Pop Culture References
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Contents
- 1 (The) Adventures of Pluto Nash
- 2 Alien
- 3 All Your Base
- 4 Asterix the Gaul
- 5 Baby, It's Cold Outside
- 6 Babylon 5
- 7 Back to the Future
- 8 Dell
- 9 Doom
- 10 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- 11 Dune
- 12 Ender's Game Series
- 13 Firefly
- 14 Futurama
- 15 (The) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy
- 16 Ikea
- 17 (The) Increadible Hulk
- 18 I Shot the Sheriff
- 19 Le Pirate Maboule
- 20 Red Dwarf
- 21 Richard I of England
- 22 (The) Rocky Horror Picture Show
- 23 Shakespeare
- 24 (The) Simpsons
- 25 Snow White
- 26 Song of the South
- 27 Space Balls
- 28 Star Control
- 29 Star Sonata
- 30 Star Trek
- 31 Star Wars
- 32 Starship Troopers
- 33 Transformers
- 34 Wing Commander
(The) Adventures of Pluto Nash
- Description on Undershirt -- "don't leave home without it"
Alien
- Facehugger and associated gear
All Your Base
- Move ZigZagger
- When capturing a base, events says: "All your base are belong to us."
Asterix the Gaul
- Description on Pickpocket Drone -- "Les gau,gau, les gau, gau, les gualois!"
- Lyceum Mission requiring [A38 pass card] -- The 12 works of Asterix, "l'hotel des fous"
Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Description on Death Heated Over -- "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Babylon 5
- Earthforce is the military branch of the Earthlings in Babylon 5.
Back to the Future
- Description on Flux Capacitor -- "1 point 21 gigawatts"
Dell
- Dall Computers Assembly Plant
Doom
- Description on BFD 9000 prototype -- "Yeah, this is on Big Freakin' Drone! Well, a prototype of a Big Freakin' Drone"
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dune
Ender's Game Series
- Rackham is named after Mazer Rackham, a human fleet commander who won the war against formics in Ender's Game book series by Orson Scott Card.
Firefly
- Bonnet mission chain agents named after actors who appeared in Firefly
- Ring World Administrator Jewel Staite (Kaylee)
- Ring World Refugee Alan Tudyk (Wash)
- Engineer mission vendor for the Engineer Chain Transfer is "Engineer Kaylee Grand".
Futurama
- Description on Chronoton Radiation -- "What's this? Quantum particles of time? Oh my!"
(The) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy
- The End of the Universe
- Restaurant at the End of the Universe -- "Welcome to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The show will begin shortly.
- Description on Milli's Burger --
- Infinite Improbability Drive
- Description on Towel -- "More useful than you could ever imagine."
Ikea
- Description on Complicated Station Kit VII -- "From Ikea, come in 123812391289 pieces."
- Description on Iquea Workshop -- "Creating do-it yourself furniture since 2035."
(The) Increadible Hulk
- Guardian of the Lyceum shout -- "Don't make me angry - you wouldn't like me when I'm angry..."
I Shot the Sheriff
- Description on Constable Blockade -- "I shot the sherif!"
Le Pirate Maboule
- Roaming Pirate Maboule AI
- Maboule's Hideout
Red Dwarf
- Description on Paxian Spacesuit -- "It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, more or less..."
- Source of the Hop Drive, from The Golden Egg -- "it's a hopping drive invented by some 'super computer' by the name of Holly"
Richard I of England
- Description on Lion Heart -- "Coeur De Lion"
(The) Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shakespeare
- Description on Corundum Thorax -- "To Corundum or not to Corundum?"
(The) Simpsons
- Description on Sawed Off -- "Knock off a Quick-E-Mart near you"
- Description on Burns Plant -- "Excellent"
Snow White
- Description on Vanity Mirror -- "mirror mirror on the wall"
Song of the South
- Description on Enzyme Thrust -- "zipideedoodah"
Space Balls
- Barf character and something in throat gag in First Mate Mission
- Dark Helmet
Star Control
- Description on Radiation Cone -- "ode to the Umgah"
- Description on Vazaha Twit -- "ode to the Pkunk"
- Prism Missions mention SCII and Spati
Star Sonata
- Description on Vazaha Space Blue -- "Blend with the UI"
- Sonata Asylum in Lunacy
Star Trek
- Description on NCC-Bulk and NCC-Special -- "To Boldly Trade Where No Man Has Traded Before."
- Description on Beam Mastery -- "Scotty ain't got nuthin' on you."
- Cadet W. Crusher, and the Description on Crusher’s Special Modifications -- "If I energize the flow here, and reverse the power couplings here... I might just invert field density and overloader my systems!"
- Description on Transference Concentrator -- "More transference! I need more transference!"
- Beta Antares is the Federation Shipyard in the Antares sector.
Star Wars
- Harrison Solo Missions
- Palpatine and Deathstar in East Vindia Missions
- Paximinus Missions mention the Throne Wars (Clone Wars)
- Description on Death Striker: 'Personal ship of Dark "DS-61-3" Curse.'
Starship Troopers
- Earthforce Headquarter in Sol -- "Join Earthforce and save the Universe. Service guarantees citizenship. would you like to know more?"
Transformers
- Description on Energon -- "Energon is the primary source of power for the Transformers. using Energon, transformers live, power their machinery, and even craft weapons."
Wing Commander