History ShoutOut / Paladins

** Her appearance in the "Fog of War" Limited Time Mode has her act as a horror villain for the player to come across. Going near her has Kasumi jump scare the player by suddenly moving quickly and loudly screaming, followed by some wry laughter. This is likely in reference to ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' (a horror-themed game that's notorious for its use of fog).

** When killing Grohk, she'sll quip "You're my boy, blue!".

* The [=PvE=] event Tortoise Power was one big one to [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]], pretty much boiling down to your team against the titular ninjas, or in this case, Makael, Makonardo, [[RuleOfThree Makoalangelo]], [[OverlyLongGag Makotello]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Master Pipster]].

** Getting first blood will have him declare that for the righteous to rise, others must fall being [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the law of equivalent exchange]]. A joke has him point out how he's like Alphonse Elric.

** Defeating Barik has her call him a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory sad, strange, little man]].

** Her Ultimate clip "Reach for the sky!" is the same as the catchphrase of Woody from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.

** [=V1KT0R=]'s design is heavily based off of Doomguy from ''VideoGame/Doom2016'', sounds like a gung-ho [[ASpaceMarineIsYou Space Marine]], and one of his intro quotes parodies the "in the grim darkness of the far future" tagline of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. He's also quite the MetaGuy who lampshades almost every [[Main/VideoGameTropes video game trope and convention]] under the sun:

** Her "Red Winter" skin is basically MotherRussia meets ''Franchise/JamesBond'', making multiple shout outs to the latter, and speaks like the former by speaking in a husky Russian accent.

* '''Ash:''' Ronin Ash can reference ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' on respawning ("Gotta get back."), speaks of [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu's wisdom to ensure victory]] when successfully capturing the point, says she'll dine on turtle soup like [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Shredder]] after killing Makoa and calls to mind the Literature/{{Hagakure}} by remarking that the way of the warrior is found in death or an unused line that has her say a warrior makes a decision within seven breaths.

** His taunt declaring "Innocence? Your innocence proves NOTHING!" sounds very much like a famous Thought for the Day from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.

* Grohk:

* Grover:

*** The red coloring and baldness of Imani's "Warder" recolor skin make her look like she's a member of [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Wakanda's]] [[AmazonBrigade Dora Mijale]].

* '''Lian:'''
** Her Goddess skin seems to be a reference to Hi-Rez's other game ''VideoGame/{{SMITE}}'', right down to the [[https://web2.hirez.com/paladins//wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PatchPreview-OB58-Lian-Goddess-1920x1080-JT.jpg splash art]]. Official sources stated that it was based on Hera, though the skin was released years before they even included Hera into the ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' roster.

** Makoa's recolors are the names of the islands namedropped in Music/TheBeachBoys song "Kokomo".
** One of his voice lines upon a successful chaining is [[Franchise/MortalKombat "GET OVER HERE!"]]

* '''Strix:'''
** His [[https://twitter.com/PaladinsGame/status/1058041170301984768 Remix skin]], particularly the helmet, bares resemblance to the band Music/DaftPunk.

** Zhin's "Nomad" skin makes him look like an [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender airbender.]]

* Androxus: His Halloween-themed Screech mask is based on Ghostface's mask from ''Film/{{Scream}}''.
* Ash:
** Ronin Ash can reference ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' on respawning ("Gotta get back."), speaks of [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu's wisdom to ensure victory]] when successfully capturing the point, says she'll dine on turtle soup like [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Shredder]] after killing Makoa and calls to mind the Literature/{{Hagakure}} by remarking that the way of the warrior is found in death or an unused line that has her say a warrior makes a decision within seven breaths.
* Barik:

* Betty La Bomba: Her [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/paladins_gamepedia/images/6/6c/Betty_la_Bomba_Dragonette_Promo.png "Dragonette"]] skin is heavily inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowsette Bowesette]].
* Buck:

* Cassie:

* Drogoz:

* Evie:

* Fernando:

* Imani:

* Jenos:
** [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LGR-U547s_o/maxresdefault.jpg The Gentleman Jenos skin]], which strongly resembles Tuxedo Mask from {{Franchise/Sailor Moon}} in concept except his suit is white. The real kicker, however, is him having [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/a/a7/Astro_Skin07_TR_TopPlay_1.ogg a line for Top Play]] that is, yes, the [[{{Memes/Anime}} infamous "My job here is done" meme]].
* Lex:

* Maeve:

* Ruckus:

* Seris:

* Sha Lin:

* Skye:

* Terminus:

* Torvald:
** Torvald has a skin that turns him into an unholy cross between Darth Vader and Palpatine. Torvald's "first blood" voice line for this skin becomes "You thought you would get first blood, [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure but it was me, Torvald!]]".

* Tyra:

* Vatu:

* Viktor:

* Vivian:

* Ying:

* Zhin:

* Vatu:

* The ''sheer amount'' of nods and references to Videogames in the ''Game On'' Event Pass:
** The Game On Event Pass [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1728794360122509210/D1281B2FB6C75FC342B76B2042C41E51C2F7CFD8/ had a rotating sword in its center]] which could be described as "[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Master Sword]] combined with Furia's sword's hilt".
** The [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Reformat_Icon.png "Reformat" spray]] bears a resemblance to the [=PS2's=] "DVD Error" screen.

** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Noob.exe_Icon.png Noob.exe]] is a nod to the running meme in the PC Gaming community of using Alt+f4 to "speed up your computer"....by shutting down the game. Also used online as a retort for ragequitting.

* During the [=OB64=] incident, Lex received two new Legendary Cards, the latter replacing the former when the former was too overpowered: [[Music/TheClash "Fought The Law" and "The Law Won"]]

** Moji's "There is No Reason to Be Upset" emote is a reference to the "Smug Dance" meme from ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', which itself is a permutation of the meme; "Noones Around to Help", from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp''. It's possible the developers got the idea from [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/dvqhib/i_need_peace_and_mojiquility/ this reddit animation]], making it an AscendedFanFic of sorts.

** One of his costumes is the Engineer from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', complete with a GoodOlBoy voice pack, voiced by Grant Goodeve, Engie's VA for Team Fortress 2. If Engineer!Barik kills Pip, he'll sometimes remark, "[[{{Film/Gremlins}} That's why you don't feed 'em after midnight]]". One of Engineer!Barik's starting quotes is ''"I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems..."'', a reference to the opening of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA "Meet the Engineer"]] short. One of his jokes is [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder "Can we build it? Yes, we can".]] Another is [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Pay no attention to the man behind the turret!"]]. And if he buys an item mid-match, Engineer!Barik may quip ''"I'm only used to changing hats!"'', a reference to Team Fortress 2 and its "War-themed Hat Simulator" [[invoked]]MemeticMutation that Valve themselves created. It's also a reference to [=TF2's=] ability to let players change a characters hats and other cosmetics in a players' inventory mid-battle.

** Bewitching Evie [[Series/{{Bewitched}} casts her]] [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} spells by speaking backwards.]]

* Androxus:

* Ash:

* Atlas:

* Barik:

* Corvus:

* Drogoz:
** If an ally hear him doing an ultimate, what they hear would be [[Film/RockyIV "I must break you!"]]
* Imani:
** Imani (unsurprisingly) has a lot of references to ''{{Film/Black Panther|2018}}'': Her "I'm the Greatest" line is "Warders, forever!", the Warder skin shaves her head and adds red to her colour scheme to make her resemble Okoye, and her now-unused Top Play line has her ask if you froze or burned.
* Kinessa:
** Kinessa's chock-full of {{Shout Out}}s: She might call Barik [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory a sad, strange little man]] after killing him, she says her heart's beating, hands shaking, and she's still shooting which ispart of [[WebVideo/PurePwnage FPS Doug's]] statements leading up to his immortal BoomHeadshot line, states [[Film/DjangoUnchained "I like the way you die, boy!"]] from killing Fernando, remarks "You're my boy, blue!" from killing Grohk, and has a joke "Funny? You think I'm funny? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?", which pretty much taken from Tommy [=DeVito=] from ''Film/GoodFellas''.
* Khan:

* Lex:

* Makoa:

* Moji:

* Tiberius:

* Torvald:

* Vatu:

* Willo:
** Upon death, Willo, a fairy, begs her team to [[Literature/PeterPan believe in her.]]
* Yagorath:

* Zhin:

** One of Cassie's skins turns her into Rey circa ''The Force Awakens''.

** [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LGR-U547s_o/maxresdefault.jpg The Gentleman Jenos skin]], which strongly resembles Tuxedo Mask from {{Franchise/Sailor Moon}} in concept except his suit is white. The real kicker, however, is him having [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/a/a7/Astro_Skin07_TR_TopPlay_1.ogg a line for Top Play]] that is, yes, the [[{{Memes/Anime}} infamous "My job here is done" meme.]]

** Vigilante Lin's design references various superheroes -- Robin's domino mask (and Green Arrow's), Hawkeye's bow and clothes. Yes, one of his voice lines goes "Holy...!"

** [=V1KT0R=]'s design is heavily based off of Doomguy from ''VideoGame/Doom2016'', and one of his intro quotes parodies the "in the grim darkness of the far future" tagline of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
** The Code Green skins turn him into a [[VideoGame/ArmyMen gung-ho, all-American plastic toy soldier with various guns.]] What nails in the reference is that he sounds identical to generic Green troopers (and Sarge) from the series.

** Viktor's Code Green skins turn him into a [[VideoGame/ArmyMen gung-ho, all-American plastic toy soldier with various guns.]] What nails in the reference is that he sounds identical to generic Green troopers (and Sarge) from the series.

** Atlas pretty much immediately had people ask if he was a Space Marine Librarian due to his shoulder pads.
* The card art for [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/Paradox "Paradox"]] bears some resemblance to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/crossgencomicsdatabase/images/b/bd/DCMultiverse.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20160220002938 this comic panel showing the Speedster Multiverse of The Flash.]]

** Ash may sing the chorus to the Joan Jett song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8oP4Z_xPw "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"]] if she kills Inara. Similarly, her VEG voiceline has her say "I don't give a damn about my reputation" out of Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" song.

** The VideoGame/TeamFortress2 version of Barik has a few: one of his jokes is [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder "Can we build it? Yes, we can".]] Another is [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Pay no attention to the man behind the turret!".]] If he kills Pip, one of his taunts might be [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "That's why you don't feed them after midnight."]]

** Moji's "There is No Reason to Be Upset" emote is a reference to the "Smug Dance" meme from ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', which itself is a permutation of the meme; "Noones Around to Help", from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp''. It's possible the developers got the idea from [[this reddit animation https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/dvqhib/i_need_peace_and_mojiquility/]], making it an AscendedFanFic of sorts.

* Ying was named after a Hi-Rez employee, [[https://youtu.be/B5PSjqOxSMI?t=117 Ying Xie]].
* The [=PvE=] event Tortoise Power is one big one to [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]], pretty much boiling down to your team against the titular ninjas, or in this case, Makael, Makonardo, [[RuleOfThree Makoalangelo]], [[OverlyLongGag Makotello]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Master Pipster]].
* The VideoGame/TeamFortress2 version of Barik has a few: one of his jokes is [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder "Can we build it? Yes, we can".]] Another is [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Pay no attention to the man behind the turret!".]] If he kills Pip, one of his taunts might be [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "That's why you don't feed them after midnight."]]
* Makoa's color schemes are the islands named in Music/TheBeachBoys' "Kokomo". One of his voice lines upon a successful chaining is [[Franchise/MortalKombat "GET OVER HERE!"]]
* Androxus' lines for killing Skye asks [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises if she thinks darkness is her ally, and that he was born in the dark.]]
* VideoGame/{{Smite}} and Paladins share an achievement called "Questions Later", which both involve damaging all your enemies without getting hit.
* Ruckus and Bolt's Star-Slayer skin comes with the description describing that, [[Franchise/StarWars in a galaxy far away]], you still need to kill things as quickly as possible. Unsurprisingly, his "Woo Hoo" is Han Solo's victory scream after coming to Luke's aid (with more than a dash of R2's screeching), a joke involves Bolt trying to calculate their chance of success before Ruckus snaps with Han's "Never tell me the odds!", another joke is the "fully operational" line about the Death Star, his selection quote is paraphrase of Darth's "Don't fail me again", one of his post-victory quotes with Bolt is patterned after Leia and Han Solo's famous exchange ("I couldn't have done it without you." "I know."), one of his death quotes might be "[[HanShotFirst B-but I shot first!]]", one of his "Ambush" quotes is "IT'S A TRAP", and one of his post-defeat quotes is Ruckus shrieking just like Luke finding out Darth Vader's his daddy. In a non-Star Wars related shoutout, one of his intro quotes may be demanding Bolt open the rear hatch, only to be told by Bolt [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey that he's sorry, but he can't allow that.]]
* Continuing the Star Wars references, one of Cassie's skins turns her into Rey circa The Force Awakens. Another turns Zhin into Kylo Ren. A third turns Torvald into an unholy cross between Darth Vader and Palpatine.
** With that skin's voice pack, Torvald's "first blood" voice line becomes "You thought you would get first blood, [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure but it was me, Torvald!]]"
* [=V1KT0R=]'s design is heavily based off the VideoGame/Doom2016's version of Doomguy, and one of his intro quotes parodies the "in the grim darkness of the far future" tagline of TabletopGame/Warhammer40000.
* Torvald's ultimate cry when heard by other allies is [[VideoGame/StarCraft "Power Overwhelming!"]]
* One of Drogoz's skins gives him the shoulder fins, armor plating, and "nose" of a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA]]. In the same vein, an alternate skin for Skye turns her into Rei Ayanami in her plugsuit, blue hair and all.
* Fernando's Helios skin turns him into a Franchise/{{Gundam}} model kit, and the voice pack makes him mimic the low-res voices that came from old mecha action figures ''and'' the cheesy, heroic 80s-style anime dubs of mecha. Another skin turns him into Deathscythe, from the same series.
* Viktor's Code Green skins turn him into a [[VideoGame/ArmyMen gung-ho, all-American plastic toy soldier with various guns.]] What nails in the reference is that he sounds identical to generic Green troopers (and Sarge) from the series.
* Kinessa's chock-full of {{Shout Out}}s: She might call Barik [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory a sad, strange little man]] after killing him, she says her heart's beating, hands shaking, and she's still shooting which ispart of [[WebVideo/PurePwnage FPS Doug's]] statements leading up to his immortal BoomHeadshot line, states [[Film/DjangoUnchained "I like the way you die, boy!"]] from killing Fernando, remarks "You're my boy, blue!" from killing Grohk, and has a joke "Funny? You think I'm funny? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?", which pretty much taken from Tommy [=DeVito=] from ''Film/GoodFellas''.
* Replicant Ying (being a robot Ying) naturally references [[Literature/IRobot the three laws that no longer bind her]]. If killed by Lex, she spouts [[Series/JerseyShore "Lex. What are you doing? Lex. Stop."]] One of her lines is [[Series/MorkAndMindy shazbot]], which in itself also references the use in Hi-Rez's VideoGame/{{Tribes}}. Genie Ying also uses "shazbot"!
* Buck's, uh, Buck Wild skin is essentially Wrestling/HulkHogan. In addition, he sounds identical to [[Franchise/DragonBall Hercule's boisterous kayfabe voice.]]
* Khan's large shoulder pads, "ask-questions-later" persona, and obnoxiously large Heavy Repeater have led many to compare his likeness to [[TableTopGame/Warhammer40000 a Space Marine.]]
** Similarly, Atlas pretty much immediately had people ask if he was a Space Marine Librarian.
* One of Triggerman Buck's opening lines (being a Mafia hitman) is [[Film/TheGodfather "I don't like violence, I'm a businessman. Blood is expensive."]]. His other one references Film/{{Taken}}'s "I will find you" monologue.
* Troublemaker Evie, being a punk rocker, naturally says [[Music/Sum41 "I don't wanna waste my time and I never fall in line!"]] for her spawn, Music/TheRamones' classic "Hey-ho, let's go!", one of her jokes' punchlines is "Music/BikiniKill", her first blood quote is [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco "This ain't a scene, it's an arms race!"]], killstreak quotes whip up [[Music/TheRunaways "Cherry bomb!"]], [[Music/PapaRoach "Gettin' away with murder!"]], and... [[Music/DrowningPool "Let the bodies hit the floor!"]], oddly enough.
* Omega Vivian got one hell of ShoutOut list: She asks for a [[Memes/MicrosoftWindows control-alt-delete]] button while mounting up, tells you [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/2/26/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Taunt_1.ogg the only winning move for you is not to play]] for a taunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoXwxqeVzg like from]] ''Film/WarGames'', [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/c/c0/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Joke_1.ogg states popular wisdom]] on an interface being like a joke in that explaining means it's not very good (unless you're going for DontExplainTheJoke, of course), [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/4/45/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Joke_2.ogg says the first half of Alexander Pope's quotation]] that can be seen on the {{Forgiveness}} page before going on blaming technology being even more human, says [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/9/95/ChurchHill_Skin03_TR_Taunt_Directed_Buck_2.ogg "To be fair, you have to have a really high IQ to get this."]] toward Buck after killing him, quoting much of a [[{{Memes/RickAndMorty}} Rick and Morty meme]], says [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/1/16/ChurchHill_Skin03_TR_Respawn_1.ogg the tech support advice of turning it off and on again]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UT8RkSmN4k immortalized in]] ''{{Series/The IT Crowd}}'', and declares [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/5/50/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_MatchStart.ogg "Get ready to hack the planet!"]] much like the infamous line from ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' at the start of matches.
* Longboard Lex, being a dudebro fratboy ''and'' beach bum, calls out [[Music/{{LMFAO}} "SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS"]]. One of his spawn quotes references Film/PointBreak1991.
* Berserker Torvald's voiceline for asking for help is him laughing and stating that he's in danger, like [[Memes/TheSimpsons Ralph Wiggum]].
* Vigilante Lin's design references various superheroes -- Robin's domino mask (and Green Arrow's), Hawkeye's bow and clothes. Yes, one of his voice lines goes "Holy...!"
* [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/a/a5/Corvus_SP_Joke_7.ogg One of Corvus' jokes]] has him declare "I have the power of the Abyss and the Magistrate on my side! AAAAAAHHH!", much like [[https://twitter.com/addison_angelo/status/890027834932166657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E890027834932166657&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fknowyourmeme.com%2Fmemes%2Fthe-power-of-god-and-anime an infamous kid's declaration about the power of God and anime being on his side]].

* The Game On Event Pass [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1728794360122509210/D1281B2FB6C75FC342B76B2042C41E51C2F7CFD8/ had a rotating sword in its center]] which could be described as "[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Master Sword]] combined with Furia's sword's hilt".
* Dreadhunter Drogoz is a flying [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]. Naturally, one of his spawn quotes is "In the realm, ''everyone can hear you scream!''", referencing the Alien tagline.
* Night Bane Cassie is a [[TableTopGame/Warhammer40000 Witch Hunter]].
* Upon death, Willo, a fairy, begs her team to [[Literature/PeterPan believe in her.]]
* Of course, Hi-Rez would be neglectful had they not poke fun at Paladins direct rival, VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}:

** Raeve Maeve yells "Oh, that's my JAM!", a Lucio quote (delivered in a similar tone, too!).
** The Weekly challenge for playing five games as a support paraphrases the last half of Mercy's ultimate quote.
* Raeve Maeve's helmet is a clear reference to ''Music/{{deadmau5}}''. Her lines are also filled with references to electronic dance music as well (so many, that someone [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/6xwxy5/list_of_every_music_reference_in_the_raeve_voice/ made a list]] for them).
* Ronin Ash can reference ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' on respawning ("Gotta get back."), speaks of [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu's wisdom to ensure victory]] when successfully capturing the point, says she'll dine on turtle soup like [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Shredder]] after killing Makoa and calls to mind the Literature/{{Hagakure}} by remarking that the way of the warrior is found in death or an unused line that has her say a warrior makes a decision within seven breaths.
* One of Tiberius' jokes is him saying the infamous "[=OwO=] whats this?" furry meme in his French accent. Tomb Keeper also has this joke, but his Voice Actor breaks character and refuses to finish the line.
* 'Bad Cop', a VIP-exclusive emote for Lex, shows him performing a dance that is practically identical to the [[https://youtu.be/8day7cqufmQ?t=19s moves]] Chris Tucker's character pulled off at the beginning of ''Film/RushHour'' (itself an homage to Music/MichaelJackson's performance, whose song was featured in said scene).
* Madame Seris has the same haircut and blindfold as [[VideoGame/NieRAutomata 2B.]]
* One of Ash's Top Play lines is "Iron within. Iron without.", the battle cry of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'''s Iron Warriors. Much like the Iron Warriors in general, Ash also storms fortifications in large, heavy grey armor with heavy weaponry.
* Steel Forged Terminus may look like some sort of giant [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades crusader]] but that's hardly all the skin's going to reference:

* Demon Slayer Zhin is basically an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/TheWitcher Geralt of Rivia.]]
* Zhin's "Nomad" skin makes him look like an [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender airbender.]]
* Imani (unsurprisingly) has a lot of references to ''{{Film/Black Panther|2018}}'': Her "I'm the Greatest" line is "Warders, forever!", the Warder skin shaves her head and adds red to her colour scheme to make her resemble Okoye, and her now-unused Top Play line has her ask if you froze or burned.
* During the [=OB64=] incident, Lex received two new Legendary Cards, the latter replacing the former when the former was too overpowered: [[Music/TheClash "Fought The Law" and "The Law Won"]]
* [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LGR-U547s_o/maxresdefault.jpg The Gentleman Jenos skin]], which strongly resembles Tuxedo Mask from {{Franchise/Sailor Moon}} in concept except his suit is white. The real kicker, however, is him having [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/a/a7/Astro_Skin07_TR_TopPlay_1.ogg a line for Top Play]] that is, yes, the [[{{Memes/Anime}} infamous "My job here is done" meme.]]
* The Shore Patrol Battle Pass is one big reference to ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', with the skins all being lifeguard uniforms played for {{fanservice}}. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGlEiDsVDw trailer]] for the Pass features a slightly-altered parody of the show's theme.

* Bewitching Evie [[Series/{{Bewitched}} casts her]] [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} spells by speaking backwards.]]
* Moji's "There is no Reason to Be Upset" emote is a reference to the "smug dance" from ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', which itself is a permutation of the "Noones Around to Help" meme from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp''.

* The ''sheer amount'' of nods and references to Videogames in the Game On Event Pass is staggering:
** '''Sprays:'''
*** The [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Reformat_Icon.png "Reformat" spray]] bears a resemblance to the [=PS2's=] "DVD Error" screen.
*** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Critial_Failure_Icon.png "Critical Failure"]] and [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Error_Out_Icon.png "Error Out"]] are nods to the infamous RROD (Red Ring Of Death) that plagued the [=Xbox 360.=]
*** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Noob.exe_Icon.png Noob.exe]] is a nod to the running meme in the PC Gaming community of using Alt+f4 to "speed up your computer"....by shutting down the game. Also used online as a retort for ragequitting.
*** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:All_Spray_Ill-Prepared_Icon.png "Ill-Prepared"]], which is a reference to the "You have died of Dysentry" meme from ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' game.
** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:Out_of_Lives_Death_Stamp.png The "Out of Lives" Death Stamp]] is based on the TV's seen in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games.
* Vatu, being very {{Ninja}}, of course has many shout outs:
** One of his taunts has him say he was born in shadow, molded by it, much like ''{{Film/The Dark Knight Rises}}'''s Bane talking about himself and the dark.
** Another taunt has him say "[[YouAreAlreadyDead You have already fallen]], your body just needs to realize that fact."
** His joke saying hands behind my back will not make him more aerodynamic naturally refers to the famous {{Anime/Naruto}}-usage of NinjaRun.
** The joke "This is not a matter of personal vendetta, child." is him SesquipedalianLoquaciousness-ing up the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/teleports-behind-you-nothing-personal-kid Nothing personal, kid meme]]...and he can actually teleport behind you!
** Another joke just has him say the first ''{{WesternAnimation/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987}}'''s {{Catchphrase}} "Cowabunga.", because of course.
* Vatu's Mayhem skin [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wake-up-and-choose-violence woke up today and chose violence]].
* One of the sprays in the Nightfall Event Pass shows Corvus's "Count" skin pointing towards his open mouth with his thumb, similar to the "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood It was I, Dio!]]" meme.

* Vatu's Mayhem skin [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wake-up-and-choose-violence woke up today and chose violence]].

* One of Ash's Top Play lines is "Iron within. Iron without.", the battle cry of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'''s Iron Warriors.

** [[https://paladins.gamepedia.com/File:Out_of_Lives_Death_Stamp.png The "Out of Lives" Death Stamp]] is based on the TV's seen in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games.

* The Game On Event Pass [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1728794360122509210/D1281B2FB6C75FC342B76B2042C41E51C2F7CFD8/ had a rotating sword in its center]] which could be described as "[[VideoGame/LegendOfZelda The Master Sword]] combined with Furia's sword's hilt".

* The [=PvE=] event Tortoise Power is one big one to [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]], pretty much boiling down to your team against the titular ninjas, or in this case, Makael, Makonardo, [[RuleOfThree Makoalangelo]], [[OverlyLongGag Makotello]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Master Pipster]].

* [=V1KT0R=]'s design is heavily based off the VideoGame/DooM2016's version of Doomguy, and one of his intro quotes parodies the "in the grim darkness of the far future" tagline of TabletopGame/Warhammer40000.

* Kinessa's chock-full of {{Shout Out}}s: She might call Barik [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory a sad, strange little man]] after killing him, she says her heart's beating, hands shaking, and she's still shooting which ispart of [[WebVideo/PurePwnage FPS Doug's]] statements leading up to his immortal BoomHeadshot line, states [[Film/DjangoUnchained "I like the way you die, boy!"]] from killing Fernando, remarks "You're my boy, blue!" from killing Grohk, and has a joke "Funny? You think I'm funny? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?", which pretty much taken from Tommy [=DeVito=] from ''{{Film/GoodFellas}}''.

* Omega Vivian got one hell of ShoutOut list: She asks for a [[Memes/MicrosoftWindows control-alt-delete]] button while mounting up, tells you [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/2/26/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Taunt_1.ogg the only winning move for you is not to play]] for a taunt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoXwxqeVzg like from]] ''Film/WarGames'', [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/c/c0/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Joke_1.ogg states popular wisdom]] on an interface being like a joke in that explaining means it's not very good (unless you're going for DontExplainTheJoke, of course), [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/4/45/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_Joke_2.ogg says the first half of Alexander Pope's quotation]] that can be seen on the {{Forgiveness}} page before going on blaming technology being even more human, says [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/9/95/ChurchHill_Skin03_TR_Taunt_Directed_Buck_2.ogg "To be fair, you have to have a really high IQ to get this."]] toward Buck after killing him, quoting much of a [[{{Memes/RickAndMorty}} Rick and Morty meme]], says [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/1/16/ChurchHill_Skin03_TR_Respawn_1.ogg the tech support advice of turning it off and on again]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UT8RkSmN4k immortalized in]] ''{{Series/The IT Crowd}}'', and declares [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/5/50/ChurchHill_Skin03_SP_MatchStart.ogg "Get ready to hack the planet!"]] much like the infamous line from ''{{Film/Hackers}}'' at the start of matches.

** [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/paladins_gamepedia/0/01/Corvus_SP_Joke_6.ogg Another]] has him say "I do what I must, because I can.", much like ''{{VideoGame/Portal}}'''s [[https://youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI?t=27 Still Alive song]].
** His taunt declaring "Innocence? Your innocence proves NOTHING!" sounds very much like a famous Thought for the Day from ''{{TableTopGame/Warhammer 40000}}''.

* Ronin Ash can reference ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' on respawning ("Gotta get back."), speaks of [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu's wisdom to ensure victory]] when successfully capturing the point, says she'll dine on turtle soup like [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Shredder]] after killing Makoa and calls to mind the {{Literature/Hagakure}} by remarking that the way of the warrior is found in death or an unused line that has her say a warrior makes a decision within seven breaths.

* One of Ash's Top Play lines is "Iron within. Iron without.", the battle cry of ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}}'''s Iron Warriors.

* One of the possible bot names you can encounter in Practice matches is [[{{Franchise/StarWars}} Grievous]].