The Starbound Reference Thread

The wire station description: "It's time to make mistakes, take chances, get messy" - I think this may be a magic school bus reference

The items "Neat Welders Helmet" and "Handy Space Helmet" are possibly offhand references to the Dead Space and Doom Franchises Respectively
(Welders helmet description "Don't be caught dead without this neat welder's helmet" - It should be noted that the protagonist is an engineer who wears a welder's mask)
(Space helmet description "You'll never be doomed with this handy space helmet")

 

Idk if anyone has said this before, but theres also the poster in the human underground bases saying "Keep Calm And ..." and I'm pretty sure you all catch that reference....

 

lol yea, it's broken. "keep calm and..." SMASH!

 

Noticed this head mod looked like something familiar...

(Cyberman from Doctor Who, in case any of you didn't catch it )

 

the hylotl tier nine spear bears an uncanny resemblance to the spear of longinus from neon genesis evangelion.

 

also, the gasmask description is a dr who reference.

 

http://starbounder.org/Wall_Pipe
I think this is a reference to Stephen King's "IT".
"We all float down here, Georgie." ~ Pennywise the Clown

http://starbounder.org/Sewer_Valve
I think this is a reference to Valve, turning into Steam?

 

The Rocketeer!

http://starbounder.org/The_Iron_Avian_Helmet

 

Alternatively it could also be a reference to SMITE's He Bo, who carries a scroll on his back which is the atlas of the Yellow River.

 

Could very well be as recent as the Skyrim expansion Dawnguard with Serana carrying the Elder Scroll on her back. The flavor text of the scroll says, "The secrets on this scroll are only for a wizard's eye!" may be referring to the Moth Priest who must be brought in to read the scroll.

 

Found two more references:

1. Description for Glitch Jail Bed is "A bed for criminal scum!", which is a reference to famous quote from TES IV

2. One of the jailmen's quotes is "Why can't I hold more smashing sticks" (Or something like that, sorry for no SS), which MIGHT be a reference to the "Limes Guy" meme.

 

ive stumbled across a few. Star Wars with the hoth gear and death star display, blade runner references to deckard in glitch lore as well as dr who, robocop and signs from portal, A song of ice and fire is referenced on a fur pelt, and ive been to a planet that may or may not be referencing alien with a background image but could also just be the tail end of plane wreckage, fifth element leeloo clothing. and metroid with the morphball.

 

a much as I'd rather not type this (long story), I thin the description for the throwing knives that look like kunai have a Naruto reference with the "Focus your Chakra" comment.... yeah, I haven't been on very good terms with the series for a while...

 

The opening codex for the Hylotl ( remember Directive 0451. If you do not know what Directive 0451 is, then do not worry about it. Or ask about it. Just do your job, okay?) is a reference to the novel Farenheit 451
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451

 

Impervium is actually an alloy from Star Wars. It's the hardest alloy used for ship hulls and is used in General Grievous' battleship. It so hard only prolonged laser cannon fire can penetrate it.

Also Rubium is a red mineral found in Runescape. While not used for armors, it's actually used for explosives.

 

On my Wii U, there is only NES and SNES titles and short arcade style NES games are 4 dollars, long adventure games for NES cost 7 dollars and SNES games are 14 dollars.

 

Every reference possible, on a silver platter.

 

That's all, folks. Nothin' more to do in this thread. Move along.

 

that list may cover a fraction, still plenty of things listed in this thread not mentioned on that list so theres a ballbreaker right there.

also the bombs in this game are just bombs. they looks nothing like bombombs or anything from bomberman,
if anything they may be a homage to zelda.

 

Humans are a reference to most things