History ShoutOut / Gex

* [[{{Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]]

* [[WesternAniamtion/TheJetsons "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"]] (on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom)

* "[[InaWorld In a land or time, when]] SaturdayNightLive [[TakeThat is funny]]." (said in the pre-historic level).

** [[{{Spiderman}} "I'm your friendly neighborhood super-gecko!"]]

** "I feel like I'm in WestSideStory."

* [[TheShining "HERE'S GEXY!"]] (in Scream TV)

** [[{{Spartacus}} "I...am...Gexicus!"]]

* You fight [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] in the cemetary area.

* [[{{Ghostbusters}} "I ain't afraid of no ghosts."]]

* You fight [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Film/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] in the cemetary area.

* "All this technology still can't explain why DavidHasselhoff is so [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular.]]"

* In the Toon TV world of ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', he wears a [[LooneyTunes bunny costume in the same area you fight Elmer Fudd dressed hunters. Marked with a "Rabbit Season Open" sign.]] In the other Toon TV world, the DuckSeasonRabbitSeason gag comes full circle when Gex is put into a [[DaffyDuck black duck]] costume with the aforementioned sign again, only "rabbit" is crossed out and replaced with "duck".

* [[StarWars "Obi-wan has taught you well."]] (Kung Fu level)

* [[TheJetsons "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"]] (on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom)

* "[[TheTerminator Hasta la vista, baby.]]"(after beating the final boss)

* "Ooh, trick or treat." (Cemetary level)

** The Gilligex Isle level has our hero donning [[GilligansIsland Gilligan's]] attire.
** The Rocket Channel levels have him wearing a [[StarWars Stormtrooper]] outfit. There, he fights [[LittleGreenMen green]] [[TheGreys Greys]] wielding [[LaserBlade LaserSwords]] and dressed as RedShirts from Franchise/StarTrek.

* "{{Terminator}}? Phone call for a Mr. Terminator."

* Two throw-away signs in the Slappy Valley hub area say "[[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife A Bug's Wife]]" and "[[ToyStory Troy Story]]".
* The Fairytales TV level: [[LittleRedRidingHood "Red Riding In The Hood"]] also stars Gex in the red riding hood costume. The level contains [[JackAndTheBeanstalk a huge beanstalk (complete with giant hens and stacks of coins)]], [[TheBigBadWolf wolf enemies]], candlesticks to jump, and the houses of the ThreeLittlePigs, along with its residents.

** [[StarWars "We've knocked down the generator Lord Vader, you may start your landing."]]

** (imitating C-3PO) [[StarWars "Well, I'm not going that way - it's much too rocky! This way is much easier!"]]

** (imitating C-3PO) [[StarWars "A transport? I'm saved. OVER HERE!"]]
** (imitating Luke Skywalker) [[StarWars Uncle Owen, this R2 has a bad motivator.]]

** [[FullMetalJacket "Where are you from, son? TEXAS?! HOLY-"]]
** [[FullMetalJacket "The first word out of your filthy sewer will be GEX!!"]]

** "[[ToyStory To Infinity and...uh...]]"
** "I'm in [[TheJetsons George Jetson's]] colon!"

* Most of the level names are references. See the WorldWidePunomenon entry on the main page.

* In the hub world and the [[JamesBond spy themed]] bonus level, he dons a [[SharpedDressedMan tux]]. The bonus level also comes equipped with flying robot sharks.

* One secret level based of an older CrystalDynamics game ''AkujiTheHeartless'' is named "{{Braveheart}}less". It even uses the same music as the other game.
* {{Emperor Caligula}}'s sexual appetite was given a brief reference with a graffiti which reads "Caligula + Anyone <3 <3" in the "Holy Moses!" level.

* In the Western Station: [[TheOregonTrail "The Organ Trail":]]

* The Western Channel level: [[TheOregonTrail "The Organ Trail"]]

* The second hub area: [[LakePlacid Lake Flaccid]]

* "[[StarTrek Scotty]], shields up."

** The Rocket Channel levels have him wearing a [[StarWars Stormtrooper]] outfit. There, he fights [[LittleGreenMen green]] [[TheGreys Greys]] wielding [[LaserBlade LaserSwords]] and dressed as RedShirts from StarTrek.

* Two throw-away signs in the Slappy Valley hub area say "[[ABugsLife A Bug's Wife]]" and "[[ToyStory Troy Story]]".

** [[SesameStreet "For some reason I feel like... COUNT-ING, ha, ha! One... two... three..."]] (in vampire form)

* [[StarWars "Obi-wan has taught you well."]]

* Another PlanetOfTheApes one appears in the secret scene from the "Lava Dabba Doo" SecretLevel: [[spoiler: Gex is in his loincloth attire and chained in a cage:]]

* One of the enemies in the Superhero Show level wears the same wrestling mask as [[{{Batman}} Bane's]] incarnation in the BatmanAndRobin film. He even buffs up before fighting you.

** "TheWarriors got Cyrus!"
** "[[TheWarriors Warriors]], come out to play!"

* In "Holy Moses!" Gex has to find three staves and use the rays of light refracted through them to find the location of a hidden area, just like in RaidersOfTheLostArk.

* You fight [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[TexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Film/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] in the cemetary area.

** The Rocket Channel levels have him wearing a [[StarWars Stormtrooper]] outfit. There, he fights [[LittleGreenMen green]] [[TheGreys Greys]] wielding LaserSwords and dressed as RedShirts from StarTrek.

* The rabbit enemies in New Toonland look like Fall-Apart from ''{{Bonkers}}''.

* In the hub world and the [[JamesBond spy themed]] bonus level, he dons a [[SharpedDressedMan tux]]. The bonus level also comes equipped with flying robot sharks (Sadly they do not have FrickinLaserBeams [[AustinPowers attached to their head]]. YourMileageMayVary whether you think the [[spoiler:disco segment and costume change]] at the end makes up for it.)

* "All this because of [[CitizenKane Rosebud]]?" (during the final battle)

* In the hub world and the [[JamesBond spy themed]] bonus level, he dons a [[SharpedDressedMan tux]]. The bonus level also comes equipped with flying robot sharks (Sadly they do not have FrickinLaserBeams [[AustinPowers attached to their head]]. YourMileageMayVary whether you think the [[spoiler: disco segment and costume change]] at the end makes up for it.)

** "I'll kidnap all the oceans of the world, {{Underdog}}!"

* The final Spacestation Rez level: [[MoonRaker "Rez-Raker"]]