George Lucas
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The works of George Lucas, especially the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, have left a profund impact on filmmaking and pop culture.
References
- In Search of the Yello Dello — The Yello Dello's manner of eating is a reference to the LucasArts adventure game LOOM, in which a seagull eats a clam in the same way.
- Email Greeting Cards — Strong Bad's card for web cartoonists reads, "Thinking of you...And how terrible your stupid Star Wars spoofs are."
- Email morning routine — Strong Bad calls Strong Sad "Interruptor Jones".
- Email current status — The disk in the Floppy Disk Container reads "Loom".
- 3 Times Halloween Funjob — The photo of Credenza that appears in the introduction and during the seance resembles "Chuck the Plant" from various LucasArts Adventure Games.
- Additionally, in SBCG4AP, a plant named Charlemagne (a form of Charles) appears.
- Email lackey — The disk in the Floppy Disk Container reads "Maniac Mansion".
- Thy Dungeonman II — Ripburger is also the name of a character from the LucasArts game Full Throttle.
- Email montage — The "Where are they now" photos and text at the end of the email are a likely reference to the ending of the 1973 film American Graffiti, where it was first used
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — One of the fake options in the opening is, "I'm selling these fine leather jackets..." a quote from Indiana Jones PC games. Homestar mistakenly assumes that Bubs is dressed as Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
- Email secret identity — The disk in the Floppy Disk Container reads "sam and max", referring to the LucasArts game Sam & Max Hit the Road.
- Email myths and legends — One of the fence drawings is a TIE fighter.
- The Municipality — The logo is modeled after Darth Vader's mask.
- Email what I want — Strong Bad asks the sender, Talon Jendro, if George Lucas came up with his name. He also mentions that he came from a "computer-generated planet", in reference to the abundance of CGI effects in the Special Editions and Prequel Trilogy of Star Wars.
- Email hygiene — Gene employs THX special effects artists to operate a fake fire in his bedroom.
- Email pizza joint — In response to the lengthy name of "Strong Bad's Strong Badian Pizz—", The Ugly One (in a sarcophagus) declares "I belong in a museum!", in reference to the Indiana Jones film series.
- Email pet show — The disk in the Floppy Disk Container reads "Monkey Island".
- Strong Badia the Free — Using the glowstick on the katana will result in Strong Bad replying "Glowing swords used to be cool, until someone ruined my childhood", referring to both lightsabers and negative fan reaction to the Star Wars Special Edition and Prequel Trilogies.
- Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Strong Bad saying that the paintings in the office "belong in a museum!" is a reference to the Indiana Jones film series.
- Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque — The entire game is modeled after LucasArts adventure games.
- 8-Bit is Enough — When asking Strong Bad to help him find his lucky quarter, Homestar comments "I hear you're the best digger in Cairo", a modified quote from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Poker Night at the Inventory — Reginald Van Winslow from Tales of Monkey Island, the fifth game in LucasArts' Monkey Island series, developed by Telltale Games, appears in the game. Chieftan Beluga, the Merleader from the same game also appears in a portrait.
