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1	An astute player of the game will notice several references to other works embedded within World's End
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3	* The opening scene, detailing the gang's squalor, is an allusion to Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory
4	--> '''Ysabel''': ''I'm fed up with cabbage water! It's not enough!''
5	* Vadim's dialogue in Episode 3:
6	-->'''Vadim:''' ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII This guy are sick]]''.
7	* There is a common healing item in the game called [[FantasticDrug soma]]. This is a reference to the popular drug of choice in Creator/AldousHuxley's ''[[Literature/BraveNewWorld Brave New World]]'', which itself is named after a drink from ancient southeast Asia. The tagline description cements the connection: "Holiday time!"
8	* The [[StarterEquipment starting armor]] you receive for Ysabel and Tevoran (and later Casimir) are called [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour prole clothes]], further reinforcing the dystopian setting.
9	* The currency used in World's End, "zloteks", are likely a reference to the real world Polish currency "zlotys", meaning "golden".
10	* For some inexplicable reason, most of the [[DemonicSpiders spider enemies]] you encounter are named after Hindu gods and certain figures from Greek Mythology. It may have something to do with [[IncrediblyLamePun all of them having extra arms]].
11	* In Chapter 3, you travel to the wastes of Niendam where you encounter mobile cacti that shoot spikes at you. This is a reference to the cactus enemies of the desert levels in the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Bros. games]].
12	* The [[EldritchAbomination "Abomination"]] you fight in Episode 12-4 clearly took a page off the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Cthulhu Mythos]].
13	* Zofia, while perusing Milan Vaclav's extensive collection of [[ItsNotPornItsArt "erotic literature"]], mentions he has a volume called the Libertine Baron's "120 Days in Phoria". This is a reference to Marquis de Sade's ''[[Literature/The120DaysOfSodom The 120 Days of Sodom]]''.
14	* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the case of Aizu, though. Some fans thought her appearance out of a box in Episode 5-4 was a reference to River Tam's introduction in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. However, [[WordOfGod the creators of the game have stated]] that the story was developed before ''Firefly'' even aired.
15	* The song "Release from Bondage" is a reference to [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]]'s ''Lay of Leithian''.
16	* Many attack names, such as [[Music/{{Godflesh}} Streetcleaner]], [[Music/{{Ministry}} Stigmata]], and [[Music/Front242 Headhunter]] are references to 1980s-era "[[{{Industrial}} industrial]]" or {{EBM}} songs.

Context ShoutOut / WorldsEnd