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According to the Willy the Wombat production bible, Dr. Neo Cortex was born in the circus and physically abused by clowns. Since then, anything that involves clowns makes Cortex enraged.In games like Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and Crash Team Rumble, Cortex has an unlockable skin in which he is dressed up like a clown. Humorously in Nitro-Fueled, Cortex’s victory animation features him with a dismal glare.
Willy the Wombat production bible:
https://archive.org/details/willythewombat_concept/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled clown costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26Fl-KS3Uw
Crash Team Rumble clown costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oTw5zFrmw
https://archive.org/details/willythewombat_concept/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled clown costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26Fl-KS3Uw
Crash Team Rumble clown costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oTw5zFrmw
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In Twilight Town, to enter the Le Grand Bistrot cooking minigames themed after the Pixar film "Ratatouille", you have to interact with a book outside the restaurant. The menu that appears before entering the restaurant features the film's main protagonist Remy emerging and standing in front of a page that features a message written in French on it. When translated to English, it reads:"Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can emerge anywhere.
Don't let anyone limit you on the pretext of your origins.
Your only limit is your soul.
Everybody can cook, but only the daring can achieve excellence."
Don't let anyone limit you on the pretext of your origins.
Your only limit is your soul.
Everybody can cook, but only the daring can achieve excellence."
This appears to be a shortened, paraphrased version of a restaurant review written by the critic Anton Ego towards the end of the original film.
Le Grand Bistrot book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoYpo2Kf4qc#t=1279
Ratatouille - Anton Ego's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ld9EP5yAX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoYpo2Kf4qc#t=1279
Ratatouille - Anton Ego's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ld9EP5yAX4
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While The Cat in the Hat was able to have an interactive read-along based off his own story by Living Books, he would also show up as an Easter egg in the other 2 interactive read-alongs of Dr. Seuss books. In Dr. Seuss's ABC, he will appear if you click on one of the C's on the Letter C page. In Green Eggs and Ham, he will jump out of the box featured on page 17 when clicking on it.
Dr. Seuss's ABC Easter egg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP9hPEIPpTY#t=2m28s
Green Eggs and Ham Easter egg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djdi1RaAYbY#t=47m50s
The Cat in the Hat read-along story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMTiYBD3uKQ
List of all Living Books games, showing that the other 2 came first:
https://www.mobygames.com/company/2353/living-books/games/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP9hPEIPpTY#t=2m28s
Green Eggs and Ham Easter egg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djdi1RaAYbY#t=47m50s
The Cat in the Hat read-along story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMTiYBD3uKQ
List of all Living Books games, showing that the other 2 came first:
https://www.mobygames.com/company/2353/living-books/games/
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Within the game is a series of hidden developer messages. The first one, which reads "PRESS CTRL-Z DURING THE CARTOONS," is accessible by enabling joystick mode and pressing button 1 after navigating the joystick cursor to the bottom-left of the title screen. If the player complies with the message and presses Ctrl-Z during the game's cutscenes, they'll be given different fragments of a cipher message; piecing them together and decoding them reveals the sentence "ENTER THREE LETTER CODE WHEN YOU RETIRE." Likewise, pressing Ctrl-Z while the game displays the cipher fragments brings up the phrase "DOUBLE HELIX," alluding to the shape of a DNA molecule. Accordingly, if the player types "DNA" on the retirement screen that appears after beating the game, they will receive a congratulatory message from programmer Robert Cook.
The complicated nature of this Easter egg resulted in it going undiscovered until 2016, when game preservationist 4a.m. tried cracking the ROM's atypically complex antipiracy protections while attempting to preserve as many Apple II games online as possible. Cook sent 4a.m. a congratulatory message on Twitter after discovering the secret, jokingly stating that "I assumed it would take a thousand, but you solved it in a mere 33 years."
The complicated nature of this Easter egg resulted in it going undiscovered until 2016, when game preservationist 4a.m. tried cracking the ROM's atypically complex antipiracy protections while attempting to preserve as many Apple II games online as possible. Cook sent 4a.m. a congratulatory message on Twitter after discovering the secret, jokingly stating that "I assumed it would take a thousand, but you solved it in a mere 33 years."
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Gumball_(Apple_II)
Vice article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7ydz7/it-took-33-years-for-someone-to-find-the-easter-egg-in-this-apple-ii-game-gumball
Robert Cook's congratulations:
https://twitter.com/robert_a_cook/status/741357633966219264
https://tcrf.net/Gumball_(Apple_II)
Vice article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7ydz7/it-took-33-years-for-someone-to-find-the-easter-egg-in-this-apple-ii-game-gumball
Robert Cook's congratulations:
https://twitter.com/robert_a_cook/status/741357633966219264
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The boss fight against Big Man in the single-player campaign appears to be an homage to Super Mario Sunshine's boss fight against the Phantamanta, with Big Man's ink being extremely similar in pattern and color scheme to the Phantamanta's goop, the method of attacking Big Man being splitting his shadow into smaller versions, and the boss title "The Hype Manta Storm" being a nod to the title of the mission in which Phantamanta is fought "The Manta Storm".
Splatoon 3 Big Man boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzT931eB47I
Super Mario Sunshine Phantamanta boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ogVBvKHX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzT931eB47I
Super Mario Sunshine Phantamanta boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ogVBvKHX0
subdirectory_arrow_right Portal (Franchise)
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In the credits of Lego Dimensions, the subtitles have a long ellipsis when GLADoS sings a long note, with commas inserted. If translated into binary code, with commas as 1's and periods as 0's, it reads as "1jhn1:9", or "1 John 1 v 9", a Bible verse corresponding to GLADoS' previous line "I forgive you everything":
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
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Traveler's Tales had intended to slide a Christian Easter egg into Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!, inserting a sticker on a suitcase reading "JOHN 3:16", a citation for a Bible verse reading:
When Disney saw it, they insisted that it be removed, so in the final game the sticker simply reads "NY CITY".
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life"
When Disney saw it, they insisted that it be removed, so in the final game the sticker simply reads "NY CITY".
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In Resort Island in Sonic R, there is a small village next to a cave containing 3 buildings, one of which has an ichthys (known colloquially as the "Jesus fish") on it. When it was added to the game, Sega asked Travelers' Tales founder Jon Burton if it was intended as a Christian reference, and nonchalantly gave the go-ahead when he answered honestly.
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Puggsy features a secret level unlockable by completing a math question hidden in the credits. The level contains nothing but the words "ALL LEVELS COMPLETE" and "REV 22v21", the latter being the citation for a Christian Bible verse reading:
This Easter egg was added to the game by Traveler Tales' founder Jon Burton, a devout Christian.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen"
This Easter egg was added to the game by Traveler Tales' founder Jon Burton, a devout Christian.
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After the Alignment Lock happens near the end of the game, if you return to Club Milton in Shibuya, you can view a hidden scene showing the accented club manager busily attending to a surge of demon customers. If you listen closely, the music that plays in the background is a remix of the Normal Battle theme from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. During the same scene, one of the sprites shown bears a striking resemblance to actor Heath Ledger, based on his appearance as the Joker wearing a nurse's outfit in the 2008 film "The Dark Knight".
Shin Megami Tensei VI - Hidden scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOv3j6hW1Y
Shin Megami Tensei VI - CLUBMILTON music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCCKSr8V5QA
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne - Normal Battle music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQhgTN7bNH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOv3j6hW1Y
Shin Megami Tensei VI - CLUBMILTON music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCCKSr8V5QA
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne - Normal Battle music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQhgTN7bNH8
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A cat can be found in the game who has a distinct fur pattern resembling the series emblem on his face. This was not just an Easter egg snuck in by developers, but was based on a real cat. According to a Reddit comment supposedly from the father of the person who caused this Easter egg to happen, the cat was named Master Chief and he belonged to a girl named Rebecca, the roommate of his daughter Alanna Sas. After the cat's passing, Sas commented on a Ubisoft or Assassin's Creed-related Facebook post asking the company to include the cat in the game in his memory, and if so she said she would reward the developers who included him with free coffee and Timbits from Tim Hortons. Upon players discovering the cat in the game, a moderator for the Assassin's Creed subreddit shared a screenshot of the Facebook comment revealing its origins.
Article on the cat:
https://www.eurogamer.net/no-its-not-your-imagination-assassins-creed-mirage-includes-a-cat-with-the-assassins-emblem-on-his-nose
Reddit comment supposedly from the player's father:
https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/171pldl/am_i_reaching_at_straws_here_or_no_spoilers_in/k4g8dbq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://www.eurogamer.net/no-its-not-your-imagination-assassins-creed-mirage-includes-a-cat-with-the-assassins-emblem-on-his-nose
Reddit comment supposedly from the player's father:
https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/171pldl/am_i_reaching_at_straws_here_or_no_spoilers_in/k4g8dbq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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The "Embrace Insanity" achievement (named in reference to developer Catland's slogan) can be unlocked by finding a fallen over book during Chapter 5 of the game. The book in question has Catland's company logo on it.
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At the beginning of Scene Two, there are two ways for Buzz to scale down Andy's house. The first and most visibly obvious way is by sliding down the rain gutter. The second way is hidden and involves running straight off the building. This triggers a unique animation where Buzz cartoonishly runs on thin air before he turns his head to the player with a panicked expression and slows to a halt as he realizes he's not on the ground, before falling straight down and getting back up.
Sliding down normally:
https://youtu.be/uIfNWeapTTU?t=223
Falling animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn1aE2rv064
https://youtu.be/uIfNWeapTTU?t=223
Falling animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn1aE2rv064
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One of Master Hand's attacks has him firing what appear to be golden versions of the Banzai Bill enemies from Super Mario World. These predate the first appearance of a Gold Bullet Bill in the Mario series 3 years later in Super Mario Sunshine. This would also mark one of the few times that one of Master Hand's attacks references another series outside of the Kirby franchise.
Gameplay with Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/XHolq7ASZSg
Texture picture source:
https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/728385133352239104/mariowikicomfilessbbulletbillmodelpng
Super Mario Sunshine Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/dU3tEAc1lbQ&t=604
https://youtu.be/XHolq7ASZSg
Texture picture source:
https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/728385133352239104/mariowikicomfilessbbulletbillmodelpng
Super Mario Sunshine Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/dU3tEAc1lbQ&t=604
subdirectory_arrow_right Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D (Game), SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions (Game), Bahamut Lagoon (Game), The Final Fantasy Legend (Game), Live A Live (Game), Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-nin no Hanjuku Hero (Game), Square (Company)
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Among Japanese RPG fans, there is a group of female characters that are generally disliked by the audience, being referred to as "The Three Great She-Devils of Square". The reasons why these characters are disliked varies, but largely revolve around them betraying the main hero(es) in some way. The two generally agreed-upon members are:
• Princess Yoyo from Bahamut Lagoon, the childhood friend of protagonist Byuu and set up as his love interest, only to instead get together with another character, General Palpeleos.
• Alethea from Live a Live, who due to the machinations of the chapter's villain Streibough, came to believe the protagonist Oersted (who she was meant to marry) had abandoned her, and commits suicide after witnessing him murder Streibough. This leads to Oersted becoming the game's overall antagonist, Odio.
There is some debate as to who the third member of the group is, but the list of candidates include:
• Mileille from The Final Fantasy Legend, who was introduced as the leader of a resistance group alongside her twin sister Jeanne, only for it to be revealed that she had been working for Byak-ko the whole time.
• Rinoa from Final Fantasy VIII, largely due to her personality and lingering feelings for her ex-boyfriend Seifer, though she ends up with protagonist Squall in the end. Note that this pick might be due in part because of how divisive the game is in general.
• Catholine from the PS2 Hanjuku Hero games, due to her ugly and obnoxious nature, as well as constantly forcing herself onto the hero.
The group term would later be referenced in SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions, which featured an enemy team named "Lady Power", that consisted of three female demons with names that reference Yoyo, Alethea, and Milielle (though the former two were known as "Jojo" and "Alicia", respectively).
• Princess Yoyo from Bahamut Lagoon, the childhood friend of protagonist Byuu and set up as his love interest, only to instead get together with another character, General Palpeleos.
• Alethea from Live a Live, who due to the machinations of the chapter's villain Streibough, came to believe the protagonist Oersted (who she was meant to marry) had abandoned her, and commits suicide after witnessing him murder Streibough. This leads to Oersted becoming the game's overall antagonist, Odio.
There is some debate as to who the third member of the group is, but the list of candidates include:
• Mileille from The Final Fantasy Legend, who was introduced as the leader of a resistance group alongside her twin sister Jeanne, only for it to be revealed that she had been working for Byak-ko the whole time.
• Rinoa from Final Fantasy VIII, largely due to her personality and lingering feelings for her ex-boyfriend Seifer, though she ends up with protagonist Squall in the end. Note that this pick might be due in part because of how divisive the game is in general.
• Catholine from the PS2 Hanjuku Hero games, due to her ugly and obnoxious nature, as well as constantly forcing herself onto the hero.
The group term would later be referenced in SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions, which featured an enemy team named "Lady Power", that consisted of three female demons with names that reference Yoyo, Alethea, and Milielle (though the former two were known as "Jojo" and "Alicia", respectively).
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Each of the game's chapters is named after a different song:
• The prologue is named "Children of the Grave", after the song by Black Sabbath.
• Chapter 1 is named "The Struggle for Survival", after the song by Riverside.
• Chapter 2 is named "To Live is to Die", after the song by Metallica.
• Chapter 3 is named "Only the Good Die Young", after the song by Iron Maiden.
• Chapter 4 is named "Mandatory Suicide", after the song by Slayer.
• Chapter 5 is named "In Fiction", after the song by Isis.
• Chapter 6 is named "Another Version of the Truth", after the song by Nine Inch Nails.
• While not named after a song, the bonus story "Synthetic Love" is named after the album by Trevor Something.
• The prologue is named "Children of the Grave", after the song by Black Sabbath.
• Chapter 1 is named "The Struggle for Survival", after the song by Riverside.
• Chapter 2 is named "To Live is to Die", after the song by Metallica.
• Chapter 3 is named "Only the Good Die Young", after the song by Iron Maiden.
• Chapter 4 is named "Mandatory Suicide", after the song by Slayer.
• Chapter 5 is named "In Fiction", after the song by Isis.
• Chapter 6 is named "Another Version of the Truth", after the song by Nine Inch Nails.
• While not named after a song, the bonus story "Synthetic Love" is named after the album by Trevor Something.
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In the European version of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland for Game Boy Color, there is a friendly message to hackers:Hello There Pilgrim...
If you have hacked this ROM, you no doubt are reading
this text. This game is basically a 2 Meg. Game. However,
Nintendo, in their infinite wisdom, has decreed that the
smallest ROM they will produce for the Gameboy Color is
8 Meg. -- Now, what to put in that empty 6 Meg.? So, the
developers of the game decided to put .GIF pictures of
themselves into the game. Why not? Might as well fill the
void with something entertaining. See if you can retrieve
them from this ROM. If you do, you win the prize. Please
call (609) 466-2092 (in New Jersey, USA) if you have been
able to view the two .GIF pictures, located in the rest of
the upper 6 Megs of this ROM. We will have a nice reward
for you...
Good Luck!
Roger W. Amidon
September 28, 2000
If you have hacked this ROM, you no doubt are reading
this text. This game is basically a 2 Meg. Game. However,
Nintendo, in their infinite wisdom, has decreed that the
smallest ROM they will produce for the Gameboy Color is
8 Meg. -- Now, what to put in that empty 6 Meg.? So, the
developers of the game decided to put .GIF pictures of
themselves into the game. Why not? Might as well fill the
void with something entertaining. See if you can retrieve
them from this ROM. If you do, you win the prize. Please
call (609) 466-2092 (in New Jersey, USA) if you have been
able to view the two .GIF pictures, located in the rest of
the upper 6 Megs of this ROM. We will have a nice reward
for you...
Good Luck!
Roger W. Amidon
September 28, 2000
The described graphics do indeed exist within the game code. It is unknown who the first person to discover the images were, or if and how they were rewarded. Sadly, Roger W. Amidon has since passed away.
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The default emote "Dance Moves" is a reference to a scene from the episode "My Half-Acre" of the TV series "Scrubs" from 2006, where Turk auditions for the hospital air-band by dancing to the song "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe, during which he does the dance featured in the game. Following the default dance's popularization as a meme, it would be discovered that the dance had also been referenced in the episode "Darby the Plant Sitter" of the animated series "My Friends Tigger & Pooh" from 2009, in which Tigger does the same dance as a "grow dance" to try and make crops grow. This discovery briefly caused some confusion from unaware players as to where the dance originated from.
Confusion article:
https://www.ggrecon.com/articles/fortnite-accused-of-ripping-off-winnie-the-pooh/
Scrubs - "My Half-Acre" clip:
https://youtu.be/81NpdkTcMAE
My Friends Tigger & Pooh - "Darby the Plant Sitter" clip:
https://youtu.be/-89rBFBYUjM
https://www.ggrecon.com/articles/fortnite-accused-of-ripping-off-winnie-the-pooh/
Scrubs - "My Half-Acre" clip:
https://youtu.be/81NpdkTcMAE
My Friends Tigger & Pooh - "Darby the Plant Sitter" clip:
https://youtu.be/-89rBFBYUjM
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Gin's "DeviousArt" account, "friskyGM", is a real DeviantArt account that was made prior to the game's launch. One of the game's developers, Tail-Blazer, commented on the profile around the time it was made, jokingly claiming that Gin "exudes experience". Another of the devs, Cavitees, is the sole DeviantArt account that friskyGM follows.
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In the promotional comic "Sonic Superstars: Fang's Big Break", Dr. Eggman refers to Fang by various different names before coming to his current name of "Fang the Hunter". Each of the names mentioned is a reference to a name Fang was given in the past Sonic titles:• "Nack the Weasel" was Fang's original name in Western regions, as well as the Sonic comics published by Fleetway and Archie.
• "Jet the Jerboa" is a reference to the name under which Fang was first revealed in Western regions (the article where Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble was first previewed in the Mean Machines Sega article, when it was called "Sonic Chaos 2", with Fang originally being named "Jet the Sniper").
• "Fang the Sniper" was Fang's original name in Japanese regions, and would later be carried over into the West via Sonic the Fighters.
The comic itself provides an in-universe explanation for the numerous name changes: being a wanted criminal, Fang has had to constantly change his name in order to keep the authorities off his toes.