Editing Popular Culture References (section)

== 2001 ==
* In the January 2001 patch, [[Now In This Hush]], [[Ulgrim the Unpleasant]] said the following quote that is a reference to the 1999 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense The Sixth Sense]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSNyiSetZ8Y YouTube Video]
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I see Virindi people."</font>

* In the June 2001 patch ( [[Chains of Command]] ), there were new items with a new quest that involved towels, a Guidebook, and texts that were tributes to Douglas Adams who had died the previous month (May 11, 2001).  The towels, Guidebook, and certain words chosen in various texts were references to Adams' popular novel series: ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.

* In the November 2001 patch, [[The Gathering Storm]], [[Ulgrim the Unpleasant]] thinks about setting some lyrics to music that mirror the song "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Always_Get_What_You_Want You Can't Always Get What You Want]" by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones Rolling Stones].
:<font color=green>You give Ulgrim the Unpleasant Stout.</font><br>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You cannot always acquire what you desire.  You cannot always acquire what you desire.  But if you attempt it occasionally, you potentially could discover, that you acquire what you require.  I'm thinking of setting it to music."</font><br>

* In the November 2001 patch, [[The Gathering Storm]], and just before the release of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Ulgrim the Unpleasant would sometimes say: {{tell|"Give me any rings you don't want. I've been collecting them ever since I found one near the water the other day."}}. This is a reference to how The One Ring from The Lord of the Rings was lost and then found again in a river.

* In October 2001, prior to the release of Dark Majesty, the article [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/Queen in the Storm|Queen in the Storm]] was released. This piece contains the line, ''"Strange wizards hiding away in towers distributing arrows is no way to inherit the divine right of kings!"'' which is a reference to the line, ''"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."'' from the film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.