Line #118 ShoutOut/CityOfLostCharacters


1	A list of {{Shout Out}}s that appear in the RP ''Roleplay/CityOfLostCharacters''. Given the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover premise, cameos from characters from all over fiction are not unusual.
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5	[[folder:Day 1]]
6	* After bursting through a wall in the library, Rex grabs a random book called "[[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Astrophysics For Morons]]"
7	* On the library's third floor, Mary stumbles upon a few books she can't understand: namely "Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges", "[[VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}} On The Effective Treatment of Wounds]]", "[[VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse The Dining of Aristocrats]]" and "[[VideoGame/MadFather New Book on Anatomy]]".
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10	[[folder:Day 2]]
11	* When Rick and Morty first see the jungle they spot a [[VideoGame/{{CivilizationBeyondEarth}} Drone]].
12	* Plague Knight has a staring contest with [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Blossomon]]. Alice is also chased by a Snimon while making her way back to the library.
13	* A [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} Nui-Rama]] surprises Ben by erupting from below the floor of the library.
14	* A [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Zinger]] chases Stinkfly through the jungle.
15	* Most of the bugs that attack Ashe and Rex in the crevice are [[Film/StarshipTroopers Warrior Arachnids]].
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18	[[folder:Day 3]]
19	* Rick and Morty spend a good part of the day disparaging ''Film/{{The Day After Tomorrow}}''.
20	* Wildmutt's post header upon his first finding the supermarket is titled [[WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity Wildmutt in the Big City]].
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23	[[folder:Day 4]]
24	* Rick's robot is turned into [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]] and he dismantles him. He also squishes [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] in the process.
25	* Geppetto took in Sadness and Mary in for the night. He wondered where Pinnochio could be.
26	* WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle was slapped aside by Morty, and then he got roasted by the dragon.
27	* Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} and WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} showed up at Plague Knight's doorstop and he turned them both away.
28	* Rex accidentally crushes [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Olaf]] to death after falling several meters from the sky while fighting Vendral.
29	* Lune is given a copy of ''Literature/{{The Art of War\|SunTzu}}'' by Miss Tairee. From that point forward, she starts consulting the book and taking its advice (shown as quotes in her player's posts).
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32	[[folder:Day 5]]
33	* The older Lune's outfit is based on [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Straus's]]]] outfit after [[spoiler:her]] armor was destroyed.
34	* Sawyer briefly mentions [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Rabbit of Caerbannog.]]
35	* Ben and Lune eat in a restaurant that serves seafood. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Blooper Calamari]], [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Shredded Murloc Fin]], [[VideoGame/{{Genji}} Giant Enemy Crab Legs]], [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Mirelurk Claws]], [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh 7 Colored Fish Filet]], and [[VideoGame/{{Riven}} Wahrk Fin Soup]].
36	* Instead of taking the usual condiments when eating her second helping, Lune takes a [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Jar of Delisauce]]. As in the game, it makes everything more delicious.
37	* While looking for the anti-human rally, Rex passes by a [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Mr. Smoothy]], an [[VideoGame/BioShock orphanage for little sisters]], and a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Daily Bugle building]].
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40	[[folder:Day 6]]
41	* Rick and Morty compare the day's theme to ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
42	* Miss Tairee's voice, much to her dismay, is replaced with the sound of a [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} a muted trombone]].
43	* A Ruckus member's axe starts [[WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot clucking like a chicken]].
44	* Ben, in Cannonbolt form, comes across an [[AcmeProducts ACME]] store, with [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] perusing its merchandise.
45	* One of Sadness' posts contains the line "Twelve-year-olds didn't die; they went through a troublesome phase and grew out of it" which is almost a direct quote from Eoin Colfer's book ''Literature/TheWishList'' (but in that case, the line referred to fourteen-year-olds).
46	* When the others are confronting him, thinking he's possessed, Ben rhetorically asks them if he's "[[Film/TheExorcist spinning his head around and spitting at people]]".
47	* Lune's Dream
48	** Ranma showing up in a [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam martial-arts themed Huckebein]].
49	** Zelda piloting a white ninja robot. A double reference to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Sheik]] and [[Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage Tobikage]].
50	** Caro wearing a version of Fried is a reference to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha Mizuha and the RyuKoOh]].
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53	[[folder:Day 7]]
54	* Lune eats a sandwich, then proclaims [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter "Yes! Yes! This is delicious!"]]
55	* Miss Tairee offers to make Ben a holy weapon to fight off Old Feather Beak. Ben considers a [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail holy hand grenade]], but writes it off as [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "too silly"]].
56	* Specter Knight finds a book about [[VideoGame/CryptofTheNecrodancer a Golden Lute]], but deems it useless.
57	* "Sans presumably expected Cole to follow him first, but [[Memes/JojosBizarreAdventure it was he, Hol Horse!]]"
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60	[[folder:Day 8]]
61	* Several of the characters get changed into Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and Franchise/{{Digimon}} for the day.
62	* Ben references WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} and WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} when discussing how to make Mary a real girl.
63	* The narration when Sans passes by the localized blizzard caused by the day's boss mentions that "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 the cold never bothered him anyway]]"
64	* When Sans witnesses Brother Marcus showing up to attack OFB and saving Zelda from him, the header in the post reads "[[{{Videogame/Overwatch}} justice rains from above]]"
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67	[[folder:Day 9]]
68	* Zombies from various media are represented among the hordes, among them ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom'', and ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.
69	* When Susan complains about her attire on the hot day, Miss Tairee offers a [[VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw cheerleader's outfit]] instead.
70	* While babysitting the seedling child and the hornet, Viola reads a book about [[Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard a teen from Boston that finds himself pulled into the affairs of the Norse Gods]].
71	* The characters are attacked by both the [[VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense classic]] and [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown reboot]] versions of the Chryssalid at the same time.
72	* Ben, as Four Arms, tries to grab a Chryssalid and smash it into the ground like a [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk certain]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avenger]] attempted to do to a certain [[ComicBook/{{Loki}} puny god]].
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75	[[folder:Day 10]]
76	* Lune and Yoshika watch ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' in the movie theater Lune and Rex won after beating Yoko and Nia in a game of volleyball.
77	* Karkat got some [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Nuka-Cola]], some grub soup, and [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty chocolate bars with Purgenol as an ingredient]].
78	* An ice cream vendor is described as an "[[Manga/AssassinationClassroom octopus thingy, who seemed to move at around Mach 20]]".
79	* During the discussion on the library on what to do regarding OFB and Ghostfreak, Zelda calls Sans out on wanting to do nothing for the day, prompting him to reply with "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 well, excuse me princess.]]"
80	* The header in one of the posts where Sans tries to make Caro blush as much as she can while talking about heroes reads "[[{{Music/KagerouProject}} red is the color of the hero]]"
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83	[[folder:Day 11]]
84	* Lune and Rex perform the [[Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Muscle Docking]] in Lune's dream.
85	* Zelda's post headers tend to contain lots of shout outs in general, but a notable one for Day 11 reads [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa Oh Come Now, For Liddle Ol' Me? Surely You Jestin'!]] (used for when Sans gets around to giving her a present).
86	* When Ben is underwater with the Leviathan, the header reads "[[VideoGame/{{Zork}} It is pitch black. You are likely to get eaten by a grue.]]"
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89	[[folder:Day 12]]
90	* The day's name is "The last confine", a reference to [[Franchise/StarTrek "Space, the final frontier"]].
91	* Rex sees Literature/TheLittlePrince fly by upon noticing the day theme.
92	* Planetman, a villain from the ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' series, drifts past Lune and Rex as they explore outer space.
93	* Heatblast accidentally frightens [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a Toad]].
94	* Replicas of Planet Kinniku and Ego the Living Planet show up.
95	* [[WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom Steve the Piranha Plant and his Dino Rhino girlfriend]] were two of the patrons inside of the Catgirls' diner.
96	* The [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Angry Sun]], the Raisin Bran Sun, and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask the Moon]] show up when X and his group were exploring outer space.
97	* [[WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom Lucky Candy]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Slurm]] were among the items inside the grocery store.
98	* Ben mistakes Judge for [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland the Cheshire Cat]], bringing up that he thought he'd look more like the [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Disney version]].
99	* While Viola is researching a book about Immortality, she happens to find a book on [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alkahestry]] and use it as a reference for said research.
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102	[[folder:Day 13]]
103	* A [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angel]] stalks Sans and his group.
104	* [[VideoGame/{{Ib}} Mary]] makes an appearance in the house of mirrors.
105	* An [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Alien]] scares the group at the Ferris Wheel.
106	* The Animatronics from [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy's Pizzeria]] hunt Rick's group.
107	* Rick and the gang take briefly take cover in a [[strike:burger]] [[Webcomic/AwfulHospital Burgrr]] restaurant.
108	* Bubba-Gump Shrimp, the restaurant based on the Film/ForrestGump movie, is used as a temporary shelter.
109	* One post involving a critically-injured Lewis is titled [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} "I Imagine Death So Much It Feels More Like a Memory...wait"]]
110	* The rundown motel nearby the balloon stand is called the [[Film/{{Psycho}} Bates Motel]].
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113	[[folder:Day 14]]
114	* Several of Forrest Gump's location indicators have mentions of diplomacy in them. This is a reference to Forrest Gump participating in Ping Chinese Pong Diplomacy.
115	* Fate and Arf get a skateboard from [[WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} a cow pretending to be a man.]] The same cow later shows up during Plague Knight's and Garrett's race.
116	* The header of the post where Wildmutt starts off on the race against Arf is labeled "[[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown GONG YI TANPAI!]]"
117	* Legally-safe versions of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] show up during Plague Knight and Garrett's race.
118	* Kitt Felinu, Chester Griffin, Savannah, and Marcia Shyneet were among the audience watching [=XLR8=] and Forrest Gump's race. Savannah even threw a can Forrest's face. These people made appearances in Roleplay/OurAvatarsAreInARoomTogether.
119	* Towards the end of the day, Fate and Arf find a restaurant named the [[VideoGame/SonicColors Bucket O' Sushi]].
120	* The [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14451763300A39080500&page=551#13752 toaster]] in the City Knights' cottage [[Series/RedDwarf constantly asks if anyone wants any grilled bread products]].
121	* Eve mutters [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos "Rl'yeh"]] under her breath among various half-asleep nonsense.
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124	[[folder:Day 15]]
125	* One of Fate's post headers reads "Somewhere, a [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Yellow Scientist Lizard]] is Screeching."
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128	[[folder:Day 19]]
129	* The various aliens that Rick and Morty encounter include a [[Literature/{{Footfall}} Fithp expeditionary force]], a pair of [[Film/ThisIslandEarth Metalunan Mutants]], [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]], a group of [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown Mutons]], [[Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything Krikkit war robots]], and [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise a Sharkticon]].
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132	[[folder:Day 20]]
133	* "Jack" paraphrases Creator/{{Dylan Thomas}}' famous ''Do Not Go Gentle into That Night'' when discussing the norms of society with Makoto and Rex.[[/folder]]
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135	[[folder:Day 25]]
136	* In a bar, Garrett meets "a burly, undershaven fellow with short-cropped black hair and a pink tracksuit" drinking from a beer can. It's a cameo appearance by [[Magazine/TopSecretMagazine Kopalny]], the character played by Garrett's player all the way back in ''Roleplay/TheMassiveMultiFandomRPG''. For bonus reference points, Kopalny tells Garrett that he once got trapped "in a city like this one", a shout-out to the premise of that game.
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139	[[folder:Other]]
140	* The beginning of the signup has the mysterious entity trying to write a book. He copies the beginning of ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' but each time he says that it's been done before.
141	* Generally, every player tends to like to reference events and characters from their respective character's place of origin.
142	* Several times, the library has been called the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} "librarby."]]
143	* The post headings that describe where the characters are have occasionally been simply titled "Somewhere." Then, at least twice, it's been followed up by the words [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Over the Rainbow]] (crossed out as a joke).
144	* Gon's getup (Cap and neck gaiter) after arriving in the City is based on Aiden Pearce from ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''.
145	* A malevolent, splinter group of the Church of Literacy calls themselves "[[ChandlersLaw Chandler's]] [[ChekhovsGunman Gunmen]]", in reference to Creator/RaymondChandler's quote:
146	-->When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.

Context ShoutOut / CityOfLostCharacters