In spite ofRevenge of the Savage Planet’s pretty dire scenario, the game is consistently lighthearted, and characterized by a wink-wink nudge-nudge sense of humour. Nowhere can this be better recognized than the litany of Easter eggs and hidden references that can be spotted if you keep your eyes peeled.
While most of these can be found in the scanner entries, thanks to just how many of them there are, there are other references that are more hidden in plain sight. Out of the massive selection of hidden details in Savage Planet, which are the best?
11Danny Devito?
A Greasy Lambet In These Trying Times
Danny DeVito’s iconic character of Frank from Always Sunny In Philadelphia is the source of some of the most hilarious and iconic lines from the entire show, and arguably one of his best moments comes in the form of offering an egg to a distressed taxi passenger “in these trying times”.
Really putting the egg in Easter egg, references to Always Sunny In Philadelphia are definitely a rarity in gaming. That’s why finding a direct reference to this quote hidden away in the scanner description for the Greasy Lambet is such a pleasant surprise.
10Classic Zelda Cracked Wall
Unlock The Bomb Bag First
While it appeared inother video game seriesbefore it, the Legend of Zelda series is arguably most synonymous with the obviously breakable wall trope in gaming. Entries like Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask in particular are well-known for their secrets hiding in plain sight, waiting for you to unlock the bomb bag and return once you can explode the crumbling surface.
Revenge of the Savage Planet features an almost identical system with its cracked walls, and in their scanner entry, they reference just how common the trope is.
9The Pixar Tree
Elasatigirl Who?
In recent years, eagle-eyed fans of Pixar animations have noticed that the animation giant has a certain tendency when it comes to designing the mothers that appear in their movies.
Elastigirl is the most well-known example of Pixar’s curvaceous character designs, and this choice is bluntly referenced in Savage Planet. Found in the scanner menu, the description for the particularly thick-trunked Ingens Genae is labeled the “Pixar mom of trees”.
8Are You Not Entertained?
Cyber Babutt Wants To Know
While most of the Easter eggs in games tend to make some kind of sense, others can be a bit of a stretch when it comes to making a logical connection. Revenge of the Savage Planet has some perfect examples of this, with just how randomsome of the scanner entriescan be.
The description for the genetically-engineered Cyber Babutt reads “Are You Not Entertained?” a reference to Russell Crowe’s iconic line from Gladiator. The context for this line in the movie, and how it’s used to describe the Cyber Babutt feels, almost entirely, disconnected. But who knows, maybe the scanner author of Savage Planet knows something about the Babutt that we don’t?
7Piranha Plant Joins The Battle
Arid Maw’s Style Inspo
It’s no wonder that Nintendo’s Italian Plumber continues to make waves in video games, thanks to just how many iconic designs are sourced from the Mario franchise. It’s to the point that even random enemies of Mario’s are iconic, with the Piranha Plant getting to the point of justifying a place on the Smash Roster.
The carnivorous plant is so recognizable that its design is directly referenced with the relatively familiar Arid Maw. The scanner entry for the plant mentions that perhaps the Maw should be housed in a green pipe, a reference to the standard hiding place of the Piranha Plant.
6My Little Puffer
Intergalactic Brony Bait
Arguably, one of the most persistently popular toy brands, for decades at this point, is My Little Pony. Thanks to constant new generations of toys and cross-marketing cartoons, the multicoloured magical ponies have become cultural staples for multiple generations.
Because of that, once any fantasy creature has a garish enough colour scheme, and doubly so if they’re even relatively horse-shaped, it’s seen as a call-back to the Ponys. Revenge of the Savage Planet goes a step further, with the scanner entry for the Lurid Striped Puffer (a creature literally filled with explosive rainbows), mentioning that it looks like a ‘My Little Puffer’ doll.
5The Reddit Bug
Arfallo’s Browsing Habits
The scanner entries for Revenge of the Savage Planet often beg the question of just how much of the real world has bled into the Savage Planet universe. Is the scanner author supposed to be an in-universe entity, or a real-world commentator on the flora and fauna of the game?
Nothing makes this question as pressing as the description of the Arfallo. The bug is described as being a frequenter of the popular forum-hosting site, Reddit (you might have heard of it). Does Reddit exist in Revenge of the Savage Planet? If so, why aren’t there in-universe forums to browse on the in-base computer? We need answers, Raccoon Logic!
4Floridaman In Space
Alpha Sluggator, The Chaotic Swamp-Dweller
No online phenomenon is as understandable as the elusive Floridaman. There seems to be something in the water in this state, in particular, that makes certain citizens get into the most bizarre situations, and end up listed as a Florida man in the forthcoming news headlines.
Because of this, the Floridaman has become a running joke in various corners of the internet, to the point that it shows up in Revenge of the Savage Planet. The grotesque Alpha Sluggator is listed as the sister of the Floridaman. Whether this is a true genetic connection, we’ll never know.
3Classic Recovery
Is Mario In The Spacesuit?
One of the mostpowerful upgrades to unlockas soon as possible in Savage Planet is the Fall Damage Nullification. There are some pretty gnarly falls possible thanks to just how vertical some of the areas are, so removing any chance of fall damage makes traversal a lot less risky.
Revenge of the Savage Planet has some great attention to detail with its animations, and once you have this upgrade, the main character has a few unique moves for recovering from rough falls. One features the main character crumpling to the floor, and then leaping back up with a knee-raised and a fist in the air, very similar to Mario’s iconic jump pose.
2Pentaforce Fetch Quest
Wind Waker Flashbacks
Some tropes are so commonplace in games that when they appear, it feels less like a parody and just par for the course. In the last hours of Revenge of the Savage Planet, you’ll be tasked with gathering the five triangular pieces of the Pentaforce to form a key.
This can easily wash over you if you’re not paying close attention, but after it clicks, this is an egregiously obvious reference to the Legend of Zelda’s Triforce. The quest to recover each of the pieces in previously explored locations in the last act of the game in particular feels like a direct nod to Wind Waker, with a very similar mission before that game’s finale.
