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This page contains a list of [[Shout
Most of these references are taken from [http://forum.rakeingrass.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2584 a thread on the RiG forums], and '''will contain spoilers'''.
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* The Black Friday missile is a reference to the 1929 Wall Street Crash.
* In the first mission, you are assigned to take out several colonies belonging to the Chemical Brothers. The Chemical Brothers is a reference to a British band of the same name.
* Falcor from ''[[The Neverending Story (
* The FeX labs contain a "Universe Boot-Up Disk" by [[Microsoft]]. This is a shout out to legacy versions of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system, where a recovery disk, usually in the form of a 3.5-inch floppy, could be used to start up the entire operating system. Microsoft called it a "Windows Start-Up Disk".
* The name "FeX" is also a reference to the U.S. Federal Bank.
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* The Einhoff Beer empire contains two notable references. Firstly, most of the empire's vessels are shout outs to the Borg in [[Star Trek]], as well as the first thing you hear from the Beer Cube at the start of the first Einhoff level: ''We are Beer! You will be intoxicated! Resistance is futile!'' Secondly, the empire's name "Einhoff" pays homage to a game called The Last Eichoff.
* The Erebus-666 minefield contains several kinds of "bombs" in addition to the numerous floating mines that give the area its name. A-Bombs, cherry bombs, dynamite bombs, sex bombs ... you get the idea.
* The golden spheres you collect to enter secret levels are very similar to those found in ''[[
* The first ship you start out with is called the Grooman G-3 Goblin. Grooman is a Northrop Grumman reference.
* The Hydra Machine Gun is a reference, both in name and appearance, to Lernaen Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology.
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* The Necrofilicon is mainly a reference to the Necronomicon, with a subtle reference to necrophilia. Even its selling price of 13 666 credits is a reference to an unlucky number and the number of the beast.
* Once hacked with the RemCon, the radio tower on the planet Plop tunes in to a channel called Radio GAGA, which plays an infinite loop of a segment of We Will Rock You. Both the name of the radio station and the music it plays are references to Queen.
* The restaurant that the player docks with after Xoxx destroys the universe is a reference to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe in ''[[The
* Robinson 14 and its sole inhabitant are references to Daniel Defoe's novel ''[[
* The [[Ghostbusters|Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]] is one of many space debris during the Agent Lemon saga.
* The TESLA Devastator's name is a reference to Nicola Tesla.
* The physical appearance of the WanderWurst W-1 is a reference to Lone Star's spaceship in [[
* The Zoo of Hades is a reference to the underworld and its god.
* ZZ-Rolls is a Rolls-Royce and possible [[ZZ Top]] reference, the latter to the car driven during the Eliminator period.
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