| In-game Quote | Reference |
| Lord Tony Romano(rogue trainer) in Old Town, Stormwind | The Sopranos (1999)—James Gandolfini plays as Tony Soprano |
| Rema Schneider & her son Thurman (apprentice at the Larson Clothiers) | Uma Thurman is a model/actress (clothing) Romy Schneider was an Austrian actress. She is mostly famous for the Sissi trilogy film (1955) in which she played Elisabeth, empress of Austria. Her last name, Schneider, is German for “tailor”. Thanks, Veryawen and coloween |
| Technobots in Gnomeregan trap you with the battle net | Battle.net is Blizzard Entertainment gaming server for Diablo II, Warcraft II/III and Starcraft. Techbot refers to the technical support bot in the Blizzard Technical Support Battle.net channel. The phrases it says are quotes from the bot’s actual macros. Thanks, Blizzard Support |
| Amy Davenport(tradeswoman)and Lindsay Ashlock (general supplies)in Lakeshire are near the Town Hall | Lindsay Davenport and Amy Frazier and Susan Ashlock are Tennis Stars |
| Hagar Lightninghoof asks you to find a strange egg in the quest Alien Egg | Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets—Rubeus Hagrid the groundkeeper of Hogwart school is a character that collects strange eggs. In his movie he purchased a dragon egg |
| Crusader Lord Valdelmar in Eastern Plaguelands | Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets—Lord Voldemort |
| Rammstein the Gorger in Stratholme by the Slaughter House | Rammstein—Popular German band |
| Ragglesnout rumored to be a rare spawn in Razorfen Downs drops an item named X’caliboar | Excalibur (1981)—King Arthur |
| ”Welcome to the Jungle” Quest asks you to find Hemet Nesingwary in Stranglethorn Vale | Guns & Roses Band—Welcome to the Jungle song |
| Farmer Kent in Southshore | Superman—Clark Kent was grown up at a Farm and he was a farmer in his youth until he left to the city |
| Watcher Backus in Darkshire, Duskwood | Not sure if in reference to John Backus, inventor of FORTRAN computer language in 1924 |
| High Explorer Magellas in the Explorers League in Ironforge | Ferdinand Magellan the portuguese explorer who circumnavigated around the world in 1522 |
| Barnil Stonepot located at Nesingwary Camp gives the quest The Green Hills of Stranglethorn | The Green Hills of Africa—(1935) written by Ernest Hemingway |
| When you find the Lost Vikings in Uldaman you find an item inside a box to open the Hidden Room. You need the Gni’kiv Medallion and the Shaft of Tsol to form the staff that triggers the Indiana Jones event opening the door to the Hidden Room. Spelling backwards Gni’Kiv(Viking) and Tsol(Lost) you get the Lost Vikings | Lost Vikings popular Nintendo game made by Blizzard Entertaintment |
| The fighting cage of Gadgetzan looks like Thunderdome | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) with Mel Gibson and Tina Turner |
| Ironhide Devilsaur in Un’Goro Crater | The Transformers |
| Lord Falconcrest(the syndicate leader)has a sidekick named Otto in Arathi Highlands for the quest Wanted! Otto and Falconcrest | Falcon Crest (1981) TV Series—episode 217: “Madness Descending” has guest-star Alex Rodine playing as Otto |
| Ogre Draz’zilb in Brackenwell, Duskwallow Marsh. In reverse it says Blizzard | Blizzard Entertainment |
| In Badlands there’s a quest called Power Stones. You need to collect two kinds of stones from the Dark Iron dwarves in Uldaman. The stones look like Duracell batteries. The quest rewards are “Everlast Boots” (pink bunnies!), “Duracin Bracers” (Duracell) and “Energized Stone Circle”. | Batteries brands: Duracell and Energizer |
| Un’Goro Crater | Zelda: Ocarina of Time—Dun’goro cavern has many reptiles |
| Timberlings are found in most swamps of the world and in Teldrassil | The Man-Thing comic book (Marvel Comics) is very similar to the Timberlings |
| Hammerfall - Horde base in Arathi Highlands used to be an Alliance internment camp. Originally named after the place where Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer died at | Hammerfall band—the Album CD cover image also used at the Hammerfall website was drawn by Samwise Didier, Blizzard Entertainment Lead Art Director. If you look at the World of Warcraft box for the discs that you install WoW off of, when you open up the front, if you look closely on the left side where it shows what the character is wearing, you can clearly see the Dwarf Warrior’s name is “Hammerfall”. Thanks, Jakobo@Skullcrusher |
| Rise of he Machines quest in Blackrock Depths | Terminator: Rise of the Machines |
| Mission possible, but not probable—Rogue quest to learn poison ability | Mission Impossible 2—Tom Cruise’s mission is to destroy a genetically made poisonous disease named Chimera |
| Ravenholdt Keep in Hillsbrad, Nethergarde Keep in Blasted Lands | Dragonlance—Nedragaard Keep is the cursed keep of the infamous Lord Soth in Ravenloft / Sithicus.. |
| Commander Ashlam Valorfist gives a quest in Chillwind Point named “All Along the Watchtowers” in Western Plaguelands | Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix’s song Thanks, Josh |
| Tigule and Foror’s Strawberry Ice Cream item is bought from a vendor named Alowicious Czervik(sweet treats)when you take the quest “You Scream, I Scream” from the Orphan Children’s Week during the month of May | Reference to Tigole and Furor, Blizzard Employees. Tigole is Jeff Kaplan, Lead Quest Designer and Furor is the leader of Fires of Heaven guild from Everquest, now in Wow. Furor became a Blizzard employee as Quest Designer Alowicious Czervik is a giveaway .... Famous Al Czervik character in Caddyshack (1980) was played by Rodney Dangerfield. Caddyshack was co-written and directed by Harold Ramis which also has a easter egg at Undercity along with Ghostbuster eggs in World of Warcraft. Thanks, Rick and Joe.A(butercupz) |
| Dadanga is Hungry! quest from Un’Goro Crater. You are required to bring 15 Bloodpetal Sprouts to the kodo. Dadanga is at the mouth of the Cavern of Marshal’s Refuge | Legend of Zelda—Dodongo’s Cavern Sixteen Candles (1984) - Gedde Watanabe’s character Long Duk Dong, quotes: “No more yanky my wanky the donga needs food,” on the lawn after a night of heavy drinking. (the donga = da’danga) Thanks Corais |
| Deviate Fish in the Barrens have an inscription saying “Eat Me”. When you do random stuff happens to you | Alice in Wonderland |
| John Turner in Ironforge and Stephanie Turner at the Trade District in Stormwind | Pirates of the Caribbean |
| Glutton in Razorfen Downs | Full Metal Alchemist (anime)—Gluttony |
| ”This is my boomstick”—quote from Dwarves emote | Evil Dead 3 by actor Bruce Campbell. In the third evil dead movie “Army of Darkness” the character Ash (played by Bruce Campbell) is transported back in time to the medieval era. His shotgun goes with him. At one point in the movie he fires his shotgun and as the villagers scatter he shouts “Thiiiis…is my BOOMSTICK!!!!!” Thanks, Xadies, MareWinds, and Beerus |
| Zombies of the Scourge sometimes scream “Brains” | Return of the living Dead |
| Emperor Dagran Thaurissan at the throne of Blackrock Depths drops the item The Emperor’s New Cape when equipping the cape, it comes out invisible. It has no graphics because the cape has a story about it | The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837 |
| Bungle in the jungle Quest—Gadgetzan | Jethro Tull song |
| Everything Counts in Large Amounts Quest—Blasted Lands | Depeche Mode song |
| Drusilla La Salle(warlock trainer)in Northshire Abbey, Elwynn Forest | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)—Juliet Landau plays as Drusilla |
| Most names of NPCs in the prison of Blackrock Depths | OZ (1997)—A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants |
| The Shoveler mace item | Mystery Men |
| ”But wouldn’t that mean crossing the streams?”—said by the three mage apprentice girls outside the Mage Quarter tower. | Ghostbusters—phrase from this movie Charmed—the three girls make reference to the three witches of the TV Series |
| Oglethorpe Obnoticus, the gnome engineer in Booty Bay responsible for all of the mechanical chicken escort quests | Slap Shot (1977) - film starring Paul Newman. Ned Dowd played Syracuse goon Ogie Ogilthorpe in the film. Thanks Urielle Aqua Teen Hunger Force by Adult Swim from Cartoon Network. The aliens from beyond Pluto: (Appeared in “Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto” and “Bad Replicant”)—thanks Manaran. The two aliens from “Beyond Pluto”, Emory, (the green one) and Oglethorpe, (the orange one) travel around in their spaceship meeting new people and then betraying them. It is Oglethorpe’s idea to cause chaos and melt their new friends in their “melterium” (which also serves as a virtual pizza sea and a trip through a horses inner organs), Emory just wants to barbeque and have a good time. They also had a plan to rule earth with an army of replicants. They both wear sweatbands, but Oglethorpe wears his around his neck. Their pointy arms squirt soap out of them that smells like waste but keeps their ship clean. Oglethorpe has a heavy German accent. The 2 plutonians have an orb in their spacecraft called the Orb of Obnoticus (Thanks Xircone) |
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