Line #47 ShoutOut/Unreal


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4	* The Skaarj are heavily inspired by Franchise/{{Predator}}, including such homages as dreadlocks and wrist-mounted blades.
5	* The planet Na Pali is named after a state park on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
6	* The Izanagi corporation is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izanagi the eponymous deity]] of UsefulNotes/JapaneseMythology.
7	* It turns out that the Nanoblack referenced across the series [[http://www.columbianchemicals.com/nanoblack+-+carbon+nanomaterials.aspx exists]] in RealLife.
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11	* The Vortex Rikers prison ship is named after Rikers Island. Appropriate, since they're both prisons. [[https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/1432817826990071810 This was outright confirmed by its author.]]
12	* The multiplayer map [=DmAriza=] has the ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' shape.
13	* The name of the Glathriel Village from ''Return to Na Pali'' comes from the human hex in in Jack Chalker's "Well of Souls" books.
14	** Also, there's an EasterEgg which guides to a secret. It has the ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' [[TournamentPlay clan]] Ocrana's logo[[note]]which mapper Matthias Worch himself [[https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en/article/457rEeGyNJMVngOoseW1n/nods-to-mods-interview-beyond-belief-for-quake was a part of]] previous to being hired by Legend Entertainment[[/note]], and the translator has the following message:
15	--> ''"Will you die for this? http://www.ocrana.de"''
16	* The Temple of Chizra is inspired by the Indiana Jones movies.
17	* The filenames of the Rrajigar Mine and Depths of Rrajigar levels are named [[VideoGame/DigDug "Dig" and "Dug"]] respectively.
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21	* WordOfGod [[http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=590 stated]] that [[FloatingContinent CTF-Face, a.k.a. "Facing Worlds",]] was inspired by a third-party map from the first ''Unreal''.
22	* DM-Morpheus is inspired by a scene from Film/TheMatrix, and its name was taken from Morpheus, one of the main characters.
23	* The name of the map [[AncientEgypt DOM-Sesmar]] is taken from Ramses's SdrawkcabName.
24	* AS-Overlord ("Operation Overlord") is inspired by [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII D-Day]].
25	* Picking up the {{Chainsaw\|Good}} either via cheat or as a pickup in a third party map outputs this message:
26	---> ''"Its been [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} 5 years]] since I've used one of these."''
27	* The Sniper Rifle is a [[Manga/{{Golgo 13}} custom scoped M16]].
28	* When you play in the campaign, in the [[AmazonBrigade Venom]] team, two of the characters are named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Ada and Lovelace]], named after the first woman programmer in the world.
29	* Two members of the ladder team Red Claw are named [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Pestilence and Plague]].
30	* One of the Female Commando (Dark Phalanx) characters is called [[Series/LaFemmeNikita Nikita]].
31	* One of Xan Kriegor's quotes is "I am the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_and_Omega Alpha and the Omega]]". The phrase is also used as the description for the "Godlike" difficulty that practice bots can be set to.
32	* One of the ladder bots is called [[Film/MadMax1 Toe Cutter]].
33	* The secret EasterEgg room in [=DM-Codex=] has a shootable message saying [[Music/TheOffspring Pretty fly... ...for a white guy]].
34	* One of the members of Thunder Crash in this game and ''[=UT2004=]'' is named Theatre/{{Othello}}.
35	* A DummiedOut taunt for the male commando characters has them saying [[ComicBook/FantasticFour "It's clobberin' time!"]]
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38	[[folder:''Unreal II: The Awakening'']]
39	* The main body of space authority in the game is named [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Terran]] Colonial Authority.
40	* Aida is stated to be [[SmartPeoplePlayChess a 3-D Chess champion]], and the board in her quarters looks [[Franchise/StarTrek vaguely familiar]].
41	* The Seagoat is a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology) the zodiac symbol Capricorn]].
42	* On ''Acheron'' the entrance to the dig site is clearly inspired by the Sarlacc from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
43	* The Flying Snake, a creature which can be spotted at the Severnaya Waterfront level, is the Unreal universe's take on the [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Zerg Mutalisk]].
44	* The spaceship of the final mission is called "[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray The Dorian Gray]]".
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48	* The ''[=UT2003=]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b18Va6bl1Q4 intro]], where Malcolm, Brock and Lauren are presented as a team, has a lot of influence from wrestling entrances.
49	* AS-Junkyard, from its description to the objectives of the map itself, references ''Series/ScrapheapChallenge[=/=]Junkyard Wars''.
50	* The LBX-7683 asteroid, where the Assault map [=AS-RobotFactory=] takes place, is a reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Bandwidth_X LBX networking protocol]].
51	* DM-Leviathan features this reference:
52	--> ''"They say [[Film/TheGodfatherPartII keep your friends close, and your enemies closer]]. You won't find any friends here, so reach out and touch someone."''
53	* DM-Inferno explicitly references ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''.
54	* A taunt from robot characters goes "[[Music/DaftPunk Faster. Stronger. Better.]]"
55	* Two maps, one for Deathmatch and another for Capture The Flag, are given the name "[[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Grendel]]keep".
56	* If you finish a match without allowing the opposing team to score a single point, the announcer will yell "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Flawless Victory!]]"
57	* The Nightmare voicepacks have varying shoutouts to horror films:
58	--> ''[[Film/{{Hellraiser}} No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.]]''\
59	''[[Franchise/EvilDead I'll swallow your soul!]]''
60	* Two of the Thunder Crash members are called [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard and Riker]].
61	* Gorge's team, their suit, and their name (Juggernauts), are shout-outs to the ComicBook/{{Juggernaut\|MarvelComics}} from ''ComicBook/XMen''.
62	* The Bridge of Fate maps (one for Bombing Run, one for Capture The Flag) are modelled after an environment from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (more precisely, from the movies).
63	* One of the taunts found in the DummiedOut voicepacks have the characters saying [[Film/PulpFiction "I'm sorry! Did I break up your concentration?"]]
64	* Winning an air-to-air fight with either the Raptor or the Cicada has the announcer yelling [[Film/TopGun "Top Gun!"]]
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68	[[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden's]] references towards [[Franchise/MortalKombat his home series]] qualify as a MythologyGag, which can be seen in [[Characters/UnrealChampionship2TheLiandriConflict the UC2 character sheet]].
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70	* Continuing with the {{Shout Out}}s to Mortal Kombat, after freezing an opponent, the announcer yells "FinishHim!" before you do a [[FinishingMove Coup De Grace]].
71	* Some of the Liandri bots taunts are references to internet lingo.
72	-->''"You are teh suck!"''\
73	''"Llama."''\
74	''"RTFM."''
75	** There's also these two references to Microsoft Windows:
76	-->''"Logging crash dump."''\
77	''"I see the blue screen."''
78	* The Juggernauts are also keen on references:
79	--> ''"[[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Me smash!]]"''
80	* One of the challenges have three slow but tough males going against three fast but weak females. It's called "[[Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare Tortoise vs. Hare]]"
81	* Another of the Challenges has Malcolm going against 4 undead characters. It's called "[[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 Day of the Dead]]".
82	* '''Anubis'''[='=]s Ladder, which takes place after the events of the Ascension Rites, mentions that he was offered [[spoiler:[[Film/TheGodfather an offer he couldn't refuse]]]].
83	* One of '''Apophis'''[='=]s taunts is "[[VideoGame/DukeNukem3D Damn, I'm good!]]"
84	* One of '''Devastation'''[='=]s adrenaline combos, "Head Turret", has her activating mounted turret defenses like [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Fulgore's]] [[FinishingMove No Mercy]].
85	** Many of her Ladder challenges have references to programming concepts. One of her matches is labeled "GOTO: Next Match", and the description of another match has a C++ fragment.
86	--> ''"[=if (Target.Color == Self.Color) ProtectTarget(); else DestroyTarget()=]"''
87	** One of her Ladder challenges is called "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]"
88	* One of Raiden's Ladder challenges pits him against the Skaarj Torgr and the human female Sappire. The match is called "WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast".
89	* One of '''Raptor'''[='=]s challenges is named "Carnage++", a reference to the C++ programming language.
90	* One of '''Sobek'''[='=]s taunts is "[[Music/NeilYoung It's better to burn out, than to fade away.]]"
91	* One of '''Szalor'''[='=]s Ladder challenges is called "VideoGame/ArmedAndDangerous".
92	* One of the in-game awards, given to the achiever after reflecting an opponent's charged adrenaline fueled melee attack, is called [[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown!]].
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96	* The achievement for beating Chapter 4 is called "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Not In Kansas Anymore]]".
97	* The achievement for defeating the FinalBoss in Insane is called "[[Music/BlueOysterCult Fear The Reaper]]".
98	* Get the "Combo King" award 15 times, and you get the "[[MemeticMutation Don't taze me bro!]]" achievement. [[invoked]]
99	* Jester is designed around Epic Games' president Mike Capps' sister.
100	* The Ronin team has [[VideoGame/DukeNukem3D "Damn, I'm Good!"]] as a taunt.
101	* The Greed gametype is inspired in the Greed mod for ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' which in turn is based on ''[[VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena Quake III: Team Arena]]''[='=]s Harvester gametype. Given that the [=UT2004=] mod replaces the skulls of Harvester with coins and the ''[=UT3=]'' gametype brings the skulls back, it's possible that ''[=UT3=]''!Greed is a mix of both.
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