Easter Eggs Abound! Gaming References Hidden in Hearthstone
All across Hearthstone, from gameboards to flavor text, sharp-eyed players will notice a plethora of pop culture references. Hidden among the cards, you can find nods to Star Wars, Spongebob, Harry Potter, and more. For us gamers, the ones that stand out the most are, of course, gaming references. Read on to see which hidden gaming treasures we found, and be sure to let us know what your favorite easter eggs are in the comments below!
#1: Mirror Entity
This card references the Portal series in a few ways. Of course there are the signature orange and blue portals, but if you look closely you can see a symbol on his sleeve that looks an awful lot like the Aperature Science logo. While you’re at it, check out his companion cube necklace. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I was promised some cake.
#2: Cobalt Guardian
When the Cobalt Guardian meets its demise it can be heard saying “Error 37” which is a reference to Diablo III’s infamous error which plagued users at its launch. The error message itself told players the "servers are busy at this time" and became the go-to response on forums when players encountered a problem with the game.
#3: Orsis Guard
While this isn’t actually a playable card (it’s a boss minion from The League of Explorers), you may have heard this card say “Someday, I’d love to be in Heroes of the Storm” when it was attacking you during your adventures.
#4: Gadgetzan Game Board
When the expansion Means Streets of Gadgetzan dropped it came with a game board loaded with references to none other than Blizzard’s own Overwatch. In the lower right corner of the board, the building for the Jade Lotus has a few references to the Shimada brothers, Genji and Hanzo. If you click on the katana stuck in the side of the building you’ll see it surrounded by the green dragon that signifies Genji’s ultimate ability, Dragonblade. On the other side of the building, you’ll find the projectile of choice for each brother: an arrow (for Hanzo) and a Shuriken (for Genji). Across in the other corner, if you’re lucky you might even fish up a Pachimari .Maybe the decorator for this board went shopping in Hanamura?
#5: Argent Horserider
Back to back references to Overwatch! Tracer fans will instantly recognize this card’s voice line when he’s summoned, “Don’t worry loves, the cavalry’s here!”
#6. Rattling Rascal
Referencing a very different kind of game, the flavor text on this card is a nod to the Dark Souls franchise. It reads: Don’t give up, skeleton! and refers to the messages players would leave for each other in Dark Souls.
#7. Infested Tauren
You know what we haven’t seen so far? A Starcraft reference! Let’s fix that with this card, which is a reference to the Infested Terran unit from that series.
#8. Evolving Spores
You wouldn’t know it just by looking at it, but this card actually references the Super Mario Bros. series. It’s flavor text reads: The most powerful mushrooms are commonly found in boxes marked with “?”
#9. On the Hunt
Some players might not be old enough to get the reference with this card, but us NES kids know that the flavor text, The mastiff giggles if you don’t hit any ducks, is a reference to the beloved classic Duck Hunt. Seriously though, that dog was rude.
#10. Blizzard
As a nod to itself, Blizzard wrote this for the flavor text for this card: This spell can be very Entertaining.
Bonus Section!
These cards feature pop culture references to famous franchises in their flavor text or voice lines:
- Harry Potter
- Jurassic Park
- Game of Thrones
And these are just a few! There are a ton more out there, can you find them? Show us what you’ve got in the comments below.
I'm sure it's been posted elsewhere, but I am too lazy to look that deep. but here are a few I know.
1. Doppelgangster is a pun on Doppelganger which means a look alike or body double.
2. Harrison Jones is obviously a nod to Harrison Ford and his iconic character and treasure hunter Indiana Jones.
3. Finkle Einhorn is a reference to the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
4. Sleepy Dragon is most likely a reference to The Hobbit and the treasure protecting dragon, Smaug.
5. Bloodworm's reference is to a leech. Which sucks blood from its prey to live. which is why it has lifesteal.
6. Dinosize's flavor text refers to the former practice of Supersizing a meal at Mcdonald's.
7. Kobold Monk's flavor text refers to The Matrix in which the young child under the supervision of the Oracle tells Neo, "there is no spoon."
8. Zola the Gorgon's flavor text and name refer to gorgonzola cheese.
9. Branching Path's flavor text refers to The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
Possibles:
1. Arfus's art looks like it was drawn in the style of a Patronus from the Harry Potter series.
2. Drain Soul looks like a reference to the Mortal Kombat series.
Professor Putricide is reference to Professor Hubert Farnsworth's from Futurama.
How is Argent Horserider a reference to Overwatch if TGT was released almost a year before Overwatch?
Silver Vanguard reference to Vi from League of Legends, both the armored gauntlets, and her attack quote : Punch first.
Renounce Darkness revealed by Forsen, is inspired by the Gachigasm emote on twitch
Favorite reference: Wild Pyromancer's flavor text: "BOOM BABY BOOM! BAD IS GOOD! DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT!"
It's from The Tick (comic book and animated TV series) character, The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight".
another obvious one - Fencing Coach "I am the dancing master". Syrio Forel from Game of Thrones.
yeah, obvious as fuck dude
Sorry if someone said it already (didn't go through all the pages) but cryomancer's flavor text references frozen when it says something along the lines of her liking frozen and then following up by saying who doesn't.
The rare first boss in the kobold dungeons, Bink the Burglar, makes an obscure reference to one of the earliest computer gaming franchises when you emote him, but I seriously doubt anyone under the age of 40 would get it.
There's more D&D references than I can count in Kobolds & Catacombs, but the most obvious one I can mention is from Kobold Apprentice. More specifically, its play quote. "I cast Arcane Missiles!". Any dedicated D&D player will recognize this, it's a bit of a meme with the wizard class, and the famous quote "I cast Magic Missile!"
There's a wild Ditto hiding in the spell book on the Karazhan arena :)
Eerie Statue references Weeping Angels from Doctor Who.
Flavor text:
"Don't blink! Don't turn your back, don't look away, and DON'T BLINK."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXLkWrBo7o
Also, can't attack if there are other minions "looking him".
Bone Drake flavortext references kelis - milkshake song
Fel Reaver flavortext is literally a meme
Twilight Flamecaller references "Light my Fire" by "The Doors" with his sentence- light my fire
How about the Spellstones being a reference to Diablo's Gemstones? I actually tried to start a thread about easter eggs but got no responses ):
Isn't The Skeleton Knight's flavor text a reference to the Black Knight from the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" movie, more than Game of Thrones?
The game of thrones references are on the voice lines (both play and attack)
Aluneth has a flavor reference to disney Aladin.
Weird reference here, but when you play Animal Companion against Kel'Thuzard it summons Mr. Bigglesworth, which is a reference to Austin Powers and Dr. Evil's freaky little bald cat, Mr. Bigglesworth