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** The ritual of using a magical bell, book and candle to open the way to the endgame is straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Ultima 4}}'' (which, in turn, may have borrowed it from ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.)
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** The ritual of using a magical bell, book and candle to open the way to the endgame is straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Ultima 4}}'' ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' (which, in turn, may have borrowed it from ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.)
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* Dismount off a mount you haven't named, and you get the message [[Music/{{America}} "You've been through the dungeon on a <steed> with no name", or, if you're hallucinating, "It felt good to get out of the rain"]].
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* As you might expect from a kitchen-sink fantasy game, there are numerous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', including the magic inscription 'Elbereth', and the sword Orcrist and the dagger Sting.
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* As you might expect from a kitchen-sink fantasy game, there are numerous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', including the magic inscription 'Elbereth', and the sword Orcrist and the dagger Sting.Sting. #chat-ting to a peaceful hobbit will prompt them to ask "about the One Ring". They also have a small chance of spawning with a dwarvish cloak or a elven mithril coat.
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** Someone shouts [[Disney/AliceInWonderland "Off with his/her head!"]]
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* [[https://www.alt.org/nethack/addmsgs/viewmsgs.php The nethack.alt.org server]] adds a ''ton'' of additional messages, including to stuff as diverse as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
** One False Rumor claims that "[=TVTropes=] are not addicting at all.".
** One False Rumor claims that "[=TVTropes=] are not addicting at all.".
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* [[https://www.alt.org/nethack/addmsgs/viewmsgs.php The nethack.alt.org server]] adds a ''ton'' of additional messages, including to stuff as diverse as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
**''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. One False Rumor claims that "[=TVTropes=] are not addicting at all.".".
* The ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'' level re-skins most of the game's graphics in the style of ''[=NetHack=]'''s famous ancestor.
* [[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Hallucinatory_Monsters Fighting monsters while hallucinating generates a ton of them.]] [[note]]They include:
** [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons beholder]]
** Y2K bug
** NinjaPirateZombieRobot
** [[Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomato]]
** [[Literature/TheFrogPrince frog prince]]
** [[Webcomic/DudleysDungeon Dudley]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Zork}} grue]]
** [[Myth/ClassicalMythology siren]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} creeping coins]]
** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon]]
** [[Literature/AliceInWonderland white rabbit]]
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail killer bunny]]
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride rodent of unusual size]]
** [[Anime/BubblegumCrisis boomer]] (You may first think of VideoGame/Left4Dead, but the source code credits it otherwise.)
** [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit were-rabbit]]
** Smokey Bear
** [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Luggage]]
** [[Literature/DoctorDolittle pushmi-pullyu]]
** [[Franchise/StarTrek tribble]] (and Klingon, and Borg)
** [[Francise/StarWars Ewok]]
** [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]]
** [[Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind ohmu]]
** [[Franchise/SailorMoon youma]]
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} nyaasu]] (Japanese name for Meowth)
** Franchise/{{Godzilla}}
** Film/KingKong
** Franchise/{{Terminator}}
** [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]
** [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy microscopic space fleet]]
** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles teenage mutant ninja turtle]]
** [[Manga/UsagiYojimbo samurai rabbit]]
** [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]]
** Series/BarneyTheDinosaur
** [[VideoGame/{{Angband}} Morgoth]]
** [[Series/Babylon5 Vorlon]]
** Franchise/{{Predator}}
** [[Franchise/{{Doom}} cacodemon]]
** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow T. Robot]]
** [[VideoGame/UltimaOnline Lord British]]
** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants particle man]]
** Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower
** [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]
** [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Magical Trevor]]
** [[VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing one-winged dewinged stab-bat]]
** UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster
** [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland three-headed monkey]]
** [[Anime/DomoTV Domo-kun]]
** [[WebOriginal/LOLCats looooooooooooong cat]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Powder}} tridude]]
** [[VideoGame/DungeonCrawl lernaean hydra]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} zergling]]
** [[Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator vermicious knid]]
** [[TabletopGame/{{Carcassonne}} meeple]]
** [[WesternAnimation/TheWombles womble]]
** [[Series/FraggleRock fraggle]]
[[/note]]
* [[https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/You_hear Hearing certain events or areas]] while hallucinating also triggers shout-outs.
** You hear [[Film/DrDolittle Dr. Doolittle!]] [sic]
** You hear [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge!]]
** Someone shouts [[Disney/AliceInWonderland "Off with his/her head!"]]
** You hear WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck!
** You hear a voice say, [[Franchise/StarTrek "It's dead, Jim."]]
* The [[HawaiianShirtedTourist Tourist]] class is basically one big ShoutOut to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The quest leader's name is even Twoflower!
* The [[AdventurerArchaeologist Archeologist]] class uses a leather jacket, a fedora and a bullwhip, just like [[Franchise/IndianaJones a certain other]] famous archaeologist.
* Many of the game mechanics are shout outs to [=CRPGs=] that were famous when ''[=NetHack=]'' first came out, but are obscure or even forgotten today. For instance:
** 'K'icking walls to open secret doors is a shoutout to the early games in the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' series.
** The ritual of using a magical bell, book and candle to open the way to the endgame is straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Ultima 4}}'' (which, in turn, may have borrowed it from ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.)
** The Wizard and Amulet of Yendor are named for the ultra-obscure... ''Amulet of Yendor''.
* As you might expect from a kitchen-sink fantasy game, there are numerous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', including the magic inscription 'Elbereth', and the sword Orcrist and the dagger Sting.
* Many of the unique artifacts are shout-outs to various works of fiction, including: The Vorpal Sword (''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), Snickersnee (''Theatre/TheMikado''), Stormbringer (''Literature/TheElricSaga''), Grayswandir (''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber''), and The Eyes of The Overworld (''Literature/DyingEarth'').
* If you chose Barbarian as a class, and get a dog pet, its name will be "[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Idefix]]".
* The gold coins are called zorkmids. This was the standard unit of currency in ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.
* The species names for the coyote monster are based off of WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner. If the coyote is cancelled, the name becomes its real-life nomenclature.
* A raven will respond "[[Literature/TheRaven Nevermore!]]" should the player character chat with one.
* As of Nethack 3.6.0, there is a 33% chance of releasing "the picture-painting demon" upon breaking a camera, in reference to how cameras work in ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
* Some of the things a T-shirt can read when read are:
** [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Don't Panic"]]
** [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf "Furinkan High School Athletic Dept."]]
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} "Hel-LOOO, Nurse!"]]
** [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland "I bounced off a rubber tree" and "Plunder Island Brimstone Beach Club"]]
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire "/Valar morghulis/ -- /Valar dohaeris/"]]
* Mail generated through a wish or in a bones file will be addressed to ''Larn'', a video game that sends you junk mail if you win.
* #chat-ting with a gecko while hallucinating might prompt it to tell the player "15 minutes could save you 15 zorkmids", in reference to Advertising/{{Geico}} insurance.
* #chat-ting with Death has a 1/10 chance of catching him reading a copy of [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman #8]], where another character named Death is introduced.
* Novels, added in v. 3.6.0, have names that reference ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
* Credit cards can be read in v. 3.6.0, and some of the possible banking institutions are from other media:
** "Ankh-Morpork Merchant's Guild Barter Card" and "Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild Unlimited Transaction Card" are both from ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
** There are credit cards from banks from ''Larn'' and ''Omega'', fellow {{Roguelike}} games.
** "Bank of VideoGame/{{Zork}} - Frobozz Magic Card"
* Nethack 3.6.1 allows players to read candy bars, and naturally some of them are shout-outs to other works.
** [[Series/{{Lost}} Apollo]]
** [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Moon Crunchy]]
** [[WebOriginal/LOLCats Om-nom]] %% Not a cookie monster reference, as indicated by the source code.
** [[Film/{{Serenity}} Fruity Oaty]]
** [[Franchise/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Wonka Bar]]
* In the [=UnNetHack=] variant, if you eat a long worm, the taste is described as being "[[Franchise/{{Dune}} spicy]]".
* Izchak the shopkeeper is a homage to the late Izchak Miller, one of [=NetHack's=] original developers.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'' level re-skins most of the game's graphics in the style of ''[=NetHack=]'''s famous ancestor.
* [[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Hallucinatory_Monsters Fighting monsters while hallucinating generates a ton of them.]] [[note]]They include:
** [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons beholder]]
** Y2K bug
** NinjaPirateZombieRobot
** [[Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomato]]
** [[Literature/TheFrogPrince frog prince]]
** [[Webcomic/DudleysDungeon Dudley]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Zork}} grue]]
** [[Myth/ClassicalMythology siren]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} creeping coins]]
** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon]]
** [[Literature/AliceInWonderland white rabbit]]
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail killer bunny]]
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride rodent of unusual size]]
** [[Anime/BubblegumCrisis boomer]] (You may first think of VideoGame/Left4Dead, but the source code credits it otherwise.)
** [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit were-rabbit]]
** Smokey Bear
** [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Luggage]]
** [[Literature/DoctorDolittle pushmi-pullyu]]
** [[Franchise/StarTrek tribble]] (and Klingon, and Borg)
** [[Francise/StarWars Ewok]]
** [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]]
** [[Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind ohmu]]
** [[Franchise/SailorMoon youma]]
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} nyaasu]] (Japanese name for Meowth)
** Franchise/{{Godzilla}}
** Film/KingKong
** Franchise/{{Terminator}}
** [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]
** [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy microscopic space fleet]]
** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles teenage mutant ninja turtle]]
** [[Manga/UsagiYojimbo samurai rabbit]]
** [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]]
** Series/BarneyTheDinosaur
** [[VideoGame/{{Angband}} Morgoth]]
** [[Series/Babylon5 Vorlon]]
** Franchise/{{Predator}}
** [[Franchise/{{Doom}} cacodemon]]
** [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow T. Robot]]
** [[VideoGame/UltimaOnline Lord British]]
** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants particle man]]
** Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower
** [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]
** [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Magical Trevor]]
** [[VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing one-winged dewinged stab-bat]]
** UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster
** [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland three-headed monkey]]
** [[Anime/DomoTV Domo-kun]]
** [[WebOriginal/LOLCats looooooooooooong cat]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Powder}} tridude]]
** [[VideoGame/DungeonCrawl lernaean hydra]]
** [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} zergling]]
** [[Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator vermicious knid]]
** [[TabletopGame/{{Carcassonne}} meeple]]
** [[WesternAnimation/TheWombles womble]]
** [[Series/FraggleRock fraggle]]
[[/note]]
* [[https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/You_hear Hearing certain events or areas]] while hallucinating also triggers shout-outs.
** You hear [[Film/DrDolittle Dr. Doolittle!]] [sic]
** You hear [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge!]]
** Someone shouts [[Disney/AliceInWonderland "Off with his/her head!"]]
** You hear WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck!
** You hear a voice say, [[Franchise/StarTrek "It's dead, Jim."]]
* The [[HawaiianShirtedTourist Tourist]] class is basically one big ShoutOut to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The quest leader's name is even Twoflower!
* The [[AdventurerArchaeologist Archeologist]] class uses a leather jacket, a fedora and a bullwhip, just like [[Franchise/IndianaJones a certain other]] famous archaeologist.
* Many of the game mechanics are shout outs to [=CRPGs=] that were famous when ''[=NetHack=]'' first came out, but are obscure or even forgotten today. For instance:
** 'K'icking walls to open secret doors is a shoutout to the early games in the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' series.
** The ritual of using a magical bell, book and candle to open the way to the endgame is straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Ultima 4}}'' (which, in turn, may have borrowed it from ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.)
** The Wizard and Amulet of Yendor are named for the ultra-obscure... ''Amulet of Yendor''.
* As you might expect from a kitchen-sink fantasy game, there are numerous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', including the magic inscription 'Elbereth', and the sword Orcrist and the dagger Sting.
* Many of the unique artifacts are shout-outs to various works of fiction, including: The Vorpal Sword (''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), Snickersnee (''Theatre/TheMikado''), Stormbringer (''Literature/TheElricSaga''), Grayswandir (''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber''), and The Eyes of The Overworld (''Literature/DyingEarth'').
* If you chose Barbarian as a class, and get a dog pet, its name will be "[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Idefix]]".
* The gold coins are called zorkmids. This was the standard unit of currency in ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''.
* The species names for the coyote monster are based off of WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner. If the coyote is cancelled, the name becomes its real-life nomenclature.
* A raven will respond "[[Literature/TheRaven Nevermore!]]" should the player character chat with one.
* As of Nethack 3.6.0, there is a 33% chance of releasing "the picture-painting demon" upon breaking a camera, in reference to how cameras work in ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
* Some of the things a T-shirt can read when read are:
** [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Don't Panic"]]
** [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf "Furinkan High School Athletic Dept."]]
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} "Hel-LOOO, Nurse!"]]
** [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland "I bounced off a rubber tree" and "Plunder Island Brimstone Beach Club"]]
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire "/Valar morghulis/ -- /Valar dohaeris/"]]
* Mail generated through a wish or in a bones file will be addressed to ''Larn'', a video game that sends you junk mail if you win.
* #chat-ting with a gecko while hallucinating might prompt it to tell the player "15 minutes could save you 15 zorkmids", in reference to Advertising/{{Geico}} insurance.
* #chat-ting with Death has a 1/10 chance of catching him reading a copy of [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman #8]], where another character named Death is introduced.
* Novels, added in v. 3.6.0, have names that reference ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
* Credit cards can be read in v. 3.6.0, and some of the possible banking institutions are from other media:
** "Ankh-Morpork Merchant's Guild Barter Card" and "Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild Unlimited Transaction Card" are both from ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}''.
** There are credit cards from banks from ''Larn'' and ''Omega'', fellow {{Roguelike}} games.
** "Bank of VideoGame/{{Zork}} - Frobozz Magic Card"
* Nethack 3.6.1 allows players to read candy bars, and naturally some of them are shout-outs to other works.
** [[Series/{{Lost}} Apollo]]
** [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Moon Crunchy]]
** [[WebOriginal/LOLCats Om-nom]] %% Not a cookie monster reference, as indicated by the source code.
** [[Film/{{Serenity}} Fruity Oaty]]
** [[Franchise/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Wonka Bar]]
* In the [=UnNetHack=] variant, if you eat a long worm, the taste is described as being "[[Franchise/{{Dune}} spicy]]".
* Izchak the shopkeeper is a homage to the late Izchak Miller, one of [=NetHack's=] original developers.
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* [[https://www.alt.org/nethack/addmsgs/viewmsgs.php The new headstones in version 3.6.0]] added nethack.alt.org server]] adds a ''ton'', ''ton'' of additional messages, including to stuff as diverse as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
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* [[https://www.alt.org/nethack/addmsgs/viewmsgs.php The new headstones in version 3.6.0]] added a ''ton'', including to stuff as diverse as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
** One False Rumor claims that "[=TVTropes=] are not addicting at all.".
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