scorpion Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Praguepride was giving me heck in another thread because I mentioned once upon a time that there was a thread discussing all the pop culture references in the Cornellverse. So, I thought I'd start a new thread to discuss them as we all know there are multiple Monty Python, Buffy, and Spinal Tap references in the game. ***Disclaimer*** all items referenced in this thread are the opinion of the poster and do not imply that Adam intentionally placed them there. I'll mention a couple obvious ones: Ash Campbell- Army of Darkness (Ash is the main character portrayed by Bruce Campbell) Ring Generals- Muppets (Waldorf and Statler are the old guys in the balcony) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Puffy the Sand Iron Player = Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTuckerman Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedew Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Puffy the Sand Iron Player = Buffy the Vampire Slayer I genuinely never noticed that... Anyway, Jack Bruce = Jack Bruce... of Cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Casey Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Four more from the Buffyverse: Pylea - Home planet of the green guy from Angel Aud D'Hoffryn - Aud was Anya's original name, D'Hoffryn her demon boss Xander Summers - Portmanteau of Xander Harris and Buffy/Dawn Summers There's also a guy called Grue Slugger or something - an apparent reference to Groosalugg, also from Pylea, who fell in love with Cordelia in Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Hunter Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ah, I feel proud, I believe it was my first ever thread here that was that pop-culture thread. Started out as me noticing some Spinal Tap references... SWF Break Like The Wind - after the Spinal Tap song of the same name. SWF Master of Puppets - Metallica SWF Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses "Angry" Gilmore - Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore Elmo Benson & Groucho Bling - Seasame Street's Elmo and Oscar the Grouch Fredrique Antonia Garcia - not really a pop-culture reference, but a funny name still "Gangster of Love" Alison Capone - Al Capone, infamous gangster. Steve Miller Band's "The Joker", some people call him the Space Cowboy... Annie Hitch**** - Alfred Hitch****, renowned Director (lousy filter!) Charlize Angelle - Charlie's Angles, 70s TV show (and the more recent movie adaptations) Darma Gregg - Dharma & Greg, 90s TV show Honey Golightly - Holly Golightly, main character of the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's Sara Silver - Comedienne Sarah Silverman Debonaire David Peterson - Diamond Dallas Page Markus Rush - NZ Radio and TV personality Marcus Lush Geena the Warrior Princess - Xena, Warrior Princess, NZ-made 90s TV show Jed High/Toby Juan Kanobi - Star Wars Citizen X - 1995 movie (by the way, it says he used to be known as E.M.M Moe - what did that stand for? Not El Mexico Mesterio, surely!) Duke Hazzard - The Dukes of Hazzard, 80s TV show and recent movie Danny Fonzarelli - Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, of 70s TV show Happy Days Genghis Rahn - Genghis Kahn + Arlie Rahn Jeremy "Scout" Finch - 1960 book / 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird Wiley Steinway - looks ike Spial Tap bassist Derek Smalls, had a tag team with Coyote Dynamite named after Looney Tunes character Wile. E. Coyote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pampero Firpo Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Here's my favorite.... Arthur Dexter Bradley (who debuts in 2009 and is part of the extended Samoan family) was the name of one of the petty thieves who identified Rubin "Hurricane" Carter as a perpetrator of a triple murder in Paterson, NJ in 1966. At the time Carter was a top 10 middleweight contender. Carter was convicted in a controversial ruling and his cause was taken up by a number of celebrities including Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan (in his famous song "Hurricane"). The decisions was overturned on appeal and Carter was granted a second trial, but was convicted again. In 1985 Carter was freed after a Federal Appeals Court threw out the second conviction and the prosecutors decided not to retry the case again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I really love the Waldorf and Statler one hehe once I find any others I will post them to bad you beat me to those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Hunter Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 http://67.19.230.90/~arles/forum/showthread.php?t=20594 Found the old thread. Not just my first thread but my first post, I do believe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennie Bomb Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Off the top of my head... Charlize Angelle - Charlie's Angels Or, rather one of them. Calamity Jona - Calamity Jane Alison Capone - Al Capone Bonnie Clyde - Bonnie and Clyde Dan DaLay - Refers to Speedy Gonzales cries of "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!" Desert Storm - The codename for the first Gulf War. Dusty Bin - Mascot from 3-2-1, the gameshow Bobbie Dylan - Bob Dylan. As a chick. The "Woodstock Warrior" nickname kinda gives it away... Faith - Faith from BtVS, right down to the whole no surname thing (unless you've read the RPG, in which case you know it's Lehane). Fearless Blue - His real name, Kris Turkleton, is a reference to the Scrubs character Chris Turk, who Dr. Kelso thinks is called Turk Turkleton. Danny Fonzarelli - The Fonz, dude! Geena the Warrior Princess - Xena, Warrior Princess. Golden Delicious - A variety of apple. Wanda Fish - A Fish Called Wanda Kali Fornia - Kalifornia is the title of a movie starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis, which I frickin' love. Norman Gates - Norman Bates from Psycho Honey Golightly - Probably a reference to Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's Angry Gilmore - Happy Gilmore when he's in a bad mood Dharma Gregg - Dharma and Greg, a hugely under-rated sitcom. Randall Hopkirk - Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), a British TV show about a detective and his dead partner. K-Squared - His real name Kenny Kuntz and the mention of "creative chants" in his profile may well b a reference to Fantasy Football League, and their relentless mocking of the German footballer Stefan Kuntz during Euro '96. Boris Kiriyakin - I always read this as a Man from U.N.C.L.E. reference, since David McCallum's character is called Illya Kuryakin, which both seem to be pronounced very similarly. Lobo Blanco - White Wolf Games. Louis Figo Manico - Luis Figo, the footballer. Zeus Maxmillion - Maximillion Zeus, Batman villain. Bradford Peverell - A town in Dorset, England Hannah Potter - Sounds like a Harry Potter reference to me... Genghis Rahn - Genghis Kahn Carol Singer - Carol singers. God, I hate them. That's why I never hire her. Rolling Johnny Stones - The Rolling Stones. Crockett Tubbs - Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice Humphrey Woolsey - A combination of Sir Humphrey and Bernard from Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister's names. Also, Amazing Fire Fly could be a reference to Firefly being amazing, but it's pushing it a tad, even if it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 The odd thing is that despite there being so many BtVS references in the game, Faith, the one that everyone has "spotted", isn't one of them - it was just a random name that I hadn't used yet, and the "no last name" was simply a reference to how WWE divas always seem to lose their surnames somehow. It didn't occur to me that it might be taken as a BtVS reference until recently. Now Lehane being used as a surname in WMMA, that's a proper Faith reference Oh, and for the record, Angry Gilmore has nothing to do with the movie, it's a reference to Thea Gilmore the singer-songwriter (one of the most referenced people in the game although I suspect nobody else has ever heard of her ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Randall Hopkirk - Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamelessposer Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Lorne is of course named after everyone's favorite Pylean. Miss Information was the name of a character from the cartoon Hysteria, but I think that's really just a case of two different mediums going for the same easy pun. Fox Mask's finisher, FoxDie, of course refers to the deadly virus that infected Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid. I suspect that Remo is named after the title character of The Destroyer series of novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeemuFoundation Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Rahn to the Hills - Run to the Hills, the single that made Iron Maiden famous in 1981. Oh, and for the record, Angry Gilmore has nothing to do with the movie, it's a reference to Thea Gilmore the singer-songwriter (one of the most referenced people in the game although I suspect nobody else has ever heard of her ) I have. Don't underestimate us teens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Fox Mask's finisher, FoxDie, of course refers to the deadly virus that infected Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid. FoxDie isn't one of Fox Mask's finishers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamelessposer Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 FoxDie isn't one of Fox Mask's finishers. Dangit! That's what I get for confusing diaries with canon again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I genuinely never noticed that... Anyway, Jack Bruce = Jack Bruce... of Cream. A long time ago Adam said this was derived from a random generated name, Bruce Jackson. Since Bruce The Giant was already a big name, he just flipped it in a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Jobs To Me Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Four more from the Buffyverse: Pylea - Home planet of the green guy from Angel Aud D'Hoffryn - Aud was Anya's original name, D'Hoffryn her demon boss Xander Summers - Portmanteau of Xander Harris and Buffy/Dawn Summers There's also a guy called Grue Slugger or something - an apparent reference to Groosalugg, also from Pylea, who fell in love with Cordelia in Angel James Casey gets the word of the day award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Citizen X - 1995 movie (by the way, it says he used to be known as E.M.M Moe - what did that stand for? Not El Mexico Mesterio, surely!) I always thought E.M.M. Moe was simply a play on the 'emo' trend. But I'm probably wrong, since there was never anything remotely emo about him. A rather obvious one: Ripper LeStat, named for Lestat de Lioncourt, main character of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actarus Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Willow - Willow from B:TVS Shinanju Kick - Frankie Dee's finisher, I always thought it was a reference to the Destroyer series, as Chiun is the Master of Sinanju. E.M.M. Moe - isn't it just a reference to MMO? (though I like the emo expalnation better) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I always thought E.M.M. Moe was simply a play on the 'emo' trend. But I'm probably wrong, since there was never anything remotely emo about him. "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" ring any bells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Bahahahaha. Oh dear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Wolf Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Not that I ever had much respect for him before but now I'm really not gonna be able to do anything with Citizen X without laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightnick Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" ring any bells? Catch A Tiger By The Toe is his new finisher. Thank you Adam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Sean Quartermainne = League of Extraordinary Gentleman: Alan Quartermainne is played by Sean Connery! yes, got one edit: Wonder Boy is a Tenacious D song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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