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* From the outset Alan quotes [[Stephen King]] and often mentions his work, which justifies the animated objects you encounter. Turns out he's a fan.
* In one of the cabins Alan hides in early in the game, there's an odd, circular depression on the bed. It's a possible reference ''[[A Nightmare
* While hiding in a trailer, Alan makes a reference to ''[[The Shining]]'' when a Taken begins chopping through the door with an axe.
* Half of Barry's dialogue seems to exist simply to deliver (often hilarious) pop culture references, from ''[[
* One of the protected local heritage sites is a ancient tree called "[[
* The manuscript pages from the Sudden Stop at the start of the second chapter mention a femme fatale, dead loved ones, and painkillers. The voice narrating the pages was none other than ''[[Max Payne (
* A snarky and depressive man in a media-related position travels and gets stuck in a remote and redneck-filled town which celebrates a macabre day named after a macabre animal, and shit hits the fan when he has to put up with time and space-raping supernatural occurences. [[Groundhog Day
* Crossing over with product placement, but in Hartman's clinic, you can find an Xbox 360 next to a 360 game version of... no, not ''Alan Wake'', that'd be too easy. It's a copy of ''Night Springs''. Which no, of course, doesn't actually exist.
* [[Show Within a Show|Night Springs]] is an obvious homage to [[
* The entire concept of fiction being literally brought to life is a huge shout out to the plot of ''[[
* You can drive a car that, sans some cosmetics, could be the General Lee. They even offer a few ramps for you to jump off, though doing so does nothing other than give you the opportunity to yell "Yeehaw!" More obviously, though, the car is the right model and color to be the "Classic" from the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' series (a 1973 yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88), which also appears in most of Sam Raimi's other movies as a cameo.
* Following the Evil Dead car reference is the windmill at the Anderson farm, which looks like the windmill Ash finds himself in in Army of Darkness. Against a backdrop of a dark stormy sky, like in said movie.
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* There's a mode where you can play back cutscenes. Naturally, they have names to help differentiate between them. One of them is named, "[[Memetic Mutation|It's a]] [[Star Wars|Trap]]."
* In the new downloadable chapter "The Signal" Alan answers a call from Zane, who has been trying to make contact with him. Zane asks Alan over the phone "I am trying to reach you. Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?" This last question is the line best known in the older Verizon commercials. This could be considered an [[Enforced Plug]] since, incidentally, there are constant reminders of Verizon throughout the game. There are road billboards, an in-game television commercial, and the phone Alan acquires in "The Signal" is Verizon brand, which happens to show itself very obviously on screen. Particularly amusing when you consider the fact that Zane left the mortal world long before modern cell phones were invented.
* The Bright Falls Book Store has a book about catching [[Commander Keen
* One of the diner's bathroom stalls is tagged with [[Max Payne (
* When Alan saves Barry and Sarah from a swarm of Taken in Episode 5, Sarah comments, "You sure know how to make an entrance. We were just about to make like [[Bolivian Army Ending|Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]."
* Barry and Alan get separated in Episode 4, with Alan at the top of a cliff and Barry at the bottom. When Barry proclaims that he can make it alone, Alan mutters, "Now he's [[Rambo]]."
* One of the trailers for ''American Nightmare'' is called the "[[Pokémon
* Occasionally you'll hear long air-raid like sirens, ala ''[[Silent Hill]]''.
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