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**The "Park Ranger" skin for the Warthog is designed to resemble the tour vehicles seen in the film, and has the description "Spared no expense" - a direct reference to a quote from John Hammond in the first film. | **The "Park Ranger" skin for the Warthog is designed to resemble the tour vehicles seen in the film, and has the description "Spared no expense" - a direct reference to a quote from John Hammond in the first film. | ||
**The "Clever Girl" skin for the Rocket Warthog instead resembles the jeeps used by the staff of Jurassic Park in the film, its name is a reference to Robert Muldoon's famous final words as he is outsmarted and killed by a Velociraptor, and its description "Objects in this mirror are closer than they appear" is taken from an earlier scene where Ian Malcolm, Ellie Sattler, and Muldoon are chased by a Tyrannosaurus. | **The "Clever Girl" skin for the Rocket Warthog instead resembles the jeeps used by the staff of Jurassic Park in the film, its name is a reference to Robert Muldoon's famous final words as he is outsmarted and killed by a Velociraptor, and its description "Objects in this mirror are closer than they appear" is taken from an earlier scene where Ian Malcolm, Ellie Sattler, and Muldoon are chased by a Tyrannosaurus. | ||
===Rebuild of Evangelion=== | |||
*On the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' multiplayer map [[Streets]], there is [[Wikipedia:Pixel art|pixel art]] of a [[Wikipedia:Pigeon|pigeon]] with the head of [[Evangelion:Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild)|Evangelion Unit-02]] from the anime film series ''[[Wikipedia:Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild of Evangelion]]''. | |||
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*The game stats description for the [[BOB]]s in ''Halo: Reach'' is ''"Wipe them out..."'' In addition to referencing the tendency of players to kill the similarly-named non-player characters in Bungie's ''[[Marathon]]'' series, this could be a reference to Palpatine's line ''"Wipe them out... all of them"'' from ''The Phantom Menace'', given that Bungie had previously referenced dialog from that film in their ''Halo: Reach'' updates (namely, ''"A communications disruption can mean only one thing..."'' in relation to the [[Invasion]] gametype). | *The game stats description for the [[BOB]]s in ''Halo: Reach'' is ''"Wipe them out..."'' In addition to referencing the tendency of players to kill the similarly-named non-player characters in Bungie's ''[[Marathon]]'' series, this could be a reference to Palpatine's line ''"Wipe them out... all of them"'' from ''The Phantom Menace'', given that Bungie had previously referenced dialog from that film in their ''Halo: Reach'' updates (namely, ''"A communications disruption can mean only one thing..."'' in relation to the [[Invasion]] gametype). | ||
*In the ''Halo Reach'' level, Lone Wolf, the checkpoint's name is "There'll be another time", a reference to a line spoken by Han Solo in ''Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''. | *In the ''Halo Reach'' level, Lone Wolf, the checkpoint's name is "There'll be another time", a reference to a line spoken by Han Solo in ''Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''. | ||
*In '' | *In ''Halo Infinite''{{'}}s loading screens, several Star Wars references are made: | ||
**The "A fine addition to my collection" quote of General Grievous' habit to collect lightsabers. | **The "A fine addition to my collection" quote of General Grievous' habit to collect lightsabers. | ||
**Another Grievous reference it's the "You must realize you are doomed" quote, said before his final duel against Obi Wan Kenobi. | **Another Grievous reference it's the "You must realize you are doomed" quote, said before his final duel against Obi Wan Kenobi. | ||
