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Old 01/25/07, 6:35 PM   #1
Whiteknight
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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)

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Old 01/25/07, 6:38 PM   #2
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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. :(


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Old 01/25/07, 7:04 PM   #3
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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 >_>

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Old 01/25/07, 7:10 PM   #4
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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?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor, help me with the bags.
Igor: Soitenly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I was talking about the luggage.

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Old 01/25/07, 7:37 PM   #5
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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.

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Old 01/25/07, 7:38 PM   #6
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Is Haris Pilton still there?

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Old 01/25/07, 7:55 PM   #7
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There is a goblin in Netherstorm (Midrealm Post) called "Shauly Pore" - presumably a reference to Pauly Shore

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Old 01/25/07, 7:58 PM   #8
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Not a movie reference (unless you count the Pick of Destiny), but the Tenacious Defender incription says "It has the power...to move you".

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Old 01/25/07, 8:29 PM   #9
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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/

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Old 01/25/07, 10:44 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Plea
Is Haris Pilton still there?
Yes, Harris Pilton is the Scryrs bar.

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Old 01/26/07, 12:00 AM   #11
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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.

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Old 01/26/07, 12:48 AM   #12
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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.

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Old 01/26/07, 1:16 AM   #13
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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.

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Old 01/26/07, 2:15 AM   #14
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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.

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Old 01/26/07, 2:17 AM   #15
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The dude abides:
http://www.thottbot.com/?n=1050964

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

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