History ShoutOut / DungeonsOfDredmor

** One of the armours originates from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', while equipping a helmet based off VideoGame/{{Quake}} along with it, gives you a "Realms of the [[IdSoftware Id]]" achievement.

** Drop a nuclear bomb (not Bolt of WMD) and get DrStrangelove achievement!

* AppleMacintosh: Rooms that have [[AIIsACrapshoot Unfriendly AIs]] locked into them usually contain wall-mounted computers which are marked with "some kind of fruit".

** One of the armours originates from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', while equipping a helmet based off {{Quake}} along with it, gives you a "Realms of the [[IdSoftware Id]]" achievement.

** Continuing the theme is the Interdimensional Axe - it's the ''{{Quake}}'' axe!

* MaoZedong: One of the spell tomes you find is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_book Lord Dredmor's Little Black Book]]. "It's filled with quotations from Lord Dredmor on all aspects of daily life." The Little Red Cookbook is another spell tome you can find and use.

* ''TheWickerMan'':

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Generic Tentacular Doom effect description: "Open one of your six mouths and sing the song that ends the Earth."

* Monsters you're supposed to kill as part of a sidequest are marked on your map with icons that look like ''SpaceInvaders'' enemies.

* One of the higher-tier pieces of headgear you can find is a red, wide-brimmed Vampire Hunter's Hat (identical to the hat worn by the protagonist of ''{{Hellsing}}''), which according to the tooltip "isn't really suited for vampire hunting, but what can you expect out of someone who thinks that spelling 'DRACULA' backwards is a good way to hide their identity?"

** Additionally, the checkers pattern on the shopkeeper's shirts doesn't move with him, a clear reference to [[http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/Stan_S._Stanman Stan, the salesman]].

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'': Tobin's Spirit Guide.

** Equip the Warhammer as well for the achievement "You Know What Time It Is".

* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': The Bone Club: "Giant black rectangles just make you SO. ANGRY."

* The level-up screen says things like "Your princess is in another castle" (misquoting ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''), "It is dangerous to go alone! Take this" (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''), "Power Level 1,370" (''Anime/DragonBallZ''), "Drinking from the Fire Hose", "Conan the Librarian" (''Film/{{UHF}}'' references, the latter a parody of ''ConanTheBarbarian''), and "The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High" (Kuno's self proclaimed moniker in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'') just to name a few.

* ''ColossalCaveAdventure'': The second expansion pack adds "a series of twisty little rooms, all different".

* Emomancy references TheCure, JoyDivision ("Love Will Teleport Us Apart"), and MyChemicalRomance.

* The Archaeology skill tree is loaded with ''IndianaJones'' references, including a skill called "It Belongs In A Museum". You even start out equipped with a sufficiently NiceHat. Additionally, the description of first Egyptian Magic skill, "Glyph of the Asp," asks, "Why did it have to be snakes?"

* ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'':

** One of the Psionic abilities lets you Nerve Staple enemies like in ''AlphaCentauri''. "Indiscrete use of this spell may provoke economic sanctions."

* The level-up screen says things like "Your princess is in another castle" (misquoting ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''), "It is dangerous to go alone! Take this" (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''), "Power Level 1,370" (''Anime/DragonBallZ''), "Drinking from the Fire Hose", "Conan the Librarian" (''Film/{{UHF}}'' references, the latter a parody of ''ConanTheBarbarian''), and "The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High" (Kuno's self proclaimed moniker in ''RanmaOneHalf'') just to name a few.

* [[Music/IronMaiden]]: The description for Leather Boots is "try to die with these on", referencing the song "Die With Your Boots On".

* One of the enemies' taunts is from ''{{Clerks}}'': "i wasn't even supposed to be here today".

* One demi-artifact armor piece is a ''MadMax''-esque black leather jacket with one-sleeve. It forms part of the crafting recipe for the Magical Badass Jacket, whose description is "Do you feel magic? Well do ya, punk?" (''DirtyHarry'')

* The Root of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kXNW-jExZg T'char]] from {{Zalgo}} can be found and eaten. Doing so will kill you if you're not prepared.

* The name of the first DLC is a reference to ''RealmOfTheMadGod''.

* CarlSagan gets two items in reference to him: The Starry Orb and the Cloak of Sagan both make references to Sagan's 'billions and billions of stars'.