the shrimp upgrade alcubierre drive is the scientific name for hyper/warp drive, even if i don’t know if it can be counted as a reference

End game upgrade paradise lost and found refers to Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Found

Is it just me or did my formatting on the first post go out the window somehow?

As one of the few people who are working on the AdV Wikia, I cannot tell you how much this thread will help. Thank you.

> *Originally posted by **[90guy](/forums/2606/topics/422726?page=2#posts-8330615):*** > > As one of the few people who are working on the AdV Wikia, I cannot tell you how much this thread will help. Thank you. Good luck sifting through it…if it’s the same as it is on my screen, the formatting has all gone right down the drain. I suppose maybe quoting it would allow you to copypaste the better formatting into a Word document or something so that everything is neater and easier to copypaste to the wiki. Also, there’s probably ALOT more references in the achievements than I listed, solely because I’m kinda torn on where to draw the line. Alot of the Lemonade stuff is just lemon-(insert word part here), like referencing Armageddon or Ragnarok or…oh screw it, time to update the original post again.

The Golden Suit may also be a Discworld reference, in several of the novels, Moist Von Lipwig, a conman reformed into an entepreneur wears a golden suit as his trademark.

Ok, so someone explained to me what I was doing wrong and now the formatting is back. Yay. For anyone interested, apparently formatting (including Enter Spaces and the stuff like stars for bolding and underscores for italics) breaks here if you have more than 45 dashes (these little buggers – ) in one post. There’s a few things left to figure out that I’m sure are references, but Google doesn’t want to help me with them: Operating Lemon VIII Citrus of the 7 Suns (Might be a Saga of Seven Suns reference, but I’m not sure. My gut says otherwise, but I can’t recognize anything…) Lemonokereti

Operating Lemon VIII is a reference to Scientology, specifically “Operating Thetan VIII,” the highest “auditing level” (whatever that means). Also, I can clarify the achievement name “Lemondammerung.” This directly references “Gotterdammerung,” the fourth opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Gotterdammerung is the German word for Ragnarok, the “Twilight of the Gods.”

I like ‘German Word for Ragnarok’ better than “Lemon Twilight.” Makes more sense given the fatalistic nature of other Lemon achievements. I also feel like the Operating x VIII is some sort of science-y reference. Like some sort of space station or something…scientology seems too odd to fit. I dunno.

Pizza 1300 appears to be in reference to the Wibbly Wobbly World of Play, on account of the fact that it is the first Google result when typing “Wibbly Wobbly”. It also might be a Doctor Who reference.

> *Originally posted by **[Mathmoss](/forums/2606/topics/422726?page=2#posts-8333664):*** > > Pizza 1300 appears to be in reference to the Wibbly Wobbly World of Play, on account of the fact that it is the first Google result when typing “Wibbly Wobbly”. It also might be a Doctor Who reference. I was thinking more along the lines of the Dr. Who reference personally, cause I’ve seen a T-shirt before describing time as a ball of…I think it called it “wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.” But I was unsure.

Wibbly Wobbly is definitely a Doctor Who reference. It’s a quote from the episode “Blink,” which involves people getting sent back in time — a pretty snappy way to deliver a pizza.

Here’s a bunch of missing ones Mama Sean’s appearance is based on Michael Jackson… in his song Wanna Be Starting Something he says Mama Se Mama Sa Mama Coo Sa which sounds similar First Amen-dment is reference to the first amendment of the USA which is freedom of the press, speech, religion… and amen which is used in religion and ties into it being purchased with angels Unrefusable Offer is reference to the saying “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” from the Godfather Easy Squeezy is reference to the saying easy peazy lemon squeezy Lemonokereti is reference to Frashokereti which is the final renovation of the universe when evil will be destroyed in Zoroastrianism Lemonhead is a reference to the candy by the same name Lemons All The Way is reference to the expression “Turtles all the way down” Digital Digest is reference to the magazine Reader’s Digest Subliminal Shrimp is reference to subliminal messages which are put in to subconsciously suggest you to do something, in this case buy shrimp Such Hockey is reference to an unfunny meme so wow Oil Coup-on is reference to the illegal takeover of something which is called a coup combined with coupon Bubbles! is reference to the Finding Nemo character of the same name who was obsessed with bubbles and every time they would see would would yell out Bubbles! My Bubbles! That’s Amore which means love in Italian is reference to the Dean Martin song by the same name as well as Amore Pizza Pizza Putt is reference to Pizza Hut the pizza chain Got Donuts? is reference to advertising campaign Got Milk? The Donutrix is reference to the Matrix Then Who Was Donut is reference to the meme “Then Who Was Phone?” Pax Hollywooda is reference to Pax Romana the period of peace in the Roman Empire Bourgeois Banks is reference to the bourgeoisie, the ruling class of capitalist society There Will Be Oil is reference to the saying “There will be blood” Drill, Baby, Drill! is reference to the Sarah Palin quote of the same name during the 2008 debates The One True Investor is reference to the One True King Stannis Baratheon Literally Can’t Even is reference to the meme of the same name

I believe “You’re The Boss” may be a reference to the TV show “Who’s The Boss?”

> *Originally posted by **[Xemnas95](/forums/2606/topics/422726?page=2#posts-8334098):*** > > *Originally posted by **[Mathmoss](/forums/2606/topics/422726?page=2#posts-8333664):*** > > > > Pizza 1300 appears to be in reference to the Wibbly Wobbly World of Play, on account of the fact that it is the first Google result when typing “Wibbly Wobbly”. It also might be a Doctor Who reference. > > I was thinking more along the lines of the Dr. Who reference personally, cause I’ve seen a T-shirt before describing time as a ball of…I think it called it “wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.” But I was unsure. Yeh I was unsure about it being Doctor Who because that is like the first Doctor Who reference. I expected multiple if there was one.

Here’s some more. Immaculate Consumption refers to the Catholic teaching of The Virgin Mary being born without orginal sin Eternal Revenue Service refers to the Internal Revenue Service or IRS which collects taxes in the USA Alcubierre Drives refers to the Alcubierre drive of Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre, a theoretical means of travelling faster than light Temporal Retcon is reference to a temporal rift which is a distortion in the spacetime continuum which allows time travel and a retcon which is adding or changing the back story of a fictional character or world Grey Goo Detergent is reference to hypothetical end of the world involving self replicating robots which consume everything Everlasting Pepperoni is reference to Willy Wonka’s everlasting gobbstoppers Pizza Stuffed Pizza is reference to yo dawg I heard you like x so I put x in x Seconding or thirding the Wibbly Wobbly Deliveries being reference to Doctor Who Pizza Roll Call Centers is the combining of the phrases “pizza roll,” “roll call,” and “call centers” Unobtainium Crust is reference to the mineral by the same name in the movie Avatar. Unobtainium also refers to an impossible material needed to fulfill a design or task The Pie In The Sky is reference to the saying by the same name meaning something good but unlikely to happen, it could also reference the British TV series by the same name, it also references pizzas being referred to as pies Doughnut Shaped Universe is reference to the “doughnut theory of the universe” which is the shape of the universe is a three-dimensional torus or a doughnut shape Unified Donut Theory is reference to the “unified theory” or “doughnut theory” which is all black holes are surrounded by doughnut-shaped structures of thick dust the can completely obscure a black hole depending on the viewing angle, it could also reference the “unified field theory” Long John Long Johns is reference to the doughnut called a long john Daily Game 7 is reference to seven-game series which is used in all the NHL playoff series. The Refs ARE Blind is reference to the common saying of the same name when a ref makes a bad call or misses something, in this case the refs actually are blind Crude Empire refers to both an empire of crude oil and the crude oil of the oil company Empire

More specifically, “Long John Long Johns” is talking about long johns (a type of underwear) made from long johns (a filled donut). “Over 1 Decillion Served” is a riff on the McDonald’s signs that say “Over 99 Billion Served,” but with numbers more on the scale of this game. “Invisible Hand High Five” is another Adam Smith/Wealth of Nations reference.

Achievement Game of Loans is a reference to Game of Thrones. Kind-of Obvious.

> *Originally posted by **[Ian61](/forums/2606/topics/422726?page=2#posts-8341420):*** > > Achievement Game of Loans is a reference to Game of Thrones. Kind-of Obvious. I hate to be rude, but I already got that. If you read in the achievements where the shrimp have a 3-point combo I reference a drinking game: ‘for every time they reference GoT, take a shot.’ That’s why I say to just take another shot by Game of Loans.

Can’t see these mentioned anywhere: Newspeak Stocks: 1984 reference 30 minutes or less: An actual promotion, I think it was domino’s. Planck’s Petrol: Presumably a reference to Max Planck and quantum theory Crude is still king: possibly references the expression ‘Cash is King’

Immaculate Consumption refers to two things: Virgin birth by Mary and Conspicuous Consumption, which is the act of buying things to show off your wealth

Here’s a new one. The Upgrades ‘In Brightest Day’ and ‘In Darkest Night’ are a reference to the Green Lantern Oath, though it’s originally ‘In Blackest Night’. Funny thing is you kill so many angels for ‘In Darkest Night’, where ‘Blackest Night’ is a comic featuring Black Lanterns, which are basically really powerful space zombie lanterns that can fly around. Even so, ‘Brightest Day’ is a comic featuring White Lanterns, which focus on life and requires total control over your emotions. Which still kills angels, therefore not really being Life.

The late-game upgrade “King Horton” is a reference to the late August 2014 proposal of restaurant chain Burger King to buy out fellow restaurant chain Tim Hortons.

King Horton: Burger King bought Tim Hortons and made a merger with them. EDIT: Dammit i need to look at the post in front of me.

You said dessert pizza is a reference to desert pizza, but it’s not. [Dessert pizza is a real thing](https://www.google.com/search?q=dessert+pizza&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nWgGVNSFFtOvggSQi4LIDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=959).