History ShoutOut / RuneScape

* One of the music tracks in Defender of Varrock is titled "[[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theatre]].

** The ancient blessing reads "The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of those who fear the way of Zarosian progress." This is an excerpt from the humanity speech from ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.

* "Back to the Freezer", the fourth Penguin quest, references franchises which revolve around time travel. To be exact, ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', and ''Film/BillAndTed''.

** Ping and Pong have apparently pulled a Film/BillAndTed and beaten Death (presumably at a game of Battlefish).

* The clock above Catherby's bank is stopped at 10:04, a reference to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* "Back to the Freezer", the fourth Penguin quest, references franchises which revolve around time travel. To be exact, ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and ''Film/BillAndTed''.

** Entering a pipe in Varrock sewers unlocks the "But It Won't [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Warp]] You Anywhere" task.

* The "Sword Artist" title requires equipping a black longsword and an off-hand adamant longsword as a male avatar with a black Evanstyle hairstyle. [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito, anyone?]]

** "[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Falling With Style]]" is unlocked by flying on a glider.

* To put it shortly, half of all objects will have some shout out when you examine them -- a good example is summoning familiars, which can range from "[[WebOriginal/LOLCats Fast cat is fast]]" to "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Definitely not teenaged, although the jury is out on its ninja skills]]", from [[{{Superman}} "Is it a stone? Is it a crab? No! It's Granite Crab!"]] to [[KneelBeforeZod "Kneel to Squid!"]]

* During The Death of Chivalry, Sir Owen is killed and [[CameBackWrong turned into a zombie]]. His examine text is "[[Wiki/TVTropes High octane knightmare fuel]]."

** And in the Fremennik Saga "Thok It To 'Em", Thok names a pet Heim Crab after his brother Marmaros, dubbing it "Mini-Marm". UpToEleven in the sequel "Thok Your Block Off", when Mini-Marm's offspring is dubbed "Mini-Mini-Marm".

** Ren Bo: "Swift currents, strong wings[[note]]Intentionally misspelled.[[/note]] and a remarkably stable micro climate make the [[StealthPun average temperature of this island lower than its neighbors]]. Rumors exist of a Purist movement having made it their headquarters." (Rainbow Dash, an athletic pegasus who helps control the weather, and the [[TropeNamer Trope (former) Name]] for TwentyPercentCooler.)

* Examining the Ring of Fire yields “[[Music/JohnnyCash It burns, burns, burns…]]

* If you give a "Poison chalice" item to KingArthur, he'll tell you "You chose … poorly," quoting a line from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.

** The ancient blessing reads "The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of those who fear the way of Zarosian progress." This is an expert from the humanity speech from ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.

** Examining the Doors of Dihn yields "Hold the door!"

* The Holy Blessing reads "[[Film/PulpFiction The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.]]"

* The Holy Blessing reads "[[Film/PulpFiction The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.]]" The Unholy Blessing reads "[[Literature/HarryPotter The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever he was.]]"