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−	*'''[[Perez Park]]''', and it's various neighborhoods and badges, are named after various famous comic book creators.	+	See [[Ingame References]].
−	** Perez is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez George Pérez], a comic book illustrator and writer	+
−	**'''Gaiman Woods''' is named after [http://www.neilgaiman.com/ Neil Gaiman], best known in comics for his unique update of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_%28DC_Comics_Modern_Age%29 The Sandman].	+
−	**'''Everett Lake''' is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Everett Bill Everett], a comic book artist and writer most famous for creating the superhero,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namor_the_Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner].	+
−	** The exploration badge, [[Around the Bendis Badge]], is likely named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis Brian Michael Bendis], a comic book writer best known for the cop/superhero series,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_%28comics%29 Powers] and work on various Marvel titles.	+
−	** The exploration badge, [[Doc Whedon Badge]], is likely a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon Joss Whedon], a writer best known for the  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] televison series. Whedon has also been a comic book writer, working most recently on Astonishing X-Men for Marvel comics. The "Doc" portion is reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_%28Buffyverse%29 Doc], a another character in Whedon's Buffy series.	+
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−	*'''[[Skyway City]]'''	+
−	**'''The Gruff''' neighborhood is most likely named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff Three Billy Goats Gruff].  This is a fairy tale where a Troll tries to prevent three goats from crossing a bridge.  This area is a hangout for [[Trolls]].	+
−	**'''The Land of the Lost''' neighborhood shares a name with a television series,  ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Lost_(1974_television_series) Land of the Lost]). [[The Lost]] enemy group can be found in this area.	+
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−	*'''[[Dark Astoria]]''' neighborhoods (at least some of them) seem to be named after directors of horror films:	+
−	**'''Raimi Arcade''' is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi Sam Raimi]	+
−	**'''Romero Heights''' is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Romero George A. Romero]	+
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−	*'''[[Founders' Falls]]''' neighborhoods seem to be related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island Rhode Island]:	+
−	**'''Blackstone Hills''' could refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone_River Blackstone River Valley]	+
−	**'''The Gaspee''' seems to be related to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee HMS Gaspée].	+
−	**'''Hutchinson Park''' could be named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson Ann Hutchinson]	+
−	**'''Williams Square''' seems to be named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_%28theologian%29 Roger Williams].	+
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−	*'''[[Peregrine Island]]'''	+
−	*Some of the neighborhoods seem to be related to the DC hero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Curry Aquaman]:	+
−	**'''Curry Cove''' seems to be named after Arthur Curry, the civilian identity of the hero.	+
−	**'''Mera Heights''' seems to be named after Aquaman's ex-wife, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mera_%28character%29 Mera].	+
−	*'''Nelson Borough''' can be related to the DC hero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Fate Dr. Fate].	+
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−	*'''[[Rikti Crash Site]]''' neighborhoods are named after battles where the American Army has been present:	+
−	**'''Bloody Lane''' comes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Lane Antietam] during the American Civil War.	+
−	**'''The Bulge''' (battle of), also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_bulge the Ardennes Offensive] was the last offensive from the Nazi army during WWII.	+
−	**'''The DMZ''' comes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_Demilitarized_Zone the DeMilitarized Zone], from the Vietnam War.	+
−	**'''Little Round Top''' was the place of one of the actions during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Round_Top battle of Gettysburg], in the American Civil War.	+
−	**'''Point Du Hoc''' action was part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc Normandy Landing] during WWII.	+
−	**'''Pork Chop Hill'''is related to the battle of the same name which took place during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill Korean War].	+
−	**'''Sunken Road''' seems to be referred to the Antietam Battle as well.	+
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−	* '''[[Terra Volta]]''' neighborhoods seem to refer to 1930's pulp comic characters:	+
−	** '''Carter Engineering''' refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(character) John Carter].	+
−	** '''Challenger Technology''' may refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Challenger Professor Challenger] from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''The Lost World''.	+
−	** '''Gordon Trench''' refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon Flash Gordon].	+
−	** '''Walker Energy''' refers to Christopher "Kit" Walker, secret identity of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom The Phantom].	+
−	** '''Rogers Industries''' refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers Buck Rogers].	+
−	** '''Savage Waste Disposal''' refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage Doc Savage].	+
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−	*'''Technician Naylor''' (aka Portal Technician Grant Naylor), Grant Naylor is the "name" of the author of the BBC's Red Dwarf series. In actuallity, its the last names of the two writers combined as if it was one person.  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dwarf_tv Wikipeidia's entry on Red Dwarf]	+
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Overview

"Easter Egg" is the slang term used to describe a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, CD, DVD, computer program, video game, or other computer related product. The "City of" franchise has many easter eggs hidden within it.

Many of what at first seem to be Easter Eggs are infact Ingame References and can be found there.

Visual References

• A photo of the beta city of heroes design team can be found behind the nurse's counter in most hospitals.

• In Sharkhead Isle, a Monkey Fight Club can be found, where cage-matches between teams of Rikti monkeys can be watched every five minutes or so. The enterance is a warehouse door about 40 yards East of the Natural Store. Look for a faded grafiti of a monkey on one of the nearby building walls, pointing to the fight club door.

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• In the Hellforge neighborhood of Sharkhead Isle, Hellforge is a three-dimensional representation of the Cryptic Studios logo.

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• In Grandville, deep in the tunnels under the zone, can be found a Developer's Dungeon, with cubes for most of the design team.

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Names

See Ingame References.

Powers

Sometime before April 2005, a couple of powers were added to the pigg files. Based upon Positron's post regarding the 2006 Jester badge image, they were probably just added as an April Fool's joke on the people who went looking into the pigg data files.

Toy Bat Minor Smash damage (Special)
This bat is covered with a soft foam-like material cushioning its impact. The toy bat does Trivial damage to villains, but can also be used against allies for no damage. And lets face it, some of your 'friends' deserve it. Damage (Villains Only): Trivial, Recharge: Very Fast.

Badges

The Jester badge image was added to the pigg data files around the beginning of March, 2006. The image led to much talk about the possiblility of an April Fool's event. After April had come and gone, Positron revealed the joke by saying:

April's Fool never being gettable IS the joke. It was put into the files as a joke badge that was never going to be given out. There is no honest way to get this badge, and there was never anything planned, either. The only way to get the badge is to be a dev and use a special command, and even then, it doesn't last upon zoning.

Events

NPCs

Caliban - The name of Julius Caesar's sword, also a character in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Wikipedia's page on Caliban

External Links

Wikipedia on Easter Eggs