Stealing the Diamond/References

This is a list of pop culture references in Stealing the Diamond.


 * A picture of Leonidas I from the movie 300 can be seen during Medieval Section QTE.
 * A picture of Bruno Ganz' portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2004 movie Downfall can be seen in the WWII section of the museum.
 * The memetic "Wilhelm Scream" can be heard during the Epic Way (flash version only).
 * During the "Intruder on a Scooter" route, one of the guards in the first choice screen is named Billy Barnes, which is a reference to the character in The Punisher.
 * A picture of Painty the Pirate can be seen.
 * Corporal Bill Bullet says "It's over 9!", a parody of the memetic Vegeta quote "It's over 9000!".
 * The worm uses Dio Brando's "WRYYY!!!" sound effect from Heritage For the Future.
 * Joseph Jo’s name is a reference to Joseph Joestar.
 * A picture of Hatty Hattington can be seen during Intruder on a Scooter.
 * One of the fails involves a Tactical Nuke, a rather infamous killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that requires 25 kills, in most situations gained by lucky camping, hence the fail description.
 * A helmet of Red, Blue, Orange and Green Knight can be seen during the Medieval Section QTE.
 * When the police chase Henry, you can find stars just like in GTA.
 * A crowbar appears that spawns headcrabs afterward. The machine ambience for the Center for Chaos Containment is taken from Half-Life.
 * When the police chase Henry, you have an option to choose the sticky grenade. The only grenades that are blue and have a blue explosion are from Halo.
 * In the helicopter scene, the Sniper from the 2007 game Team Fortress 2 can be seen.
 * A picture of King Harkinan can be seen during Medieval Section QTE.
 * Three musical instruments from the Zelda saga are on display, specifically in the Retro Room. Amongst these instruments, there is Ocarina of Time from Ocarina of Time, the Wind Waker from The Wind Waker, and finally, the Spirit Flute from Spirit Tracks.
 * The super mushroom from Mario makes Henry bigger. There is also Luigi's portrait, Goomba posters from Super Mario 64, and a Koopa shell in the same room.
 * In the portrait where Luigi appears, he's making a reference to Hotel Mario's intro.
 * Henry attempts to command a Metroid to attack Tim and Joe, guards at the museum, but instead, it attaches itself to Henry's head and eats it.
 * As Henry uses a pickaxe, the Creeper comes up to Henry. The wall breaks in many cubes.
 * The Liquidificator fail involves Henry holding a piece of paper without moving at all, just like Klaymen used to read letters in nursery's basement. It even uses the same musical tone, Pulling of the Pin.
 * One of the fails are Jumble Hoppers, which are named after the character Jumble Hopper. In the legacy version, it also uses the music from the game PilotWings 64.
 * Goodball appears as an option. When the player chooses it, a Pokémon inspired battle scene begins. The Pokémon Missing.no is a glitch Pokémon found on early releases of Pokemon Red/Blue that just appears as lines of code, even though the glitch is actually called MissingNo.
 * Henry uses a Portal Gun and fires it to diamond and on the ceiling, which then crashes on his bridge and leads to fail.
 * For the remastered version, it's changed to a Wormhole Gun.
 * 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.
 * A picture of Heavy Pootis can be seen during "Intruder on a Scooter" route.
 * The 2016 meme Dat Boi appears on a painting in the remastered version.
 * The "LOLWUT Pear" meme appears on a painting. This was changed to LOLWUT Apple in the remaster.
 * Shoop da Whoop appears as the satellite used by the Center for Chaos Containment in the Just Plain Epic route.
 * A monitor with a "SimSong" brand can be seen at the opening cutscene of the remastered version of Stealing the Diamond and "Free Man" route in Completing the Mission.
 * The "BUNP" medal (as well as the achievement description and fail text) is a reference to the first instillment of the webcomic Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. It also features Hella Jeff's iconic expression from the comic as the badge icon.
 * “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, a 1971 song by The Who, is briefly heard in the CCC Central Branch. This was removed in the remastered version to avoid copyright, and replaced with a stock sound effect of a laugh track.