Gex/Shout-Out

Gex is one of the most reference overdosed works of The Nineties.

The original Gex

 * You fight killer tomatoes and chainsaw wielding psychopaths wearing a hockey mask in the cemetary area.
 * The temple levels of the jungle area have you fighting other geckos wearing the trademark outfit of Indiana Jones.
 * One of the enemies in Kung Fuville looks remarkably like Raiden, up to and including straw hat and lightning powers
 * The rabbit enemies in New Toonland look like Fall-Apart from Bonkers.

Gex's quotes:

 * "Looks like Beetlejuice threw up." (said in any of the Toon worlds)
 * "That's for twelve years of Full House."
 * "Scotty, shields up."
 * "Yeah this place has all the warmth of a Dick Clark special." (Cemetary level)
 * "Ah, Detroit. Pearl of the Orient." (said entering the Cemetary level)
 * "This will be great for my collection!"
 * "I'll take this! And this! And this!"
 * "Need it. Need it. Need it!"
 * "Soylent Green is good!"
 * "This place is weirder than 4th of July at Rick James's place."
 * "Geez, Scoob. Let's get back to the Mystery Van." (said in the cemetary level)
 * "I. Am. Ironman." (upon collecting a Power-Up)
 * "Rocket Man!" (when riding rockets obviously)
 * "Welcome to the jungle!" (upon entering the jungle level)
 * "Me Gex, you Jane." (upon entering the jungle level)
 * "This one's for Keith Moon!"
 * "They call him Flipper! Flipper!" (in a water segment)
 * "Obi-wan has taught you well." (Kung Fu level)
 * "So, this is New Jersey." (Final level)
 * "Up, up, and away!"
 * "Helium makes my voice do this."
 * "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" (on a Conveyor Belt of Doom)
 * "When is Grace Jones gonna retire?" (while fighting Rez)
 * "All this because of Rosebud?" (during the final battle)
 * "What do you mean Darth Vader's my father?" (during the final battle)
 * "Hasta la vista, baby."(after beating the final boss)
 * "I wonder what's on HBO." (last line of the game)
 * "Ooh, trick or treat." (Cemetary level)
 * "Gex, there is no substitute."
 * "Kill your TV, man."
 * (shooting a tommy gun) "Say good-bye, little cock-a-roach!" (Rezopolis level)

Gex: Enter The Gecko

 * Most of the level names are references. See the A Worldwide Punomenon entry on the main page.
 * Gex can wear a variety of costumes referencing other works in certain levels:
 * In the Toon TV world of Gex: Enter The Gecko, he wears a bunny costume in the same area you fight Elmer Fudd dressed hunters. Marked with a "Rabbit Season Open" sign. In the other Toon TV world, the Duck Season! Rabbit Season! gag comes full circle when Gex is put into a black duck costume with the aforementioned sign again, only "rabbit" is crossed out and replaced with "duck".
 * In the "Aztec 2 Step" level in Gex: Enter The Gecko, he dons the trademark outfit of Indiana Jones.
 * The Gilligex Isle level has our hero donning Gilligan's attire.
 * The Rocket Channel levels have him wearing a Stormtrooper outfit. There, he fights green Greys wielding LaserSwords and dressed as Red Shirts from Star Trek.
 * In the hub world and the spy themed bonus level, he dons a tux. The bonus level also comes equipped with flying robot sharks.
 * A segment of the first Scream TV level in Gex: Enter The Gecko contains a Hellevator complete with stretching portraits.
 * In the third Scream TV level, you can find a |Chucky-esque enemy wielding a kitchen knife.
 * In the "space" level. "Has anyone seen Fox Mulder's sister?"

Gex's quotes:
"Gex:"
 * Some of his lines end with a very Austin Powers-esque "baby!". (Yeah!)
 * "Keep your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"
 * "HERE'S GEXY!" (in Scream TV)
 * Gex Gecko chop! Baby!"
 * And when he's not subtle: "Judo chop, baby! (Yeah!)"
 * Flame On!
 * "WIIIIIILLLLLLLLLMMMMAAAAAAA" (In the Pre-history channel levels)
 * Another Planet of the Apes one appears in the secret scene from the "Lava Dabba Doo" Secret Level:

"Gex:"
 * "I knew Roswell would open up a casino." (in the Rocket channel level)
 * "What's that mister bug? Timmy's trapped down a well?"
 * "Lolly, lolly, lolly. Get your adverbs here!"
 * "Captain. They are a bizarre alien race that find Adam Sandler funny." (in the Rocket channel level)
 * "In a land or time, when Saturday Night Live is funny." (said in the pre-historic level).
 * "Beam Me Up, Scotty."
 * "Note to self. Don't drink the tap water at Jerry Garcia's." (in Toon TV levels)
 * "All this technology still can't explain why David Hasselhoff is so popular."
 * "How did I get in Bill Gates's head?" (in the Circuit Central channel levels)
 * "I'm trapped in outtakes of The Wiz." (in the Circuit Central channel levels)
 * "I ain't afraid of no ghosts."
 * "I am most certainly not in the vicinity of Kansas anymore."
 * "This place is bigger than Drew Carey's bar tab."
 * "That's one small step for Gex." (entering a space level)
 * "Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?" (space)
 * "Terminator? Phone call for a Mr. Terminator."
 * "All this technology and Shatner still can't get a good hair cut." (The Circuit Central channel)
 * Upon beating Rez:

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko

 * Gex has a butler named Alfred this time around.
 * The Mystery TV "Clueless in Seattle", has Gex donning the robe of Sherlock Holmes. It also has him finding a Frankenstein-like machine which turns him into a vampire.
 * The first secret level: Dial A for Arson.
 * The second hub area: Lake Flaccid
 * The Western Channel level: "The Organ Trail"
 * One secret level based of an older Crystal Dynamics game Akuji The Heartless is named "Braveheartless". It even uses the same music as the other game.
 * Emperor Caligula's sexual appetite was given a brief reference with a graffiti which reads "Caligula + Anyone <3 <3" in the "Holy Moses!" level.
 * Two throw-away signs in the Slappy Valley hub area say "A Bug's Wife" and "|Troy Story".
 * The Fairytales TV level: "Red Riding In The Hood" also stars Gex in the red riding hood costume. The level contains a huge beanstalk (complete with giant hens and stacks of coins), wolf enemies, candlesticks to jump, and the houses of the Three Little Pigs, along with its residents.
 * The second boss battle: The Lizard of Oz.
 * The use of special booths designed to give you superpowers may come from Superman's tendency to use phone booths to change his costume.
 * One of the enemies in the Superhero Show level wears the same wrestling mask as Bane's incarnation in the Batman and Robin film. He even buffs up before fighting you.
 * The Gangster TV level: "My Three Goons"
 * The final Spacestation Rez level: "Rez-Raker"
 * The wrestler boss battle: "Invasion of the Body Slammers".
 * "Cutcheese Island" is a reference to notorious high-profile flop "Cutthroat Island".
 * In "Holy Moses!" Gex has to find three staves and use the rays of light refracted through them to find the location of a hidden area, just like in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 * There is one graffiti that says "Fuggeddaboudit".

Gex's quotes:

 * In Holiday Broadcasting: "Totally Scrooged":
 * "The ice planet Hoth. The Rebels are there."
 * "We've knocked down the generator Lord Vader, you may start your landing."
 * "Where's that Wonka man?!"
 * "Christmas Town? I'm Jack Gexxington from Halloween Town."
 * "Oh, Hermie, I wanna be a dentist."
 * "This place is colder than Eva Gabor's wig fridge."
 * "Mr. Wonka! Veruca stole a gobstopper!"
 * "My Name is Darryl, this is my other brother, Darryl"


 * In Mystery TV: "Clueless In Seattle":
 * "Granny? Jethro? Uncle Jed?!"
 * "With this raincoat I make a perfect Sherlock Holmes... or a flasher."
 * "For some reason I feel like... COUNT-ING, ha, ha! One... two... three..." (in vampire form)


 * In Tut TV: "Holy Moses!":
 * (imitating C-3PO) "Well, I'm not going that way - it's much too rocky! This way is much easier!"
 * "Here we are. Pismo Beach and all the clams I can eat."
 * (imitating C-3PO) "A transport? I'm saved. OVER HERE!"
 * (imitating Luke Skywalker) Uncle Owen, this R2 has a bad motivator.
 * "Dog-headed gods and the women who love them, on the next Jerry Springer!"
 * "I'll kidnap all the oceans of the world, Underdog!"


 * In the Army Channel: "War is Heck":
 * "Hogan! Forty days in the cooler!"
 * "Where are you from, son? TEXAS?! HOLY-"
 * "The first word out of your filthy sewer will be GEX!!"
 * "Good Morning Vietnam!"


 * In the Western Station: "The Organ Trail":
 * "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
 * "Go ahead... make my lunch."
 * "Howdy! There's some doody."
 * "A gecko's gotta know his limitations."
 * "Rollin' rollin' rollin', rawhide!"


 * In the Buccaneer Program: "Cutcheese Island":
 * "Crank up the Gilbert and Sullivan, dude!"


 * In the Mythology Network: "Mythstories":
 * "Wormer? Dead! Niedermayer. Dead!". Gex will also sometimes say "Toga! Toga!"
 * "Move over, Argonauts. Here come the Gexanots!"
 * "I...am...Gexicus!"


 * In the Anime Channel: "When Sushi Goes Bad":
 * "|To Infinity and...uh..."
 * "I'm in George Jetson's colon!"


 * In the Superhero Show: "Superzeroes":
 * "The Warriors got Cyrus!"
 * "Warriors, come out to play!"
 * "Eliot Ness tried to grab my untouchables."
 * "I feel like I'm in West Side Story."
 * "Top of the world, ma!"
 * "I'm your friendly neighborhood super-gecko!"


 * In Gangster TV: "My Three Goons":
 * "Hey yo, my freaking name is freaking Donnie Brasco!"
 * "Just put your lips together...and blow."