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* Posters and merchandise for the [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixelvisions]] film ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Courage]]''.[[note]]Though the main character in the poster bears more of a resemblance to [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]] if not for the red hair.[[/note]]
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* Posters and merchandise for the [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixelvisions]] film ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Courage]]''.[[note]]Though the main character in the poster bears more of a resemblance to [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]] Elsa if not for the red hair.[[/note]]
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* When guards see something suspicious, question and exclamation marks [[Franchise/MetalGear appear above their heads]]. For added bonus points, the virus from "World Of Tomorrow" is basically FOXDIE.
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* When guards see something suspicious, question and exclamation marks [[Franchise/MetalGear [[VideoGame/MetalGear appear above their heads]]. For added bonus points, the virus from "World Of Tomorrow" is basically FOXDIE.
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* In the newspaper article after "The Murder of Crows", the police chief investigating the murders is named [[Franchise/TheSimpsons Police Chief Wiggum]]. If you've been running around, going postal, blowing up crowds, and generally being visible, [[PoliceAreUseless he STILL doesn't get a fix on who you are]].
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* In the newspaper article after "The Murder of Crows", the police chief investigating the murders is named [[Franchise/TheSimpsons [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Police Chief Wiggum]]. If you've been running around, going postal, blowing up crowds, and generally being visible, [[PoliceAreUseless he STILL doesn't get a fix on who you are]].
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* The mission to neutralize a doomsday cult in India appears to be a nod to ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. This group is rather dangerous as they've acquired a nuclear device.
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* The mission to neutralize a doomsday cult in India appears to be a nod to ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. This group is rather more dangerous as they've acquired a nuclear device.
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** The whole Marrakesh level is one to Film/TheLivingDaylights. There's a moroccan city, climbing across the roofs is a thing, the protagonist wears a beige suit with a dark blue shirt beneath and there's a rogue general who's also a SmugSnake as one of the antagonists. He even resembles the film's BigBad visually.
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* In the Sapienza Map, there are two plumber brothers that bear similarities to a certain other pair of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros plumber brothers]]. Red and Green clothing? Yep. Named Mario and Luigi?, Indeed they are. Brothers who are plumbers? Definitely. [[https://youtu.be/BybqrB7qK7M?t=18m25s Mario even makes comments about liking mushrooms and collecting coins.]]
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* In the Sapienza Map, there are two plumber brothers that bear similarities to a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros certain other pair of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros plumber brothers]]. Red and Green clothing? Yep. Named Mario and Luigi?, Indeed they are. Brothers who are plumbers? Definitely. [[https://youtu.be/BybqrB7qK7M?t=18m25s Mario even makes comments about liking mushrooms and collecting coins.]]
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* The "Aria" Sniper Rifle variants are in reference to a type of solo voice work done in an opera. While this may sound irrelevant when you first see this, this was actually referring to the [=M.O=] of Alvaro D'alvade from ''Blood Money'' mission: "Death of a Showman". A method of killing him was timing the gunshot shown onstage with a sniper shot from up in the viewing box; the W2000 being the rifles one would use to achieve this, and the one named "Aria" here.
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* Film/JamesBond is referenced in several episodes.
** An opening cutscene of 47 being tested in an interrogation room is a direct {{homage}} to a similar scene in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
** If 47 is dressed in the Tuxedo on the Paris map and apporaches guards protecting routes to restricted areas will make snide remarks and make references to the James Bond films.
** An opening cutscene of 47 being tested in an interrogation room is a direct {{homage}} to a similar scene in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
** If 47 is dressed in the Tuxedo on the Paris map and apporaches guards protecting routes to restricted areas will make snide remarks and make references to the James Bond films.
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** An opening cutscene of 47 being tested in an interrogation room is a direct {{homage}} to a similar scene in''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', where Bond is being tested by a therapist while M looks behind some tinted glass.
** If 47 is dressed in the Tuxedo on the Paris map andapporaches approaches some guards protecting the routes to restricted areas areas, they will make snide remarks and make several references to the James Bond films.
** An opening cutscene of 47 being tested in an interrogation room is a direct {{homage}} to a similar scene in
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** If you do the "Fade to Black" opportunity on the Bangkok map, when 47 plays the audio clip of Hannah Highmoores death and waits for Jordan Cross in his room, the scene is a near perfect homage to a similar scene in the film Film/DrNo.
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** One of the patients, Jason Portman, is clearly based on Angelo Palazzi from ''Film/Thunderball''; he too is in bandages and a robe.
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** And when you disguise yourself as a certain supermodel, npcs will ask you to do the "Blue Steel"!
** One of the models actually resembles Zoolander. He later appeared as an elusive target.
** One of the models actually resembles Zoolander. He later appeared as an elusive target.
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** And when you disguise yourself as a certain supermodel, npcs [=NPC's=] will ask you to do the "Blue Steel"!
**One Walter Willaims, one of the models actually Paris' Elusive Targets, loosely resembles Zoolander. He later appeared as an elusive target.Zoolander.
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* Some [=NPCs=] in New York will compliment 47's outfit by saying [[Series/TheFastShow "Suits you, sir."]]
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* One of the songs that plays in Mendoza is titled [[Film/{{Casablanca}} "They Would Always Have Mendoza"]].
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** Approaching the front gates of Villa Caruso while wearing the PlagueDoctor costume will make the guards ask if you've been playing too much VideoGame/AssassinsCreed. Likewise, approaching the same guards in the Hippie disguise makes them think it's Music/WillieNelson and ask for a blunt.
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** Approaching the front gates of Villa Caruso while wearing the PlagueDoctor costume will make the guards ask if you've been playing too much VideoGame/AssassinsCreed.Franchise/AssassinsCreed. Likewise, approaching the same guards in the Hippie disguise makes them think it's Music/WillieNelson and ask for a blunt.
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** The circumstances around Zachary's fake suicide are similar to the movie's plot.
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor [[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat near it]].
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor [[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat near it]].
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** The circumstances around Zachary's fake suicide are similar to the movie's plot.plot, in that he was poisoned.
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor[[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat cricket ball near it]].outside the window.
** Thornbridge Manor was clearly named after the Thrombeys Family, who want to own the estate seen in the film.
** Alexa also has to deal with her losing the Manor due to The Constant taking it away from her when he gained access to Providences' assets; rather similar to the ending of the film where [[spoiler:the Thrombey family have to deal with being written out of the will that had them own the estate.]]
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor
** Thornbridge Manor was clearly named after the Thrombeys Family, who want to own the estate seen in the film.
** Alexa also has to deal with her losing the Manor due to The Constant taking it away from her when he gained access to Providences' assets; rather similar to the ending of the film where [[spoiler:the Thrombey family have to deal with being written out of the will that had them own the estate.]]
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Jorge Franco, one of the targets in "Three-Headed Serpent", is a former high school chemistry teacher with an obsession for creating high-quality drugs, much like Walter White. His cocaine's name, White Stallion, is named after White's product, Blue Sky.
** One of the houses in Whittleton Creek has a pizza thrown onto the roof.
** Jorge Franco, one of the targets in "Three-Headed Serpent", is a former high school chemistry teacher with an obsession for creating high-quality drugs, much like Walter White. His cocaine's name, White Stallion, is named after White's product, Blue Sky.
** One of the houses in Whittleton Creek has a pizza thrown onto the roof.
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* The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor [[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat near it]].
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* "Death in the Family" features a few references to ''Film/KnivesOut'':
** The circumstances around Zachary's fake suicide are similar to the movie's plot.
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor [[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat near it]].
** The circumstances around Zachary's fake suicide are similar to the movie's plot.
** The window outside Mr. Fernsby's room in Dartmoor [[Film/KnivesOut has a baseball bat near it]].
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* The Ark Society and the concept behind it seems to essentially be a more financially sensible version of Richmond Valentine's plan in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. Both are deeply socially Darwinist ploys to rescue the global elite in the event of an apocalyptic catastrophe, and both are run by (in the case of the Society, the daughters of) a private sector giant. And if the presence of an Oybek Nabazov poster on the Isle of Sgàil is to be considered as more than a coincidence, like Valentine and his associates, the Ark Society isn't willing to merely wait to become useful.
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* The Ark Society and the concept behind it seems to essentially be a more financially sensible version of Richmond Valentine's plan in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. Both are deeply socially Darwinist ploys to rescue the global elite in the event of an apocalyptic catastrophe, and both are run by (in the case of the Society, the daughters of) a private sector giant. And if the presence of an Oybek the Nabazov poster Manifesto from the ''Patient Zero'' campaign on the Isle of Sgàil Island is to be considered as more than a coincidence, any indication, much like Valentine and his associates, the Ark Society isn't willing to merely wait to become useful.
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* The "Jackal" rifle that you can unlock and use is a homage to the custom-built rifle used by the titular assassin in ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'', down to the resemblance to a crutch.
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* The "Jackal" rifle that you can unlock and use is a homage to the custom-built rifle used by the titular assassin in ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'', down to the resemblance to a crutch.
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* The "Jackal" rifle that you can unlock and use is a homage to the custom-built rifle used by the titular assassin in ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'', down to the resemblance to a crutch.
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* The phone number[[note]]212-555-6342[[/note]] on Elusive Target Joanne Bayswater's business card is the same as the number of the brokerage firm that [[Literature/AmericanPsycho Patrick Bateman]] works at.
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* One of the lines from a civilian seeing you as a DJ is to quote Daft Punk's Giorgio by Moroder; [[https://youtu.be/zhl-Cs1-sG4?t=301 "Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want"]].
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* The "[[BlandNameProduct Space Conflict]]" movie posters have a DarthVaderClone on the background and a CompositeCharacter of [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] and [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-Lord]] on the foreground.
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* The "[[BlandNameProduct Space Conflict]]" movie posters have a DarthVaderClone on Darth Vader {{Expy}} in the background and a CompositeCharacter of [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] and [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-Lord]] on in the foreground.
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* A mission story revolving around Blake Nathaniel's activities is titled "It Belongs in a Museum", an Indiana Jones quote, and includes a recounting of an expedition that sounds very like the opening of (appropriately for the Ark Society level) ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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* A mission story revolving around Blake Nathaniel's activities is titled "It Belongs in a Museum", an Indiana Jones quote, and includes a recounting of an expedition that sounds very like the opening of (appropriately for the Ark Society level) ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. The Society's shock troops-cum-treasure hunters are even called Raiders.
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** In Marrakesh, throwing Reza Zaydan into the printing press results in [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies bloody posters spewing out.]] It's a shame the challenge for it wasn't called "They'll print anything these days."
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* The Sgail level and the Ark Society as a whole feel like a love letter to the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' games. Ark's members discuss various things we've seen in the ''Deus Ex'' series, such as brain uploading and clone bodies, and you can even obtain a [[spoiler:Killswitch]]. The society consists mainly of people who wish to extend their lives or ensure their survival if a world-ending scenario were to happen, so Bob Page would fit right in. The stage in the public bar also uses the triangle-y aesthetic prominently featured in ''Mankind Divided''. The first escalation there is actually called "The Aelwin Augment". Considering the important role bio-augmentations play in the DE universe, the chances of it being a coincidence are pretty low.
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* The Sgail Sgàil level and the Ark Society as a whole feel like a love letter to the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' games. Ark's members discuss various things we've seen in the ''Deus Ex'' series, such as brain uploading and clone bodies, and you can even obtain a [[spoiler:Killswitch]]. The society consists mainly of people who wish to extend their lives or ensure their survival if a world-ending scenario were to happen, so Bob Page would fit right in. The stage in the public bar also uses the triangle-y aesthetic prominently featured in ''Mankind Divided''. The first escalation there is actually called "The Aelwin Augment". Considering the important role bio-augmentations play in the DE universe, the chances of it being a coincidence are pretty low.
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* One of the challenges in Chinatown (tricking Bill into committing {{suicide by cop}}) is named for the movie ''BadLieutenant''.
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* One of the challenges in Chinatown (tricking Bill into committing {{suicide by cop}}) is named for the movie ''BadLieutenant''.''Film/BadLieutenant''.
