Inside Westminster Hall, there is a reference to insult sword fighting from the Monkey Island series. When entering, you can overhear a man arguing with a woman, who will say, "You fight like a dairy farmer." which then she'll reply back saying, "How appropriate that I fight like a dairy farmer because you fight like a cow."

At least some advertisements in the game are based on real advertisements from the Victorian era. One example are the advertisements for 'W. H. Atkinson's Champion Plate Polish'.