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* Its title is of course a homage to ''[[PacmanPac-Man|Ms. Pac-Man]]''.
** Ms. Splosion Man's non-sequiturs. Examples of her babbling include:
{{quote| "[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory|Snozzberries? Just what are snozzberries?!]]"<br />
"[[Grease|You're the one that I want!]]"<br />
"These boots are made for 'splodin, and that's just what they'll do, 'cause one-a-these-days, [[Intercourse Withwith You|these boots are 'gunna 'splode all over you!]]" (lyrics from the Nancy Sinatra song)<br />
[[Castle|"Shut the front door!"]]<br />
[[KeshaKe$ha|"Got Jesus on my necklace!"]]<br />
[[Jem|"Truly truly truly outrageous!"]]<br />
[[Sex and Thethe City|"Some women aren't meant to be tamed!"]]<br />
[[TLC|"Don't go chasing waterfalls!"]]<br />
"What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man!" (lyrics from a [[Girl Group|Salt 'N' Pepa]] song)<br />
[[Paula Cole|"Where have all the cowboys gone?"]]<br />
[[No Doubt|"I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl, in the world!"]]. Also, from Gwen Stefani: "I ain't no holla back girl!"<br />
[[Spice Girls|"If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends!"]]<br />
[[BeyonceBeyoncé|"A diva is a female version of a hustler!"]]. Also: "Better put a ring on it!" Also: "All the single laides, all the single ladies..." (which can be [[Mondegreen|misheard]] as "All the glitz..." or "All the cigarettes...")<br />
[[Press Your Luck|"No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, STOP!"]]<br />
[[Vanity Plate|"Sit, Ubu, sit, good boy! Woof!"]]<br />
[[Lords of Acid|"I must, I must, I must increase my bust!"]]<br />
"Girls just wanna have fu-un!" (lyrics from a Cyndi Lauper song)<br />
[[When Harry Met Sally...|"I'll have what SHE'S having!"]]<br />
[[Britney Spears|"Hit me, baby, one more time!"]]. Also: "I'm a slave, for you!"<br />
"You had me at hello!" (a line from Jerry MacGuire)<br />
"I must break you." (''[[Rocky IV]]'' quote)<br />
[[Paula Abdul|"A buh-buh-buh-buh-buh bye!"]]<br />
"Why don't you come up and see me sometime, big boy?" (a line closely resembling one said in the film "She Done Him Wrong")<br />
[[Titanic|"I'm the king of the world!"]]. Also: "I'll never let you go, Jeff, I promise!"<br />
[[Notting Hill|"I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy!"]]<br />
[[Madonna|"Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, on the cover of a magazine!"]]. Also: "Rita Hayworth gave good face." Also: "Like a virgin!" Also: "Strike a pose, there's nothing to it."<br />
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!" (lyrics from a Kelis song)<br />
[[Sunset Boulevard|"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Demille!"]]<br />
[[Gone Withwith the Wind|"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!"]]<br />
"I wave my hair back and forth! I wave my hair back and forth!" (lyrics from a Willow Smith song)<br />
[[Dirty Dancing|"Nobody puts baby in a corner!"]]<br />
"You complete me." (This could either be a reference to Jerry MacGuire or a song by Keyshia Cole)<br />
[[Lady Gaga|"I'll get him hot, show him what I got!"]] Also: "My my my my poker face."<br />
[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|"I'm not bad; I just 'splode that way."]] }}
* One cutscene where Ms. 'Splosion Man reveals herself in a disguise brings to mind ''[[Total Recall]]'', down to the disguise's head laughing before it explodes.
** And before the Bionic Bommando boss fight, she arrives in a Johnnycab from the same movie.
* In the first boss battle ''alone'':
** The Boss (Mighty Eternal) tells Ms. Splosion Man "[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street|I'm your boyfriend now!]]".
*** After she defeats the Boss, there's [[Predator|this exchange]]:
{{quote| '''Ms. Splosion Man:''' What the heck are you?<br />
'''Mighty Eternal:''' Wh-wh-wh-what the heck are ''you''?<br />
''(The Boss then initiates a very familiar self-destruct sequence.)'' }}
*** Not to mention that in the middle of the sequence, the boss says [[The Shining|"Heeeeere's Johnny!"]]
* One of Ms. Splosion Man's idle dances is [[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air|the Carlton]].
** Several of her idle animations contain notable parts from the music video of ''[[BeyonceBeyoncé|All The Single Ladies]]''
** Her other idle movements include jumping in victory like [[Street Fighter|Chun Li]] and doing the Macarana.
* During the final boss battle (which in itself is a shout out to [[Punch -Out!!]]), Ms. Splosion Man says:
{{quote| '''Ms. Splosion Man:''' [[The Running Man (Filmfilm)|But I hope you leave enough room for my fist, because I'm going to ram it into your stomach!]]}}
* In the third level of the game, we hear a random flying car driver humming the theme to [[Dallas]].
 
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