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**On the multiplayer map [[Forest]], the previous cave art showing a pigeon in the style of the Nazca Lines with the SEELE logo can also be found, this time within a group of several other pigeons, each with different styling. | **On the multiplayer map [[Forest]], the previous cave art showing a pigeon in the style of the Nazca Lines with the SEELE logo can also be found, this time within a group of several other pigeons, each with different styling. | ||
*The "Jacknife" armor coating released in [[Season 04: Infection]] bears the color scheme of [[Evangelion:Evangelion Unit-01|Evangelion Unit-01]],{{Ref/Twitter|Id=JeffTweet|jeffsimpsonkh|1679516906322272257|Jeff Simpson|Quote=...of course I got the EVA01 skin.|D=16|M=07|Y=2023}} and the name of the coating may be a reference to the Progressive Knife, a weapon wielded by Unit-01 on several occasions. | *The "Jacknife" armor coating released in [[Season 04: Infection]] bears the color scheme of [[Evangelion:Evangelion Unit-01|Evangelion Unit-01]],{{Ref/Twitter|Id=JeffTweet|jeffsimpsonkh|1679516906322272257|Jeff Simpson|Quote=...of course I got the EVA01 skin.|D=16|M=07|Y=2023}} and the name of the coating may be a reference to the Progressive Knife, a weapon wielded by Unit-01 on several occasions. | ||
*The "Cyclopean" emblem and nameplate released during the [[Spirit of Fire (Operation)|Spirit of Fire]] [[Operation (Halo Infinite)|operation]] features a [[HRUNTING Mark III (S) Cyclops]] and a description reading: "Get in the mechsuit, [[Evangelion:Shinji Ikari|Shinji]]!" The description is a reference to the popular internet meme: "Get in the fucking robot, Shinji!" This quote never actually appears in the series and was instead created by ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' fans to mock the character Shinji Ikari's regular refusal to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, which is often likened to a mech. | |||
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===Battlestar Galactica=== | ===Battlestar Galactica=== | ||
Marines can be heard saying 'Frak', the trademark expletive of the show. The novel ''Halo: Cryptum'' also shows several parallels to the reimagined version of the show, such as a highly-advanced human civilization forced after warfare to live without technology on Earth, further enhanced by both taking place 150,000 years before the present day. | Marines can be heard saying '[https://bsg.wiki/Frak Frak]', the trademark expletive of the show. The novel ''Halo: Cryptum'' also shows several parallels to the [https://bsg.wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(RDM) reimagined version] of the show, such as a highly-advanced human civilization forced after warfare to live without technology on [https://bsg.wiki/Earth_(RDM) Earth], further enhanced by both taking place 150,000 years before the present day. | ||
===The Dukes of Hazzard=== | ===The Dukes of Hazzard=== | ||