Easter eggs and references

A number of references and Easter eggs have been included in all Pathologic games.

Easter Eggs

 * In the Warehouse district of Pathologic 2 a voice speaking in Russian can be heard coming from one of the buildings. This is a recording of Ice-Pick Lodge's lead Nikolay Dybowski doing a reading of Alexander Grin's "The Ratcatcher".

Pathologic 2
The following is a list of media referenced in Pathologic 2 and Pathologic: The Marble Nest.

Religion and Religious Texts

 * "And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it", said by Clara, references Matthew 16:18 verse.
 * Peter Stamatin quotes Psalms 91:5-6: "Thou shalt not fear the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."


 * The names of Peter Stamatin and Andrey Stamatin reference Saint Peter and Andrew the Apostle.


 * Clara, the name of the Changeling, is a tribute to Saint Clare of Assisi.


 * The console commands for Baby "Baby_Adam_Entity" and "Baby_Eva_Entity" are a reference to Adam and Eve, the first humans in the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions.

Books and Poetry

 * "Iron—Cold Iron—shall be master of you all!" Do you know that poem?, said by a child at the Train Station, is a reference to Cold Iron by Rudyard Kipling; "But Iron -- Cold Iron -- shall be master of you all!".


 * "Oh, Dad. "I shall not wholly vanish, no." Always the sly fox…", said by the Haruspex in reply to Capella, is likely a reference to Pushkin's imitation of Horace's Ode 3.30 which is in turn a parody of Derzhavin's Russian imitation of Horace's ode. The line in the original Russian is "Ох, отец. «Так, весь я не умру»... Всегда был хитёр.", is a quote from Derzhavin's version; ‎«Так! — весь я не умру».


 * "Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?" and "Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are you not Men?", said by The Kin in a conversation in the Termitary, is a reference to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells, where a creature named the Sayer of the Law recites a strange litany called the Law which is as follows:

"Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not men? Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are we not men? Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law. Are we not men? Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. Are we not men? Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not men?"

""And this pestilence was the more virulent for that, by communication with those who were sick thereof, it gat hold upon the sound, no otherwise than fire upon things dry or greasy, whenas they are brought very near thereunto. Nay, the mischief was yet greater…" And why was that, I wonder?""
 * Andrey quotes The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

- Andrey Stamatin


 * In all both the Diurnal and Nocturnal Ending Mark Immortell quotes Taliesin, a Brythonic poet, in one of his lines to Artemy; "I have been in a multitude of shapes, before I assumed a consistent form."


 * Aglaya Lilich quotes A poem about the Spaniard Miguel Serveto, a heretic burned by the Calvinists by Joseph Brodsky; "Proverbs are stories, just seen from a distance. Is this too much for you even to listen? Guess all you feel is seething indifference.".


 * In the Diurnal Ending Andrey Stamatin refers to the Haruspex as a "Wannabe Herostratus", referencing Herostratus, the 4th-century BC Greek arsonist who sought notoriety by destroying the second Temple of Artemis in Ephesus.
 * "Strike, if you will, but hear!", said by both the Haruspex and the Changeling is a quote from Themistolcles, an Athenian politician and general. It was originally recorded by Greek historian Plutarch.

Film and Television

 * Bad Grief's line "There was this story of a besieged town. People were starvin' there. One of them says, "That's it, I'm seein' angels." An' the other replies, "Can we eat them?"" is a reference to the 1979 film Apocalypse Now; "I'm sorry, Captain. It was just a little story.  And people starving during the war.  They are all around the table, and there was a silence, somebody say "An angel is passing by." So somebody say "Let's eat it!"


 * Alexander Block was inspired by, and is a reference to, Antonius Block from the 1957 film The Seventh Seal.

Stage

 * “Tomorrow is cancelled, as well as all subsequent days.” found in the Late Ending is a reference to a line Hamletmachine; "Tomorrow is cancelled.".


 * The alpha touch quote for Blood, "Blood is one of the primal elements. It bears life and death. Blood is compulsory." is a reference to Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; "Blood is compulsory- they're all blood, you see." The Feverish Feeling ARG quotes several lines from this play directly.

Other Ice-Pick Lodge Games and Media

 * The title of the Pathologic: The Marble Nest DLC is a reference to Knock-Knock, another Ice-Pick Lodge game.

""This is a game to be played in silence. Two hours before sunrise, gather the guests. Everybody chooses a human for themselves. After that, the guests should move silently through the house. All the guests are focused on their own business. Sooner or later you will hear a voice: 'Here birdies, gather around the marble nest.' Then everyone should freeze in place. If the rustling continues, that means the game is over and you should stop immediately. The invisible one is among you.""

- Summary displayed after completing the level 'Everything's Alive'


 * In the Trammel on Day 6 a girl called Voronika can be found. She was first introduced in the Pathologic Alternate-Reality-Game (ARG) Feverish Feeling. She shares a model with other sickly Starlings, likely a reference to the mysterious illness she details having contracted in her emails.


 * An ice pick can be seen in an out of bounds area within the Abattoir, located near the Herb Brides and hostile Blood Worms. It cannot be interacted with or used as a weapon, and pays homage to the name of Pathologic’s developers.

Pathologic
The following is a list of media referenced in Pathologic.

Religion and Religious Texts

 * The names of Peter Stamatin and Andrey Stamatin reference Saint Peter and Andrew the Apostle.


 * Captain Longin's name is a possible reference to Longinus, the Roman Centurion who pierced the side of Jesus with a spear in the Christian tradition.


 * The name of Andrey Stamatin's Pub Factus Est is a possible reference to the phrase Christus factus est

Books and Poetry

 * Captain Longin's name is a possible reference to Longinus, the Roman Centurion who pierced the side of Jesus with a spear in the Christian tradition. Longin also goes by the name Patrocles, a character from Greek mythology, mainly known for Homer's Iliad.


 * The original Russian title Мор. Утопия, tr. Mor. Utopiya, lit. 'Pestilence. Utopia is a reference to Utopia by Thomas More.

Film and Television

 * In his line "I see ships aflame, traversing the islands of the Orion." Khan quotes a line from 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner; "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
The Bound would occasionally quote maxims of Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, a french essayist and writer.

The Void (Тургор)

 * In the Pharynx Mine, there is an entrance to a secret chamber that contains a sandbox, referencing the hidden room of The Powers That Be.
 * In the Memory and Hull Gardens, there is a doll - one who's appearance matches that of the default NPC portrait from Pathologic - hanging from a tree branch emitting faint murmuring sounds.
 * In the kitchen in Ole's Cradle, if you climb the stove and touch the kettle with a drop of colour, a cell with a bathtub full of brown twyre can be found.

This Is The Police

 * Alphyna Bering, the secondary antagonist of Rebel Cops (which is a spinoff of the This Is The Police series) is named after Alexandra "Alphyna" Golubeva, lead narrative designer of Wargaming and former narrative lead of Ice-Pick Lodge.
 * In Rebel Cops, there is a collectible item called the "Ice-Pick Lodge Alarm Clock", which can be sold in game.