List of pop culture references in Warcraft/WotLK

==World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King==
===Comic and manga===
* — In the Purple Parlor on top of the Violet Citadel is a butler named Alfred Copperworth who walks around and sells drinks. This is a reference to , the butler of .
* — Elder Muahit wants you to kill Heigarr the Horrible in The Tides Turn. This is a reference to the comic strip character.
* — In Dragonblight, during Slay Loguhn, you are tasked with killing a wolvar named Loguhn. This mob's name is a sound-alike to Logan, the civilian identity of . The presence of blade-talon fist weapons (bone claws) on Loguhn's hands further enhances their similarity.
* — In the sewers of Dalaran, beneath some pipes and near some glowing green ooze, there is a rat surrounded by four baby turtles, an obvious reference to Splinter, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo from the series.
* — There are three characters (Big Roy, Cavalier Durkon, and Haley Copperton) with names similar to those of the popular fantasy webcomic.
===Gaming===
* — Alone in the Darkness ( / ) is a reference to the this computer game series, which is mostly based on 's works, just like Yogg-Saron.
* — The Council of Six is likely named after the Council of Six from , a mysterious high council presiding over a magical order of magi known as the Cowled Wizards. Ironically, the wizards' job to (sometimes violently) enforce the regulation of magic is more reminiscent of the Blue Dragonflight than the Kirin Tor. 
* — Vampire Hunter is a reference to the popular pastime in Castlevania. This was tied to the Wrath of the Lich King launch event and the special encounter also had loot which referenced the game: Vampiric Batling and Monster Slayer's Kit. The last one has all the weapons you need to defeat the vampires and zombies: , , , . This item appeared during a special event in Karazhan, which also has references to the series.
* — Portal Jockey ( / ) is a reference to Portal Jockey Badge, one of the most coveted items in the game, providing +5 Endurance and +5% hit points.
* Diablo — The monster Kaganishu, found inside a cave system in northern Borean Tundra, has a name reminiscent of , a Fallen guarding the Cairn Stones in Diablo II. His followers say his name as they attack, much like all in Diablo II.
* — There is a flower merchant in Dalaran named Aerith Primrose. Aerith is a reference to , a major character of , who wears a pink and red outfit similar in appearance to that of this NPC, and is also a flower seller.
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**I Choose You, Runemaster Molgeim (/), I Choose You, Steelbreaker (/) and I Choose You, Stormcaller Brundir (/), all for the same boss encounter, may be a reference to a phrase used in the Pokémon franchise, however in the Pokemon franchise the name usually comes before the "I choose you!" statement.
**Mootoo the Younger is a reference to the Pokemon . This is further enforced by various psychic related quotes during the quest Escaping the Mist, as well as the NPC's similarity in eye shape to the Pokemon's.
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**The Cake Is Not A Lie is a direct reference to the game Portal. The phrase translates to a reward which is fictitious and was popularized by the game Portal found on Half-Life's Orange Box release. In the game, you are part of a study group controlled by a computer that attempts to motivate you to complete a series of tests involving a new device created by Aperture Science.
**Thinking with Portals - A Memorandum on Proper Portal Usage can sometimes be found in Dalaran and is a reference to the motto of the game, "Now you're thinking with portals!", used by GLaDOS after completing certain objectives.
**During Love is in the Air, some locations have wooden crates with ribbons and hearts on them. These resemble the Weighted Companion Cube from level 17.
* — A sewer shark named Segacedi is located under the poison vendor in the sewers of Dalaran. This is a reference to the game Sewer Shark, released on the add on for the Sega Genesis, also known as the Mega CD in European and Asian markets.
* StarCraft — During the boss fight in Pit of Saron, Scourgelord Tyrannus shouts "Power... overwhelming!". This is a quote from the unit in StarCraft, as well as the game's cheat command for invincibility.
* — requires you to kill 15 Turkeys in under 3 minutes. Once you kill 15 of them, masses of Angry Turkeys will spawn and chase you down attacking you. This is a reference to The Legend of Zelda series as this same event occurs in many of the games; as you attack Cuccos over and over, masses of Cuccos will swarm in and attempt to kill Link.
* — Set Up Us the Bomb (/) is a quote from the badly translated (Engrish) intro of the Mega Drive version of the game, including such lines as "Somebody set up us the bomb".
===Literature===
* — Drottinn Hrothgar at Hrothgar's Landing, named after him, is a reference to the Danish King Hrothgar, a character in the epic poem.
* — Deathbringer Saurfang's enraged quote, , is a reference to this Hindu scripture.
* — Arcanist Ginsberg and Alchemist Burroughs are references to Beat writers and .
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** The crazed dwarves in the Howling Fjord's Whispering Gulch speak of "that which must not be named". While it could be a reference to Harry Potter (see above), it might also refer to from the Lovecraftian worlds together with the various tomes of "Things Men was Not Meant to Know" found therein.
** The Faceless Ones (such as Herald Volazj) are quite similar to descriptions of Cthulhu, and are at least influenced by the mythos. Sometimes they also say "Shur'nab... shur'nab... Yogg-Saron!", which is a reference to Shub-Niggurat, another God from Lovecrafts Pantheon.
** In His House He Waits Dreaming (/) is a reference to a ritualistic chant of the Ctulhu cult: "In his house at R'lyeh dead C'thulhu waits dreaming."
** Pretty much all lore associated with the Old Gods is an obvious homage to Lovecraft.
** In Have They No Shame? players are asked to retrieve a book called Berinand's Research. A yellow note on the book reads "Notes on the Arcanomicron" which is most likely a reference to the fictional book in Lovecraft's works.
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** Hemet Nesingwary – an anagram of Ernest Hemingway – is the typical "great white hunter" found in many Hemingway stories. The Snows of Northrend is a reference to Hemingway's .
** The Green Hills of Stranglethorn (quest) and The Green Hills of Stranglethorn (achievement) are in turn a reference to Hemingway's nonfiction work .
** Hills Like White Elekk is a reference to Hemingway's short story .
** Old Man Heming and The Old Gnome and the Sea are references to Ernest Hemingway's novel .
* — Green Eggs and Whelps is a play on this book.
* — The crazed dwarves in the Howling Fjord's Whispering Gulch speak of "that which must not be named". This is a reference to the main antagonist of the Harry Potter novels, , who was referred to as "He Who Must Not Be Named".
* — How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies is a play on the title of Dale Carnegie's book.
* — No Rest For The Wicked is a reference to the , from which the phrase was made famous.
* — Watcher Corwin is probably a reference to prince Corwin of Amber, the main protagonist in the first half of the Chronicles. He was removed in Cataclysm.
* — Zafod Boombox is a reference to .
* — Mrgl Blade is a reference to the Morgul-Blade that the Witch-King of Angmar uses to stab Frodo at Weathertop in Tolkien's novel .
* — For Parts for the Job, you have to purchase a Fresh Pound of Flesh from Anton. In this play, the merchant Antonio guarantees for a loan of his friend Bassanio from the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who hates Antonio and demands "a pound of flesh" cut from the merchant's body should he be unable to repay the loan in time.
* — Red Sword of Courage is possibly a nod to the book's title.
* — I'm Smelting... Smelting! is a play on the famous last words of the Wicked Witch of the West when she is doused in water: "I'm melting... melting!".
===Movies and television===
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**Tonight We Dine In Havenshire is a reference to a scene where Leonidas says "Tonight, we dine in Hell."
**The Scourge archers seen early on in the Death Knight questchain are called , referring to this exchange from 300: "Our arrows will blot out the sun! Then we will fight in the shade."
**The Light of Dawn (quest) is considered to be a reference to the Battle of Thermopylae, since there being 300 defenders of the Light and 10,000 attackers from the Scourge.
* — Red Rider Air Rifle is a reference to the Red Rider BB gun that the main character, Ralphie, wants for Christmas. The rifle will sometimes "backfire" causing the player to become stunned for a short period of time. The debuff is called Right in the eye! which is an obvious reference to the movie.
* — The Mighty Wind is a reference to the 's movie.
* — On occasion, Scarlet Peasants will say "I picked the wrong week to quit drinking", which is a memorable quote from Steve McCroskey.
* — Flying carpets, like Magnificent Flying Carpet and Frosty Flying Carpet, give you the buffs "Don't you dare close your eyes!" or "A new fantastic point of view!" which are quotes from the song "".
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** They're Coming Out of the Walls (/) is a line used by Private Hudson in the movie.
** Just after starting the encounter in the Violet Hold, Lieutenant Sinclari says, "Prison guards, we are leaving!". This references the line by Corporal Hicks, "Marines, we are leaving!"
* — This One Time, When I Was Drunk... is a reference to the constant anecdotes starting with "This one time, at band camp..." told by Alyson Hannigan's character Michelle.
* — I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning (/) is a play on the famous quote "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smell like...victory."
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**Dark Armor Plate starts the quest Armor of Darkness, a play on the movie title.
**Mark "S" Boomstick is a reference to Ash's Boomstick from the movie. The reagents Walnut Stock and Hair Trigger used in crafting it refer to the line, "It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger."
**Shop Smart, Shop Pet...Smart refers to the S-Mart slogan repeatedly used by Ash: "Shop smart, shop S-Mart!". It is more likely that this is also a reference to the old slogan for the Pet Store named .
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** Fluxing Energy Coils is a reference to the device used in the movies.
** LMS Mark II reminiscents of the Time Train in the third movie, which was equipped with hover technology.
* — In Grizzly Hills, there are four NPCs located near each other with interesting names. These NPCs in question are one adult female deer named Mother of Bambina, a younger female deer named Bambina, a skunk named Flora and a small rabbit named Thudder. These four are clearly a reference to the characters of the movie. Moreover, a hunter will come out and shoot Mother of Bambina.
* — Kara Thricestar, is named for , a character from the TV series.
* — Endora Moorehead is a reference to Endora, the mother of Samantha Stevens and played by Agnes Moorehead. Another sister, Hagatha Moorehead, probably refers to Samantha's (seldom-seen)aunt Hagatha.
* — Deadliest Catch is probably a reference to this popular Discovery Channel television program.
* — An NPC named "Dirty" Michael Crowe appears to be a reference to its host .
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** The Ultrasonic Screwdriver (quest item) is a reference to the Sonic Screwdriver.
** The Mechagnomes are a reference to the . The way they're made by "Decursing" gnomes (similar to the way the Cybermen "Upgrade" people), the way Gearmaster Mechazod considers what he's doing to be a gift of immortality, to a few of the Mechagnomes quotes are all indications to this.
** Chromie talks to you in the same manner as the Doctor. When you skip the intro in Culling of Stratholme once you've beaten it before, she'll make a statement similar to the Doctor's due to her constant time traveling of claiming she's never met you before.
** In Mystery of the Infinite, Future You tells you , in the same fashion as the Doctor, who likes to give out a quirky bit of advice to someone who'll be important in the future that makes no sense to anyone but the Doctor.
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**Initiate Mehrtens sells an item which you can use to torture a previously captured mage. One of the lines he says is "Are you trying to meet the real me?", a reference to a line Mal says while being tortured in the episode .
**Saffron Reynolds is a reference to Saffron, a con artist who was briefly married to Mal Reynolds. She is a poison vendor, a hint to how she drugged up Mal with a poison on her lips. Next to her is Yolanda Haymer, another name later used by this woman.
* — During the Death Knight starting quests in Acherus, a book can be read near the runeforges with the text "This is my runeblade, there are many like it but this one is mine." This is an obvious reference to the mantra the Marine recruits are ordered to recite in in the movie "This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine". 
* — Professor Putricide's quotes come straight from .
* — Grubthor, a rare spawn in Silithus, may be a reference to Alan Rickman's repeated line, "By Grabthor's Hammer, you shall be avenged!"
* — Chief Engineer Leveny is named after , one of the salesman in the real estate office. The Goblin Siege Engineer's complaints about tools is similar to the complaints of the real estate salesman in the movies complaining about their leads. They also ask about a meeting they are being made to attend, which turns out to be with [[Blakelow],] who abuses the engineers and challenges them to a crafting contest, ending in an exortation to "Always be crafting!" similar to a speech in the movie.
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**In the Drakil'jin Ruins of Grizzly Hills, Harrison Jones reprises his role from Zul'Aman as a tribute to and . His dialogue in Dun-da-Dun-tah! includes several movie references, and the quest name itself refers to four notes of the famous Indiana Jones theme.
**Snakes. Why'd It Have To Be Snakes? has its name origin from an quote found in .
* — During The Battle For The Undercity (Horde), when you clear to the outer ring of the Undercity, Varimathras yells "Clever girl..." at Sylvanas. This is a direct quote from the movie version of Jurassic Park. Just before Robert Muldoon is killed by velociraptors, those are his last words.
* — In Bittertide Lake there is a small island with a hatch with the incremented by one: 5 9 16 17 24 43.
* — McGoyver, who is building an airplane, is a clearly reference to MacGyver.
* — In Dalaran, there is a placed called Wonderworks. The shopkeeper is named Jepetto Joybuzz, which sounds like the name of the man who made Pinocchio.
* — Zedd's Probably Dead is a reference to the movie. It is the name of one of the pieces of music from the movie, and also a character named Zed who gets killed, after which Bruce Willis's character exclaims "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."
* — A book in Acherus: The Ebon Hold lists various Death Knight trainees and their fates. The player's character is named on the last significant page with a note saying "Need more cowbell", a reference to a sketch that the development team must have really, really liked.
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** When you fight Gal'darah he will sometimes summon rhinos. While doing that he says "Say hello to my BIG friend!" which is a reference to Scarface's "Say Hello To my LITTLE friend!".
** Bury Those Cockroaches! is a reference to Tony Montana's line "I bury those cockroaches!".
** While fighting Salranax the Flesh Render in The Air Stands Still, Munch also uses the line "Say hello to my little friend!" before summoning his ghoul.
* — Some of the hungering dead near Wintergarde Keep in Dragonblight say "NOM! NOM! NOM!", a term used to describe eating, coined by the .
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**In Howling Fjord, the Valgarde defenders are armed with rifles. Before killing approaching NPCs they yell "It's coming right for us." A reference to an early South Park episode dealing with the Second Amendment. It was explained that with the new changes in government you could only fire your weapons in self defense, therefore, hunters could legally shoot anything by claiming self defense, but only after yelling "It's coming right for us."
**While not quite making it into The Burning Crusade (as it was renamed Gladiator's Slicer), the Sword of a Thousand Truths was introduced as a drop in the new Naxxramas, and renamed Slayer of the Lifeless, complete with the flavor text, "Foretold by Salzman," both obvious nods to the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode.
**Make Love, Not Warcraft is a reference to the South Park episode of the same name, where the South Park gang play World of Warcraft. The achievement requires you to the same thing that Stan did to his dad before he died.
**Xevozz sometimes says "Profit!" when killing a player. This 'slay' line is the third of three in the game files. This is a reference to the and their business plan.
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** Sailor Picardo and Sailor Phillips are likely to be references to actors and , who played the characters of The Doctor and Neelix on .
**In Borean Tundra, there are gnomes called Fizzcrank Mechagnome. While they are fighting you they say "We are Mechagnome...resistance is futile" and "You will be assimilated or eliminated." This is of course a play on the Borg.
** Datalore Smallsphere is a reference to the 'twin brother' androids, Data and Lore, created by Dr. Soong.
* — Scourgelord Tyrannus shares the Sith name of Count Dooku from the Star Wars franchise. Also, both serve a dark master (Lich King and Emperor Palpatine, respectively).
* — Zod's Repeating Longbow has "Kneel before him" in the flavor text. This is a reference to the movie's main villain, General Zod, who makes the President of the United States (and later tries to make Superman) bow before him with the phrase, "Kneel before Zod."
* — Jelinek Sharpshear was named "Sween Neetod" in the Wrath of the Lich King beta. The skeletons of his victims are still hidden beneath a floorboard on the second story of the shop, next to his trusty razor.
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**Donny and the quest Out of My Element? are a direct reference to the character named Donny (played by Steve Buscemi). Several times in one of the major scenes, Walter Sobchak tells Donny "You're out of your element!"
**The objetive of Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff, given by Walt, is a clear reference to when Lebowskiis visited by 3 thugs. One of them relieves himself on "The Dude's" rug, and several references are made about the rug through-out the movie. Also, after you've completed all the quests Walt has to give, when you open his chat window he says "The Dude over yonder is pretty upset about his rug."
* — Natalie Tootiblare is a reference to three of the main characters in the series: Natalie Green, Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey, and Blair Warner.
* — I Could Say That This Cache Was Rare (/) is a reference to the series' theme song.
* — Chester Copperpot is a reference to Chester Copperpot, a character in the 1985 movie.
* — "Grizzly" D. Adams and his bear cub are a obvious reference to the original movie, which later became a TV series.
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**Arthas, as the Lich King, bears a near perfect resemblance to the Witch-king of Angmar as depicted in .
**In It's All Fun and Games (Horde), you're asked to destroy the The Ocular, which floats above Shadow Vault's spires. The Ocular bears a strong resemblance to the eye of Sauron atop the tower of Barad-dûr from .
**The Lich King's helmet has spikes on the top like those on Sauron's. The Lich King and his undead minions want to kill all living things not under his power, just as Sauron wants his army to take down all living things not under his power.
**Angrathar the Wrathgate appears to be based on the Black Gate of the only major way of getting into Mordor, and in World of Warcraft Angrathar is the only real entrance into Icecrown. They are also both of the same design, made of a black metal with spikes coming out, and feature a large battle outside them.
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** The flavor text of Crude Eating Utensils says "There is no spoon."
** During Projections and Plans (Alliance), if you stand in the center of the floating platform on the Glittering Strand area of Dragonblight, you'll see the falling symbols in the same effect as the opening title sequence in . Before or after this quest, your character stands on a shield that prevents you from standing on the platform.
* — Alchemist Finklestein is a tribute to . He gives out the quest Lab Work which also references the fact that Doctor Finklestein was the Halloween Town's mad scientist.
* — When you are fishing up coins in the Dalaran fountain, you will sometimes receive Inigo's Copper Coin, which has inscribed on it, "I wish I had my father back...", referencing the main character's dead father.
* — In The Battle For The Undercity (Horde), King Wrynn says "I know what evil lurks in the heart of orcs", a take off from this. His catch line, which still has its place in the American Lexicon, is "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men".
* — The Ebon Blade Prisoners in Jotunheim occasionally make a remark along the lines of "It takes the key and opens the cage," similar to Buffalo Bill's "It places the lotion in the basket."
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** In Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide sends you to kill Mayor Quimby, an obvious reference to , the mayor of Springfield.
** Stampy is a reference to Bart Simpson's pet elephant of the same name.
** Crazy Cat Lady (/) is most likely a nod to the series' infamous .
** Unblinking Eye might be a reference to one of the Stonecutters' initiation rituals in (which all, except the last one, consist of the blindfolded initiate being paddled on the ass by a line of people).
** On the Azeroth's Fortune mini-game page of the Cataclysm homepage, one of the fortune titles is "Don't sleep. Gnomes will eat you." This refers to the episode , when Bart's poorly crafted clown headboard badly frightens Bart into insomnia and constantly repeating "can't sleep, clown will eat me."
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**The quests We Can Rebuild It and We Have the Technology are a referece to the memorable quote of Dr. Walter Ellis "We can rebuild you, we have the technology."
** Fizzcrank Mechagnomes can be seen saying: "The flesh is weak. We will make you better, stronger...faster". This is another quote from the show's introduction.
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**During Flight of the Wintergarde Defender, your character says "Come with me if you want to live". This is a running line from The Terminator series.
**The description for the warrior talent Bladestorm is inspired by a quote from Kyle Reese when he tries to explain the threat posed by the Terminator.
* — When Macalroy offers Hell Has Frozen Over..., he says "Report to Vice Admiral Keller just northwest of here and let him know that you're all out of bubble gum" which is a reference to the 1988 moviehttp://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096256 in which the character Nada announces "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/quotes
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*It Goes to 11... is a reference to when the guitarist is asked why he doesn't just make 10 louder on his amp, he replies "But it goes to 11...".
**Going along with this reference, Doesn't Go to Eleven refers to the same quote about the amp, this time joking that it doesn't go to eleven.
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**Katherine Lee is a reference to , the host of Season One and a cookbook author. 
**Thomas Kolichio is a clear reference to Top Chef Master Judge .
* — In Mr. Floppy's Perilous Adventure, Mr. Floppy, Emily's pet rabbit, is in reference to the sitcom.
* — In Absholutely... Thish Will Work!, you're asked to give a Vrykul prisoner a plague cure. Eventually, he explodes and one of the guards says "I didn't know they could do that." In the movie after one of the vampires explodes one of the characters says "You didn't tell me they could do that. I didn't know they could do that."
* — One of the phases of Mimiron is named "V-07-TR-0N", a reference to the anime robot Voltron. Additionally, And I'll Form the Head! is a quote from the show.
* — A Wing and a Prayer is likely a reference to the 1944 war movie of nearly the same name.
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**Agent Skully and Deathguard Molder are obvious reference to the two main characters of X-Files — Dana Scully and Fox Mulder.
**Brann Bronzebeard in Storm Peaks sometimes says "The truth is out there'".Katie Lee (chef)
* — , the pet of Wodin the Troll-Servant at the Amphitheater of Anguish in Zul'Drak is a reference to the series and its main character. Additionally, (Odin) is a norse god, while Xena once was a favorite of Greek war god Ares.
===Music===
* — Bring 'Em Back Alive is probably a reference to the "Bring Em Back Alive" of their debut album.
* — Returned Sevenfold and its reward Signet of the Avenging Heart are a reference to the name of the band.
* — Skills to Pay the Bills refers to their "Skills to Pay the Bills" song from 1992.
* — Gorge the Corpsegrinder was a reference to the singer . This reference was removed in Patch 9.1.5 due to past homophobic slurs.
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**In the Death Knight class starting area, when Death Knight NPC's are spoken to they may utter the phrase "suffer well", which could be a reference to the song "".
**Master and Servant has the same name as the 1984 from the band.
* — Return to Sender (quest) is a possible reference to the hit "".
* — Emil Autumn could be a possible reference to the musician.
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**Lose Your Illusion (/) is a reference to the double album .
**Welcome to the Jungle is a reference to the first track of the album Appetite for Destruction.
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**Hallowed Be Thy Name is probably named after the Iron Maiden song.
**Aces High! is the name of one of the songs from the popular 1984 album Powerslave.
* — is a reference to this singer . Besides 'Bronjahm' being a corruption of the name, James Brown was known as the 'Godfather of Soul'. In addition, the game music changes to a more upbeat melody when the boss is engaged, and his loot and an achievement for his heroic mode are references or direct quotes of song titles.
* — Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide is a possible reference to their song "Nowhere to Run."
* — The Safety Dance (/) is a reference to the best-selling single .
* — Working Day and Night refers to the third track on Michael Jackson's extremely successful 1979 album "".
* — Supermassive (/) is a possible reference to the bands' hit "".
* — Getting Cold in Here (/) is a reference to the song "", whose lyrics go "It's gettin' hot in here / So take off all your clothes."
* and — See You on the Other Side is a reference to both Ozzy Osbourne's song of the same name and/or KoЯn's 7th studio album.
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**The Delicate Sound of Thunder is a reference to Pink Floyd's of the same name.
**Mobu occasionally says "I wanna go home... Take off this uniform and leave the Horde!", which is a line from "" (but Pink says "show", not "Horde").
* — Clam Master K is a reference to the late of Run-DMC.
* — Siouxsie the Banshee is a reference to the 80's band.
* — Small Spice Bag may contain Baby Spice which "Reduces the target's size by 50% turning them into a baby". This is a reference to , one of the girls in Spice Girls, better known by the name Baby Spice.
* — Silver in the City is a reference to the 1966 song "".
===People===
* — Annie Bonn is named for the 18th century Irish pirate.
* — Danica Saint and her appearance are a reference to American auto racer via .
* — Iron Eyes is named after him. Cody is best remembered as the 'crying Indian' in the 1970s series of antipollution commercials sponsored by . Iron Eyes gives the Cleaning Up the Pools, asking the player to help remove discarded machinery from the nearby geyser pools.
===Other===
* — Algalon the Observer is likely named after the star, also known as the "Demon Star" and traditionally considered an ill omen due to its unusual trait of inconsistent brightness.
* — Flask icons are based off the scientific model for this non-orientable surface or Boyle's Self flowing Flask.
* — Element 115 is reference to this element. When Wrath of the Lich King was released, it was considered to be in the center of an "island of stability" in the midst of volatile elements.
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**The vrykul are reminiscent of Norsemen (AKA: Vikings), their beliefs in fighting for the Lich King and being chosen is similar to dying in battle and going to , where the Val'kyr serve the same role as the , albeit in an evil fashion.
**The Aesir and Vanir are references to the pantheons of Gods in Norse myth, the and the . 
**The Titan watches of Azeroth, Loken, Thorim, Freya, Hodir and Mimiron, are base off of , , , , and respectively, and their stories and backgrounds are all fairly similar.
* — The Surge Needle looks very much like this tower in Seattle, including the rotating top platform.
* — Druids for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals (D.E.H.T.A.) is an obvious play on this animal rights group, sometimes criticized for extremist tactics.
* — Breakfast Of Champions (Alliance) take their name from the breakfast cereal.
* — Riding the Red Rocket (Alliance) could be a reference to their slogan "Ride the Rocket".
*Onyxia Wipe Animation — The achievements named Many Whelps! Handle It! are a reference to the animation.
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