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List of references in Neopets
Partial list of known pop-culture references appearing in [[Neopets]], an online [[virtual pet]] simulation game.

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*"All your 404 are belong to us!" &mdash; Variant of "[[All your base are belong to us]]," a mangled "[[engrish]]" phrase from the game [[Zero Wing]].
*"I see dead pages!" &mdash; From the line "I see dead people" in ''[[The Sixth Sense]]''.
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*On the [http://www.neopets.com/aboutus.phtml About Us] page, under the Content staff, there is an entry saying "Keith (he's mental)". This is a reference to [[The Office]] where David Brent is showing a temp worker the staff in Wernham Hogg.
*When [[Richard Whiteley]], former presenter of [[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]], died, the Lenny Conundrum game featured a Countdown Conundrum-style puzzle, a mention of Whiteley, and a Chia dressed up to look like him.

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*The Neopet Usul is named after a character in the "[[Dune]]" novel by [[Frank Herbert]]
*Sometimes when you visit the scratchcard kiosk in the deserted fairground, Sidney will say "Do you want to buy some pegs Dave?" This is a mixture of a catchphrase and another quote from a character called Papa Lazarou from [[The League of Gentlemen (comedy)]], to whom Sidney bears a slight resemblance.
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*A shop blog portrays a pirate-like Blumaroo with the name of Orlando Blumaroo, a reference to Orlando Bloom in the move "Pirates of the Carribbean".
*In the game ''The return of the Return of Dr. Sloth'', the rank "Cosmic Delivery Boy" is a reference to Fry's job in [[Futurama]]
*The [[List of Neopets#Mynci|Mynci]]'s default petpage shows a piece of the chorus from ''Burn in Hell'', a [[Twisted Sister]] song.
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