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1Just like [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft its parent game]], ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'' has a large number of references to pop culture:
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4!Basic and Classic
5* Abomination's attack quote "Rip and tear" is a reference to the [[{{ComicBook/Doom}} Doom Comic]], where Doomguy says the quote while under the effects of a Berserk powerup. The full quote is "Rip and tear! You are huge! That means you have huge guts!" Quite appropriate for the A-bomb.
6* The BattleCry and flavor text of the hunter card Houndmaster both reference the famous Baha Men song "Who Let The Dogs Out".
7* The Black Knight returns as a card, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail with all the Monty Python references intact]]. The flavor text of the shaman card Ancestral Spirit also references the same scene. And while The Skeleton Knight is ''mostly'' ''Series/GameOfThrones'' references, his flavour text is "Apparently it really was [[OnlyAFleshWound just a flesh wound...]]"
8* The warrior card Commanding Shout has flavor text claiming that novice warriors are told to [[Music/TearsForFears "Shout, shout, let it all out"]].
9* The flavor text on the Hungry Crab card reads, "Murloc. It's what's for dinner.", referencing the famous advertising slogan for beef.
10* The flavor text on the warrior card Rampage reads, "Minion get ANGRY. [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Minion SMASH!]]" Also, the warrior card Battle Rage has the following: [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry "You won't like me when I'm angry."]]
11* The warrior card Brawl's flavor text asks if [[Film/FightClub you know about the first rule of Brawl Club.]]
12* The hunter card Snake Trap has flavor text referencing one of [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indiana Jones's]] [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes most famous lines]].
13** Druid of the Fang's entry quote is the same line.
14* Another hunter card, the Savannah Highmane, has flavor text that's a twist on the chorus of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". This reference doubles as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' as this is the way [[spoiler:Scar]] probably died - the song is also featured in this movie.
15* The paladin card Sword of Justice has the following flavor text: [[WesternAnimation/RabbitHood "Arise, Sir Loin of Beef!"]]
16* Lorewalker Cho's flavor text says that his favorite story is one where [[Series/{{Friends}} Joey and Phoebe go on a road trip]].
17* The Stranglethorn Tiger has flavor text telling us that [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh the wonderful thing about tigers is that tigers are wonderful things]].
18* The druid card Claw declares that [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 the claw decides who will stay and who will go.]]
19* Shadow Word: Death, a priest card, notes that [[Franchise/HarryPotter it leaves a lightning bolt-shaped scar on the target if it misses]].
20* The text for the druid's Naturalize spell reads, [[Music/{{Queen}} "Another one bites the dust".]]
21* The flavor text for the mage's Blizzard spell is a self-reference to Creator/BlizzardEntertainment.
22* The flavor text for the mage's Ice Block secret, "Ice is nice, and will suffice", is a reference to Creator/RobertFrost's poem, "Fire and Ice".
23* The text for the rogue's Preparation spell, ''"Be Prepared" - Rogue Motto''. is actually the motto of the Scouts.
24* The flavor text for the Raid Leader and the warrior's Upgrade spell are both references to the "Onyxia Wipe" skit from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
25* The Argent Protector's flavor text is a reference to Morpheus's lines from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
26* The Arcanite Reaper's flavor text says that, "No... actually you should fear the Reaper," referencing Music/BlueOysterCult's "DontFearTheReaper".
27* The Eaglehorn Bow's flavor text is a reference to ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''.
28* The Mage's Frostbolt spell says it's customary to yell, "[[IncrediblyLamePun Chill out!" or "Freeze!]]" or "[[Music/VanillaIce Ice ice, baby]]!"
29* The warlock's Drain Life spell says, "[[Film/ThePrincessBride I've just sucked one year of your life away]]."
30* Whenever the priest's class legendary, prophet Velen, is summoned he will say, "Not all who wander are lost," a reference to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Likewise, the Shieldbearer will proclaim, "You shall not pass," when summoned, a reference to Gandalf's famous line.
31* When the Knife Juggler is summoned, he will prompt you to, "[[Myth/WilliamTell Put this apple on your head]]."
32* The Venture Co. Mercenary's flavour text states: "[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} No job is too big. No fee is too big]]."
33* "[[Film/KnightsOfBadassdom Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!!]]"
34* Patient Assassin's entry quote is "[[Film/SuddenImpact Go ahead... make my day.]]"
35
36!Curse of Naxxramas
37* Another Holy Grail shout-out is the Undertaker's battle cry: "Bring out your dead!"
38* Deathlord's flavour text simply states "[[VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988 Rise from your grave]]", but attributes the quote to Kel'thuzad
39* The Unrelenting Warrior will have you know that [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} he'll be back]] - [[WhyWontYouDie he will be, too.]]
40
41!Goblins vs. Gnomes
42* Troggzor the Earthinator's name and flavor text are a Shout Out to [[Franchise/HomestarRunner Trogdor the Burninator]].
43* The Flying Machine's attacking cry is stay on target and since he will usually attack twice with his windfury ability, he will often be quoting ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''.
44* Doctor Boom has nothing to do with a [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom certain comic book villain]], even though he looks like him. His [[ActuallyADoomBot boom bots]] are also purely coincidental.
45-->'''Flavor text''': [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] at his might!
46* V-07-TR-0N is a thinly veiled shout out to {{Anime/Voltron}}, complete with transformation sequence and theme. That is, [[AwesomeButImpractical if you get to activate Mimiron's head's ability]]
47* The flavour text for Sabotage is [[Music/BeastieBoys "Rogues can't stand it. They know you planned it! They are going to set you straight!"]]
48* Shielded Minibot: "[[Series/RedDwarf He chooses to believe what he is programmed to believe!]]"
49
50!Blackrock Mountain
51* Emperor Thaurissan has the card "Heart of Fire" which has him emote [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 "By the power of Ragnaros! I have the power!"]] He also says this when he is played as a card.
52* The hunter spell Quick Shot has just three words for its flavor text: "[[Franchise/StarWars Han]] [[MemeticMutation shot first]]."
53* Majordomo Executus: "[[ComicBook/GhostRider You thought Executus turned you into Ragnaros, but really Ragnaros was in you the whole time]]."
54* Also, the art for Resurrect looks more like the card was originally called [[Series/DoctorWho Regenerate]].
55
56!The Grand Tournament
57* The Maiden of the Lake joins the Monty Python shout outs with her flavour text: "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Not a good basis for a system of government.]]"
58* Argent Horserider's summoning quote is [[{{VideoGame/Overwatch}} "Don't worry loves, the cavalry's here!"]] (Note: The first airing of the ''Overwatch'' first trailer was before ''The Grand Tournament'' was unveiled)
59* As mentioned above, The Skeleton Knight's entry quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "In the Grand Tournament, you win or you die"]] and his attack quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "Pay the Iron Price"]].
60* The flavour text on Saboteur is [[Music/BeastieBoys "Listen all y'all it's a saboteur!"]]
61* There's a reason the elven archer with long red curly hair bears the card name '''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''' Archer.
62** The card's text makes the shout-out more pronounced, as does its entry cry.
63* Mukla's Champion's flavor text references Star wars by calling him: "[[Franchise/StarWars An elegant gorilla, for a more civilised age.]]"
64* North Sea Kraken's flavor text lets you know that: "[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 You have no idea how tired this guy is of being released.]]"
65* The flavour text for Light's Champion is [[Franchise/GhostBusters "When there's something strange (say, a gibbering demon) in your neighborhood, who are you going to call?"]]
66* Flash Heal's flavour text is the [[StockShoutOuts fairly predictable]] [[Film/FlashGordon1980 "Flash!]] [[Music/{{Queen}} Ahhhhhhh~"]]
67* According to its flavour text, people like to call the Void Crusher [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Wesley"]].
68* [[ReferenceOverdosed There are a lot of references]] to {{VideoGame/Portal}} in the art from the Mage Card "Mirror Entity": It shows a man crossing two portals, that are blue and orange. He is also wearing accesories that look a lot like the Aperture Science Logo, and another one that looks like a CompanionCube.
69* Evil Heckler apparently learned to taunt from [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail a certain bunch of French guys]].
70
71!The League of Explorers
72* Excavated Evil: "[[Film/TimeBandits MOM! DAD! DON'T TOUCH IT! IT'S EVIL!!!!!!]]"
73* Eerie Statue: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Don't blink! Don't turn your back, don't look away, and DON'T BLINK]]."
74* One of the artifacts that Arch-Thief Rafaam offers is the Lantern of Power, which gives a minion +10/+10. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern It is also green]].
75* Raven Idol: "Was petrified when it found out it didn't make the cut for [[{{Pun}} Azerothean]] [[Series/AmericanIdol Idol]]."
76* If you run through all of the artifacts in the FinalBoss fight against Rafaam and start getting Boom Bots, Reno tells you to "FINISH HIM!" in almost the exact same tone as the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' announcer.
77
78!Whispers of the Old Gods
79* The flavour text for On the Hunt notes that "[[VideoGame/DuckHunt the mastiff giggles if you don't hit any ducks.]]"
80* Carrion Grub's flavor text: "[[Music/{{Kansas}} Carrion, my wayward grub.]]"
81* N'zoth's flavor text claims that he had "[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Under the Sea]]" stuck in his head for the last 10,000 years. And he's not happy about it.
82* Twilight Geomancer, a card that gives Taunt to C'thun, brings yet more Monty Python references to the table: "Ok C'Thun, repeat after me: '[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Your mother was a hamster.]]'"
83* The Aberrant Berserker's cart text states "I berserk, therefore I am." in reference to René Descarte's statement "Cogito ergo sum", usually translated as "I think, therefore I am".
84* The Twilight Summoner's text states that "[[Film/ANewHope If you strike him down, he shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]"
85* Evolve's flavor text paraphrases the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles']] song "Revolution".
86
87!Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
88* The flavor text for Kabal Chemist is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
89* In the Gadgetzan game board, one of buildings - implied to be one of Jade Lotus' dens - has a katana stuck in its wall. When rapidly clicked, it'll spawn a green magical dragon, similar to one that appears whenever [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Genji]] draws his Dragonblade.
90* White Eyes: "[[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} My life for Aya!]]"
91* Aya Blackpaw's entry quote is "[[Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes Golems are a girl's best friend!]]"
92
93!Journey to Un'Goro
94* Kalimos, when played, says "By the elements combined!" and yells "The power is mine!" when attacking. Both lines reference WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers.
95* Cornered Sentry says [[Film/JurassicPark "Clever girl...!"]] as she dies.
96* Vilespine Slayer's text paraphrases Music/TaylorSwift's "Shake It Off": "'Cause slayers gonna slay, slay, slay, slay, slay."
97* "[[Literature/TheLorax I am the Voraxx. I speak for the weeds.]]"
98* Pyros's text claims that "[[Film/ANewHope If you strike her down, she shall become more powerful than you can possibly…]] well, she'll become a 6/6 anyways."
99* Primordial Drake: "[[Music/{{Drake}} Before he became a rap artist]]."
100* "[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Tar Lord, man... legendary monster? Aw, forget it.]]"
101* Thunder Lizard: "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} What? THUNDER LIZARD is adapting!]]"
102* Evolving Spores's text claims that [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the best mushrooms are always in boxes marked with "?"]]
103
104!Knights of the Frozen Throne
105* The FlavorText for [[DemBones Rattling Rascal]] reads [[MemeticMutation "Don't give up, skeleton!"]], a reference to the frequency of players leaving encouraging messages (often consisting exactly of "Don't give up, Skeleton!") for random skeletons in the VideoGame/DarkSouls series.
106* Druid of the Swarm's flavor text reads "[[Literature/TheMetamorphosis The Druid awoke from troubling dreams to find herself transformed into a giant spider.]]"
107* Ultimate Infestation's flavor text reads "Ghouls [[Film/{{Aliens}} in the pipe, five by five]]."
108* Venomstrike Trap's flavor text reads "[[Film/SnakesOnAPlane Snakes on a frozen plain.]]"
109* Forge of Souls: "Powerful weaponry forged by Bornjahm, [[Music/JamesBrown the Godfather of Souls]]."
110* Acherus Veteran: "This is my Runeblade. There are many like it, but this one is mine." (Based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed Rifleman's Creed]] of the U.S. Marine Corps, widely known from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.)
111* Archbishop Benedictus: "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody expects the Archbishop's Benediction!]]" It's like Blizzard set themselves a quota of one Monty Python reference per expansion by this point.
112
113!Kobolds & Catacombs
114* The artwork and flavor text of Crushing Walls both reference the trash compactor scene from ''Film/ANewHope''.
115* Branching Paths' text parodies the Creator/RobertFrost poem, "The Road Not Taken".
116* Raven Familiar's text reads "[[Literature/TheRaven Quoth the raven, 'does yours cost more?']]"
117* Aluneth's text: "[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} PHENOMENAL ARCANE POWER... itty bitty living space.]]"
118* Kobold Barbarian mulls over what is best in life: "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian To make candle. To keep candle. To hear lamentations of candle-takers]]."
119* The Lone Champion's text notes that "[[Music/{{Queen}} He is a champion with no friends. He'll keep on fighting, till the end!]]"
120* Kobold Monk claims that [[Film/TheMatrix there is no candle.]]
121* Rin, the First Disciple is a black-haired magic user heavily associated with {{Summoning Ritual}}s, which sounds a lot like [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight another Rin you may know]]. As a bonus, the summoning runes used in ''Fate'' are drawn in blood, while the Hearthstone Rin's summoning effect requires her to die.
122* As an 8-mana 7/7 creature that summons seven 1/1 tokens on death, the resemblance between [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Violet_Wurm Violet Wurm]] and ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's'' [[https://scryfall.com/card/vma/236/symbiotic-wurm Symbiotic Wurm]] has not gone unnoticed.
123* Marin the Fox's flavor text: [[Film/ThePrincessBride "My name is Marin the Fox. You took my treasure. Prepare to die."]]
124
125!The Witchwood
126* Woodcutter's Axe is [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus a lumberjack's axe, and that's okay]]. Yes, Blizzard loves their Monty Python references.
127* "Emeriss uses Wing Blast. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} It's super effective!]]"
128* Countess Ashmore channels [[Series/SesameStreet Count von Count]]: "1 minion… ah, ah, ah! 2 minions… ah, ah, ah! 3 minions… ah, ah, ah!"
129* Prince Liam's text reads like something you'd expect from [[Creator/LiamNeeson a certain other Liam]]: [[Film/{{Taken}} "I have a very particular set of skills. Skills that make me a nightmare for witches like you."]]
130* Hunting Mastiff's flavor text reads "[[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Shh! You're going to start a howl!]]"
131* Squashling: "[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Everyone hail to the squashling song!]]"
132* Hagatha the Witch's card text claims that she is, among other vile things, [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} a Hanzo main]].
133* A lot of Glinda Crowskin's EasterEgg dialogue during her boss fight is taken from the witches' dialogue in Act IV, Scene I of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', as is the Cauldron Elemental's entry quote "Fire burn and cauldron bubble!"
134* Houndmaster Shaw's text is "They're good dogs, Tess." This references [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/theyre-good-dogs-brent a meme]] that sprang up when a Twitter account that rates dogs responded to someone criticizing their rating system with the line "they're good dogs Brent".
135* Wharrgarbl's Hero Power pulls double-duty: It's named "[[ItsRainingMen It's Raining Fin]]", and its icon resembles the cover for ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.
136* One of the bosses in the Monster Hunt mode is Gustave, a crocolisk (basically a fantasy crocodile in Warcraft verse). There actually is a real life man-eating crocodile named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile) Gustave]].
137* When playing as Houndmaster Shaw, one of his unique treasures is a weapon. Its name? [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shaw's Shank]].
138* If the player emotes during Tess's Nemesis fight against [[GhostPirate Captain Shivers]], he responds with "[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl You best start believin' in ghost stories, missy.]]"
139* Blackwald Pixie's flavor text is a reference to, of all things, ''Film/{{The Room|2003}}''.
140* Felsoul Inquisitor's text drops yet ''another'' [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python]] reference: "[[LampshadeHanging Everyone expects an inquisition reference.]]"
141* The Glass Knight is a [[Film/YoungSherlockHolmes knight come to life from a stained glass window]], which also happens to sport [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus's color scheme]].
142* Everything about the Shudderwock is some kind of ''Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}'' reference.
143
144!The Boomsday Project
145* Rusty Recycler is a slightly modified WesternAnimation/WallE. Its flavor text gets in a second shout-out by referencing ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': "Ironic. It could recycle others, but not itself."
146* Holomancer follow up on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references with "[[Film/ANewHope Help me, worthy opponent. You're my only hope.]]"
147* One of the neutral Legendaries of the set is called [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Harbinger Celestia]], and the card text confirms that the reference is intentional. With this in mind, Mage's Legendary minion from the set being named Stargazer Luna is probably not a coincidence.
148* Skaterbot is a thinly-veiled reference to Music/AvrilLavigne's "[=Sk8er=] Boi."
149* Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie Of course I've gone mad with power. Ever try going mad without it?]]"
150* Dendrologist's trying to teach his treant buddy to talk. But all it says is "[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 I am Gloop]]."
151* Landscaping summons [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting a happy little tree, and gives him a little friend]].
152* "[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Wrecks a dude, any size. Catches thieves, eats those guys. Look out! Here comes a Spider Bomb!]]"
153* Prismatic Lens depicts a crystal refracting light into a rainbow. Apparently, it was mined exclusively from [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon the dark side of the moon]].
154* E.M.P. Operative: "[[Music/{{Eminem}} I said this looks like a job for me/So everybody just follow me/'Cause we need a little E.M.P/'Cause it feels so mechy without me…]]"
155* Crystalsmith's Kangor's first puzzle in the Puzzle Lab is named after, of all things, the "Just Monika" scene from ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''.
156* Phasing Portal, a Puzzle Lab exclusive spell, is an even more blatant ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' reference than Mirror Entity, depicting what's basically a gnome Chell with a portal gun in front of a blue portal.
157
158!Rastakhan's Rumble
159* Arcanosaur's flavor text references ''Film/JurassicPark'' with "Arcane energy... finds a way."
160* Zandalari Templar's flavor text is one of Kormac's lines from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''.
161* Surrender to Madness tells you to "[[Film/GalaxyQuest Never give up, always surrender!"]]
162* Spirit of the Shark's text claims that [[Film/{{Jaws}} its ominous theme music always gives it away]]. Gral, the Shark naturally follows up on the reference with "We're gonna need a bigger board."
163* Spirit of the Bat's flavor text is simply the first sixteen notes of the [[Series/Batman1966 1966 Batman theme]]. You know the one.
164* Hir'eek the Bat: "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} REPEL'S EFFECT WORE OFF.]]" Very appropriate for a card that swarms you with, well, bats.
165* Da Undatakah is a troll-ified tribute to [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker the wrestler]] of almost the same name. In addition, flavor text refers to "throwing [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mon'kind]] off a steel cage".
166* Zul'jin's text claims that "[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory If you can dodge an axe, you can dodge a ball.]]"
167
168!Rise of Shadows
169* Arcane Fletcher: "[[Film/MeanGirls Stop trying to make fletch happen. It's not going to happen.]]"
170* [[Music/BritneySpears I'm addicted to him, but I know he's Toxfin.]]
171* Exotic Mountseller: [[MemeticMutation *Taps roof of mammoth* “You can fit so many squirrels in this thing!”]]
172* The bartender encounters from The Great Dalaran Heist: "Sometimes [[Series/{{Cheers}} you want to go where everybody knows your deck.]]"
173* EVIL Conscripter: [[Music/VillagePeople "Kobold! There's a place you can handle/I said kobold! When you're short in the candle/Cast a spell with the E! V! I! L!"]]
174* Witchy Lackey's quotes are, once again, taken from the witches in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
175* Moon Priestess Nici, one of the random bosses from The Dalaran Heist, yells [[Anime/SailorMoon "Moon priestess power!", "Elune healing escalation!", and "In the name of Elune, I have punished you!"]]
176
177!Saviors of Uldum
178* [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/File:Frightened_Flunky_full.jpg Frightened Flunky]] looks mighty similar to a certain [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy Rogers]].
179* Pyschopomp offers you to [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay come with him if you want to re-live]].
180* [[Music/{{ABBA}} Oooh, see that wasp! Watch that sting! Dig in the Sandwasp Queen!]]
181* [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Cloud Prince of Skywall]]: "In West Cloudidelphia, born and raised; flinging lightning for the rest of my days."
182** Possibly double-duty, considering Could Prince is an air elemental, and [[Film/Aladdin2019 genies]] in [=WoW=] are air elementals as well.
183* Activate the Obelisk's text is "A one-eyed, one stone, towering purple minion healer", based on a certain Sheb Wooley song.
184* Weaponized Wasp was a request from Dr. Boom for [[Film/AustinPowers wasps with flippin' laser beams attached to their (flippin') heads]].
185* Sandstorm Elemental (predictably) gets an onomatopoeic rendition of the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "Sandstorm" by Music/{{Darude}}.
186* Diseased Vulture: "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket! THIS IS AN EX-VULTURE!]]" Just in case you thought [[RunningGag Blizzard was done with Monty Python]].
187* High Priest Amet: "[[Literature/AnimalFarm All minions are equal, but some minions are more equal than others.]]"
188* Kobold Sandtrooper looks a lot like a kobold [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Deckard Cain]] and wants you to "Stay awhile, take candle."
189* Plague of Flames: "[[Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} This is fine.]]"
190* Hyena Alpha: "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Everything the sun touches is ours - as long as it's already dead.]]" Bonus points for its Battlecry summoning two more hyenas.
191* The Plague Lords and the fact that they are in an Egyptian setting appear to be references to [[Literature/TheBible the Ten Plagues of Egypt]], with four of them even drawing parallels to some of the Plagues themselves.
192
193!Descent of Dragons and Galakrond's Awakening
194* One of Druid's new cards is a spell called "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Embiggen]]" with the flavor text "[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Did you set it to 'wumbo?']]"
195* Shudderwock from ''The Witchwood'' is joined by his little brother Bandersmosh, named after the "[[Literature/{{Jabberwocky}} fruminous Bandersnatch]]".
196* Shaman gets the card Cumulo-Maximus, with the flavor text "[[Film/{{Gladiator}} Are your clouds not entertained?!]]"
197* How does Transmogrifier work? [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes All it takes is some imagination and a cardboard box.]]
198* Winged Guardian asks you to [[Music/MrMister take these broken wings,]] [[StealthPun be reborn,]] [[Music/MrMister and learn to fly again.]]
199
200!Ashes of Outland
201* The art for Skull of Gul'dan depicts a hand holding said skull aloft, and Illidan says [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Alas, poor warlock"]] when playing it.
202
203!Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
204* The Darkmoon Rabbit card is a very clear reference to the [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Killer Rabbit]], complete with [[OneHitPolykill both Cleave and Poisonous]].
205* C'Thun, the Shattered starts the game, well, shattered into four pieces. Once you play his pieces, C'Thun has a game-winning effect. [[Franchise/YuGiOh Sound familiar?]] The kicker is his FlavorText: "[[Anime/YuGiOh My grandfather's deck has no useless cards!]]"
206* How do you know the Sword Eater's tough? [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants He eats swords for breakfast, without any milk!]]
207* A localisation-specific example: The Nameless One in Polish: "[[VideoGame/{{Gothic}} - I'm... - I don't care who you are.]]"[[note]]"- Jestem... - Nie obchodzi mnie kim jesteś."[[/note]]
208
209!United in Stormwind
210* Elwynn Boar is a unique case in that it's technically both a ShoutOut ''and'' a MythologyGag, since it's a reference to the iconic ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS10E8MakeLoveNotWarcraft "Make Love, Not Warcraft"]], which Blizzard helped create. The minion itself is what the boys continually killed to grind for XP, and having 7 copies of Elwynn Boar die, thereby successfully activating its Deathrattle, rewards you with the one and only Sword of a Thousand Truths. The requirement is, ''mercifully'', significantly lower than Cartman's grinding estimates, as the card's flavor text notes:
211--> Be thankful we lowered the requirement from 65,340,285.
212
213!March of the Lich King
214* Tear Reality's flavor text says that it once gave a [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering black flower]], a [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh smiling pot]], and a [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} foil first edition Dracthyr]].
215
216!Festival of Legends and Audiopocalypse
217* Audio Medic is the spitting image of [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Lucio]] as a Hearthstone minion - not only in appearance, but the Rush and Lifesteal keywords referencing the hero's abilities to increase his team's movement speed and healing. His flavor text even says, "His performance isn't over, watch!"
218* Candleraiser: [[Music/OwlCity You would not believe your eyes If ten million kobold guys Lit up the world to this ogre beat]]
219* Mosh Pit: [[Music/DrowningPool Let the corpses hit the floor!]]
220* Screaming Banshee: Her flavor text promises that her singing will wake you up, [[Music/{{Evanescence}} wake you up inside]].
221* Bunch of Bananas: It's spelled [[Music/{{GwenStefani}} B-A-N-A-N-A-S]].
222* Photographer Fizzle's flavour text asks you to [[Music/{{Nickelback}} look at this photograph]].
223* Arrow Smith is likely a reference that other [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Aerosmith]]. Ditto for [[Music/FloRida Flowrider]].
224* There's a neutral minion that's a bird with Charge. It's name is [[Music/LynyrdSkynyrd Freebird]].
225* Big Dreams: [[Music/{{Journey}} Just a small town taunka, living in a lonely... waunka]]
226* Fan Club: The flavor text describes an experience of [[VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue going to a fan club, hearing the chairman talk for ten minutes, and getting a bike voucher in exchange.]]
227* Bounce Around (ft. Garona): [[Music/DJKhaled "Another one."]]
228* Brass Elemental: His flavor text asks you to handle the water spells because he's got the [[Music/EarthWindandFire earth, wind and fire spells covered.]]
229* Remixed Rhapsody: [[Music/{{Queen}} Is this real life? No, this is a card game.]]
230* Jukebox Totem says that if you like Hearthstone, [[Music/JoanJett then put another coin in the totem, baby!]]
231
232!TITANS and Fall of Ulduar
233* Flame Revenant is described as "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} 4x weak to water.]]"
234* Careless Mechanist's instructions? "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fly lower, you fools!]]"
235* Fate Splitter quotes a pretty important scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': "What's the matter with these scissors!? The thread won't cut!!"
236* Algalon the Observer: "[[Series/ThatsSoRaven That's so Algalon, it’s the future he can see.]]"
237* Down With the Ship's flavor text says "It has been a privilege playing with you tonight", paraphrasing another quote from a movie where a band did indeed [[Film/Titanic1997 go down with the ship]].
238* Runic Adornment: "[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Rune, rune on the wall, who's the greenest of them all?]]"
239* Embrace of Nature: "[[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers BY OUR POWERS COMBINED...]]"
240* Conservator Nymph would like to warn you to not [[Film/Gremlins1984 water your Treants after midnight]].
241* Wisdom of Norgannon suggests that what we need next is the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Power and Courage of Norgannon]].
242* Gear Shift: "[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody You mean the PRNDL?]]"
243* Pit Stop evokes a moment of awesome by calling out a certain blue vehicle from ''Cars'': "Guido! It's time."
244* Lightning Reflexes: "[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory If you can dodge a lightning bolt, you can dodge a ball.]]"
245* Wing Welding's flavor text points out that it is NOT [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon how you train your dragon]].
246* The Meddlesome Servant [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo has successfully gotten away with it, too]].
247
248!Showdown in the Badlands and Deep into Deepholm
249* High Noon Duelist: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} My ultimate is rea- ]] ah, errr, I mean, I have enough Mana.
250* The flavor text of Crop Rotation mentions a certain "Dave" and lets Dave know that the [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies plants ARE the zombies]].
251* The art of Maw and Paw references American Gothic.
252* Parched Desperado is [[Music/Eiffel65 green, and he's about to die, da ba dee da ba di.]]
253* Bartend-O-Bot shares his initials with another robot named B.O.B., and his flavor text asks that he "[[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} make my Outcast card DO SOMETHING!]]"
254* Cactus Construct has Malfurion take a leaf out of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph's]] book by saying, "I am not Malfurion! I am Cactus Lord!" in its flavor text.
255* Splish-Splash Whelp: [[Series/SesameStreet Little whelpy, you're the one / You make Mana lots of fun]]
256* Bovine Skeleton mentions that the [[VideoGame/DiabloII secret cow level has been unearthed.]]
257* Blastmage Miner: [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia "So anyways, I started blastminin'!"]]
258* The Badland Bandits: [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Bandits... ASSEMBLE!]]
259* Living Prairie: [[Music/BonJovi Whooooooa, we're halfway there. Whoooooa - ]]
260* Minecart Cruiser: [[Music/SteelyDan Where are you drivin', Minecart Cruiser? Where is your bounty, fortune, and fame?]]
261* Skarr, the Catastrophe: "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz We're not in Karazhan anymore, Reno.]]"
262* Blast Tortoise appears to be a reference to another [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} blasting tortoise]], with its flavor text even transcribing a familiar segment from the show: "[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Who's that minion? It's Blast Tortoise! ("Blast Tortoise.")]]"
263* Sheriff Barrelbrim's flavor text asks if it truly is [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Sheriff Barrelbrim, owner of the Badlands Barrelbuilding]].
264* One card in Deep into Deepholm is called "Digging Straight Down", with the flavor text of "You only make this mistake once", referencing an infamous blunder often made by first-time ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' players.
265* Quartzite Crusher [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants isn't just a weapon, it's a rock!]]
266
267!Whizbang's Workshop:
268* Amateur Puppeteer: [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} I'm a real toy!]]
269* Chia Drake is, as the name implies, a dragon-ified [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Pet Chia Pet]]. Its flavor text even references the famous commercial catchphrase: "Huh-huh-huh Hearthstone!"
270* Ensmallen is a direct CallBack to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Embiggen]] from ''Descent of Dragons'', with Ensmallen's flavor text basically picking up from where Embiggen's left off: [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Come on, you know- I ensmallen, you ensmallen? He she me Ensmallen? Ensmallogy: the study of ensmallening?! IT'S FIRST GRADE.]]
271* Sky Mother Aviana: [[Franchise/{{Superman}} It's a bird! It's a plane! It's 10 copies of Leeroy Jenkins!]]
272* Wind-Up Sapling: [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy I am Wind-Up Sapling.]]
273* King Plush: [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1 He's so fluffy you're gonna DIE!]]
274* Puzzlemaster Khadgar: [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Khadgar Khadgar in the ball, who is the smartest white-haired, tall, handsome mage of them all?]]
275* Boom Wrench: [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Boom, the Inventor; Can he fix it? Boom, the Inventor; No he can't!]]
276* Bucket of Soldiers: [[Film/ForrestGump Life is like a bucket of soldiers. You never know what bonus effects you're gonna get.]]
277* Factory Assemblybot: [[Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe I call it Mini-me.]]
278* Forgotten Animatronic [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys ALWAYS comes back]].
279* Plucky Paintfin: [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Not everyone can become a great painter. But a great painter can come from anywhere.]]
280* Endgame's flavor text is "2:29:55". If you watch ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', that's the exact timestamp Thanos says "I am inevitable!".
281* Wretched Queen's flavor text warns you to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland mind your head]] when you're around her.
282* Shining Sentinel's flavor text plays off its Elusive keyword and the "Shining" half of its name to make a joke about shiny Franchise/{{Pokemon}} hunting: "OMG, I FINALLY GOT A SHINING SENTINEL AFTER 3 PHASES AND 8192 RESETS!!!!!"
283* Repackage: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 I don't want to play with you anymore.]]
284
285!Mercenaries
286* Many of Maestro of the Masquerade's tasks are named after lyrics from ''VideoGame/Persona5'''s "Beneath the Mask".
287
288!Achievements
289* "Forbidden Jutsu", in reference to Shadow Clone, is a joke about {{Anime/Naruto}}'s signature ability to copy himself.
290* "IT'S SO FLUFFY", named after a scene in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' where Agnes freaks out about a fuzzy unicorn plushie.
291* "Two-Punch Man" > ''WebComic/OnePunchMan''.
292* "Missing: HolyHandGrenade" is another reference to a joke from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
293* "Mine! Mine! Mine!" is taken from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', where a bunch of seagulls chant the phrase to call dibs on food.
294* "Burn, Baby, Burn!" and "Disco Arcano" are named for the chorus of the song "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps.
295* "Windfast and Windfurious" > ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
296* "But You Have Heard Of Me" is named for a memorable line from [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Captain Jack Sparrow]] regarding his notoriety as a pirate.
297* "You've Got A Fiend In Me" > [[Franchise/ToyStory "You've Got A Friend In Me"]].
298* "Burninating the Countryside" is named for a line in the Troggdor song from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
299* "Game Done Quick" > WebVideo/AwesomeGamesDoneQuick.
300* "Dude, Where's My Cards?" > ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''.
301* "An Even Larger Man" refers to a joke from Website/DayNine, who was making a crack about Jade Druid at the time.
302* "Raiders Of The Lost Cards" > ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
303* "Girls Just Aranna Have Fun" > "[[Music/CyndiLauper Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]".
304* "Salty Bets" is named after a popular, long-running {{VideoGame/MUGEN}} livestream where the viewers bet on fights between the game's (many) characters.
305* "Show Me Your Moves" is a reference to [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon's]] popular CatchPhrase from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
306* "Phenomenal Cosmic Powers" is [[RunningGag yet another reference]] to a funny line from ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}''.
307* "Duel of the Fates" is named for an extremely popular song from ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIThePhantomMenace''.
308* "No Pathetic Cards" comes from, as mentioned under C'Thun, the Shattered in ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'', an iconic line from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' (incidentally, the achievement requires killing a full-health opponent with C'Thun's Battlecry).
309* To complete the reference listed under The Nameless One, "One Has No Name" is called "[[VideoGame/{{Gothic}} Welcome to the Colony!]]"[[note]]"Witamy w Kolonii!"[[/note]] in Polish.
310
311!Misc/Unsorted
312* The first Tavern Brawl of 2017 pitted the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who started with three Secrets in play. Triggering all of them summoned a portal that, on the next turn, transformed him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"
313* One of the weapons in the Rumbledome Tavern Brawl is a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Board With a Nail in It]].

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