History ShoutOut / AdventureQuestWorlds

** As mentioned below, Ryoku is an {{Expy}} of both Goku and Ryu from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', with a hairstyle similar to Goku as a Super Saiyan, and his gi in Ryu's color scheme. The announcer guy also mentions he has a collection of Dragon-Dodecahedrons. He also has a finishing move called the "Soul Nuke", that is a KamehameHadoken, which pokes fun at Dragon Ball Z characters taking a long time to charge their attacks while screaming. In fact the Hero [[ExaggeratedTrope waits so long s/he decides to get a drink first, before waiting another week later where Ryoku still hasn't finished charging his attack. In fact the tournament gets interrupted and the Hero has to complete the Yokai Saga questchains, which by the time they finish Ryoku still isn't done.]]. Finally out of patience, the Hero knocks Ryoku over with a punch.

* All your opponents are knockoffs of anime characters in the Dragon Koi Tournament in Akiba. There's [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries The Pokey Moglin Trainer]] [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Bash Ketchup]] and [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pockey Chew]], [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Jenny]] (who mentions a Nurse Bliss), [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NOTruto]], [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Neko Yasha]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat Spork-ion, Absolute Zero]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ry]][[Franchise/DragonBall oku]].

* Edvard is a parody of Edward Cullen from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', where he is even referred to as a "shiny vampire" and that his girlfriend Belluah left him for a werewolf.

** In the 2015 New Years event, "Frostmane", in the Nightmare Realm there is a literal Weeping Angel. If you get close to it, pop up text will appear saying "[[Recap/DoctorwhoNSS3E10Blink You blinked]]."

** In the Time-Travel event "Hunt for Greased Lightning", there are two quests titled "[[Recap/DoctorwhoNSS3E10Blink Wibbly Wobbly" and "Timey Wimey]]". The same quest also has Valencia blasting a locked door open with a sonic blast.

* On a meta-level, it appears the "Cathedral of Time" event was a ShoutOut to how terrible the year 2016 was, featuring the Incarnation of 2016 as the villain, and allows players to fight and kill it.

** In the "Time Library", during the cutscene "Far from Home", when the Warlic Golem instructs the Hero to learn what s/he needs to do in the library, the Hero says "I don't foresee much [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E8SilenceintheLibrary silence in THIS library]]."

* Seeing as how she's referred to as She Who Walks Behind The Stalks, the Stalkwalker is a ShoutOut to Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn's [[GodOfEvil He Who]] [[UltimateEvil Walks Behind The Rows]]. The fact that she feeds on the psychic energy of parents and Chaorrupts the kids into serving as her army to do away with all the grown-ups makes her both based on AND as much of a monster as He Who Walks Behind The Rows himself.

* The Yokai Saga makes numerous {{Shout Out}}s to Japanese folklore and features numerous Japanese {{Youkai}} including {{Kitsune}}s, Nopperabo, Jinmenju, Tanuki, Wanyudo, {{Kappa}}s, Funa-Yurei, Nure Onna, Nekomata, and others.

* All your opponents are knockoffs of anime characters in the Dragon Koi Tournament in Akiba. There's [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries The Pokey Moglin Trainer]] [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshAndPikachu Bash Ketchup and Pockey Chew]], [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Jenny]] (who mentions a Nurse Bliss), [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NOTruto]], [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Neko Yasha]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat Spork-ion, Absolute Zero]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ry]][[Franchise/DragonBall oku]].

** As part of the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', an event called "Pokey-Mogs" was done where Lim and Cysero accidentally create mutated Moglins which run rampant across Lore, where the Hero must [[GottaCatchEmAll catch 'em all]]. Pokey Chew is also featured and travels with Ash (the AQW one) and Aria, while a Troll and Horc bond over a Pokey-Mog to form [[[[Characters/PokemonAnimeTeamRocket Team Wreckit]]. Various adventurers are featured with caps in the same fashion as Pokemon trainers. A Pokey-Mog tournament is also held, but to Aria's shock the Pokey-Mogs are fighting each other, so the Hero is tasked with stopping this.

* All your opponents are knockoffs of anime characters in the Dragon Koi Tournament in Akiba. There's [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} The Pokey Moglin Trainer]] [[Characters/PokemonAnimeAshAndPikachu Bash Ketchup and Pockey Chew]], [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Jenny]] (who mentions a Nurse Bliss), [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NOTruto]], [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Neko Yasha]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat Spork-ion, Absolute Zero]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ry]][[Franchise/DragonBall oku]].

** [[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs The three little wolves]], who construct houses, and feel as though wolves have been given a bad name by a few of their kind.

* In the Dwarf Prison, there is a Dwarf called [[Series/MacGyver Mick Guyver]].

** [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Insomniac Beauty]], who is a blonde girl wearing a pink dress who has sleeping problems.
* In the Dwarf Tavern, the seven adorable sisters who helped out a dwarf called Snowbeard, are an obvious reference to ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. Snowbeard even mentions publishing his journal and calling it "Snowbeard and the Seven Sisters".

** In the "Doomwood Saga" during the "Stop Artix" cutscene, the Hero says to Artix "[[YouShallNotPass You may NOT pass into [=DoomWood=].]]"

* The Mogloween event "Children of Chaos" is a huge ShoutOut to ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984'', featuring {{Creepy Kid}}s who worship and obey "She Who Walks Behind The Stalks", while plotting to overthrow the grownups of the world. Two notable kids are called EYE-saac and Malik-EYE, parodies of Isaac and Malachi from the film.

* There is a reoccurring monster for Mogloween and Friday the 13th events called [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jay Sun]] who wears [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre a leather mask and wields a chainsaw]].

* In the Dwarf Tavern, the seven adorable sisters who helped out a dwarf called Snowbeard, are an obvious reference to ''Main/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. Snowbeard even mentions publishing his journal and calling it "Snowbeard and the Seven Sisters".

* All your opponents are knockoffs of anime characters in the Dragon Koi Tournament in Akiba. There's [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} The Pokey Moglin Trainer]] [[Characters/PokemonAnimeAshAndPikachu Bash Ketchup and Pockey Chew]], [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Jenny]] (who mentions a Nurse Bliss), [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NOTruto]], [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Neko Yasha]], [[MortalKombat Spork-ion, Absolute Zero]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ry]][[Franchise/DragonBall oku]].

** In Battleon 2015-2016, there was a temporary NPC called Experiment #672, who promoted the [=BioBeasts=] mobile game. When asked "How'd You Get Here?", his answer is "I found a tall blue box piloted by some weird guy back on Delta V. I don't normally care for British food, but [[ManEater he was delicious]]! *urp*"

* The game is chock full of ''Anime/DragonBall'' references. Adam Bohn (real life Artix) is a huge Dragon Ball fan and has stated [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Goku]] is his favorite character of all-time.

* Edvard is a parody of Edward Cullen from ''Franchise/{{Twilight}}'', where he is even referred to as a "shiny vampire" and that his girlfriend Belluah left him for a werewolf.

* ''Film/TheHungerGames''

* One quest involves Don Giovanni, who sold his soul to a demon named Faust. This is a reference to an opera where a certain man named {{Faust}} sold his soul to the Devil.

** Then again, the Children of the Candycorn part of the Mogloween events is pretty much based on ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn''.

* Seeing as how she's referred to as She Who Walks Behind The Stalks, the Stalkwalker is a ShoutOut to Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn's [[GodOfEvil He Who]] [[UltimateEvil Walks Behind The Rows]]. The fact that she feeds on the psychic energy of parents and Chaorrupts the kids into serving as her army to do away with all the grown-ups makes her both based on AND as much of a monster as He Who Walks Behind The Rows himself.

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