Line #128 ShoutOut/Wizard101


1	VideoGame/Wizard101, being a quite popular MMORPG game in its heyday, has hundreds of references to movies, TV shows, other games, and pop culture in general. There are so many that they must be divided by world.
2
3	!!General
4	* The name "Malistaire" is pronounced and spelled a lot like Malastare, a planet mentioned a few times in Film/ThePhantomMenace.
5
6	!!Wizard City
7	* In every world besides Aquila, Darkmoor, and the Arcanum, Prospector Zeke will have a sidequest that requires you to find things themed after real-life bands. For Wizard City, you need to find Music/TheSmiths.
8	* One of the first sidequests you can get requires you to check up on a guard named Private O'Ryan. The quest is appropriately named [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan "Saving Private O'Ryan"]].
9	** The [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Not in Kansas Anymore" quest after it, where you must find a wizard named Dorothy. The reward is a pair of ruby slippers.]]
10	* The Pet Shop in the Pet Pavilion is run by two knownn as the [[Music/PetShopBoys "Pet Shoppe Boys"]]. The Snack Shop, also in the Pavilion, is managed by the "West Ende Girls".
11	* Two guards in Olde Town are named [[Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]].
12	* In Crab Alley, King Thermidor's advisor is named Thomas Cromshell. This is a nod to King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII's advisor Thomas Cromwell, who loved to write plays.
13	* A side quest in the Drains references the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a quest called TMNP, as instead of turtles being involved, pigs are involved instead.
14	* The sidequest "The Power Is Ours" is one big reference to WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers. The quest tasks you with taking back five stolen rings, each one called and associated with an element (Fire, Ice/Water, Wind, Dirt, and...Guts). The characters that stole them call themselves the "Planet Fears" who try to use them to summon "The Destroyer". The last ring, the ring of Guts is [[Main/WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway mocked by Pierre Gallantmane and called "oft forgotten"]] but turns out [[Main/HeartIsAnAwesomePower it is the most important of the rings, as it gives The Destroyer a physical body, allow him to, well, destroy.]]
15	* The main questline for Firecat Alley mentions that the Fire Elves went rogue while they were rehearsing a song from [[Theatre/{{Cats}} "Firecats!: The Musical"]] The song specifically is called "Recollection" a reference to the song "Memory" from Cats.
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17	!!Krokotopia
18	* After the overhaul to Wizard City, the quest that leads into Krokotopia is called [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World."]]
19	* Zeke's quest in this world is to have you find [[Music/TheBeatles Beetles]].
20	* The concept of using a special staff to illuminate a location on a map via sunbeam is lifted directly from Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.
21	* One faction of Kroks in the Tomb of Storms is called the Djeserit, pronounced like '[[Literature/{{Dune}} Gesserit]]'.
22
23	!!Marleybone
24	* Zeke has you find Music/StrayCats.
25	* The snack vendor in Regent's Square is named Gordon Sumner, which is [[Music/ThePolice The Sting's]] legal real life name.
26	* Sherlock Bones is obviously this universe's equivalent to Literature/SherlockHolmes, and he is portrayed as a bloodhound. He lives on 221B Barker Street, while his counterpart had the same address on Baker Street. His partner Watson is here too as his pet, a bulldog.
27	* The “Reckless Necklace” quest has you visit Jared Banks, a jeweler. When you deliver the repaired necklace to Ms. Marphely, she exclaims “You went to Jared’s?” which is the tagline of a series of ads for Jared’s jewelers.
28	* Scotland Yard is also the name of England's Law Enforcement system.
29	* The ''Knight's Court" area alludes to Series/NightCourt, and there are two [=NPCs=] with the surnames Anderson and Stone, which are the Judge's name and actor, respectively.
30	* Jacques the Scratcher is a play on UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
31	* Dr. Katzenstein is essentially named after [[FrankensteinsMonster Dr. Frankenstein]].
32	* The BigBad of this world is named Meowiarty, a name not too different from Moriarty, Holmes' arch-nemesis.
33	* The second of the four dungeons is Barkingham Palace, an obvious play on Buckingham Palace.
34
35	!!Mooshu
36	* Zeke tasks you with finding [[Music/BlueOysterCult Blue Oysters]].
37	* The "Et tu, Lili?" quest name is taken from UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's last words, "Et tu, Bruti?"
38
39	!!Dragonspyre
40	* Zeke wants you to find [[Music/TheStoneRoses Stone Roses]].
41	* The Labyrinth fish is modeled after Music/DavidBowie's costume in Film/{{Labyrinth}}. The description references the line "You have no power over me!"
42	* The final quest of this world and the first arc is titled [[Music/{{Europe}} The Final Countdown]].
43	* The Monstrology Tome description for the Loathsome Creeper is "[[Music/{{Radiohead}} They wish they were special... but they're a creep.]]"
44
45	!!Grizzleheim/Wintertusk
46	* Zeke's collecting quest in Grizzleheim is finding [[Music/TheYardbirds Yardbirds]].
47	** And in Wintertusk, its The Troggs.
48	* Jotun the Giant in the Hall of Valor shares his name with Jotuun the Giant in Myth/NorseMythology, barring a U for the for the former.
49	* In Vestrilund, two brothers named [[Series/SesameStreet Urt and Berni]] can give you a quest where you must rescue Berni's prized posession: a yellow rubber wooden duck.
50	* The "Su Su Sudrilund" quest takes its name from Music/PhilCollins' "Suh Suh Sudlio".
51
52	!!Celestia
53	* Zeke tells you to search for Lounge Lizards.
54	* One of the expeditioners is named Montgomery, who's a Scottish terrier. The chief engineer of the original Franchise/StarTrek series was named Montgomery Scott.
55	* The Grandmaster Artisan Quest given by Pierce is named "That Seven Seas Show", which doesn't sound too different from Series/That70sShow.
56	* One sidequest given by Vendrel Starfinder is called [[Music/PierceTheVeil "Piercing the Veil."]]
57
58	!!Wysteria
59	* While Ravenwood already bore a strong resemblance to [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]], Pigswick Academy has an even stronger one.
60	* The boss in Tanglewood Way is named [[Film/ForrestGump Forrest Grump]].
61	* One sidequest is called "[[Film/TheBreakfastClub The Brunching Club]]".
62
63	!!Zafaria
64	* The place name "Zamunda" is directly lifted from Film/ComingToAmerica.
65	* One of the quests in the Savannah is called [[Music/DefLeppard "Rock of Ages."]]
66	* In Belloq's tent, you can find a golden idol that's an exact replica of the one stolen from Indiana Jones in Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk. Belloq is also the name of the movie character who steals it.
67	* The boat you must ride to get from Stone Town to Waterfront is named the [[Music/{{ABBA}} "Dancing Queen"]], and the quest that has you ride it is named "You Can Jive".
68	* A password needed to enter a secure fortress at the Waterfront is [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 "Nants Ingonya Bagithi Baba."]]
69	* During the Five B.O.X.E.S event, the telegraph box located in Zafaria takes you to places in ''VideoGame/Pirate101'' where you can meet some familiar faces.
70
71	!!Avalon
72	* This world is based on Myth/ArthurianLegend. It has a multitude of references to it as well as parodies, including, of course, Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail:
73	** The world's mole gardener is Roger the Shrubberer, a name that's [[OddNameOut different from the others that end in "-arley".]]
74	** One of the knights you talk to is named [[Creator/TerryGilliam Perry Gilliam]].
75	** The "Being the Third Number" quest has the NPC you're working with directly quote the Book of Armaments as she's telling you how to handle a grenade.
76	** The sidequests provided by the Knight of the Sacred Words involve seeking out said sacred words themselves, which turn out to be the three words kept by the Knights Who Say "Ni!".
77	* Throughout the world, you battle Wyrms. One of these quotes [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug]], and another is the [[Literature/{{Jabberwocky}} Jabberwock]].
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79	!!Azteca
80	* A jaguar projecting a message to you from somewhere they are trapped tells you that [[Film/ANewHope "This is my most desperate hour, you're my only hope!"]]
81	* Winning the skeleton key fight against Ixcax Cursedwing gives you the title "[[Music/TheOffspring Ixnay on the Ixcax]]".
82	* A simple dialogue quest is titled "[[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Let the only sound be the overflow]]".
83	* Mak the Knife, a character in Pitch Black Lake, is named after the main character of Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera.
84	* The tune that must be hummed to enter the Pyramid of Mother Moon is the five notes from Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind.
85	* Titles from a stretch of the main questline: "Music/ExplosionsInTheSky", "Last Known Surroundings", and "Not A Cold Dead Place."
86	* When you board the eagle statue to fly to Twin Giants for the first time, the narrator tells you of a voice you hear as you do so. It says [[Music/SteveMillerBand "Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future."]]
87	* [[Music/{{REM}} It's the End of the World As We Know It]] is both a quest name and quoted by a boss after you defeat her. "And I feel...fine."
88	* There's a side quest where you take a cursed amulet and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings throw it into lava]].
89
90	!!Aquila
91	* Every immortal is a [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Classical Mythology]] figure. So far the following have been seen: Athena, Apollo, Eris, Hephaestus, Ares, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Nyx.
92
93	!!Khrysalis
94	* Names of Mantises include "Zaltanna the [[Film/MirrorMask MirrorMask]]" and "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Zelda the PhantomKnight]]".
95	* The name of the [[Film/CrocodileDundee "That's Not a Knife"]] Quest.
96	* There's a Hundred Legger in Tyrian Gorge who's voice actor is doing a [[Creator/PatrickWarburton Patrick Warburton]] impression.
97	* The Shadow Shrike spell bears resemblance to the Shrike creature from the ''Literature/HyperionCantos'', though without its SpikesOfVillainy. It's most notable ability, like its namesake, is its high amount of pierce (-50%), reflecting how the science fiction novels' creature is known for inflicting such a fate on its foes.
98	* One of Morganthe's lieutenants is named [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kravenly the Hunter]].
99	** He also at one point says he'll [[Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}} "Rock you like a hurricane."]]
100	* Taylor Coleridge and his status as an ancient sailor (as well as the fact that you go on a dangerous journey across the waters with him) is an obvious nod to Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner.
101	* In Ruined Alcazar, you fight a [[Franchise/MortalKombat yellow scorpion named Hanzo, who tells you to "Get over here!"]]
102	** His minion is additionally called 'Kombat Skorpion'
103	* The pre-battle dialogue of the Ice Angler in the Solar Arc references [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]. The minion he's accompanied by is additionally named 'Adele Dazeem'.
104	* The "A Voice for the Silent" sidequest is given by Jhae [=AskewedView=], and you must defeat Interrogator Retenius to rescue Bawb [=AskewedView=]. The names reference Creator/KevinSmith's movies and TV shows, which are produced by his company, View Askew Productions.
105
106	!!Darkmoor
107	* Skeleton Key bosses in Darkmoor include [[Literature/{{Bunnicula}} Bunferatu]] and [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Aphrodite Two]].
108	** The boss dialogue of the latter quotes "Feed Me" and "Mean Green Mother from Outerspace", of course.
109	* Shane von Shane's cheat message when he casts Monster Mash is "It's a graveyard smash!"
110
111	!!Polaris
112	* Inside Walruskberg's Inn of the Midnight Sun, you can spot [[VideoGame/Pirate101 Boochbeard's hat and Mr. Gandry]] on your right as you enter.
113	* A sidequest named Film/TheProfessional has you helping a "Cleaner" named Leon root out a corrupt Inspectors' Brigade official.
114	* Rasputin is keeping a Pingouin named [[Creator/JacquesCousteau Jock Coosto]] in a vault, who often talks like the namesake and wears a similar hat.
115
116	!!Mirage
117	* Zeke sends you off to locate some [[Music/{{Oasis}} Mini-Oases]].
118	* Further than just being an ArabianNightsDays world, the world's major city is called [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Aggrobah]] and a boss during the main storyline is named "Vizier [[SdrawkcabName Rafaj]]".
119	* Dumoozid heavily resembles Mr. Clean, and is a clean freak who is terrified of letting anyone and anything inside his tent and sells cleaning products.
120	* There is a species of amphibian or reptillian type creatures used to carry cargo known as the [[VideoGame/PacMan [=PackMan=]]], who are all yellow with round heads and large mouths. The resemblance goes further with a side quest called "[=PackMan=] Fever", which is given by a "Madam [=PackMan=]" and involves entering a ghost maze to collect magic spheres and fruit.
121	* The first thing you see upon entering the Alkali Barrows is [[Creator/PercyByssheShelley Two vast and trunkless legs of stone standing in the desert,]] [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair around which the lone and level sands stretch far away.]]
122	** Inside the base of this statue you meet Ozzy, who is essentially [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Morte]].
123	* Befitting that he's the son of Grandfather Spider known as "The Scorpion", Overlord Xerxes bears more than a passing resemblance to The Rock as the [[Film/TheMummyReturns Scorpion King]].
124	* Sultana Sharzad says in passing that an artifact [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade "Belongs in a museum"]].
125	* One of the gang leaders in Aggrobah is named [[Film/TheWarriors Loother, and tells the Wizard "Come out to play!"]]
126	** One of his cheat messages additionally mentions the [[Music/StraightOuttaCompton strength of street knowledge]].
127	* The Qhats have a considerable amount of [[Literature/{{Dune}} Dune]] references: Various political houses, a group known as the "Binny Jezzerit" led by a "Reverend Mother Meowhaim", a "Pol Atraydies" being groomed for leadership, and even "Sand Wurms"; one of which is named "Melanj" and is summoned using sand-thumpers. There's also the use of a power like The Voice and a "Baron Hairkonnen".
128	* In the Rubal Wastes, you battle three Mongus: [[Literature/TheJungleBook Ricky, Tiki, and Taffy.]]
129	* Istanboa's snakes are ruled by a [[Franchise/GiJoe "Kobra Kommander"]], and your serpentine ally in the city is named [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork "Snake Plizkin"]].
130	* One quest is titled [[Film/RebelWithoutACause "Rebels with a Cause"]].
131	* The name of the first quest in the Thieves Den is titled "VideoGame/JustDance", something that Devinn repeats. The dance itself in front of Ali Baboon is done on a trapdoor, a. la. [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba's Palace]].
132	** Ali additionally has a Salacious Crumb stand-in, a Qhat named "Hairy Qhrum".
133	* [[VideoGame/Pirate101 Boochbeard]] can be found in Thieves' Den.
134
135	!!Empyrea
136	* Zeke wants you to locate some [[Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish Blowfish]].
137	* Your main cast of sidekicks in this world are walking parallels to Franchise/StarTrek: "Sparck", "Pork", and "Beans", who operate a Skyship called the "Endeavor".
138	* One quest in Zanadu is named [[Music/DavidBowie House Oddity, given to you by Major Tom]].
139	* The Bat is a walking ComicBook/{{Batman}} reference. It's made even more apparent in the Sepidious area, where you fight foes like [[ComicBook/ThePenguin Le Pingoin]], [[ComicBook/TheRiddler the Quiz]][[ComicBook/TheJoker zler]], and [[ComicBook/PoisonIvy Poison Oak]]. Slightly less obvious is [[ComicBook/TwoFace Dynt]].
140	* In the Aero Plains, you meet an Aero Dwarf named Tyler, who works as an [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Aero Smith]]. At one point, he leads you to a windmill, saying "Walk this way."
141
142	!!Karamelle
143	* Your goal in a particular sidequest is to [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory find a Golden Ticket so you can tour Nana's Olde Fashioned Candy Factory]]. The names of the Gobblers sent by King Gobbsmack for their sweat are shared by four of the touring kids.
144	* An Alphoi hologram finishes a transmission by saying [[Film/ANewHope "Help me, Choco Khan, you're my only burp]].
145	* In one instance, you have to fight witches named [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Samantha, Tabitha and Endora]].
146
147	!!Lemuria
148	* The name The Nothing takes on, "Dasein", is ripped right from the work of Martin Heidegger.
149	* Mandar's predecessor, and who he got his ultimate sword from, is named [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse He-Mander]].
150	* The top-tier equipment recipe salesman is located in Sky City, and he is [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb a platypus named Perry]].
151	* The side dungeon quest in Heap is [[Franchise/PowerRangers Go, Go Power Grazers]], and it is one huge love letter to the franchise. The giver is named Putty, who mentions that all he could do to rescue his friend Goldaur from the Power Grazers gang was dance around going "Hooolooolooolooo". The dungeon they're in is called the "Command Center". They say WE. ARE. THE. POWER GRAZERS! when you first confront them. After you defeat the Grazers, they say "IT'S BORGIN' TIME!" and turn into Borgs. And after you defeat ''them'' they try to fuse to form the Mega-Borg, only for Green to realize there is none. Afterwards, they decide to leave it to the "new guy" a.k.a. the Power Draconian and the White Tiger.
152	* Two of the citizens of Heap that you deliver supplies to are named [[Creator/ReneRusso Rene Musso]] and [[Creator/PaulRudd Paul Cudd]].
153	* As if the reference to ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' in Khrysalis wasn't enough, a side boss in Night Forest named Ice Queen also refers to some of her lines in cheats. For example, "Let the Storm Rage On" and "Do you want to fight a snowman?"
154	* There's a detective named [[Film/DickTracy Dog Tracy]] in the Heap.
155	!!Novus
156	* A lot of the world has references to abstract art. For example a side quest depicts melting clocks.
157	* There are clearly Mario references as well. Dasein Duelist takes on the form of the "Turtle King" (Bowser), there's also Mario di Mario (obvious) and Princess Pesca (Princess Peach).
158	* The Pet vendor is named Jean-luc Petcard.
159	!!Wallaru
160	* One of the world's major antagonists is a "[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddie Kroaker]]."
161	* One sidequest involves defeating "[[Creator/JJAbrams Jake]] the [[Series/{{LOST}} Smoke Monster]]", who likes confusing mysteries, nostalgic callbacks, and intends to rewrite reality.
162	** "Get this, my best idea yet: what if...[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Somehow, Malistaire returned!]]"
163	!!Other
164	* The Level 7 ice school quest "Introduction To Ice" has your wizard say the magic words [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 "Klaatu, Verata, Nictu!"]] to summon the Frost Giant
165	* The title of the Level 78 professor quest depends on your school; each is also the title of a Creator/StephenKing novel, novella, or short story:
166	** Balance - Literature/{{It}}
167	** Death - Literature/BagOfBones
168	** Fire - Literature/{{Firestarter}}
169	** Ice - Literature/{{Misery}}
170	** Life - Literature/TheGreenMile
171	** Myth - Literature/TheEyesOfTheDragon
172	** Storm - Literature/HeartsInAtlantis
173	* Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone is in the name of the "Sorcery Stones" minigame (using its American title, Sorcerer's Stone).
174	* The Creepier Carnival Bundle includes a teddy bear pet called a [[Franchise/CareBears Scare Bear]].

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