History ShoutOut / BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm

* The Arena works exactly as the Dragon's Neck Coliseum from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': you bet one item from your inventory, chose one member of the team for the fight and get a better item if you win. Just watch out for the bonus bosses you might end up facing when betting a thing in particular.

** Website/[=YouTube=] seems to be modeled after Rogueport from ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand Year Door]]'':

* When Tyalie joins the team, a little bit from [[VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Your Reality]] can be heard instead of the normal "new party member" theme, [[spoiler:as a hint to the character's self-awareness, much like Monika.]]

* In the area with the train tracks in the Artistry Highway, searching the small bush in the northern part will yield an infinite number of eggs, not unlike what happens if you do the same in the train station at Mt Rugged in Paper Mario 64.

** The Wiki/SCPFoundation is referenced twice: the endless stairway in the school is based on [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-087 SCP-087]], and in the nearby forest, you can find a blue key that unlocks an area inspired by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-860 SCP-860]].

** The Hype Train's layout is virtually identical to that of the Excess Express. To add to that, you visit both in Chapter 6 of their respective games. And both sections end with a TraintopBattle.

** Chapter 5 bears some resemblance to 64's Chapter 3, the [[BigBoosHaunt mandatory creepy episode]] that features a [[LostWoods labyrinthine dark forest]] where one must look for the sightly different exit to progress [[spoiler:and the PlotCoupon being located inside a windmill just on the outskirts of a town.]]

* When Tyalie joins the team, a little bit from [[VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Your Reality]] can be heard instead of the normal "new party member theme, [[spoiler:as a hint to the character's self-awareness, much like Monika.]]

* In the DLC, two Scalies working in the slave mines paraphrase lyrics from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAfb3f04mo Where There's A Whip, There's A Way]]," a song from the Rankin/Bass version of ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing''.

** [[spoiler:Alwaysland]], like the Pit of 100 Faggots/Trolls from the first game, is a reference to the Pit of 100 Trials found in many of the Paper Mario games. It is a gauntlet of 100 battles that must be fought all at once.

* The password to the crypt in the Artistry Highway is [[spoiler:3301, referencing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301 Cicada 3301]] internet mystery (the main hint to the password is the soundtrack of cicadas buzzing)]].

** Though it only becomes apparent in the DLC, the Social Justice Warriors are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the X-Nauts, the antagonists of ''The Thousand Year Door''. They are a cult that has a hi-tech secret base and serve as recurring antagonists, and are split up into three ranks- the Social Justice Warriors who wear white, the Science Justice Warriors who also wear white but have science gear, and the [[EliteMook Elite SJWs]] who wear black- just like the X-Nauts, X-Naut Scientists, and Elite X-Nauts. And both have the goal of [[spoiler:releasing a Demon Queen [[SealedEvilInACan sealed behind an ancient door]] so she can usher in a perfect world for them]].

** At one point in Chapter 6, [[spoiler:Arianna]], disguised as Jimmy Wales, will ask you what three enemies you fear most, seemingly for no reason by really to throw them at you later. This is identical to a trick pulled by [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Mimi]], who also disguises herself as an ally to learn what you fear and send it back at you (and Bowser, though undisguised, does this as well in 64).

** A certain vendor in [=YouTube=] is selling furniture to "pimp out your secret base." He's disappointed to learn that secret bases aren't a thing in this game.

* One NPC in Newgrounds talks about revitalizing it by housing a venue where people can “go [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin funkin’ on Friday night]]...”
* The Science Justice Warrior enemy has an attack called “[[Music/ThomasDolby She Blinded Me With Science]]”.
* One Science Justice Warrior says “Huh, you’re acting pretty sus... I don’t think you belong VideoGame/AmongUs!”
* Project GG- Entry #4 in the SJW base theorizes on what “Project GG” can possibly mean. Two such answers are “Series/GilmoreGirls” and “[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Goofy Goober]]”.
* An Edgy Furry pulls off the “[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/teleports-behind-you-nothing-personal-kid Heh, nothing personal kid. (Teleports behind you)]]” meme.

* Project GG- Entry #4 in the SJW base theorizes on what “Project GG” can possibly mean. Two such answers are “Series/GilmoreGirls” and “[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Goofy Goober]]”.

* Note #4 in the SJW base theorizes on what “Project GG” can possibly mean. Two such answers are “Series/GilmoreGirls” and “[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Goofy Goober]]”.

* One Science Justice Warrior says “Huh, you’re acting pretty sus... I don’t think you belong VideoGame/AmongUs!”

* The Science Justice Warrior enemy has an attack called “[[Music/ThomasDolby She Blinded Me With Science]]”.

* One NPC in Newgrounds talks about revitalizing it by housing a venue where people can “go [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin funkin’ on Friday night]]...”

* The map where the Anon Barricade is located is called [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Bilibin Barricade]] in the game's files.

** Speaking of Uboa, recreations of Poniko’s house and the "trap world" can be found mixed in with /x/’s map data, although there’s no way to access them in-game.

* The map where the Anon Barricade is located is called [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Bilibin Barricade]] in the game's files.
* There's a 1:1 recreation of Poniko's room from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', complete with an event involving Uboa, among the maps of /x/. [[DummiedOut It can't be accessed in the game proper, though]].

** They're also (unintended?) references to ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' as those are part of a Persona X Touhou Project crossover by an artist called Mazeran/Magellan where Touhou character were reimagined as shadow bosses from the ''Franchise/Persona'' games. Now you know why Cracky resembles a warped, distorted fusion of Alice Margatroid and her dolls.

* The map where the Anon Barricade is located is called [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Bilibin Barricade]] in the game's files.

* Trahald and Trahald Prime resemble a Sidelle, a recurring monster from the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' franchise.