Shout Out / Ms. 'Splosion Man

• Its title is of course a homage to Ms. Pac-Man.
  • Ms. Splosion Man's non-sequiturs. Examples of her babbling include:
    "Snozzberries? Just what are snozzberries?!"
    "You're the one that I want!"
    "These boots are made for 'splodin, and that's just what they'll do, 'cause one-a-these-days, these boots are 'gunna 'splode all over you!" (lyrics from the Nancy Sinatra song)
    "Shut the front door!"
    "Got Jesus on my necklace!"
    "Truly truly truly outrageous!"
    "Some women aren't meant to be tamed!"
    "Don't go chasing waterfalls!"
    "What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man!" (lyrics from a Salt 'N' Pepa song)
    "Where have all the cowboys gone?"
    "I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl, in the world!". Also, from Gwen Stefani: "I ain't no holla back girl!"
    "If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends!"
    "A diva is a female version of a hustler!". Also: "Better put a ring on it!" Also: "All the single ladies, all the single ladies..." (which can be misheard as "All the glitz..." or "All the cigarettes...")
    "No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, STOP!"
    "Sit, Ubu, sit, good boy! Woof!"
    "I must, I must, I must increase my bust!"
    "Girls just wanna have fu-un!" (lyrics from a Cyndi Lauper song)
    "I'll have what SHE'S having!"
    "Hit me, baby, one more time!". Also: "I'm a slave, for you!"
    "You had me at hello!"
    "I must break you." (Rocky IV quote)
    "A buh-buh-buh-buh-buh bye!"
    "Why don't you come up and see me sometime, big boy?" (a line closely resembling one said in the film "She Done Him Wrong")
    "I'm the king of the world!". Also: "I'll never let you go, Jeff, I promise!"
    "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy!"
    "Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, on the cover of a magazine!". Also: "Rita Hayworth gave good face." Also: "Like a virgin!" Also: "Strike a pose, there's nothing to it."
    "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!" (lyrics from a Kelis song)
    "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Demille!"
    "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!"
    "I wave my hair back and forth! I wave my hair back and forth!" (lyrics from a Willow Smith song)
    "Nobody puts baby in a corner!"
    "You complete me." (This could either be a reference to Jerry MacGuire or a song by Keyshia Cole)
    "I'll get him hot, show him what I got!" Also: "My my my my poker face."
    "I'm not bad; I just 'splode that way."
    "Toasty!"
• One cutscene where Ms. 'Splosion Man reveals herself in a disguise brings to mind the original Total Recall (1990), down to the disguise's head laughing before it explodes.
  • And before the Bionic Bommando boss fight, she arrives in a Johnnycab from the same movie.
• In the first boss battle alone:
  • The Boss (Mighty Eternal) tells Ms. Splosion Man "I'm your boyfriend now!".
    • After she defeats the Boss, there's this exchange:
      Ms. Splosion Man: What the heck are you?
      Mighty Eternal: Wh-wh-wh-what the heck are you?
      (The Boss then initiates a very familiar self-destruct sequence.)
    • Not to mention that in the middle of the sequence, the boss says "Heeeeere's Johnny!"
• One of Ms. Splosion Man's idle dances is the Carlton.
  • Several of her idle animations contain notable parts from the music video of Single Ladies
  • Her other idle movements include jumping in victory like Chun Li and doing the Macarena.
• During the final boss battle (which in itself is a shout out to Punch-Out!!), Ms. Splosion Man says:

  Ms. Splosion Man: But I hope you leave enough room for my fist, because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your goddamned spine!

• In the third level of the game, we hear a random flying car driver humming the theme to Dallas.
• The game references the Portal reference from the first game, only this time, the cake is not a lie - it's a trap.