In-jokes and references/Northrend
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Blizzard has included many in-jokes and pop-culture references in various forms throughout WoW.
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Characters
Avatar of Freya
Her quests reference the bands "Avenged Sevenfold" and "Heart".
Harrison Jones
- Reference to Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, the actor in all of the Indiana Jones movies. In Grizzly Hills.
Bambina, Mother of Bambina, Thudder, Flora
- Reference to Bambi - a novel by Felix Salten.
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Everett McGill
- Reference to the actor of the same name, who appeared in such films as Dune, Quest for Fire and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
Quartermaster Vaskess
This is almost certainly a direct nod to the film Aliens, the character reference being to Private Vasquez. The in-game model of Vaskess has short cropped black hair and a red bandanna, the same that Private Vasquez wore in Aliens.
Officer Van Rossem
- Might refer to the Dutch specialist and historian about the United States Maarten van Rossem.
Another possibility is the Swedish aviator Carl Gustaf von Rosen, most well known for flying relief flights for the Red Cross and to refugees in Biafra.
Instructor Razuvious
- During the start of the fight, he's yelling "Sweep the leg! You got a problem with that?", which is an obvious reference to Cobra-Kai technique to eliminate Daniel from the tournament in the original Karate Kid movie.
Babagahnoosh the Grumpy
- Reference to Baba ghanoush, an Arab dish.
Quests
The Part-time Hunter
- The questgiver wants you to kill a animal called "Pitch", next to Pitch there is some hunters from the Frenzyheart Tribe, when you attack Pitch one of them yells "It's coming right for us!". An obvious reference to "Uncle" Jimbo from South Park that kills animals in "self defence" by shouting "It's coming right for us!".
Precious Elemental Fluids
- This quest appears to be named after lines uttered by General Jack D. Ripper in the movie "Dr. Strangelove". The general was obsessed at the idea that water fluoridation was "a communist plot to sap our precious bodily fluids."
Death From Above
- This is an Alliance quest obtained from Sargeant Hammerhill in the Borean Tundra, who wants you to use a net to pull down and kill Scourged Flamespitters.
A Bear of an Appetite
- Hugh Glass, sitting at a camp in Grizzly Hills, asks you to fish pu some salmon to feed his grizzly friend. IRL, Hugh Glass was a mountain man mauled by a bear, robbed, and left to die in the wilderness, struggling through thousands of miles to survive. (The Saga of Hugh Glass by John Myers, ISBN 0803258348)
Quality Assurance Lingo
- Cannot Reproduce, Retest Now, Not a Bug and Need More Info, all quests in Icecrown and part of the same quest chain, are also terms often used in software quality assurance.
Aces High!
- This quest is avaiable on the upper ring of the Nexus, Coldara, that's the daily to train for the 3rd phase of Malygos and a Song of the UK band Iron Maiden
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