Elemutation on Jun 20, 2013 wrote:

There are more correlations than just the turtle balls. Cao Tzu is Kind of Like Kame, the Dragon Ball's creator. not to mention that the for shrines are Like the Villages on Namek that holds the Namekian Dragon balls. And Wing Chung's Mega critical has what looks like a Kamehameha wave at the end.

I am a DBZ expert/Super fan. I will post any more if I find them.

I think you may be getting a case of pareidolia (i.e. seeing a real meaningful connection when it happens to be coincidence) there.

So, a few more, now that I've gotten a bit further.

Guy Fox was both a historical and pop-culture reference (and I'll be frank, I had the 1812 Overture playing in the background during his storyline).

There was also that one line either in the Fire Temple or during the Dragon Prince quest (I don't recall which), which began "I've seen things you pirates wouldn't believe..." The famous Blade Runner quote. I kind of have to say -- it felt a little shoehorned; I was hoping for it to be the final words of one of the head Clockworks, but ah well.

Also, Eagilles. "I'll be back." "GET TO DA PALACE!!" I swear, he's my favorite character now.

RiverWhooshP101 on Mar 3, 2013 wrote:

I have no idea why nobody guessed this, but skull island is like the carribean and america. Since Marleybone is obviously England, it has a claimed area there. Same with Monquista being Spain. Also, the Monquistition (or Cool Ranch) obviously is Mexico. Since the Monquisition is fighting against the king and queen, you can see why I think they represent Mexico. But Cool Ranch also represents how Mexico Looked back then.

Sincerely,
Esperenza Drighton Level 23 Swashbuckler

I think you're right about SI and MB, but (I'm pretty sure) the the Monqustion is a play off the Spanish Inquisition.

It's pretty funny if you translate some of the names of the Red Scarf Ships in Cool Ranch. Like I've seen a Queso de la Sol (Cheese of the sun) and Queso de la Gato (Cheese of the Cat).

There's also a quest called Barrels of Monqustans (like barrels of monkeys(Which might also be a reference to The Hobbit))

Also has anyone else notice that Cool Ranch is like Cool Ranch Doritos?

And ... Mooshu isn't that a Chinese dish called mushu?

See now I'm wondering where I can get food called Skull Island

Ivette Xavier, Witchdoctor (25)

TackUpwind on Jun 17, 2013 wrote:

Has no one gotten the Yum-Yum fruit yet?
I'm 98% sure that it is based off of Luffy's devil fruit in the anime One Peice, the Gum-Gum fruit.
I'm kinda surprised there aren't more One Peice references, but I loved the DBZ in Subata.
My favorite line so far is after se collect the second or third turtle ball and the Monkey King says, "Gotta catch 'em all!" like in Pokemon.
Oh, and the governer of Port Regal and his daughter, Mable remind me alot of Govener Swann and Elizabeth from Pirates of the Caribbean.
-Fair Charlotte Firth, level 53 Musketeer

Actually, the Governor and his daughter are based off of Major General Stanley and Mabel from the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. While on the subject, I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned the odvious Gilbert and Sullivan characters in Savoy Merchentiel. Sullivan even quotes songs from their own plays!

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zenkidkailen on Nov 13, 2012 wrote:

Most of the ones that hit me are in Cool Ranch and some in Mooshu, for instance Josey Quails referring to the Clint Eastwood movie 'The Outlaw Josie Wales'. The duck with no name, The man with no name was another Eastwood character. Libirdy Valence, from a really old western, 'The man who shot Liberty Valence',
The Free Ranger and Tonka, obviously the Lone Ranger and Tonto. Nathen Birdette, refers to the bad guy in a John Wayne movie, El Toro is obviously Zorro.
in Mooshu Motimori is an obvious reference to Iron Chef Morimoto
I do kind of wish that they'd added Calamity to Jane Canary's name, and of course I'd be surprised if anyone missed Bonnie Anne being a reference to the pirate Anne Bonney.

There are a lot more that have made me laugh, but I think I've sucked up enough space here for now.

I really hope that Bonnie an reference is true. If it isn't then there better be a reference to Bonnie and Clyde coming soon. Haha

If we're just talking about funny things that we notice in pirate101, I love how in cool ranch there are enemies called Banditoads: my poor friend had to witness me crack up for several minutes before I took a deep breath and she cut in to say "What's so funny?" (She doesn't speak spanish. XD)

awesomepenguin1234... on Jul 24, 2013 wrote:

When you first get to Port Regal the governer says "You're quite the adventurer, eh? Never took ship myself - it was Her Majesty's army for me, where I was the very model of a modern Major General". (It's a song)

Yeah, It's from Gilbert and Sullinvan's Pirates of Penzance. I love that song! Also in port royal you meet a man called Mr. Lytton, right? Henry Lytton is one of the actors who played the Major General!
-Fair Charlotte Firth, Level 65 Musketeer

Well, I was looking around the sewer of Marleybone, and I found a certain fellow called Crokogator Dundee - A parody of the Crocodile Dundee movie.

Madame Esmerelda, mustang gypsy
Madame Esmerelda gypsie woman from the hunch-back of Notre-Dame

oooooh marshal dillion is a great one and the magnificent 7 are also good and the villians during roosters quest

Jonah Town-
Of course, the bible story was funny, but did anybody notice the one about Captain Ahab? if you remember, he was(I think)from Jaws.

El Toro was clearly Zorro, as well as The Free Ranger and Tonka obviously being The Lone Ranger and Tonto.
The Monkey's Paw was like the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade, when you had to pick the Paw it was like picking the chalice.
Napoleguin and Napoleon, the Beard trio(Boochbeard, Catbeard and Ratbeard) all related to Blackbeard.

I think I took up enough space already, so, Ciao!

Sneaky Cyrus Quarter, the of a lifetime.

Swashy0716 on Aug 6, 2013 wrote:

Jonah Town-
Of course, the bible story was funny, but did anybody notice the one about Captain Ahab? if you remember, he was(I think)from Jaws.

El Toro was clearly Zorro, as well as The Free Ranger and Tonka obviously being The Lone Ranger and Tonto.
The Monkey's Paw was like the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade, when you had to pick the Paw it was like picking the chalice.
Napoleguin and Napoleon, the Beard trio(Boochbeard, Catbeard and Ratbeard) all related to Blackbeard.

I think I took up enough space already, so, Ciao!

Sneaky Cyrus Quarter, the of a lifetime.

I might be wrong I have not read Moby Dick in a long time but I'm pretty sure Captain Ahab is a reference to that novel. The Captain Ahab was the whaler captain who became obsessed with capturing and killing the Great White Whale - Moby Dick.

CdeWinter on Aug 7, 2013 wrote:

I might be wrong I have not read Moby Dick in a long time but I'm pretty sure Captain Ahab is a reference to that novel. The Captain Ahab was the whaler captain who became obsessed with capturing and killing the Great White Whale - Moby Dick.

Yeah, my memory just blew me. It was Moby Dick, not Jaws. Sorry for everyone I confused(if I confused anyone at all).

popsfootloose949 on Mar 1, 2013 wrote:

Charlie Keaton and Buster Chaplin are two wharf rats you fight in a quest. They are parodies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, silent film stars.

Just afterwards we meet Maurel and Marty / Laurel and Hardy.

In Moosho we also meet Tommy Shaw and JY Young, two members of the rock band Styx, who have some lyrics quoted as well.