"Previously Recorded" E3 2014 (TV Episode 2014)
Gameplay is shown- The cast play the video game and comment on it.
"The Gadget Show" Episode #20.14 (TV Episode 2014)
Clips from the video game are shown while the cast comment on it being Matt and Darren's #2 console game for Christmas.- Clips from the video game are shown while the cast comment on the pop culture reference resurrections.
"Outside Xbox" 7 Times You Died But Then You Got Better (TV Episode 2019)
Clips from the video game are shown while the cast comment on the time you got crushed.
"Hangin' with Dashie" Hangin' With Dashie at E3 2014! (TV Episode 2014)
Mentioned"Hangin' with Dashie" Hangin' With Dashie #28 (TV Episode 2014)
Cover art shown"Zero Punctuation" Top 5 Games of 2014 (TV Episode 2014)
Title dropped."The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Ben Stiller/Tim Gunn/Rixton (TV Episode 2015)
A poster of this video game is hanging in the Xbox Green Room- A poster for the video game is seen in the Xbox Green Room
- The Player rides a giant bottle of Overcharge through the air before it explodes on impact.
Dirty Harry (1971)
There's a weapon in the game called Dirty Harry.The Shining (1980)
Sometimes the scabs will taunt you by saying "C'mere, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm just going to bash your brains in"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
During the final story misison, Margaret tells the Player "We believe in you!" They respond with "This is Sunset Overdrive, not E.T."The Young Ones (TV Series 1982–1984)
The developers have said the show was an influence on Sunset Overdrive.
Risky Business (1983)
One of the respawn animations features your character imitating the "Old Time Rock and Roll" danceBeetlejuice (1988)
At the end of the game, when the character is supposed to be dead, he/she rises from the dead in a fashion that mimics BeetlejuiceMission: Impossible (1996)
One of the respawn animations mimics the famous cable hanging scene.Ringu (1998)
One of the respawn animations features your character coming out of a television screen, like Sadako Yamamura.Portal (Video Game 2007)
One of the respawn animations parodies the portal gun.
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