Literally EVERY Borderlands 2 Pop Culture Reference Explained
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Another MASSIVE Video, One of if not my best yet, after a week of straight editing I pronounce to you, Every single Pop culture reference in borderlands 2. might take a 2 day nap now though feeling a bit worked to death worth it tho, in a bit...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:17 Written Works And Comics
12:57 - Television And Film
50:52 - Video And Tabletop Games
1:07:00 - Music And Audio
1:14:52 - People And Business
1:18:31 - MEMES!
1:22:33 - Outro - Hry
HEY YOU, YES YOU WITH THE SOCKS ON, Add me on Steam @LFXGaming if ya'll ever wanna play some Borderlands. Gonna be playing some The Pre-Sequel Soon but ofc ill always be up for some BL2
Guess I’m not meant to since I don’t have socks on or steal
*steam*
I wear socks but don't use Steam. Sorry.
Jokes on you I'm not wearing socks
I play on nintendo
The Lyudmila is a reference to a Russian Woman of the same name, who in WW2 had, and still has, the most confirmed kills of any female sniper at over 300.
Also, the previous name of it, the White Death, is a reference to Simo Hayha, a Finnish sniper who was the deadliest sniper in history.
No record breaking, L women
@@gnawnickvods939it is record breaking?
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@@devyyskfor women, doesn’t beat men though
Borderlands 2 is the perfect combination of silly easter eggs and references that dont completely take you out of whats supposed to be a mostly serious story
The balance between a great story and just a fun game with lots of easter eggs is amazing, it's a shame borderlands 3 didn't get quite the same treatment
and yet the story is still amazing. one of my all time favorites
@@xlt0it got the teen angst i’m gay treatment.
Still fun and still love it… the story is horrid
The Morningstar sniper rifle is also a reference to the Devil, as another name for him is Morningstar. Hyperion is literally calling you Satan.
Edit: this is why the flavour text is "A rose by any other name."
The Morningstar is also voiced by Monica Rial, the English voice actress for Bulma from Dragon Ball
@@Wooperbrono way
The damned cowboy assault rifle is also a reference to Theodore Roosevelt's quote "speak softly and carry a big stick".
Please make a pre-sequel. It upsets me that the community pretends that this part does not exist.
I've deffo gotta do more on the Pre-Sequel Thanks for the suggestion!
Pre-sequel is an amazing game overshadowed by a modern classic. There's a lot of things I like about pre-sequel, mainly the cryo element, mobility, and vault hunters (Athena and Nisha are fucking awesome). Getting to max level in BL2 is such a massive grind, but there's just more to do at the end. It's a more complete game, I wish there was a way to play as the pre-sequel vault hunters in BL2. There would have to be a lot of skill and level overhauls
Pretty sure the Hyperion robots saying "DELETED!" is a Homestar Runner reference, rather than Doctor Who. For those unfamiliar reading this, "DELETED!" is a common quote stated by character Strong Bad in the "sbemail" series of shorts. Strong Bad himself is a direct reference to the enemy team known as "The Strong Bads" from Tag Team Wrestling on the NES.
"BELETED! Oh wait, DELTETED! Uh oh."
There is a very hidden reference that i am not surprised is not on this list. The quest "Wildlife Preservation" is referred to as "Bird is the Word" in the code and this is not shown in game in anyway but can be viewed by using Gibbed File Editor and viewing the quest.
Honestly I'm surprised the video is only an hour and a half long.
I was initially suprised aswell, but some are just one line like "This challenge is a reference to this book/movie/game" and can be covered in like 5 seconds.
I'm surprised the video only have 500 likes. This deserves much more love.
The Veruc was my first legendary. My dad and I were playing BL2 for the first time. He took my technical first legendary, the emperor, so we agreed that I could have the next one. The red text cemented it and my dad and I could not stop laughing for about half an hour.
That is actually so wholesome, good story man!
Zero has a head called "Lord of Blades, which is a reference to the "Queen of Blades" from Starcraft. The head is basically identical to the decal/icon for the Zerg.
Gwen's Head can be found randomly in one of five locations in The Dust. It respawns every time you load into the map. The name "Gwen's Head" is a reference to Gwyneth Paltrow, who played the character whose head is supposedly in the box in Se7en.
If you missed the reference, you're really young: Yeah, no, I'm probably older than your mom.
The Phantom Tollbooth: a really fun children's book with lots of adventure and lots of puns. LOTS of puns.
You missed one. There's an NPC named Michael Mamaril that sometimes shows in one of various places in Sanctuary. Michael was named after a young man who died of cancer at age 22. He was a big fan of the first game, and playing it was a bright spot in an otherwise tragic life. After his passing his friend told Gearbox about this, and they decided to put him into BL2 as an NPC that hands out gifts.
He's older than I am, and I'm 20, and I understood that reference, as Cap'n Murica would say... so you're like 60-70 cause my mom had me in her 50' so you'd be between about 68-80ish from 18 to in your thirties😂😂😂 if fact I understood all of the references so kinda feel the joke is just invalid either way 😂😂😂
also! in the mercenary day headhunter pack, the “open” icon that pops up in front of the loot gift boxes says “what’s this?” instead of open, referencing The Nightmare Before Christmas! that one made me smile when I discovered it ngl. great video homie :)
The Holy Hand Grenade is also referenced in TTAODK. Some of the knight enemies say, “it’s the Holy Hand Grenade”, when you chuck a ‘nade at them. Ironically, I might have heard it in the Beatdown Bar too(I played both DLC today).
Forgot the Gordon Ramsey reference. Also when u shoot his hat, an enemy called "Rat in the hat" comes out, a reference to ratatoille.
You forgot (or more likely never used the skill) a Wolverine reference. Gaige will say "shnik shnik bub" when she melees if you use "With claws".
Another major A Song of Ice and Fire reference you missed was in the Commander Lilith DLC, a little bit forward and to the right of the entrance when you first get to the map, there's a tiny frozen cave you can walk into with a sword impaled in a pile of bones. Interacting with the sword causes a wolf howl sound effect to play and spawns in a skag enemy named Ghost who drops a Blue/Purple incendiary dmg element Relic called Winter Is Over.
If I’m being honest, it’s not too weird that Gaige has a lot of MLP references around her character. She’s a quirky high school girl.
But yea no doubt one developer probably didn’t have to look up any of references, on account of probably already knowing them
I will never look at Gaige's skill tree the same way again...
Jack Doppelganger says something like “And the world just got twenty-five percent more handsome.”
I might be overthinking this one, but one of Krieg's heads is called Breathe Deep. It could be a reference to Dinotopia, an older book series and TV adaptation, because the main phrase people use to greet eachother in it is 'Breathe deep, and seek peace.'
The Rollin’ BAR challenge might also be a reference to the song of the same name by Limp Bizkit (considering time of development it seems more likely)
Thank you I was thinking the same thing
Thank you I was thinking the same thing
I love your enthusiasm with the delivery of the lines haha.
i distinctly remember a fresh prince easter egg where if your playing as Zer0 and you flip a car he'll say the first 17 syllables of the fresh prince intro
For the algorithm 🖤
What does that mean
@@MrLachapellthe more comments and views a video gets the more it will get put on people’s recommended page
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1:20:00 the "ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle" is a refrence to the Belgian artist René Magritte and his work "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
This video's mighty stacked, good stuff👍
And i respect the time it took to edit this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not sure if you'll mention it later on in the vid but Zer0 has a skin called "Why So Serious" if I recall correctly, adding to the list of other DC references.
Edit: Guess that's in TV and Flim. And yeah, I'm pretty old to know both the Annoying Orange YT channel AND TV show.
I dont remember if it happens in BL2 but in BL1 when the echo hud starts booting up, in the bottom left corner (I think) there are some numbers that appear witch actually correlate to the release date for BL1. Not sure if I've ever seen this easter egg mentioned in any video.
Props man. Great video, love that even with such a long video you can keep a sense of humor up throughout
There is a reference to another Gearbox IP Brothers in Arms, on Dahl Abandon, one of unmarked grave will contain a Jakobs rifle called m2828 Thumpson, on flavour text is " A soldier has two families " , which is a quote from Matt Baker " A soldier has two families, those you raised and those you raise hell with"
this was awesome! a lot i didn’t know and a few i did, im surprised that back the the future wasn’t in lol. but it gives me more to do when i’m bored so thanks for this! keep up the great videos man!
Anthony Burch clearly thought pop cultural references were the pinnacle of humour in 2012 😂
tl:dr; you missed a reference to the _Alien(s)_ franchise and another Gearbox game, _Aliens: Colonial Marines_ , that was in-development at the same time as _Borderlands 2_ in regards to the "Commando" character and the games loading-in screen background icon when starting another session from a previous save.
One reference I didn't see mentioned, but I figured out when I first played _Borderlands 2_ was the fact the "Commando" is a Colonial Marine from, you guessed it, from the Alien(s) franchise. His recording you get from his ex-wife and former CO, along with one of the starting skins you get for him subtly reference this, as well. Infact it is heavily implied he served on the USCM Sephora (the ship responding to the distress beacon of the USCM Sulaco 17 months later after the film _Aliens_), before being discharged for whatever his infraction was that had him kicked out. This is also a subtle hint to being the case as around the time of the release of "Borderlands 2" Gearbox, also the developers of _A:CM_ , had pulled a lot of their resources and devs from _Colonial Marines_ and they made hints at their project. I played _A:CM_ before _Borderlands 2_ and picked up on this reference/easter egg as well as the loading screen of the game when you are continuing your game as the titular "arch" was in the style of the title card for the movie _Aliens_
A lot of Gearbox devs who were putting their passion into were disilusioned by having their personnel and budget slashed for _A:CM_ in favor of _Borderlands 2_ project were some of the employees to go on and leave after the massive backlash and lawsuits resulting from the poor launch of _A:CM_ because of the resources _Borderlands 2_ took from them. For many _Alien(s)_ and the game being given the greenlight by both James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and 20th Century Fox was inspiration for a passion-project they felt strongly about.
Huge respect for making this video. I search for it every year to see if someone has done it. I feel like bl2 has the most references of any videogame.
A few I think you missed (which I'm guessing means they're missing off the wiki)
Zer0s skin called dark night might be a reference to batman as it drops from the same source as the other batman skins. Likely the same for all the core characters.
One of the bioshock ee characters, lil sis drops the little Evie. A reference to eve, the source of bioshocks plasmids.
During the Tina dlc the handsome sourcer says "Ho Dum Shiva" referencing Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom where the witchdoctor says the same before removing a beating heart.
Zer0 has a portal turret head from poker night called "Are you still there" a line the turrets say when losing line of sight to the player.
Mad respect man, learned a lot. I can't believe the 'badass' rage comic has been on some nomad shields, played this game to death and never noticed. Great video!
sorry for only just getting to this, but i appreciate it, yeah there is a few i missed so it's great that people are able to put them out there for other people to find! but yeah Borderlands 2 is basically just one big reference to other things i love it.
Not sure if you can truly count this as a reference, but it is still a fun fact considering Orcs Must Die was mentioned. Axton's voice actor, Robert McCollum, also voices the War Mage, the main character of the Orcs Must Die games.
I love the voices you make for every quote and name
Appetite for Destruction is a very good album
Also every Campaign of Carnage mission name is a reference
1:11:10 You also missed the fact that the name of the shotgun is a reference to the Pat Benetar song “Heart Breaker”
Salvador also has a reference to big trouble in little china with his skill all in the reflexes, Kurt Russell's character says it numerous times
I may be wrong but there’s also a mission called “The Ice Man Cometh” and I’ve always interpreted that as another It’s always sunny reference “The Day Man Cometh”
...or "The Iceman Cometh," the Eugene O'Neill play. I think both Borderlands and Always Sunny are likely just referencing that as the same source.
I would say that it's more likely that -- given that the dialogue content of the quest largely consists of Claptrap making unfunny ice puns and explaining them -- I believe that it's a reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger's portrayal of Mister Freeze in the Joel Schumacher Batman and Robin, where he makes repeatedly unfunny ice puns (many of which are used in the quest dialogue, like "chill out"). One of Arnold's lines is -- verbatim -- "The Iceman Cometh" which was (as codenamegadge points out) in and of itself a reference to the Eugene O'Neill play.
Well I guess its about time to start a new Borderlands 2 run
Thats literally the plan for me ahahaha, snipers only babbyyyyy
This was a fun, well done and educational video. I really only knew the musical and film/literature references for the most part given my advanced age. The sheer amount and depth of Doctor Who references were very interesting. Thank you very much for posting.
HAWAY SUNDERLAND. GAN ON SON.
@@samantha_t99 Your comment made me laugh as it was so out of context with the video and my comment. Life is better with a derby.
Im glad to see older people playing video games, im almost finishing high school and i dont get most of the references, since my first language is Portuguese, greetings from brazil.
Borderlands made me learn english really fast and in a very fun way, im extremely greatful for the developers for making this game.
Oh lord that's a lot of references
MY FAVORITE
Also amazing work on a good video, mang!
TY bro appreciate it!
This is definitely going to do good, great video 👍
Hope so!
You are mentally unhinged.
A real Borderlands fan
I wouldn't have it any other way 😎
This video was definitely worth the sub good job
Doc mercy's is a mission that references the xcom series in the name, especially when zed is trying to figure out what an alien plasma gun is; like you would try to figure out in xcom.
37:30 I belive that the achievement references the song by limp bizkit rollin because it says keep rollin rollin rollin but I'm not for sure but it did come out before bl2
1:01:50 i believe the red text is also in reference to a famous painting called "The treachery of images"
What's really weird about all these references, is that many of them seem more recent than the game itself... Like the Nolan Batman series feels like it came out more recently than Borderlands 2.
Regardless, great video.
Also, the phrase ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle at 1:02:07 is a reference to The Treachery of Images by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte, where the original phrase was "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
Probably one of the most important videos on CZcams.
Some of the memes I didn't know but the ones I knew it's like damn that's prehistoric meme there
You missed a Doctor Who reference. Handsome Jack was named after Captain Jack Harkness, and was intended to be changed before release, but the name stuck.
Great compilation! You missed one of my favorites. There is a challenge called "A Nugget of Purest Green!" A reference from the Blackadder 2 episode "Money."
"Das Boot" may also be a reference to the 1981 War movie "Das Boot" from Germany, which got nominated for 6 Oscars
You fail for missing the greatest video game reference. When Claptrap screams, "NOOOOOOO!!" after he unlocks the door to gain access to Hero's Pass, it is taken directly from Castlevania Symphony of the Night when you defeat Dracula, he screams "Nooooo!!" in the exact same inflection and tone.
1:06:13 this is a reference to the emperor’s new groove when izmha (sorry I don’t know if that’s the correct spelling) says to cronk “you know, for him” in reference to emperor kuzcos poison
I think you missed the legendary weapon the Hammer buster which is a reference to gears of wars commonly used locust weapon the hammer burst. The flavor text is also a reference to egoraptors gears of awesome.
theres a sykrim in borderlands 3 with the new-u stashion saying "your awake. you where trying to cross the border right?" or something along thous lines.
Absolutely love this, awesome.
Every second of this video was worth it :D
Really great video, must take a lotf of effort, thanks
salvador has a skin called "back in black" which is a refrence to the ac dc song by the same title
New subber, really enjoyed this
The blockhead shotgun red text is likely a nod to terraria as well as one of the blips the game can have is “also try Minecraft”
There’s a Sopranos reference when you flood the construction site in Opportunity. Handsome Jack says “once you’ve had Prime Rib for free, it’s hard to go back to sucking down Hamburgers for cash”. In the Meadowlands episode, the cop says to Melfi’s date: “You have Prime Rib at home. Why are you going out for burgers?”
You should definitely do a video for bl3. I get if you don’t want to considering the humor in that game
6:00 I think this could also be more specifically a reference to Mr Freeze in Batman and Robin, in the movie Mr Freeze (as portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger) at some point says “The Ice Man Cometh!” And then proceeds to start freezing people with his freeze Ray while simply telling them to “chill” like the description text.
I believe gaiges klatuu barada nikto line is actually referencing army of darkness as it's the three words ash must speak before taking the necronomicon, or it will raise the army of the dead. Gauge is a mechromancer which is a play on necromancer.
As with 1:13:48 when you finish the challenge where you have to disarm all of the mines around Tiny Tina's base she will have a voice like where she will tell you that you "have the skills to pay the bills"
It's kind of incredible how many references are listed here in the comments that were missed in such a massive video. The gamme, of course, also contains just an endless train of other puns and other wordplay. It's insane just how much love and passion was put into the writing for this game's every line.
The Pitchfork sniper rifle is a reference to Randy Pitchford, with its skin even having the suits of a deck of cards, often being related to magic
52:15 and also gives a weapon called... little evie... named after the injectable plasmids... eves... which has a special that lowers cooldown of action skill.
Fun thing with ain't no rest for the wicked, Michael Mamaril will sometimes be heard humming the song as well!
In borderlands 3 when you hijack any vehicle there's a chance of the enemy doing the wilhelm scream
"Are we having fun yet" is actually a quote from the comic strip "Zippy the Pinhead" - It was only quoted in "Party Down"
Zer0’s Green eyed monster skin could be a reference to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, where Iago refers to jealousy as the green eyed monster
Rakkman also drops the gunnerang pistol which works like a tediore on reload except that the gun comes back to you. This is a reference to batman's batarang.
I'm not sure if it's a reference to paradise lost but in the commander Lilith dlc there's a mission called paradise found although it could just be talking about hecter's "paradise gas"
Axton’s scurvy dog head is a reference to jack sparrow from pirates of the Caribbean .
10:40 you forgot the relic dropped in the fight for sanctuary called winter is here
Would love a video on all the references in Borderlands 1!
On Pandora by that base Lilith hangs out by there's is a big trapezoid shaped building which is a reference to one of the halo games I think reach
52:05 you forgot about the little evie witch can be given by little sis if you don't damage her but kill bubbles.
When you played the audio for the hitchhikers guide I heard a scooby doo impression too
41:00 Speed
Speed is a 1994 American action film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. Its story revolves around a bus that is rigged by a terrorist to explode if its speed falls below 50 miles per hour. not ever thing is a blood reference to the simsons
I think there's also an achievement for killing the turtles in order in which they're introduced in the '87 theme song.
Glad this game still ain't dead honestly, probably one of the best looter shooters designed to this day.
It's Still My Favourite Looter Shooter 9 Years After I Started Playing It!
I hope lfx tou do swe this but I would like mention that for the legendary bandot rifle "The Madhouse" is a refrence to the Anthrax house known as madhouse with the text also alluding to if with it sayinf "it's a madhouse, madhous"
Ive been playing borderlands games with my dad for *_YEAAARRSS_*
and Ive somehow NEVER noticed...
theres a Kreig head where he tapes a fucking chicken to his head?
Also there is a meme refrence in opotrunity somewhere you can a holo board thingy where it's writtem dee's nuts
In the Woddlegobbler DLC, there's an oven in the kitchen area that has a blue Cristal in it, a reference to Breaking Bad.
In the Tina DLC, there's a side quest that has three characters you kill called Sir Boil, Sir Mash, and Sir Stew. A reference to a Lord of the Rings line by Samwise that goes something like, "Potatoes! Boil 'em. Mash 'em. Stick 'em in a stew."
perfect second monitor content while playing through the story on a new character
New mic settings are good
@@carryme5772a true borderlands fan 💪
It may just be me but I feel like the reference at 37:34 is actually about the song ‘rollin’ by Limp Bizkit
19:42 while it is a reference to The day the earth stood still, I believe Gaige says it as a reference to Army of darkness
I’m surprised you’re brave enough to include “Fuck yo couch” in all of its uncensored beauty.
THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
Krig is literally a walking reference 😂
Im sure im not the first one to point it out but 37:33 is a reference to Limp Bizkit
Bro I’m thinking the same thing
"In the hall of the mountain king" has been out of copyright for more than a century. It's a very old opera.
Heck, Peter Lorre's character in Fritz Lang's original "M" (in the 1930s) whistles it all the time. It was written in 1875, for crying out loud. Totally public domain.
I kinda missed the crash bandicoot reference in the video games section, because some speakers in the game have the lightning on them, just like the crates in Crash.
dirty harry had a 357 magnum. that's why the spread is 3, then 5, then 7 pellets
You forgot about the "Fake Geek Guy Side Quest" is also a big AF reference of the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" movie.