In-game Quote | Reference |
| Nat Pagle - Expert Fishing Trainer in Dustwallow Marsh | Blizzard Entertainment Quest Designer Pat Nagle. He appears in the credits of the game. Thanks, John |
| Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (Staff of Medivh) is split in 40 pieces, plus the head and the frame pieces | The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - 42 is the meaning of life. Thanks, zaitrus |
| Tirion Fordring in Eastern Plaguelands. When a mob comes near him, he chases and kills it with his hammer mace and tosses a quote: “Say hello to my little friend!” (Wham!) | Scarface (1983) - Al Pacino plays as Tony Montana: You wanna f#@% with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend! (Bam! - his gun shoots) [Quote] Thanks, X |
| The female night elf dance [video] | A dance that Alizee, a French Pop star, uses to her song “J’en ai marre” [Video] (at minute 3:20) Thanks, AresWargod |
| Williden Marshal and Hol’anyee Marshal - at Marshall’s Refuge in northern Un’Goro Crater | Land of the Lost (1974) - detailed the adventures of a family of three (father Rick Marshall, son Will (around 15 or 16 years old), and younger daughter Holly who are trapped in an eclectic alien world inhabited by dinosaurs. Thanks, Stevej and martimars |
| Alchemist Arbington - in Chillwind Point, Western Plaguelands. After finishing his quests, when you talk to him, he quotes: “This job is definitely not worth sixteen five a year” | Ghostbusters (1984) - Winston Zeddmore quote: “This job is definitely not worth eleven-five a year!” Egon: I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate. Peter: How? Egon: We’ll cross the streams. Peter: Excuse me, Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad. Ray: Cross the streams… Peter: You’re gonna endanger us, you’re gonna endanger our client. The nice lady who paid us in advance before she became a dog. Egon: Not necessarily. There’s definitely a very slim chance we’ll survive. Peter: I love this plan! I’m excited to be a part of it. Let’s do it! [Quote] Thanks, Stevej |
| Sign in Stratholme instance at the start of the Guantlet Run: “Legacy Of Steel - Fine Weapons” | Jeff Kaplan (Tigole) is Blizzard Entertainment Quest Designer. He was member of the Legacy of Steel Guild - famous guild of Everquest MMORPG on the Nameless Server Thanks, Rick |
| Autographed Picture of Foror & Tigule (Alterac Valley Battleground) Foror’s Compendium of Dragon Slaying (Dire Maul) Foror’s Eyepatch (Zul’Gurub) Tigule and Foror’s Strawberry Ice Cream Foror Compendium (Dire Maul) | Jeff Kaplan (Tigole) and Furor are Quest Designers of World of Warcraft. Furor is also leader of Fires of Heaven FOH Guild - famouse guild of Everquest MMORPG Thanks, Rick |
| Gadgetzan auction house NPC named Auctioneer Beardo. | Beardo was a well known and rich trader/farmer on the Everquest Nameless server where Tigole played at. Thanks, Rick |
| First Mate Crazz (Blackwater Raider), Rhap, Mudcrush; and lots of guards in Westfall and Lakeshire - Redridge Mountains | Lots and lots of NPCs in WoW are named after friends Tigole had in Legacy of Steel & Nameless Server on EQ (Everquest) Thanks, Rick |
| Caretaker Alen(The Argent Dawn) at Light’s Hope(Eastern Plaguelands) whispers: “Sigh ... Why, oh why did I take the blue pill?” When you ask a guard in Ironforge for directions to the Alchemist Trainer: “Why, oh why, didn’t I take the blue potion?” | The Matrix - a direct quote of Cypher: “I know what you’re thinking, ‘cause right now I’m thinking the same thing. Actually, I’ve been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn’t I take the BLUE pill?” The Ironforge guard quote comes from when Cypher and Neo are talking and Cypher laments that he took the red pill instead of the blue pill. Thanks, thekeyofe, and Grumpicus@Frostmane |
| Father Lankester (Priest Trainer) in Undercity | The Exorcist (1973) - Father Lancaster Merrin, played by actor Max von Sydow Thanks, Mfortner |
| Alterac Valley Battlegrounds quest: Fallen Sky Lords Alliance NPCs: Wing Commander Slidore Wing Commander Vipore Wing Commander Ichman Horde NPCs: Wing Commander Guse Wing Commander Jeztor Wing Commander Mulverick | Top Gun (1986) - Reference to Top Gun movie characters: Slider (Rick Rossovich) Viper (Tom Skerritt) Ice/Iceman (Val Kilmer) Goose (Anthony Edwards) Jester (Michael Ironside) Maverick (Tom Cruise) Thanks, Descent |
| Alterac Valley Battleground quest: “Remember Alterac Valley!” | Remember the Alamo! (PBS TV 2003) Thanks, Descent and Khanthal |
| Alchemy item named Philosopher’s Stone | A mythical substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals into gold and/or create an elixir that would make humans younger, thus delaying death. The origin of the theory of metal transmutation qualities of this stone dates back to 8th century alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan and can be found Here. (Thanks, Zimeon) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) was the Film name in UK Additionally, there is a mythical story concerning the philosopher Stone and a reference to the origin of the concept in Persia, and a reference from Adult Swim TV cartoon Fullmetal Alchemist—the Alchemy’s Philosopher’s Stone to increase the power of alchemy transmutation.(Thanks Kurata and many others) Thanks, Zimeon |
| SI:7 is a spy organization at the Old Town Barracks in Stormwind | MI:6 is a British Foreign Intelligence agency |
| Alcaz Island, off Dustwallow Marsh coast is where the King of Stormwind is held prisoner heavily guarded by elite Hydras and Naga | Alcatraz Island - is a Maximum Security Prison off the coast of San Francisco, California |
| Ask a Stormwind guard for directions to find the Cook Trainer, and he will send you to Stephen Ryback, then he comments: “From the way he handles a knife, I don’t think he was always a chef.”. The Cooking Supplier vendor is named Erika Tate. | Under Siege (1992)—Steven Segal plays as Casey Rybak—former Seal turned ship’s cook. Erika Eleniak played as Jordan Tate Thanks Brent and Slottedpig@Shadowsong |
| Matthew Hooper (Fishing Trainer) in Lakeshire | Jaws (1975)—Richard Dreyfuss played as Matt Hooper a Shark expert |
| Ask an Ironforge guard for directions on how to find the Alchemy Trainer. He comments: “Sigh ... Why, oh why did I take the blue pill?” | The Matrix (1999)—Morpheus: “This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe” |
| Gnoarn quotes “Damn those damned dirty troggs - damn them all!!” on the quest named The Day After | Planet of the Apes (1968) Charleston Heston plays as George Taylor: “Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape”.—Troggs look like Apes [Quote] |
| Goblin Shredders: Move your camera view around so that you can look on the control panel atop the Shredder. You will see a tiny screenshot of Infested Kerrigan. (There is an empty shredder at Gadgetzan. Go check it) | Starcraft: Broodwar |
| Un’Goro Gorilla in Un’Goro Crater drop empty barrel as loot | Donkey Kong—Popular Classic Nintendo Game throwed barrels at Mario |
| ’Deep Ocean, Vast Sea Quest | Song by Peter Murphy |
| Lord Serpentis (fanglord)—one of the Druids of the Fang in Wailing Caverns(The Barrens) quotes: “I am the Serpent King, I can do anything” | I am the Lizard King, I can do anything song by Jim Morrison |
| Stephen Bhartec & Daniel Ulfman NPCs in Deathknell | Oingo Boingo band play the song ‘Dead Man’s Party’ with members Steve Bartek (Guitar/vocals) and Danny Elfman (Composer/music director) |
| Troll silly emote says: “I kill two dwarves in the morning, I kill two dwarves at night. I kill two dwarves in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright. I kill two dwarves in time of peace, and two in time of war. I kill two dwarves before I kill two dwarves, and then I kill two more” | Smoke Two Joints song by Sublime - 1992 debut album 40 Oz. to Freedom—and also sung by the reggae group The Toyes, and Bob Marley separately Thanks Para and Robsta I smoke two joints in the morning, I smoke two joints at night. I smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright. I smoke two joints in time of peace, and two in time of war. I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, and then I smoke two more |
| Gnome silly emote: “I like large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate!” | Baby Got Back song by SIR MIX-A-LOT LYRICS ”I like big butts and I can not lie You other brothers can’t deny That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist” |
| The Familly and the Fishing Pole Quest in Darkshore is given by the dwarf Gubber Blump | The Familly and the Fishing Net song by Peter Gabriel |
| Auberdine in Darkshore. There is an NPC named Cobain | Aberdine is where Nirvana’s lead-singer Kurt Cobain grew up. He was born in Hoquim. Aberdine is directly next to Hoquim in Washington State. In World of Warcraft, there is a Cobain NPC in Auberdine Inn. There is a place in Scotland named Aberdeen too.—Thanks Meric |
| Six Demon Bag item has an inscription: “Blasts enemies in front of you with the power of wind, fire, all that kind of thing!” | Big Trouble in Little China (1986) - The Six demon bag is carried by the character Egg Shen. When asked by Jack Burton what’s in it, Egg Shen replies: “Wind, fire, all that kind of thing!” Thanks Putria |
| The quest reward of Into The Scarlet Monastery is the Sword of Omen item | Thundercats (1985)—the Sword of Lion-o. The magic Eye of Thundera, the source of the ThunderCats’ power, is embedded in the hilt of the mystic Sword of Omens (video clip) |
| Postmaster Malown from Stratholme drops an item named Malown’s slam | NBA Karl Malone, his nickname is The Mailman. The item refers to Malone’s slam (Basketball term) |
| In Ahn’Qiraj (20-raid) instance, during the Rajaxx event, the Lieutenant General Andorov says “Remember, Rajaxx, when I said I would kill you last? I lied”. | Commando (1985) - This is the same thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character (John Matrix) says to David Patrick Kelly’s character (Sully) just before throwing him off a cliff. Matrix : Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? Sully : (frightened) That’s right, Matrix. You did. Matrix : I lied. Sully : AaaRRaaggghhh!! (being dropped to his death) Thanks, Reko@Zul’jin |
| Abercrombie (The Hermit), in his shack north of the Raven Hill Cemetery in Duskwood. The quest Deliver the Thread turns out to be a trick to help him create Stitches(Abominations). Abercrombie and Stitch ... | Abercrombie and Fitch—popular clothing company |
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