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** Allusions to movies are pretty frequent as well - there have been references to, at least, ''[[Blade Runner]]''<ref>Sir Bob's "I've seen things you newbies wouldn't believe..." speech</ref>, ''[[Doctor Strangelove]]'', ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''<ref>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/383/ the id-monster]</ref>, [[The Godfather]]<ref>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/352/ Don Vito], with obligatory "unicorn head in the bed" gag</ref>, ''[[The Graduate]]''<ref>Cyborella's attempted seduction of Ohforf</ref>, ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''<ref>the PK guilds chasing the Outcasts - "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/279/ Outcaaasts! Come out to play-aaay!]"</ref> and "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/363/ Oh, Waldo], [[Where's Wally?|where]] are you?" Probably some others too.
** ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'': [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/236/ Quantum entanglement and exploits]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/389/ seen on a dev's computer]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/410/ Paul] ("I can stop whenever I like"). And the [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/412/ cofounder] as well. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/429/ Paul again].
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/355/ Apparently], the lead dev trying to outdo ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (or Warhammer?) in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|bigger shoulder pads]]. One [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/357/ rejected design] had cranes on it to assist lifting [[BFSBlade of Fearsome Size|legendary weapons]].
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: The lead developer, and several players.
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: Several, especially Ohforf who took a [[Tier-Induced Scrappy|package nobody takes]] and drops in all the wrong places at the right time.
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