In-game Quote |
Reference |
| 51. NPC: Shauly Pore Netherstorm - Eco-Dome Midrealm |
Reference: Biodome (Film - 1996) Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin starred the film Bio-Dome. The Consortium’s Eco-Domes in Netherstorm and the name Shauly Pore are an obvious pop culture reference. —Thanks, Rieth, Coriolis and Zuuni (Scarlet Reign) |
| 52. NPC: Goblin Rocket Netherstorm - Area 52 |
Reference: Looney Tunes (Cartoon) The Rocket the goblins are building at Area 52 resembles the rocket Marvin the Martian flies around with.—Thanks, Toonces |
| 53. NPC: Warden Treelos Terokkar Forest - Cenarion Thicket In Terrokar Forest at Cenarion Thicket there is the druid Warden Treelos who randomly says when you click him: “There are FOUR lights!” |
Reference: Star Trek: The Next Generation Captain Jean-Luc Picard gets captured by a Cardassian who keeps trying to get him to say there are five lights when there are only four. Also a takeoff of the “how many fingers am I holding up” scene from Orwell’s 1984. —Thanks, Shaliss and Terien |
| 54. NPC: Slimm “The Shady Dealer” Terokkar Forest - Auchindoun A vendor at the northern gate of Mana Tombs in Auchindoun. |
Reference: Eminiem’s Slim Shady. —Thanks, Belliana and Phersi. |
| 55. Quest: Serious Business M |
Reference: “serious business” started out with the cloudsong fiasco. ever since then, every single thing on the forums that someone has gotten too worked up about has been called “serious business.” Usually in the format of “Wow is serious business"or “Raiding is serious business” —thanks, Doodlit |
| 56. NPC: R3DO Blade’s Edge Mountains R3DO mentions how he is fluent in 2 languages and tells you not to go to Toshley’s Station. He’s in Blade’s Edge Mountains, southeast of Thunderlord Stronghold, on the path just down the hill from Toshley’s. |
Reference: Star Wars C3PO - the android - is versed in many languages as a personal translator unit. Also a reference to an obsolete home game system the 3-DO with 2 processors and 2 Megs of memory (hence 2 languages). —Thanks, Pixee and Aurorawind @ Feathermoon |
| 57. NPC: Legassi Hellfire Peninsula - Zeppelin Crash The goblin is a cook who asks you to bring culinary ingredients. “Helboar, the Other White Meat”. |
Reference: Emeril Legassi —Thanks, Mootshunter |
| 58. Emote: Otonambusi Azuremyst Isle - Azure Watch Otonambusi - General Goods Vendor - at Azure Watch says, “How can you have any pudding, if you don’t eat your fish? |
Reference: “The Wall” (Album - 1982) by Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (Lyrics): “Wrong, Do it again!” “If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?” “You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!” —Thanks, Misenii and Cyann |
| 59. NPC: Mack Diver Zangarmarsh - Zabra’jin Village A troll (Grand Master Engineer) who wears a dive helmet and holds a knife on his right hand. |
Reference: MacGyver A popular TV Series, where the main character was an ex-spy agent with unusual scientific and engineering solutions to escape from deadly situations. He also carries a ... swiss knife kit. —Thanks, Thuggish |
| 60. Quest: Voidwalkers Gone Wild Hellfire Peninsula - Zeppelin Crash “Screaming” Screed Luckheed gives this quest. |
Reference: Girls Gone Wild (1998) —Thanks, Mootshunter |
| 61. NPC: Mr. Pinchy Outland A rare catch from certain high-level fishing spots in Outland. The Makrura Lobster grants you 3 charges, Requires lvl 68 and 430 Fishing Skill. Make a Wish: Speak with Mr. Pinchy and be granted a Wish! Maybe something good…maybe something bad….Mr. Pinchy does not know! He gives random gifts. 5 Super Mana pots and 5 Health Pots, a non-combat pet named Magical Crawdad. |
Reference: The Simpsons Homer Simpson had a pet lobster named Mr. Pinchy —Thanks, Nethys |
| 62. Emote: Who are they? Terokkar Forest - Grangol’var Village The Shadowy Summoners and Executioners can say “I just joined up so they’d pay my way into the academy.”—while you are shapeshifted as a Shadow Council member. The quest is given by Scout Neftis (Horde) or Private Weeks (Alliance). |
Reference: Star Wars Biggs joined the Rebel Alliance to pay his way into the academy. Biggs and Luke planned to join the academy, until Luke’s uncle forced him to stay at the farm. |
| 63. NPC: Tobin, Emony, Audrid, Curzon and Torias Azuremyst - The Exodar Draenei group taking a scenic tour through the Vault of Lights in the Exodar. |
Reference: Star Trek: Deep Space 9 All those names are names of alternate hosts the symbiont Dax has lived through three hundred years. Dax was a worm-like symbiont who ‘bonded’ with a humanoid species named the Trill for multiple lifetimes. Check out the story on The Lives of Dax. The character in the TV Series was Jadzia Dax (Season 1-6) and Ezri Dax (at Season 7). —Thanks, Nethys |
| 64. NPC: Klatu and Barada Hellfire Peninsula - Honor Hold Both NPCs can be found at the Honor Hold INN. Both are Draenei. |
Reference: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Film - 1951) “Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto!” was the word of command given by Klaatu to Helen to stop an extra-terrestial robot, Gort, in case he died. Sam Raimi added the catchy phrase to his film—Evil Dead II: Army of Darkness as homage and parody (to the 1951 Science Fiction film) to stop the rise of the Army of Darkness. —Thanks, Shandric, Misenii and Cyann Reference: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Barada and Klaatu were a couple of Jabba the Hutt’s thugs. Thanks, Kellen.C |
| 65. NPC: Gunny Hellfire Peninsula - Honor Hold Gunny may be found at the Barracks Keep near Commander Danath Trollbane. |
Reference: Mail Call (TV Show) Gunnery Sergeant Ermey |
| 66. NPC: K. Lee Smallfry (Gnome) Zangarmarsh - Telredor She is the Grand Master Engineer in the Alliance Draenei outpost in Zangarmarsh. She gives an Engineering quest named: “The Zapthrottle Mote Extractor!” where she says: “Have you seen the swamp gas? Isn’t it just shiny? It takes a Zapthrottle Mote Extractor to suck ‘em dry though. I could give you the plans to make one, but I really need some spare parts to fix stuff ‘round here.” |
Reference: Firefly (TV Series - 2002) Kaylee Frye is the ship’s engineer in the science fiction tv series: Firefly. One of her catchy phrases is “Isn’t it just shiny?”—instead of saying “Isn’t it just cool?” —Thanks, Xaev and Josh.Eide |
| 67. NPC: Dealer Sadaqat Netherstorm - Stormspire Dealer Sadaqat has a title underneath his name: Potent Potables. He only sells Vials. |
Reference: Saturday Night Live Will Ferrell and Darrell Hammond starred a parody of Jeopardy. Read the SNL Transcript. Read the Jeopardy reference in the Urban Dictionary. —Thanks, Kaliope and Urgency @ Gul’dan |
| 68. Emote: Ethereum Netherstorm - Ethereum Staging Grounds The Ethereum sometimes say: ” How do you kill that which has no life?” |
Reference: South Park A phrase from the Wow Episode. |
| 69. Quest: You are Fired! Blade’s Edge Mountains |
Reference: Donald Trump A popular catch phrase by Donald Trump—an American business executive & entrepreneur, who uses the line as he eliminates a candidate on his reality show The Apprentice and has attempted to file a trademark for the term, both with and without the exclamation mark. —Thanks, Calta |
| 70. Quest: A Fistful of Silvers Quel’Thalas - Eversong Woods |
Reference: A Fistful of Dollars (Film - 1964) A Western genre movie starring Clint Eastwood. —Thanks, Elerxia |
| 71. NPC: Martik Tor’seldori Hellfire Peninsula - Thrallmar |
Reference: Martika (Album - 1989) Popular 1980’s Cuban-American teen pop singer Martika sang the song: Toy Soldier. Martika: Toy Soldier (Martik Tor’seldori) —Thanks, Dorrie |
| 72. Item: Crimson Steer Energy Drink Zangarmarsh - The item is a reward from the quests: Secrets of the Daggerfen (Alliance - Orebor Harborage) Us or Them (Horde - Zabra’jin) Inscription: “The perfect pick me up for those rough mornings after a late night.” |
Reference: Red Bull —Thanks, Shaiid |
| 73. Quest: Tree’s Company Azuremyst Isle - Odesyus’s Landing |
Reference: Three’s Company (Sitcom - 1977) - Thanks, Shaiid and Yvon @ Uther Additionally, Chapter Three of “The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring” Book is named “Three is company”. Thanks, Engal |
| 74. NPC: Sagan Netherstorm - Area 52 Sagan (Ravandwyr’s Familiar) is a dragonhawk located at Area 52, besides his owner Ravandwyr (Kirin Tor) |
Reference: Carl Sagan was a famous astronomer who pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Coincidence to see Sagan in Area 52? Area 51 in Nevada is the US Force base that inspired the UFO conspiracy theories. |
| 75. NPC: Groundskeeper Wyllithen Quel’Thalas - Eversong Woods aa |
Reference: The Simpsons Groundskeeper Willie made his first appearance on the episode: Principal Charming. —Thanks, Wargasm and Iskel @ Gurubashi |
| 76. NPC: Jane and Nova Sunstrider Isle, Quel’Thalas Two little Blood Elven girls playing near the water at the eastern area of Sunstrider Isle (40,15) are named Jane and Nova. |
Reference: Final Fantasy VII Considering the fact how anime-like Blood Elves look - it’s a reference to Final Fantasy VII - Jenova - the famous “Mother” of Sephiroth. —Thanks, Stonewind |
| 77. Quest: Precious and Fragile Things Need Special Handling Azuremyst Isle - Odesyus’ Landing |
Reference: “Precious”—song by Depeche Mode “Precious and fragile things Need special handling My God what have we done to you We always tried to share The tenderest of care Now look what we have put you through” Read the full lyrics. —Thanks, Odweaver @ Nordrassil |
| 78. NPC: Jer’ome and Morris’Roe Quel’thalas - Silvermoon City (outdoor) Jer’ome is near the Windrider, outside Silvermoon City. Jer’ome asks you if you want to hear one of his rhymes (which are pretty crappy). |
Reference: Brian Morrisroe is the Lead Interior Artist for Blizzard, and his employee Jeremy Graves is a Dungeon / City Artist. The reason for the rhymes is due to Jeremy having a knack for karaoke rapping to the beats of popular rappers such as snoop dogg, dr. dre, and last but definitely not least Eminem. (hence the bottle in his hand and him rapidly dropping to the ground asleep). The NPC also randomly says “BIP” because Jeremy does that in real life. —Thanks, Joshua |
| 79. NPC: Admiral Odesyus Azuremyst Isle - Odesyus’ Landing Near him is another NPC, a blacksmith, named Calypso. |
Reference: Oddyseus of Homer’s Odyssey In “The Iliad” Odysseus washed up on Calypso’s island, where she forced him to be her lover for seven years before he escaped. Thanks, Drakkenfyre |
| 80. NPC: Exarch Menalaous Azuremyst Isle |
Reference: King Menelaus, another key figure in Homer’s Odyssey. |
Filed under: WoW: Burning Crusade, WoW Burning Crusade Easter Eggs
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