Easter Eggs and Real World References

Information to come! This page will be a consolidation of Easter Eggs, Popular Culture References, and misc trivia pages.
== Easter Eggs ==
=== Dat File Easter Eggs ===
An Archive
The dungeon An Archive has a section of tunnels that spell out "LOVE".
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Bur - Eastern, Northern, and Soutern Catacombs
The dungeons Eastern Catacombs, Northern Catacombs, and Southern Catacombs are shaped like a turtle on the upper level, and a frog on the lower level.
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Golem Sanctum
The dungeon Golem Sanctum has a hidden message in its landblock which reads, "Stop hacking the data".
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Lola's Den
The dungeon Lola's Den has a section of tunnels that spell out "LOLA".
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Mount Naipenset Caverns
The dungeon Mount Naipenset Caverns has a section of tunnels that spell out "SEAN". This is likely a reference to one of several Turbine Developers named Sean.
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Portal.dat - March 2001
The Spring's Sorrows portal.dat updates contained the message "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US". See original portal.dat here.
Portal.dat - September 2002
The Verdict portal.dat updates contained an icon of a humanoid. See original portal.dat here. During the Asheron's Call Player Luncheon in 2002, the mystery was solved. See:
* http://www.golden-neutron.net/AC1/whatcanitbe.htm (Now Dead)
* http://darkfunk.com/clan/P7130084.jpg (Now Dead)
* http://www.darkfunk.com/clan/# (Now Dead)
The icon appears to be a Turbine employee wearing a STFU shirt. The video link above refers to the drudge dance.
Portal.dat - March 2004
The Across the Vast Divide portal.dat updates contained numerous satirical icons and a jumbled up image. See the original portal.dat here. The fake icons included:
* Saddles
* Golden Heal Kits
* A horse
* A flying horse
* Capes
* Winged horses
* Chain Mail Bikinis
* Futuristic Ray Gun
The jumbled up image, when reconstructed, made the following image:
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=== NPC interactions ===
Alatar Locke
In the June 2002 Castling event, Alatar Locke was added as an NPC for the Arcane Pedestal Quest. Approximately one year later in the May 2003 event Discoveries, the item A Crumpled Letter was added to the newly introduced Mite Warrior Queen as part of the updates to Branith's Stolen Possessions. The letter was written by Elysa Strathelar and Alatar Locke was the intended recipient. He has a hidden interaction when it is given to him:
Brighteyes, the Tailor
Revealed by Allan "Orion" Maki in the article Asheron's Call Nostalgia Blog #1: Allan "Orion" Maki, Brighteyes, the Tailor has a hidden interaction when given Mushed Nanners:
:Brighteyes, the Tailor says, "It's people! Mushed nanners is people!"
:Brighteyes, the Tailor says, "It gets very lonely out here. I've had a lot of time to myself."
Drunken Madman
The Drunken Madman has a hidden interaction when given an Apple:
:Drunken Madman says, "Entering damn portal-space!"
After this he crosses his arms and raises into the air as he enters portal space for a few seconds.
Violet Ball Interactions
In the wildly popular thread Still Unfound/Undiscovered Content, it was revealed that there were several undiscovered NPC interactions involving the Violet Ball.
There is a way for characters under level 130 to obtain the Violet Ball:
There were also some NPC interactions that were undiscovered:
After these were discovered, developers began intentionally adding Violet Ball interactions to new quests:
According to a forum post by player Sek the Wise, the now retired NPC Carlo di Cenza had a Violet Ball interaction as well. This was later confirmed via the content cache:
=== Other / Misc ===
Beacon
The Beacon has "Made in Knorr" written on the underside of one of the legs. This is not normally visible, but can be seen in the texture and model.
Camping Ineptitude / Camping Mastery
Camping Ineptitude is a spell that is cast on the player when they open the chest located at the point of interest 82.7S, 48.8W - Undead Ruins. The face in the spell effect is Allen Grey, the former site manager of the old Crossroads of Dereth circa 2000. Camping Mastery is a spell that is cast on the player when they open the chest located at the point of interest Banderling Castle. The face in the spell effect is Devilmouse, who was, at the time, a developer. 
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File:Camping Mastery Live.jpg|Camping Mastery
Credits
If you wait all the way through the credits (Click Credits button on main character login screen) after a while the following Easter Egg appears:
Wow
You sat through all the credits
ALL of them.
U R t3h h4rdc0r3
Seriously though.
Y'all rock.
All of you.
Whether you're playing AC for the first time
or you've been with us since beta,
we're thrilled that you're here.
All the players, everyone who's made the community
so active and fantastic, everyone who's given a part
of themselves to this game. We couldn't have done
it without you.
Thank you.
(The credits are over now.)
(Seriously, go kill some Olthoi!)
(Fine, you can stick around, but I'm gonna go hunt Eaters.)
(Ibn out.)
Prior to Throne of Destiny when you waited through the original credits some beta and other early development images would appear.
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@logopolis
In the early game, the command @logopolis would open a game of Pong. It was later removed. According to an interview with Chris "Stormwaltz" L'Etoile, this command was added by Michael Ferrier, who Chris referred to in the interview as Mike "@Logopolis" Ferrier.
== Real World References ==
=== Comics ===
Spider-Man
Verdentine Magnan is a reference to Spider-Man. Specifically, he is modeled after the Spider-Man of the Spider-Man 2002 film which was released a month prior to Verdentine getting added to the game. One piece of dialog in particular is a reference to Spider-Man:
Super Friends
The Dark Monolith Quest is a reference to the Challenge of the Super Friends episode "Monolith of Evil". The Dark Monolith and the Guardian of the Monolith are inspired by imagery from the episode:
* image 1
* image 2
* image 3
Watchmen
The march 2009 event Who Watches the Virindi? is a reference to the film Watchmen. The film is based on the cult hit graphical novels of the same title and was also released to theaters in March 2009. In the novels as well as the film the phrase "Who watches the watchmen?" can be seen numerous times in reference to the public questioning the authority of the super hero group The Watchmen (the film's protagonists).
=== Holidays ===
April Fools' Day
Christmas
Easter
Halloween
Thanksgiving
=== Literature ===
=== Movies ===
=== Music ===
=== Television ===
Doctor Who
During Release and for some time after, a Police Box could very rarely appear as a landscape spawn. It served no purpose and could not be interacted with. It was later removed.
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File:Police Box 2 Live.jpg|Police Box image #2
File:Police Box 3 Live.jpg|Police Box image #3 from Maggies Site
File:Police Box 4 Live.jpg|Police Box image #4
=== Other / Misc ===
Pet Rock
On Dark Isle is a small rock at 86.9N 59.8E. If you use it you get the following:
This is a reference to the Pet Rock of the 1970s.
== Turbine / Developer References ==
=== Landscape Signatures ===
=== Knathtead Anagrams ===
At least some of the Knathtead names (and perhaps all) are anagrams of names/nicknames of AC developers. K'nath Tead itself is Death Tank backwards.
Creature 	Guesses 	Confirmed Developer
K'nath An'dras 	Sandra/Srand 	
K'nath B'orret 	Robert? 	
K'nath Ban'ry 	Ryan B.? 	
K'nath C'ire 	Eric Deans 	
K'nath D'dot 	Todd BerkebileJames Todd 	
K'nath D'Nob 	Bond 	
K'nath Di'vda 	David? 	
K'nath Dyn'ra 	Ryan D.? 	
K'nath G'erg 	Greg "GrogBro" Breault 	
K'nath I'km 	Kim "Mirin" Payson 	
K'nath K'ram 	Mark? 	
K'nath La'nal 	Allan "Orion" Maki 	
K'nath N'aes 	Sean Huxter 	
K'nath N'da 	Dan? 	
K'nath N'gell 	Glen L.? 	
K'nath N'osaj 	 	Jason Booth
K'nath Nod'narb	Brandon 	
K'nath R'ajed 	Jared? 	
K'nath Ra'dnas 	Sandra? 	
K'nath Ri'shc 	Chris? 	
K'nath S'el 	Les Nelken 	
K'nath S'hirc 	Chris "Stormwaltz" L'EtoileChris LyeChris Foster	
K'nath S'tath 	 	
K'nath Son'ja 	Jason? 	
K'nath T'amt 	Matt/Scenario 	
K'nath Thea'reh	Heather/Zyrca 	
K'nath X'ela 	Alex "Ibn" Beckers 	
K'nath Y'bot 	Toby Seltsam 	
K'nath Y'nda 	Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo 	
K'nath Z'bog 	?? 	
=== T'thuun Cultist Anagrams ===
Similar to Knathtead Anagrams, in Shattered Lines several maddened human creatures were introduced with anagrams of developer forum names:
Creature 	Guesses	Confirmed Developer
Cloywer the Unstable	Crowley	
Despe the Insane 	Speed 	
Inkitan the Crazed 	Kintani	
Lorfne the Unhinged 	Frelorn	
Siabot the Deranged 	Tobias?	
Ves the Mad 	Sev 	
=== References to Turbine & Asheron's Call ===
* The Asheron's Call logo appears in several places in the game:
** The texture used as the floor of Meeting Hall Style Buildings, among other things.
** The Pyreal texture and icon, after it was redesigned in the The Widening Gyre event.
** The Olthoi Stamp and Olthoi Flag, along with other items that can be stamped.
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* The fan of the Turbine logo appears in the game as the icon for the Alloy Fan.
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* The keg texture for Angry Ale (featured in the town network) reads: "Angry Ale / Turbine Ca."
=== Other / Misc ===
Category:Trivia