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1Considering that the randomizer is made by a community of people, it wouldn't be surprising to see a few Easter eggs, disregarding all the player sprites.
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6* Some of the [[HintSystem Telepathy Tiles]] contain [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds useless advice]], including quotes from other games, most commonly ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Zelda 1]]''. Others contain pop culture references, such as from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' ("''There's always money in the banana stand''") and Music/BlindMelon's "No Rain".
7* Retro mode features callbacks to ''Zelda 1'' like the rupee Bow, "take-any" caves, global key counter, and requiring Link to buy Arrows before he can use them.
8* Ganon has been known to quote "[[Music/TheWall In the Flesh?]]" by Music/PinkFloyd, Kefka's final monologue from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', and the parody version of the LukeIAmYourFather speech from ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', among other things.
9* In Inverted Mode, the Light World counterpart to the Turtle Rock entrance is surrounded by pegs in the shape of a Franchise/{{Metroid}}.
10* The credits will replace whatever it can with references, from time to time. For instance, "The Return of the King" when the King comes back is replaced with [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "The Two Towers"]] or "Venus, Queen of Fairies" with [[Music/{{Bananarama}} "Venus, I'm Your Fire".]] The lumberjacks are similarly sometimes referred to as "[[Film/{{Goodfellas}} Woodfellas]]".
11* In vanilla ''A Link to the Past'', if you have the Hammer as your inventory item and use it on the dwarves' smithing area, they will berate you and demand you put the Hammer away. In the randomizer, however, their dialogue has been changed to [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "DERN'T TERK ERR JERBS!"]]
12* One of the Triforce messages after beating the game states that, for the player's reward, they get "[[Film/{{UHF}} to drink from the fire hose]]!"
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16* The Light World BGM was the iconic theme from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
17* Kakariko Village used "Jingle Bells" while the Ganon theme was "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", with Ganon [[BadSanta dressed up as Santa.]]
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21* This mode contains "take-any" caves ''à la Zelda I'', only this time with two eggs inside. You can only take one, though.
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25* The theme for Light World, Dark World, and Kakariko Village was [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas "This is Halloween"]].
26* Many [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] are dressed up like familiar ''Zelda'' {{mooks}}. The Ropas seen in Eastern Palace were replaced with [[VideoGame/{{Pacman}} Pac-Man ghosts]]. The Pokeys were, well, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Pokeys]].
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30* WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman appeared in the Lost Woods as an NPC.
31* Zelda and the maiden seen in the intro were reindeer. The new objective was to [[GottaCatchEmAll collect 8 reindeer]] to open [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Ganon's Tower.]]
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35* [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Wart]] appeared as the [[BaitAndSwitchBoss replacement boss for Ganon]], along with his classic boss music. Link even [[BossArenaIdiocy finished him off with vegetables]].
36* Some [=NPCs=] were changed to reflect the Halloween style. The Pokeys were edited to look like [[MalevolentMaskedMan Shy Guys]] from ''Mario'', and the [[FeatheredFiend Crows]] / Dactos were replaced with the dreaded [[FlyingFace Phantos]] from ''Mario 2''.
37* [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas]] made an appearance inside a new building in Kakariko Village. Some of their songs even made it in, along with the golden ticket (within the item pool).
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