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* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Anni mentions falling asleep halfway through watching a movie with Will about [[Film/MarleyAndMe a dog named Marley.]]
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** Inspecting the huge woodpile next to Tony's workshop makes Hank wonder why he doesn't simply [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} punch the trees.]]
** Anni mentions falling asleep halfway through watching a movie with Will about [[Film/MarleyAndMe a dog named Marley.]]
** Inspecting the huge woodpile next to Tony's workshop makes Hank wonder why he doesn't simply [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} punch the trees.]]
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* ''VideoGame/FaeFarm'': The description for amber says, "Don't even think about using this to clone terrible lizards!" This is a reference to dinosaurs being cloned from mosquito blood preserved in amber in ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
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* In the ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' remake, you can find a [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Tricell]] billboard. There's also a billboard with a [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Servbot]].
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** The fishing penguin in the first area may randomly start singing "[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Na na nana nana naaa]]... You know what song it is, don't you?"
** Stevie_33's gamer cave is filled with various video game references, such as a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario cap]], [[VideoGame/{{Celeste}} giant strawberry]], and a mask from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''. There are also pixelated posters plastered across the walls of games like ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
** The fishing penguin in the first area may randomly start singing "[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Na na nana nana naaa]]... You know what song it is, don't you?"
** Stevie_33's gamer cave is filled with various video game references, such as a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario cap]], [[VideoGame/{{Celeste}} giant strawberry]], and a mask from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''. There are also pixelated posters plastered across the walls of games like ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
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* In ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'', when you're in the downtown part of the city while searching for [[spoiler:Ayumi]], a night club promoter mentions that while [[spoiler:Ayumi]] isn't at the bar, they do have a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei and an Asuka]].
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** The description for the activity "Playing Video Games" is, "Embody anyone: a hero, a villain... [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a plumber?]]"
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** [[spoiler:The music that plays during the interrogation for the "Simmering Springs" mystery is called [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Turnabout Squeeze"]], complete with the real culprit having a breakdown during their confession.]]
** One of the furniture pieces in the Studio set is a painting in the style of graffiti artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Haring Keith Haring]] (referred to as a [[EdibleThemeNaming Herring]] Painting, of course).
** The achievement/trophy for solving all of Oats's clothing riddles is [[Toys/{{Bratz}} "Passion for Fashion"]].
** Brussels Sprout claims to be good at ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Mega Mash Sisters]]'', while Pizza is terrible at it.
** [[spoiler:The music that plays during the interrogation for the "Simmering Springs" mystery is called [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Turnabout Squeeze"]], complete with the real culprit having a breakdown during their confession.]]
** One of the furniture pieces in the Studio set is a painting in the style of graffiti artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Haring Keith Haring]] (referred to as a [[EdibleThemeNaming Herring]] Painting, of course).
** The achievement/trophy for solving all of Oats's clothing riddles is [[Toys/{{Bratz}} "Passion for Fashion"]].
** Brussels Sprout claims to be good at ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Mega Mash Sisters]]'', while Pizza is terrible at it.
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** If you team up with Nomi to investigate half the lake's circumference to study its water, they go, [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries "Team Clockwise is blasting off again!"]]
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** When Rex checks in on Nomi's progress on the latter's interactive holonovel, he says, "How's the game going, [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Nomestar Runner]]?"
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** One generic defense training session has you playing a virtspace game where you [[VideoGame/FruitNinja slice fruits and vegetables thrown at you with your hands.]]
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** The scene where you name the stray vacubot gives you ''[[OverlyLongGag five]]'' sections worth of pop-culture name suggestions before you can finally choose to give it your own. Some of these suggestions are [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B]], [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2, C3PO]], [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]], [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], and WesternAnimation/WallE.
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** The scene where you name the stray vacubot gives you ''[[OverlyLongGag five]]'' four]]'' sections worth of pop-culture name suggestions before you can finally choose to give it your own. Some of these suggestions are [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B]], [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2, C3PO]], [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]], [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], and WesternAnimation/WallE.
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** The scene where you name the stray vacubot gives you ''[[OverlyLongGag five]]'' sections worth of pop-culture name suggestions before you can finally choose to give it your own. Some of these suggestions are [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B]], [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2, C3PO]], [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]], [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], and WesternAnimation/WallE.
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** The Creativity skill check for your first time working at the bar says, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus "Take chances and make mistakes!"]]
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** Zeek's design is based on the dancing merchants from ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', and the items he throws for his attack include a coin from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', what looks like a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, and the elixir from Matt Kap's previous game ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness''.
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* In Creator/{{Psygnosis}}'s ''Awesome'' (itself referenced in a ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' level) for UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, the [[https://youtu.be/aiz94YDMboo Asteroid Field]] music begins with a "blip, blop" riff as a shout-out to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''. The instrumentation is also similar to V'Ger's theme from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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* Level 29 of ''{{VideoGame/Bombuzal}}'' has the player destroy tiles in such a way that the tiles left behind form letters that spell out "[=ZZAP64=]", referencing the computer gaming magazine ''Zzap!64'', which mainly covered UsefulNotes/Commodore64 games and was popular when the game was made.
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** In the English [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/UsefulNotes/PlayStation version, Ayla offers Crono "special [[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic pork]] soup" ([[FrothyMugsOfWater in the original version]] it's a sake cocktail called Rock Crash).
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* In the German UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Enemy: Tempest of Violence'', the antagonists are a ruthless alien race known as the Tschahis. "Tschahi" is a German phonetic rendering of the surname of Eric Chahi, creator of ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'', a game which ''Enemy'' not coincidentally resembles.
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* ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'' is basically a giant shout-out to the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem II game ''VideoGame/SubmarineAttack''. Both feature UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines that also have UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles and produce [[MacrossMissileMassacre major missile]] BeamSpam. They have a similar number of levels and similar enemies. The boss that drops parts of an ancient ruin on top of you exists in both games, too.
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** The first quest to retrieve stolen item blueprints is called [[Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves "Prints of Thieves"]].
** A signpost near a raised drawbridge reads [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing "You shall not pass!"]]
** Several components for player names are nonsense words from ''Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}'', including "Slithy", "Momerath", "Frumious", "Vorpal" and "Frabjous".
** [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "Wabbit"]] is a potential player name competent.
** The first quest to retrieve stolen item blueprints is called [[Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves "Prints of Thieves"]].
** A signpost near a raised drawbridge reads [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing "You shall not pass!"]]
** Several components for player names are nonsense words from ''Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}'', including "Slithy", "Momerath", "Frumious", "Vorpal" and "Frabjous".
** [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "Wabbit"]] is a potential player name competent.
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** The Id boss was based on one of the {{Final Boss}}es from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII''. Specifically, it was meant to be an inversion.
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** If Sol gets a lecture from Flulu for skipping school a second time, the lecture includes the phrase [[Film/Joker2019 "We live in a society."]]
** Professor Hal's nickname is also the name of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey the spaceship AI from a well-known sci-fi movie]]. He's even an AI programmer himself!
** If Sol is close enough to Dys to figure out where he might have gone after leaving the ninth Vertumnalia Festival, they will find him in the middle of trying to convince Sym of how dangerous humans are for the planet with a couple of hypotheticals that consist of all the planet's trees getting cut down and its rivers getting poisoned. This alludes to the best-known version of a famous quote: "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."
** When Tang explains to Sol her plans for a SuperBreedingProgram in order to prevent hereditary diseases from being passed down, they can tell her, [[Series/BrooklynNineNine "Cool motive, still eugenics."]]
** Professor Hal's nickname is also the name of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey the spaceship AI from a well-known sci-fi movie]]. He's even an AI programmer himself!
** If Sol is close enough to Dys to figure out where he might have gone after leaving the ninth Vertumnalia Festival, they will find him in the middle of trying to convince Sym of how dangerous humans are for the planet with a couple of hypotheticals that consist of all the planet's trees getting cut down and its rivers getting poisoned. This alludes to the best-known version of a famous quote: "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."
** When Tang explains to Sol her plans for a SuperBreedingProgram in order to prevent hereditary diseases from being passed down, they can tell her, [[Series/BrooklynNineNine "Cool motive, still eugenics."]]
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** The Frozen Fossil symbol is a nod to the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card "Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror". Both are MagikarpPower examples that start off frozen, but if you wait long enough, you get a powerful EldritchAbomination.
** The {{Unique Item|s}} Highlander is a nod to the Franchise/{{Highlander}} franchise, in particular the tagline "There can be only one".
** One of the achievements, "Breakfast", is a nod to ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' as getting two Pool Ball Essences require you to empty the essence pool, referencing how the Breakfast item will begin to appear when the item pool is empty.
** The Frozen Fossil symbol is a nod to the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card "Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror". Both are MagikarpPower examples that start off frozen, but if you wait long enough, you get a powerful EldritchAbomination.
** The {{Unique Item|s}} Highlander is a nod to the Franchise/{{Highlander}} franchise, in particular the tagline "There can be only one".
** One of the achievements, "Breakfast", is a nod to ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' as getting two Pool Ball Essences require you to empty the essence pool, referencing how the Breakfast item will begin to appear when the item pool is empty.
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* In ''VideoGame/TwentyXX'', one of the special weapons Nina can acquire is the Quint Laser, a PainfullySlowProjectile named and modeled after the Mooninites' Quad Laser from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
* In ''2064: VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories'', when you examine the coffee pot in your apartment, your character says that they can see the letters "[[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition F and K]]" in it.
* In ''VideoGame/ThirtyXX'', the sequel to ''20XX'', the Lander's Essence [[HeartContainer fully restores your health and increases your maximum health]], a nod to the Blue Lander item from ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend''.
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* ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' has plenty of these.
** Each enemy you meet has a specific first name, which sometimes are references to prominent figures within the Doom community. For example, "Rhaluka" is the name of John Romero's wife.
** One boss [[{{Expy}} is]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], who is in turn a CaptainErsatz of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. His "you're dead" message is simply "'''OBEY.'''" [[note]]The OBEY Giant, meanwhile, was a modified version of a sticker fad starring, you guessed it, André the Giant.[[/note]]
** A cutscene before one of the boss fights: "[[ComicBook/{{Doom}} He's huge. But that means he has huge guts. Rip and tear.]]"
** One boss fight is against human {{exp|y}}ies of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Bebop and Rocksteady]].
** One of the bonus points pickups in the game is {{The Red|Stapler}} [[Film/OfficeSpace Stapler]], complete with quotation. Not to mention that you can find ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'' (the game, not the weapon) as a points item too.
** Some of the ornaments hanging up in Peter Crisp's office includes the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Master Sword]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife's Buster Sword]].
* ''VideoGame/AdibooMagicalPlayland'': There are at least two ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' references:
** In the original French game, one name Adiboo suggests for Buzzy Galump is "Bachi Boulouk", which is taken from one of Captain Haddock's insults: bachi bouzouk. Adiboo then says that this name isn't really good and that it reminds him of something.
** One element the player can place in the drawing minigame is a rocket ship with a red and white squares color pattern, just like Professor Calculus's rocket ship.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureTheInsideJob'':
** The protagonist Thalia James is inspired by Queen Valanice from ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', and the scene where she catches a jackalope references a similar puzzle from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIIThePrincelessBride'' where Valanice has to do the same.
** The game's concept is inspired by Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' series, and the light blue book in Thalia's room is actually ''The Eyre Affair'', the first book in these series.
* In ''VideoGame/AeroFighters 3'', one alternate FinalBoss is preceded by a black ball that flashes the following:
-->"WELCOME TO MARS. [[VideoGame/{{Darius}} WARNING! A HUGE BATTLESHIP "SOH-TAKEKO" IS APPROACHING FAST.]]"
* ''VideoGame/AllianceOfValiantArms'' has one in the form of the "Winchester [=M1887S=]" shotgun, which is clearly made to look and operate like the SawedOffShotgun used by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. The player-character even does the iconic flip-cock move between shots.
* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesGrimm'' turns many of the {{Grimmifi|cation}}ed fairy tales into pastiches of various movies. For instance:
-->'''The Master Thief:''' ''{{Dracula}}''
-->'''Iron John:''' ''The Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', complete with an [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Ahnuld]]-soundalike and "Prince Connor"
-->'''The Pied Piper:''' Surprisingly obscurely, German expressionist films such as ''Film/{{M}}'' and ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''; the scene at the end is virtually identical to the "Moloch Machine" scene in ''Metropolis'', and the Pied Piper is voiced by a convincing Peter Lorre impersonator.
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'' features one to ''Film/MaryPoppins''--some stages have one pig wearing a black hat with a flower that escapes being popped by floating to the ground using an umbrella.
* ''VideoGame/{{Antichamber}}'': Several puzzles contain pop culture references in their names, such as [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland "Down The Rabbit Hole"]], [[Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt "Cry Me A River"]], "I Like To Move It", [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast "A Link To The Past"]], or [[Music/LedZeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"]].
* ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'':
** The chapter in Grandpa's Guidebook that teaches you how to make incenses is called [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist "Full-Beetal Alchemist"]].
** The Melodic Bee's description wonders if bees listen to Music/TheBeeGees.
** The Abyssal Bee's description wonders what exactly a [[Music/TheLongestJohns Wellerman]] is.
* ''VideoGame/ArcAngle'' has a few. The Shoop Da Whoop face appears as a miniboss, and another is based on the turret circle from the first level of ''VideoGame/RType''. Your character's weapon is based off the Free Range from ''VideoGame/ThunderForce V''. Also, there's an option to make the second boss (a GiantSpider) skippable, in which case he's encountered lying on the floor and his dialogue is "[[VideoGame/MonsterParty Sorry, I'm dead]]".
* There is one in the trophy list in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3'' to, of all things, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' skits. Using four different sword techniques in a single match while playing as Kamui will net you a trophy called "That's 'S' Words, Mr. Connery!"
* Almost every achievement in ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'' is a reference to some famous movie.
* ''VideoGame/ArthursNightmare'':
** Some of the game's mechanics allude to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', chiefly the use of a handheld device with limited power to track the antagonist and the levels being referred to as "nights".
** [[VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning Baldi]] can cameo on very rare occasions.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'':
** Ezio's uncle Mario introduces himself with a cheerful "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a me! Mario!]]"
** When you're climbing walls and leaping across buildings, you'll occasionally hear a bystander say: [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} "Another capering crusader."]]
* ''VideoGame/AssembleWithCare'' has one in both the first and last levels of the game where you can see Maria's passport from [[VideoGame/PapersPlease the United Federation.]]
* ''VideoGame/AstalonTearsOfTheEarth'':
** The title screen looks a lot like the tower entrance screen in ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}''.
** Arias greatly resembles the hero from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI''. One of his alternate designs in the Dimensional Mirror also resembles the one from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''.
** The deal that reduces the amount of knockback you suffer from taking damage is called [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Poise]].
** SecretCharacter Bram plays just like the protagonist of a classic ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game. His name, by extension, is presumably a reference to Creator/BramStoker.
*** He also [[Film/{{Willow}} calls Arias a "peck"]] during his introductory scene.
** Zeek's design is based on the dancing merchants from ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', and the items he throws for his attack include a coin from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', what looks like a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, and the elixir from Matt Kap's previous game ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness''.
** The achievement/trophy for getting Ending 1 is titled "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fly, you fool!]]"
** The Dimensional Mirror is a set of concept art pieces, some of which are references:
*** "'Your poison comes from another tower.'": A re-enactment of the boss fights from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' with Arias and a cyclops in place of Mario and Bowser.
*** "Burning Emblem": A pastiche of ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
*** "[[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} Astalius]]: [[VideoGame/RType The Second Lightning]]": Algus as the protagonist of a shoot-em-up game battling Epimetheus in a spaceship.
** The gargoyles in the Ruins of Ash resemble [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremers]] in their behavior. [[spoiler:Additionally, one of the alternate game modes [[VideoGame/GargoylesQuest lets you play as one.]]]]
** The unused Stranger enemy in the Lost Souls gallery is unmistakably similar to the Licker from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
* The video game adaptation of ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' has a cutscene where Asterix knocks out a Roman with a headbutt. For a brief moment, the background changes to a soccer field and a referee raises a red card. It's an obvious reference to the infamous incident involving Zinedine Zidane at the 2006 World Cup Final, and may be also a nod to the cameo of Zidane himself in the movie.
* ''VideoGame/AstroBoyOmegaFactor'' has several reference to past Creator/{{Treasure}} games:
** ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' gets the brunt of these references:
*** The first level has signs reading "Gunstar".
*** [[SequentialBoss Pook]]'s various forms are referred to as "forces", like the Seven Force.
*** Astro's six stats (plus the titular Omega Factor) are referred to as "the Seven Forces".
*** The ending theme is taken straight from ''Gunstar Heroes''.
** The Artificial Sun is given a single eye, making it resemble one boss from ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier''.
** [[http://i.imgur.com/qyEh0Mz.png One hidden alcove]] has a UniqueEnemy with a face identical to those of the Clancers from ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy: The Video Game'', the first boss's introductory dance consists of [[Music/MichaelJackson a moonwalk followed by a spin and toe stand]].
* The final stage of ''[[VideoGame/{{Astyanax}} The Astyanax]]'' is a Xenomorph hive from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and the boss, of course, is the Queen.
* In Creator/{{Psygnosis}}'s ''Awesome'' (itself referenced in a ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' level) for UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, the [[https://youtu.be/aiz94YDMboo Asteroid Field]] music begins with a "blip, blop" riff as a shout-out to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''. The instrumentation is also similar to V'Ger's theme from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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* ''VideoGame/BackpackHero'':
** The Snake's in-game description is "Poisonous, dangerous, [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane keep them away from planes".]]
** The Cobra [[Film/TheKarateKid wears a karate outfit, a reference to Cobra Kai. Its in-game description is "Strike first, strike hard, no mercy".]]
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Oh, where to start. Reese Worthington makes tons of ''Star Wars'' references, Dmitri Petrovich talks about many computer languages, and Sunny Day has a Putt-Putt watch. There are many more, too many to fit on this page.
* In ''VideoGame/BaconManAnAdventure'', two of the titular character's alternate skins make him look like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] and VideoGame/EarthwormJim.
* The realm Star Kriege from ''VideoGame/BallRevamped 3: Andromeda'' looks like something from ''Franchise/StarWars''. There are T.I.E. starfighters in the background and "Kriege" means "wars" in [[GratuitousGerman German]].
* ''Barbarous: Tavern of Emyr'' has several in a bit of SpySpeak between Emyr and O'rho.
-->'''Emyr:''' Psst! [[Music/{{KISS}} Creatures of the night]] on the [[Music/PinkFloyd dark side of the moon]]!\\
'''O'rho:''' Aye! And the [[Music/{{Metallica}} master of puppets]] is [[Music/{{ACDC}} back in black]].
* ''VideoGame/Bark2022'': In your owner's room, on the side of the rocking chair facing the plant, is a picture of [[WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} a pink moustache with "[=WARFCORP=]" written underneath it]].
* Emma, the DJ from ''VideoGame/BarrowHill'', is an obvious, albeit younger, ShoutOut to Stevie, the female DJ from Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheFog1980''.
* Level 8 in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland Again'' episode 5b has a box styled like the Companion Cube from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Like in Portal, it becomes your companion in level 9 and is left behind in level 10 by falling into a bottomless pit. Still better than being incinerated.
* In Olivia's second Story Mode path in ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia'', she encounters a [[MysteriousProtector mysterious stranger]] who calls himself the "Romance Knight" [[spoiler:(actually a masked Ashley)]] and is basically a walking shout-out to Tuxedo Kamen from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. He tosses a single rose at his opponent, signaling his arrival, and then gives a short speech about love and devotion before disappearing.
* ''VideoGame/BattlePrincessMadelyn'': The opening sequence of Madelyn being told a story by her Grandfather, as well as playing a video game that is [[BlandNameProduct clearly Minecraft by another (unmentioned) name]], is based on the FramingDevice of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* The easy mode for single-player in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' has the line "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian hear the lamentations of...]] uhh...the people they know".
* ''VideoGame/{{Beastieball}}'': The team "Rutile All Stars", led by a coach named [[CorruptedCharacterCopy Redd]], has all its Beasties named after various games in the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon franchise]], while their team numbers reference their respective years of release.
* ''VIDEOGAME/BearWithMe'': A few examples:
** Amber: "A save point! ...Nah just kidding, what is this [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Resident Evil]]? We have auto-save, you dingus."
** Ted puts on sunglasses and the "yeeeeah!" SERIES/{{NCIS}} sound effect plays after a bad pun.
** Ted: "A book. Titled: [[Creator/ValveSoftware "Half-Life 3"]]... Oh, I bet it's [[TakeThat fantasy...]]"
** If you click on the toilet Amber will say [[Film/TheBigLebowski "Where's the money Lebowski?!"]]
* ''Music/TheBeatles: VideoGame/RockBand'':
** Playing "Yellow Submarine" leads to a shout out to the [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine movie of the same name]]. The band wears the same outfits as they do in the film, and the submarine itself is very similar to the one in the movie.
** Playing "I Am the Walrus" leads to a shout out to the sequence with the song in the ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' film.
* The ''Beauties Battle'' tutorial contains a reference to ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'' has a reference to its creator's most well-known work, the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, in the form of one of its [[FirstPersonSnapshooter photographable animals]]. The animal is a cartoonish mosquito found frequently in the ''Rayman'' universe, and has the species name ''A. raymanis''. The main character of another Michel Ancel production, ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'', appears as the {{Mascot}} of the game's brand of healing items in a ParodyCommercial.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bioforge}}'': Two dropships named Roenick and Chelios, in reference to two then-players of the Chicago Blackhawks.
* In the ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' remake, you can find a [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Tricell]] billboard. There's also a billboard with a [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Servbot]].
* When Helen, Tom, and Luke are on the run from the police and the MegaCorp and escape to Mars in the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/BionicHeart'', Luke's alias is [[Franchise/StarWars Lucas Walker]].
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
** ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' has many of these.
*** Many of them are references to Creator/AynRand and her works (Rapture's society was founded on Randian and Objectivist philosophy).
*** One of the major characters is named Atlas. Another is coyly named [[Creator/AynRand Andrew Ryan]].
*** There are a number of posters plastered around saying "Who is Atlas?".
*** [[spoiler:Fontaine]] in his final mutated form resembles the famous statue of Atlas as seen on the cover of ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''.
*** Each bottle of Arcadia Merlot is embossed with the name "Fountainhead Cabarnet Sauvignon", as in ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', another of Rand's novels.
*** Sander Cohen may be a reference to the pre-WWI playwright, songwriter, dancer, and director George M. Cohen. Sander Cohen and George M. Cohen both have a similar appearance and a similar way of criticizing people who do not perform a piece perfectly. However, George is less likely to kill you for it.
*** Non-Rand: One of the books in the library is titled [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Headology]].
*** "Would you kindly find [[VideoGame/HalfLife a crowbar]] or something?"
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', [[http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sofia_Lamb_poster.jpg a poster]] for [[PsychoPsychologist Sofia Lamb's]] services looks extremely like the "Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg" billboard from ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''.
* The ''VideoGame/BitTrip'' series has several:
** The second boss of ''Beat'' is pretty much a sideways version of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''.
** The second boss battle in ''Core'' is a direct ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/MissileCommand''. You have to use your laser to zap the "missiles" (Bits) before they reach the cities below.
** The bonus stages in ''Runner'' are designed similarly to ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'', where Commander Video has to run through a jungle collecting bars of gold while avoiding unattended campfires.
* ''VideoGame/BlossomTalesTheSleepingKing'' has a few:
** The game's intro references Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda by implying that Grandpa has told stories about Link before.
** The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario franchise]] is more subtly referenced in a quote from an [=NPC=], who says he doesn't sell mushroom soup to "people who look like mushrooms" because that'd just be weird. He does add that they have a lovely princess, however.
** VideoGame/ShovelKnight is also namedropped in a minor bit of dialogue.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' is stuffed with references to Westerns, most commonly {{Spaghetti Western}}s. The main characters are named Django (after the protagonist of the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies, played by Franco Nero) and Sabata (after the protagonist of ''Film/TheSabataTrilogy'', played by Creator/LeeVanCleef [[TheOtherDarrin and]] Creator/YulBrynner). Django kills vampires by getting them into the sunlight - to do this, he has to drag their coffins, which they sleep in, outside, referencing how the Django from the movie carries a [[GatlingGood Gatling]] [[{{BFG}} gun]] in a coffin he drags along behind him. In ''Boktai 2'', at a certain point, you encounter a character who is obviously [[TheCameo Solid Snake]], but it's actually a dual ShoutOut - he declines to identify himself, instead calling himself a "man with no name", a ShoutOut to Creator/ClintEastwood's character from the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' (which is nonetheless in character for Snake). To further the reference, he's dressed with no bandanna, but with combed-back hair, a dark blue shirt, and tight brown jeans, the same outfit worn by the Man With No Name in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' during the scene where Tuco tries to hang him in the hotel room.
* Level 29 of ''{{VideoGame/Bombuzal}}'' has the player destroy tiles in such a way that the tiles left behind form letters that spell out "[=ZZAP64=]", referencing the computer gaming magazine ''Zzap!64'', which mainly covered UsefulNotes/Commodore64 games and was popular when the game was made.
* ''VideoGame/BraveNineStory'': The substory ''That Time I Got to be a Slime Slayer'' is a clear reference to ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime''.
* The first game in ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' series does shout outs in all directions.
* ''Buddy Rush'':
** When you clear a mission, there's a chance your helpers will compliment you by calling you "Magic Hands". In an earlier version of the game, they actually called you "VideoGame/GodHand".
** A ruins-themed chapter has items related to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' (whip, hat and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Holy Grail]]).
** A mushroom item obviously has a description that alludes to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
* The Worldbuilder game ''Bug Hunt'' is an homage to the original ''Film/{{Alien}}'' movie. Scientist gets FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, ChestBurster hatches, and causes havoc around the space station.
* ''VideoGame/BurgerShop'':
** Burger-making robot [=BurgerTron=] quips during the introduction "[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you fry it, they will come.]]"
** Level 60, which is the end of a stage at a beach hut restaurant on a formerly-deserted island, is called "[[Series/GilligansIsland Hippies, Surfers and the Rest]]".
* ''VideoGame/BushWhacker2'' is ''chock full'' of these. One of the most notable examples is the game's art-style and gameplay premise, which are homages to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaALinkToThePast The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' and the ability to cut down things like grass and bushes in ''Franchise/TheLegendofZelda'' series respectively.
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* In ''VideoGame/CakeMania 4: Main Street'':
** Reopening the flower shop prompts the quip "[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you build it, they will spend money.]]".
** The "Minor Renovations" upgrade screen for the Burger Barn says "A step above fast food, but not quite fine dining. [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Needs more cowbell.]]"
** Sumo Sushi has the following description for the "[[Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience Crouching Tiger]] Prawn Roll".
--->Ebi, ebi, burning bright,\\
On my plate on sushi night,\\
What immortal tongue or eye\\
Could thy tastiness deny?
* The whole ''VideoGame/CalmereNightmare'' map is one to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, but there are many specific examples from all over the maps.
* In the old Mac game ''[[VideoGame/CapnMagneto Capn' Magneto]]'', the wizard in the Shrine is named "? (The Mysterian)", a reference to the band ? and the Mysterians.
* ''VideoGame/Caravaneer2'':
** [[ActionGirl Lois of the Lane's]] AmazonBrigade that can be temporarily recruited to attack Regin's Gang are made up of a [[Series/{{Vikings}} Lagertha]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Brienne]] (both with high sword skill), and [[Film/TheHobbit Tauriel]] (with high crossbow skill), who resemble their namesakes.
** The player can acquire motorcycles named after [[Film/MadMax Toecutter]].
* In the text intro to Chapter 78 of ''VideoGame/CaribbeanHideaway'', Planky the parrot steals back a magical talisman which had been traded to some other pirates for a ship. When he returns with it he says "Hey Mr. Talisman, tally me banana, squawk!"
* ''VideoGame/CartoonNetworkRacing''
** Saturday Fright Fever's title is one to ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''.
** Days Of Blunder is a parody of ''Film/DaysOfThunder''.
* ''VideoGame/CastleChase'': From [[http://www.castlechase.dragonflydev.com/tips.htm Word of God]]:
-->The "Red Herring" is a small and subtle tribute to the amazing VideoGame/MonkeyIsland games.\\\
The series that Milly is constantly parodying is the anime Anime/CodeGeass. Her name being one of the characters, Arthur being the name of the cat in the show, and her love for the Encyclopaedia Britannia because of its extra definition of the word zero are all hints towards this.\\\
The book Hubert is doing his book report on is a parody of the Music/{{Vocaloid}} song by the same name, Magnet.
* ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness'':
** In one area, you encounter an [=NPC=] who reveals a giant treasure chest and says [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!"]].
** In another area, you can encounter an [=NPC=] who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIITheCurseOfDracula "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
* A downright bizarre case of one: The hidden object game ''[[VideoGame/CateWestTheVanishingFiles Cate West: The Vanishing Files]]'' has a good number of the street names named after characters from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', including a Tenma Street, apparently to drive the point home that it's not just generic European names. Now, how many people who play hidden object games do you think are going to get a reference like that?
* Nicalis's releases of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' changed a few things in the translation. One can't help but think of the Kool-Aid Man when Balrog shows up for any reason at all. The first time he shows up ([[ThereWasADoor through the Shack door]]), think of Balrog speaking in the Kool-Aid Man's voice for cheap, yet instant lulz:
--> ''"Oh yeahhh!"''
* ''Celeste VideoGame/StrawberryJamCollab'':
** The level Potential for Anything is a reference to ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', mimicking it in its design and gameplay.
** The level Rose Garden is a nod to Gusty Garden Galaxy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''. The rose mechanic plays similarly to the flower mechanic in Gusty Garden, and the music features a nearly identical version of the Gusty Garden motif.
* The first boss of ''VideoGame/Centipede1998'' is named Ant May, a pun on [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Aunt May]].
* ''VideoGame/ChexQuest 2'''s "Cinema" level (its upgraded version, at least) has several "movies" playing, including one that is a loop of a baby carriage rolling down stairs, in a reference to ''Film/BattleshipPotemkin''. This is probably the most cerebral shout-out to be seen in a game about heroic anthropomorphic breakfast cereal.
* ''VideoGame/ChineseParents'': ''Lightning Boy and the Magic Stone'' movie is a play on ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/ChroniclesOfOsgorthTheShatteredAlliance Chronicles of Osgorth: The Shattered Alliance]]'', Sir Tandy is a reference to Tandy computers.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'':
** The game has a blonde cavewoman named Ayla, a CaptainErsatz of the main character of ''[[Literature/EarthsChildren The Clan of the Cave Bear]]''.
** In the English [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/UsefulNotes/PlayStation version, Ayla offers Crono "special [[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic pork]] soup" ([[FrothyMugsOfWater in the original version]] it's a sake cocktail called Rock Crash).
** A mini-game requires the player to identify one of three identical men, named [[Franchise/StarWars Vicks (Biggs), Wedge, and Piett]]. Biggs and Wedge are Luke's wingmen when blowing up the first Death Star, and Admiral Piett is an Imperial Officer. Biggs and Wedge also appear in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' (two soldiers who accompany Ceodore in the beginning of the game, and also retconned into the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' (the two soldiers accompanying Terra in the beginning), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (two AVALANCHE members), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' (the QuirkyMinibossSquad [or maybe TerribleTrio]), and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' (two guards you can recruit for blitzball).
** Magus's three main henchmen are named, in the English translation, [[Music/BlackSabbath "Ozzie"]], [[Music/GunsNRoses "Slash"]], and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers "Flea"]]!
** One of the cavemen in 65,000,000 B.C. will say "[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Happy happy, joy joy]]" after [[spoiler:the Reptites go extinct]].
** One of the chapters of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Forward to the Past]]". Another one, in Japanese, translates to "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos The Call of Lavos]]".
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
** The police contacts in almost every city zone are thinly-disguised versions of famous TV cops, including characters from ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', ''Series/DueSouth'', ''Series/MiamiVice'', and ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
** One mission sends you after the "[[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Overation Oscillithruster]]". And one of the types of Enhancements is the actual Oscillation Over-thruster itself. It makes your Phasing powers better.
** Another instructs you to rescue "Stephen Fayte" -- his surname was Strangefate in earlier versions -- who is repeatedly described by ''everyone'' in the mission as "a gifted surgeon, nothing more", although he is said to be often mistaken for Earth's greatest sorcerer.
** One radio mission has the hero sent to rescue [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "Dr. Frank N. Scott"]] from the clutches of the bad guys. When the hero stumbles across Dr. Scott, he's reciting a ritual to create a "time warp" that involves a "jump to the left" and a "step to the right". When you interrupt the bad guys, a mini-version of the [[SayMyName "Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Rocky!"]] exchange occurs.
** Referencing ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': "You got a rock."
* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'':
** In ''IV'', the loading screen music is the opening music from ''VideoGame/{{Colonization}}'', another game by Sid Meier.
** In ''V'', the achievement for destroying an enemy unit in one turn is called "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} It's Super Effective]]".
** ''Civ VI'' had a lot of fun with this for its achievements. As well as [[GeniusBonus the references to real life history]], we also have:
*** [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Absolutely Nothing Rotten In The State Of Denmark]]: Win the Vikings, Traders and Raiders scenario as Canute.
*** [[Music/{{Bastille}} And The Walls Kept Tumbling Down]]: Have a Roman city lose at least 6 population from Mt. Vesuvius erupting.
*** [[Literature/ArabianNights Arabian Knights]]: Capture a city with Saladin's Mamluk unit.
*** [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Army Of Cthulhu]]: Levy the military of Nan Madol, the historical city that reportedly inspired R'yleh.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Circle Of Life]]: Build a Fishery next to the Great Barrier Reef.
*** [[Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon Crouching Tiger Hidden Cannon]]: Station five of China's Crouching Tiger units on the Great Wall.
*** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!]]: Join a Betrayal Emergency.
*** Film/DieAnotherDay: Neutralise a Governor with a Spy.
*** [[Literature/TheHungerGames District Twelve]]: Build every district - and the Colosseum - in one city.
*** Series/EightIsEnough: Win a game on the eight-player map size.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Emperor's New Groove]]: Win a game on Emperor difficulty or harder.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Everything Is Awesome!!!]]: Have an ecstatically-happy city in your empire.
*** [[Music/JohnLennon Give Peace A Chance]]: Earn 35 Faith in one turn from Gandhi's leader ability - which requires minimal warfare.
*** [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Hello, Cleveland!]]: Perform a rock concert in a city named Cleveland.
*** [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Here's Looking At You, Kid]]: Win a Duel map.
*** [[Series/GameOfThrones I'm Going To Break The Wheel]]: Achieve three Golden Ages in a row.
*** [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy I'm Kind Of A Big Deal]]: Win the Pirates scenario with mostly Infamous Pirate points.
*** [[Film/FieldOfDreams If You Build It, They Will Come]]: Have 6 tile improvements at once.
*** Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple: Build a Holy Site with a Temple, then build one of La Venta's Colossal Head tile improvements next to it.
*** [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Let Our Powers Combine - Wait Heart Is Missing!]]: Build a Wind Farm, Solar Farm, Geothermal Plant and Hydroelectric Dam in one city.
*** [[Music/{{Nena}} Luftballons]]: Use a bomber aircraft to detonate a nuclear device, with the bomber's base - and 9 Observation Balloons - being on the continent of Nena.
*** [[Music/{{REM}} Man On The Moon]]: Win a Science Victory in which you activated the Great Scientists Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, and also captured an Egyptian city.
*** Film/MasterAndCommander: Win an Archipelago map.
*** [[Music/TheWho Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss]]: As Eleanor, use loyalty pressure to gain control of a city owned by [[MirrorMatch the other Eleanor]].
*** Film/MissionToMars: Win a Science Victory.
*** [[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Modern Major General]]: Win a game that started in the Modern Era.
*** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 More Wind For The Wind God]]: Win the Gifts of the Nile scenario.
*** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition]]: Launch an inquisition as Spain.
*** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Nobody's Business But The Turks]]: As the Ottomans, capture someone else's capital and rename it.[[labelnote:*]]Original song by The Four Lads, but They Might Be Giants' version is [[CoveredUp the one most people have heard of]].[[/labelnote]]
*** [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings One Does Not Simply Walk Into Ngauruhoe]]: Discover Mt. Ngauruhoe with a Maori Tao unit.
*** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Pizza Party!]]: Activate Leonardo da Vinci in a city that contains Great Works from Michelangelo and Donatello - and a sewer.
*** [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Po-tay-toes!]]: Build a Terrace Farm next to four mountains and two Aqueducts.
*** [[Music/{{Prince}} Purple Reign]]: Move Phoenicia's capital four times in one game.
*** [[Music/CrowdedHouse Quite A Crowded House]]: Play an online multiplayer match of the Outback Tycoon scenario.
*** [[Literature/{{Dune}} The Spice Must Flow]]: Win a game as Portugal.
*** [[Series/KungFu1972 Try To Snatch The Pebble From My Hand]]: Fully promote a Warrior Monk.
*** [[Music/TheBangles Walk Like An Egyptian]]: Build a Sphinx next to the Pyramids (must be both on Floodplains).
*** [[Music/{{Queen}} We Are The Champions]]: Win a Religious Victory with your religion being Zoroastrianism, while also being Suzerain of Zanzibar.
*** [[Film/JurassicPark What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Build an Archaeological Museum and a Zoo in a city with an improved Amber resource.
*** [[TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan Wood For Sheep]]: Build a Pasture over sheep as Australia so that the resulting Culture Bomb steals someone's Lumber Mill.
** ''Civilization VI'' also added the Monopolies and Corporations mode as part of its New Fronteir expansion, which allows you to create companies based on the Luxury Resources you have available in your territory. Each corporation can produce products based on their Luxury, including: [[Literature/{{Heidi}} Heidi's Alpine Hot Chocolate Mix]] (cocoa), [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Gems Amber]] (amber), [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster's Billiard Balls]] (ivory), [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon Silver Jewelry]] (silver) and [[Literature/MobyDick Ishmael's Lamp Oil]] (whales).
* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'':
** The plumber enemies look very similar to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]]. The narrator even tells you, "Just don't let them near any mushrooms and you should be fine." The credits show you that the enemy is named "Bluigi", making the reference even more obvious.
** If you get the best ending, you get reference to the other brother. Clarence himself is the "Mario" based upon how his sprite moves. The girlfriend also looks a little like Pauline.
** Clarence himself, as well as certain [=NPCs=], have noses resembling [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario's]].
** If you look close enough at the internet {{troll}}s you're supposed to kill, they have horns that look very similar to a [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} certain other kind of troll]].
* In ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'', the description of the Laboratory includes a blatant call-out to Music/DaftPunk.
-->...All we know is that their [Alchemists'] research makes our spells and troops '''harder, better, faster and stronger'''!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Clash of Cuties}}'', near the beginning of the game, the PlayerCharacter says "[[Memes/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous for a girl to wander alone at this time.]]".
* ''VideoGame/ClawsOfFurry'':
** In the sewer levels, you can find graffiti in the walls saying "[[Film/GodsNotDead Croc's Not Dead]]".
** Mama Croc, making her soup before her boss fight, wonders where [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the other turtle got to. You can even see a blue, a red, and a purple ninja mask hung on the counter behind her]].
** One of the rankings you can get at the end of levels is called "[[Literature/HarryPotter Hairy Pawtter]]".
** The third boss of the game is called [[Franchise/RoboCop Robodog]].
* In the second ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game, Scissorman is revealed to be Edward, the sole survivor of the first game. ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' reference?
* ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'':
** The "GRA Media" publisher Freya talks about is one of the Indonesian Major Book Publishers: "Gramedia".
** The description for espresso is [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations "Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself"]].
** The description for Gingerbread Coffee is "Sweetened with brown sugar to satisfy the [[Series/SesameStreet cookie monster]]."
** The [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chubby-bubbles-girl Chubby Bubbles Girl]] can be seen running away from a werewolf in the headline image of October 1's news.
** Some of the special drinks you can make are called [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Midsummer Night's Dream]], [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snippet]], Music/{{Bedchamber}}[[note]]an Indonesian indie band[[/note]], [[Music/ZeeAvi Bitter Heart]][[note]]a song by Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi[[/note]], [[Music/SpiceGirls Spiced Lady]], and [[Music/{{Foals}} Spanish Sahara]][[note]]the song used in the ending of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''[[/note]].
** Episode 2:
*** The headline image of September 20's news is a parody of the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distracted-boyfriend Distracted Boyfriend]] meme.
*** Silver's outfit is inspired by a [[Franchise/StarTrek "fictional universe where all the stories take place in the stars"]], with its insignia loosely based on the Starfleet's.
*** When Detective [=McQueen=] drops by the café to help Jorji with his case involving the culprit behind the slashed tires, the former asks him, [[spoiler:"You need to [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} bust a ghost?]]"]]
*** Detective [=McQueen=] talks about a case where his team investigated an apartment haunted by a widow's deceased husband. They had to exorcise the ghost, but he fled to the basement and played romantic music and shone a spotlight on them to cast an illusion on them. As [=McQueen=] further explains the case, the Barista points out that it's the plot of ''Film/Ghost1990''.
*** The achievement for getting Silver and Amanda's good ending is called [[Series/HowIMetYourMother "How I Met Your Ancestor"]].
*** One of Aqua's status updates shows her playing ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Brawl Pals 2]]'' on the Switch.
*** [[spoiler:In Silver and Amanda's bad ending, Silver mentions that Amanda, an alien in a spacesuit, [[VideoGame/AmongUs hid away from the F.I.R.E agent in a vent]].]]
*** October 3's headline image in a "bad" run shows a person vaguely resembling WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer telling a fox wearing a bandana, "Hacker no hacking".
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
** The series' resident TankGoodness incarnate, the Mammoth Tank, is a nod to the Nazi German super-heavy tank [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus Panzer VIII Maus]], the largest [=WW2=] tank to reach the prototype stage; it was captured by the Soviets before it ever managed to hit the production lines. How is that relevant? It was going to be named ''Mammut''[[note]]That's German for "mammoth".[[/note]], at one point.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'':
*** The boat level has shout-outs to ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
*** In the final Soviet mission, completing one of the objectives causes President Ackerson to rage "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Why, you little...!]]"
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' has a reference to ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'': In the Extras menu under soundtrack, Track 34 is titled "All Your Base Are Belong to Us".
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' features an investigation into the murders of several [[SerialKiller serial killers]] who are being offed by their own methods. Late in the game you fight an overweight lunch lady in a rundown school who used to [[{{Squick}} cook her victims and serve them to the students]] as a means of hiding evidence. Replace Ethan Thomas with [[PerkyGoth Cassandra Hack]] and the game could be renamed ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} Rebirth'', one of the unlockable characters you can obtain is [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork a reptile named Plissken]].
* In the opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/CortexCommand'', in one panel that shows the various alien creatures that humans have met, one on the edge is very obviously a [[VideoGame/StarControl Spathi]].
* ''VideoGame/CosmoCalamityVsYukichi'': A wanted poster of Cesar Fever can be seen in the background of Yukichi's planet, in reference to the events of Week 5 of ''VideoGame/FridayNightFever''.
* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', one of Slugger's attacks is a barrage of baseballs that he calls "[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Consecutive Normal Home-Runs]]".
* In the iOS game ''VideoGame/CrimeSceneMystery'' (produced by [=TeamLava=]), each case has a ShoutOut to something else. To name two, David the forensic specialist bears a very strong physical resemblance to [[Series/{{CSINY}} a forensic specialist on a well-known crime show]], and the second case, "Trial By Fury", centres around [[Franchise/AceAttorney a defence attorney named Nick Rong, a medium who moonlights as his co-counsel, and a potentially corrupt prosecutor]].
* ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' has a few sprinkled in:
** The means of accessing the above-mentioned secret levels is based on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'''s painting courses.
** The Cerebral Bore acts identically to the weapon of the same name in VideoGame/{{Turok}}.
** The "Psyker" enemy's behavior is almost identical to the Controller in VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: them spotting you causes [[InterfaceScrew your vision to zoom in on them]]. The only difference is that they've got guns, and also force you to empty your weapon if you don't kill them quickly.
** The Skullgun implant is a reference to ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', where in an e-mail Gunther Hermann filed a request for a "skul-gun" so he can "kil just by thought". In addition, the "Zippy 3000" pistol is a nigh useless pistol with only one round, similar in function to the memetically bad [=PS20=] from the first game.
* The four main heroes of the Website/{{Newgrounds}} game ''VideoGame/CrystalStory'' are named [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Tristam, Kaeli, Phoebe, and Reuben]].
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* The title of the ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' crossover campaign ''Dungeon & Goblins'' from ''[[Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon DanMachi]]: VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'' clearly comes from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* ''G-Darius'', of the ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'' side-scrolling sci-fi spaceship-shooter series, is intentionally an anagram of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' according to some sources.
* The final stage of the NES and Game Boy ''VideoGame/DarkwingDuckCapcom'' has some [[Film/TheTerminator ducks with guns, jackets, and sunglasses that get stripped down to cybernetics as they take damage.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DashQuest'', the merchant says "[[Memes/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone...]]"
* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'':
** As well as numerous references in its achievements, the original game has Jason from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', the sword used to slice up Zed in ''Film/PulpFiction'', and a zombified Jenna Jameson.
** When ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' introduces Australian soldier John Morgan, he's posing with WolverineClaws and is modeled after Creator/HughJackman. [[ComicBook/XMen Snickt!]]
* ''VideoGame/{{DEFCON}}'' is largely inspired by the [[TheBigBoard NORAD screens]] in ''Film/WarGames'', so scrolling text in the lobby screen includes the list of games from the movie ("FALKEN'S MAZE, BLACK JACK, GIN RUMMY...THEATERWIDE BIOTOXIC AND CHEMICAL WARFARE, GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR") and "How about a nice game of chess?"
* In the Super Nintendo video game adaptation of ''Film/DennisTheMenace'', in the sewer level, Dennis fights [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ninja turtles]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Descent}} II'' has green homing missile-launching robots called Lou Guards (which are also expies of the Super Hulks from the first game), a possible reference to Creator/LouFerrigno of ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}}'' fame. Also, one of the later levels is named "Drec'nilbie K'luh".
* ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy3'':
** The introductory animation for the Jungle stage shows Starfy, Starly, and Moe exploring the forest, in which Moe is equipped with a Franchise/IndianaJones-style hat and whip.
** The Makaika Group, introduced here as a rival group to the Squirts, is based on the Makai Club, a former Japanese professional wrestling group with five main members designated by number.
* ''Almost everyone'' in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has a name that references Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. Those that do not usually reference something else in myth or legend - like ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'':
** The Robot's exclusive dice-gimmick-dependent items, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword, Ultima Weapon, and Ruby Weapon.]]
** The [[Literature/HarryPotter Polyjuice Potion]] in the Halloween Special transforms the enemy into another random enemy of the same level, or if combined with a target-reversing item such as Polarity Flip or the "No, You" gadget, it can permanently transform the user into a random contestant.
** In ''Reunion'', the Warrior has a unique gimmick revolving around workouts. He has a variety of one-use workout plans that cause powerful effects. Among these are the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shoryuken]], which deals damage and burns the enemy. As the Warrior levels up, he gradually learns four workouts that each grant one of four "Victory Points" when used. They are, in order, [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan 100 Push-Ups, 100 Sit-Ups, 100 Squats, and 10Km Run]]. If the Warrior performs all four, the Victory Points will unlock the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Omnislash]] work-out LimitBreak, which deals 9999 damage; [[OneHitKill enough to kill the boss in one hit.]]
* The ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Grasp of Darkness'' has an encounter where an indestructible slime offers you cake if you can last a certain number of minutes against it and its babies. A different portion of the tunnels contains a note which reads "The babies are not worth thy fists. [[{{Videogame/Portal}} The cake is a lie.]]"
* Rick from ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'', upon the revelation that the island is crawling with dinosaurs, laments that "it is just like [[Film/JurassicPark that movie]]". Shinji Mikami, the game's director, confirmed this in an interview in ''Edge Magazine'' and went on to cite both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' as heavy influences on the game's tone and environments.
* ''VideoGame/DiscoZoo'':
** One of the random events has you seek out [[VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame a goose that escaped from Untitled Zoo and is now annoying all your guests]].
** The fox pen is one big [[Music/{{Ylvis}} "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"]] joke: visitors will occasionally ask what their sound is, other visitors might suggest "wa-pa-pa-pa-pow", while the foxes themselves say "ring-ding-ding", "ahee ahee", and strings of Morse code.
** The time machine that lets you go to the Jurassic appears to be [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture a Delorean]].
** The Mythical animal in the city is a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles "sewer turtle" dressed in ninja gear]].
* ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'' is mostly a big {{homage}} to FilmNoir, but includes a few {{Shout Out}}s to other things, including ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[spoiler: Satrap]]'s big villain speech is a fairly direct lift of Davros's in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]") and other video games ("They'd hidden in a wine barrel. Now why did that make me think of the phrases 'You wait. Time passes.' and 'Thorin sits down and begins singing about gold'?" - the two phrases coming from the "hiding in wine barrels" scene in ''VideoGame/TheHobbit1982''.)
* In ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', one of the guests at Lady Boyle's party [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH is named Brisby and wears a rat mask]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Portable [[LicensedGame Clazziquai Edition]]'', one of the clubs in Club Tour mode has courses titled [[Music/DaftPunk "Harder", "Better", "Faster", and "Stronger"]].
* The "Party RPG" ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' features a character name Robo-Agent. While he's normally a friendly, affable robot, when someone puts money into his mouth, he turns into a KillerRobot named Robo-Sassin. When he transforms into Robo-Sassin, he shouts: [[Series/DoctorWho "EX-TER-MI-NATE!"]]
* The main menu music from ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' uses a sample of the Equip sound effect from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''.
* ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'':
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' GameMod series ''Back to Saturn X'', the title itself, the names of all the levels, and every other phrase in the intermission texts are titles of songs and albums by Music/GuidedByVoices.
** ''VideoGame/DoomII'' has a secret level which is basically lifted right out of id software's previous [=FPS=], ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''. If you dig deeper, you can find a secret room where you must gib four strung-up [[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Commander Keens]] to progress.
** ''VideoGame/Doom3'': One of the distress calls after the TeleporterAccident is "They're breaking through the walls!", a possible reference to the ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' line "They're coming out of the goddamn walls!".
* ''VideoGame/Dota2'': Axe's denied phrase ("YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!") is based on Wonka's infamous meltdown scene from the 1971 movie version of ''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* ''VideoGame/DotsHome'':
** The movie theater is showing ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for "Throwback Thursdays" at the beginning of the game. When Dot time travels back to 1959 and 2010, the theater is showing ''Film/ImitationOfLife1959'' and ''Film/TheKarateKit2010'', respectively.
** One of Carlos's favorite video games his ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Supreme Bash Bros.]]'', which features characters such as [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} "Curbo" and "Iron Knight".]]
** If Dot hangs a picture of her lacrosse team on her bedroom wall, she remembers when [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe, Rachel, and Monica]] mad fun of her hair.
* ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'':
** By the protagonist in the registrar’s office, talking to Tamara:
--->'''Protagonist:''' Are you not entertained?!
** Often subverted by Dr. Mosely, who regularly tries to reference popular culture, but gets the references wrong.
* ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' has a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' shoutout when the dragon estimates the protagonist's power level as being five. The story also does a shoutout to ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'', a work from the same company.
* ''VideoGame/DragonCreek'':
** The description for eels says that dragons are scared of them, just like in ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
** If you input the names of certain fictional dragons as codes in the shrine, you'll get dragons that resemble them. The [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2476679802 known ones]] include Franchise/{{Spyro|TheDragon}}, [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]], [[Anime/SpiritedAway Haku]], [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mushu]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Shenron]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent's dragon form]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Drogon]], [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidora]], [[Literature/TheInheritanceCycle Saphira]], [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Barioth]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Salamence]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu'' has the Black Onyx and Fire Crystal items, whose names are likely inspired by ''The Black Onyx'', the first successful Japanese RPG, and its sequel ''The Fire Crystal''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''s EasterEgg is a ShoutOut to cavia inc., who develops the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series of games and also developed the [[SimulationGame Flight Sim]] portions of ''Drakengard''.
* ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'':
** Among the options available to drink with Mat are "Iced Music/TeganAndSara", "[[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor Godspeed You! Black Coffee]]" and "[[Music/DieAntwoord Chai Antwoord]]". You can name the banana bread he offers you "[[Music/DeadKennedys Banana Bread Kennedys]]", "[[Music/TheGratefulDead Grateful (Banana) Bread]]", or "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Said_Fred Right Said Banana Bread.]]"
** The store Dead, Goth and Beyond is a clear nod to Bed, Bath and Beyond and Hot Topic.
** Dadbook is a play on Website/{{Facebook}}.
** The achievements for going on all dates with Robert and Brian are called [[WebVideo/MonsterFactory "Knife Dad" and "Soft Boy"]] respectively. Mat's is [[Music/NeutralMilkHotel "King of Carrot Flowers"]] and Damien's is [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles "Interview with the Vampire"]].
** The achievement for [[spoiler: dying on Joseph's second date]] is called Music/PanicAtTheDisco.
** While on the first date with Joseph, you can prompt Christian and Christie to repeat classic CreepyTwins lines from movies like ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn''.
** The reality TV shows that Amanda and the player watch are all parodies of real shows, most notably Series/IceRoadTruckers.
** To Creator/ErnestHemingway:
*** Hugo's son's name is Ernest Hemingway Vega. Hugo himself is an English teacher, and takes his class on a field trip to the aquarium because they're having a discussion on ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea''.
*** Brian makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway when discussing a large fish he caught once.
** There are a number of Music/MyChemicalRomance references. The player character asks if Damien's father took him to the city to see a marching band. Damien doesn't get the joke. Lucien also listens to the band, and his first appearance has the player character describe him as a "low rent Gerard Way". On Damien's first date, one of the options for a flower's meaning is "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge!"
** During Character Creation, there are options that make your character look like [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]].
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Batali Mario Batali]] is mentioned as the player character's celebrity crush, and at one point he calls on his spirit to help him bake brownies. Mary's map of the neighborhood also calls Brian "Mario Batali."
** The vinyl store Mat frequents is called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vinyl Fantasy VII]].
** The Death Endings have a reference to [[VideoGame/DarkSouls a notoriously difficult video game series.]]
---> ''YOU DIED...''
** The message, "Welcome. You've got Dads!" is a pun on the America Online quip, "Welcome. You've got mail!"
** On Robert’s third date, you and Robert join a ghost tour. You can make up a name based on which reference you make. For example, the 80’s reference gives you [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Loomis]].
** The song that the Dadsona plays during Open Mic Night is called [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "Beam Me Up, Ska-tty"[[note]]although the original quote was never said in the series[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/DriftGirls'': in Episode 3: "He just doesn't understand. You have to believe in the [[Franchise/YuGiOh heart of cars]]."
* A "Create Gold" spell in ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper 2'' is cast with the incantation "Expressus Americanus".
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'':
** You start with [[Literature/SnowWhite seven dwarves]].
** There are also [[https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Bat_man these]] [[https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Giant_rat pages]] at the DF Wiki. And it's incredibly easy to [[GameMod add more as you see fit]]. For instance, there's a player-created mod that adds new reasons for dwarfs to like existing critters; among those added are "...likes bat men for their awesome theme songs. DANANANANANANA BATMAN!"
** Sperm whales are rarely generated with [[Literature/MobyDick white skin, and dwarves can admire them for their "vengeful natures"]].
* While Creator/{{Koei|Tecmo}} have been known to deliberately make internal references and homages in the course of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', it's much more noticeable, and a bit startling, when shout outs like this turn up in a quote from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'' of all things.
-->'''Cao Cao:''' This sword is capable of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann piercing the very heavens themselves]]! [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars There is nothing it cannot cut!]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'':
** The game makes tons of references to Music/TheBeatles (of which Creator/ShigesatoItoi is a big fan), the most notable one being the yellow submarine.
** The series also has a lot of old pop culture, such as The Runaway Five being a reference to ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', which was so obvious they were changed for the American translation. There's also a reference to the Barrett Strong song "Money That's What I Want".
** The Apple Kid's mouse's self-introduction is a near-exact quote of the opening sentences of ''Literature/IAmACat''; only the species has been changed.
* ''VideoGame/{{EastWard}}'':
** When Mung hands you the subway pass he proclaims that ''"[[{{Music/Shakira}} Whenever. Wherever. You and the subway are meant to be together]]."''
** The GameWithinAGame "Earth Born" plays a lot like the old-school ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' games, even down to the generic "Knight must save Princess from Demon Lord" plot. For extra points, the knight on the cartridge cover is a CaptainErsatz of Loto/Roto from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''.
** At one point in the game you can visit Lowtown and find Margolari Pittore painting the people there. One of the inhabitants will claim to be reminded of [[Film/Titanic1997 that grand ocean liner years ago]].
--->'''Lulu''': I'll never let go, Jack...
** In the Monkollywood train you can find cardboard cutouts of multiple franchises such as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} fighting a CaptainErsatz version of Series/{{Ultraman}}, as well as a Franchise/{{Gundam}} suit.
** Over the course of Solomon's three boss fights, he give you keys representing [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda wisdom, courage and... strength.]]
** The bullies Grandis, Sansey, and Hansey are named after the TerribleTrio of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** The series in general has plenty of shout outs. Almost all of the gods in the series are named after people who have worked on the series, and many [=NPCs=] have names that reference other fictional characters (such as [[Series/ForeverKnight Lucien Lachance]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vincente Valteri]]), sports teams (Tarhiel), and characters from folklore ("Springheel" Jakben of Imbel).
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'':
*** At least one of the developers seems to have '''really''' liked ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Weepingbell Hall, Marowak's Spine, Peke Utchoo, etc.
*** One of the developers went to Duke, so, being a big fan of Duke basketball, there is an easter egg sword called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Brand Eltonbrand]] that you get by retrieving [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski Shashev's Key]] (among other requirements). Elsewhere in the game, you come across a (likely dead) enchanter who [[Film/SpaceJam believed he could fly]] named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels Tarhiel]]".
*** The very name "Morrowind" could be a reference to ''[[Literature/TheHeritageOfShannara The Elf Queen of Shannara]]'', which features the island of Morrowindl, which also has an active volcano being held in check by magic.
*** In Omalen Ancestral tomb, the corpse of an adventurer can be found crushed under a rock due to a cave in. There's a scroll that records his last thoughts, [[Franchise/IndianaJones signed "Indie"]]. It also mentions that his father made jokes about his childhood pet.
*** The Bjorn ice cave on Solstheim has a skeletal corpse with his feet stuck to the ceiling and a sword just out of his reach down below. He apparently didn't [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack use the force]].
*** Two sections of the Temple canton in Vivec City are called the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Hall of Justice]] and the [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Hall of Wisdom]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'':
*** One of the ruined Ayleid cities is named [[Creator/VinDiesel Vindeisel]].
*** One quest involves a floating inn being hijacked by a group of bandits, and when asked who the main character is, there's an option to reply [[Film/UnderSiege "I'm just the ship's cook"]].
*** In the ''Shivering Isles'' expansion, there's a unique chest called the [[Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} Dark Chest of Wonders]]. Any doubt that it's a Nightwish reference is erased when you crack it and find the Ring of the Oceanborn.
*** The Blue Suede Shoes item is a reference to the song by Carl Perkins.
*** In another ''Indiana Jones'' shout for the series, a quest wherein a rival treasure hunter tries to take your spoils right as you emerge from a trap-filled ruin is named "[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Nothing You Can Possess]]".
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has so many [[ShoutOut/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim it needed its own page]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'' calls its two lowest combat ratings [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Harmless" and "Mostly Harmless"]].
* ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'' features the Python multipurpose ship, which was designed by the Whatt and Pritney Ship Constructions, a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney Pratt & Whitney]].
* The graphical roguelike ''VideoGame/{{Elona}}'' features as a potential player class, the Manga/{{Claymore}}: a [[ActionGirl mostly-female]] HalfHumanHybrid with silver eyes and inhuman dodging capabilities, with the ability to [[HealingFactor heal quickly]] ([[PowerAtAPrice but at a price]]).
* ''VideoGame/EmeraldCityConfidential'' is a FilmNoir "retelling" of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books. At one point, busts of Creator/LFrankBaum and the game creator, Dave Gilbert, show up.
* ''VideoGame/{{Enchanter}}'': The road leading west from the starting point has signs along it writing out a message one word at a time in the style of Advertising/BurmaShave billboards.
-->Why\\
are\\
you\\
going\\
west\\
when\\
the\\
castle\\
is\\
east?\\
Burma\\
Shave
* In ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean: Blue World'', after befriending the Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, the narration says "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} You caught the wild Pacific white-sided dolphin! Give it a nickname..?]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall What? Wrong game? Oh.]]"
* In the German UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Enemy: Tempest of Violence'', the antagonists are a ruthless alien race known as the Tschahis. "Tschahi" is a German phonetic rendering of the surname of Eric Chahi, creator of ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'', a game which ''Enemy'' not coincidentally resembles.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'':
** The game includes numerous {{shout out}}s to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and its [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000 featured films]]: the adjacent systems of [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos and Torgo]], another cluster of systems named Film/{{Gamera}}, Guiron and Zigra, and a system named Film/{{Gymkata}} containing a planet named Hikeeba. The {{Easter Egg}}s in the game include a [[Film/FugitiveAlien killer forklift]], the Satellite of Love, and an alternate OpeningScroll parodying the [=MST3K=] ThemeTune.
** There are also a fair number of ''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' references, with planets named Beeblebrox (in the Zaphod system) and Ursa Minor Beta, and "Mostly Harmless" as the combat rating just above "Harmless" (and yes, the game was influenced by ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'').
** The uninhabited planet Creator/{{George|Lucas}}'s World lies in the [[Film/THX1138 THX-1138]] system, and elsewhere there is a [[Franchise/StarWars forest moon named Endor]].
** ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Nova'' has a randomly-occurring Leviathan-class ship called [[VideoGame/ZeroWing CATS]]. Its picture in the communication dialog is the portrait of CATS from the ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' opening, and its lines of dialog are also from the ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' opening.
** Also [[Franchise/StarshipTroopers Raczak's Roughnecks]] (the animated one).
** The total conversion plug-in ''VideoGame/{{Colosseum}}'' has not only shout-outs to the trilogy (Wild Geese, the Virtual Battle Network being themed off of Classic EV), there is also [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Sarge, Grif and Tucker]] found in one TAS system, mentions of the [[Franchise/StarWars CIS]], as well as ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron''. Heck, just listen to the [[VideoGame/StarFox2 menu theme]] when the game starts up.
* The doujin game ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' has many references to Creator/KeyVisualArts works, as well as for other {{fighting game}}s.
** Mio Kouzuki changes costumes with each special attack, referencing ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and more.
** Kano Kirishima's entire set of spells is directly lifted from the Mage and Wizard classes in the MMORPG ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline''. Her staff is an actual item from the game (Mighty Staff).
* One system in ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' contains a [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey massive black monolith]].
* The MMORPG ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' is full of these. Ironically, it is against the rules for players to name themselves in such a fashion, but it is fine for the designers to name {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs to make a shout out.
* ''VideoGame/ExitTheGungeon'':
** His Majesty's Chancellor is named [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toadstool.]]
** Meduselier is a combination of Medusa and Carmilla from the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series.
** Meowitzer is based on [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]].
** Gungamesh, with his red cloak, multi-armed appearance and dimension-hopping, resembles not the Mesopotamian king of myth, but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV the haughty sword-stealer that shares his name.]]
** The subtitle for the Sepulchergeist is "[[Film/TheShining The Shrining]]".
** Achievements called [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Brother]] and VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive.
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* In ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'', when you're in the downtown part of the city while searching for [[spoiler:Ayumi]], a night club promoter mentions that while [[spoiler:Ayumi]] isn't at the bar, they do have a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei and an Asuka]].
* In ''Fap Titans'', the Poke-monster is a shout out to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (a VisualNovel already full of shoutouts to old legends and myths), there are skits that you earn depending on how many "Bad Ends" you receive. The second of these skits features Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou, two of the game's heroines, in a rather blatant ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series, complete with danmaku patterns and parodies of the Spell Card activations.
* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'':
** In ''F.E.A.R'', the office building has a couple of shout-outs to ''Film/OfficeSpace'' - namely Milton's trademarked Red Stapler (no Swingline label, though), and TPS Reports scattered on the floor.
** ''F.E.A.R. 2'' has a few shout-outs to various Internet phenomena and other forms of media, such as:
*** A reference to the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvIYRrgZ04 Onyxia Wipe]] animation on a computer console.
*** "Two Beans One Cup Latte" on a menu at a cafe -- a reference, of course, to the coprophiliac, uh, "classic" [[ShockSite Two Girls One Cup]].
* ''VideoGame/FisherDiver'' has a ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' in the form of a character named Captain Connell.
* ''VideoGame/TheFormula'': A goal called "Cue That WesternAnimation/BeeMovie Reference" is completed for getting 15 B-Power.
* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'''s "Drift" events have a [[Manga/InitialD white Toyota AE86]] drifting through a corner. Players can get an achievement for doing [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 88 miles per hour in the Delorean]], and different badges and titles (avatars and such shown in-game) usually have a shoutout - buying a Ford Falcon XB will give you the "[[Film/MadMax Last of the V8s]]" badge.
* Someone on the localization team for ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' liked silly Internet memes. In addition to one NPC wondering what the worth of a man's life is ("...guarding a [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight miserable pile of secrets]]?"), another gets in a "DO NOT WANT."
* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', a fairly obscure Creator/{{Sierra}} game:
** One of the medications in the pharmacy is a hemorrhoid cream called "Preparation G", presumably a forerunner to modern hemorrhoid cream Preparation H.
** The game makes a few shout-outs to other Sierra games.
*** One of the people in the bar is Zircon Jim Laffer, ancestor to VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry ([[IdenticalGrandson whom he resembles closely]]).
*** There's a bridge that informs you every time you cross it that you have only three crossings left (the number never goes down), referencing a bridge that actually ''does'' have limited crossings in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone''.
*** [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder Cedric the Owl]] has a cameo. [[DeathByCameo A very short cameo.]]
*** Dying in certain circumstances causes the narrator, wrapping up Freddy's story, to launch into new ones, containing references to another ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' game, ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'', and (in a non-Sierra reference) ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.
* An in-game newspaper in ''Fret Nice'' talks about the new hit band [[VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope "Grinning Colossus"]].
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin VideoGame/VsCassandra'': A school bell can be heard ringing in the background of ''Berzerker'', in a reference to ''[[VideoGame/{{Pico}} Pico's School]]'', the game Cassandra originates from.
* ''VideoGame/FrozenSynapse'''s RED expansion has, at the bottom-right of the first challenge map (outside the actual map boundaries), a [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress dwarf]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Gift|2001}}'':
** The first level is a nod to ''[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} Titanic]]''.
** There are [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indiana Jones']] hat and whip in a temple in Paztec.
** The sleeping princess and the dwarves are nods to [[Literature/SnowWhite Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]].
* ''VideoGame/GingerBeyondTheCrystal''
** The level "The Miracle Manor" is one big nod to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', being set in a spooky mansion full of monsters, viewed through fixed camera angles, it even comes with the door opening animation.
** One of the accessories you can by is [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie a backpack with a red bird in it]].
* The ''VideoGame/{{Glider}}'' series has a few references to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. ''Glider PRO'', with its Art Nouveau aesthetic, also alludes to ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' in the name "Slumberland" for the principal game scenario and the name "NEMO" on the mailboxes.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has tons of these. Elvis wears [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma's]] prayer beads, Gene has the Shoryuken as a juggle move, and one of the God Reels is 100 Fists, a SpamAttack that references ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. There are also many, ''many'' tips of the hat to Creator/CloverStudio's games, such as ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (one of the chihuahuas you can race is called Amaterasu) and ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' (the Mad Midget Five). Elvis himself is a giant ShoutOut to, well, ''Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}''.
* Mind-reading a certain lumberjack {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PC in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has him say "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay]]... with that" (it even pauses for a second after the "okay" appears before that "with that" does).
* An early quest chain in ''VideoGame/GrandFantasia'' takes place on "Music/TheLonelyIsland", and the victory message you get after you complete it reads "I'm on a Boat!"
* Several in the ''VideoGame/{{Grow}}'' games:
** There is a Onky wearing [[Literature/WheresWaldo Waldo's]] clothes in both endings of ''Grow Valley''.
** Some of the park guests from ''Grow Park'' include: [[Anime/DragonBallZ Krillin, Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta]]; [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku]]; the [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Bug Catchers]]; and [[VideoGame/{{Pacman}} Pacman and a ghost]].
** In ''Grow Comeback'', there is a way to give your hero a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros familiar red cap and mustache]].
* ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'' is a game that's set in TheNineties, and it's chock full of references to various works from that decade (and also from TheEighties):
** Some of the movie posters you see are reminiscent of ''Film/Titanic1997'' (''The Ship''), ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' (''The Lion Monarch''), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' (''The Young Siren''). The parody for ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' (''Dino World'') gets mentioned often in some routes: the protagonist sometimes watches it with their parents while Richard is a big fan of it.
** Wendy often gets called [[Literature/PeterPan "Captain Hook"]] by her bullies for her prosthetic arm, and the achievement you get for getting her good ending is called [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet "Wendy Krueger"]].
** One of the arcade machines in Starcade 80 is called ''[[VideoGame/{{Frogger}} Croakker]]''.
** The achievement for getting Vivica's good ending is called [[Music/{{Nirvana}} "Teen Spirit"]].
** The protagonist's description for the activity "Reading Comics" is, "I wonder how [[ComicBook/SpiderMan arachnid-person]] will get out of this one!"
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'':
** The game has a whole list of Shout-Outs in the skills players can equip.
*** Interestingly, most of them are "shout" skills, like "ForGreatJustice!" and "Make Your Time!" (''VideoGame/ZeroWing''), "I Meant to Do That!" (''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), "None Shall Pass!" (the Black Knight in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''), and "Can't Touch This!" (Music/MCHammer).
*** A few fire elemental spells are named after Rodgort, which in turn comes from Trogdor, the dragon created by Strong Bad in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
*** A less commonly known one is the skill Headbutt, which for a short time, was named Enadiz Headbutt (Enadiz is Zidane spelled backwards). This is an obvious reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGFVhzmnYWg&feature=related this meme]]. Alas, the skill was renamed to just plain Headbutt in time for Nightfalls release.
** And then there's the berserking dwarf Kilroy Stonekin, obviously inspired by the famed LeeroyJenkins, right down to the battlecry.
** There is also The Black Beast of Arrgh, another shout out to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', but this monster is actually black rather than being green like in the movie.
* ''VideoGame/GwentTheWitcherCardGame'': To ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
-->'''Lady of the Lake:''' Watery tart? I'll show you.
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':
** ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' has a lot of fun with these. The DrillSergeantNasty in the training mission barks lines from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. The wisecracking soldiers riding in the chopper with you at the start of the game quote a line or two from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. And later in the game, there's a puzzle where you have to activate a gearbox and open a valve, referencing Valve Corporation (developers of ''Half-Life'') and Gearbox Software (creators of ''Opposing Force'').
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'':
*** One of the rebels is named Winston, possibly in reference to Winston Smith, protagonist of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', from which the game gets a lot of its influence.
*** Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab is called "Lamarr" and sometimes "Hedy". This is a ShoutOut to Hedy Lamarr who, aside from being a rather attractive actress, co-invented the early form of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spectrum frequency-hopping]] technology vital to modern wireless communication.
*** "[[Film/BlazingSaddles That's Hedley!!!]]"
*** [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture "Great Scott!"]]
* [[SealedEvilInACan Overlord Hol]]'s description in ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero'' reads: "The last evil lord [[BigBad Noire]] went to. He can emit a giant laser. [[Film/AustinPowers If only he had sharks]]." It also has a fully monochrome level with a boss named [[VideoGame/ZeroWing CATS]], complete with references to the "All your base are belong to us" meme.
* ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'':
** A guy and his cat in Twoson reenact a ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} strip.
** The FinalBoss shows up looking like [[spoiler:a modified [[VideoGame/YumeNikki Uboa]].]]
** The Id boss was based on one of the {{Final Boss}}es from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII''. Specifically, it was meant to be an inversion.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hamsterdam}}'': One of the items that you can make [[PlayerCharacter Pimm]] wear is a yellow jacket known as "Creator/BruceLee".
* ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak'' has the character search the world for three coloured marbles and insert them into a pedestal in a [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime triangular fashion so you can pull a legendary "weapon" from a stone, whilst a familiar chest-opening score plays]]...
* ''VideoGame/TheHappyhillsHomicide'': The game references several well-known horror/slasher franchises through EasterEggs in practically every tape.
** In Tape 1 there's a [[Film/TheShining Redrum]] graffiti on the building's wall.
** The victim's house in Tape 2 is on [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Lampkin Lane]].
** The Haunted House in Tape 9 has the masks of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] and [[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostface]] hanging on a wall backstage.
** The motel in Tape 12 is the [[Film/{{Psycho}} Bates' Motel]].
** Madison Carpenter is obviously named after famous horror and science fiction director Creator/JohnCarpenter.
** Tape 16 takes place in and around a house on [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]].
** The hospital in Tape 17 lists a certain [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Dr. Voorhees]] as its cardiologist and one [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Dr. Loomis]] as its psychologist.
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' features a pair of carpenter's apprentices named Bo and Luke, who even share hair colors with their counterparts from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' (Bo's got blond hair and Luke's a brunette). Their personalities are inverted, though: Luke's the impulsive apprentice, and Bo's the rational one.
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade'' has a few more:
*** In one of ''Animal Parade'''s events, Calvin can find Owen and Luke attempting to demolish a very historic wall in the mines and, scolding them, cry that "It belongs in a museum!"
*** The Pantsuit item has, as its description, "A suit for [[http://www.lyricsondemand.com/b/bachmanturneroverdrivelyrics/takincareofbusinesslyrics.html taking care of business and working overtime]]."
* The acronym for the titular unit of ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'' may be a reference to HAWC from the novels by Creator/DaleBrown.
* ''VideoGame/HellLetLoose'''s Update 7 trailer blatantly references 3 other famous WorksSetInWorldWarII, not helped that the game is also set in similar locations as them. They are: ''Film/Fury2014'' (the scene where Sherman tanks are shown engaging a Tiger head-on), ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' (the UrbanWarfare in Carentan, complete with execution of a German paratrooper by a US paratrooper), and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' (the assault on the radar station).
* ''VideoGame/HellPie'':
** The fly-cherub mutants are clearly based on the titular monster from ''Film/TheFly1958'', with various teleporters that created them based on their design from the [[Film/TheFly1986 1986 film]].
** The last scene at Lil' Smoke's crib is an homage to the SignatureScene from ''Film/{{Scarface}}''.
** Jaques Huseau's fate -- eating so much that he explodes, still alive but with his rib-cage exposed -- is similar to Mr. Creosote from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
** One of the costumes you can unlock in the third room in Greed is based on the title character from ''VideoGame/PumpkinJack''.
* ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon'', features a Wart, a young boy with a prosthetic leg, who will give you his spare pegleg to use as a weapon. This is a reference to a similar, but more obnoxious, character from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'', Wirt, whose pegleg can be used as a weapon. This is made more explicit by the Peg Leg having the flavor text "This won't cost me 50 Palladium, will it?", a reference to Wirt's tendency to charge the player character for anything he can get away with -- most noticeably, access to his shop of rare items. ''Hellgate: London'' was developed by many of the same people as the two ''Diablo'' games. Also, there's a usable cricket bat called [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun's Trusty Sidekick]].
* ''VideoGame/HerMajestysSpiffing'':
** [[PlayerCharacter Captain Frank Lee English]] can call Aled Jones, when commenting on him, the [[Series/{{Lewis}}]] to his [[Series/InspectorMorse Morse]], the [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit to his Wallace]], and the [[Music/{{Wham}} Andrew Ridgeley to his George Michael]].
** In the ship's laboratory, the Captain can find a [[Franchise/ResidentEvil typewriter]] that serves as the game's SavePoint. He can examine it, which makes him comment that someone was typing about [=STARS=].
** When English and Jones reach the planet and climb down into the trench, [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 the Statue Of Liberty]] can be seen to the left.
** When the French astronauts hold English and Jones at gunpoint, one thing English can say to try to convince them to leave is "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse By the power of Grayskull!]]".
* One of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'', Group Captain Elson, is named after Peter Elson, an artist who inspired the artistic design of the game.
* The Creator/AdultSwim.com original game ''House of Dead Ninjas'' is a {{Retraux}} affair designed to resemble an early NES game - and even comes with a manual. The first enemy profiled, Niji, is described as "a Pretty Cool Guy" who runs straight ahead "and doesn't afraid of anything", which may be more memetic than referential. But then it says he likes to pretend he's a girl and calls himself "Ninjetta" - a reference to Birdo's profile in the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' manual. Most of the enemies are based on classic Mario or Zelda enemies; the stone-faced crusher Gror is basically a Thwomp, while Magicloke is a Wizzrobe (note the name).
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* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'':
** The old Earth teen magazine that Marz reads during her five-heart event contains a passage that references ''Literature/TheWizardOfOz'':
---> ''Don't be afraid to use green concealer! You may ''look'' like the Wicked Witch at first, but don't click your heels and go home! Stick with it and you'll be on that yellow brick road to clear, beautiful skin.''
** Two of the suggested names for the hopeye you can hatch from its egg are [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Hoptimus Prime]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Hop Solo]].
** Similarly, options for the unisaur you can tame include [[Franchise/JurassicPark Clever Girl]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
** The caption for the unlockable image of a manticore attacking Tonin is "[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on Tonin]]."
** One of Nomi-Nomi's events involves talking to them some time after they have discovered a series exclusive to the ''Stratospheric's'' archive that they really like only got its finale ''after'' the ship left Earth. One of Sol's possible answers to this is "Sounds rough, buddy", which reads suspiciously close Zuko's famous "That's rough, buddy" line from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
** If Sol tries to hide and observe after Rhett tells them to return to the creche during the second Glow attack, they bump into Kom, who reiterates Rhett's advice all while sarcastically calling them "Manga/{{Naruto}}."
** Anemone has two reasons to not like "Annie" as a nickname for herself. One is that her mother, Antecedent, already goes by "Anne." The other is the potential association with [[Theatre/{{Annie}} a well-known fictional Annie who shares her hair color]].
** A card that can be obtained via making the choice to add spice to something is called "[[Film/Dune1984 The spice must flow]]."
** When Flulu asks the protagonist what they want to be when they grow up, they can say that they want to be a VideoGame/{{monster hunter}}. Flulu's response?
---> "You've been playing too many hologames, [[HelloInsertNameHere <name>]]. Hunting monsters? I hope it doesn't come to that here."
** If Sol falls for Marz's trick into getting them to yell at customers to earn more tips for her, Marz laughs and gives them the tips anyway, saying that she didn't mean to "turn [them] into the ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' or anything."
* In ''VideoGame/IcewindDale 2'', there's a bunch of mercenaries in the starting town (Targos) you can strike a conversation with. They go on to gripe about all sorts of menial tasks they had to do to "prove their prowess", the tasks in question being the very same you face at Candlekeep, the starting town (and [[JustifiedTutorial tutorial level]]) of ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', an earlier Infinity Engine RPG, involving, at least, clearing rats out of a warehouse and fighting illusionary monsters. The "other" adventuring band seems to have taken a rather more...[[CuttingTheKnot straightforward]] approach to the errands than the player at ''Baldur's Gate'', though (e.g. ending the illusionary battle by whacking the illusionist over the head with a shield).
* ''VideoGame/{{Implosion}}'': ApocalypticLog messages you collect that aren't part of the storyline tend to be shoutouts, many written by people like "Stephen Jobbes" (Head of I.T.), "Albert Weinstein" (Head of R&D), and some lowly researcher named "Nikola Telsar". Other shoutouts: Advertising messages from "Macrosoft Engineering", a memo titled "Film/FullMetalJacket", a plea from someone who lost his "[=IDBook=]" contacts to ''everyone'' asking them to resend their contact info, and a message from the ticked-off victim of a practical joke: [[Film/{{Taken}} "I will find you and I will kill you."]]
* ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'' is basically a giant shout-out to the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem II game ''VideoGame/SubmarineAttack''. Both feature UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines that also have UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles and produce [[MacrossMissileMassacre major missile]] BeamSpam. They have a similar number of levels and similar enemies. The boss that drops parts of an ancient ruin on top of you exists in both games, too.
* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndHisDesktopAdventures'': A bandito who says [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "Hey, I don't got to show you no stinking badges!"]] and barricades himself in his home when you try to talk to him.
* In ''Insanity Clicker'', there are the companions [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Flounder]] and [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Rafael]], and the enemies [[Film/DjangoUnchained Jango chained]] and [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlthotep]].
* ''Insanity's Blade'' is basically a mashup of every old-school sidescrolling action game featuring a barbarian or fantasy hero against hordes of monsters. So there are a lot of graphic and gameplay elements inspired by (or lifted from) ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''Rastan'', ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', ''VideoGame/BlackTiger'', ''VideoGame/MagicSword'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on. There's also a couple of references to ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'', namely the item shops suddenly appearing from the ground and the final boss being similar to that game's War God boss.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Intrusion 2}}'', the Steam achievement for killing enemies with a GoombaStomp is called "Plumbing" and the icon is a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros mushroom]].
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* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a shout out to ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', another of Bioware's games. In ''Jade Empire'', the recruiter at the arena remarks something along the lines of "you are indeed mysterious, stranger." In ''KOTOR'', Mysterious Stranger is the codename given to the player character when (s)he participates in the Duel Ring.
* The ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series has a few Shout Outs to ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' and ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''. ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterTheLostFrontier'' alone has shout outs to ''VideoGame/StarFox'', ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo]]'', and ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''. Also ''Film/DrStrangelove'', with Daxter referring to "missile hat an' spurs".
** In particular, ''VideoGame/{{Daxter}}'' features DreamSequence mini games serving as homages to a handful of iconic films, namely Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing, Film/{{Braveheart}}, Film/TheMatrix, Film/TheMatrixReloaded and Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jardinains}}'':
** Level 33 of the first game looks like a blue ghost from ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
** The second game has a level that resembles ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Jetpack}}'', many levels reference classic UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s in their names and designs, including:
** [[VideoGame/WizardOfWor "Wizard of Wor"]] (''VideoGame/{{Warlords}}'', despite the misleading name)
** "Jet-Pac" (''VideoGame/PacMan'')
** "Donkey Pack" (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'')
** "Jetpack Invaders" (''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'')
** "Breakout" (''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'')
** "Centipack" (''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'')
* The King Carl mission of ''VideoGame/JimmyNeutronVsJimmyNegatron'' is a parody InNameOnly of ''Film/KingKong''. The loading screen for the mission extends the reference a bit further.
* Here lies a lonely ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}'' in the third level of ''VideoGame/Journey2012''. A ''[=flOw=]''-like creature is also found. Since all three were developed by thatgamecompany, this is almost immediately noticeable if you played the pre-''Journey'' titles.
* One of the bosses of ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'' resembles the Space Jockey pilot from ''Film/{{Alien}}''. And since the game was a [[DolledUpInstallment dolled-up version]] of a cancelled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' game, the FinalBoss is a Terminator endoskeleton.
* In ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'':
** The death message for being run over by the Mars maintenance tram is "Well, at least you weren't [[VideoGame/{{Zork}} eaten by a grue]]!"
** Mercury, the robot assassin at the World Science Center in 2310, has the ability to shapeshift into a human disguise, in the style of [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the T-1000]].
** The AI Arthur in the second and third games may be named after sci-fi writer Creator/ArthurCClarke.
* ''VideoGame/JustCause'':
** One of the cities in ''VideoGame/JustCause1'' is named "Nuevo Estocolmo", being an obvious reference to Stockholm, capital of the developers' native Sweden.
** Some of the soldiers in ''VideoGame/JustCause2'' will occasionally yell "[[Film/{{Predator}} If he bleeds we can sure kill him!]]" in combat.
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* From the ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' "sequel" ''Kagetsu Tohya'':
** There is a shoutout to the boxing manga/anime ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo''. For comedy purposes Ciel uses a fighting style she calls "The Hitman Style" and assumes a stance similar to that of Mashiba Ryo, the character who uses that style in ''Hajime no Ippo''. This is a reference to this manga because Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, the real-life boxer who this style was based on, did not call his style "the Hitman Style".
** Arc, in her cat form, counters this by avoiding the punches in an "oddly familiar circular motion", a reference to Ippo's "Dempsey Roll" and peek-a-boo style.
* The arcade beat'em-up ''Karate Blazers'' by Visco, which can be found all over the place in Flash game form, references ''Film/BlackRain'' in its third boss, identical triplets who all look like Sato, the bad guy of the film. The weirdest shout out is the fourth boss: a morbidly obese man dressed exactly like Nadia from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''.
* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/KiKiKaiKai'' for the SNES (Pocky and Rocky in the west) is a {{Dracula}}-themed scientist. His name? Dr. [[Creator/ChristopherLee Lee]].
* The hotel manager in ''VideoGame/Killer7'' bares an uncanny resemblance to Edo Macalister, the hotel manager from ''VideoGame/FlowerSunAndRain''. Furthermore, when you talk to him, Gymnopedie plays in the background, the main theme of hotel Flower Sun & Rain.
* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'':
** A few of the fighters are reminiscent of characters from other works, like skeleton warrior Spinal coming right out of ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'', werewolf Sabrewulf being loosely based on a character of the same name also from a Rare game, or the resident alien Glacius sporting the ShapeShifting abilities of the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]].
** For the 2013 reboot, Tusk mostly borrows from Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, with the physical appearance of Marvel's Thor, the backstory of ComicBook/VandalSavage and a little bit of [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Last Dragonborn]] sprinkled on for flavour. More amusingly, many fans have pointed out that he looks a bit like a jacked-up, tattooed, and shirtless barbarian version of the famous fighting game [=YouTube=] personality [[LetsPlay/YoVideoGames Maximilian Dood]], which may have even been intentional on the part of the developers - Sabrewulf has a skin that looks like Max's dog, Benny.
** There also is [[BigBad Eyedol's]] parodic ending, in which [[spoiler:a woman in purple approaches him claiming that he's her long lost son Billy, lost in a car incident, and that she gave him his bracelets for his birthday]]-mirroring exactly the epilogue of Blanka in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan Minus the last scene...]]]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten|2017}}'':
** The first game:
*** The player character has a very pixelated poster for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' in his room.
*** Lily getting blood dumped on her at the end of Cindy's route is an obvious one of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'':
*** With a bit of a playful TakeThat: The developers apparently saw [[WebVideo/GameTheory Matpat's]] video on the subject of how many nuggets would be needed to survive the fall into the Nugget Cave, because now there are even fewer nuggets to cushion the fall than the first game, and there is a message that, while some theorize it should be bigger, apparently it's enough.
*** In the Monstermon card ending, [[spoiler:half of the characters [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar turn into dust and fade away after Nugget snaps his fingers]], and Nugget, not being satisfied with half, snaps again and the other half is struck by the same lightning as in the first game's secret ending. It serves as a ContinuityNod to Cindy's line when she dies in this ending in the first game, which is coincidentally extremely similar to Spider-Man's infamous line from the movie:]]
---->'''Cindy:''' [[spoiler:Ms. Applegate, I don't feel so good...]]
*** The main character has changed the poster in his bedroom to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
*** A mission that involves a dodgeball game is titled "[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory If You Can Dodge a Nugget]]".
*** The mission where you help Monty create drugs in chemistry class is called "[[Series/BreakingBad Breaking Sad]]".
*** The name for the mission "The Hitman's Potty Guard" is a reference to the movie ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard''.
*** A girl named Penny [[spoiler:turns out to have been [[RoboticReveal a robot]] (or rather, a {{Cyborg}}) all along, only to get torn to pieces in the end]]. [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Where have we seen that before?]]
** The in-game card game Monstermon is a mix between ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'', and the cards contain several Shout-Outs in themselves.
*** Blue Eyes Gold Dragon is based on [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Blue Eyes White Dragon]]. Lampshaded by the card's description, which says "Please don't sue us".
*** Faptain Calcon is [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], but with his initials swapped.
*** Cactus Outlaw is the Cactuar from the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series.
*** Man-With-Long-Arms is likely Slenderman from Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.
*** Giraffe Serpent is likely a Girafarig from ''Pokémon'', while Lonely Dragon looks strikingly like a Charizard.
*** Dune Worm is a shoutout to the Sandworms from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
*** Dank Magician, Mystical Tomato, and Pot of Grease are ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' card Shout-Outs.
*** Legendary Sword is clearly the Master Sword from the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. The way you get it is a reference to the Lost Woods puzzle that has appeared in multiple games from the franchise.
*** Monstrous Flytrap is based on Audrey II from ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' gives shout-outs to absolutely anything and everything. It would be easier to list things which it ''doesn't'' reference.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'', the Batmobile will come out of Hagatha's Cave while the ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' theme plays.
* The [[DownloadableContent Deluxe Pack]] for ''VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker'' has a new Dating Dilemma where you have to identify the candidate's favorite actor from various movie posters that are parodies of real-world movies such as ''[[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon How to Train Your Drag Queen]]''.
* ''[[https://youtu.be/ReUH5rbrJ60 Kung Fu Chivalry]]'', a Macintosh beat-em-up released just a year after ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', has several shout-outs to it:
** The first player character's special moves are ostensibly based on Guile's Sonic Boom and Somersault/Flash Kick.
** Characters display CirclingBirdies when stunned.
** The third boss wears a mask similar to Vega, which breaks when he is defeated.
** The fourth boss is a thunder-thighed amazon reminiscent of Chun Li, with Ryu/Ken's HurricaneKick, Blanka's Electric Thunder, and M. Bison's Psycho Crusher.
** The ending screen depicts the cast of bosses bruised and bandaged similar to ''SF II'''s defeat portraits.
** Shout-outs to other franchises:
*** The second boss [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins begins the battle wearing armor, which comes off after a few hits, and he continues to fight in his boxers]].
*** The fifth boss's appearance and fighting style appear to be inspired by {{Shonen}} anime characters such as [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]].
*** The penultimate boss, an Indian magician, is likely a reference to Great Tiger from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
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* ''VideoGame/LaTale'' has a minigame named Dot Nuri, which is a clear shout out to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', right down to the low-res mushroom enemies.
* ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore'':
** When you examine a random bush, you get a response: "Is that a Pseudobushia Hugiflora?" Pseudobushia Hugiflora is a talking plant you have to grow in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia'' (both games were made by Creator/WestwoodStudios).
** Likewise, both in ''Lands of Lore'' and ''Legend of Kyrandia'' you can find a "[[RedHerring Piscata Rosea]]" item.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has a few Shout-Outs, but at least three to ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.
** The two yama {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs in Athlum and Ghor are named Vergil and Dante, respectively.
** Rush (voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch) at one point shouts "Jackpot!"
** A tournament's slogan is "[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Welcome back to the stage of history!]]"
** Almost all of the Remnants and formations are shout outs to previous entries in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series. Then there's the Bilqis, a weapon that looks like a cross between an axe and a [[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend chainsaw]]...
* A Critical Choice in ''VideoGame/LetsBuildAZoo: Dinosaur Island'', called The Builder, is from [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder a client named Bob, who wears a yellow hard hat, blue overalls, and an orange chequered shirt]]. He talks about using dinosaurs in construction, based on a cartoon he saw, which might be a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Levelhead}}'': The cutscene "RUN GR-18!" which describes Lizumis say they have an airless tire which "[[Music/RickAstley never gives you up, never lets you down]]".
* In ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'', the "date" level has Zoidberg from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' as one of the potential dates.
* ''VideoGame/LonesomeVillage'' has a few, most of them to Creator/{{Nintendo}} games:
** One of the plants in the swamp looks like a giant [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Piranha Plant]].
** There appears to be a [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi egg]] floating in a container in Cooper's lab.
** One of the villagers is [[Music/TheBeatles a raccoon named Rocky]].
* One line in ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure'' is a TitleDrop for the Creator/MRJames work, ''A Warning To The Curious'', that provided much of the inspiration for the game's storyline.
* A subtle one: At one point in ''VideoGame/LostPlanet 2'', you have to fend off a giant (nearly) invincible SandWorm type creature in a desert. It has scurrying legs at its front that are suspiciously identical to those possessed by the Ohmu from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' -- similarly invincible insect creatures inhabiting an Earth that's largely desert.
* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': In the Rival Season Pass, Edwina [[Music/MileyCyrus comes in like a wrecking ball by riding on it with her legs raised]] to destroy Appleton's historic gatehouse.
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* In ''VideoGame/TwentyXX'', one of the special weapons Nina can acquire is the Quint Laser, a PainfullySlowProjectile named and modeled after the Mooninites' Quad Laser from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
* In ''2064: VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories'', when you examine the coffee pot in your apartment, your character says that they can see the letters "[[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition F and K]]" in it.
* In ''VideoGame/ThirtyXX'', the sequel to ''20XX'', the Lander's Essence [[HeartContainer fully restores your health and increases your maximum health]], a nod to the Blue Lander item from ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend''.
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* ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' has plenty of these.
** Each enemy you meet has a specific first name, which sometimes are references to prominent figures within the Doom community. For example, "Rhaluka" is the name of John Romero's wife.
** One boss [[{{Expy}} is]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], who is in turn a CaptainErsatz of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. His "you're dead" message is simply "'''OBEY.'''" [[note]]The OBEY Giant, meanwhile, was a modified version of a sticker fad starring, you guessed it, André the Giant.[[/note]]
** A cutscene before one of the boss fights: "[[ComicBook/{{Doom}} He's huge. But that means he has huge guts. Rip and tear.]]"
** One boss fight is against human {{exp|y}}ies of [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Bebop and Rocksteady]].
** One of the bonus points pickups in the game is {{The Red|Stapler}} [[Film/OfficeSpace Stapler]], complete with quotation. Not to mention that you can find ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'' (the game, not the weapon) as a points item too.
** Some of the ornaments hanging up in Peter Crisp's office includes the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Master Sword]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife's Buster Sword]].
* ''VideoGame/AdibooMagicalPlayland'': There are at least two ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' references:
** In the original French game, one name Adiboo suggests for Buzzy Galump is "Bachi Boulouk", which is taken from one of Captain Haddock's insults: bachi bouzouk. Adiboo then says that this name isn't really good and that it reminds him of something.
** One element the player can place in the drawing minigame is a rocket ship with a red and white squares color pattern, just like Professor Calculus's rocket ship.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureTheInsideJob'':
** The protagonist Thalia James is inspired by Queen Valanice from ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', and the scene where she catches a jackalope references a similar puzzle from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIIThePrincelessBride'' where Valanice has to do the same.
** The game's concept is inspired by Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' series, and the light blue book in Thalia's room is actually ''The Eyre Affair'', the first book in these series.
* In ''VideoGame/AeroFighters 3'', one alternate FinalBoss is preceded by a black ball that flashes the following:
-->"WELCOME TO MARS. [[VideoGame/{{Darius}} WARNING! A HUGE BATTLESHIP "SOH-TAKEKO" IS APPROACHING FAST.]]"
* ''VideoGame/AllianceOfValiantArms'' has one in the form of the "Winchester [=M1887S=]" shotgun, which is clearly made to look and operate like the SawedOffShotgun used by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. The player-character even does the iconic flip-cock move between shots.
* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesGrimm'' turns many of the {{Grimmifi|cation}}ed fairy tales into pastiches of various movies. For instance:
-->'''The Master Thief:''' ''{{Dracula}}''
-->'''Iron John:''' ''The Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', complete with an [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Ahnuld]]-soundalike and "Prince Connor"
-->'''The Pied Piper:''' Surprisingly obscurely, German expressionist films such as ''Film/{{M}}'' and ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''; the scene at the end is virtually identical to the "Moloch Machine" scene in ''Metropolis'', and the Pied Piper is voiced by a convincing Peter Lorre impersonator.
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'' features one to ''Film/MaryPoppins''--some stages have one pig wearing a black hat with a flower that escapes being popped by floating to the ground using an umbrella.
* ''VideoGame/{{Antichamber}}'': Several puzzles contain pop culture references in their names, such as [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland "Down The Rabbit Hole"]], [[Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt "Cry Me A River"]], "I Like To Move It", [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast "A Link To The Past"]], or [[Music/LedZeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"]].
* ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'':
** The chapter in Grandpa's Guidebook that teaches you how to make incenses is called [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist "Full-Beetal Alchemist"]].
** The Melodic Bee's description wonders if bees listen to Music/TheBeeGees.
** The Abyssal Bee's description wonders what exactly a [[Music/TheLongestJohns Wellerman]] is.
* ''VideoGame/ArcAngle'' has a few. The Shoop Da Whoop face appears as a miniboss, and another is based on the turret circle from the first level of ''VideoGame/RType''. Your character's weapon is based off the Free Range from ''VideoGame/ThunderForce V''. Also, there's an option to make the second boss (a GiantSpider) skippable, in which case he's encountered lying on the floor and his dialogue is "[[VideoGame/MonsterParty Sorry, I'm dead]]".
* There is one in the trophy list in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3'' to, of all things, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' skits. Using four different sword techniques in a single match while playing as Kamui will net you a trophy called "That's 'S' Words, Mr. Connery!"
* Almost every achievement in ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'' is a reference to some famous movie.
* ''VideoGame/ArthursNightmare'':
** Some of the game's mechanics allude to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', chiefly the use of a handheld device with limited power to track the antagonist and the levels being referred to as "nights".
** [[VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning Baldi]] can cameo on very rare occasions.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'':
** Ezio's uncle Mario introduces himself with a cheerful "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a me! Mario!]]"
** When you're climbing walls and leaping across buildings, you'll occasionally hear a bystander say: [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} "Another capering crusader."]]
* ''VideoGame/AssembleWithCare'' has one in both the first and last levels of the game where you can see Maria's passport from [[VideoGame/PapersPlease the United Federation.]]
* ''VideoGame/AstalonTearsOfTheEarth'':
** The title screen looks a lot like the tower entrance screen in ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}''.
** Arias greatly resembles the hero from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI''. One of his alternate designs in the Dimensional Mirror also resembles the one from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''.
** The deal that reduces the amount of knockback you suffer from taking damage is called [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Poise]].
** SecretCharacter Bram plays just like the protagonist of a classic ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game. His name, by extension, is presumably a reference to Creator/BramStoker.
*** He also [[Film/{{Willow}} calls Arias a "peck"]] during his introductory scene.
** Zeek's design is based on the dancing merchants from ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', and the items he throws for his attack include a coin from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', what looks like a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, and the elixir from Matt Kap's previous game ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness''.
** The achievement/trophy for getting Ending 1 is titled "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fly, you fool!]]"
** The Dimensional Mirror is a set of concept art pieces, some of which are references:
*** "'Your poison comes from another tower.'": A re-enactment of the boss fights from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' with Arias and a cyclops in place of Mario and Bowser.
*** "Burning Emblem": A pastiche of ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
*** "[[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} Astalius]]: [[VideoGame/RType The Second Lightning]]": Algus as the protagonist of a shoot-em-up game battling Epimetheus in a spaceship.
** The gargoyles in the Ruins of Ash resemble [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Red Arremers]] in their behavior. [[spoiler:Additionally, one of the alternate game modes [[VideoGame/GargoylesQuest lets you play as one.]]]]
** The unused Stranger enemy in the Lost Souls gallery is unmistakably similar to the Licker from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
* The video game adaptation of ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' has a cutscene where Asterix knocks out a Roman with a headbutt. For a brief moment, the background changes to a soccer field and a referee raises a red card. It's an obvious reference to the infamous incident involving Zinedine Zidane at the 2006 World Cup Final, and may be also a nod to the cameo of Zidane himself in the movie.
* ''VideoGame/AstroBoyOmegaFactor'' has several reference to past Creator/{{Treasure}} games:
** ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' gets the brunt of these references:
*** The first level has signs reading "Gunstar".
*** [[SequentialBoss Pook]]'s various forms are referred to as "forces", like the Seven Force.
*** Astro's six stats (plus the titular Omega Factor) are referred to as "the Seven Forces".
*** The ending theme is taken straight from ''Gunstar Heroes''.
** The Artificial Sun is given a single eye, making it resemble one boss from ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier''.
** [[http://i.imgur.com/qyEh0Mz.png One hidden alcove]] has a UniqueEnemy with a face identical to those of the Clancers from ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy: The Video Game'', the first boss's introductory dance consists of [[Music/MichaelJackson a moonwalk followed by a spin and toe stand]].
* The final stage of ''[[VideoGame/{{Astyanax}} The Astyanax]]'' is a Xenomorph hive from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and the boss, of course, is the Queen.
* In Creator/{{Psygnosis}}'s ''Awesome'' (itself referenced in a ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' level) for UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, the [[https://youtu.be/aiz94YDMboo Asteroid Field]] music begins with a "blip, blop" riff as a shout-out to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''. The instrumentation is also similar to V'Ger's theme from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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* ''VideoGame/BackpackHero'':
** The Snake's in-game description is "Poisonous, dangerous, [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane keep them away from planes".]]
** The Cobra [[Film/TheKarateKid wears a karate outfit, a reference to Cobra Kai. Its in-game description is "Strike first, strike hard, no mercy".]]
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Oh, where to start. Reese Worthington makes tons of ''Star Wars'' references, Dmitri Petrovich talks about many computer languages, and Sunny Day has a Putt-Putt watch. There are many more, too many to fit on this page.
* In ''VideoGame/BaconManAnAdventure'', two of the titular character's alternate skins make him look like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] and VideoGame/EarthwormJim.
* The realm Star Kriege from ''VideoGame/BallRevamped 3: Andromeda'' looks like something from ''Franchise/StarWars''. There are T.I.E. starfighters in the background and "Kriege" means "wars" in [[GratuitousGerman German]].
* ''Barbarous: Tavern of Emyr'' has several in a bit of SpySpeak between Emyr and O'rho.
-->'''Emyr:''' Psst! [[Music/{{KISS}} Creatures of the night]] on the [[Music/PinkFloyd dark side of the moon]]!\\
'''O'rho:''' Aye! And the [[Music/{{Metallica}} master of puppets]] is [[Music/{{ACDC}} back in black]].
* ''VideoGame/Bark2022'': In your owner's room, on the side of the rocking chair facing the plant, is a picture of [[WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} a pink moustache with "[=WARFCORP=]" written underneath it]].
* Emma, the DJ from ''VideoGame/BarrowHill'', is an obvious, albeit younger, ShoutOut to Stevie, the female DJ from Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheFog1980''.
* Level 8 in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland Again'' episode 5b has a box styled like the Companion Cube from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Like in Portal, it becomes your companion in level 9 and is left behind in level 10 by falling into a bottomless pit. Still better than being incinerated.
* In Olivia's second Story Mode path in ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia'', she encounters a [[MysteriousProtector mysterious stranger]] who calls himself the "Romance Knight" [[spoiler:(actually a masked Ashley)]] and is basically a walking shout-out to Tuxedo Kamen from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. He tosses a single rose at his opponent, signaling his arrival, and then gives a short speech about love and devotion before disappearing.
* ''VideoGame/BattlePrincessMadelyn'': The opening sequence of Madelyn being told a story by her Grandfather, as well as playing a video game that is [[BlandNameProduct clearly Minecraft by another (unmentioned) name]], is based on the FramingDevice of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* The easy mode for single-player in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' has the line "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian hear the lamentations of...]] uhh...the people they know".
* ''VideoGame/{{Beastieball}}'': The team "Rutile All Stars", led by a coach named [[CorruptedCharacterCopy Redd]], has all its Beasties named after various games in the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon franchise]], while their team numbers reference their respective years of release.
* ''VIDEOGAME/BearWithMe'': A few examples:
** Amber: "A save point! ...Nah just kidding, what is this [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Resident Evil]]? We have auto-save, you dingus."
** Ted puts on sunglasses and the "yeeeeah!" SERIES/{{NCIS}} sound effect plays after a bad pun.
** Ted: "A book. Titled: [[Creator/ValveSoftware "Half-Life 3"]]... Oh, I bet it's [[TakeThat fantasy...]]"
** If you click on the toilet Amber will say [[Film/TheBigLebowski "Where's the money Lebowski?!"]]
* ''Music/TheBeatles: VideoGame/RockBand'':
** Playing "Yellow Submarine" leads to a shout out to the [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine movie of the same name]]. The band wears the same outfits as they do in the film, and the submarine itself is very similar to the one in the movie.
** Playing "I Am the Walrus" leads to a shout out to the sequence with the song in the ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' film.
* The ''Beauties Battle'' tutorial contains a reference to ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'' has a reference to its creator's most well-known work, the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, in the form of one of its [[FirstPersonSnapshooter photographable animals]]. The animal is a cartoonish mosquito found frequently in the ''Rayman'' universe, and has the species name ''A. raymanis''. The main character of another Michel Ancel production, ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'', appears as the {{Mascot}} of the game's brand of healing items in a ParodyCommercial.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bioforge}}'': Two dropships named Roenick and Chelios, in reference to two then-players of the Chicago Blackhawks.
* In the ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' remake, you can find a [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Tricell]] billboard. There's also a billboard with a [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Servbot]].
* When Helen, Tom, and Luke are on the run from the police and the MegaCorp and escape to Mars in the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/BionicHeart'', Luke's alias is [[Franchise/StarWars Lucas Walker]].
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
** ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' has many of these.
*** Many of them are references to Creator/AynRand and her works (Rapture's society was founded on Randian and Objectivist philosophy).
*** One of the major characters is named Atlas. Another is coyly named [[Creator/AynRand Andrew Ryan]].
*** There are a number of posters plastered around saying "Who is Atlas?".
*** [[spoiler:Fontaine]] in his final mutated form resembles the famous statue of Atlas as seen on the cover of ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''.
*** Each bottle of Arcadia Merlot is embossed with the name "Fountainhead Cabarnet Sauvignon", as in ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', another of Rand's novels.
*** Sander Cohen may be a reference to the pre-WWI playwright, songwriter, dancer, and director George M. Cohen. Sander Cohen and George M. Cohen both have a similar appearance and a similar way of criticizing people who do not perform a piece perfectly. However, George is less likely to kill you for it.
*** Non-Rand: One of the books in the library is titled [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Headology]].
*** "Would you kindly find [[VideoGame/HalfLife a crowbar]] or something?"
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', [[http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sofia_Lamb_poster.jpg a poster]] for [[PsychoPsychologist Sofia Lamb's]] services looks extremely like the "Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg" billboard from ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''.
* The ''VideoGame/BitTrip'' series has several:
** The second boss of ''Beat'' is pretty much a sideways version of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''.
** The second boss battle in ''Core'' is a direct ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/MissileCommand''. You have to use your laser to zap the "missiles" (Bits) before they reach the cities below.
** The bonus stages in ''Runner'' are designed similarly to ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'', where Commander Video has to run through a jungle collecting bars of gold while avoiding unattended campfires.
* ''VideoGame/BlossomTalesTheSleepingKing'' has a few:
** The game's intro references Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda by implying that Grandpa has told stories about Link before.
** The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario franchise]] is more subtly referenced in a quote from an [=NPC=], who says he doesn't sell mushroom soup to "people who look like mushrooms" because that'd just be weird. He does add that they have a lovely princess, however.
** VideoGame/ShovelKnight is also namedropped in a minor bit of dialogue.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' is stuffed with references to Westerns, most commonly {{Spaghetti Western}}s. The main characters are named Django (after the protagonist of the ''Film/{{Django}}'' movies, played by Franco Nero) and Sabata (after the protagonist of ''Film/TheSabataTrilogy'', played by Creator/LeeVanCleef [[TheOtherDarrin and]] Creator/YulBrynner). Django kills vampires by getting them into the sunlight - to do this, he has to drag their coffins, which they sleep in, outside, referencing how the Django from the movie carries a [[GatlingGood Gatling]] [[{{BFG}} gun]] in a coffin he drags along behind him. In ''Boktai 2'', at a certain point, you encounter a character who is obviously [[TheCameo Solid Snake]], but it's actually a dual ShoutOut - he declines to identify himself, instead calling himself a "man with no name", a ShoutOut to Creator/ClintEastwood's character from the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' (which is nonetheless in character for Snake). To further the reference, he's dressed with no bandanna, but with combed-back hair, a dark blue shirt, and tight brown jeans, the same outfit worn by the Man With No Name in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' during the scene where Tuco tries to hang him in the hotel room.
* Level 29 of ''{{VideoGame/Bombuzal}}'' has the player destroy tiles in such a way that the tiles left behind form letters that spell out "[=ZZAP64=]", referencing the computer gaming magazine ''Zzap!64'', which mainly covered UsefulNotes/Commodore64 games and was popular when the game was made.
* ''VideoGame/BraveNineStory'': The substory ''That Time I Got to be a Slime Slayer'' is a clear reference to ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime''.
* The first game in ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' series does shout outs in all directions.
* ''Buddy Rush'':
** When you clear a mission, there's a chance your helpers will compliment you by calling you "Magic Hands". In an earlier version of the game, they actually called you "VideoGame/GodHand".
** A ruins-themed chapter has items related to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' (whip, hat and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Holy Grail]]).
** A mushroom item obviously has a description that alludes to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
* The Worldbuilder game ''Bug Hunt'' is an homage to the original ''Film/{{Alien}}'' movie. Scientist gets FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, ChestBurster hatches, and causes havoc around the space station.
* ''VideoGame/BurgerShop'':
** Burger-making robot [=BurgerTron=] quips during the introduction "[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you fry it, they will come.]]"
** Level 60, which is the end of a stage at a beach hut restaurant on a formerly-deserted island, is called "[[Series/GilligansIsland Hippies, Surfers and the Rest]]".
* ''VideoGame/BushWhacker2'' is ''chock full'' of these. One of the most notable examples is the game's art-style and gameplay premise, which are homages to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaALinkToThePast The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' and the ability to cut down things like grass and bushes in ''Franchise/TheLegendofZelda'' series respectively.
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* In ''VideoGame/CakeMania 4: Main Street'':
** Reopening the flower shop prompts the quip "[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you build it, they will spend money.]]".
** The "Minor Renovations" upgrade screen for the Burger Barn says "A step above fast food, but not quite fine dining. [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Needs more cowbell.]]"
** Sumo Sushi has the following description for the "[[Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience Crouching Tiger]] Prawn Roll".
--->Ebi, ebi, burning bright,\\
On my plate on sushi night,\\
What immortal tongue or eye\\
Could thy tastiness deny?
* The whole ''VideoGame/CalmereNightmare'' map is one to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, but there are many specific examples from all over the maps.
* In the old Mac game ''[[VideoGame/CapnMagneto Capn' Magneto]]'', the wizard in the Shrine is named "? (The Mysterian)", a reference to the band ? and the Mysterians.
* ''VideoGame/Caravaneer2'':
** [[ActionGirl Lois of the Lane's]] AmazonBrigade that can be temporarily recruited to attack Regin's Gang are made up of a [[Series/{{Vikings}} Lagertha]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Brienne]] (both with high sword skill), and [[Film/TheHobbit Tauriel]] (with high crossbow skill), who resemble their namesakes.
** The player can acquire motorcycles named after [[Film/MadMax Toecutter]].
* In the text intro to Chapter 78 of ''VideoGame/CaribbeanHideaway'', Planky the parrot steals back a magical talisman which had been traded to some other pirates for a ship. When he returns with it he says "Hey Mr. Talisman, tally me banana, squawk!"
* ''VideoGame/CartoonNetworkRacing''
** Saturday Fright Fever's title is one to ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''.
** Days Of Blunder is a parody of ''Film/DaysOfThunder''.
* ''VideoGame/CastleChase'': From [[http://www.castlechase.dragonflydev.com/tips.htm Word of God]]:
-->The "Red Herring" is a small and subtle tribute to the amazing VideoGame/MonkeyIsland games.\\\
The series that Milly is constantly parodying is the anime Anime/CodeGeass. Her name being one of the characters, Arthur being the name of the cat in the show, and her love for the Encyclopaedia Britannia because of its extra definition of the word zero are all hints towards this.\\\
The book Hubert is doing his book report on is a parody of the Music/{{Vocaloid}} song by the same name, Magnet.
* ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness'':
** In one area, you encounter an [=NPC=] who reveals a giant treasure chest and says [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!"]].
** In another area, you can encounter an [=NPC=] who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIITheCurseOfDracula "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
* A downright bizarre case of one: The hidden object game ''[[VideoGame/CateWestTheVanishingFiles Cate West: The Vanishing Files]]'' has a good number of the street names named after characters from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', including a Tenma Street, apparently to drive the point home that it's not just generic European names. Now, how many people who play hidden object games do you think are going to get a reference like that?
* Nicalis's releases of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' changed a few things in the translation. One can't help but think of the Kool-Aid Man when Balrog shows up for any reason at all. The first time he shows up ([[ThereWasADoor through the Shack door]]), think of Balrog speaking in the Kool-Aid Man's voice for cheap, yet instant lulz:
--> ''"Oh yeahhh!"''
* ''Celeste VideoGame/StrawberryJamCollab'':
** The level Potential for Anything is a reference to ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', mimicking it in its design and gameplay.
** The level Rose Garden is a nod to Gusty Garden Galaxy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''. The rose mechanic plays similarly to the flower mechanic in Gusty Garden, and the music features a nearly identical version of the Gusty Garden motif.
* The first boss of ''VideoGame/Centipede1998'' is named Ant May, a pun on [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Aunt May]].
* ''VideoGame/ChexQuest 2'''s "Cinema" level (its upgraded version, at least) has several "movies" playing, including one that is a loop of a baby carriage rolling down stairs, in a reference to ''Film/BattleshipPotemkin''. This is probably the most cerebral shout-out to be seen in a game about heroic anthropomorphic breakfast cereal.
* ''VideoGame/ChineseParents'': ''Lightning Boy and the Magic Stone'' movie is a play on ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/ChroniclesOfOsgorthTheShatteredAlliance Chronicles of Osgorth: The Shattered Alliance]]'', Sir Tandy is a reference to Tandy computers.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'':
** The game has a blonde cavewoman named Ayla, a CaptainErsatz of the main character of ''[[Literature/EarthsChildren The Clan of the Cave Bear]]''.
** In the English [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/UsefulNotes/PlayStation version, Ayla offers Crono "special [[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic pork]] soup" ([[FrothyMugsOfWater in the original version]] it's a sake cocktail called Rock Crash).
** A mini-game requires the player to identify one of three identical men, named [[Franchise/StarWars Vicks (Biggs), Wedge, and Piett]]. Biggs and Wedge are Luke's wingmen when blowing up the first Death Star, and Admiral Piett is an Imperial Officer. Biggs and Wedge also appear in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' (two soldiers who accompany Ceodore in the beginning of the game, and also retconned into the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' (the two soldiers accompanying Terra in the beginning), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (two AVALANCHE members), ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' (the QuirkyMinibossSquad [or maybe TerribleTrio]), and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' (two guards you can recruit for blitzball).
** Magus's three main henchmen are named, in the English translation, [[Music/BlackSabbath "Ozzie"]], [[Music/GunsNRoses "Slash"]], and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers "Flea"]]!
** One of the cavemen in 65,000,000 B.C. will say "[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Happy happy, joy joy]]" after [[spoiler:the Reptites go extinct]].
** One of the chapters of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Forward to the Past]]". Another one, in Japanese, translates to "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos The Call of Lavos]]".
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
** The police contacts in almost every city zone are thinly-disguised versions of famous TV cops, including characters from ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', ''Series/DueSouth'', ''Series/MiamiVice'', and ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
** One mission sends you after the "[[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Overation Oscillithruster]]". And one of the types of Enhancements is the actual Oscillation Over-thruster itself. It makes your Phasing powers better.
** Another instructs you to rescue "Stephen Fayte" -- his surname was Strangefate in earlier versions -- who is repeatedly described by ''everyone'' in the mission as "a gifted surgeon, nothing more", although he is said to be often mistaken for Earth's greatest sorcerer.
** One radio mission has the hero sent to rescue [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "Dr. Frank N. Scott"]] from the clutches of the bad guys. When the hero stumbles across Dr. Scott, he's reciting a ritual to create a "time warp" that involves a "jump to the left" and a "step to the right". When you interrupt the bad guys, a mini-version of the [[SayMyName "Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Rocky!"]] exchange occurs.
** Referencing ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': "You got a rock."
* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'':
** In ''IV'', the loading screen music is the opening music from ''VideoGame/{{Colonization}}'', another game by Sid Meier.
** In ''V'', the achievement for destroying an enemy unit in one turn is called "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} It's Super Effective]]".
** ''Civ VI'' had a lot of fun with this for its achievements. As well as [[GeniusBonus the references to real life history]], we also have:
*** [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Absolutely Nothing Rotten In The State Of Denmark]]: Win the Vikings, Traders and Raiders scenario as Canute.
*** [[Music/{{Bastille}} And The Walls Kept Tumbling Down]]: Have a Roman city lose at least 6 population from Mt. Vesuvius erupting.
*** [[Literature/ArabianNights Arabian Knights]]: Capture a city with Saladin's Mamluk unit.
*** [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Army Of Cthulhu]]: Levy the military of Nan Madol, the historical city that reportedly inspired R'yleh.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Circle Of Life]]: Build a Fishery next to the Great Barrier Reef.
*** [[Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon Crouching Tiger Hidden Cannon]]: Station five of China's Crouching Tiger units on the Great Wall.
*** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!]]: Join a Betrayal Emergency.
*** Film/DieAnotherDay: Neutralise a Governor with a Spy.
*** [[Literature/TheHungerGames District Twelve]]: Build every district - and the Colosseum - in one city.
*** Series/EightIsEnough: Win a game on the eight-player map size.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Emperor's New Groove]]: Win a game on Emperor difficulty or harder.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Everything Is Awesome!!!]]: Have an ecstatically-happy city in your empire.
*** [[Music/JohnLennon Give Peace A Chance]]: Earn 35 Faith in one turn from Gandhi's leader ability - which requires minimal warfare.
*** [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Hello, Cleveland!]]: Perform a rock concert in a city named Cleveland.
*** [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Here's Looking At You, Kid]]: Win a Duel map.
*** [[Series/GameOfThrones I'm Going To Break The Wheel]]: Achieve three Golden Ages in a row.
*** [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy I'm Kind Of A Big Deal]]: Win the Pirates scenario with mostly Infamous Pirate points.
*** [[Film/FieldOfDreams If You Build It, They Will Come]]: Have 6 tile improvements at once.
*** Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple: Build a Holy Site with a Temple, then build one of La Venta's Colossal Head tile improvements next to it.
*** [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Let Our Powers Combine - Wait Heart Is Missing!]]: Build a Wind Farm, Solar Farm, Geothermal Plant and Hydroelectric Dam in one city.
*** [[Music/{{Nena}} Luftballons]]: Use a bomber aircraft to detonate a nuclear device, with the bomber's base - and 9 Observation Balloons - being on the continent of Nena.
*** [[Music/{{REM}} Man On The Moon]]: Win a Science Victory in which you activated the Great Scientists Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, and also captured an Egyptian city.
*** Film/MasterAndCommander: Win an Archipelago map.
*** [[Music/TheWho Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss]]: As Eleanor, use loyalty pressure to gain control of a city owned by [[MirrorMatch the other Eleanor]].
*** Film/MissionToMars: Win a Science Victory.
*** [[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Modern Major General]]: Win a game that started in the Modern Era.
*** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 More Wind For The Wind God]]: Win the Gifts of the Nile scenario.
*** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition]]: Launch an inquisition as Spain.
*** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Nobody's Business But The Turks]]: As the Ottomans, capture someone else's capital and rename it.[[labelnote:*]]Original song by The Four Lads, but They Might Be Giants' version is [[CoveredUp the one most people have heard of]].[[/labelnote]]
*** [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings One Does Not Simply Walk Into Ngauruhoe]]: Discover Mt. Ngauruhoe with a Maori Tao unit.
*** [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Pizza Party!]]: Activate Leonardo da Vinci in a city that contains Great Works from Michelangelo and Donatello - and a sewer.
*** [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Po-tay-toes!]]: Build a Terrace Farm next to four mountains and two Aqueducts.
*** [[Music/{{Prince}} Purple Reign]]: Move Phoenicia's capital four times in one game.
*** [[Music/CrowdedHouse Quite A Crowded House]]: Play an online multiplayer match of the Outback Tycoon scenario.
*** [[Literature/{{Dune}} The Spice Must Flow]]: Win a game as Portugal.
*** [[Series/KungFu1972 Try To Snatch The Pebble From My Hand]]: Fully promote a Warrior Monk.
*** [[Music/TheBangles Walk Like An Egyptian]]: Build a Sphinx next to the Pyramids (must be both on Floodplains).
*** [[Music/{{Queen}} We Are The Champions]]: Win a Religious Victory with your religion being Zoroastrianism, while also being Suzerain of Zanzibar.
*** [[Film/JurassicPark What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Build an Archaeological Museum and a Zoo in a city with an improved Amber resource.
*** [[TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan Wood For Sheep]]: Build a Pasture over sheep as Australia so that the resulting Culture Bomb steals someone's Lumber Mill.
** ''Civilization VI'' also added the Monopolies and Corporations mode as part of its New Fronteir expansion, which allows you to create companies based on the Luxury Resources you have available in your territory. Each corporation can produce products based on their Luxury, including: [[Literature/{{Heidi}} Heidi's Alpine Hot Chocolate Mix]] (cocoa), [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Gems Amber]] (amber), [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster's Billiard Balls]] (ivory), [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon Silver Jewelry]] (silver) and [[Literature/MobyDick Ishmael's Lamp Oil]] (whales).
* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'':
** The plumber enemies look very similar to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]]. The narrator even tells you, "Just don't let them near any mushrooms and you should be fine." The credits show you that the enemy is named "Bluigi", making the reference even more obvious.
** If you get the best ending, you get reference to the other brother. Clarence himself is the "Mario" based upon how his sprite moves. The girlfriend also looks a little like Pauline.
** Clarence himself, as well as certain [=NPCs=], have noses resembling [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario's]].
** If you look close enough at the internet {{troll}}s you're supposed to kill, they have horns that look very similar to a [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} certain other kind of troll]].
* In ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'', the description of the Laboratory includes a blatant call-out to Music/DaftPunk.
-->...All we know is that their [Alchemists'] research makes our spells and troops '''harder, better, faster and stronger'''!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Clash of Cuties}}'', near the beginning of the game, the PlayerCharacter says "[[Memes/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous for a girl to wander alone at this time.]]".
* ''VideoGame/ClawsOfFurry'':
** In the sewer levels, you can find graffiti in the walls saying "[[Film/GodsNotDead Croc's Not Dead]]".
** Mama Croc, making her soup before her boss fight, wonders where [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the other turtle got to. You can even see a blue, a red, and a purple ninja mask hung on the counter behind her]].
** One of the rankings you can get at the end of levels is called "[[Literature/HarryPotter Hairy Pawtter]]".
** The third boss of the game is called [[Franchise/RoboCop Robodog]].
* In the second ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game, Scissorman is revealed to be Edward, the sole survivor of the first game. ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' reference?
* ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'':
** The "GRA Media" publisher Freya talks about is one of the Indonesian Major Book Publishers: "Gramedia".
** The description for espresso is [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations "Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself"]].
** The description for Gingerbread Coffee is "Sweetened with brown sugar to satisfy the [[Series/SesameStreet cookie monster]]."
** The [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chubby-bubbles-girl Chubby Bubbles Girl]] can be seen running away from a werewolf in the headline image of October 1's news.
** Some of the special drinks you can make are called [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Midsummer Night's Dream]], [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snippet]], Music/{{Bedchamber}}[[note]]an Indonesian indie band[[/note]], [[Music/ZeeAvi Bitter Heart]][[note]]a song by Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi[[/note]], [[Music/SpiceGirls Spiced Lady]], and [[Music/{{Foals}} Spanish Sahara]][[note]]the song used in the ending of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''[[/note]].
** Episode 2:
*** The headline image of September 20's news is a parody of the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distracted-boyfriend Distracted Boyfriend]] meme.
*** Silver's outfit is inspired by a [[Franchise/StarTrek "fictional universe where all the stories take place in the stars"]], with its insignia loosely based on the Starfleet's.
*** When Detective [=McQueen=] drops by the café to help Jorji with his case involving the culprit behind the slashed tires, the former asks him, [[spoiler:"You need to [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} bust a ghost?]]"]]
*** Detective [=McQueen=] talks about a case where his team investigated an apartment haunted by a widow's deceased husband. They had to exorcise the ghost, but he fled to the basement and played romantic music and shone a spotlight on them to cast an illusion on them. As [=McQueen=] further explains the case, the Barista points out that it's the plot of ''Film/Ghost1990''.
*** The achievement for getting Silver and Amanda's good ending is called [[Series/HowIMetYourMother "How I Met Your Ancestor"]].
*** One of Aqua's status updates shows her playing ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Brawl Pals 2]]'' on the Switch.
*** [[spoiler:In Silver and Amanda's bad ending, Silver mentions that Amanda, an alien in a spacesuit, [[VideoGame/AmongUs hid away from the F.I.R.E agent in a vent]].]]
*** October 3's headline image in a "bad" run shows a person vaguely resembling WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer telling a fox wearing a bandana, "Hacker no hacking".
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
** The series' resident TankGoodness incarnate, the Mammoth Tank, is a nod to the Nazi German super-heavy tank [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus Panzer VIII Maus]], the largest [=WW2=] tank to reach the prototype stage; it was captured by the Soviets before it ever managed to hit the production lines. How is that relevant? It was going to be named ''Mammut''[[note]]That's German for "mammoth".[[/note]], at one point.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'':
*** The boat level has shout-outs to ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
*** In the final Soviet mission, completing one of the objectives causes President Ackerson to rage "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Why, you little...!]]"
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' has a reference to ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'': In the Extras menu under soundtrack, Track 34 is titled "All Your Base Are Belong to Us".
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' features an investigation into the murders of several [[SerialKiller serial killers]] who are being offed by their own methods. Late in the game you fight an overweight lunch lady in a rundown school who used to [[{{Squick}} cook her victims and serve them to the students]] as a means of hiding evidence. Replace Ethan Thomas with [[PerkyGoth Cassandra Hack]] and the game could be renamed ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} Rebirth'', one of the unlockable characters you can obtain is [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork a reptile named Plissken]].
* In the opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/CortexCommand'', in one panel that shows the various alien creatures that humans have met, one on the edge is very obviously a [[VideoGame/StarControl Spathi]].
* ''VideoGame/CosmoCalamityVsYukichi'': A wanted poster of Cesar Fever can be seen in the background of Yukichi's planet, in reference to the events of Week 5 of ''VideoGame/FridayNightFever''.
* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', one of Slugger's attacks is a barrage of baseballs that he calls "[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Consecutive Normal Home-Runs]]".
* In the iOS game ''VideoGame/CrimeSceneMystery'' (produced by [=TeamLava=]), each case has a ShoutOut to something else. To name two, David the forensic specialist bears a very strong physical resemblance to [[Series/{{CSINY}} a forensic specialist on a well-known crime show]], and the second case, "Trial By Fury", centres around [[Franchise/AceAttorney a defence attorney named Nick Rong, a medium who moonlights as his co-counsel, and a potentially corrupt prosecutor]].
* ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' has a few sprinkled in:
** The means of accessing the above-mentioned secret levels is based on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'''s painting courses.
** The Cerebral Bore acts identically to the weapon of the same name in VideoGame/{{Turok}}.
** The "Psyker" enemy's behavior is almost identical to the Controller in VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: them spotting you causes [[InterfaceScrew your vision to zoom in on them]]. The only difference is that they've got guns, and also force you to empty your weapon if you don't kill them quickly.
** The Skullgun implant is a reference to ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', where in an e-mail Gunther Hermann filed a request for a "skul-gun" so he can "kil just by thought". In addition, the "Zippy 3000" pistol is a nigh useless pistol with only one round, similar in function to the memetically bad [=PS20=] from the first game.
* The four main heroes of the Website/{{Newgrounds}} game ''VideoGame/CrystalStory'' are named [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Tristam, Kaeli, Phoebe, and Reuben]].
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* The title of the ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' crossover campaign ''Dungeon & Goblins'' from ''[[Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon DanMachi]]: VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'' clearly comes from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* ''G-Darius'', of the ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'' side-scrolling sci-fi spaceship-shooter series, is intentionally an anagram of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' according to some sources.
* The final stage of the NES and Game Boy ''VideoGame/DarkwingDuckCapcom'' has some [[Film/TheTerminator ducks with guns, jackets, and sunglasses that get stripped down to cybernetics as they take damage.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DashQuest'', the merchant says "[[Memes/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone...]]"
* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'':
** As well as numerous references in its achievements, the original game has Jason from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', the sword used to slice up Zed in ''Film/PulpFiction'', and a zombified Jenna Jameson.
** When ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' introduces Australian soldier John Morgan, he's posing with WolverineClaws and is modeled after Creator/HughJackman. [[ComicBook/XMen Snickt!]]
* ''VideoGame/{{DEFCON}}'' is largely inspired by the [[TheBigBoard NORAD screens]] in ''Film/WarGames'', so scrolling text in the lobby screen includes the list of games from the movie ("FALKEN'S MAZE, BLACK JACK, GIN RUMMY...THEATERWIDE BIOTOXIC AND CHEMICAL WARFARE, GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR") and "How about a nice game of chess?"
* In the Super Nintendo video game adaptation of ''Film/DennisTheMenace'', in the sewer level, Dennis fights [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ninja turtles]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Descent}} II'' has green homing missile-launching robots called Lou Guards (which are also expies of the Super Hulks from the first game), a possible reference to Creator/LouFerrigno of ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}}'' fame. Also, one of the later levels is named "Drec'nilbie K'luh".
* ''VideoGame/DensetsuNoStafy3'':
** The introductory animation for the Jungle stage shows Starfy, Starly, and Moe exploring the forest, in which Moe is equipped with a Franchise/IndianaJones-style hat and whip.
** The Makaika Group, introduced here as a rival group to the Squirts, is based on the Makai Club, a former Japanese professional wrestling group with five main members designated by number.
* ''Almost everyone'' in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has a name that references Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. Those that do not usually reference something else in myth or legend - like ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'':
** The Robot's exclusive dice-gimmick-dependent items, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword, Ultima Weapon, and Ruby Weapon.]]
** The [[Literature/HarryPotter Polyjuice Potion]] in the Halloween Special transforms the enemy into another random enemy of the same level, or if combined with a target-reversing item such as Polarity Flip or the "No, You" gadget, it can permanently transform the user into a random contestant.
** In ''Reunion'', the Warrior has a unique gimmick revolving around workouts. He has a variety of one-use workout plans that cause powerful effects. Among these are the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shoryuken]], which deals damage and burns the enemy. As the Warrior levels up, he gradually learns four workouts that each grant one of four "Victory Points" when used. They are, in order, [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan 100 Push-Ups, 100 Sit-Ups, 100 Squats, and 10Km Run]]. If the Warrior performs all four, the Victory Points will unlock the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Omnislash]] work-out LimitBreak, which deals 9999 damage; [[OneHitKill enough to kill the boss in one hit.]]
* The ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Grasp of Darkness'' has an encounter where an indestructible slime offers you cake if you can last a certain number of minutes against it and its babies. A different portion of the tunnels contains a note which reads "The babies are not worth thy fists. [[{{Videogame/Portal}} The cake is a lie.]]"
* Rick from ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'', upon the revelation that the island is crawling with dinosaurs, laments that "it is just like [[Film/JurassicPark that movie]]". Shinji Mikami, the game's director, confirmed this in an interview in ''Edge Magazine'' and went on to cite both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' as heavy influences on the game's tone and environments.
* ''VideoGame/DiscoZoo'':
** One of the random events has you seek out [[VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame a goose that escaped from Untitled Zoo and is now annoying all your guests]].
** The fox pen is one big [[Music/{{Ylvis}} "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"]] joke: visitors will occasionally ask what their sound is, other visitors might suggest "wa-pa-pa-pa-pow", while the foxes themselves say "ring-ding-ding", "ahee ahee", and strings of Morse code.
** The time machine that lets you go to the Jurassic appears to be [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture a Delorean]].
** The Mythical animal in the city is a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles "sewer turtle" dressed in ninja gear]].
* ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'' is mostly a big {{homage}} to FilmNoir, but includes a few {{Shout Out}}s to other things, including ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[spoiler: Satrap]]'s big villain speech is a fairly direct lift of Davros's in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]") and other video games ("They'd hidden in a wine barrel. Now why did that make me think of the phrases 'You wait. Time passes.' and 'Thorin sits down and begins singing about gold'?" - the two phrases coming from the "hiding in wine barrels" scene in ''VideoGame/TheHobbit1982''.)
* In ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', one of the guests at Lady Boyle's party [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH is named Brisby and wears a rat mask]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Portable [[LicensedGame Clazziquai Edition]]'', one of the clubs in Club Tour mode has courses titled [[Music/DaftPunk "Harder", "Better", "Faster", and "Stronger"]].
* The "Party RPG" ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' features a character name Robo-Agent. While he's normally a friendly, affable robot, when someone puts money into his mouth, he turns into a KillerRobot named Robo-Sassin. When he transforms into Robo-Sassin, he shouts: [[Series/DoctorWho "EX-TER-MI-NATE!"]]
* The main menu music from ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' uses a sample of the Equip sound effect from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''.
* ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'':
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' GameMod series ''Back to Saturn X'', the title itself, the names of all the levels, and every other phrase in the intermission texts are titles of songs and albums by Music/GuidedByVoices.
** ''VideoGame/DoomII'' has a secret level which is basically lifted right out of id software's previous [=FPS=], ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''. If you dig deeper, you can find a secret room where you must gib four strung-up [[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Commander Keens]] to progress.
** ''VideoGame/Doom3'': One of the distress calls after the TeleporterAccident is "They're breaking through the walls!", a possible reference to the ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' line "They're coming out of the goddamn walls!".
* ''VideoGame/Dota2'': Axe's denied phrase ("YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!") is based on Wonka's infamous meltdown scene from the 1971 movie version of ''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* ''VideoGame/DotsHome'':
** The movie theater is showing ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for "Throwback Thursdays" at the beginning of the game. When Dot time travels back to 1959 and 2010, the theater is showing ''Film/ImitationOfLife1959'' and ''Film/TheKarateKit2010'', respectively.
** One of Carlos's favorite video games his ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Supreme Bash Bros.]]'', which features characters such as [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} "Curbo" and "Iron Knight".]]
** If Dot hangs a picture of her lacrosse team on her bedroom wall, she remembers when [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe, Rachel, and Monica]] mad fun of her hair.
* ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'':
** By the protagonist in the registrar’s office, talking to Tamara:
--->'''Protagonist:''' Are you not entertained?!
** Often subverted by Dr. Mosely, who regularly tries to reference popular culture, but gets the references wrong.
* ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' has a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' shoutout when the dragon estimates the protagonist's power level as being five. The story also does a shoutout to ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'', a work from the same company.
* ''VideoGame/DragonCreek'':
** The description for eels says that dragons are scared of them, just like in ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
** If you input the names of certain fictional dragons as codes in the shrine, you'll get dragons that resemble them. The [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2476679802 known ones]] include Franchise/{{Spyro|TheDragon}}, [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]], [[Anime/SpiritedAway Haku]], [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mushu]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Shenron]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent's dragon form]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Drogon]], [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidora]], [[Literature/TheInheritanceCycle Saphira]], [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Barioth]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Salamence]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu'' has the Black Onyx and Fire Crystal items, whose names are likely inspired by ''The Black Onyx'', the first successful Japanese RPG, and its sequel ''The Fire Crystal''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''s EasterEgg is a ShoutOut to cavia inc., who develops the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series of games and also developed the [[SimulationGame Flight Sim]] portions of ''Drakengard''.
* ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'':
** Among the options available to drink with Mat are "Iced Music/TeganAndSara", "[[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor Godspeed You! Black Coffee]]" and "[[Music/DieAntwoord Chai Antwoord]]". You can name the banana bread he offers you "[[Music/DeadKennedys Banana Bread Kennedys]]", "[[Music/TheGratefulDead Grateful (Banana) Bread]]", or "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Said_Fred Right Said Banana Bread.]]"
** The store Dead, Goth and Beyond is a clear nod to Bed, Bath and Beyond and Hot Topic.
** Dadbook is a play on Website/{{Facebook}}.
** The achievements for going on all dates with Robert and Brian are called [[WebVideo/MonsterFactory "Knife Dad" and "Soft Boy"]] respectively. Mat's is [[Music/NeutralMilkHotel "King of Carrot Flowers"]] and Damien's is [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles "Interview with the Vampire"]].
** The achievement for [[spoiler: dying on Joseph's second date]] is called Music/PanicAtTheDisco.
** While on the first date with Joseph, you can prompt Christian and Christie to repeat classic CreepyTwins lines from movies like ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn''.
** The reality TV shows that Amanda and the player watch are all parodies of real shows, most notably Series/IceRoadTruckers.
** To Creator/ErnestHemingway:
*** Hugo's son's name is Ernest Hemingway Vega. Hugo himself is an English teacher, and takes his class on a field trip to the aquarium because they're having a discussion on ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea''.
*** Brian makes a reference to Ernest Hemingway when discussing a large fish he caught once.
** There are a number of Music/MyChemicalRomance references. The player character asks if Damien's father took him to the city to see a marching band. Damien doesn't get the joke. Lucien also listens to the band, and his first appearance has the player character describe him as a "low rent Gerard Way". On Damien's first date, one of the options for a flower's meaning is "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge!"
** During Character Creation, there are options that make your character look like [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]].
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Batali Mario Batali]] is mentioned as the player character's celebrity crush, and at one point he calls on his spirit to help him bake brownies. Mary's map of the neighborhood also calls Brian "Mario Batali."
** The vinyl store Mat frequents is called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vinyl Fantasy VII]].
** The Death Endings have a reference to [[VideoGame/DarkSouls a notoriously difficult video game series.]]
---> ''YOU DIED...''
** The message, "Welcome. You've got Dads!" is a pun on the America Online quip, "Welcome. You've got mail!"
** On Robert’s third date, you and Robert join a ghost tour. You can make up a name based on which reference you make. For example, the 80’s reference gives you [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Loomis]].
** The song that the Dadsona plays during Open Mic Night is called [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "Beam Me Up, Ska-tty"[[note]]although the original quote was never said in the series[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/DriftGirls'': in Episode 3: "He just doesn't understand. You have to believe in the [[Franchise/YuGiOh heart of cars]]."
* A "Create Gold" spell in ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper 2'' is cast with the incantation "Expressus Americanus".
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'':
** You start with [[Literature/SnowWhite seven dwarves]].
** There are also [[https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Bat_man these]] [[https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Giant_rat pages]] at the DF Wiki. And it's incredibly easy to [[GameMod add more as you see fit]]. For instance, there's a player-created mod that adds new reasons for dwarfs to like existing critters; among those added are "...likes bat men for their awesome theme songs. DANANANANANANA BATMAN!"
** Sperm whales are rarely generated with [[Literature/MobyDick white skin, and dwarves can admire them for their "vengeful natures"]].
* While Creator/{{Koei|Tecmo}} have been known to deliberately make internal references and homages in the course of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', it's much more noticeable, and a bit startling, when shout outs like this turn up in a quote from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'' of all things.
-->'''Cao Cao:''' This sword is capable of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann piercing the very heavens themselves]]! [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars There is nothing it cannot cut!]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'':
** The game makes tons of references to Music/TheBeatles (of which Creator/ShigesatoItoi is a big fan), the most notable one being the yellow submarine.
** The series also has a lot of old pop culture, such as The Runaway Five being a reference to ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', which was so obvious they were changed for the American translation. There's also a reference to the Barrett Strong song "Money That's What I Want".
** The Apple Kid's mouse's self-introduction is a near-exact quote of the opening sentences of ''Literature/IAmACat''; only the species has been changed.
* ''VideoGame/{{EastWard}}'':
** When Mung hands you the subway pass he proclaims that ''"[[{{Music/Shakira}} Whenever. Wherever. You and the subway are meant to be together]]."''
** The GameWithinAGame "Earth Born" plays a lot like the old-school ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' games, even down to the generic "Knight must save Princess from Demon Lord" plot. For extra points, the knight on the cartridge cover is a CaptainErsatz of Loto/Roto from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''.
** At one point in the game you can visit Lowtown and find Margolari Pittore painting the people there. One of the inhabitants will claim to be reminded of [[Film/Titanic1997 that grand ocean liner years ago]].
--->'''Lulu''': I'll never let go, Jack...
** In the Monkollywood train you can find cardboard cutouts of multiple franchises such as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} fighting a CaptainErsatz version of Series/{{Ultraman}}, as well as a Franchise/{{Gundam}} suit.
** Over the course of Solomon's three boss fights, he give you keys representing [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda wisdom, courage and... strength.]]
** The bullies Grandis, Sansey, and Hansey are named after the TerribleTrio of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** The series in general has plenty of shout outs. Almost all of the gods in the series are named after people who have worked on the series, and many [=NPCs=] have names that reference other fictional characters (such as [[Series/ForeverKnight Lucien Lachance]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vincente Valteri]]), sports teams (Tarhiel), and characters from folklore ("Springheel" Jakben of Imbel).
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'':
*** At least one of the developers seems to have '''really''' liked ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Weepingbell Hall, Marowak's Spine, Peke Utchoo, etc.
*** One of the developers went to Duke, so, being a big fan of Duke basketball, there is an easter egg sword called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Brand Eltonbrand]] that you get by retrieving [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski Shashev's Key]] (among other requirements). Elsewhere in the game, you come across a (likely dead) enchanter who [[Film/SpaceJam believed he could fly]] named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels Tarhiel]]".
*** The very name "Morrowind" could be a reference to ''[[Literature/TheHeritageOfShannara The Elf Queen of Shannara]]'', which features the island of Morrowindl, which also has an active volcano being held in check by magic.
*** In Omalen Ancestral tomb, the corpse of an adventurer can be found crushed under a rock due to a cave in. There's a scroll that records his last thoughts, [[Franchise/IndianaJones signed "Indie"]]. It also mentions that his father made jokes about his childhood pet.
*** The Bjorn ice cave on Solstheim has a skeletal corpse with his feet stuck to the ceiling and a sword just out of his reach down below. He apparently didn't [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack use the force]].
*** Two sections of the Temple canton in Vivec City are called the [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Hall of Justice]] and the [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Hall of Wisdom]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'':
*** One of the ruined Ayleid cities is named [[Creator/VinDiesel Vindeisel]].
*** One quest involves a floating inn being hijacked by a group of bandits, and when asked who the main character is, there's an option to reply [[Film/UnderSiege "I'm just the ship's cook"]].
*** In the ''Shivering Isles'' expansion, there's a unique chest called the [[Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} Dark Chest of Wonders]]. Any doubt that it's a Nightwish reference is erased when you crack it and find the Ring of the Oceanborn.
*** The Blue Suede Shoes item is a reference to the song by Carl Perkins.
*** In another ''Indiana Jones'' shout for the series, a quest wherein a rival treasure hunter tries to take your spoils right as you emerge from a trap-filled ruin is named "[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Nothing You Can Possess]]".
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has so many [[ShoutOut/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim it needed its own page]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'' calls its two lowest combat ratings [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Harmless" and "Mostly Harmless"]].
* ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'' features the Python multipurpose ship, which was designed by the Whatt and Pritney Ship Constructions, a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney Pratt & Whitney]].
* The graphical roguelike ''VideoGame/{{Elona}}'' features as a potential player class, the Manga/{{Claymore}}: a [[ActionGirl mostly-female]] HalfHumanHybrid with silver eyes and inhuman dodging capabilities, with the ability to [[HealingFactor heal quickly]] ([[PowerAtAPrice but at a price]]).
* ''VideoGame/EmeraldCityConfidential'' is a FilmNoir "retelling" of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books. At one point, busts of Creator/LFrankBaum and the game creator, Dave Gilbert, show up.
* ''VideoGame/{{Enchanter}}'': The road leading west from the starting point has signs along it writing out a message one word at a time in the style of Advertising/BurmaShave billboards.
-->Why\\
are\\
you\\
going\\
west\\
when\\
the\\
castle\\
is\\
east?\\
Burma\\
Shave
* In ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean: Blue World'', after befriending the Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, the narration says "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} You caught the wild Pacific white-sided dolphin! Give it a nickname..?]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall What? Wrong game? Oh.]]"
* In the German UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Enemy: Tempest of Violence'', the antagonists are a ruthless alien race known as the Tschahis. "Tschahi" is a German phonetic rendering of the surname of Eric Chahi, creator of ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'', a game which ''Enemy'' not coincidentally resembles.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'':
** The game includes numerous {{shout out}}s to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and its [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000 featured films]]: the adjacent systems of [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos and Torgo]], another cluster of systems named Film/{{Gamera}}, Guiron and Zigra, and a system named Film/{{Gymkata}} containing a planet named Hikeeba. The {{Easter Egg}}s in the game include a [[Film/FugitiveAlien killer forklift]], the Satellite of Love, and an alternate OpeningScroll parodying the [=MST3K=] ThemeTune.
** There are also a fair number of ''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' references, with planets named Beeblebrox (in the Zaphod system) and Ursa Minor Beta, and "Mostly Harmless" as the combat rating just above "Harmless" (and yes, the game was influenced by ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'').
** The uninhabited planet Creator/{{George|Lucas}}'s World lies in the [[Film/THX1138 THX-1138]] system, and elsewhere there is a [[Franchise/StarWars forest moon named Endor]].
** ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Nova'' has a randomly-occurring Leviathan-class ship called [[VideoGame/ZeroWing CATS]]. Its picture in the communication dialog is the portrait of CATS from the ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' opening, and its lines of dialog are also from the ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' opening.
** Also [[Franchise/StarshipTroopers Raczak's Roughnecks]] (the animated one).
** The total conversion plug-in ''VideoGame/{{Colosseum}}'' has not only shout-outs to the trilogy (Wild Geese, the Virtual Battle Network being themed off of Classic EV), there is also [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Sarge, Grif and Tucker]] found in one TAS system, mentions of the [[Franchise/StarWars CIS]], as well as ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron''. Heck, just listen to the [[VideoGame/StarFox2 menu theme]] when the game starts up.
* The doujin game ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' has many references to Creator/KeyVisualArts works, as well as for other {{fighting game}}s.
** Mio Kouzuki changes costumes with each special attack, referencing ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and more.
** Kano Kirishima's entire set of spells is directly lifted from the Mage and Wizard classes in the MMORPG ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline''. Her staff is an actual item from the game (Mighty Staff).
* One system in ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' contains a [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey massive black monolith]].
* The MMORPG ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' is full of these. Ironically, it is against the rules for players to name themselves in such a fashion, but it is fine for the designers to name {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs to make a shout out.
* ''VideoGame/ExitTheGungeon'':
** His Majesty's Chancellor is named [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toadstool.]]
** Meduselier is a combination of Medusa and Carmilla from the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series.
** Meowitzer is based on [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]].
** Gungamesh, with his red cloak, multi-armed appearance and dimension-hopping, resembles not the Mesopotamian king of myth, but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV the haughty sword-stealer that shares his name.]]
** The subtitle for the Sepulchergeist is "[[Film/TheShining The Shrining]]".
** Achievements called [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Brother]] and VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive.
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* In ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'', when you're in the downtown part of the city while searching for [[spoiler:Ayumi]], a night club promoter mentions that while [[spoiler:Ayumi]] isn't at the bar, they do have a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei and an Asuka]].
* In ''Fap Titans'', the Poke-monster is a shout out to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (a VisualNovel already full of shoutouts to old legends and myths), there are skits that you earn depending on how many "Bad Ends" you receive. The second of these skits features Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou, two of the game's heroines, in a rather blatant ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series, complete with danmaku patterns and parodies of the Spell Card activations.
* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'':
** In ''F.E.A.R'', the office building has a couple of shout-outs to ''Film/OfficeSpace'' - namely Milton's trademarked Red Stapler (no Swingline label, though), and TPS Reports scattered on the floor.
** ''F.E.A.R. 2'' has a few shout-outs to various Internet phenomena and other forms of media, such as:
*** A reference to the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvIYRrgZ04 Onyxia Wipe]] animation on a computer console.
*** "Two Beans One Cup Latte" on a menu at a cafe -- a reference, of course, to the coprophiliac, uh, "classic" [[ShockSite Two Girls One Cup]].
* ''VideoGame/FisherDiver'' has a ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' in the form of a character named Captain Connell.
* ''VideoGame/TheFormula'': A goal called "Cue That WesternAnimation/BeeMovie Reference" is completed for getting 15 B-Power.
* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'''s "Drift" events have a [[Manga/InitialD white Toyota AE86]] drifting through a corner. Players can get an achievement for doing [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 88 miles per hour in the Delorean]], and different badges and titles (avatars and such shown in-game) usually have a shoutout - buying a Ford Falcon XB will give you the "[[Film/MadMax Last of the V8s]]" badge.
* Someone on the localization team for ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' liked silly Internet memes. In addition to one NPC wondering what the worth of a man's life is ("...guarding a [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight miserable pile of secrets]]?"), another gets in a "DO NOT WANT."
* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', a fairly obscure Creator/{{Sierra}} game:
** One of the medications in the pharmacy is a hemorrhoid cream called "Preparation G", presumably a forerunner to modern hemorrhoid cream Preparation H.
** The game makes a few shout-outs to other Sierra games.
*** One of the people in the bar is Zircon Jim Laffer, ancestor to VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry ([[IdenticalGrandson whom he resembles closely]]).
*** There's a bridge that informs you every time you cross it that you have only three crossings left (the number never goes down), referencing a bridge that actually ''does'' have limited crossings in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone''.
*** [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder Cedric the Owl]] has a cameo. [[DeathByCameo A very short cameo.]]
*** Dying in certain circumstances causes the narrator, wrapping up Freddy's story, to launch into new ones, containing references to another ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' game, ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'', and (in a non-Sierra reference) ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.
* An in-game newspaper in ''Fret Nice'' talks about the new hit band [[VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope "Grinning Colossus"]].
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin VideoGame/VsCassandra'': A school bell can be heard ringing in the background of ''Berzerker'', in a reference to ''[[VideoGame/{{Pico}} Pico's School]]'', the game Cassandra originates from.
* ''VideoGame/FrozenSynapse'''s RED expansion has, at the bottom-right of the first challenge map (outside the actual map boundaries), a [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress dwarf]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Gift|2001}}'':
** The first level is a nod to ''[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} Titanic]]''.
** There are [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indiana Jones']] hat and whip in a temple in Paztec.
** The sleeping princess and the dwarves are nods to [[Literature/SnowWhite Snow White and the Seven Dwarves]].
* ''VideoGame/GingerBeyondTheCrystal''
** The level "The Miracle Manor" is one big nod to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', being set in a spooky mansion full of monsters, viewed through fixed camera angles, it even comes with the door opening animation.
** One of the accessories you can by is [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie a backpack with a red bird in it]].
* The ''VideoGame/{{Glider}}'' series has a few references to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. ''Glider PRO'', with its Art Nouveau aesthetic, also alludes to ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' in the name "Slumberland" for the principal game scenario and the name "NEMO" on the mailboxes.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has tons of these. Elvis wears [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma's]] prayer beads, Gene has the Shoryuken as a juggle move, and one of the God Reels is 100 Fists, a SpamAttack that references ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. There are also many, ''many'' tips of the hat to Creator/CloverStudio's games, such as ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (one of the chihuahuas you can race is called Amaterasu) and ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' (the Mad Midget Five). Elvis himself is a giant ShoutOut to, well, ''Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}''.
* Mind-reading a certain lumberjack {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PC in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has him say "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay]]... with that" (it even pauses for a second after the "okay" appears before that "with that" does).
* An early quest chain in ''VideoGame/GrandFantasia'' takes place on "Music/TheLonelyIsland", and the victory message you get after you complete it reads "I'm on a Boat!"
* Several in the ''VideoGame/{{Grow}}'' games:
** There is a Onky wearing [[Literature/WheresWaldo Waldo's]] clothes in both endings of ''Grow Valley''.
** Some of the park guests from ''Grow Park'' include: [[Anime/DragonBallZ Krillin, Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta]]; [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku]]; the [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Bug Catchers]]; and [[VideoGame/{{Pacman}} Pacman and a ghost]].
** In ''Grow Comeback'', there is a way to give your hero a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros familiar red cap and mustache]].
* ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'' is a game that's set in TheNineties, and it's chock full of references to various works from that decade (and also from TheEighties):
** Some of the movie posters you see are reminiscent of ''Film/Titanic1997'' (''The Ship''), ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' (''The Lion Monarch''), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' (''The Young Siren''). The parody for ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' (''Dino World'') gets mentioned often in some routes: the protagonist sometimes watches it with their parents while Richard is a big fan of it.
** Wendy often gets called [[Literature/PeterPan "Captain Hook"]] by her bullies for her prosthetic arm, and the achievement you get for getting her good ending is called [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet "Wendy Krueger"]].
** One of the arcade machines in Starcade 80 is called ''[[VideoGame/{{Frogger}} Croakker]]''.
** The achievement for getting Vivica's good ending is called [[Music/{{Nirvana}} "Teen Spirit"]].
** The protagonist's description for the activity "Reading Comics" is, "I wonder how [[ComicBook/SpiderMan arachnid-person]] will get out of this one!"
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'':
** The game has a whole list of Shout-Outs in the skills players can equip.
*** Interestingly, most of them are "shout" skills, like "ForGreatJustice!" and "Make Your Time!" (''VideoGame/ZeroWing''), "I Meant to Do That!" (''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), "None Shall Pass!" (the Black Knight in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''), and "Can't Touch This!" (Music/MCHammer).
*** A few fire elemental spells are named after Rodgort, which in turn comes from Trogdor, the dragon created by Strong Bad in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
*** A less commonly known one is the skill Headbutt, which for a short time, was named Enadiz Headbutt (Enadiz is Zidane spelled backwards). This is an obvious reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGFVhzmnYWg&feature=related this meme]]. Alas, the skill was renamed to just plain Headbutt in time for Nightfalls release.
** And then there's the berserking dwarf Kilroy Stonekin, obviously inspired by the famed LeeroyJenkins, right down to the battlecry.
** There is also The Black Beast of Arrgh, another shout out to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', but this monster is actually black rather than being green like in the movie.
* ''VideoGame/GwentTheWitcherCardGame'': To ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
-->'''Lady of the Lake:''' Watery tart? I'll show you.
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':
** ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' has a lot of fun with these. The DrillSergeantNasty in the training mission barks lines from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. The wisecracking soldiers riding in the chopper with you at the start of the game quote a line or two from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. And later in the game, there's a puzzle where you have to activate a gearbox and open a valve, referencing Valve Corporation (developers of ''Half-Life'') and Gearbox Software (creators of ''Opposing Force'').
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'':
*** One of the rebels is named Winston, possibly in reference to Winston Smith, protagonist of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', from which the game gets a lot of its influence.
*** Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab is called "Lamarr" and sometimes "Hedy". This is a ShoutOut to Hedy Lamarr who, aside from being a rather attractive actress, co-invented the early form of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spectrum frequency-hopping]] technology vital to modern wireless communication.
*** "[[Film/BlazingSaddles That's Hedley!!!]]"
*** [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture "Great Scott!"]]
* [[SealedEvilInACan Overlord Hol]]'s description in ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero'' reads: "The last evil lord [[BigBad Noire]] went to. He can emit a giant laser. [[Film/AustinPowers If only he had sharks]]." It also has a fully monochrome level with a boss named [[VideoGame/ZeroWing CATS]], complete with references to the "All your base are belong to us" meme.
* ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'':
** A guy and his cat in Twoson reenact a ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} strip.
** The FinalBoss shows up looking like [[spoiler:a modified [[VideoGame/YumeNikki Uboa]].]]
** The Id boss was based on one of the {{Final Boss}}es from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII''. Specifically, it was meant to be an inversion.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hamsterdam}}'': One of the items that you can make [[PlayerCharacter Pimm]] wear is a yellow jacket known as "Creator/BruceLee".
* ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak'' has the character search the world for three coloured marbles and insert them into a pedestal in a [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime triangular fashion so you can pull a legendary "weapon" from a stone, whilst a familiar chest-opening score plays]]...
* ''VideoGame/TheHappyhillsHomicide'': The game references several well-known horror/slasher franchises through EasterEggs in practically every tape.
** In Tape 1 there's a [[Film/TheShining Redrum]] graffiti on the building's wall.
** The victim's house in Tape 2 is on [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Lampkin Lane]].
** The Haunted House in Tape 9 has the masks of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] and [[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostface]] hanging on a wall backstage.
** The motel in Tape 12 is the [[Film/{{Psycho}} Bates' Motel]].
** Madison Carpenter is obviously named after famous horror and science fiction director Creator/JohnCarpenter.
** Tape 16 takes place in and around a house on [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]].
** The hospital in Tape 17 lists a certain [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Dr. Voorhees]] as its cardiologist and one [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Dr. Loomis]] as its psychologist.
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' features a pair of carpenter's apprentices named Bo and Luke, who even share hair colors with their counterparts from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' (Bo's got blond hair and Luke's a brunette). Their personalities are inverted, though: Luke's the impulsive apprentice, and Bo's the rational one.
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade'' has a few more:
*** In one of ''Animal Parade'''s events, Calvin can find Owen and Luke attempting to demolish a very historic wall in the mines and, scolding them, cry that "It belongs in a museum!"
*** The Pantsuit item has, as its description, "A suit for [[http://www.lyricsondemand.com/b/bachmanturneroverdrivelyrics/takincareofbusinesslyrics.html taking care of business and working overtime]]."
* The acronym for the titular unit of ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'' may be a reference to HAWC from the novels by Creator/DaleBrown.
* ''VideoGame/HellLetLoose'''s Update 7 trailer blatantly references 3 other famous WorksSetInWorldWarII, not helped that the game is also set in similar locations as them. They are: ''Film/Fury2014'' (the scene where Sherman tanks are shown engaging a Tiger head-on), ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' (the UrbanWarfare in Carentan, complete with execution of a German paratrooper by a US paratrooper), and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' (the assault on the radar station).
* ''VideoGame/HellPie'':
** The fly-cherub mutants are clearly based on the titular monster from ''Film/TheFly1958'', with various teleporters that created them based on their design from the [[Film/TheFly1986 1986 film]].
** The last scene at Lil' Smoke's crib is an homage to the SignatureScene from ''Film/{{Scarface}}''.
** Jaques Huseau's fate -- eating so much that he explodes, still alive but with his rib-cage exposed -- is similar to Mr. Creosote from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
** One of the costumes you can unlock in the third room in Greed is based on the title character from ''VideoGame/PumpkinJack''.
* ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon'', features a Wart, a young boy with a prosthetic leg, who will give you his spare pegleg to use as a weapon. This is a reference to a similar, but more obnoxious, character from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'', Wirt, whose pegleg can be used as a weapon. This is made more explicit by the Peg Leg having the flavor text "This won't cost me 50 Palladium, will it?", a reference to Wirt's tendency to charge the player character for anything he can get away with -- most noticeably, access to his shop of rare items. ''Hellgate: London'' was developed by many of the same people as the two ''Diablo'' games. Also, there's a usable cricket bat called [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun's Trusty Sidekick]].
* ''VideoGame/HerMajestysSpiffing'':
** [[PlayerCharacter Captain Frank Lee English]] can call Aled Jones, when commenting on him, the [[Series/{{Lewis}}]] to his [[Series/InspectorMorse Morse]], the [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit to his Wallace]], and the [[Music/{{Wham}} Andrew Ridgeley to his George Michael]].
** In the ship's laboratory, the Captain can find a [[Franchise/ResidentEvil typewriter]] that serves as the game's SavePoint. He can examine it, which makes him comment that someone was typing about [=STARS=].
** When English and Jones reach the planet and climb down into the trench, [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 the Statue Of Liberty]] can be seen to the left.
** When the French astronauts hold English and Jones at gunpoint, one thing English can say to try to convince them to leave is "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse By the power of Grayskull!]]".
* One of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'', Group Captain Elson, is named after Peter Elson, an artist who inspired the artistic design of the game.
* The Creator/AdultSwim.com original game ''House of Dead Ninjas'' is a {{Retraux}} affair designed to resemble an early NES game - and even comes with a manual. The first enemy profiled, Niji, is described as "a Pretty Cool Guy" who runs straight ahead "and doesn't afraid of anything", which may be more memetic than referential. But then it says he likes to pretend he's a girl and calls himself "Ninjetta" - a reference to Birdo's profile in the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' manual. Most of the enemies are based on classic Mario or Zelda enemies; the stone-faced crusher Gror is basically a Thwomp, while Magicloke is a Wizzrobe (note the name).
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* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'':
** The old Earth teen magazine that Marz reads during her five-heart event contains a passage that references ''Literature/TheWizardOfOz'':
---> ''Don't be afraid to use green concealer! You may ''look'' like the Wicked Witch at first, but don't click your heels and go home! Stick with it and you'll be on that yellow brick road to clear, beautiful skin.''
** Two of the suggested names for the hopeye you can hatch from its egg are [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Hoptimus Prime]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Hop Solo]].
** Similarly, options for the unisaur you can tame include [[Franchise/JurassicPark Clever Girl]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
** The caption for the unlockable image of a manticore attacking Tonin is "[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on Tonin]]."
** One of Nomi-Nomi's events involves talking to them some time after they have discovered a series exclusive to the ''Stratospheric's'' archive that they really like only got its finale ''after'' the ship left Earth. One of Sol's possible answers to this is "Sounds rough, buddy", which reads suspiciously close Zuko's famous "That's rough, buddy" line from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
** If Sol tries to hide and observe after Rhett tells them to return to the creche during the second Glow attack, they bump into Kom, who reiterates Rhett's advice all while sarcastically calling them "Manga/{{Naruto}}."
** Anemone has two reasons to not like "Annie" as a nickname for herself. One is that her mother, Antecedent, already goes by "Anne." The other is the potential association with [[Theatre/{{Annie}} a well-known fictional Annie who shares her hair color]].
** A card that can be obtained via making the choice to add spice to something is called "[[Film/Dune1984 The spice must flow]]."
** When Flulu asks the protagonist what they want to be when they grow up, they can say that they want to be a VideoGame/{{monster hunter}}. Flulu's response?
---> "You've been playing too many hologames, [[HelloInsertNameHere <name>]]. Hunting monsters? I hope it doesn't come to that here."
** If Sol falls for Marz's trick into getting them to yell at customers to earn more tips for her, Marz laughs and gives them the tips anyway, saying that she didn't mean to "turn [them] into the ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' or anything."
* In ''VideoGame/IcewindDale 2'', there's a bunch of mercenaries in the starting town (Targos) you can strike a conversation with. They go on to gripe about all sorts of menial tasks they had to do to "prove their prowess", the tasks in question being the very same you face at Candlekeep, the starting town (and [[JustifiedTutorial tutorial level]]) of ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', an earlier Infinity Engine RPG, involving, at least, clearing rats out of a warehouse and fighting illusionary monsters. The "other" adventuring band seems to have taken a rather more...[[CuttingTheKnot straightforward]] approach to the errands than the player at ''Baldur's Gate'', though (e.g. ending the illusionary battle by whacking the illusionist over the head with a shield).
* ''VideoGame/{{Implosion}}'': ApocalypticLog messages you collect that aren't part of the storyline tend to be shoutouts, many written by people like "Stephen Jobbes" (Head of I.T.), "Albert Weinstein" (Head of R&D), and some lowly researcher named "Nikola Telsar". Other shoutouts: Advertising messages from "Macrosoft Engineering", a memo titled "Film/FullMetalJacket", a plea from someone who lost his "[=IDBook=]" contacts to ''everyone'' asking them to resend their contact info, and a message from the ticked-off victim of a practical joke: [[Film/{{Taken}} "I will find you and I will kill you."]]
* ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'' is basically a giant shout-out to the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem II game ''VideoGame/SubmarineAttack''. Both feature UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines that also have UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles and produce [[MacrossMissileMassacre major missile]] BeamSpam. They have a similar number of levels and similar enemies. The boss that drops parts of an ancient ruin on top of you exists in both games, too.
* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndHisDesktopAdventures'': A bandito who says [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "Hey, I don't got to show you no stinking badges!"]] and barricades himself in his home when you try to talk to him.
* In ''Insanity Clicker'', there are the companions [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Flounder]] and [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Rafael]], and the enemies [[Film/DjangoUnchained Jango chained]] and [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlthotep]].
* ''Insanity's Blade'' is basically a mashup of every old-school sidescrolling action game featuring a barbarian or fantasy hero against hordes of monsters. So there are a lot of graphic and gameplay elements inspired by (or lifted from) ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', ''Rastan'', ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', ''VideoGame/BlackTiger'', ''VideoGame/MagicSword'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'', and so on. There's also a couple of references to ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'', namely the item shops suddenly appearing from the ground and the final boss being similar to that game's War God boss.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Intrusion 2}}'', the Steam achievement for killing enemies with a GoombaStomp is called "Plumbing" and the icon is a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros mushroom]].
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* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a shout out to ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', another of Bioware's games. In ''Jade Empire'', the recruiter at the arena remarks something along the lines of "you are indeed mysterious, stranger." In ''KOTOR'', Mysterious Stranger is the codename given to the player character when (s)he participates in the Duel Ring.
* The ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series has a few Shout Outs to ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' and ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''. ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterTheLostFrontier'' alone has shout outs to ''VideoGame/StarFox'', ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo]]'', and ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''. Also ''Film/DrStrangelove'', with Daxter referring to "missile hat an' spurs".
** In particular, ''VideoGame/{{Daxter}}'' features DreamSequence mini games serving as homages to a handful of iconic films, namely Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing, Film/{{Braveheart}}, Film/TheMatrix, Film/TheMatrixReloaded and Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jardinains}}'':
** Level 33 of the first game looks like a blue ghost from ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
** The second game has a level that resembles ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Jetpack}}'', many levels reference classic UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s in their names and designs, including:
** [[VideoGame/WizardOfWor "Wizard of Wor"]] (''VideoGame/{{Warlords}}'', despite the misleading name)
** "Jet-Pac" (''VideoGame/PacMan'')
** "Donkey Pack" (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'')
** "Jetpack Invaders" (''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'')
** "Breakout" (''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'')
** "Centipack" (''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'')
* The King Carl mission of ''VideoGame/JimmyNeutronVsJimmyNegatron'' is a parody InNameOnly of ''Film/KingKong''. The loading screen for the mission extends the reference a bit further.
* Here lies a lonely ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}'' in the third level of ''VideoGame/Journey2012''. A ''[=flOw=]''-like creature is also found. Since all three were developed by thatgamecompany, this is almost immediately noticeable if you played the pre-''Journey'' titles.
* One of the bosses of ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'' resembles the Space Jockey pilot from ''Film/{{Alien}}''. And since the game was a [[DolledUpInstallment dolled-up version]] of a cancelled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' game, the FinalBoss is a Terminator endoskeleton.
* In ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'':
** The death message for being run over by the Mars maintenance tram is "Well, at least you weren't [[VideoGame/{{Zork}} eaten by a grue]]!"
** Mercury, the robot assassin at the World Science Center in 2310, has the ability to shapeshift into a human disguise, in the style of [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the T-1000]].
** The AI Arthur in the second and third games may be named after sci-fi writer Creator/ArthurCClarke.
* ''VideoGame/JustCause'':
** One of the cities in ''VideoGame/JustCause1'' is named "Nuevo Estocolmo", being an obvious reference to Stockholm, capital of the developers' native Sweden.
** Some of the soldiers in ''VideoGame/JustCause2'' will occasionally yell "[[Film/{{Predator}} If he bleeds we can sure kill him!]]" in combat.
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* From the ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' "sequel" ''Kagetsu Tohya'':
** There is a shoutout to the boxing manga/anime ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo''. For comedy purposes Ciel uses a fighting style she calls "The Hitman Style" and assumes a stance similar to that of Mashiba Ryo, the character who uses that style in ''Hajime no Ippo''. This is a reference to this manga because Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, the real-life boxer who this style was based on, did not call his style "the Hitman Style".
** Arc, in her cat form, counters this by avoiding the punches in an "oddly familiar circular motion", a reference to Ippo's "Dempsey Roll" and peek-a-boo style.
* The arcade beat'em-up ''Karate Blazers'' by Visco, which can be found all over the place in Flash game form, references ''Film/BlackRain'' in its third boss, identical triplets who all look like Sato, the bad guy of the film. The weirdest shout out is the fourth boss: a morbidly obese man dressed exactly like Nadia from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''.
* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/KiKiKaiKai'' for the SNES (Pocky and Rocky in the west) is a {{Dracula}}-themed scientist. His name? Dr. [[Creator/ChristopherLee Lee]].
* The hotel manager in ''VideoGame/Killer7'' bares an uncanny resemblance to Edo Macalister, the hotel manager from ''VideoGame/FlowerSunAndRain''. Furthermore, when you talk to him, Gymnopedie plays in the background, the main theme of hotel Flower Sun & Rain.
* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'':
** A few of the fighters are reminiscent of characters from other works, like skeleton warrior Spinal coming right out of ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'', werewolf Sabrewulf being loosely based on a character of the same name also from a Rare game, or the resident alien Glacius sporting the ShapeShifting abilities of the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]].
** For the 2013 reboot, Tusk mostly borrows from Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, with the physical appearance of Marvel's Thor, the backstory of ComicBook/VandalSavage and a little bit of [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Last Dragonborn]] sprinkled on for flavour. More amusingly, many fans have pointed out that he looks a bit like a jacked-up, tattooed, and shirtless barbarian version of the famous fighting game [=YouTube=] personality [[LetsPlay/YoVideoGames Maximilian Dood]], which may have even been intentional on the part of the developers - Sabrewulf has a skin that looks like Max's dog, Benny.
** There also is [[BigBad Eyedol's]] parodic ending, in which [[spoiler:a woman in purple approaches him claiming that he's her long lost son Billy, lost in a car incident, and that she gave him his bracelets for his birthday]]-mirroring exactly the epilogue of Blanka in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan Minus the last scene...]]]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten|2017}}'':
** The first game:
*** The player character has a very pixelated poster for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' in his room.
*** Lily getting blood dumped on her at the end of Cindy's route is an obvious one of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'':
*** With a bit of a playful TakeThat: The developers apparently saw [[WebVideo/GameTheory Matpat's]] video on the subject of how many nuggets would be needed to survive the fall into the Nugget Cave, because now there are even fewer nuggets to cushion the fall than the first game, and there is a message that, while some theorize it should be bigger, apparently it's enough.
*** In the Monstermon card ending, [[spoiler:half of the characters [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar turn into dust and fade away after Nugget snaps his fingers]], and Nugget, not being satisfied with half, snaps again and the other half is struck by the same lightning as in the first game's secret ending. It serves as a ContinuityNod to Cindy's line when she dies in this ending in the first game, which is coincidentally extremely similar to Spider-Man's infamous line from the movie:]]
---->'''Cindy:''' [[spoiler:Ms. Applegate, I don't feel so good...]]
*** The main character has changed the poster in his bedroom to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
*** A mission that involves a dodgeball game is titled "[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory If You Can Dodge a Nugget]]".
*** The mission where you help Monty create drugs in chemistry class is called "[[Series/BreakingBad Breaking Sad]]".
*** The name for the mission "The Hitman's Potty Guard" is a reference to the movie ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard''.
*** A girl named Penny [[spoiler:turns out to have been [[RoboticReveal a robot]] (or rather, a {{Cyborg}}) all along, only to get torn to pieces in the end]]. [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Where have we seen that before?]]
** The in-game card game Monstermon is a mix between ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'', and the cards contain several Shout-Outs in themselves.
*** Blue Eyes Gold Dragon is based on [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Blue Eyes White Dragon]]. Lampshaded by the card's description, which says "Please don't sue us".
*** Faptain Calcon is [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], but with his initials swapped.
*** Cactus Outlaw is the Cactuar from the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series.
*** Man-With-Long-Arms is likely Slenderman from Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.
*** Giraffe Serpent is likely a Girafarig from ''Pokémon'', while Lonely Dragon looks strikingly like a Charizard.
*** Dune Worm is a shoutout to the Sandworms from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
*** Dank Magician, Mystical Tomato, and Pot of Grease are ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' card Shout-Outs.
*** Legendary Sword is clearly the Master Sword from the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. The way you get it is a reference to the Lost Woods puzzle that has appeared in multiple games from the franchise.
*** Monstrous Flytrap is based on Audrey II from ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' gives shout-outs to absolutely anything and everything. It would be easier to list things which it ''doesn't'' reference.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'', the Batmobile will come out of Hagatha's Cave while the ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' theme plays.
* The [[DownloadableContent Deluxe Pack]] for ''VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker'' has a new Dating Dilemma where you have to identify the candidate's favorite actor from various movie posters that are parodies of real-world movies such as ''[[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon How to Train Your Drag Queen]]''.
* ''[[https://youtu.be/ReUH5rbrJ60 Kung Fu Chivalry]]'', a Macintosh beat-em-up released just a year after ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', has several shout-outs to it:
** The first player character's special moves are ostensibly based on Guile's Sonic Boom and Somersault/Flash Kick.
** Characters display CirclingBirdies when stunned.
** The third boss wears a mask similar to Vega, which breaks when he is defeated.
** The fourth boss is a thunder-thighed amazon reminiscent of Chun Li, with Ryu/Ken's HurricaneKick, Blanka's Electric Thunder, and M. Bison's Psycho Crusher.
** The ending screen depicts the cast of bosses bruised and bandaged similar to ''SF II'''s defeat portraits.
** Shout-outs to other franchises:
*** The second boss [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins begins the battle wearing armor, which comes off after a few hits, and he continues to fight in his boxers]].
*** The fifth boss's appearance and fighting style appear to be inspired by {{Shonen}} anime characters such as [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]].
*** The penultimate boss, an Indian magician, is likely a reference to Great Tiger from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
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* ''VideoGame/LaTale'' has a minigame named Dot Nuri, which is a clear shout out to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', right down to the low-res mushroom enemies.
* ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore'':
** When you examine a random bush, you get a response: "Is that a Pseudobushia Hugiflora?" Pseudobushia Hugiflora is a talking plant you have to grow in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia'' (both games were made by Creator/WestwoodStudios).
** Likewise, both in ''Lands of Lore'' and ''Legend of Kyrandia'' you can find a "[[RedHerring Piscata Rosea]]" item.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has a few Shout-Outs, but at least three to ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.
** The two yama {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs in Athlum and Ghor are named Vergil and Dante, respectively.
** Rush (voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch) at one point shouts "Jackpot!"
** A tournament's slogan is "[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Welcome back to the stage of history!]]"
** Almost all of the Remnants and formations are shout outs to previous entries in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series. Then there's the Bilqis, a weapon that looks like a cross between an axe and a [[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend chainsaw]]...
* A Critical Choice in ''VideoGame/LetsBuildAZoo: Dinosaur Island'', called The Builder, is from [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder a client named Bob, who wears a yellow hard hat, blue overalls, and an orange chequered shirt]]. He talks about using dinosaurs in construction, based on a cartoon he saw, which might be a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Levelhead}}'': The cutscene "RUN GR-18!" which describes Lizumis say they have an airless tire which "[[Music/RickAstley never gives you up, never lets you down]]".
* In ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'', the "date" level has Zoidberg from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' as one of the potential dates.
* ''VideoGame/LonesomeVillage'' has a few, most of them to Creator/{{Nintendo}} games:
** One of the plants in the swamp looks like a giant [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Piranha Plant]].
** There appears to be a [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi egg]] floating in a container in Cooper's lab.
** One of the villagers is [[Music/TheBeatles a raccoon named Rocky]].
* One line in ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure'' is a TitleDrop for the Creator/MRJames work, ''A Warning To The Curious'', that provided much of the inspiration for the game's storyline.
* A subtle one: At one point in ''VideoGame/LostPlanet 2'', you have to fend off a giant (nearly) invincible SandWorm type creature in a desert. It has scurrying legs at its front that are suspiciously identical to those possessed by the Ohmu from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' -- similarly invincible insect creatures inhabiting an Earth that's largely desert.
* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': In the Rival Season Pass, Edwina [[Music/MileyCyrus comes in like a wrecking ball by riding on it with her legs raised]] to destroy Appleton's historic gatehouse.
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