Movie references.

Whiteknight · 01/25/07, 6:35 PM

I've seen a ton of movie references in the TBC so far. Which ones did you love/hate/notice, etc?

I'll start with the obvious Toshley's Station quest "Picking up some Power Converters"

Script reference from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:
LUKE: But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters...
OWEN: You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done. Now come on, get to it!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshi_station)

Tyvi · 01/25/07, 6:38 PM

This page covers quite alot of references. It was a fun read the first time through although I probably missed out on quite a few easter eggs because I am not much of a movie watcher myself. :(

Itto · 01/25/07, 7:04 PM

In the northernmost corner of Shattra Lower City you can find 3 eastwood characters. Dirty Harry, the chap from the fistfull of dollars and another which i couldn't quite recognize >_>

Qrt · 01/25/07, 7:10 PM

Not really a movie reference but in front of the Mana Tombs entrance we see "Slim, shady dealer"... will the real Eminem now please stand up?

Savos · 01/25/07, 7:37 PM

There are about a million and a half Dune references.

The newest one I've seen is an elite sandworm in Terokkar Forest in the Bone Wastes named Shai'Halud or something like that.

Plea · 01/25/07, 7:38 PM

Is Haris Pilton still there?

Whiteknight · 01/25/07, 7:55 PM

There is a goblin in Netherstorm (Midrealm Post) called "Shauly Pore" - presumably a reference to Pauly Shore

Aggression · 01/25/07, 7:58 PM

Not a movie reference (unless you count the Pick of Destiny), but the Tenacious Defender incription says "It has the power...to move you".

Lucit · 01/25/07, 8:29 PM

Originally Posted by Whiteknight

There is a goblin in Netherstorm (Midrealm Post) called "Shauly Pore" - presumably a reference to Pauly Shore

Yes, specifically: http://imdb.com/title/tt0115683/

• frmorrison · 01/25/07, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Plea

Is Haris Pilton still there?

Yes, Harris Pilton is the Scryrs bar.

Ared · 01/26/07, 12:00 AM

Incredibly obvious but amusing nonetheless, the Sporegar Underbog quest Bring Me A Shrubbery! and the follow-up Bring Me Another Shrubbery! Ripped straight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

CheshireCat · 01/26/07, 12:48 AM

Pretty sure the engineering grandmaster, K. Lee Smallfry, in Zangarmarsh is a Firefly shoutout. (Kaylee Fry is the mechanic on the show.)

Edit: Confirmed. I was a little hesitant because, well, I see Firefly shoutouts everywhere. But she's wearing coveralls, her quest text uses "shiny" to mean "satisfactory" twice, she says she loves strawberries, and she has a compression coil to fix. (Which is the part that broke in "Out of Gas.") It's her.

dest · 01/26/07, 1:16 AM

Not only is there Shauly Pore, but he is in the dome.

If you don't understand this reference, it is imperative that you go and rend Biodome immediately. This is a gem of a film.

Hypothraxer · 01/26/07, 2:15 AM

Not movie references either but from games:

- Broggok in the Blood Furnace seems to have a very close resemblance to a Cacodemon from the Doom series
- The entrance to Terokkar forest from Hellfire Peninsula has a very close resemblance to the entrance to the petrified forest in Grim Fandango
- Upon entering any Veil in Terokkar forest a small part of the Diablo song is played
- The music in the tombs in the bone wastes have parts of the Diablo 1 dungeon music woven into it.

Whion · 01/26/07, 2:17 AM

The dude abides:
http://www.thottbot.com/?n=1050964

Alliance Grand Master Engineer in Honor Hold is named Lebowski, from The Big Lebowski.