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=== Movies ===
=== Movies ===
At the beginning of the third part of [[the Fairy Council]], when [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] are looking for [[André]] and [[Globox]], [[Murfy]] tells [[Rayman]] to hurry or else "[[André|he]]'ll start telling everyone he's your father!". This is a reference to the famous scene from the film, ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'', in which the villain, Darth Vader, reveals to the hero, Luke Skywalker, that he is his father.
At the beginning of the third part of [[the Fairy Council]], when [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] are looking for [[André]] and [[Globox]], [[Murfy]] tells [[Rayman]] to hurry or else "[[André|he]]'ll start telling everyone he's your father!". This is a reference to the famous scene from the film, ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'', in which the villain, Darth Vader, reveals to the hero, Luke Skywalker, that he is his father.
Globox´s quote "Unidentified flying object from a galaxy far far away" references the opening of the movie Star Wars (Star Wars Episode 4: A new hope), which opens with "A galacy far far away".
Globox states "Bibbidi bobbidi boo" by Globox and "Prince Charming" by Begoniax are references to the movie by Disney called Cinderella.
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a reference to the eponymous character from the movie "Mary Poppins":


=== TV Shows ===
=== TV Shows ===
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=== Books ===
=== Books ===
The game contains intentional references to the comic book series ''Bone'' by Jeff Smith, the books of L'Ursula Le Guin and to Hayao Miyazaki's movies (''Princess Mononoke'', ''Totoro'', etc.).<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 4 - ''Rayman 3 : Hoodlum Havoc'', [[Rayman]] without [[Michel Ancel]]</ref>
The game contains intentional references to the comic book series ''Bone'' by Jeff Smith, the books of L'Ursula Le Guin and to Hayao Miyazaki's movies (''Princess Mononoke'', ''Totoro'', etc.).<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 4 - ''Rayman 3 : Hoodlum Havoc'', [[Rayman]] without [[Michel Ancel]]</ref>
"Open sesame" by Globox is a reference to the tale "Ali baba and his forty thieves" in "1001 nights".
"Cthulhu r'lyeh fhtagn" is a reference to Howard Philips Lovecraft.
"Abracadabra" is a reference to Houdini.
"Make him eat his hood!" is a reference to how Uncle Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold challenges each other to eat their own hats if the lose in Carl Barks comics.
"Little League game!" is a reference to a sports-competition in the US with the same name.
"I will serve you Rayman's head on a platter" by André is a reference to how during the French Revolution they literally and metaphorically served the heads of the enemies, and the expression has since become integrated into language.
"I came, I saw, I kicked some butt." is a parody of Julius Ceasar´s famous quote "I came, I saw, I won".
"Buffalo Bill" is a reference to the cowboy with the same name.


==Reception==
==Reception==