History ShoutOut / Shadowrun

** In the entry for [[ChainsawGood chainsaw swords]], references to ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' are made in the descriptions.

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** In the entry for [[ChainsawGood chainsaw swords]], references to Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre and ArmyOfDarkness are made in the descriptions.

* ''Corporate Shadowfiles'' as a precursor to extraterritoriality lists a theme park in Florida called "Futureland" that even in the 1970s constituted its own county with its own police force and a corporate-run council. You know, like [[DisneyThemeParks Disneyworld]].

* One of the locations of interest in Seattle is an art gallery called Laubenstein Plaza. It's named after Jeff Laubenstein, a regular ''Shadowrun'' artist through Third Edition.

** In the chapter on prepaid character equipment packs, one of the skillwires selections notes that if you have nothing else to use it for at the moment, you can always [[TheMatrix download Kung Fu]]. A couple pages later, and a similar entry on knowsofts mentions a curiously popular piece that includes the entire life story of a Horizon employee named [[TheTrumanShow Truman]].

** At the end of the "Extractor's Toolkit" intro fiction, one of the alleged NYPD Inc. officers identifies his superior to a building manager as Captain Series/BarneyMiller from the twelfth precinct.

** The theory goes on to explains that a cabal of True Vampires are hidden on a space station designed to keep the Earth between it and the sun. Clockwork butts in with "[[{{Futurama}} ORBITS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!]]"

** The Desert Suit described in the Armor chapter of R&G is literally just a Stillsuit from ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', a fact wryly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the shadowtalk.

** Some of the new Negative Qualities are "Film/HoboWithAShotgun" and "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Pie Iesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem]]."

** In the chapter on prepaid character equipment packs, one of the skillwires selections notes that if you have nothing else to use it for at the moment, you can always [[TheMatrix download Kung Fu]]. A couple pages later, and a similar entry on knowsofts mentions a curiously popular piece that includes the entire life story of a Horizon employee named [[TheTrumanShow Truman]].

* Several of the places mentioned in the Seattle sourcebooks are based on real-life facilities, restaurants, and stores, complete with correct street addresses. One such place, a small store called Nybbles & Bytes, is known through the 2050s-70s for selling top-quality computer equipment and "lore books." Meanwhile, the real store in the 1980s-90s sold computer equipment and [=RPG=] books... including ''Shadowrun''.

** After one theory about True Vampires existing for millennia and hiding behind the more common variety, Haze comments, "That’s one of the most nonsensical bits of faux-vampire lore I’ve ever heard." [=FastJack=] answers, "Really? Then be grateful you haven’t become acquainted with [[{{Twilight}} some of the vampire stuff from the early part of the century]]..."

** 2nd Edition main rules. The Tribal Chief in the Contacts section has as one of his quotes: "I have a fine horse, so who needs a car? A horse is a renewable resource. Have you had any success breeding your car lately?" ''Tunnel in the Sky'' has the following line: "...which made horses more practical than helicopters. Machinery gets out of order and requires a complex technology to keep it going but good old "hayburners" keep right on breeding..."

** ''The Neo-Anarchists' Guide to North America''. There's a restaurant in the Dallas/Fort Worth megaplex called Tanstaafl. This is taken from the acronym TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) in ''The Moon is a Harsh Mistress''.

** Harry Harrison's ''TheStainlessSteelRat's Revenge''. Members of the Lone Star Department of Psychology have the nickname "The Grey Men", taken from the villains in Harrison's book. Both groups use psychology to brainwash their victims.

** One section mentions the Genom Corporation from ''BubblegumCrisis''.

* ''{{Earthdawn}}''. There were ''many'' references to ''{{Earthdawn}}'', which is not surprising since it was a prequel to ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''.
** The ''Tir Tairngire'' supplement says that the Tir Tairngire government requires all students to learn creative arts. In ''{{Earthdawn}}'', being tainted by a Horror prevented a person from being creative. The leaders of Tir Tairngire were immortal elves who lived during the Earthdawn period and knew that the Horrors would eventually return, so they decided to teach everyone creative arts so it would be easier to identify people who had been Horror tainted.
* The ''Germany Sourcebook'' had an ad with an endorsement from Max Hein•Rügen, a reference to Mark Rein•Hagen of WhiteWolf Games.

** An ad for "Chauncey's Flower and Garden Shop" (''BeingThere'''s Chance the Gardener).

* The logins of various products' shadowtalkers include references to everything from Shakespeare to talk radio hosts to ''GuysAndDolls''.
** ''Shadowtech''. A decker named Kent says that he has cyberware that makes him faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound - a reference to the ''{{Superman}}'' phrase.

** The description of The Phoenix talisman shop says that its numerology software couldn't generate "the Nine Billion Names of God", a reference to the Creator/ArthurCClarke short story "The Nine Billion Names of God". One of the items on sale at the shop is an idol carved from red stone in the form of a demon holding a pink crystal sphere to its chest. This is a reference to the Horror-powered idol in the ''TabletopGame/Shadowrun'' adventure ''Bottled Demon''.

* ''Corporate Enclaves'' had a reference to ''TheBigLebowski''. One of the ten most influential people in Hollywood is one Joe "The Dude" Kliebermann, an unemployed slob who would be otherwise unremarkable save for his knack for stumbling into incredibly outlandish situations while broadcasting his POV live online.
* ''Runner's Companion''. One of the options for Changelings is a [[TheFarSide Thagomizer]] tail.

* ''Corporate Shadowfiles'' as a precursor to extraterritoriality lists a themepark in Florida called "Futureland" that even in the 1970s constituted its own county with its own police force and a corporate-run council. You know, like [[DisneyThemeParks Disneyworld]].

* 3rd Edition supplement ''Magic in the Shadows''. In the section on Ally Spirits, one of the possible appearances of such a spirit is in the form of a two meter high white rabbit (the title character in the play ''Theater/{{Harvey}}'').

* 3rd Edition supplement ''Magic in the Shadows''. In the section on Ally Spirits, one of the possible appearances of such a spirit is in the form of a two meter high white rabbit (''Theater/{{Harvey}}'').

** The Desert Suit described in the Armor chapter of R&G is literally just a Stillsuit from ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', a fact wryly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the shadowtalk.

* A legitimate ''LordOfTheRings'' reference makes an appearance in the 5e rulebook, where a radical orc rights faction is named the Sons of Sauron. Presumably this is ''also'' an AppropriatedAppellation as well.

* ''Run & Gun'' has a full page giving an example of martial arts combat - a barfight involving sample character Wombat, a bouncer, and a couple of random black belts named [[StreetFighter Ken and Ryu]].

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is referenced a few times in 3rd Edition, particularly in the ''Loose Alliances'' sourcebook. When discussing the United Nations, one of the groups mentioned is 'UNATCO', or the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition. The group's name, headquarters location, and function are all lifted directly from ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. One of the Shadownet commenters providing additional flavor in the chapter even has the username 'JC Denton', which is the name of the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' protagonist.

* A number of references to Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy'', such as "new yen", decks, the matrix, 'trodes, Edge, Japan taking over the world...

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is referenced a few times in 3rd Edition, particularly in the ''Loose Alliances'' sourcebook. When discussing the United Nations, one of the groups mentioned is 'UNATCO', or the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition. The group's name, headquarters location, and function are all lifted directly from ''DeusEx''. One of the Shadownet commenters providing additional flavor in the chapter even has the username 'JC Denton', which is the name of the ''DeusEx'' protagonist.

* ''Franchise/RoboCop'''s Auto-9 provides the illustration of the Ares Predator I in ''Gun H(e)aven''.

* ''Corporate Shadowfiles'' as a precursor to extraterritoriality lists a themepark in Florida called "Futureland" that even in the 1970s constituted its own county with its own police force and a corporate-run council. You know, like [[DisneyThemeParks Disneyworld]].

* In the 4E {{sourcebook}} ''Runner Havens'', there's a chart of the top-grossing movies in Seattle. Among them: ''[[{{Transmetropolitan}} I Hate It Here]]'', starring W. Ellis, produced by GlobalFrequency Studios; ''Ninja Princess'', starring [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters M.]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]]; and ''[[VideoGame/SmashTV The Pleasure Dome]]'', starring [[EugeneJarvis E. Jarvis]], produced by Smash Trideo Entertainment.

** A decker named Ridley calls a decker named Unicorn "ugly one-horned mule". This was a line from the film ''Film/{{Legend}}'', which was directed by Ridley Scott.

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