What are some of your favorite references (to pop culture, other games, etc) that you've found so far? I'm sure there's a lot and I'm curious as to what people have picked up on. So far, I've caught two of my favorite shows:

1) The guy working in the news stand in Sanctuary saying "There's always money in the news stand," a reference to the quote "There's always money in the Banana Stand" in Arrested Development.

2) Some random Psycho yelling "I am the one who knocks!" while charging at me, a direct quote from Walter White in season four of Breaking Bad.

The TMNT quest where you kill the 'Splinters' was pretty good. There's also a quest you get by killing a stalker, which drops a box for you to collect, in the Wildlife Preservation area with the quest description of ''What's in the booooooox?!''.

Also there's a neat callback to the original Borderlands, where if you return to where you fought Bloodwing, Mothrakk's offspring will show up. Which in itself is still a reference to Mothra, so it should still count :P

@ColdPhone said:

2) Some random Psycho yelling "I am the one who knocks!" while charging at me, a direct quote from Walter White in season four of Breaking Bad.

That! I loved that moment xD

The Turtles mission is fantastic.

Laney White and the Seven Midgets

Rakkman

I haven't played BL2 yet but I heard about the Minecraft one, that's pretty awesome.

It's either the Psychos occasionally reciting the entire first soliloquy from Hamlet, or the respawn terminal saying 'Rise from your grave!' occasionally when you respawn.

My favorite so far is the buzzards singing/humming flight of the valkyries whenever they're flying around. Makes me smile every time.

Rakkman had us cracking up.

@ColdPhone said:

2) Some random Psycho yelling "I am the one who knocks!" while charging at me, a direct quote from Walter White in season four of Breaking Bad.

That! I loved that moment xD

Rakkman was my favorite...and then on True Vault Hunter mode,

Rakkman Forever and the rakk adds that he spawns with onomotopeia.

Hilarious!

@Silvergun said:

It's either the Psychos occasionally reciting the entire first soliloquy from Hamlet, or the respawn terminal saying 'Rise from your grave!' occasionally when you respawn.

When I heard the respawn terminal say this it was doubly awesome, as I had an Altered Beast class mod equipped on my Gunzerker.

@Yummylee said:

The TMNT quest where you kill the 'Splinters' was pretty good.

@GunstarRed said:

The Turtles mission is fantastic.

I just did that, and it wasn't too amazing to my disappointment.. You just take

Also the fact that the god damned enemies respawn all the time INCLUDING THE MINI BOSS of that area made me totally hate that quest!

@AhmadMetallic: They don't say much, in fact they barely utter a sentence. But there's plenty of ''Woh, dude!'' and ''Radical!'' thrown in there during combat, which was enough for me. My funny bone left satisfied.

@AhmadMetallic: I guess it depends on how attached you were to TMNT. Get a pizza, go to the sewers, hear them speak all "whoa dude" on the speaker and then seeing all of their names (lee, ralph, mitch, dan) was enough to make me giggle like a child.

My favourite reference was the Good, the Bad and the Ugly reference. The Trexican Standoff on the third strike of the bell was pretty awesome.

I'm sure there is a ton more but I can't think of any right now.

I think someone already mentioned it but there is a a box that a stalker drops after you kill it and the description it says "WHATS IN THE BOX!?!" that made me crack up and throughout that mission I proceded to say that over and over again.

And then Bonehead 2.0 was also good

Loved the TMNT quest, and the skin you can get for Zer0. The badass creeper is pretty neat, too.

@GunstarRed said:

@AhmadMetallic: I guess it depends on how attached you were to TMNT. Get a pizza, go to the sewers, hear them speak all "whoa dude" on the speaker and then seeing all of their names (lee, ralph, mitch, dan) was enough to make me giggle like a child.

To be honest it took me a bit too long to notice that it's a TMNT reference so yeah I guess that one flew over my head since I wasn't into TMNT as a kid. I do remember the Whoa Dude part though!

holy balls i played through that whole tmnt quest without ever realizing the reference. @zombiebigfoot: How do you get that zer0 skin? I missed that too I guess.

Rakkman. He even does the thing that Batman does in Batman begins. The Trexican standoff was also awesome.

One of the guys in sanctuary said "You've got to take jack's face............OFF"

@ColdPhone said:

What are some of your favorite references (to pop culture, other games, etc) that you've found so far? I'm sure there's a lot and I'm curious as to what people have picked up on. So far, I've caught two of my favorite shows:

1) The guy working in the news stand in Sanctuary saying "There's always money in the news stand," a reference to the quote "There's always money in the Banana Stand" in Arrested Development.

2) Some random Psycho yelling "I am the one who knocks!" while charging at me, a direct quote from Walter White in season four of Breaking Bad.

I really want number 2 to happen to me now.

Totally the TMNT quest. Especially because the objective said to kill the "Splinter Group" which made me laugh out loud.

@bkbroiler: It was there when I started the game. I'm assuming it's because I still have my Borderlands save, but I dunno for sure.

@zombiebigfoot: Oh, interesting. Dang! Sounds like a cool skin.

*TMNT quest

* Top Gun quest

*goliath saying "Prepare for die!"

*mission saying "Whats in the boooooxxxxxx!"

I know there are more, but there is so much stuff that I can't think of them.

Played out reference that I laughed at anyway was some bad guy saying he was 2 days from retirement.

"Welcome to die!" and "I'm the one who knocks!" are my favorites. Especially "I'm the one who knocks", because it makes me imagine Vince Gilligan repaying the reference by writing a spinoff in which Walter and Claptrap team up and anger a Truxican cartel.

I just really dig all the crazy crap npc's and enemies (especially the psycho's) will yell at you. The random dialog is a lot funnier this time around. Quest wise it was definitely the top gun mission, when I played it in multiplayer the dude I co op with the most even has a iceman quote in his steam profile so of course we were throwing out one liners galore during the whole thing.

For me it were the 3 most obvious reverences of them all.

Kinda a late game spoiler.

Going back the the starting area of the first game and realising what it was, finding the secret claptrap still there and getting to him again, and looting the very first gun chest in the original game on top of the bus station.

"I blue myself" Salvadore skin.

Someone in Sanctuary says "Are we having fun yet?", which is a cute nod at Party Down.

@Yummylee said:

The TMNT quest where you kill the 'Splinters' was pretty good. There's also a quest you get by killing a stalker, which drops a box for you to collect, in the Wildlife Preservation area with the quest description of ''What's in the booooooox?!''.

Also there's a neat callback to the original Borderlands, where if you return to where you fought Bloodwing, Mothrakk's offspring will show up. Which in itself is still a reference to Mothra, so it should still count :P

It's crazy cause I did that TMNT quest and it completely didn't click with me. The sewers, the pizza, the hangout, the 4 doods. Seems so obvious now but in a way it's how I approach Borderlands - I've been trying to concentrate more on the quest descriptions but more often than not I just end up skimming it and then going to quest marker in order to kill everything there.

I loved the TMNT and Top Gun reference ofcourse. But i laughed out loud at the double rainbow reference.

What does it mean? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT DOES IT MEAN! Its so beautiful!

The title of the mission Rocko's Modern Strife. 

The Dark Souls reference with Solaire and the bonfire and everything is pretty awesome.

Most of the dialogue jokes are just meh though. Its like haha you know that meme too, great...

I liked the Top gun reference and the Good the Bad and the Ugly reference. Were the people you have the standoff with related to that movie any way? Like their names? Like how Loggins from the Top gun quest is obviously a reference to the musician Kenny Loggins.

The Top Gun quest was pretty fantastic, especially the NPC's name and line when you turn in the quest.

Random saying from an enemy when you kill him about hoping they bury him upside down, so his critics can kiss his ass (Bob Knight quote).

@Rayeth said:

The Dark Souls reference with Solaire and the bonfire and everything is pretty awesome.

Most of the dialogue jokes are just meh though. Its like haha you know that meme too, great...

Solaire and the bonfire? Where is this located?

Has there been a Lost reference yet?

@golguin:

It is in (spoliered for those who don't want to know)

@Rayeth said:

@golguin:

It is in (spoliered for those who don't want to know)

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

the Caustic Caverns waaay to the east past the Chrysalid named Blue.

You have to be able to cross some gnarly acid, and it is out there near a suspicious tree. I could do it as a Gunzerker, but I dunno about other classes.

I've seen some shields with corrosive resistance and immunity from other elements so that might be enough for a Siren like me. I also have some regenerative abilities in skills, but I haven't put points in them. I guess I'll try it later myself (saw youtube video).

Someone in Sanctuary says "Are we having fun yet?", which is a cute nod at Party Down.

Some random civilian in sanctuary wandered past me saying " Winter is Coming," Game of Thrones reference = WIN

Fuck it I am starting to channge my mind on my favourite.

Every time gunzerker goes: "Wakka-wakka-wakka-wakka" while gunzerker ing and killing enemies I enjoy hearing it more and more

It has been mentioned in this thread a lot, but I loved the TMNT quest for Tannis as well. It is the only time so far that I have turned off whatever I've been listening to or watching on the side because I had heard such great things about it.

The mission itself was kind of bland, but Tannis' dialogue was awesome. A lot of her VO was a reworking of the theme from the 90s cartoon, which brought back so many memories, and got me to laugh.

@tallTuck94 said:

My favourite reference was the Good, the Bad and the Ugly reference. The Trexican Standoff on the third strike of the bell was pretty awesome.

I'm sure there is a ton more but I can't think of any right now.

This is probably my favorite at the moment.. As soon as I hit the graveyard I was looking for Arch Stanton's grave

@AhmadMetallic said:

@ColdPhone said:

2) Some random Psycho yelling "I am the one who knocks!" while charging at me, a direct quote from Walter White in season four of Breaking Bad.

That! I loved that moment xD

I also agree. I was actually surprised when I heard it then I thought "Awesome!" As for the TMNT reference, I think it was pretty cool. I mean they can't put on a clip of them saying stuff from the series. Other than that, almost the entire Fyrestone area that makes a re-appearance. I love that they made a throwback to the first game. Nostalgia.

Oh and as previously mentioned The Good, The Bad and The Mordecai was awesome.