Infiltrating the Airship/References

This is a list of pop culture references from Infiltrating the Airship.


 * In the remastered version of Infiltrating the Airship during the Pure Blooded Thief route, a golden gun can be seen in the vault. It can also be seen when Jaques Kensington is equipped with it in Completing the Mission. This is a reference to the movie The Man with the Golden Gun.
 * "You're a bender, Harry -Gandalf" is the Metal Bend fail message in Infiltrating the Airship and it is a parody of the quote "You're a wizard, Harry" said by the character Hagrid. Metal Bend's true origin is the Bending Arts from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, Henry uses Zero-Point Energy in a failed attempt to steal a safe from the Toppat Airship; the Zero-Point Energy is a reference to Syndrome's gadget to immobilize and capture the Incredibles, particularly Mr. Incredible.
 * The Mary Poppins song "Spoonful of Sugar" is referenced in the Umbrella fail screen in Infiltrating the Airship.
 * During the Ninja Star option from Infiltrating the Airship, Henry misses Handsome Harold from a very short distance, after which the fail message says "You missed! How could you miss?! He was three feet in front of you!", which is a line from that movie spoken by Mushu.
 * The fail message of Remote Access in the original version of Infiltrating the Airship (Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the JAM!) has taken directly from the intro of the movie Space Jam.
 * During the Parachute fail in Infiltrating the Airship, the word "Butterfingers" is shown. The audio clip resulting from moving the mouse over to said quote, was taken directly from Spider-Man 2, when Doctor Octopus drops Aunt May from his tentacles and nonchalantly says "Butterfingers" to mock Spider-Man.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, when Henry chooses the Stretch'um Chewies and gets his hand stuck in a set of gears, the fail screen shows "That really grinds my gears," a memetic quote from Family Guy.
 * Hank Hill is one of the characters from the series King of the Hill, and one of his quotes and his name appears in the game after the Propane Tank fail sequence in Infiltrating the Airship. The quote is "I sell propane and propane accessories."
 * A Magic Pencil appears in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Frankendoodle", and is an option in Infiltrating the Airship and the laser-cut option fail quote is a meme from the episode Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm.
 * The Techno Trousers (Robo Pants in remastered version) from the Wallace & Gromit film The Wrong Trousers are an option.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship during the Pure Blooded Thief pathway, Henry consumes the Stretch Chewies to be able to stretch his arm in an attempt to cross a gap. This is a reference to the Gomu Gomu no Mi from One Piece, a Devil Fruit which granted the body of the protagonist Monkey D. Luffy rubber-like properties, such as being able to stretch and bend his body as easily as rubber.
 * Felix White's calling card can be seen with the picture of the "cake" smuggled in for Henry.
 * An Among Us sound effect is heard in ‘Rapidly Promoted Executive’ in Infiltrating the Airship when Reginald Copperbottom attempts to swipe his keycard to open the door to the cockpit for the airship.
 * The Clawpack looks like Kazooie and the fail screen mistakes it for a bird.
 * A bomb just like the ones in Bomberman is seen in the grapple option in Infiltrating the Airship.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, flashbang is an option, and "Fire in the hole!" is an audio file directly extracted from the game Counter-Strike.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, the Golden Banana that appears in the Banana Bomb fail screen is a reference to Donkey Kong 64. Also, when you click on the "OOH, BANANA" text, a banana that has the Nintendo 64 logo on it.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, in the "Wizard Magic" fail, it says rolled a 1, which is a reference to the fact that in Dungeons and Dragons if you roll a 1, it's a guaranteed fail.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, a guard quote from The Elder Scrolls can be seen on a fail screen.
 * When Henry escapes from falling airship in Infiltrating the Airship, he uses the power armor from Fallout games.
 * When Henry battles the Right Hand Man in Infiltrating the Airship and chooses Dirk, the same interface and Sound effects as the Final Fantasy VI NES/SNES is shown. While battling the Right Hand Man, a remix of the boss theme "The Decisive Battle" plays.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, using a smudged CD in one of the endings loads G.A.B.E.N. (which is the nickname of Gabe Newell, founder of the Valve corporation that made Half-Life series) and then HL3 fails to load.
 * In the remastered version of Infiltrating the Airship, an Elite Energy Sword from Halo can be found in the vault of the Airship.
 * "Allan please add details" is a message seen in one of the fails in the original version of Infiltrating the Airship. It's a reference to Hitman: Blood Money, where a developer working on the game wanted someone called Allan to add a description to an item, but he did not, and that line later remained in the completed product. This fail message is replaced in the remastered version.
 * The Biggoron Sword (renamed as "Biggol Sword" in THSC) appears as secret medal in Infiltrating the Airship.
 * There is a warp option in Infiltrating the Airship that is the same as the game. It also shows a LEGO brick in the option screen.
 * The Mario green shell is an option in Infiltrating the Airship.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship, Earpiece Option, the part where Charles said that he hacked into the power grid, and asked what he should do, the interface of choices is identical to that of Mass Effect.
 * The Metal Gear Solid call sound effect can be heard in the first option screen in the legacy version.
 * When you choose "Hang-Glider," in PilotWings, one of the jingles can be heard.
 * The folder from the Computer scene in Infiltrating the Airship during Pure Blooded Thief route is named "RPG Maker 1998".
 * During the PBT ending in Infiltrating the Airship, if you choose the computer option, Henry will find a game called Civ_V and plays it for several hours until he gets caught by a Toppat member. The fail quote is a reference to the just one more turn meme.
 * In the Government Supported Private Investigator route, a Tails robot is used to cross a gap. In the Relentless Bounty Hunter/Rapidly Promoted Executive route, the Cannon Ball stays in place before rolling, similar to the spin dash (in the original, the sound effect was used).
 * The Star Fox call sound effect can be heard.
 * Ken can be seen using a Shoryuken against Ryu during the desert battle during Pure Blooded Thief.
 * The fighter, Captain Falcon, can perform moves Falcon Punch and Falcon Kick which also can be done by Henry in Infiltrating the Airship, Stealing the Diamond, Fleeing the Complex, and Completing the Mission.
 * In Infiltrating the Airship numerous TF2 references are made:
 * In remastered version, a picture of Derp Scout can be seen in the Airship vault during Pure Blooded Thief route. A red hat can also be found near the picture similar to the Stout Shako in TF2.
 * In Rapidly Promoted Executive ending, A TF2.exe icon appears on desktop and a Scout appears when it's clicked.
 * Reginald Copperbottom's stacked hats may have referenced the Noble Amassment of Hats, a cosmetic item in TF2.
 * Soldier's rocket launcher is used to rocket jump in Rapidly Promoted Executive/Relentless Bounty Hunter route.
 * Several Team Fortress 2 in-game sound effects can be found throughout the game, such as a critical hit (with the corresponding visual) when using a missile against the helicopter. The crit sound effect is only heard in the original version.
 * Charles can fire the banana bomb, which is one of the weapons from the Worms series. There are also some sound effects from these games.
 * Shoop da Whoop appears as the sun when clicked on during the credits of the Relentless Bounty Hunter route.
 * The tank which Henry drives in Infiltrating the Airship and Completing the Mission is the symbol of Newgrounds company.
 * Discs that Wilson can use to solve the chaos have TDK logo on them, same as the logo of the real life Japanese electronics corporation.