A list of shout-outs from Sucker for a Cute Face.
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Chapter 8
- The games the Dazzlings play in Chapter 8 are:
- A Call of Duty style shooter.
- A Mario Kart Expy.
- A Starcraft style RTS.
- A Baldur's Gate/Dragon Age hybrid Dungeon Crawler.
- A 2D Super Mario Bros. style Platformer.
- A Survival Horror game in the vein of Silent Hill or Resident Evil.
- A Metal Gear Solid Expy complete with bonkers plot.
Chapter 17 to 20
- When Adagio and Guidance Counselor Zecora rhyme at each other in Chapter 17 it comes off similar to Green Eggs And Ham.
- Saints Row 4 is referenced in Chapter 18.
- In Chapter 20, Rarity metions having some trouble with the fireplace.
Chapter 26
- In Chapter 26 the Dazzlings play:
- The Mario Kart Expy again.
- A Mario Party Expy that gives us a look into the odd way the Sirens' minds work.
- Another Mario Expy.
- A Super Smash Bros. Expy.
- A Luigi's Mansion Expy that leads to a rumination on heroic morality.
Chapter 39
- Rainbow Dash references the infamous boulder punching moment from Resident Evil 5.
- In Chapter 39 Fluttershy and the Dazzlings play these games:
- A Worms Expy though Word of God says that Worms 3D specifically was in mind.
- A Final Fantasy X Expy is played with X-2 being referenced.
- Plants vs. Zombies is played.
- An Orcs Must Die! Expy is played with goblins replacing the orcs.
- A Portal 2 Expy is played where Aria tricks Fluttershy into killing Sonata's character.
- A Five Nights at Freddy's Expy including a reference to Vannamelon's first Fluttershy Plays video.
Chapter 41, 44, and 46
- Star Wars is referenced in Chapter 41 with "Master Aayla Zecora."
- The games the Dazzlings played in Chapter 44 are:
- Dead Island where they nitpick the weapon durability.
- A Survival Horror game in the vein of Dead Space.
- A Super Smash Bros. Expy.
- Saints Row 4 is referenced again.
- Dead Rising 2.
- Aria and Rainbow play a League of Legends Expy against The Cynical Brit, Jesse Cox, Dodger, Wowcrendor, and Strippin expies in Chapter 46.
Chapter 54, 56, and Epilogue
- Fluttershy and the Dazzlings play these games:
- A Crackdown Expy.
- A Jak and Daxter Expy complete with Threatening Shark.
- A Left 4 Dead Expy.
- A sort of multiplayer Expy of Haunting Ground.
- A Dark Souls Expy.
- An Amnesia: The Dark Descent Expy.
- Adagio plays a Hotline Miami Expy when Aria and Sonata take Fluttershy out for ice cream in Chapter 56. This is referenced again in Chapter 57.
- The carriage that Adagio and Fluttershy ride off in is a reference to Western Animation/Cinderella.
