List of pop culture references in Neopets

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List of known pop-culture references appearing in Neopets.

Real life

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  • "Neopia...we have a problem..." — a reference to the Apollo 13 manned mission to the Moon.

Movies

James Bond

Fight Club

  • The 'Punch Club' mini-plot in the Altador plot is a reference to the film "Fight Club", as is the Grarrl's dialogue when he states "the first rule of Punch Club is that you don't talk about Punch Club" and the description that follows his speech: "He nods, agreeing with himself. You get the impression that this Grarrl is not entirely stable." is a further reference.

Aliens

  • In the game Kiss the Mortog, a lost game sometimes results in the message "Game over man...game over", a reference to the movie Aliens.

404 messages

  • "We'll just nuke this 404 from orbit. It's the only way to be sure..." — Reference to the movie Aliens.: "I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
  • "My mother said there are no such things as 404s, but there are, aren't there?" — Another line from Aliens: "My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are, aren't there?"

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  • The Quiggle that runs Neopian Adventure Generator will randomly say "Bring me a shrubbery", a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • The item "Half Coconut Shell" bears a description of, "When you bang two of these together they make a nice clip clopping sound," a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • A Shrubbery item exists on the site, and it's description reads, "For that layered effect, place beside another shrubbery, only slightly higher!" This refers to the scene where the Knights Who Say Ni are describing the kind of shrubbery that they want to King Arthur and his knights.

Star Wars

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  • "That's no page. That's a 404." — Reference to a quote in Star Wars. Said by Obi-Wan Kenobi, upon seeing the Death Star: "That's no moon. That's a space station."
  • "I find your lack of page disturbing..." — Said by Dr. Frank Sloth, in reference to Darth Vader in Star Wars: "I find your lack of faith disturbing..."
  • "Sir, the possibility of this page being broken is 3,720 to 1!" — Spoken by a Robot Chomby, reference to a quote from Star Wars (regarding the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field).

Other

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  • "Of all the broken links on all the websites in all the world, you had to walk into this one..." — Reference to Casablanca.
  • "No more pages, Dr. Jones! No more pages!" Refers to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when Short Round says, "Dr Jones! No more parachutes!"
  • "Sarah, go back to your room. Play with your toys. Forget about the 404." — References a line from the movie Labyrinth: "Sarah, go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby."
  • "But why is the page gone?" — References quote from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Captain Jack Sparrow ("But why is the rum gone?"). It appears on a 404 page with a Pirate Meerca.
  • "I see dead pages!" — From the line "I see dead people" in The Sixth Sense.
  • "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't let you view this..." — Reference to HAL 9000's iconic line in 2001: A Space Odyssey, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

Literature

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  • "Quoth the server, "404."" — A variant of 'Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore!"' from the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Music

Television

Monty Python

  • One of the random phrases uttered by the shopkeeper in Cheeseroller is "I think it's a bit runnier than you'll like it, sir" — a line from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch.

404 messages

  • "This is an ex-page, it has shuffled off its mortal coil..." A reference to the Monty Python skit, "Dead Parrot": "This is an ex-parrot, it has shuffled off its mortal coil."
  • "My brain hurts!" — a Monty Python quote.

Firefly

  • The avatar "Aisha - Hoban the Navigator" is a direct reference to Joss Whedon's show, Firefly. The quote "a leaf on the wind" comes from the movie Serenity, based on the TV series. The line is spoken by the character Hoban "Wash" Washburne, the pilot on the show.
  • In Neoquest II, NPC Bledynn in the Lost Desert near Akhten-Ka refers to his large sword as "Vera". The same name is given to describe Jayne Cobb's "very favourite gun" in the episode Our Mrs. Reynolds.
  • The Engineer Grundo outfit looks to be based on one of the outfits worn by Firefly engineer, Kaylee

Blackadder

  • The regular Attack Pea's item description ("As dissimilar to other Battledome weapons as two extremely dissimilar things in a pod") is a reference to a line from the episode "Sense and Senility" of the third season. Another item containing a similar line is "Chocolate peanuts with peas."
  • The item descriptions of both the "Elixir of Marrow" and the very rare "Green Knight Shield" are references to the 2nd season episode "Beer" in which Percy successfully, with the use of alchemy, forges a substance he refers to as "green."
  • TNT has an obsession with turnips, much like the 3rd season Baldrick.
  • They also have an obsession with dung, one of the interests of a 1st and 2nd season Baldrick.

Doctor Who

  • The inventory's description as "not a huge bag, but it seems to have more room on the inside" is a reference to the TARDIS.
  • The item Grim Faerie Statue (which, when worn on a pet, will at one point spring to life) resembles a Weeping Angel.

Other

  • On October 13, 2007, The following phrase was shown under two Bori displaying new clothes in the New Features...

    Step 1: Make frilly Dresses
    Step 2: ?
    Step 3: Profit

    This is a reference to the South Park episode "Gnomes", the source of the popular joke.

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Games

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  • "All your page are belong to us!" — Variant of "All your base are belong to us," a mangled "engrish" phrase from the game Zero Wing.

Internet

Other

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