History Trivia / Spelunky

* TheWikiRule: [[http://spelunky.wikia.com/wiki/Spelunky_Wiki A nice one can be found here]].

* FandomNod: The sequel has tons of references to the first game's community.

* FanNickname:
** Officially, both the freeware and UpdatedRerelease are called ''Spelunky''. To differentiate them, the community usually refers to the freeware one as "''Spelunky Classic''", while the rerelease is "''Spelunky HD''" or just "HD".
** "[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] Hands" for the Climbing Gloves, which are green.
** The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/{{Northernlion}} (which was [[{{ascended meme}} adopted]] in ''Spelunky 2''), Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]], and Major Stupid by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/unilateralUlulations Israel Blargh!]].
** Baertaffy also calls the sloth damsel Eddie.
** Israel Blargh! is also responsible for a host of other nicknames, including:
*** For the cat and oversized hamster pets introduced in ''Spelunky 2'', Viggo and Trepinator, respectively.
*** Paco Espelanko for the 'Lime' Spelunker.
*** Gronks for Hired Hands.
*** Ratface and Grey Weirdo for [[spoiler:Tun, the mystic merchant in ''Spelunky 2'' and her brother Beg, the servant of chaos.]]
*** Pepe for [[spoiler:Apep, the eldritch snake from Duat in ''Spelunky 2''.]]
*** Antonio Banderas for Yang in ''Spelunky 2''.
*** For Waddler: Gloop, Gobulugar [?], Steve, and a host of unmentioned others because identity fraud.
** The default Spelunker, sometimes called Iowa Jack (after Indiana Jones), Indie (ditto, but also in recognition of ''Spelunky'' being an indie game), or Derek (after Derek Yu).
** The 'Van Helsing' Spelunker, called Abraholm von Drake by decimator1337.
** The fat teal Spelunker is sometimes called the Chub Scout as a pub on "Cub Scout" (possibly because his coffin only generates in tiki villages in the Jungle).
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Thwomp Blocks]] for the crush traps in the Temple.
** Variants of Cavemen, sometimes called Igors.
** The male damsel is frequently referred to as Mansel, and the dog version the Pugsel.
** Alpharad calls hired hands Gregs.
** ''Olmech'' or ''Oltech'', for [[spoiler:the second phase of Olmec in ''Spelunky 2'', where he reveals his nature of [[TookALevelInBadass having become cybernetically enhanced]], shooting bombs and deploying [=UFOs=].]]

** "[[Franchise/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] Hands" for the Climbing Gloves, which are green.

** See the {{fan nickname}} entry below for Monty.

** The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/{{Northernlion}} (which was [[{{ascended meme}} adopted]] in Spelunky 2), Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]], and Major Stupid by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/unilateralUlulations Israel Blargh!]].

*** For the cat and oversized hamster pets introduced in Spelunky 2, Viggo and Trepinator, respectively.

*** Ratface and Grey Weirdo for [[spoiler: Tun, the mystic merchant in Spelunky 2 and her brother Beg, the servant of chaos.]]
*** Pepe for [[spoiler: Apep, the eldritch snake from Duat in Spelunky 2.]]
*** Antonio Banderas for Yang in Spelunky 2.

** The default Spelunker, sometimes called Iowa Jack (after Indiana Jones), Indie (ditto, but also in recognition of Spelunky being an indie game), or Derek (after Derek Yu).

** The fat teal Spelunker is sometimes called the Chub Scout.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://spelunky.wikia.com/wiki/Spelunky_Wiki A nice one can be found here]]. NeedsWikiMagicLove now that ''2'' is out!

** The 'Lime' Spelunker, called Paco Espelanko by Israel Blargh!.

** Alpharad calls hired hands Gregs and Israel Blargh! calls them Gronks.

** [[spoiler: Apep, the eldritch snake from Duat in Spelunke 2]], called Pepe by Israel Blargh!.

** One of the {{fan nickname}}s for the dog damsel, Monty, was made his canonical name.

** The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/{{Northernlion}}, Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]], and Major Stupid by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/unilateralUlulations Israel Blargh!]].

** Alpharad calls hired hands Gregs.

** ''Olmech'' or ''Oltech'', for [[spoiler:the second phase of Olmec in ''Spelunky 2'', where he reveals his nature of [[TookALevelInBadass having become cybernetically enhanced]], shooting bombs and deploys [=UFOs=].]]

** ''Olmech'' or ''Oltech'', for the mechanical Olmec in ''Spelunky 2'' which shoots bombs and deploys [=UFOs=].
* TheWikiRule: [[http://spelunky.wikia.com/wiki/Spelunky_Wiki A nice one can be found here]].

* FandomNod: The sequel has tons of references to the first game's community. One notable one is in Tina's character description: she's described as having been an unknown adventurer until the feat of using [[spoiler:the eggplant to defeat Yama]] suddenly catapulted her into stardom. This is a reference to the status of a streamer named Bananasaurus Rex, who gained fame after being the first person to complete the [[spoiler:eggplant]] challenge run solo, while using Tina as his character. Likewise, one of the nicknames for the dog damsel, Monty, was made his canonical name.
* FanNickname:

** The fat teal Spelunker is sometime called the Chub Scout.

* FandomNod: The sequel has tons of references to the first game's community. One notable one is in Tina's character description: she's described as having been an unknown adventurer until the feat of using [[spoiler:the eggplant to defeat Yama]] suddenly catapulted her into stardom. This is a reference to the status of a streamer named Bananasaurus Rex, who gained fame after being the first person to complete the [[spoiler:eggplant]] challenge run solo, while using Tina as his character.

* NamesTheSame: The FinalBoss of the game, Olmec, coincidentally(?) happens to share the same name as [[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple another giant (and friendlier) stone head]].

* FandomNod: The sequel has tons of references to the first game's community. One notable one is in Tina's character description: she's described as having been an unknown adventurer until the feat of using [[spoiler:the eggplant to defeat Yama]] suddenly catapulted her into stardom. This is a reference to the status of a streamer named Bananasaurus Res, who gained fame after being the first person to complete the [[spoiler:eggplant]] challenge run solo, while using Tina as his character.

** The male damsel is frequently referred to as Mansel.

** The default Spelunker, sometimes called Iowa Jack (after Indiana Jones), Indie (after the genre), or Derek (after Derek Yu).

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** The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/{{Northernlion}} and Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]].
*** It's also called Major Stupid by Israel Blargh!.

** Called Major Stupid by Israel Blargh!.

* FanNickname: The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/{{Northernlion}} and Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]].

* FanNickname: The dog damsel is called Monty by LetsPlay/Northernlion and Rufus by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BaerTaffy Baertaffy]].