Obsure refrences ingame

[EmpressMaia]

viewtopic.php?f=83&t=34587 got me to thinking, what other really obscure references to nerd media do we have ingame?

[Jacquerel]

holoparasites are from a little known webcomic called joseph's bizarre adventure

[conrad]

One not so obscure one is CQC, close-quarters-cooking. That comes from this scene.

Arnold's Pizza comes from here.

The Changeling is from John Carpenter's The Thing.

Some of SS13's uniforms are from Star Trek (the original series). Red for sec, Blue for Medical. I'm pretty sure at some point Yellow was for Engineering, and at that same time Red was for the redshirt low ranking staff (the "redshirts" that die all the time).

Killer Tomatoes come from the film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. I think the carnivorous plants you get from Kudzu are from the Day of the Triffids.

Combustible lemons are from Portal 2.

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head.

[Jacquerel]

Space Carp are a Dwarf Fortress reference

[Fikou]

the energy sword is a reference to an obscure media franchise called star wars

[EmpressMaia]

the energy sword is a reference to an obscure media franchise called star wars

no way

[scamoppi]

on garbage day the janitor will start the shift with a loaded revolver

[mrmelbert]

The janitor's uniform is a reference to Roger Wilco, "Custodial Engineer" from Space Quest.

[NecromancerAnne]

If anyone can guess what the hungry scalpel is a reference to I'll think you're very cool.

[dendydoom]

most of the real obscure ones have already been listed. the space quest reference is by far my favourite. the only one i have left up my sleeve is that pun-pun is another d&d reference: someone created a kobold who was crowned the most OP character of all time.

the easier ones are in abundance: all the mechs have references as names (ripley is literally the mech ripley uses in aliens), tower-caps are from dwarf fortress, the red phone is (i think) another portal reference (otherwise it's just a reference to the red telephone that was a symbol of the moscow-washington hotline), turning into a fly-person from a teleporter malfunction is a reference to the fly. some of the chems used to be named after star trek but they've been removed for a while.

that's all i got but i'm sure i'll sit bolt upright at 3am and remember some more.

[Omega_DarkPotato]

The lavaland and one of the ambient space tracks are both actually bad apple slowed down (touhou reference)
the shrine maiden outfit, gohei, and maid-looking wizard outfit are touhou references (reimu and marisa's outfits)
the spell cards wizard spell is a touhou reference (homing talismans, one of reimu's shot types in the games)
the bunny ears' description about how they make you feel useless and only good for your sex appeal is, once again, another touhou reference (to one of reisen's quotes in a semi-official comic anthology)
the nitori haircut is a direct-name reference to nitori kawashiro's haircut (believe it or not, touhou reference)
if you're willing to count it, dullahan was coded because of the coder's affection for Sekibanki from touhou
there's a few others that I can't name right now

lastly but not leastly, you yourself are a touhou reference (I am turning you into a fumo)

[EmpressMaia]

The lavaland and one of the ambient space tracks are both actually bad apple slowed down (touhou reference)
the shrine maiden outfit, gohei, and maid-looking wizard outfit are touhou references (reimu and marisa's outfits)
the spell cards wizard spell is a touhou reference (homing talismans, one of reimu's shot types in the games)
the bunny ears' description about how they make you feel useless and only good for your sex appeal is, once again, another touhou reference (to one of reisen's quotes in a semi-official comic anthology)
the nitori haircut is a direct-name reference to nitori kawashiro's haircut (believe it or not, touhou reference)
if you're willing to count it, dullahan was coded because of the coder's affection for Sekibanki from touhou
there's a few others that I can't name right now

lastly but not leastly, you yourself are a touhou reference (I am turning you into a fumo)

this makes me want to play touhou

[WineAllWine]

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

Heretic is definitely cultist simulator themed, but I dont think the paths map directly onto the aspects

[LiarGG]

If anyone can guess what the hungry scalpel is a reference to I'll think you're very cool.

Deep down I just hope it's a reference to Repo! The Genetic Opera.

[dendydoom]

If anyone can guess what the hungry scalpel is a reference to I'll think you're very cool.

Deep down I just hope it's a reference to Repo! The Genetic Opera.

it's quick... it's clean... it's pure... it could save your life, rest assured. it's the 21st century cure!

and it's my job... to steal and rob...

[GPeckman]

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

I think Cosmos fits as Knock. Its not a perfect fit, but none of the others are perfect fits either.

[Rohen_Tahir]

Plump helmets are a dwarf fortress reference.
Mini energy crossbows and Lemon-Lime are Deus Ex references.

[nianjiilical]

theres like 10 problem sleuth/homestuck references

[Vekter]

Mech names:
Ripley - named after Ellen Ripley from Alien because it looks like a power loader.
Gygax - Gary Gygax.
Durand - Durandal from Marathon.
Phazon - Mystery blue radioactive goo from Metroid.
Clarke - Isaac Clarke from Dead Space, the ship he works on (the Ishimura) is a mining vessel.

Wizard's lesser summon guns spell is a reference to Mami's powers from Madoka where she can summon and fire rifles at targets.

The red phone is just a red phone, it's not a reference to anything.

Most of the brain damage lines are references to the Dumb Pubbies page on Goonstation's wiki. That's also where CAPTAIN IS COMDOM comes from.

The high-frequency blade is from Metal Gear Rising.

Slimes used to just be straight-up Metroids (this is why they latch onto you and die to cold).

[TheLoLSwat]

orion trail is based off the oregon trail

[Jonathan Gupta]

The lavaland and one of the ambient space tracks are both actually bad apple slowed down (touhou reference)
the shrine maiden outfit, gohei, and maid-looking wizard outfit are touhou references (reimu and marisa's outfits)
the spell cards wizard spell is a touhou reference (homing talismans, one of reimu's shot types in the games)
the bunny ears' description about how they make you feel useless and only good for your sex appeal is, once again, another touhou reference (to one of reisen's quotes in a semi-official comic anthology)
the nitori haircut is a direct-name reference to nitori kawashiro's haircut (believe it or not, touhou reference)
if you're willing to count it, dullahan was coded because of the coder's affection for Sekibanki from touhou
there's a few others that I can't name right now

lastly but not leastly, you yourself are a touhou reference (I am turning you into a fumo)

this makes me want to play touhou

Im tearing my SKIN OUT

[scamoppi]

the Aurora Caelus event (the one where space gets the pretty colors and calm music plays) has a slight chance of referencing The Simpsons
the whole fucking kitchen ignites when this happens

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/datum/round_event/aurora_caelus/start()
	[...]
		if(istype(affected_area, /area/station/service/kitchen))
			[...]
			if(!prob(1) && !SSevents.holidays?[APRIL_FOOLS])
				continue
			var/obj/machinery/oven/roast_ruiner = locate() in affected_area
			if(roast_ruiner)
				roast_ruiner.balloon_alert_to_viewers("oh egads!")
				var/turf/ruined_roast = get_turf(roast_ruiner)
				ruined_roast.atmos_spawn_air("plasma=100;TEMP=1000")
			for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/seymour as anything in GLOB.human_list)
				if(seymour.mind && istype(seymour.mind.assigned_role, /datum/job/cook))
					seymour.say("My roast is ruined!!!", forced = "ruined roast")
					seymour.emote("scream")

i only know about this because a kitchen burned down with no logs and i just happened to see the balloon alert for a split second

[Jonathan Gupta]

the Aurora Caelus event (the one where space gets the pretty colors and calm music plays) has a slight chance of referencing The Simpsons
the whole fucking kitchen ignites when this happens

Code: Select all

/datum/round_event/aurora_caelus/start()
	[...]
		if(istype(affected_area, /area/station/service/kitchen))
			[...]
			if(!prob(1) && !SSevents.holidays?[APRIL_FOOLS])
				continue
			var/obj/machinery/oven/roast_ruiner = locate() in affected_area
			if(roast_ruiner)
				roast_ruiner.balloon_alert_to_viewers("oh egads!")
				var/turf/ruined_roast = get_turf(roast_ruiner)
				ruined_roast.atmos_spawn_air("plasma=100;TEMP=1000")
			for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/seymour as anything in GLOB.human_list)
				if(seymour.mind && istype(seymour.mind.assigned_role, /datum/job/cook))
					seymour.say("My roast is ruined!!!", forced = "ruined roast")
					seymour.emote("scream")

i only know about this because a kitchen burned down with no logs and i just happened to see the balloon alert for a split second

congrats on playing april 1st

[Kendrickorium]

any reference based on His Grace?

[junkgle]

there are a ton of references for drinks

[Capsandi]

When I remapped the crashed ship ruin I reflavored it to be a survey vessel (crashng this ship with NO SURVEYORS!) and I named it after that guy from Myst who writes the books that are also dimensions. It seems someone may have inadvertently deleted the plaque object during a rework or something. Still in the ruin code tho.

Zapping yourself with a wand of death will kill you instantly(moron). Appended to your death message will be a quote from Hack and its forks.

Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 zorkmids. (not a real quote)
You feel more confident in your spell casting skills.
You die...
Do you want your possessions identified?

Zapping yourself with a wand of resurrection while an undead race like a skeleton or zombie will also kill you. Then it will revive you as something less dead.

Miasma(one of the most interesting gasses in the game imo) is a dwarf fortress reference. I mean miasma's real but it was designed to mimic dwarf fortress' miasma gas before cargo corpse piles proved to be too fun for the atmos subsystem.
Migos are a CDDA reference except i think we may have pried the sprite right out of one of their tile sets.
Gore's overdose is a cruelty squad reference.

[warbluke]

Pretty much all the wizard spells are references or puns. My favorite of the bunch might be the charge line.

[Cheshify]

The bastion bourbon and squirt cider are from Bastion, the Supergiant game.

[Cheshify]

Psykers, Gore, and Bouncey Castles are all references to Cruelty Squad

[Cheshify]

Psykers, Gore, and Bouncey Castles are all references to Cruelty Squad

[Unsane]

Blood drunk miner and the cleaver is a Bloodborne reference

[Tegun]

Felinids are in fact from Red Dwarf, they are NOT fetish content at all.

The entire game is a homage to soulslike multiplayer sandbox survival roguelite dating sims.

[Jacquerel]

The concept of a murderous "traitor" who executes the crew while they go about their assigned tasks is a reference to Among Us

[NecromancerAnne]

If anyone can guess what the hungry scalpel is a reference to I'll think you're very cool.

Deep down I just hope it's a reference to Repo! The Genetic Opera.

It is! Good on you and dreary.

[Itseasytosee2me]

im pretty sure that the concept of the traitor item uplink and the name “traitor” was inspired by gmod TTT

[Jacquerel]

Ian might be a reference to Ein from Cowboy Bebop but I'm less sure about that one.

[conrad]

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

Heretic is definitely cultist simulator themed, but I dont think the paths map directly onto the aspects

They don't translate directly 100%, but there's enough similarities that you could call those their Major aspects for the paths. There's a method to the madness here.

Like, Winter deals with silence and cold death. That's the entire Void schtick.

Flesh starts with "Principles of Hunger", which is most of Grail's schtick, and summons a Raw Prophet eventually, that is a majorly Grail summon in CS.

Blade crosspaths with Rust to make the Lionhunter's Rifle, which references the Meteoric Bullet. The whole thing also smells of Edge, which deals with violence and combat prowess.

Rust and Cosmos are the only ones I can't be 100% sure, but I like the idea proposed earlier that Cosmos is Knock (it has the same color lmao) and Rust is Forge ('cos of the Blacksmith's Secret path ability).

Very flavourful and colourful, like ice cream. Can't wait for a PR that adds an anime fanfic self insert path that references nothing.

The lavaland and one of the ambient space tracks are both actually bad apple slowed down (touhou reference)
the shrine maiden outfit, gohei, and maid-looking wizard outfit are touhou references (reimu and marisa's outfits)
the spell cards wizard spell is a touhou reference (homing talismans, one of reimu's shot types in the games)
the bunny ears' description about how they make you feel useless and only good for your sex appeal is, once again, another touhou reference (to one of reisen's quotes in a semi-official comic anthology)
the nitori haircut is a direct-name reference to nitori kawashiro's haircut (believe it or not, touhou reference)
if you're willing to count it, dullahan was coded because of the coder's affection for Sekibanki from touhou
there's a few others that I can't name right now

lastly but not leastly, you yourself are a touhou reference (I am turning you into a fumo)

It's real.

[Jacquerel]

AFAIK cosmos is the first path which wasn't designed with any particular cult sim reference in mind, it's just original.
Probably will be true for any future paths.

[Bepis]

Alt clicking comes from Alternative rock, coined largely by Terry Tolkin in 1979 which is why one server is named Terry

[WineAllWine]

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

Heretic is definitely cultist simulator themed, but I dont think the paths map directly onto the aspects

They don't translate directly 100%, but there's enough similarities that you could call those their Major aspects for the paths. There's a method to the madness here.

Like, Winter deals with silence and cold death. That's the entire Void schtick.

Flesh starts with "Principles of Hunger", which is most of Grail's schtick, and summons a Raw Prophet eventually, that is a majorly Grail summon in CS.

Blade crosspaths with Rust to make the Lionhunter's Rifle, which references the Meteoric Bullet. The whole thing also smells of Edge, which deals with violence and combat prowess.

Rust and Cosmos are the only ones I can't be 100% sure, but I like the idea proposed earlier that Cosmos is Knock (it has the same color lmao) and Rust is Forge ('cos of the Blacksmith's Secret path ability).

Very flavourful and colourful, like ice cream. Can't wait for a PR that adds an anime fanfic self insert path that references nothing.

I went to the CS immersive experience in a castle in Wales. (https://locksmithsdream.com/) I acquired the winter aspect painting Chione at Abydos, and an inspector from the Suppression bureau verified me as "probable" with regards to owning my original identity

[conrad]

All of the Heretic stuff is from Cultist Simulator. The Mansus is the Mansus, Void is Winter, Ash is Lantern, Flesh is Grail, Blade is Edge, I *think* Rust is Forge, and I have no idea what Cosmos is (I think it's original?).

Heretic is definitely cultist simulator themed, but I dont think the paths map directly onto the aspects

They don't translate directly 100%, but there's enough similarities that you could call those their Major aspects for the paths. There's a method to the madness here.

Like, Winter deals with silence and cold death. That's the entire Void schtick.

Flesh starts with "Principles of Hunger", which is most of Grail's schtick, and summons a Raw Prophet eventually, that is a majorly Grail summon in CS.

Blade crosspaths with Rust to make the Lionhunter's Rifle, which references the Meteoric Bullet. The whole thing also smells of Edge, which deals with violence and combat prowess.

Rust and Cosmos are the only ones I can't be 100% sure, but I like the idea proposed earlier that Cosmos is Knock (it has the same color lmao) and Rust is Forge ('cos of the Blacksmith's Secret path ability).

Very flavourful and colourful, like ice cream. Can't wait for a PR that adds an anime fanfic self insert path that references nothing.

I went to the CS immersive experience in a castle in Wales. (https://locksmithsdream.com/) I acquired the winter aspect painting Chione at Abydos, and an inspector from the Suppression bureau verified me as "probable" with regards to owning my original identity

That sounds fucking sick! I'm helly jelly

[Omega_DarkPotato]

The bastion bourbon and squirt cider are from Bastion, the Supergiant game.

On the topic of drink references,

Crevice Spike (just like in the game, nobody asks for this) is a Va-11 Hall-A reference.
Fringe Weaver is also a Va-11 Hall-A reference.
Sugar Rush is, you guessed it, a Va-11 Hall-A reference.
So is the Hat, but that is apparently also a simpsons reference on top of that? fucked.

[Jacquerel]

Oh, Lobstrosities are for some reason a reference to Stephen King's Dark Tower

[scamoppi]

[...]

congrats on playing april 1st

it happened on august 28th :/
both the checks are inverted so i think it has a 99% chance of not happening whenever it's not april fools day

[Ziiro]

hey guys did you know that the aliens in SS13 were inspired by the hit movie ALIEN(1979)?

[conrad]

hey guys did you know that the aliens in SS13 were inspired by the hit movie ALIEN(1979)?

Uuuh, hah, uuuh, ackchyually I think you'll find they're xenomorphs.

[Kendrickorium]

BUT WHERE DID HIS GRACE COME FROM

[Ziiro]

BUT WHERE DID HIS GRACE COME FROM

Legitimately one I've never been able to figure out. If I recall correctly Fox McCloud made it as an antag item on Paradise first, and then it got ported to tg? But I don't remember his original PR saying where he got the idea. I can go digging for it

[conrad]

BUT WHERE DID HIS GRACE COME FROM

I tried really hard to find it and got nothing.

[Ziiro]

Okay so Fox PR'd it to Paradise here: https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/4395

And he references Goon's version. Which, we don't have visibility on their PR history. (closed source man bad) - but I do see someone talking about it here in 2012: https://forum.ss13.co/showthread.php?ti ... s+Grace%22 - to get more info we'd have to ask someone with old goon dev repo access to find the PR.