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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]]''.
(contracted; show full)er five in the game "Cellblock" being named "Number Five" (a reference to [[Patrick McGoohan]]'s character "[[Number Six|Number 6]]"). In fact, Neopets co-creater [[Adam Powell]] uses the name "Number Six" when participating in staff competitions, and the Number Six Plushie, a formerly rare item that was made available during the month of Celebrating (December) to all Neopians, seems to be modeled visually after him. There is also an avatar one can obtain of him
 by earning more NeoPoints than he does.
*The game includes a species of dragon called "Scorchio", a popular catchphrase from the [[BBC]]'s comedy ''[[The Fast Show#Mixed performances|The Fast Show]]''.
*The Haunted Weaponry store's tagline "Big! Strong! Wow!" is taken directly from the fictional company Tada-O, whose tagline was "Big! Strong! Wow! Tada-O!" in ''[[Earth & Beyond]]''.
*In the Chocolate Factory store, the shopkeeper's attire resembles that of [[Willy Wonka]] as portrayed by [[Gene Wilder]] in the 1971 movie ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'', and the shop's tagline is "Nobody ever goes in ... nobody ever comes out, but we sell chocolate by the truckload!"
*The "Rebuild Maraqua" animation in the [[2004|Year 6]] Advent Calendar features various Neopian bands playing a charity single similar to [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid's]] "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]"
*Bands playing at the Tyrannian Concert Hall include M*YNCI (a boy band, a la [[*NSYNC]]), Blue Kacheek Group ([[Blue Man Group]]), Sticks N' Stones ([[Guns N' Roses]]), Chomby and the Fungus Balls ([[Josie and the Pussycats]], [[The Beach Boys]]).
*The Neotitle that reads, "No soup for you!" is a reference to the [[Seinfeld]] episode in which the soup Nazi tells Elaine, "No soup for you!"
*The Neopets Team's spelling of duh (D'oh!) comes from [[The Simpsons]].
*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.
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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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