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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie1969" data-source="post: 7499794" data-attributes="member: 61252"><p>Zeitgeist has a bunch of references that people might not get if they don't know the source material. I only know a few of them, so please add to the list.</p><p></p><p>SPOILERS AHEAD, obviously.</p><p></p><p>updated by info from hirou, Elfshire, Andrew Moreton, MrPereira, and of course Ranger Wickett</p><p></p><p><strong>Part 1: Functional References </strong>(match events/capabilities/behaviors, possibly also name or appearance)</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td><strong>Ch</strong></td><td><strong>Reference</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Ash Wolf</td><td>0</td><td>Insanity Wolf internet meme</td></tr><tr><td>5 biomes of the fey titans</td><td>0</td><td>Magic the Gathering game (basic lands)</td></tr><tr><td>King Dukain</td><td>0</td><td>Community TV show (AD&D character)</td></tr><tr><td>The Dreaming</td><td>0</td><td>Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman</td></tr><tr><td>Mad Shootist (beams)</td><td>0</td><td>Metroid games (Samus Aran's power suit)</td></tr><tr><td>Rock Rackus</td><td>0</td><td>Kanye West (musician)</td></tr><tr><td>The Family</td><td>0</td><td>Italian Mafia (and Godfather movies)</td></tr><tr><td>The Obscurati</td><td>0</td><td>The Illuminati (conspiracy)</td></tr><tr><td>RNS Coaltongue</td><td>1</td><td>Space Battleship Yamato TV show (wave motion gun)</td></tr><tr><td>Lt Dale, coffee & cherry pie</td><td>2</td><td>Twin Peaks TV show (Dale Cooper)</td></tr><tr><td>Dr Wolfgang von Recklinghausen & Andrei</td><td>2</td><td>Frankenstein (characters)</td></tr><tr><td>Gale & Tinker Oddcog</td><td>2</td><td>4 Color to Fantasy game (characters)</td></tr><tr><td>Mindmaker & Steelshaper</td><td>2</td><td>X-Men comics (Professor X & Magneto)</td></tr><tr><td>Wand of Expelliarmus</td><td>2</td><td>Harry Potter (spell)</td></tr><tr><td>RHC's "S.C.P. Division"</td><td>5</td><td>SCP Foundation games</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Paperclip</td><td>6</td><td>Cold War recruiting of former Nazi scientists</td></tr><tr><td>Nicodemus "cigarette smoking man"</td><td>7</td><td>X-Files TV show (character)</td></tr><tr><td>[4E] "Beshela uses <em>Splash</em> against each enemy.<br /> It's super effective."</td><td>7</td><td>Pokemon (quote)</td></tr><tr><td>The Primo</td><td>8</td><td>Final Fantasy VI game (Ultros)</td></tr><tr><td>The Webway</td><td>9</td><td>Warhammer 40K game (dimension)</td></tr><tr><td>Fourmyle & Gully Foyle</td><td>10</td><td>The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (character)</td></tr><tr><td>Mojang</td><td>10</td><td>Minecraft game (creator)</td></tr><tr><td>"Choose the Form of your Destroyer"</td><td>11</td><td>Ghostbusters movie (quote)</td></tr><tr><td>Lost Riders</td><td>11</td><td>Metalocalypse TV show (Dethklok band)</td></tr><tr><td>Bhoior</td><td>12</td><td>Discworld novels (A'Tuin)</td></tr><tr><td>Doverspike</td><td>12</td><td>Order of the Stick webcomic (Familicide)</td></tr><tr><td>Dunkelweiss</td><td>12</td><td>German dark beer style</td></tr><tr><td>Golden Legion's "Goonswarm" of skyships</td><td>12</td><td>EVE game (alliance)</td></tr><tr><td>Kinava Monks</td><td>12</td><td>Avatar TV show (airbenders)</td></tr><tr><td>Teykfa</td><td>12</td><td>Long Now Foundation (clock)</td></tr><tr><td>Damata "Masked Avenger"</td><td>13</td><td>Zorro</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Part 2: Shout-Out References </strong>(match name but not functionality)</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td><strong>Ch</strong></td><td><strong>Reference</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Elfaivar</td><td>0</td><td>Legend of Five Rings (L5R) games</td></tr><tr><td>[4E] Monument of War "Cannon Overture"</td><td>0</td><td>1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky</td></tr><tr><td>Han, Luc & Lya Jierre</td><td>1</td><td>Star Wars movies (characters)</td></tr><tr><td>The House Elf</td><td>2</td><td>Harry Potter (character)</td></tr><tr><td>"Make Them An Offer"</td><td>2</td><td>Godfather movie (quote)</td></tr><tr><td>"Monsters, Inc"</td><td>2</td><td>Monsters Inc movie</td></tr><tr><td>Colonel Harlock</td><td>3</td><td>Captain Harlock anime</td></tr><tr><td>Bruse "Le Roi"</td><td>6</td><td>Last Dragon movie (character)</td></tr><tr><td>"The Leone, The Lich, and the Snowglobe"</td><td>7</td><td>The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe</td></tr><tr><td>"Mission Impossible"</td><td>7</td><td>Mission Impossible show</td></tr><tr><td>"Brave New Worlds"</td><td>7</td><td>Brave New World novel</td></tr><tr><td>"Splinter Cell"</td><td>7</td><td>Splinter Cell video game</td></tr><tr><td>Reason, the Diplomatic Rifle</td><td>7</td><td>Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson (firearm)</td></tr><tr><td>"Apocalypse Then"</td><td>8</td><td>Apocalypse Now movie</td></tr><tr><td>"Raiders of the Lost Arc"</td><td>8</td><td>Raiders of the Lost Ark movie</td></tr><tr><td>"One Does Not Simply Walk Into Methia"</td><td>8</td><td>Lord of the Rings movie (Boromir quote)</td></tr><tr><td>"I Don't Think We're In Danor Any More"</td><td>8</td><td>Wizard of Oz (Dorothy quote)</td></tr><tr><td>"That is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie"</td><td>9</td><td>Call of Cthulhu</td></tr><tr><td>"Much Ado"</td><td>9</td><td>Much Ado About Nothing play</td></tr><tr><td>"Elementary Deductions"</td><td>9</td><td>Sherlock Holmes</td></tr><tr><td>Iratha Ket</td><td>12</td><td>Eartha Kitt (singer, dancer, actress)</td></tr><tr><td>"World of Ruin"</td><td>13</td><td>Final Fantasy 6 video game</td></tr><tr><td>"God is Dead"</td><td>13</td><td>Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher)</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Part 3: Wink & Nod References </strong>(match appearance but not functionality or name)</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td><strong>Ch</strong></td><td><strong>Reference</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Stover Delft</td><td>1</td><td>Mark Sheppard</td></tr><tr><td>Thames Grimsley</td><td>1</td><td>William Shatner</td></tr><tr><td>Aodhan Lesterman</td><td>1</td><td>Clarke Peters</td></tr><tr><td>Roland Stansfield</td><td>1</td><td>John F Kennedy</td></tr><tr><td>Rutger Smith</td><td>1</td><td>Che Guevara</td></tr><tr><td>Harkover Lee</td><td>1</td><td>Ricardo Montalban (Mr Roarke)</td></tr><tr><td>Asrabey Varal</td><td>1</td><td>Shahrukh Khan</td></tr><tr><td>Kasvarina Varal</td><td>1</td><td>Indira Varma</td></tr><tr><td>Heward Sechim</td><td>2</td><td>Cleavon Little (Sheriff Bart)</td></tr><tr><td>Nevard Sechim</td><td>2</td><td>Bill Cobbs</td></tr><tr><td>Gale</td><td>2</td><td>Katrina Kaif</td></tr><tr><td>Verzubeck Tantovlich</td><td>4</td><td>Patrick Stewart</td></tr><tr><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie1969, post: 7499794, member: 61252"] Zeitgeist has a bunch of references that people might not get if they don't know the source material. I only know a few of them, so please add to the list. SPOILERS AHEAD, obviously. updated by info from hirou, Elfshire, Andrew Moreton, MrPereira, and of course Ranger Wickett [B]Part 1: Functional References [/B](match events/capabilities/behaviors, possibly also name or appearance) [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Name[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Ch[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Reference[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ash Wolf[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Insanity Wolf internet meme[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5 biomes of the fey titans[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Magic the Gathering game (basic lands)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]King Dukain[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Community TV show (AD&D character)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The Dreaming[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mad Shootist (beams)[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Metroid games (Samus Aran's power suit)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rock Rackus[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Kanye West (musician)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The Family[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Italian Mafia (and Godfather movies)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The Obscurati[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]The Illuminati (conspiracy)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RNS Coaltongue[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Space Battleship Yamato TV show (wave motion gun)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lt Dale, coffee & cherry pie[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Twin Peaks TV show (Dale Cooper)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dr Wolfgang von Recklinghausen & Andrei[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Frankenstein (characters)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gale & Tinker Oddcog[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]4 Color to Fantasy game (characters)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mindmaker & Steelshaper[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]X-Men comics (Professor X & Magneto)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Wand of Expelliarmus[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Harry Potter (spell)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RHC's "S.C.P. Division"[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]SCP Foundation games[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Operation Paperclip[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Cold War recruiting of former Nazi scientists[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicodemus "cigarette smoking man"[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]X-Files TV show (character)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][4E] "Beshela uses [I]Splash[/I] against each enemy. It's super effective."[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Pokemon (quote)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The Primo[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Final Fantasy VI game (Ultros)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The Webway[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Warhammer 40K game (dimension)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Fourmyle & Gully Foyle[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (character)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mojang[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Minecraft game (creator)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Choose the Form of your Destroyer"[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Ghostbusters movie (quote)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lost Riders[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Metalocalypse TV show (Dethklok band)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bhoior[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Discworld novels (A'Tuin)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Doverspike[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Order of the Stick webcomic (Familicide)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dunkelweiss[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]German dark beer style[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Golden Legion's "Goonswarm" of skyships[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]EVE game (alliance)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kinava Monks[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Avatar TV show (airbenders)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Teykfa[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Long Now Foundation (clock)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Damata "Masked Avenger"[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Zorro[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Part 2: Shout-Out References [/B](match name but not functionality) [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Name[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Ch[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Reference[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elfaivar[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Legend of Five Rings (L5R) games[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][4E] Monument of War "Cannon Overture"[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Han, Luc & Lya Jierre[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Star Wars movies (characters)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]The House Elf[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Harry Potter (character)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Make Them An Offer"[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Godfather movie (quote)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Monsters, Inc"[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Monsters Inc movie[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Colonel Harlock[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Captain Harlock anime[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bruse "Le Roi"[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Last Dragon movie (character)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"The Leone, The Lich, and the Snowglobe"[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Mission Impossible"[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Mission Impossible show[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Brave New Worlds"[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Brave New World novel[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Splinter Cell"[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Splinter Cell video game[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Reason, the Diplomatic Rifle[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson (firearm)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Apocalypse Then"[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Apocalypse Now movie[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Raiders of the Lost Arc"[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Raiders of the Lost Ark movie[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"One Does Not Simply Walk Into Methia"[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Lord of the Rings movie (Boromir quote)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"I Don't Think We're In Danor Any More"[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Wizard of Oz (Dorothy quote)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"That is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie"[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Call of Cthulhu[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Much Ado"[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Much Ado About Nothing play[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"Elementary Deductions"[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Sherlock Holmes[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Iratha Ket[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Eartha Kitt (singer, dancer, actress)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"World of Ruin"[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Final Fantasy 6 video game[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]"God is Dead"[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Part 3: Wink & Nod References [/B](match appearance but not functionality or name) [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Name[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Ch[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Reference[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Stover Delft[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Mark Sheppard[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Thames Grimsley[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]William Shatner[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aodhan Lesterman[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Clarke Peters[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Roland Stansfield[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]John F Kennedy[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rutger Smith[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Che Guevara[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Harkover Lee[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Ricardo Montalban (Mr Roarke)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Asrabey Varal[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Shahrukh Khan[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kasvarina Varal[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Indira Varma[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heward Sechim[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Cleavon Little (Sheriff Bart)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nevard Sechim[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Bill Cobbs[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gale[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Katrina Kaif[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Verzubeck Tantovlich[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Patrick Stewart[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [TD]?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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