[List] In-Jokes, Third-Party References, etc.

I just saw one today from a Diggle when he said "Hero...come out and play" or something like that.

Reminds me of the movie "The Warriors"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDH9Jq5AWkQ

 

Corpus Burst, the corpse explosion spell, generates purple clouds of miasma -- just like in Dwarf Fortress when corpses rot.

 

Lessee -- just going over the skill trees:

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Ragnar (Ragnar's Meteor) is an old-school Norse badass from a bunch of old poetry.

Tortoise Maneuver may or may not be a reference to Kingdom of Loathing's defensive Fighter class, the Turtle Tamer.

Thaumites aren't a direct reference to anything I can find, but they certainly seem to be a reference to a magical (Thaum= magical, as in Thaumaturge) nanite. The spell certainly acts like the Nanite Swarm of various sci-fi games/stories

Chthon (of the Mark) is an Elder God from Marvel Comics.

Skatha (of the Root) is a Celtic battle goddess, and Belimawr (of the Hand) is a Welsh hero of olde. (Odd how they got mixed up with the Vikings.)

Et Tu...is obvious.

Yuggoth (of Fungal Mastery) is a reference to a series of poems from H.P. Lovecraft called "Fungi from Yuggoth"

Rhabdomatic Hacking is a reference to Rhabdomancy, the formal name of using a dowsing rod to find crap.

That's all I have time for right now.

 

The Tortoise Maneuver is a reference to the old Roman legion "Testudo" (or tortoise) maneuver, where all but the front row would raise their shields overhead and lock them together. Generally used when advancing under fire (in this case sometimes literal fire) from enemy soldiers on walls to protect from missiles.

I didn't see much reference to it in gaming until Rome Total War, as it's a formation option for some Roman troops.

 

I'm almost profficient that this dredmor theme music track is directly inspired by Doom, but for the life of me I can't find the Doom soundtrack that inspired it, even though I recognized it in my first Dredmor game.

 

One of the kid (I think it's Stan) has a Mad Max poster with exactly this image on it in his room. It's seen in many occasions during the series.

 

Ah, ok. That makes sense then. Thanks for explaining it!

 

The description of the gold ingot reads something about a lavian expatriate. This is a reference to Goldfinger (of James Bond fame), whose first name is Auric ("gold").

 

The Master of Yuggoth is from a Lovecraft sonnet.
Et tu? is Brutus.

 

psst...already got those.

 

Reviving this thread because of a random finding:

Swords' 2nd skill is a reference to Johannes Liechtenauer, German fencing master.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenauer

Also Bolt of mass destruction's description "you are become death, destroyer of dungeons" is a reference to J.R.Oppenheimer, who was one of the developers of the atomic bomb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer

After the first test in New Mexico he said "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" which is a quote from a part of an Indic epic, Mahabharata.

 

Okay, let's see how many I can contribute off the top:

Bolt Classic and New Bolt are references to when Coca-Cola was messing around with its formula.

Syzygy is an actual term for an astronomical alignment, thought to be astrologically significant.

And then an -awful- lot of the achievements are references, of course.

It's dangerous to go alone! Make this - Zelda
Master using it and you can have this achievement - Zelda
Here's Johnny - The Shining
I am not left handed - The Princess Bride
Turtle Power! - TMNT
It's Alive! - arguably a reference to every Frankenstein movie, ever (Young Frankenstein deserves special mention here)
Steal This Achievement - a reference to "Steal This Book"
Brew Fame (etc) - Harry Potter book 1, Snape
Sallah, I said no camels - Indiana Jones
I think, therefore I am - Rene Descartes
Respect mah man authoritah - South Park
Not the bees! - The Wicker Man
Taste the rainbow - Skittles commercials (do they still do this bit?)

... i think I'll stop there for now.

 

damn i knew it!

one of the tracks remind me of diablo.

http://zath.bandcamp.com/track/chilled

 

Self-sealing stem bolts are a DS9 reference. Mad props for that.

 

There's at least a few references to the The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. The most obvious one being the "Pangalactic Gargle Blaster" item.

There are a ton of neat references in the enemy taunts.

"Your mother is a radish" and "your father was a quivering side of man-beef" is refrencing Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
"one more adventurer and i can finally retire" is based on an old trope in which old cops that die in movies are always "two days away from retirement"
"do you feel lucky, punk" is a Dirty Harry refrence
"it's a trap!" is from Star Wars. rather obvious.
So is "i have a bad feeling about this"
"from hell's heart, i stab at thee" is from Moby Dick
"to the slaughter" I believe is a Doctor Who refrence
"honk if you love dredmor" is based on common bumper stickers
"we have ways of making you talk" isn't a specific refrence to anything, but is a rather common movie line (used before torture)
"killing me won't bring back your honey!" is from The Wicker Man
"FUS RO DAH!" is from Elder Scrolls: Skyrim of course
"spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace" is from Portal 2
"his name is robert paulson" is from Fight Club

 

I'm surprised "Script of Farstation 9" isn't a tome, honestly.

 

Alot random text that happens when you're walking around uneventfully comes from either older rougelikes (such as Nethack) or Dwarf Fortress.

From Older Rougelikes:
"You hear the sound of gurgling pipes." (originally used to alert the user a sink was on the floor)
"you hear the chimes of a cash register" (a shop is on the floor)
"You feel a sudden, overpowering sense of regret." (a pet died)
"Suddenly you feel like you've forgotten something very important. What was it?" (reminding you about quests in older rougelikes)

References to Dwarf Fortress:
"You hear haunting moos."
"The hollow call of undead mandrills echo through the dungeon."

Other:
"You have insufficient Vespene gas. Mine more Vespene gas." is an obvious Starcraft refrence
"You can't cut back on funding! You will regret this!" is quoted directly from the Director of Transportation in Sim City
"Plebs are needed" is from the "Ceaser" games


all I got for now