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* The character of Ridley is named after a similar character from [[Metroid]].
* Shelton is disappointed at the lack of a [[Half Life|crowbar]] in the closet when raiding Raulson's lab.
* The Phase Tank is modeled off the tank from ''[[Command
* Sharon compares the sublevels to ''[[Silent Hill]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil]]'' in the first RP.
* Shelton facetiously refers to himself as [[Half Life|Dr. Gordon Freeman]].
* A converted supertanker that is a floating Dragonstorm lab is called ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Surrounded Sea]]''.
* The champion of a military themed shooting competition is named [[Command
* Subject 19's claws are based upon [[Prototype (video game)|Alex Mercer's]] claws.
** Subject 19 is given the code name Athena. Alex Mercer was given the code name ZEUS by Blackwatch. [[Word of God]] states that it was suppose to be a joke, using another Greek mytholgical God as Subject 19's code name.
* Cobalt Leader's real name is revealed to be {{spoiler|Zachary [[Command
* The Human Cobalt Soldier's name is {{spoiler|Sharon [[Resident Evil|Redfield]]}}
** The [[Resident Evil|Raccoon City incident]] is also mentioned by General Ross as well.
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* James's favorite expression is allegedly "I'll trust you when there are two electrons with the same spin occupy the same atomic orbital". [[Don't Explain the Joke|Spoilered]] below:
** {{spoiler|Electrons cannot occupy the same atomic orbital unless their spin quantum numbers are different.}}
* A tiny mining town in Texas is named [[wikipedia:Xenopus|Platanna]] Town.
** It is home to an arena called [[wikipedia:Xenopus|Xenopus]] Arena. An electronic band playing there is named [[wikipedia:Helix-turn-helix|Helix-Turn-Helix]].
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* A single shot doctor in the 3rd RP is named Dr. [[X-Men|McCoy]].
** I was positive that was a reference to ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'''s Dr. [[McCoy]], especially since the doctor who discovered the body said, "[[He's Dead, Jim|He's dead]]!"
** That works but [[Word of God|canonically]] his first name is Henry but everyone calls him "Hank".
* Alfred's response to Zachary when he is asked if he can tip a 3 ton truck over.
{{quote|'''Alfred''': I exceed the strength of the strongest Human by quite a bit but I am not [[X-Men|Colossus]]!}}
* Shelton makes an offhand comment about [[TV Tropes]].
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{{quote|'''Shakila''': [[Batman]] eat your heart out.}}
* It is mentioned that Dr. [[Stan Lee]] first discovered the mechanism by which psychic powers work in 1963.
* The first psi-experiment created is named [[X-Men|Jean Gray]] and in a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men The Last Stand]]'' she is eventually put down by the scientists after her telekinetic powers went out of control and killed several scientists.
** Do note however, that the "telekinetic meltdown" manifested in the form of people getting violently thrown around, not in the form of people and objects getting disintegrated.
* A Sgt. [[The Punisher|Frank Castle]] is seen as a member of the United States Army
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