Line #53 ShoutOut/EventHorizonStormOfMagic


1	* Alpha Centaurians are "[[Film/{{Avatar}} Blue-skinned, upright tetrapods with four limbs when everything else in their biosphere has no less than six.]]"
2	* Jonathan Teller, the expedition leader, frequently asks his subordinates: [[Film/Oblivion2013 "are you still an effective team?"]]
3	* Teller and other characters frequently mention an [[NoodleIncident "unfortunate incident"]] that occurred on one of The Company™'s ''other'' colony worlds that may have involved [[Film/{{Avatar}} a native race of "blue-skinned furries"]].
4	* The Company(TM)'s ship is illustrated by a picture of the ''Sulaco'' from ''Film/{{Aliens}},'' and the Falcon transport is depicted by a picture of an Aquila from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000.'' The Wildcat scout car is illustrated by a Warthog from ''VideoGame/{{Halo}},'' and this doubles as a shoutout to ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' (Griff insistst that the warthog looks more like a Puma-a type of wildcat).
5	* Fred often tells VENI to [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra "Do the thing"]] when giving her an order.
6	* Kovacks refers to the Westerosi myth of the world being the pupil of a Titans eye as [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 "the Eye of Terror."]]
7	* King Robert's Maester takes directions from a book titled ''[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the North]].''
8	* When Fred tries to "blend in with the locals" by wearing "traditional Westerosi clothing", Daniel snidely remarks: [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "doth Teller know you weareth his drapes?"]]
9	* The Company™ deploys three A.I. "siblings" named [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar VENI, VIDI, and VICI]].
10	* VENI routinely cracks jokes with the crew, stating [[VideoGame/MassEffect "that was a joke"]], and [[Film/{{Interstellar}} "occasional displays of humor facilitate [her] interactions with organics"]].
11	* After Bran's fall, Fred tells Lord Stark that "[[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan We can rebuild him; we have the technogy]]."
12	* When Lady Catelyn calls Eddard to tell him that [[spoiler: she suspects Tyrion Lannister threw Bran out a window (in actual fact, it was Jamie Lannister)]], [[Film/ANewHope the Stark's holographic communicator glitches and repeats "Help me Lord Pyter, you're my only hope!" over and over]].
13	** On that note, [[HologramProjectionImperfection holography is noted to be bluish and translucent, and looks like "something out of an old sci-fi movie"]], while never outright mentioning Star Wars.
14	* The ''Falcon'' shuttle's airspeed is compared to [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail an unladen peregrine falcon]].
15	* Patchface sings the chorus of ''[[Music/{{Metallica}} Enter Sandman]]'' when Fred comes to visit Lord Stannis.
16	* A Lord of Change tells Bran that "[[Film/{{Alien}} In space, no-one can hear you scream]]" during a DreamSequence.
17	* Arya Stark calls rock and roll "[[Literature/DiscWorld Music with Rocks In."]]
18	* VENI is a "Nexus-8 Synthetic" who also boasts of her capabilities in a speech starting [[Film/BladeRunner "I have seen things that you people would not believe..." and that she's seen C-Beams glitter in the darkness near Tanhaüser Gate]]. One must wonder if this Future Earth has Tyrells of their own...
19	** When a White Walker tries to kill Fred, his memories begin to fade away, and he realizes that they "will all be lost in time, like tears in rain."
20	* WordOfGod is that the character of Fred was inspired by various characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt, from [[Series/ParksAndRecreation being an idiot working in an office setting]], to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 wearing a red leather jacket and listening to 70's and 80's music]], to [[Film/JurassicWorld riding a motorcycle]].
21	* When employing a [[LightningGun "shocktaser pistol"]] to stop [[spoiler: Jamie Lannister from killing Ned Stark,]] Fred yells [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Fred a second later]] when he admits "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I always wanted to make that reference]]!"
22	* The Company™ as a whole, in their ''modus operandi'' and their attitude towards the natives, seems to be a futuristic version of the British East India Company. At one point, Fred even remarks [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd "it's nothing personal, it's just good business"]].
23	* Ser Crakehal is upset that Lord Lannister hired bounty hunters, stating [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack "We don't need their scum!"]]
24	* The principle unit of measuring "magic" used by The Company™ is the "Thaum" (described, jokingly, as [[Literature/{{Discworld}} the amount of magic needed to "conjure a small white dove or three medium-sized billiard balls"]]), and the unit of measuring "background magic" is the [[Creator/TerryPratchett "Pratchett"]]. One chapter includes [[InMemoriam a memorial to the late writer]].
25	* Jaime Lannister claims that he will [[Film/PulpFiction "strike down with cold vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my family!"]]
26	* One of The Company™'s employees is a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Scottish engineer]] named Niall [[Franchise/MassEffect Donnelly]].
27	* A S.A.W.-toting ActionGirl is asked if [[Film/{{Aliens}} she's ever been mistaken for a man, to which she replies, "No. Have you?"]] Said S.A.W. is a CaptainErsatz of the M65 Smartgun as well.
28	* At one point, Fred and Niall make a major digression from the plot in order to discuss the movie ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the validity of non-film ''Franchise/StarWars'' canon.
29	* During the Battle of Outpost B, a sniper muses "Music/TheyMightBeGiants after all" upon seeing [[GiantMook abnormally big]] [[DeadWeight wights]].
30	* VENI says [[Film/TheTerminator "You are terminated!"]] before burning her opponent to death.
31	* Danerys [[Film/ForrestGump lists all the recipies for horse.]]
32	* When asked what is good in life, Khal Drogo replies: [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 "to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!!!"]]
33	* Fred, on a motorbike, shouts [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad "Oh what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!"]].
34	** And later on, Stannis, pissed off at something, declares "Mediocre!"
35	* On the topic about the dragon eggs, Niall suggest that they [[Film/JurassicPark extract the DNA, mix with frog's and set up a dragon theme park and will spare no expense]].
36	* The plot in general: a space mission from Earth discovers ''humans'' (and other Earth plants and wildlife too) on another planet and are referred to as [[Literature/TheLordsOfCreation "The Sky People"]] by said natives.
37	* When trying to point out to Joffrey that his new army is badly trained, Fred seems to re-enact the "They're not ready" scene from ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. [[spoiler:And later on, the Lannister cavalry meet a similar fate as the samurai in the final battle.]]
38	* A reporter for the Kingspost named [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Paetyr Parquer]] is mentioned.
39	* The whole war sequence in the third act of Book 1 seems chock full of shout-outs to various RealLife historical wars, battles, armies, and generals, ranging from Julius Caesar to Sengoku-Period Japan to Napoleon to the Battle Of Gettysburg.
40	** At the climax at the Battle Of Red Fork, Ned seems to speak and behave like [[Series/{{Sharpe}} another Sean Bean character...]]
41	** Some of the scenes of Tyrion leading a charge and Robb defending the left flank seem inspired by ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}''.
42	** One of the Lannister knights proclaims that something is a [[VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2 "SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!"]].
43	** Two to Star Wars; a Stark general mutters [[Film/ThePhantomMenace "ouch time"]] when he sees the Goldrifles charge their lines, and Robb tells the gunner manning the gatling gun to "[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Intensify dorward firepower; I don't want anything getting through.]]"
44	* Two updates set on future Earth feature a rich Indian CEO named [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Zaeed]] [[Film/JurassicWorld Masrani]], and a corrupt American politician named Senator [[HouseOfCards Frank]] [[Creator/KevinSpacey Spacey]].
45	* The Company™ quickly notices that Ned Stark and Boromir [[ActorAllusion look suspiciously similar]]. Then they land on the Warhammer World too and meet yet another Creator/SeanBean lookalike, a [[Film/BlackDeath crusading knight named "Brother Ulryk"]].
46	* At one point, two hapless orcs in Sauron's army have a conversation that starts with [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue "do you ever wonder why we're here?"]].
47	* During the battle against the Beastmen, one of the privates is called Sanders. "[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} What's the matter, Private Sanders? Chicken?]]"
48	* While escaping a [[spoiler:Jabberslynthe]] on a vehicle, one of the Marines sees the monster chasing them in the rearview mirror with below it the warning: [[Film/JurassicPark "objects in mirror may be closer than they appear"]].
49	* Gandalf tells Saruman: [[Film/ANewHope "if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine"]].
50	* A band of crusading warriors on EE-L0 is led by a certain [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Brother]] [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Indryk]], who constantly [[LargeHam shouts]] about "HERESEH" and "SIGMAR'S FUREH!" He has a personal guard known as the Siegmarines, or as he calls them, the Siegmehreens.
51	** In general, chapters set on the Warhammer world will be filled with shout-outs to the ''other'' TabletopGame/{{Warhammer\|40000}}.
52	* When given the chance to use a turret, one of the Russian mercenaries laughs maniacally "[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 I AM HEAVY WEAPON GUY! AND THIS IS MY WEAPON!]]"
53	* Ellen [[spoiler:Kovacs]] hacks a bouncer-robot and plays out a [[Film/ANewHope "You don't need to see our identification"]] scene to sneak into a rave.
54	* Emperor Karl Franz gets his mount to fly by saying [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirBender "Deathclaw, yip yip!"]]
55	* Robb Stark is told if he ever visits Earth, he should come to Scotland since he might feel at home there. Robb's actor, Creator/RichardMadden is from Scotland.

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