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* "[[Ghostbusters|Okay, important safety tip]]: don't [[Crossing the Streams|press the big red buttons]]."

* If Shepard brings Ashley and Kaiden down to the Citadel wards it's possible that, after one of them notes a ditincr anti-human sentiment, Shep will give a giant shout out to old sci-fi:

{{quote| '''Shepard''': Why not? We've got oceans, beautiful women, [[What Is This Thing You Call Love|this emotion called love]]. According to the old vids, we have everything they want.}}

{{quote| '''Shepard''': Why not? We've got oceans, beautiful women, [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|this emotion called love]]. According to the old vids, we have everything they want.}}

::Which the opposite gendered character will have snarky remark about

{{quote| '''Ashley''': If you expect me to get into a tinfoil miniskirt and some thigh-high boots, I want dinner first. Sir.<br />

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** And it looks at you knowingly with a smile.

** Tali calls her combat drone [[Baldurs Gate|Chikktika vas Paus and tells it to "Go for the optics!"]]

* A [[Shout Out]] to ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'': "'Spending a year dead' is a popular tax dodge."

* A [[Shout Out]] to ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'': "'Spending a year dead' is a popular tax dodge."

** Dual [[Shout Out]] to the members of Pink Floyd, who actually pulled it off in the seventies, if [[The Other Wiki]] is to be believed.

*** In addition to the response to one character remarking about your death: "I was only [[The Princess Bride (Film)|mostly dead]]."

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** Jack also has a [[Shout Out]] to [[Babylon 5]]. Has anyone else has a good look at the tattoos on her [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cCl5i7abykg/TbwuYnb2CKI/AAAAAAAAARM/Kgu_W8bl7O8/s1600/Mass

* On top of this, [[Bio Ware]] just couldn't resist a ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' reference {{spoiler|what with EDI and all}}:

{{quote| '''Joker''': All right... but if you start singing Daisy Bell, I'm done. (''to himself'') Great. See, this is where it starts, and when we're all just [[The Matrix|organic batteries]], [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|guess who they'll blame?]] "This is all Joker's fault. What a tool he was! I have to spend all day computing pi because he plugged in the Overlord!"}}

{{quote| '''Joker''': All right... but if you start singing Daisy Bell, I'm done. (''to himself'') Great. See, this is where it starts, and when we're all just [[The Matrix|organic batteries]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|guess who they'll blame?]] "This is all Joker's fault. What a tool he was! I have to spend all day computing pi because he plugged in the Overlord!"}}

** This is particularly genius, because it's also referencing the [[Executive Meddling]] that caused the machines' use for humans in [[The Matrix]] to be changed from using human brains for distributed computing to power sources.

** The atmosphere of the gas giant Anjea (Amada system, Omega Nebula, available with the Normandy Crash Site DLC) has "large numbers of hollow, unpowered objects with dimensions 3.14 by 12.56 by 28.26 meters circulating in the equatorial cloud bands". In other words, pi by 4 times pi by 9 times pi, matching the 1:4:9 dimensions of the Monoliths.

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'''Shepard:''' No, I mean you, specifically.<br />

'''Legion:''' We are all geth. }}

** He also, at one point, answers an "A or B" question "[[~~Mathematicians~~ Answer|yes]]", a trademark Kosh response.

** He also, at one point, answers an "A or B" question "[[Mathematician's Answer|yes]]", a trademark Kosh response.

** Legion at one point tells you that every race should have the right to self-determination, or put more plainly, that [[Transformers|freedom is the right of all sentient beings]].

** ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' tells us that Legion is an avid gamer; he plays ''[[World of Warcraft|Galaxy of Fantasy]]'' and ''Grim Terminus Alliance'' mentioned above, and has achievements for completing a playthrough without killing slaves as well as killing one hundred quarians. He also plays ''[[Modern Warfare|N7 Call of Honor]]: [[Medal of Honor|Medal Of Duty]]'' and has over 200,000 sniper-rifle kills, [[Player Preferred Pattern|but only three shotgun kills and no melee kills]].

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* Keiji's greybox seems to look almost identical to a "self sealing stem bolt", a [[Cow Tools|Cow Tool]] from ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''.

* On Haestrom, if Grunt is brought along, he'll yell [[Three Hundred|"Then we fight in the shade!"]]

* The <s>Cigarette-Smoking</s> Illusive Man is a [[Does This Remind You of Anything|shadowy power-broker at the head of a mysterious organization whose exact agenda is cloaked in secrecy, his name is unknown]] and he [[The X Files|chain-smokes all the time...]]

* The <s>Cigarette-Smoking</s> Illusive Man is a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|shadowy power-broker at the head of a mysterious organization whose exact agenda is cloaked in secrecy, his name is unknown]] and he [[The X Files|chain-smokes all the time...]]

* EDI's name {{spoiler|and eventual upgrade in personality, along with style of speech and piloting maneuvers,}} is a reference to ''[[Stealth]]''.

* On the prison ship Purgatory, you see one prisoner being beaten up. If you talk to the guy in the cell next to him, he'll reveal that his name is [[Double Dragon|Bimmy]].

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* Easy to miss in the Lair of the Shadow Broker (literally): The Shadow Broker says: "You travel with fascinating companions, [[Doctor Who (TV)|doctor.]]"

* In the updates preceding the release of the Arrival DLC, there is a break-in at [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|4:13]] AM, two researchers tampering with the [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Lowas]] Relay and [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|612]]-billion credits lost in the galactic economy.

* Slightly obscure one: apparently the planet Siano wandered to its current location from another system, and is home to an abandoned base on one side and a nuclear waste dump on the other. Looks like we found out where [[Space 1999|Moonbase Alpha]] finally ended up.

* Slightly obscure one: apparently the planet Siano wandered to its current location from another system, and is home to an abandoned base on one side and a nuclear waste dump on the other. Looks like we found out where [[Space: 1999|Moonbase Alpha]] finally ended up.

* The nuclear munitions ship hijacked by Geth, who are planning to suicide bomb it into a colonized moon? MSV [[Broken Arrow 1996 (Film)|Broken Arrow]]. (Complete with title inaccuracy.)

* Jack's entire existence seems to be one big reference to [[The Chronicles of Riddick]].

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** As well, Morinth is an intensely sexual blue-skinned babe with a knack for 'herbs' and {{spoiler|killing her lovers}}, making her remarkably similar to Farscape's Zhaan, as well. The shoutout feels complete each time an asari makes a remark to The Goddess.

* Patriarch, the elderly, ex-crimelord krogan who was dethroned by Aria, paces around giving business advice to younger generations. In one of his spiels, he tells his listeners that [[The Godfather (Film)|they can expect someone to approach them at the funeral with an offer to meet with another crime group, and whoever does so is the traitor]].

* Thane's loyalty mission is a big shout-out to [[Harry Chapin]]'s song "Cat's in The Cradle" including the father, Thane, [[When You Coming Home Dad|never being around for his son]], Kolyat, and Kolyat following in his father's footsteps. To make the shout-out even more blatant, the achievement for completing the mission is called "Cat's in The Cradle."

* Thane's loyalty mission is a big shout-out to [[Harry Chapin]]'s song "Cat's in The Cradle" including the father, Thane, [[When You Coming Home, Dad?|never being around for his son]], Kolyat, and Kolyat following in his father's footsteps. To make the shout-out even more blatant, the achievement for completing the mission is called "Cat's in The Cradle."

* The krogan call their huge, gun-laden trucks "Tomkahs". Probably a lawyer-friendly reference to [[Tonka Tough|Tonka toy trucks]].

* A bit of a stretch, but Jacob is an African-American by-the-books former soldier whose favorite film is [[Old Yeller]], just like [[Justice League (Animation)|John Stewart]]. He even has the ability to manipulate things with his mind.

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