Talk:Borderlands 2 pop culture references

This is way past the point where it needs some organisation. Would it be best to sort this by source of reference like the BL1 page or, since there's whole swathes relating to skins and action skills, would sorting it by type of reference be better? Shiroi Hane (talk) 01:12, September 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * I actually planned on doing it in the style of the Borderlands pop culture references page on a later date. User:Dr. Las Moore/Sig 02:07, September 25, 2012 (UTC)

I got the ball rolling on a different page format. I moved some movie references that would be better in a book section to the bottom and I also moved a another reference that spanned several movies and a book.

I am in the process of merging the TV section into the movie section as seen with the Borderlands page.Ledrew (talk) 03:48, September 27, 2012 (UTC)

Additional Dr. Who reference
I don't seem to be able to edit the main text - if somebody can, here is an additional Dr. Who reference I found during the game:

Occasionally, when fighting Lab-Rats, they will scream "Don't blink! Blink and you're dead!", which is a reference to the Weeping Angels which first appeared in the third season of Dr. Who.

Possible source for TMNT QR Code
The quote: "Wise man say forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza. - Captain Picard"

This may be from the "Troll Quote Meme" an example being: "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine. - Abraham Lincoln"

However this is just my assumption, I could be wrong.

I don't know why the quest "The Ice Man Cometh" being a reference to "The Night Man Cometh" which is a play and episode from the show Its Always Sunny In Philadephia is not on this list. I have added it before and it was subsequently removed. I also messaged the admin who changed it and it is still not up. I WANT JUSTICE FOR IASIP!


 * "The Ice Man Cometh" is a reference to the play "The Ice Man Cometh." The play in "It's Always Sunny in Philadephia" is a reference to the same play. There is no direct reference to "The Night Man Cometh" so it should not be added.Ledrew (talk) 19:10, September 27, 2012 (UTC)

Zero's Head
I think Zero's head Gh0st is referenced to the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 character Ghost. The Ghost from MW2 wore balaclava with sunglasses, which looks very similiar to the head in the game.132.3.37.68 20:43, September 27, 2012 (UTC)CC

I'm fairly certain The Gang The Wore Purple is a reference to Saints Row, not the actual gang. --AleximMose (talk) 22:38, September 27, 2012 (UTC)

Axton's Head
I think Axton's Head "Radar Ranger" a reference to Corporal "Radar" O'Reilly from the TV series M.A.S.H..132.3.37.68 15:11, September 28, 2012 (UTC)CC

Zer0 A Reference to Assassin's Creed?
Me and my friend were discussing about how Zer0 only has four fingers, and he pointed something out to me. In the scene in Assassin's Creed 2, Leonardo DiVinci mentions that to wear the hidden blade, Ezio would have had to cut off one of his fingers (specifically the ring finger). Leonardo modified the hidden blade so that was not neccessary, but maybe Zer0 having four fingers IS a reference to Assassin's Creed. That would also explain why his blade only appears when he swings it, effectively making it a "Hidden Blade" untill it was used. RunningAndScreaming (talk) 16:22, September 28, 2012 (UTC)

Merge with Easter Eggs
This page should definitely be merged with the BL2 Easter Eggs page. No doubt about it. D3T&#38;FS (talk) 05:14, September 29, 2012 (UTC)

See that page's talk. tl:dr: Much doubt about it. 24.18.104.6 05:18, September 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * are the Borderlands (TOG) Easter eggs and pop culture references pages merged? 00:41, October 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * No: Borderlands pop culture references and Easter eggs and secrets.

I believe that instead of merging it with the BL2 Easter Eggs page, it should be combined with the Borderlands Pop Culture References page.AlbinoSkag612 (talk) 23:56, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

Airplane
In Moxxi's bar, one of the patrons says "Good luck, we're all counting on you" which is a famous line from the movie Airplane! Could someone add that to the page? Thank you.

LOST Reference
There is a LOST reference when you find Mordecai in the Wildlife Preservation area. The map on the wall is a reference to the blast door map seen in the hatch during season 2 of LOST.

67.162.176.37 19:54, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * looks like a map of the valley below to me. 00:39, October 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * The notations and design are more than remeniscent of the blast door map, not of the fact of what the map is. Look up the blast door map on google and you'll will see what I am talking about


 * 67.162.176.37 06:27, October 5, 2012 (UTC)

Reference to A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and Yojimbo (1961)
At the end of the mission Clan War: First Place, Ellie mentions the titles of both films in her dialogue. Looking deeper into Ellie's plan, you may notice that the concept of enticing the Hodunks and Zafords into a feud is the basic plot line of both the Japanese samurai film Yojimbo (1961) and Clint Eastwood's spaghetti Western "remake", A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Pho Kadat (talk) 09:03, October 4, 2012 (UTC)

Reference to Red Faction
Axton's "Grizzled Veteran" head and "Red Fraction" costume is a reference to the first Red Faction game and Parker, the game's protagonist, at his later life.

GrandShot (talk) 12:12, October 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * The fact that the word "Fraction" is used makes things a bit awkward. The Baader-Meinhof Group, AKA Rote Armee Fraktion (Eng. Red Army Fraction or Faction) edges in to get noticed as well. -- WarBlade (talk) 19:49, October 5, 2012 (UTC)

Red Dwarf Reference
Red Dwarf reference missing from main page.

(I'm posting this here due to being unable to edit it in. Hopefully someone who can will see)

Red Dwarf, a popular TV series.

Skin for salvador titled 'Red Dwarf'. I rekon this is a reference. Could someone check and if they agree, add it?

FillyRarity84.19.96.96 18:56, October 5, 2012 (UTC)

asdfmovie reference?
The quest Shoot This Guy in the Face might be a reference to the asdfmovie series or at least du one scene in asdfmovie 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYNdUM2gRsg (scene at 0:53)

Two little ideas
So, I'm one for not liking people who see references to all their favourite things in anything("oh, that weapon is orange, I love orange juice, that's a reference to a great fruit!!!"), but these two things just crossed my mind:

1000 Cuts may be a reference to WoW, where there is(was with Cataclysm, I guess) a region with steep needle-like formations of rocks, called 1000 Needles.

Considering that 1k Cut also consists of high peaks and deep valleys, that might be the origin of the regions name.

And:

Sometimes, the NPCs in Sanctuary, when "interacted" with, say something like "wuwuwuwu yiiii-ah" which instantly reminded me of Fable 2, where the "Victory"-Gesture produced a similar "sound".

just my 2pence

--Wotemer (talk) 19:19, October 11, 2012 (UTC)

Splinter Cell
Is the mission 'Splinter Group' a possible reference to the Splinter Cell series? I think it might be. Ishi (talk) 17:57, October 12, 2012 (UTC)

No, but to TMNT big time ;) And that's already in there. --Wotemer (talk) 17:58, October 12, 2012 (UTC)

Maya Greenblood skin
I noticed that the Maya Greenblood skin has a large resemblance to the X-men character Rogue, who in the films was portrayed by Anna Paquin who later portrayed Sookie, the protagonist of "Trueblood". As the appeance references X-Men and the name references Trueblood with the connection being through Paquin, I believe the skin to be a meta reference to all three interrelated elements of pop culture.

Mechromancer "YESFX" skin
It's likely a reference to the punk rock band [http:// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOFX NOFX]. Very plausible given Gaige's punk/anarchist aesthetic. Cordelia00 (talk) 11:08, October 14, 2012 (UTC)

Almost certainly; along with groups: Angry Machine/Rage Against the Machine, Miss Ramone/Ramones, Girly Rotten/Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), A Misfit/Misfits, Distorted Socially/Social Distortion, Dead Lincolns/Dead Kennedys, Horrible Religion/Bad Religion, Joy Divide/Joy Division, Pure Velvet/Velvet Underground (? Iffy)

Songs: Ecstatic Tuesdays/"Blue Monday" - New Order, Sun Blister/"Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes

There's probably actually more there that I haven't caught on to, but I'm not sure if I should shovel all these in as one entry or at all. Darth nikon (talk) 00:43, October 15, 2012 (UTC)

Gaige's skin Don't Call Me Green would be a reference to NOFX's song, "Don't Call Me White". Puppettron (talk) 01:06, November 7, 2012 (UTC)

Harry Potter Reference
Salvador has a skin called Lavender not Brown. Possible reference to the Harry Potter character Lavender Brown?

Old Man John’s Farm a reference to Prince’s Raspberry Beret.

"I put her on the back of my bike And we went riding down by old man Johnson's farm”

143.166.226.59 15:19, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

Ok, in Opportunity, where you have the mission to listen to the history of Jack, there's a super clear reference to the Hero Hall in Fable, the one with all the murals? I think it's even the same guy who's doing the voiceover.

99.4.166.19 05:07, October 18, 2012 (UTC)

Call of Duty References
It seems as though calling "Call of Booty" and especially "Duty Calls" references to the Call of Duty series a bit unfounded. The words "call of duty" and "duty calls" were around before the game series so it seems farfetched to believe everything that uses "call" or "duty" references it.

98.114.33.210 16:01, October 30, 2012 (UTC)

Thousand Cuts, Thousand Needles
The zone titled "Thousand Cuts" seems to be a reference to Pre-Cataclysm World of Warcraft containing a zone of large platteus called "Thousand Needles" They share similar topography and a similar name. 74.77.41.180 18:59, November 6, 2012 (UTC)Anon

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
I was listening to a video on youtube of Zero quotes when he sung/spoke a ling from the Fresh Prince Theme.

"This is the Story, All about How My Life Got Flipped, Turned Upside Down"

the comments on the video say its when the car gets flipped over. Can anyone Confirm this? DaWnBrEaKeR (talk) 02:26, November 11, 2012 (UTC)

Crocodile Dundee reference
In Captain Scarlett's DLC quest "Fire Water," the whiskey item window says: "Donk's Whiskey. So hard it'll hit you like a Donk." Donk is Crocodile Dundee's big strong-armed friend. 99.49.102.238 23:37, November 14, 2012 (UTC)

Borderlands section
Does it really need the Borderlands section of references? The whole game is a sequel, its bound to reference the previous game. Might as well load the section with each part of the storyline, with each of the original Vault Hunters, with all the weapon models, with all the enemies that are common, with Angel, with Claptrap etc etc. Heck you could make a whole article just about the pop culture references to Borderlands. So again, do we really need to have the section?--Lycos Devanos Drop me a line 11:47, November 15, 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion: The Man Who Would Be King reference
Just wanted to point out that the mission, "The Man Who Would be Jack" is referenced to the movie, "The Man Who Would be King" starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. You can see the movie info here at this link: "The Man Who Would be King" on IMDB

Plus this is my first time adding some info to a Wikia page so if I did it incorrectly, please forgive me.

PyrollisAhFiros (talk) 08:18, November 17, 2012 (UTC)PyrollisAhFiros

Five Easy Pieces
Captain Scarlett's DLC quest "Two Easy Pieces" is a reference to a the Jack Nicholson move Five Easy Pieces. The movie title refers to five musical pieces for piano and the mission title refers to two compass pieces. Other than the title, I see no other similarities.

Bluemancar (talk) 04:38, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Bulletstorm and René Magritte references
Bulletstorm

When the Gunzerker screams "Killing with skill!" while scoring a kill whilst gunzerking is active, is a reference to the tagline of the video game Bulletstorm: "KILL WITH SKILL".

René Magritte

The Minecraft Longbow weapon - specifically its description? "Ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle!" (this is not a sniper rifle!) is a reference to the famous René Magritte painting "The Treachery of Images", which depicts a pipe and contains the text "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (this is not a pipe).



Jarqvin (talk) 10:25, November 24, 2012 (UTC)

Pearl Jam reference
In the Southern Shelf Bay, there is a section called Ebonfloe. A nod to Pearl Jam's breakout song "Evenflow."99.49.102.238 01:40, December 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Then again, it could just be a wordplay on the phrase, "Ebb and flow." The Warlocke (talk) 06:58, January 20, 2013 (UTC)

Turok: Rage Wars
The amibient music in the Highlands area (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejsxAQIm1k8) at around 1:30-1:40 is the same chant as the song Rage from Turok: Rage Wars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14S0YMH_ls).

The music itself through the duration has a similarity. Can someone add? As I don't want to mess up anyone elses work on this.


 * I'd say the music uses the same trinal sounds, at best. But this is hardly a referendce. The highlands ambient is pretty much Bring your guns (from BL1) the entire way through (albeit "toned down"). happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 16:30, January 9, 2013 (UTC)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution reference
When killing some enemies in the Mr. Torgue's Campain of Carnage DLC (mainly noticed during the Arena missions), they will say "I never asked for this"; an allusion to Deus Ex: Human Revolution's Adam Jensen's often referenced line.

Really?
Did somebody really have to add a picture of all the pony references on the page, when they're already there?

Get out of here. 01:46, January 21, 2013 (UTC)

Star Trek VS. Dr. Livingstone
Okay, can someone tell me why the name of the mission "Professor Nakayama, I presume?" is supposedly a Deep Space Nine reference, other than the name of the episode?

On the one hand, we have an episode of a TV show which, as far as I can tell, has absolutely nothing to do with the Borderlands 2 reference except the episode title... which, in and of itself, is derivative of the original famous quote, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

On the other, we have the original quote, spoken by H.M. Stanley to David Livingstone. What does it have in common with Borderlands 2? The mission is in the Sir Hammerlock DLC, and Hammerlock, himself, is a loose example of the "White Hunter" archetype of explorers, which Stanley and Livingstone fit under, right down to the way he dresses. The mission also incudes activities associated with both real and fictional "white hunter" characters, like hunting wildlife, making contact with a village, and so on.

Every other movie, TV show, book, and article that have come out since 1871 have made references to the "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" quote. I submit to you that, unless other strong similarities between the mission and the Deep Space Nine episode can be provided, then there is no reason to assume it was a DS9 reference, rather than just another reference to the original quote - of which there are literally millions! If DS9 is included on this page for no more reason than it's yet another variation on the original quote, then every other reference to it is just as valid an inclusion: Everything from Bugs Bunny to an article about how do-gooder celebrities seem to be divying up Africa.

There's an E.R. episode titled "Dr. Carter, I presume?" Shall we add it to this page as well? What about the Elvis Costello song, "Dr. Watson, I Presume"; is the mission title also a reference to it, as well? Or, can we all agree that the mission title is simply yet another one of millions of references to the original quote, delete the DS9 entry from the page, and move on without putting it back up again? The Warlocke (talk) 09:44, January 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Livingstone 14:08, January 22, 2013 (UTC)

xkcd
I'm unable to edit the article page itself (probably because I just signed up a few minutes ago).

The xkcd reference mission "Hyperion Contract #873" is specifically in reference to comic number 873 at http://xkcd.com/873/ --Tr1ck7 (talk) 04:20, May 11, 2013 (UTC)

It's already on theHyperion Contract 873 mission page. CrackLawliet (talk) 04:32, May 11, 2013 (UTC)

Greek Myth
== The challenge Open Pandora's Boxes is a clear reference to the Greek myth of Pandora's box. I'd add it but the page is protected -Jakalope (talk) 13:59, May 15, 2013 (UTC) ==

Team Fortress 2
Sometimes, when entering Fight For Your Life Mode, the Commando will yell "MEDIC!". This action can be done by Team Fortress 2 players to let their team know they need to recover health, and more commonly call a friendly Medic class team member so they can heal them.

Back To The Future (III)

The area in The Dust called 'Boot Hill' (Cemetary) is a reference to the 'Old Boot Hill Cemetary' mentioned in Back To The Future Part III in the Doc's letter to Marty. In the film, the DeLorean is buried in a mine next to the cemetary. I've trawled the area for a cave. But no DeLorean yet! The cemetary is also where Einstein the dog finds Doc's gravestone.

Chronolemon (talk) 09:28, June 12, 2013 (UTC)

Chronolemon

Air Force One Reference
Salvador sometimes shouts "Get off my plane!" during combat, a direct quote of Harrison Ford's (in)famous line at the climax of the film "Air Force One."

Monotoan (talk) 20:25, June 15, 2013 (UTC)

Good catch, I'm surprised it's not noted. I'll add it now. Thanks for contributing! Unless of course you'd like to add the note. InfinitysCross (talk) 20:27, June 15, 2013 (UTC)

Little Big Trouble/Planet
Little Big Trouble might be a double reference to Little Big Planet as well. KainDarkfire (talk) 21:01, July 9, 2013 (UTC)

Another Metal Gear Reference
I have noticed



Just throwing that out there... Ishi (talk) 07:37, July 12, 2013 (UTC)

ive used the gray fox image for an avatar (somewhere). where is the zer0 image from? 07:44, July 12, 2013 (UTC)