Shout Out / Roblox

Younite: ...no, the best anime is definitely the one with the giant head in the ocean!
The_Frame: Who doesn't love the one with the bounty hunters in space though! You're insane if you don't like that one!
Younite: Literally only you like that one, The_Frame! Mine is the best.
Younite: If only we could be more specific about these animes without risking copyright infringement.

—Egg Hunt 2018: The Great Yolktales

Roblox has lots of fun when it comes to creating and publishing catalog items, so they'll not be afraid to make plenty of the items pop culture references. As Roblox is a Wide-Open Sandbox, the developers won't mind throwing their tastes into their creations. The developers working for the official events won't, either.

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Roblox-created Items

Accessories

• The 8-bit Wonder hat is not-so-subtly based on the one Mario wears.
• The Mildly Disturbing Mask and Marginally Less Modest Pile of Hats. The former looks a lot like the Scout's Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask, except green, and the latter is two extra words from another hat.
• The Exoflex Spax Helmex. It's an obvious homage to Daft Punk.
• This hat lets Robloxians dress up as none other than Cthulhu.
• The Tentacles hat series have the tradition of having "OOVAR 9000" (or under) as started by the original Mr. Tentacles hat.
• This hat is Doge. Seriously. Lots of players have called it "hell", oddly enough.
• Also the Rogue Cyborg which does just that to I, Robot.
• McBark the Crime Canine is modeled after McGruff the Crime Dog.
• The Mouse Ears are two simple black discs which essentially give the wearer the appearance of Mickey Mouse.
• 2019's Sinister Pumpkin is called "Sinister F". As in "Press F to pay respects".

Faces

• This face. It's Quijibo, the fat, balding, North American ape with no chin.
• This one is named "Old Man Jenkins".

Gears

• Similar to 8-Bit Wonder above, the 8-Bit Throwing Barrel gear is a shout out to Donkey Kong, and the 8-bit Marvel is pretty much an 8-bit Master Sword.
• The Hyperbikes are Lighcycles with Serial Numbers Filed Off.
• Two of the lines the Hedgehog Friend make are "Gotta go fast!" and "You're too slow."
  • Sometimes, the Flaming Hedgehog Cannon shoots out a blue fast hedgehog saying one of the lines above and whoever it hits and explodes spills out golden rings.
• The Ultraviolet Blaster appears very similar to the Shock Rifle from Unreal Tournament III

Hair

• One hair accessory named "Master Fighter" is a hairpiece with a red bandana. It's listed under the 'Town and City' and 'Fighting' genres. In other words, street fighting.

Events

• Egg Hunt 2018 is littered with references to literature (the first world is themed after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), TV shows and other Roblox games, and even anime references (see the above quote).
• In Egg Hunt 2019's Golden Ending, Mysterious Figure/Alternate Timeline!Eggwick states the following line: 'See you, space cowboy.'
  • To travel to the islands containing the Avengers eggs, you ride in Rocket.
• Egg Hunt eggs:
  • Eggstravaganza 2010:
    • This egg is a Yoshi egg.
  • Save The Eggverse!:
    • The Eggy Pop egg is not only a reference to Iggy Pop, it's also an Elvis Impersonator.
  • The Lost Eggs:
    • This egg is based on HAL 9000.
  • Scrambled in Time:
    • One of the eggs is called "Egg Off". Its description makes the shout out more obvious:
      Starring John Eggvolta and Eggolas Cage.
    • Another egg is called the "McEgger".
    • And another goes by the name "2 Fast 2 Egg".
    • Bonnie BloxKO, The Egg is modeled after Frank.
    • Then there's the Eggdini, named after Harry Houdini.
    • We also have Tallaheggssee, Zombie Slayer.
    • There's also an egg called "My Eggy Vice".
    • The Caped Eggsader, other than the name being a shoutout to Batman, has this little tidbit in its description:
      "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain... or, in some rare cases, you turn into an egg.

User-created Games

• Bee Swarm Simulator:
  • Brown Bear's Beesmas present is a one year subscription to Bearmazon Prime, a reference to Amazon Prime.
    • And Bucko Bee's present is tickets to see Blue Bee Group.
  • One of Black Bear's quests is called "Strawberry Field Forever".
  • Marshmallow Bees are basically bee-shaped Peeps, complete with sugar crystals.
  • One of Spirit Bear's Waking Non Sequiturs is "You're coo-coo! Coo-coo for [Coconuts]!" which brings to mind Cocoa Puffs' Mascot Sonny the Cuckoo Bird's Catchphrase.
  • Onett's ornament is a candy cane themed after Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, though he calls it "Ruby the Gold-Nosed Candy Cane" because he's not sure if Rudolph's name is copyrighted.
• Camping:
  • Mansion: At one point Zach Nolan tears down a door with an axe and yells "HERE'S ZACHY!!!".
• The Doom Wall 2: Burst is one big Homage to the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Many Sonic mechanics, such as dash panels, springs, and grinding rails, are present, as well two maps from the Sonic games, Crisis City and Terminal Velocity, and two binders modeled after Sonic's and Shadow's shoes.
• Jailbreak (Roblox):
  • The Volt Bike is clearly a Lightcycle.
  • In the storm drain escape route, there is a box of Builder Brother's Pizza surrounded by turtle shells.
• This Is No Simulator: Should you anger the narrator many times, he decides to put you in the "Serious Room". You can even lampshade this trope.
• Cold Truth:
  • A Konata Izumi body pillow is found in the bedrooms.
  • One of the tapes contains the song Ugoku, Ugoku which is the main opening theme of the anime adaptation of Girls' Last Tour.
• Tower Defense Simulator:
  • One of the skins available for the John tower is literally Zero Two.
• Entry Point (Roblox): One way of opening the vault in The Killhouse is by using a thermal drill to open it.
• Attack On Albert:
  • The whole title is an reference to Attack on Titan, and some plot elements are taken from it as well.
  • The opening sequence starts with you waking up in first person, along with McChillington saying "Hey you. You're finally awake".
  • During the part where Albert throws McChillington at Su Tart, the famous scene where Kenshiro says to a bandit that "You Are Already Dead", along with the bandit's head exploding, is referenced here, though only the voices and sounds are heard.

User-created Accessories

• There's been a rise in accessories to allow players to cosplay as characters from other franchises, notably Five Nights at Freddy's, Spider-Man (specifically the Spider-Verse films), and Breaking Bad. The SCP Foundation is also no stranger to this, albeit in a much more legal-friendly way, as the wiki is under a Creative Commons license.
• It's common for creators to make skins of their accessories themed around the pink-and-black missing textures of Garry's Mod.
• The Mad Joker, while being a reference to the Joker playing card, is mainly a reference to the codename of the protagonist from Persona 5 as it uses the black, red and white color scheme.
• The Typical Texan Tycoonist is a reference to the really tall gallon hat worn by Doug Dimmadome.
• The "Boba Fête" is a pun on Star Wars character Boba Fett.
• "Masked Rider" is Kiva's helmet. while using the Basshaa Magnum, full stop.
• The "Pink Hair Cute Bow Tie accessory bears a resemblance Rider of Black (AKA Astolfo)'s hair.
• This hair made by GENKROCO seems to reference a fellow Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl. Sound familiar?
• The Enforcer Helmet is based on the helmet of a Combine soldier.