Pop culture references in HellMOO
There's a lot of stuff in HellMOO that's pulled from other sources, as either homages or just references. This page is an attempt to figure out all of them.
1984
There are Anti-Sex flyers scattered around the world, possibly referring to the Anti-Sex organization in George Orwell's novel.
Alien
The Weyland-Utani corporation that runs corpclave is named after the megacorp in Alien, Weyland Yutani. The chest bursters that abominations produce are from the series, born when face huggers implant eggs in the victim orally.
The Big Lebowski
The man working at Ammu-Nation is based on and named after Walter Sobchak, the angry war veteran in the movie. Donny, the man who runs the mod store above it is also from this movie.
Blade Runner
Although the Bradbury is a real building, the version in HellMOO is based on the cyberpunk rendition of it in Blade Runner.
The Blade Trilogy
Blade is one of the many vampire hunters that wander Slagtown.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
She's also a slagtown vampire hunter.
Carrie
A mutation that allows you to light stuff on fire, just like the main character of the book.
C.H.U.D.
The sewers are occupied by monsters based on the titular creatures from the movie.
CSI: Miami
Horatio Caine wanders Freedom City, looking for crimes to spout witty oneliners about; he even carries his trademark Sunglasses of Justice.
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
This is where Nukem comes from, the pregant teens, the punks and the nerdlings.
The Dark Tower
The enormous mutated lobsters that crawl onto North Beach at night are based on the lobstrosities of The Drawing of the Three (Book II of the series). The vampire hunter Callahan is named after Father Callahan of Books V-VII, who originally appeared in 'Salem's Lot.
Discipline and Punish
Panopticon Prison's design (like that of several real world prisons) is based on Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, described in this book by Michel Foucault.
Dune
In the Sea of Dunes sandworms lurk, and you can butcher teeth from them which will eventually be able to be made into Crysknives. Stillsuits are also in development.
Fallout
The Necropolis area is possibly named after a similar area from this game. The radscorpions of the Wasteland are also from this game.
Fatchicksinpartyhats.com
The NPC Miguel (named after the website's creator) wanders around spouting quotes from this site.
Fight Club
There's a fight club in the Panopticon and you fight some of the characters from the book.
The Fly (1986)
In the item 'lab logbook' (when read the title is something to the effect of 'MY AWESOME EXPERIMENTS'), the (presumed) child who wrote it speaks of combining chuds and sewer bugs in telepods, an allusion to what happens to the main character in The Fly. They also state that they will call their creation the 'Brundlechud,' an obvious reference to Seth Brundle, AKA 'Brundlefly,' the main character/protagonist-turned-antagonist of the movie.
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
He lives in gangland, and even has his pigeons.
Ghostbusters
CSICOP, the ghost hunting place in Slagtown, takes most of its influence from this movie, as they sell Proton Packs, Ghost Traps, and jumpsuits bearing the familiar logo.
Grand Theft Auto Series
The weapon store Ammu-Nation is named after the gun stores commonly seen in the games. Brucie from Brucie's gym in corpclave and the Vice City shop in Freedom City are references to a character and a game of the GTA series, respectively.
Grave of the Fireflies
Located in southwesternmost Slagtown, this area is named for Grave of the Fireflies, a 1988 animated Japanese movie about the American firebombing of Kobe towards the end of World War II.
H.P. Lovecraft
Shoggoth spawn exist out in Lurleen, and they're the same horrible mass of eyes, mouths and tentacles as the shoggoths in Lovecraft's work. There is also a Shoggoth under the orphanage. Also, the admin Dagon gets its name from the eponymous tale.
Half-Life
Scientists can produce an HEV Suit, like the one Gordon Freeman wears.
Hellboy
Hellboy himself wanders the necropolis, you can kill him and take his Samaritan.
House, M.D.
The offices of Drs. Gregory House and James Wilson can be found in the Princeton General hospital in Slagtown.
House Of Leaves
In the Necropolis there is an area named after this book, it also features the Minotaur.
I Am Legend
The vampire hunter Neville is named after the main character in this book.
Imajica
The Nullianac NPCs are based are from this Clive Barker novel.
Jerkcity
There is a Jerkcity Dream that takes place Under The Sink.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Excerpts from this poem by T.S. Eliot can be found in the room descriptions of the North Beach.
Michael Jackson
His song "Thriller" is referenced in the kill journal text for killing a zombie.
Orgazmo
This 1998 film featured the orgazmorator, an item that caused an orgasm in anyone hit by a shot from it. The orgazmorator is craftable in this game.
The Police
The 'whore' achievement's description is a reference to the song 'Roxanne' by The Police.
Portal
Scientists can create a Portalgun, and works like it does in the game.
The Punisher
He lives in slagtown and comes out to hunt people that kill newbies.
Punch-Out
Some of the fighters you battle in hand to hand combat in the Panopticon are named after fighters in this game.
Raffi
His song "Bananaphone" plays in your head if you wank while already wanking and break your dick.
Sealab 2021
The soda machines you can deploy are Bebop Cola brand, and you can tip them over onto yourself, trapping you. The Sealab itself is also an area in the game. There are also Stimutacs you can buy that makes you stronger, but you have to leave room for Marduk, Slayer of Tiamat.
Serenity
There is an Oaty Bar vending machine in Freedom City.
Silent Hill
Birchwood Heights is based off the movie and games. The thick fog that obscures Silent Hill is incorporated into the small town. Rompers are also a monster in one of the Silent Hill games. Alessa and Dahlia Gillespie make appearances.
SLA Industries
Necanthrope, one of the main admins, is named after and takes his appearance from one of the creatures in this RPG.
Snow Crash
The pizza place in Freedom City is named after the one Hiro worked at. Cosa Nostra Pizza, said pizza place also utilizes Deliverators. Burbclave and Corpclave seem to be named after the suburban areas in the book. Dentatas exist in hellmoo, and have the same effect as the dentata in the book.
The Stainless Steel Rat
The porcuswine enemies come from this book.
Subgenius
There are many references to "Bob": pictures, pamphlets, and an NPC bears his likeness, plus a TV channel dedicated to slack. Care Dog is named after a character from Subgenius material.
There Will Come Soft Rains
The house from this short story by Ray Bradbury stands southeast of the wasteland.
Usagi Yojimbo
He wanders the necropolis, and drops a powerful sword.
Pulp Fiction
You can find Samuel L. Jackson's wallet. It's the one that says 'Bad Motha Fucka'!
The Church of Scientology
The SpaceOrg building is based on the SeaOrg branch of the controversial church of scientology. Also, One of the NPCs inside, L. Ron Hubbard, is a direct reference to the church's founder of same name.
Team Fortress 2
Scientist can create a Medigun, used by the medic class in TF2.