History ShoutOut / JetsNGuns

* The Necrofilicon is mainly a reference to the Necronomicon, with a subtle reference to necrophilia. Even its selling price of 13,666 credits is a reference to an unlucky number and the number of the beast.

* Nem-O-Matic, a submarine enemy, is a reference to Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
* The Pink Panther machine gun is a reference to the comedy films by the same name.
* The Skywalker Hypergun is a StarWars reference, and the name of its creator, Lucascorp, is a George Lucas and Lucasfilm reference.

* The Marvelous Superhero Generator 5000 shoots superhero clones that strongly resemble {{Superman}}.

* The NTR Sandman Laser, if read correctly, is supposed to be a reference to the famous Enter Sandman by ''Music/{{Metallica}}''. The [[UnfortunateNames first three letters]], however, may remind some people of a very nasty genre of Japanese media.

* Some members of the [=RakeinGrass=] forum have noted that the USS ''Impotence'' looks a bit like a ... well, you know. Even its name is an obvious reference.

* The sequel's new soundtrack, once again performed by ''Music/MachinaeSupremacy'', contains the tracks titled ''[[Music/DavidBowie Ground Control to Major Chord]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic 20 Percent Cooler]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battlecroak]]''.

* Your Atarix 2000 comes with a copy of Mortal Tetrix, which is ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' with motion inputs for each piece that activates some special ability. The pieces' names are all CaptainErsatz version of ''VideoGame/{{MortalKombat}}'' characters.

This page contains a list of {{Shout Out}}s within ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', the HorizontalScrollingShooter developed by [=RakeinGrass=]. This list has been further divided into three sub-lists: one for the shout outs found in both the original ''Jets'n'Guns'' and the ''Gold Edition'', and another containing the shout outs exclusive to the ''Gold Edition'', and the third one containing shout outs in the sequel.

Most of these references were taken from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418052312/http://forum.rakeingrass.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2584 a thread on the old RiG forums]], and '''will contain spoilers'''.

::''Original and Gold''

* The T in [=TMiG=]-226 stands for Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, while the [=MiG=] bit is a reference to the [=MiG=] line of Soviet fighter craft. [=RiG=] actually ''asked'' Toyota if they could use Toyota's full name, but they declined.

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::''Exclusive to Gold''

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::''Sequel''

* About halfway through Necrodroid H.Q., you can see two guys with lightsabers fighting over a lava pool. One of them tries to leap over the other guy with the high ground and and gets cut in half. An obvious reference to ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

Most of these references are taken from [[http://forum.rakeingrass.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2584 a thread on the RiG forums]], and '''will contain spoilers'''.

* The Erebus-666 minefield contains several kinds of "bombs" in addition to the numerous floating mines that give the area its name. A-Bombs, cherry bombs, dynamite bombs, sex bombs ... you get the idea.

* The Necrofilicon is mainly a reference to the Necronomicon, with a subtle reference to necrophilia. Even its selling price of 13 666 credits is a reference to an unlucky number and the number of the beast.

* The "NTR Sandman" laser, if read correctly, is supposed to be a reference to the famous Enter Sandman by ''Music/{{Metallica}}''. The [[UnfortunateNames first three letters]], however, may remind some people of a very nasty genre of Japanese media.

* Your Atarix 2000 comes with a copy of Mortal Tetrix, which is ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' with motion inputs for each piece that activates some special ability. The pieces' names are all CaptainEssatz version of ''VideoGame/{{MortalKombat}}'' characters.

* The sequel's new soundtrack, once again performed by ''Music/MachinaeSupremacy'', contains the tracks titled ''[[Music/DavidBowie Ground Control to Major Chord]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic 20 Percent Cooler]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battlecroak]]''.

* Once hacked with the [=RemCon=], the radio tower on the planet Plop tunes in to a channel called Radio GAGA, which plays an infinite loop of a segment of We Will Rock You. Both the name of the radio station and the music it plays are references to Queen.

* The description for the Rave-N bomb refers to it as a ''"killer queen of a bomb that can provide you a dynamite with a laser beam"''. This is an obvious reference to a song by ''Music/{{Queen}}''. The fact that it is a bomb might also be a possible reference to that song's namesake from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''.
* The sequel's new soundtrack, once again performed by ''Music/MachinaeSupremacy'', contains the tracks titled [[Music/DavidBowie Ground Control to Major Chord]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic 20 Percent Cooler]], and [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battlecroak]].

* The sequel's new soundtrack, once again performed by ''Music/MachinaeSupremacy'', contains the tracks titled [[Music/DavidBowie Ground Control to Major Chord]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic 20 Percent Cooler]], and [[VideoGame/Battletoads Battlecroak]].

* The description for the Rave-N bomb refers to it as a "killer queen of a bomb that can provide you a dynamite with a laser beam". This is an obvious reference to a song by ''Music/{{Queen}}''. The fact that it is a bomb might also be a possible reference to that song's namesake from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''.

* Another R-Type reference is the fourth mission (not counting the secret mission you can unlock in the third), which has a section before the boss fight that somewhat resembles the ring of turrets in the first stage of the original R-Type.

* The "NTR Sandman" laser, if read correctly, is supposed to be a reference to the famous Enter Sandman by ''Music/Metallica''. The [[UnfortunateNames first three letters]], however, may remind some people of a very nasty genre of Japanese media.

* One of the noses you can use when customizing your ship's appearance resembles the iconic cockpit of the Arrowhead from ''VideoGame/R-Type''.

This page contains a list of {{Shout Out}}s within ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', the HorizontalScrollingShooter developed by [=RakeinGrass=]. This list has been further divided into two sub-lists: one for the shout outs found in both the original ''Jets'n'Guns'' and the ''Gold Edition'', and another containing the shout outs exclusive to the ''Gold Edition''.

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* The Atarix has a small game called Tetrix. It plays just like {{Tetris}}.

* The Abacus-I Artificial Asteroid, where the Oppenheimer XP Supercomputer Core is located, contains numerous references to Film/TheMatrix. The name of the supercomputer itself is a reference to Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called "father of the Atomic Bomb", as well as the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. In the aftermath of forcing the supercomputer to transfer data containing the location of the quantum cannon to your ship, you are confronted by several SpaceInvaders-esque ships.

* The Atarix is a shout out to the old {{Atari}} consoles.

* The [=FeX=] labs contain a "Universe Boot-Up Disk" by Microsoft. This is a shout out to legacy versions of the MicrosoftWindows operating system, where a recovery disk, usually in the form of a 3.5-inch floppy, could be used to start up the entire operating system. Microsoft called it a "Windows Start-Up Disk".

* The Carnage TV Fun Centre contains many advertisements containing references, notable ones being one for Absolute Recall (the 1990 film ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), Smell (the gas company Shell), Don't Drink Dope ("Don't Drink and Drive" campaigns), Holes - Making Your Machine Open Source! (MicrosoftWindows), IDDQD Tools (VideoGame/{{Doom}}) and Binux - We're Gonna Pay to Make You Use It (Linux).