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* Jaime Lannister claims that he will [[PulpFiction "strike down with cold vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my family!"]]

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* Jaime Lannister claims that he will [[PulpFiction [[Film/PulpFiction "strike down with cold vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my family!"]]
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* Ellen [[spoiler:Kovacs]] hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.

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* Ellen [[spoiler:Kovacs]] hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[ANewHope [[Film/ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.
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* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].

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* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].

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* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"

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* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[TeamFortress2 "[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"
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* The Company™ as a whole, in their ''modus operandi'' and their attitude towards the natives, seems to be a futuristic version of the British East India Company. At one point, Fred even remarks [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean "it's nothing personal, it's just good business"]].

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* The Company™ as a whole, in their ''modus operandi'' and their attitude towards the natives, seems to be a futuristic version of the British East India Company. At one point, Fred even remarks [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd "it's nothing personal, it's just good business"]].
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* Ellen Korvacs hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.

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* Ellen Korvacs [[spoiler:Kovacs]] hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.
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* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"

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* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"WEAPON!]]"
* Ellen Korvacs hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.
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** In general, chapters set on the Warhammer world will be filled with shout-outs to the ''other'' [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Warhammer]].

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** In general, chapters set on the Warhammer world will be filled with shout-outs to the ''other'' [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Warhammer]].Warhammer]].
* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"
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* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[GaiusJuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].
* VENI routinely cracks jokes with the crew, stating [[MassEffect "that was a joke"]], and [[Film/{{Interstellar}} "occasional displays of humor facilitate [her] interactions with organics"]].

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* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[GaiusJuliusCaesar [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].
* VENI routinely cracks jokes with the crew, stating [[MassEffect [[VideoGame/MassEffect "that was a joke"]], and [[Film/{{Interstellar}} "occasional displays of humor facilitate [her] interactions with organics"]].
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* One of The Company™'s employees is a [[StarTrek Scottish engineer]] named Niall [[MassEffect Donnelly]].
* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film ''Franchise/StarWars'' canon.

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* One of The Company™'s employees is a [[StarTrek [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Scottish engineer]] named Niall [[MassEffect [[Franchise/MassEffect Donnelly]].
* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film ''Franchise/StarWars'' canon.



* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].

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* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[JurassicPark [[Film/JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].



* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].

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* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[MassEffect2 [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[JurassicWorld [[Film/JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].
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* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film ''StarWars'' canon.
* VENI says [[TheTerminator "You are terminated!"]] before burning her opponent to death.

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* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film ''StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' canon.
* VENI says [[TheTerminator [[Film/TheTerminator "You are terminated!"]] before burning her opponent to death.
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* A band of crusading warriors on EE-L0 is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.

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* A band of crusading warriors on EE-L0 is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.Siegmehreens.
** In general, chapters set on the Warhammer world will be filled with shout-outs to the ''other'' [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Warhammer]].
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* A band of warriors is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.

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* A band of crusading warriors on EE-L0 is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.
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* A band of warriors is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.

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* A band of warriors is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.
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* Gandalf tells Saruman: [[FIlm/StarWars "if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine"]].

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* Gandalf tells Saruman: [[FIlm/StarWars "if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine"]].imagine"]].
* A band of warriors is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.
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* During the battle against the Beastmen, one of the privates is called Sanders. "[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} What's the matter, Private Sanders? Chicken?]]"

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* The Company™ quickly notices that Ned Stark and Boromir [[ActorAllusion look suspiciously similar]]. Then they land on the Warhammer World too and meet yet another Creator/SeanBean lookalike, a [[Film/BlackDeath crusading knight named "Brother Ulryk"]].

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* The Company™ quickly notices that Ned Stark and Boromir [[ActorAllusion look suspiciously similar]]. Then they land on the Warhammer World too and meet yet another Creator/SeanBean lookalike, a [[Film/BlackDeath crusading knight named "Brother Ulryk"]].Ulryk"]].
* At one point, [[ThoseTwoBadGuys two hapless orcs in Sauron's army]] have a conversation that starts with [[Machinima/RedVsBlue "do you ever wonder why we're here?"]].
* While escaping a [[spoiler:Jabberslynthe]] on a vehicle, one of the Marines sees the monster chasing them in the rearview mirror with below it the warning: [[Film/JurassicPark "objects in mirror may be closer than they appear"]].
* Gandalf tells Saruman: [[FIlm/StarWars "if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine"]].
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* When Fred tries to "blend in with the locals" by wearing "traditional Westerosi clothing", Daniel snidely remarks: [[Film/TheAvengers "doth Teller know you weareth his drapes?"]]

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* When Fred tries to "blend in with the locals" by wearing "traditional Westerosi clothing", Daniel snidely remarks: [[Film/TheAvengers [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "doth Teller know you weareth his drapes?"]]



* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[Series/ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].
* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] for self defense against some Westerosi, Fred yells [[StarWars "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I always wanted to make that reference]]!"

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* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[Series/ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[JurassicWorld [[Film/JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].
* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] for self defense against some Westerosi, Fred yells [[StarWars [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I always wanted to make that reference]]!"

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* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film StarWars cannon.

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* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film StarWars cannon.''StarWars'' canon.



* The whole war in the third act seems chock full of shout-outs to various RealLife historical wars, battles, armies, and generals, ranging from Julius Caesar to Sengoku-Period Japan to Napoleon to the Battle Of Gettysburg.

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* The whole war sequence in the third act of Book 1 seems chock full of shout-outs to various RealLife historical wars, battles, armies, and generals, ranging from Julius Caesar to Sengoku-Period Japan to Napoleon to the Battle Of Gettysburg.



* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].

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* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].Spacey]].
* The Company™ quickly notices that Ned Stark and Boromir [[ActorAllusion look suspiciously similar]]. Then they land on the Warhammer World too and meet yet another Creator/SeanBean lookalike, a [[Film/BlackDeath crusading knight named "Brother Ulryk"]].
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* The plot in general: a space mission from Earth discovers ''humans'' (and other Earth plants and wildlife too) on another planet and are referred to as [[TheLordsOfCreation "The Sky People"]] by said natives.

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* The plot in general: a space mission from Earth discovers ''humans'' (and other Earth plants and wildlife too) on another planet and are referred to as [[TheLordsOfCreation [[Literature/TheLordsOfCreation "The Sky People"]] by said natives.



** Some of the scenes of Tyrion leading a charge and Robb defending the left flank seem inspired by ''FIlm/{{Gettysburg}}''.

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** Some of the scenes of Tyrion leading a charge and Robb defending the left flank seem inspired by ''FIlm/{{Gettysburg}}''.''Film/{{Gettysburg}}''.
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* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] for self defense against some Westerosi, Fred yells [[StarWars "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "I always wanted to make that reference!"

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* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] for self defense against some Westerosi, Fred yells [[StarWars "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "I "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I always wanted to make that reference!"reference]]!"
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* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].

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* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[ParksAndRecreation [[Series/ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].
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** One of the Lannister knights proclaims that something is a [[TotalWarShogun2 "SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!"]].

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** One of the Lannister knights proclaims that something is a [[TotalWarShogun2 [[VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2 "SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!"]].
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** Some of the scenes of Tyrion leading a charge and Robb defending the left flank seem inspired by ''FIlm/{{Gettysburg}}''.
** One of the Lannister knights proclaims that something is a [[TotalWarShogun2 "SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!"]].
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* When asked what is good in life, Khal Drogo replies: [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian "to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!!!"]]

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* When asked what is good in life, Khal Drogo replies: [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 "to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!!!"]]
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** At the climax at the Battle Of Red Fork, Ned seems to speak and behave like [[Series/{{Sharpe}} another Sean Bean character...]]

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** At the climax at the Battle Of Red Fork, Ned seems to speak and behave like [[Series/{{Sharpe}} another Sean Bean character...]]]]
* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].

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* Fred, on a motorbike, shouts [[MadMaxFuryRoad "Oh what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!"]].
* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].

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* Fred, on a motorbike, shouts [[MadMaxFuryRoad [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad "Oh what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!"]].
** And later on, Stannis, pissed off at something, declares "Mediocre!"
* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].expense]].
* The plot in general: a space mission from Earth discovers ''humans'' (and other Earth plants and wildlife too) on another planet and are referred to as [[TheLordsOfCreation "The Sky People"]] by said natives.
* When trying to point out to Joffrey that his new army is badly trained, Fred seems to re-enact the "They're not ready" scene from ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. [[spoiler:And later on, the Lannister cavalry meet a similar fate as the samurai in the final battle.]]
* The whole war in the third act seems chock full of shout-outs to various RealLife historical wars, battles, armies, and generals, ranging from Julius Caesar to Sengoku-Period Japan to Napoleon to the Battle Of Gettysburg.
** At the climax at the Battle Of Red Fork, Ned seems to speak and behave like [[Series/{{Sharpe}} another Sean Bean character...]]
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* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].


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* Jaime Lannister claims that he will [[PulpFiction "strike down with cold vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my family!"]]
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* One of The Company™'s employees is a [[StarTrek Scottish engineer]] named Niall [[MassEffect Donnelly]].
* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film StarWars cannon.


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* When asked what is good in life, Khal Drogo replies: [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian "to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!!!"]]
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* Jonathan Teller, the expedition leader, frequently asks his subordinates: [[Film/{{Oblivion 2013}} "are you still an effective team?"]]
* Teller and other characters frequently mention an [[NoodleIncident "unfortunate incident"]] that occurred on one of The Company™'s ''other'' colony worlds that may have involved [[Film/{{Avatar}} a native race of "blue-skinned furries"]].
* When Fred tries to "blend in with the locals" by wearing "traditional Westerosi clothing", Daniel snidely remarks: [[Film/TheAvengers "doth Teller know you weareth his drapes?"]]
* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[GaiusJuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].
* VENI routinely cracks jokes with the crew, stating [[MassEffect "that was a joke"]], and [[Film/{{Interstellar}} "occasional displays of humor facilitate [her] interactions with organics"]].
* VENI is a "Nexus-8 Synthetic" who also boasts of her capabilities in a speech starting [[Film/BladeRunner "I have seen things that you people would not believe..."]]. One must wonder if this Future Earth has Tyrells of their own...
* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] for self defense against some Westerosi, Fred yells [[StarWars "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "I always wanted to make that reference!"
* The Company™ as a whole, in their ''modus operandi'' and their attitude towards the natives, seems to be a futuristic version of the British East India Company. At one point, Fred even remarks [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean "it's nothing personal, it's just good business"]].
* The principle unit of measuring "magic" used by The Company™ is the "Thaum" (described, jokingly, as [[Literature/{{Discworld}} the amount of magic needed to "conjure a small white dove or three medium-sized billiard balls"]]), and the unit of measuring "background magic" is the [[Creator/TerryPratchett "Pratchett"]]. One chapter includes [[InMemoriam a memorial to the late writer]].
* VENI says [[TheTerminator "You are terminated!"]] before burning her opponent to death.
* Fred, on a motorbike, shouts [[MadMaxFuryRoad "Oh what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!"]].
* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].

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