| 1 | VideoGame/{{Gex}} is one of the most ReferenceOverdosed works of TheNineties. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:The original ''Gex'']] |
| 6 | * You fight [[Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes killer tomatoes]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw-wielding]] psychopaths wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]] and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet a red and green-striped sweater]] in the Cemetery area. And the area's end boss has a striking resemblance to [[Film/TheExorcist Regan MacNeil]]. |
| 7 | * The temple levels of the jungle area have you fighting other geckos wearing the trademark outfit of Franchise/IndianaJones. |
| 8 | * One of the enemies in Kung Fuville looks remarkably like [[Franchise/MortalKombat Raiden]], up to and including straw hat and [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]] |
| 9 | ** Though given the franchise's preference on spoofing films, this is more likely a reference to ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. |
| 10 | * The rabbit enemies in New Toonland look like Fall-Apart from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!Gex's quotes: |
| 13 | * "Looks like WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} threw up." (said in any of the Toon worlds) |
| 14 | * [[TakeThat "That's for twelve years of]] ''Series/FullHouse''." |
| 15 | * "[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Scotty]], shields up." |
| 16 | * [[SarcasmMode "Yeah this place has all the warmth of a]] Creator/DickClark special." (Cemetary level) |
| 17 | * [[SarcasmMode "Ah, Detroit.]] [[TakeThat Pearl of the Orient."]] (said entering the Cemetary level) |
| 18 | * [[CollectionSidequest "This will be great for my collection!"]] |
| 19 | * [[CollectionSidequest "I'll take this! And this! And this!"]] |
| 20 | * [[CollectionSidequest "Need it. Need it. Need it!"]] |
| 21 | * "Film/SoylentGreen is good!" |
| 22 | * "This place is weirder than 4th of July at Music/RickJames's place." |
| 23 | * [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo "Geez, Scoob. Let's get back to the Mystery Van."]] (said in the cemetary level) |
| 24 | * [[Music/BlackSabbath "I. Am. Ironman."]] (upon collecting a PowerUp) |
| 25 | * [[Music/EltonJohn "Rocket Man!"]] (when riding rockets obviously) |
| 26 | * [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the jungle!"]] (upon entering the jungle level) |
| 27 | * [[Literature/{{Tarzan}} "Me Gex,]] [[BeamMeUpScotty you Jane."]] (upon entering the jungle level) |
| 28 | * "This one's for [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]]!" |
| 29 | * [[Series/{{Flipper}} "They call him Flipper! Flipper!"]] (in a water segment) |
| 30 | * [[Franchise/StarWars "Obi-wan has taught you well."]] (Kung Fu level) |
| 31 | * [[TakeThat "So, this is New Jersey."]] (Final level) |
| 32 | * [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} "Up, up, and away!"]] |
| 33 | * [[HeliumSpeech "Helium makes my voice do this."]] |
| 34 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"]] (on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom) |
| 35 | * "When is Creator/GraceJones gonna retire?" (while fighting Rez) |
| 36 | * "All this because of [[Film/CitizenKane Rosebud]]?" (during the final battle) |
| 37 | * "What do you mean [[LukeIAmYourFather Darth Vader's my father]]?" (during the final battle) |
| 38 | * "[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Hasta la vista, baby.]]" (after beating the final boss) |
| 39 | * "I wonder what's on {{Creator/HBO}}." (last line of the game) |
| 40 | * "Ooh, trick or treat." (Cemetery level) |
| 41 | * "Gex, there is no substitute." |
| 42 | * "Kill your TV, man." |
| 43 | * ''(shooting a tommy gun)'' "Say good-bye, little cock-a-roach!" (Rezopolis level) |
| 44 | * "C'mon Jake, it's Film/{{Chinatown}}!" (Kung Fuville map) |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[folder:''Gex: Enter The Gecko'']] |
| 49 | * Most of the level names are references. See the WorldOfPun entry on the main page. |
| 50 | * Gex can wear a variety of costumes referencing other works in certain levels: |
| 51 | * In the Toon TV world of ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', he wears a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes bunny costume in the same area you fight Elmer Fudd dressed hunters. Marked with a "Rabbit Season Open" sign.]] In the other Toon TV world, the DuckSeasonRabbitSeason gag comes full circle when Gex is put into a [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck black duck]] costume with the aforementioned sign again, only "rabbit" is crossed out and replaced with "duck". |
| 52 | ** In the "Aztec 2 Step" level in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', he dons the trademark outfit of Franchise/IndianaJones. |
| 53 | ** He also does an impression of Creator/SeanConnery. |
| 54 | ** The Gilligex Isle level has our hero donning [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan's]] attire. |
| 55 | ** The Rocket Channel levels have him wearing a [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper]] outfit. There, he fights [[LittleGreenMen green]] [[TheGreys Greys]] wielding [[LaserBlade Laser Swords]] and dressed as RedShirts from Franchise/StarTrek. |
| 56 | * In the hub world and the [[Film/JamesBond spy themed]] bonus level, he dons a [[SharpDressedMan tux]]. The bonus level also comes equipped with flying robot sharks. |
| 57 | * A segment of the first Scream TV level in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'' contains a {{Hellevator}} complete with [[Franchise/TheHauntedMansion stretching portraits.]] |
| 58 | * In the third Scream TV level, you can find a [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky-esque]] enemy wielding a kitchen knife. |
| 59 | * In the "space" level. [[Series/TheXFiles "Has anyone seen Fox Mulder's sister?"]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !!Gex's quotes: |
| 62 | * Some of his lines end with a very Film/AustinPowers-esque "baby!". (Yeah!) |
| 63 | * [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes "Keep your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"]] |
| 64 | * [[Film/TheShining "HERE'S GEXY!"]] (in Scream TV) |
| 65 | * [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Flame On!]] |
| 66 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones "WIIIIIILLLLLLLLLMMMMAAAAAAA"]] (In the Pre-history channel levels) |
| 67 | * Another Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 one appears in the secret scene from the "Lava Dabba Doo" SecretLevel: [[spoiler:Gex is in his loincloth attire and chained in a cage:]] |
| 68 | --> '''Gex''': [[spoiler: "You cut up his brain you bloody baboon!"]] |
| 69 | * [[RoswellThatEndsWell "I knew Roswell would open up a casino."]] (in the Rocket channel level) |
| 70 | * [[TimmyInAwell "What's that mister bug? Timmy's trapped down a well?"]] |
| 71 | * [[WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock "Lolly, lolly, lolly. Get your adverbs here!"]] |
| 72 | * "Captain. They are a bizarre alien race that find Creator/AdamSandler [[TakeThat funny]]." (in the Rocket channel level) |
| 73 | * "[[InAWorld In a land before time, when]] Series/SaturdayNightLive [[TakeThat was funny]]." (said in the pre-historic level). |
| 74 | * "BeamMeUpScotty." |
| 75 | * "Note to self. Don't [[AcidTripDimension drink the tap water]] at [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia's]]." (in Toon TV levels) |
| 76 | * "All this technology still can't explain why Creator/DavidHasselhoff is so [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular.]]" |
| 77 | * "All this technology and [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]] still can't get a good hairpiece." (The Circuit Central channel) |
| 78 | * "All this technology so fat guys can hear Creator/RushLimbaugh?" |
| 79 | * "How did I get in Bill Gates's head?" (in the Circuit Central channel levels) |
| 80 | * "I'm trapped in outtakes of Film/TheWiz." (in the Circuit Central channel levels) |
| 81 | * [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} "I ain't afraid of no ghosts."]] |
| 82 | * [[NotInKansasAnymore "I am most certainly not in the vicinity of Kansas anymore."]] |
| 83 | * "This place is bigger than [[Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza Drew]] [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Carey's]] bar tab." |
| 84 | * "That's one small step for Gex." (entering a space level) |
| 85 | * [[Film/ANewHope "Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?"]] (space) |
| 86 | * "Franchise/{{Terminator}}? Phone call for a Mr. Terminator." |
| 87 | * Upon beating Rez: |
| 88 | --> '''Gex''': [[spoiler: [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory "Stole the everlasting gobstopper?! Good day sir!]]"]] |
| 89 | * [[Music/TheWall "YOU DON'T GET YOUR PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT!!!"]] |
| 90 | * [[Film/ScentOfAWoman "Hoo-ha!"]] |
| 91 | * [[Music/FrankSinatra "And I did it Gex waaaaaay!"]] |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko'']] |
| 95 | * Gex has a butler named [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Alfred]] this time around. |
| 96 | * The Mystery TV [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle "Clueless in Seattle"]], has Gex donning the robe of Franchise/SherlockHolmes. It also has him finding a Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}-like machine which [[ShallowParody turns him into a vampire.]] |
| 97 | * The first secret level: [[Film/DialMForMurder Dial A for Arson]]. |
| 98 | * The second hub area: [[Film/LakePlacid Lake Flaccid]] |
| 99 | * The Western Channel level: [[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail "The Organ Trail"]] |
| 100 | * One secret level based of an older Creator/CrystalDynamics game ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'' is named "Film/{{Braveheart}}less". It even uses the same music as the other game. |
| 101 | * Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}'s sexual appetite was given a brief reference with a graffiti which reads "Caligula + Anyone <3 <3" in the "Holy Moses!" level. |
| 102 | * Two throw-away signs in the Slappy Valley hub area say "[[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife A Bug's Wife]]" and "[[Franchise/ToyStory Troy Story]]". |
| 103 | * The Fairytales TV level: [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood "Red Riding in the Hood"]] also stars Gex in the red riding hood costume. The level contains [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk a huge beanstalk (complete with giant hens and stacks of coins)]], [[TheBigBadWolf wolf enemies]], candlesticks to jump, and the houses of Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs, along with its residents. |
| 104 | * The second boss battle: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Lizard of Oz]]. |
| 105 | * The use of special booths designed to give you superpowers may come from ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s tendency to use phone booths to change his costume. |
| 106 | * One of the enemies in the Superhero Show level wears the same wrestling mask as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bane's]] incarnation in the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' film. He even buffs up before fighting you. |
| 107 | * The Gangster TV level: "[[Series/MyThreeSons My Three Goons]]" |
| 108 | * The final Spacestation Rez level: [[Film/{{Moonraker}} "Rez-Raker"]] |
| 109 | * The wrestler boss battle: "[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers Invasion of the Body Slammers]]". |
| 110 | * "Cutcheese Island" is a reference to notorious high-profile flop ''Film/CutthroatIsland''. |
| 111 | * In "Holy Moses!" Gex has to find three staves and use the rays of light refracted through them to find the location of a hidden area, just like in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. |
| 112 | * There is one graffiti that says "[[Film/DonnieBrasco Fuggeddaboudit]]". |
| 113 | |
| 114 | !!Gex's quotes: |
| 115 | |
| 116 | * In Holiday Broadcasting: "Totally Scrooged": |
| 117 | ** [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack "The ice planet Hoth. The Rebels are there."]] |
| 118 | *** [[Franchise/StarWars "Han! My tauntaun fell down!"]] |
| 119 | ** [[Franchise/StarWars "We've knocked down the generator Lord Vader, you may start your landing."]] |
| 120 | ** [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory "Where's that Wonka man?!"]] |
| 121 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas "Christmas Town? I'm Jack Gexxington from Halloween Town."]] |
| 122 | ** [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer "Oh, Hermie, I wanna be a dentist."]] |
| 123 | ** "This place is colder than Creator/EvaGabor's wig fridge." |
| 124 | ** [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory "Mr. Wonka! Veruca stole a gobstopper!"]] |
| 125 | ** [[Series/{{Newhart}} "My name's Darryl, this is my other brother, Darryl."]] |
| 126 | ** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Number One, program the holodeck for SOMETHING WARM!"]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | * In Mystery TV: [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle "Clueless In Seattle":]] |
| 129 | ** [[Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies "Granny? Jethro? Uncle Jed?!"]] |
| 130 | ** "With this raincoat I make a perfect Franchise/SherlockHolmes... or a flasher." |
| 131 | ** [[Series/SesameStreet "For some reason I feel like... COUNT-ING, ha, ha! One... two... three..."]] (in vampire form) |
| 132 | ** [[Series/KolchakTheNightStalker "Kolchak, this man thinks he's a vampire!"]] (in vampire form) |
| 133 | ** [[Film/TheShining "So, is this the part where I stick an axe in Scatman Crothers?"]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | * In Tut TV: "Holy Moses!": |
| 136 | ** (imitating C-3PO) [[Franchise/StarWars "Well, I'm not going that way - it's much too rocky! This way is much easier!"]] |
| 137 | ** [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "Here we are. Pismo Beach and all the clams I can eat."]] |
| 138 | ** (imitating C-3PO) [[Franchise/StarWars "A transport? I'm saved. OVER HERE!"]] |
| 139 | ** (imitating Luke Skywalker) [[Franchise/StarWars Uncle Owen, this R2 has a bad motivator.]] |
| 140 | ** "Dog-headed gods and the women who love them, on the next [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]]!" |
| 141 | ** "I'll kidnap all the oceans of the world, WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}!" |
| 142 | ** (imitating Liberace) "I wish my brother Moses was here." |
| 143 | ** [[Creator/SteveMartin "Born in Arizona, got a condo made a' stone-ia!"]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | * In the Army Channel: "War is Heck": |
| 146 | ** [[Series/HogansHeroes "Hogan! Forty days in the cooler!"]] |
| 147 | ** [[Film/FullMetalJacket "Where are you from, son? TEXAS?! HOLY-"]] |
| 148 | ** [[Film/FullMetalJacket "The first word out of your filthy sewer will be GEX!!"]] |
| 149 | ** "Film/GoodMorningVietnam!" |
| 150 | |
| 151 | * In the Western Station: [[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail "The Organ Trail":]] |
| 152 | ** [[BeamMeUpScotty "Do you feel]] [[Film/DirtyHarry lucky, punk?"]] |
| 153 | ** [[Film/SuddenImpact "Go ahead... make my lunch."]] |
| 154 | ** [[Series/HowdyDoody "Howdy! There's some doody."]] |
| 155 | ** [[Film/MagnumForce "A gecko's gotta know his limitations."]] |
| 156 | ** [[Series/{{Rawhide}} "Rollin' rollin' rollin', rawhide!"]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | * In the Buccaneer Program: "Cutcheese Island": |
| 159 | ** "Crank up the Creator/GilbertAndSullivan, dude!" |
| 160 | ** [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} "Iceberg, dead ahead!"]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | * In the Mythology Network: "Mythstories": |
| 163 | ** [[Film/AnimalHouse "Wormer? Dead! Niedermayer. Dead!"]]. Gex will also sometimes say "Toga! Toga!" |
| 164 | ** "Move over, [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Argonauts]]. Here come the Gexonauts!" |
| 165 | ** [[Film/{{Spartacus}} "I...am...Gexicus!"]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | * In the Anime Channel: "When Sushi Goes Bad": |
| 168 | ** "[[Franchise/ToyStory To Infinity and...uh...]]" |
| 169 | ** "I'm in [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson's]] colon!" |
| 170 | ** "I am Robot, hear me roar." |
| 171 | |
| 172 | * In the Superhero Show: "Superzeroes": |
| 173 | ** "Film/TheWarriors got Cyrus!" |
| 174 | ** "[[Film/TheWarriors Warriors]], come out to play!" |
| 175 | ** [[Film/TheUntouchables "Eliot Ness tried to grab my untouchables."]] |
| 176 | ** "I feel like I'm in Theatre/WestSideStory." |
| 177 | ** [[Film/WhiteHeat "Top of the world,]] [[BeamMeUpScotty ma!"]] |
| 178 | ** [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "I'm your friendly neighborhood super-gecko!"]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | * In Gangster TV: [[Series/MyThreeSons "My Three Goons"]]: |
| 181 | ** "Hey yo, my freaking name is freaking Film/DonnieBrasco!" |
| 182 | ** [[Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot "Just put your lips together...and blow."]] |
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