen "Am I going to give birth to Nightcrawler?"]]

-->'''Matt:''' [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone!]]
-->'''Pat:''' What do you- What does that even mean?

** Towards the end of the video, they begin saying "The Fear!" like the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' villain, followed by "[[Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound I'm Covered in Bees!]]", "I'm really sad!" and "I'm on fire and I'm a spaceman!"

** Matt thinks the company Adam works for makes [[Franchise/MetalGear Soliton Radars]].

** When a Russian ballerina starts speaking to them in Russian, they start muttering about [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 the Philosopher's Legacy and Colonel Volgin]].

** When they cause a female NPC to "defect" by repeatedly attacking her, they mention [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 that she'll suffer the same fate as the Boss, while complementing her CQC skills]].

---> [[Franchise/MetalGear More than enough to kill anything that moves!]]

--> '''Matt''': Man, that is a wail worthy of [[Franchise/MetalGear Otacon.]]

* During ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'':

** One of the fighters looks like a character from ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''.

-->'''Matt:''' [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory To infinity!]]

** One of the factoid cards on Bear Grylls says that he [[StreetFighter learned how to channel electricity from electric eels when he was a kid]].

-->'''Pat:''' [[Franchise/TheSimpsons "And there's only one big toilet, and they make you all go at the same time!"]]

** [[TheSimpsons When Cole Train is not onscreen, all other characters should be asking: "Where's Cole Train?"]]

** Matt names the PC "[[TheSimpsons Chesty [=LaRue=]]]"

** [[Franchise/TheSimpsons "This card carries a terrible curse. That's bad." "But it's half off! That's good!" "The limo is also cursed." "That's bad." "But it comes with free drinks!" "That's good!"]]

** Matt explains that the old guy has all of those guns [[Franchise/TheSimpsons to keep the king of England out of their faces]].

** [[Franchise/TheSimpsons "I call the big one Bitey]]"
** [[Franchise/TheSimpsons "AURORA BOREALIS? AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY? IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY? LOCALISED ENTIRELY IN THIS VILLAGE?]]"
** [[Franchise/TheSimpsons "Hired goons?"]]

** "You know what nunchucks are good for? [[Franchise/TheSimpsons Keeping the Queen of England out of your face.]]"

* On the character select screen in ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'', Matt refers to Oleander as "the 2Snacks me".[[note]]Alluding to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Luna]] in 2Snacks' "Two Best Sisters Play".[[/note]]

** The [[ArtShift art shifted]] intro sequence has a cameo from a doodle version of [[Franchise/LoveLive Honoka]] (nicknamed "[[FanNickname Honkers]]").

** Pat and Matt refer to a painting of the Red Skull (prior to his disfigurement) as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elrond]], [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]], and [[Film/VForVendetta V]].

** Pat thinks James Logan's watched too much StarWars when he guts open a moose like a tauntaun.

** Matt insists that Dormammu's other name is Comicbook/GhostRider.

** Pat and Matt refer to a painting of the Red Skull (prior to his disfigurement) as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elrond]], [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], [[{{Transformers}} Megatron]], and [[Film/VForVendetta V]].

** [[Literature/{{TheNeverendingStory}} "The Neverending Story began... part 2!"]]

** Flying through rings brings to mind [[VideoGame/{{Superman64}} another game with such bullshit]].
* During ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':

-->'''Mat:''' Oh, I'm sorry. My toast wouldn't cook and then I had to become a [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Scout!]] [[{{Beat}} (beat)]] [[Anime/RoninWarriors RONIN WARRIORS!]]
** [[TheSimpsons "This card carries a terrible curse. That's bad." "But it's half off! That's good!" "The limo is also cursed." "That's bad." "But it comes with free drinks!" "That's good!"]]

** Matt explains that the old guy has all of those guns [[TheSimpsons to keep the king of England out of their faces]].

** When NPC with long, blonde hair asks if he was trying to cross the border: "I sure was, [[{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}} Skwisgaar]]."

** [[TheSimpsons "I call the big one Bitey]]"
** [[TheSimpsons "AURORA BOREALIS? AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY? IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY? LOCALISED ENTIRELY IN THIS VILLAGE?]]"
** [[TheSimpsons "Hired goons?"]]

* During ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''

* During ''Metal Wolf Chaos''
** After a typical self-destruct cliche is announced by your typical emotionless robot voice, Pat asks why [[{{Transformers}} Soundwave]] just decided to kill himself.

** Multiple references to ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''.

** "You know what nunchucks are good for? [[TheSimpsons Keeping the Queen of England out of your face.]]"

* During ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

* During ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs''

* During ''The Amazing Spider-Man''

* During ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''

** Woolie compares Bowser to the villain of ''Film/{{Oldboy 2003}}''.

** Among the things they see in the opening intro: [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wiley's castle]], [[Franchise/RoboCop ED-209]], [[WesternAnimation/{{The Jetsons}} and Rosie]].

* During ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale''

* During ''Slender''

* During ''Videogame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}''

* During ''{{VideoGame/Ride To Hell Retribution}}''
** They make fun of Bullseye's accent in ''{{Film/Daredevil}}''.

* During ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''

** Liam's "Creepy Anime Bullshit" includes ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', ''Manga/PrisonSchool'', ''Anime/QueensBlade'', ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'', ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'', ''Manga/LoveHina'', the ''[[Creator/{{CLAMP}} CLAMP In Wonderland]]'' ''[=JoJo=]'' doujin from 1994, and the infamous 1997 oneshot comic ''Diesel''.[[labelnote:Note]]Best known to ''[=JoJo=]'' fans as "[[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure that hilariously blatant American ripoff]]."[[/labelnote]]

* During Pat and Woolie's ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''

* In Episode 13 of ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza 0}}'', Matt and Pat compare Officer Kikuchi to [[{{Franchise/AceAttorney}} Mike Meekins]], and then discuss how a parrot was actually called as a witness in a case, much like in ''Ace Attorney''.

--> Pat: "But he's dead, he's with the stars now, [[Disney/TheLionKing Circle of Life]] and shit."

** Their reason for hunting down a woman is show she can [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} teach them to paint with all the colors of the winds.]]

** Pat makes a "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 The Fear]]" reference when they see some fire, and later Matt says the HYDRA agents are trying to steal the Philosopher's Legacy.

** Comparisons to situations and characters from ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings'' are frequent throughout.

** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 "Snake Eater" plays over a clip of the player character climbing a long ladder]].

-->'''Pat''': How about I cut off all your arms and legs and give you robot shit? Turn you into a retarded [[MortalKombat Jax]].

* During [[MortalKombat Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks]]