History ShoutOut / Gex

* You fight [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet a red and green striped sweater]] in the Cemetery area.

* "I wonder what's on {{HBO}}." (last line of the game)

* A segment of the first Scream TV level in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'' contains a {{Hellevator}} complete with [[TheHauntedMansion stretching portraits.]]

** [[WhiteHeat "Top of the world,]] [[BeamMeUpScotty ma!"]]

** [[ToHaveAndHaveNot "Just put your lips together...and blow."]]

* "This place is weirder than 4th of July at RickJames's place."

* [[EltonJohn "Rocket Man!"]] (when riding rockets obviously)

* [[{{Tarzan}} "Me Gex,]] [[BeamMeUpScotty you Jane."]] (upon entering the jungle level)
* "This one's for [[TheWho Keith Moon]]!"
* [[{{Flipper}} "They call him Flipper! Flipper!"]] (in a water segment)

* In the Toon TV world of ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', he wears a [[WesternAnimation/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".
** In the "Aztec 2 Step" level in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', he dons the trademark outfit of IndianaJones.

* [[PlanetOfTheApes "Keep your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"]]

* [[AustinPowers Gex Gecko chop! Baby!"]]

* 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:]]

* [[SchoolhouseRock "Lolly, lolly, lolly. Get your adverbs here!"]]

* "Note to self. Don't [[AcidTripDimension drink the tap water]] at [[TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia's]]." (in Toon TV levels)

* "This place is bigger than [[DrewCareysImprovAGanza Drew]] [[TheDrewCareyShow Carey's]] bar tab."

* EmperorCaligula's sexual appetite was given a brief reference with a graffiti which reads "Caligula + Anyone <3 <3" in the "Holy Moses!" level.

** [[BugsBunny "Here we are. Pismo Beach and all the clams I can eat."]]

** "GoodMorningVietnam!"

** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Number One, program the holodeck for SOMETHING WARM!]]

** [[Series/NightStalker "Kolchak, this man thinks he's a vampire!"]] (in vampire form)

** [[Series/{{Newhart}} "My Name is Darryl, this is my other brother, Darryl"]]

** "Move over, [[JasonAndTheArgonauts Argonauts]]. Here come the Gexanots!"

* You fight [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet a red and green striped sweater.]] in the cemetary area.
** The temple levels of the jungle area have you fighting other geckos wearing the trademark outfit of IndianaJones.

* "SoylentGreen is good!"

** [[AnimalHouse "Wormer? Dead! Niedermayer. Dead!"]]. Gex will also sometimes say "Toga! Toga!"

** [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory "Where's that Wonka man?!"]]

** [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory "Mr. Wonka! Veruca stole a gobstopper!"]]

--> '''Gex''': [[spoiler: [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory "Stole the everlasting gobstopper?! Good day sir!]]"]]

** [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas "Christmas Town? I'm Jack Gexxington from Halloween Town."]]

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

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

* The Mystery TV [[SleeplessInSeattle "Clueless in Seattle"]], has Gex donning the robe of SherlockHolmes. It also has him finding a {{Frankenstein}}-like machine which [[ShallowParody turns him into a vampire.]]

** "With this raincoat I make a perfect SherlockHolmes... or a flasher."

* "All this technology and [[UsefulNotes/WilliamShatner Shatner]] still can't get a good hair cut." (The Circuit Central channel)

* "All this technology and [[WilliamShatner Shatner]] still can't get a good hair cut." (The Circuit Central channel)

** "Crank up the GilbertAndSullivan, dude!"

** [[DirtyHarry "Go ahead... make my lunch."]]

** [[DirtyHarry "A gecko's gotta know his limitations."]]
** [[{{Rawhide}} "Rollin' rollin' rollin', rawhide!"]]

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

* "Cutcheese Island" is a reference to notorious high-profile flop "CutthroatIsland".

* Gex has a butler named [[{{Batman}} Alfred]] this time around.

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

{{Gex}} is one of the most reference overdosed works of TheNineties.

* In the "space" level. [[TheXFiles "Has anyone seen Fox Mulder's sister?"]]

* [[ANewHope "Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?"]] (space)

* One secret level based of an older CrystalDynamics game ''AkujiTheHeartless'' is named "Film/{{Braveheart}}less". It even uses the same music as the other game.

** [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "The ice planet Hoth. The Rebels are there."]]

** [[{{Newhart}} "My Name is Darryl, this is my other brother, Darryl"]]

** [[TheBeverlyHillbillies "Granny? Jethro? Uncle Jed?!"]]

** [[HogansHeroes "Hogan! Forty days in the cooler!"]]

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* "Captain. They are a bizarre alien race that find AdamSandler [[TakeThat funny]]." (in the Rocket channel level)
* "[[InAWorld In a land or time, when]] SaturdayNightLive [[TakeThat is funny]]." (said in the pre-historic level).

** [[TheUntouchables "Eliot Ness tried to grab my untouchables."]]

* [[FantasticFour Flame On!]]

* 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.

* In the third Scream TV level, you can find a [[ChildsPlay Chucky-esque]] enemy wielding a kitchen knife.