We here at TheParanoidGamer have rounded up just a few of the Easter eggs found in Duke Nukem Forever. These include the recent ones of Halo and Dead Space and along with plenty of other new ones. The game pokes fun at others such as Gears of War, Mario, Call of Duty and even some movie films. It is said the game has over 300 Easter eggs, so this is just scratching the surface if that is true. Hit the jump to see which ones you might have missed.
Call of Duty:
This is the ending of the game. A nuke goes off and then it goes into a COD MW glode map view. This is no doubt a parody of the Nuke Explosion from Modern Warfare 1. Duke Comments on how the ending was “Shit” this of course is referring to Nuke Modern Warfare scene.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZlejpfXMUU
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svKoyGAY30I&feature=channel_video_title
Duke Vs. GearBox:
A level is filled with a bunch of gears rotating in a boiler room. Duke goal is to get to the top of the level to advance on. However in doing so, he causes all the gears to overheat and break down. No doubt that the next thing he says is actually geared towards GearBox.
“Duke 1 Gears 0”
Gears of War:
Also before the Halo Armor find, there is a EDF Character who who resembles Marcus Fenix cursing a lot and saying how he had to helped his friend find his wife. Fans familiar with Gears of war will know exactly what that means (Marcus helping Dom).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_zyZsk35AU
Halo and Dead Space:
“Power Armor is for P###y” -Halo
“Thats one dead space Marine” -Dead Space
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe1hz8C62qQ&feature=channel_video_title
Fallout and Princess Bride (Phrase):
In the garden level, while Duke is shrunken, he makes a reference from Fallout (which came from Princess Bride) about rats being Unusual Size.
Christian Bale Freak-out:
Another fun Easter egg that might have been missed. During the talk show there is an actor who is freaking out at his assistant. No doubt that this is a reference to Christian Bale Freak-out with his assistant.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKWYScWqEAk
World of WarCraft: LeeRoy Jenkins:
Another one that people should be familiar with is the LeeRoy Jenkins reference from World of WarCraft.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYifHBssi9Q&feature=relmfu
Original : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU
Bioshock 1:
“Dear Jasmine,
I’m you Not
Me, get lost!!
Love,
Big Daddy”
Jasmine is an exotic dancer in Bioshock 1
http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Jasmine_Jolene
Lost (TV Series):
During the Casino scene, when you are shrunk, on the roulette table there are references to the numbers that keep occuring in the TV series Lost. “4 8 15 16 23 42”
300 (Movie) (Phrase):
“Tonight we dine in hell” Duke says this a few times throughout the game, which is a reference from the Movie 300.
Team America (Movie)(Phrase):
On the mission where duke must reach the dam he encounters the General. The General explains to him how the president has lost grip on reality and that America is counting on him.
Duke then begins to sing “America F##k yeah!!” Song from Team America.
Donkey Kong:
After you have defeated the leech boss, you must escape the building that is getting ready to explode. Upon escaping you reach a spiral staircase with red barrels coming down. This is all to familiar with the popular Donkey Kong game. When you reach the top of the staircase you are confronted by a Pigcop. Duke then proceeds to say
“I was expecting a Monkey”
Duke Nukem Forever Secret Lesbian Sex Scene Easter Egg:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19MWZr9YyvQ&feature=channel_video_title
Mortal Kombat (Phrase):
“Duke Wins. Fatality!”
Trophies:
Shadow warrior:
There is an achievement/trophy called “sticky bomb like you”. This is a reference to Shadow Warrior.
“Lo Wang was here” written in a garage in the Mighty Foot level.
In the Titty City level when you get inside Duke’s private office there’s a Chinese food box with the Shadow Warrior logo and it says “Lo Wang’s Takeout”
Duke Angry, Duke Smash!:
Of course this is The Hulk.
Commando (Movie Phrase)
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When duke kills an alien, sometimes he says : “Remember when I said I would kill you last? I lied.”
Total Recall (Movie Phrase):
When using the Holoduke: “You think this is the real me? It is!”
Inception (Movie):
When Duke has a dream there is a reference in the Strip Club to the movie Inception
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6FMhDHNkBc
Duke Nukem Ventrilo Harassment video
When you first face off the flying Fat Pigcop Alein in the Casino, Duke says “I’m going to kill you old style!”. This is from Duke Nukem Ventrilo Harassment Video
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3KdcTgrno
The Shinning (Movie):
Looking at the reflection in one of the bathroom mirror you’ll notice the words being reflected spell “Murder” This is a reference to the Movie The Shinning.
Killroy/Mr. Chad Was here:
A popular World drawing is also seen in the game bathroom stall.
Popular FAQ Help:
GearBox makes fun of those who used the FAQS for help.
Monty Python:
Final words before the writer died “aaaaaaagh”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfowXTXOfU
Half-Life/Valve (Phrase):
When Duke is knocking down wooden boards he says “A crowbar would come in handy right now”
Also: “I hate valve puzzles” area where you have to solve a puzzle to do with moving valves and getting the steam to go in the correct place.
Predator (Movie Phrase):when you fight the boss near the end of the Duke Dome Duke says “You’re one ugly ************”
“Yeah, if it bleeds, I can kill it!”
Portal: The Cake is a Lie/Campanion Cube (Phrase): when the stripper talks to you in Titty City she says that there will be cake. And also there is a Companion Barrel in the game.
find the companion barrel, put it on the blue heart, and a door opens with a full loadout of weapons with a message saying “Have some cake!”.
Borderlands: You can find the head of the guy on the cover in the submarine level. “At least he got an ending!”
Robocop – When Duke breaks open a supply crate and finds something useful inside such as a pipe bomb he will say “I’d buy that for a dollar”. In Robocop Bixby Snyder craeted this memorable quote.
The Simpson: On all the Register it says “847.63”
Familiar?
Starship Troopers reference: “I’m from Las Vegas, and I say: kill’em all”. Rico quote.
Frogger:
Not to sure on this, but it looks like a squashed frog.
Just fouund one in the level before you fight the alien bitch. It was an easter egg from Dead Space. You can see a dead soldier with his head ripped off with a mask that is clearly the from the Dead Space suit.
Cheers for this list, I have found a couple more of them myself.
Another I noticed is a song reference, in the same bathroom with the ‘Redrum’ word is ‘Jenny 867-5309’ scribbled over the urinals, a reference to the song of the same name.
There is also a reference to one of the famous GI JOE PSA parodies, when Duke kills a pigcop he sometimes says ‘Pork chop sandwiches’ in reference to the PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8
In the strip club, when you go to the ATM in the main room, the second time you click on it, there will be a message; “feed me a stray cat”, which is a reference to the American Psycho novel/film.
Go into the toilet in the strip club and on the wall there is a hole… Stick your d**k in it
Not sure if you would consider it a easter egg but when you use steroids it goes into the same view as when you berserk as Brick from Borderlands
I also found an easter egg
in the beginning of the game where Duke plays his own game, the soldiers are making a battle plan on the whiteboard.
One of them is going through the plan step by step, then he says “step three is … er…”
other soldier says: “profit?”
this is a reference to the south park episode “underpants gnomes”. the “step three: profit!” phrase has then become a meme
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I knew there was something odd about that
The “That’s one dead space marine quote” is actually from the original Duke Nukem 3D game for PC and was originally a parody of Doom not Dead Space. They brought the quote back exactly in forever but made it look like it was referring specifically to Dead Space as opposed to Doom.
Nope i’m pretty sure Its Dead Space. Helmet is from Dead Space.
And the one from [ast Duke title is this “That’s one DOOMED space Marine”
No it doesn’t. When you take steroids your melee attacks do more dammage, so why wouldnt your fists show up. if it was the same view itd have red around the screen like from borderlands. instead they used the duke nukem symbol.
anyway i have a egg to contribute.
On the level when you climb the duke burger tower, on one of the platforms you have to jump down onto, there are 3 frisbee’s on the ground showing Gearbox’s logo, 3D Realms logo and i forgot the other ones name.
i believe the other guy is right tho, in dead space there are no “space marines”, there are in doom. just saying. I believe that 3D realms is making fun of halo because of how similar the halo and doom suits look.
The “Thats one dead space Marine” is a reference to Quake and/or Doom. not dead space. the same quote was in Duke Nukem 3d in the 3rd level!
hey just so you know there was a game before halo that used and armored green chest peice and helmet, it was called doom, chech out a picture of the main character of the game, and that wouldn’t be the first time a duke nukem ga,e referenced Doom.
I think he says “Tonight, YOU dine in hell,” for the 300 reference.
I know the killroy drawing is world famous, but I think it was mainly there because it was a collectible thing in Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway, a game that was also developed by GearBox.
yeah possible. Also found it in portal 2, which i thought was funny.
In the very first scene when you’re in the bathroom, go to the first toilet stall and there is a turd floating in the bowl which you can Graf and throw. When you throw it, it will leave splat marks where it hits.
In control options there is a set of controls called “duty calls”, and it’s the same control mapping as the call of duty games. Call of duty reference.
Grappling off the dam: reference to James bond movie?
When you are in the desert with tthe big truck , you must find the crashed ship that leds you there, you will find a reference of the movie “MAD MAX” the ir a corpse with a boomerang in his head.
Not really a reference to anything but the first, squid baby thing that pops out one of the twins is wearing sunglasses, like Duke; its best to have it slowed down because its devilish to see it otherwise.