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| *The title of this location is a play on the expression "Son of a Bitch." | | *The title of this location is a play on the expression "Son of a Bitch." There was also a short-lived TV series by the name "[[IMDB:tt0235137|Son Of The Beach]]", which was produced by shock-jock Howard Stern. |
| *There was also a short-lived TV series by the name "[[IMDB:tt0235137|Son Of The Beach]]", which was produced by shock-jock Howard Stern.
| | *The Frog-lobster guys are a reference to the "lobstrosities" in Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three" from the Gunslinger series. They also borrow a lot from the Murlocs, of ''Warcraft'' fame. |
| *The Frog-lobster guys are a reference to the "lobstrosities" in Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three" from the Gunslinger series. | |
| *Dad-a-chick is also a reference to the "lobstrosities" in Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three", which was the sound that these creatures made (Dad-a-chick,Dad-a-chum). The "Missing Fingers" effect is also a reference to the book when Roland, the leading character, loses several right hand fingers to the creatures.
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| *The Wake-Up Call of Kermithulhu is a reference to both [http://www.hplovecraft.com H.P.Lovecraft's] "The Call of Cthulhu" and to [[Wikipedia:Kermit the Frog|Kermit the Frog]] of [[Wikipedia:The Muppets|Muppets]] fame.
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| *The Walking Stick Rebellion is a reference to The Caine Mutiny, a novel by Herman Wouk. They feature an obsessive-compulsive Naval Commander who constantly twirls a pair of ball bearings in his hand, who is overthrown by his men for ineptitude. In one key episode that the mutineers use as proof of his insanity, the captain turn the ship upside-down searching for someone who he believes stole a gallon of strawberry ice cream.
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| *The Zerg Rush Adventure is a reference to a style of play from the RTS game Starcraft, where one player with the zerg race attempts to quickly overwhelm his/her opponent in the opening minutes of the game.
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| *Can't Beat the Evil Thing may be a reference to "The Gods Must be Crazy"
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Sonofa Beach is located in The Lighthouse area of The Mysterious Island of Mystery. It can be reached during and after the Mysterious Island Quest, although for a few days after the release of NS13 you were able to access it by using Teleportitis. This was a bug reported fixed by Jick on June 25th.
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- The title of this location is a play on the expression "Son of a Bitch." There was also a short-lived TV series by the name "Son Of The Beach", which was produced by shock-jock Howard Stern.
- The Frog-lobster guys are a reference to the "lobstrosities" in Stephen King's "The Drawing of the Three" from the Gunslinger series. They also borrow a lot from the Murlocs, of Warcraft fame.
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