![]() I could stick an electrode up my back panel and call it paradise." The entire speech of this Claptrap is very similar to how Marvin feels in the book and the rest of the series. ![]() The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchiseĬlaptrap (Old Haven): "I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."Ī phrase often said by Marvin, the depressed robot in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Frankenstein uses power harnessed from lightning to reanimate a corpse, thus creating the iconic monster. Its appearance matches the widely accepted description of the creature, introduced by the original film. The name Tankenstein is a reference to Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. Chuck Palahniuk wrote the book, and its main character is Tyler Durden. This is a reference to the famous Dragon Ball Z meme, where Nappa asks Vegeta "What does the scouter say about his power level?" Vegeta's reply to that is: "It's over NINE THOUSAND!" See here.Ĭhuck Durden refers to Fight Club. If a player gets more than 9000 kills online, his profile will read "Kills: Over 9000". Master Roshi sometimes wore a turtle shell, and he collected women's underwear. This is a direct reference to Master Roshi in the Dragon Ball manga. "Childe" is a term from the Middle Ages that refers to a young nobleman who has not yet won his spurs.Ĭrazy Earl is referred to as a "turtle hermit," and Tannis claimed to have given him her underwear. Coincidentally, Mordecai's Gunslinger COM improves the use of Revolvers, which not only are Roland Deschain's preferred weapon, but also affixes the title of Gunslinger, by which Deschain is formally addressed.Īlternately, Roland may be a direct reference to the poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by English author Robert Browning, the inspiration for the name and protagonist of King's series, and much of the tone and content. Many other themes and terms are shared, such as the Hunter's fighting bird (David in The Waste Lands). Roland shares his first name with Roland Deschain, the protagonist from the series of books "The Dark Tower", written by Stephen King. The name Lady Finger may refer to the fingers of the prioress, where the ring was worn. The flavor text of the Lady Finger, Omnia Vincit Amor, means the same. "The Prioress's Tale" tells the story of Madam Eglantine, who wears a ring with the inscription "Amor vincit omnia", which translates into "love conquers all". This serves as a frame for shorter stories about the individual characters. The Canterbury Tales is collection of stories by Chaucer, about a group on pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. The phrase turtles all the way down goes back to debates Socrates had on what created God and what supported the world (Tortoise in Chinese mythology), where it was said that there were an infinite number of Gods that made the previous God and that there were Turtles all the way down. This has often been noted as a metaphor for any sort of dictatorship and its eventual collapse. Yet because all these turtles are piled on top of each other, they get very tired and hungry and start to complain, and eventually one plain little turtle named "Mack" burps, and all the turtles come tumbling down. When Yurtle is finally on top, he can see much further. He then has the idea to have all of his subjects, other turtles, climb up onto each other's backs. But because he's a turtle, he can't see very far. In the book, the king of the turtles, Yurtle, rules all he sees. ![]() "But it's turtles all the way down!"Īdditionally, this could refer to the children's book Yurtle the Turtle by Dr. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever", said the old lady. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. The phrase "Turtles all the way down" comes from a tale most popularly related in Stephen Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time":Ī well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. Graffiti found on walls: Turtles all the way down 9.2 Fairchild Republic A-10 "Thunderbolt II".7.23 Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.1.7 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise.
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