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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s Time Spiral block, whose set theme was [[NostalgiaLevel nostalgia]], is naturally full of {{Easter Egg}}s and other little jokes about cards from older sets. For example: in the flavor text of [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=111082 Viscid Lemures]], [[LovableCoward Norin the Wary]] remarks that it's nice to face something harmless, like a lemur. On the (much) earlier [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=2457 Hyalopterous Lemure]], the artist had apparently never heard of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemures "lemure"]], so the card is illustrated with a lemur.
** The ''[[http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Lhurgoyf Lhurgoyf]]'' card had the flavour text "Ach! Hans, run! It's the Lhurgoyf!". Much later, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5211 a card with a similar power]] had the flavor text "Not again", attributed to Hans.

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Zombyra_the_Dark Zombyra the Dark]] is based upon a character from a ShowWithinAShow Zombire, who is a Spawn Expy. Like Spawn, he gets closer to death the more he fights, represented by an ATK reduction.
** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Master_-_Zorc Dark Master - Zorc]] was the BigBad of the Monster World story arc, which was a TableTopGame. From that comes the die-rolling effect, including the fact that a lower roll is better and the highest roll is a fumble. And the art for its corresponding ritual spell card, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Contract_with_the_Dark_Master Contract with the Dark Master]], is based on the scene in which Zorc first reveals himself by transforming from a seemingly friendly NPC.
** [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Number_67:_Pair-a-Dice_Smasher Number 67: Pair-a-Dice Smasher]] is a reference to the shadow game from [[Recap/YuGiOhMangaDuel2LyingEyes Duel 2]]. Its first effect makes both players roll a die and puts a penalty on the player with the higher roll and its second effect changes the result of any die roll into a 7. The die split in half in the artwork continues this reference. [[note]]During the shadow game, Yugi's opponent throws his die in frustration, causing it to break in half and show two faces simultaneously for a total roll of 7, causing him to lose.[[/note]]

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** The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194975 Lotus Petal]] is a weakened version of the GameBreaker card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=600 Black Lotus]] - and its flavor text is a reference to [[http://sales.starcitygames.com/carddisplay.php?product=14829 how much money you'd have to spend]] in order to get one of the originals.

* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', a spinoff of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', includes the champion Lee Sin. His leveled up form kicks enemies into their own Nexus to damage it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2XB2iIecXI This was something his League incarnation's ultimate could do in his intentionally overpowered April Fool's Champion Spotlight]].

*** That phrase also became an [[http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardscans/MAGUNH/achhansrun.jpg Unglued card]]. It summons a creature for one turn if the player says, "Ach Hans! Run, it's the..."

*** And in Time Spiral, Saffi Eriksdotter, who said the immortal line, became a card in her own right. Hans, unfortunately, did not survive to get his own.

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Master_-_Zorc Dark Master - Zorc]] was the BigBad of the Monster World story arc, which was a TableTopGame. From that comes the die-rolling effect, including the fact that a lower roll is better and the highest roll is a fumble. And the art for its corresponding ritual spell card, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Contract_with_the_Dark_Master Contract with the Dark Master]], is based on the scene in which Zorc first reveals himself by transforming from a seemingly friendly NPC.

* ''MagicTheGathering'''s Time Spiral block, whose set theme was [[NostalgiaLevel nostalgia]], is naturally full of {{Easter Egg}}s and other little jokes about cards from older sets. For example: in the flavor text of [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=111082 Viscid Lemures]], [[LovableCoward Norin the Wary]] remarks that it's nice to face something harmless, like a lemur. On the (much) earlier [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=2457 Hyalopterous Lemure]], the artist had apparently never heard of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemures "lemure"]], so the card is illustrated with a lemur.

** The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74238 Persecute Artist]] doesn't let the caster choose Rebecca Guay. This is a nod to the time when rumors that Guay was being fired as a Magic card artist led to an InternetBackdraft.

** The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=32237 Deep Analysis]] has the flavor text "The specimen appears to be broken." The artifact being examined in the card's art is a [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=13087 Masticore]], another card famous for being [[GameBreaker exceedingly powerful]]. This doubles as a TakeThatScrappy.

** The twelfth edition's print of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=233232 Giant Spider]] states that "The wild is always changing, but it does have a few constants." This is probably a reference to the fact that by this point, Giant Spider was the only card that has been in all core sets since the game's beginning.

* ''MagicTheGathering'''s Time Spiral block, whose set theme was [[NostalgiaLevel nostalgia]], is naturally full of {{Easter Egg}}s and other little jokes about cards from older sets. For example: in the flavor text of [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=111082 Viscid Lemures]], [[LovableCoward Norin the Wary]] remarks that it's nice to face something harmless, like a lemur. On the (much) earlier [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=2457 Hyalopterous Lemure]], the artist had apparently never heard of a [[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Lemures "lemure"]], so the card is illustrated with a lemur.

* A few cards in the ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game}}'' are based upon storylines from the original manga from before the card game came to prominence:

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Master_-_Zorc Dark Master - Zork]] was the BigBad of the Monster World story arc, which was a TableTopGame. From that comes the die-rolling effect, including the fact that a lower roll is better and the highest roll is a fumble.

** The twelth editions print of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=233232 Giant Spider]] states that "The wild is always changing, but it does have a few constants." This is probably a reference to the fact that by this point, Giant Spider was the only card that has been in all core sets since the game's beginning

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Master_-_Zorc Dark Master - Zork]] was the BigBad of the Monster World story arc, which was a TableTopGame. From that comes the die-rolling effect, including the fact that a lower role is better and the highest roll is a fumble.

** The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=32237 Deep Analysis]] has the flavor text "The specimen appears to be broken." The artifact being examined in the card's art is a [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=13087 Masticore]], another card famous for being [[GameBreaker exceedingly powerful]].

** In Madagascar, lemurs are considered to be ghosts of the dead. "Lemures" may even be the ''origin'' of the word "lemur" in English. So...yeah.

* A few cards in the YuGiOhTradingCardGame are based upon storylines from the original manga from before the card game came to prominence:

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Master_-_Zorc Dark Master - Zork]] was theBigBad of the Monster World story arc, which was a TableTopGame. From that comes the die-rolling effect, including the fact that a lower role is better and the highest roll is a fumble.

** The ''[[http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Lhurgoyf Lhurgoyf]]'' card had the flavour text "Ach! Hans, run! It's the Lhurgoyf!". Much later, a card with a similar power had the flavor text "Not again", attributed to Hans.
*** This takes on another meaning entirely when you realize that it's one of the most used cards in any format it's legal in.

** More recently, there was Massacre Wurm, a creature that, when it comes into play, weakens all your opponent's creatures. Long ago, Massacre was a sorcery that did the same to all creatures, but was free if your opponent controlled a plains.