20 Hidden References You Might Miss in Genshin Impact 4.8 Event "Summertide Scales and Tales"

[@TravelerSaniar]

If you think about it, this whole 4.8 quest has been a big minecraft reference. We got spawned in a random location in a random world. And we had to go through all this quest to get to the "end" of the world. And we had to go through a portal to get to the "end" of the world. And there we had to fight a blocky dragon, which is the ender dragon. And meanwhile in this world, most things look like blocks and those toy people are also blocky. And nilou's magic is basically a crafting table. There are definitely way more references that i as a minecraft noob did not understand

[@inersdraco]

@@TravelerSaniar the biggest Minecraft vibes for me were in the mining location

[@rose4lyfe]

This! I fully thought of minecraft lol

[@frostythewolf8290]

Yep totally Minecraft, it wasn't obvious for me at first but when we get to the broken sea part of the map.. yep it's legit screaming skyblock

[@adeline_sho]

It does give off minecraft vibe! I was just in the forest, looking around and it really felt like everything is blocky, like minecraft 🙂‍↕️

[@spydersoup8447]

There's also the ink drink the paper animals drink which in order to make it, you need to collect ingredients for it and mix it together.

[@btang88]

Seeing the summer event items from the past 3 years brings back many memories.

[@619KJ]

Where is it?

[@Skys-fw1jp]

Im so scared when saw all of that.. it's like a sign that we wont get any summer event after this and going to darker place

[@ILoveChicken2021]

It’s in the broken sea, on the island where there are 3 goddesses statues! If you follow one of the stars around one of the goddesses statues, you’ll be able to access the room with the summer event items!

[@ILoveChicken2021]

⁠@@619KJit’s in the broken sea, there’s an island there with 3 goddesses statues! If you follow one of the stars surrounding one of the statues it’ll lead you to a room below the island where you’ll be able to see stuff from the previous summer events

[@neanahidden]

The good old days of Golden Archipelago when summer event stories were about the characters and getting to know them more, not just NPC fluff.

[@しんご-c4r]

the secret room hit me so hard i love all the summer patches

[@trikster6748]

Devs must really love Yu-Gi-Oh. There's also The Godfather reference with origami hamsters as the boss

[@HikariSakai]

especially the Abridged version lol

[@anzu4870]

It's funny that almost no one noticed "Singin' in the rain" reference. I thought i was the only one who noticed that

[@annaairahala9462]

I was surprised, I thought that was one of the most obvious since it's referenced so often. Not even the first time in Genshin.

[@cinderlols4348]

I’m so bummed that I missed that reference when I was running around metropole. 😂 I love singin in the rain!

[@dz1rkys]

The Stanley Parable reference absolutely killed me when I first noticed it

[@josewolf9884]

@@dz1rkys specially when you go to the right when the narrator tells you to go to the left

[@Emulcool]

@@josewolf9884 That's when i realised that it was a stanley parable reference. The first sentences i was like "?" and then "!!"

[@Lazer_Specter]

​@@josewolf9884 Do you remember what he said when you do? I chose to go left thinking that most people would've disobeyed the narrator and that it'd be easy to find online what he says but... I was wrong.

[@josewolf9884]

@@Lazer_Specter watch jimmy Chen gaming 12 easter egg video to watch the dialogue.

[@crazygoldy1538]

@@Lazer_Specter dealing with the same problem too lmao. if someone knows please share

[@BirdCraftSSB]

You missed a Mario Odyssey reference where in the metropole there’s a guy sitting on a bench and if you sit next to him he’ll say you’re not from around here and a chest is unlocked

[@lipalipz6924]

LMAO I ran into him and then got confused when a chest unlocked noise pop up

[@Elti979]

The first reference I came across/noticed was the skyrim one and I was a little shocked but then I came across the aot one and I lost it. Dropped my controller and headphones due to how shocked I was because I didn't expect it.

[@bits2002]

I think the aot one is on the train station in constellation metropole, left from the teleport waypoint. The picture taking toy.

[@spieds9994]

There is possibly one more reference, that being a house with a big toy soldier sitting at the door in the Broken Sea part of the map. The house actually is the same as in "The Real Annapausis" in Fontaine (as in 1:1 model), and to get out you need to find flowers to blow up wind while in "The Real Annapausis", after completing the quest, dandelion appear at the fence entrance, so both have wind related flowers too

[@kuraresacupcakes]

While the stairs one possibly being Yugioh Abridged is really funny, I think that it might actually be a reference to the one scene from Howl's Moving Castle where they're walking up the stairs

[@Alvahedisco]

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT TOO

[@raphaelcheng2254]

I thought it was kung fu panda personally when po has to climb those stairs

[@annaairahala9462]

I thought of kung fu panda as well, but really there's so many possibilities that it could be anything

[@SofiaXY]

one more that was missed out. Slimes and fungi that reference the main characters of this update.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Again???

[@Raigmund.A.Solvgrim]

​@@shanedoesyoutube8001yeah they are in the mining area near the collapsed beacon (theres the world quest there as well)

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Loved the Secret Room and Forrest Grump references. I feel so old now that I Played his Quest.

[@hermdude]

Surprised you didn’t bring up the Disney reference when Barbaloth’s statue started turning. But I suppose that’s super obvious. Also, one could say that the Astral Express itself is a reference to the Galaxy Express 999. The train took you ‘on a journey to the stars’ after all.

[@chikanenomiko4683]

I felt so old when I thought that but I'm glad I'm not the only one! That's the FIRST anime that came to my mind when I saw that!

[@baz7160]

The narrator one made me thought of slay the princess but the stanley parable works too

[@Tzen03]

I also thought of Slay the Princess, since the style of voice fit that more than Stanley Parable, in my opinion.

[@Orion_TheyThem]

It's absolutely Stanley Parable as the narrator in that game has a British accent and gets upset when you deviate from the path, as well.

[@Abebil3]

Hi CatWithBlueHat, Can you please do a video explaining the "spoilers" . . . The Hexenzirkel, the ending, meeting with Hat guy & Albedo, and that weird AF Sumeru quest.

[@ensigur]

i caught most of these, my favorites being the stanley parable and forrest gump references, buts it’s so cool to see there’s even more that i missed

[@LegendKyuubiwTB]

There is a frog that talks about "overcoming the limits" before you challenge it to a jumping contest. So far I haven't seen a video that recognizes this as an Easteregg to Black Clover T.T Yami, the leader of the black bulls, always says this as a kind of motivational saying...

[@a.j.cookie9735]

Out of all the references, it was the AoT one that did it for me.❤ Quite a few of the VA are working on Genshin already.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@a.j.cookie9735 JP Fontaine especially

[@ayvie4807]

NOT COTTON EYE JOE 😭😭

[@keitokarl]

gedigedagadago

[@TebbleTV]

He would have been married a long time ago

[@justgado2772]

For old players like me, the balls, the raven, and the car… oh man 🥰

[@mayuri4184]

The Yu-Gi-Oh! reference was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged reference, which makes it even cooler.

[@frustrella._.3398]

I thought the stairs one was a reference to kung fu panda

[@voxgoomba2745]

the "squid game" reference isn't actually a reference tho, it's just a game that children play

[@Tiyac3]

But they shot you tho

[@rapcen3313]

Since it references movies. It is actually considered a squid game reference

[@glory_m99]

There is one with a gun and shoot one toy with red glue it's definitely a squid game reference, unless children shoot the loser with a gun...

[@voxgoomba2745]

@@glory_m99 idk we had water guns sometimes when i played as a kid

[@Bugoy_ADHD]

​@@voxgoomba2745reach/cope

[@Orange_boi333]

so cool to see genshin referencing all these cool things like hsr

[@onetwoand3]

@@Orange_boi333 Genshin has a lot of references since 1.0 But HSR reference more recent pop culture moments, then people think hsr was the first one doing it

[@Dinofrogg]

Too busy hating the game and not seeing the detail they actually put in the game. ​@@onetwoand3

[@lolhead7127]

The amount of references in this, and i thought i was cultured a bit, but even that bit is just a grain of sand in the desert

[@firestar6]

Red light green light isn't a squid game reference, it's just a game ppl play. This is like ppl who hear "Can You feel My Heart" and say it's a reference to Giga Chad when it's just a song by "Bring Me The Horizon" In fact half of the "references" in the event aren't necessarily references they're just things/events. I know I'm complaining about the smallest things but still

[@spydersoup8447]

Yeah, the Red Light Green Light game itself isn't a reference to Squid Game, it's more what happens in the game and how it's set up that is a reference to Squid Game, the toy being the ghost is wearing yellow while the other toy people are wearing blue and the first time the ghost turns and we have to freeze, there's the toy person rushing towards the ghost and tripped in the process, which that same thing happens in the scene in Squid Game as you saw in the clip shown here, except the guy in the Squid Game scene didn't trip over, he was shot and killed.

[@advendra6078]

The context from this summer event content is just simply movie references. No problem at all.

[@spydersoup8447]

Another thing to add to the Squid Game reference, other versions of this mini game also has the ghost shooting glue at the other toy people to make them stuck, just like the Squid Game scene where every contestant that are caught moving are shot to death.

[@sillymothz]

funny how around a few days before the event or a week or two before the event, my dad had me watch Forrest Gump so it was a funny coincidence for me :) also the second I heard the Narrator I immediately interpted it as a Stanley Parable reference. this was my very first event I experienced and I had a lot of fun!

[@TravelerSaniar]

It's pretty normal for people not to know that this squid game reference isn't the first time genshin is doing this. Because people don't explore. And most of the time the least explored areas are the areas added near the end of an region. The other time that genshin did this red light green light reference was in the underground/underwater area added in 4.6 (i forgot the name already😅) and it was with a flower and a bunch of squids (ironic that there were squids in a squid game reference)

[@vioflo6239]

This! This is the true squid game reference! I'm surprised not more people are talking abt this but ur right, people don't explore this area much.

[@sirthomasevangelion1258]

Hoyo: How many different-unique references you want? GI: Yes

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Meme addict HSR: Ayo when can I have them too???

[@Litchisister7]

Not sure whether it was intended or not, but I was also reminded of Pirates of the Caribbean with the 3rd part of the quest leading to the end of the world through falling down a huge waterfall

[@annaairahala9462]

Why are people acting as if Squid Game invented one two three lol

[@jnliewmichael4235]

Squid Game "invented" being shot when losing though In the two available red light green light challenges, one of the little guys each would get close then get shot with the glue cannon

[@annaairahala9462]

@@jnliewmichael4235 only in one of the challenges was someone "shot" with glue and no the person didn't even get caught. The glue was shot without even turning around.

[@flyingcow5235]

seeing the items from the other summer events was actually so nostalgic. just look at the harpastum and thinking "damn this shit was three years ago"

[@osmanthuswine5336]

I give up SQUID GAVE DID NOT INVENT RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT🤯

[@mrburpmud]

Squid game invented shooting the losers in red light green light @osmanthuswine5336

[@annaairahala9462]

@@mrburpmud The guy literally shot a glue gun blindly behind themselves, that's completely different from squid game shooting the losers.

[@CYB3R-7]

​@annaairahala9462 you dont shoot anything in a regular game of red light green light. the point still stands. normally, you dont do any kinda sabotaging at all, just move forward.

[@Dinofrogg]

Squid games didn't invent it but it is a common child's game that is played in Korea and also in many other countries just different wordplay. Specifically in Korea the seeker says "whose flowers have blossomed?"

[@CYB3R-7]

@Dinofrogg but in genshin, it's supposed to be a reference to various popular media. and again, read. i never said 'squid game' or 'red light green light' was invented by that show's creators. this is about all the pop culture references sprinkled in simulanka. use your common sense. yes, it is an actual children's game, but it is undeniable that it is a reference to the show in simulanka, mostly because of "local rules." (using glue gun as a method of sabotage).

[@joachimbikas880]

i swear, HYV always make the best summertime content

[@nishaanth1507]

It was a good Limited map. But the only pain was Metropole Trails.

[@furikusu]

I love the past summer events easter eggs. brings back so many memories

[@arnoldreola9345]

Can’t wait for your lore story on this summertime event @cat :)

[@rustysan]

7:06 oh.. I miss this so much

[@eileencrys]

My absolute favourite is Forrest Gump. I love that he also gives you a chest! 🥰

[@Wingy_]

Yooo if it isn't the cultured Ask-Me-For-Directions Arnold! 👏👏👏👏

[@ChaosFlute]

Ooh, that was neat. I caught some of these, but most didn't ring the right bell. Thanks for sharing!

[@vincentkrych2158]

One of the figurines from the toytanaim mines is called "heigh-ho" and its a miner. (Snow White and the 7 dwarfs reference)

[@AkashSingh-jb8cx]

What about kirara's yoink???? It was definitely a reference to yoink guy (Fishingarrett)

[@SonnyFRST]

Had they put the past summer event mementos somewhere unmissable or easily seen I would've considered it a negative cause it's a cheap way to evoke emotion out of people, but it's located in a forgotten corner of the map and very well hidden so it became a win in my book.

[@happiestgirl]

i loved this summer event so so much. i wish it was permanent. truly the most fun i had in a summer event, and this is saying a lot because last year was SO good too! 😭

[@ara3888]

The references were so funny 😭😭😭

[@Harlock187]

The Astral Express also reminded me of Galaxy Express 999.

[@Qiqimain69]

Hoyo devs were having fun

[@abam9787]

6:46 Self-insert? NOWAYING

[@quaso1118]

Idk if its only me but whenever i hear the bgm in the forest, it reminds me of spyro then later in the story we discover durin like in my mind that was wild.

[@AstraLuna-o9i]

There was a fellowship of the ring reference when you did the quest with the three dudes, during the narrators, narration.

[@TravelerSaniar]

6:37 completely unrelated to the video, but this ost that you played here really reminds me of the ost playing in dreemflux reef in star rail

[@judyreyjumamoy]

how did you know all of these, you blew my mind man

[@FrezASH5]

I love tiny bits like this it brings back memories, are you planning on doing more “things you didn't know” series?

[@JAB6322]

If only they hired the actual VA of the Stanley's Parable Narrator for the Kirara side mission. That would've been cool 🤣

[@commasui525]

the whole stanley parable quest just sent me

[@ankii_illus]

The fact that they put Sakanade out of all of Bleach's zanpakutos is awesome

[@rao9574]

I sometimes feel that it is our trip in Teyvat summary 😂 a bit mixing, but still... you can find a lot of similarities.

[@rozenbach7894]

So it really was a death note reference. Thought it was just me😂

[@motemo8413]

best summer event so far imo, it felt like the culmination of all of them and Simulanka is an awesome place

[@halifax_2015]

Also, I think the tale of 3 goddesses/witches who created Simulanka screams Legend of Zelda Hyrule creation lore

[@joshualontoc1708]

Maybe seeing the past summer event reference because this is (maybe) the last summer event ... Just a hunch.

[@Kayessee]

Having to sit next to forest gump made me laugh.

[@melonseeds1988]

I only get the Spririted Away reference during the game.

[@glory_m99]

06:47 I think this is actually referencing Galaxy Express 999 not HSR

[@yukifuki1621]

Yea I think the General idea is from that anime.

[@tieft]

Nop its referencing star rail, there is a line that navia talks about the train, is the same line that himeko used.

[@Tzen03]

@@tieft And Navia calls it the "Aerial Express", which also fits.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

​​@@tieft navia nearly reunited with her parents in the primordial sea (luckily melus and silver came in clutch) Himeko since honkai impact ch 9 has her canon event death flags flying between her boobas in other games I don't like where this is going

[@idk-sy3iu]

It's 100% hsr reference. Same story as the actual astral express (unused for years then fixed), looks the same, same animation as hsr loading screen, AERIAL express

[@MattSoup79]

Surely undeniable proof that Alice has visited our Earth and also loves a meme or two...

[@neanahidden]

Amazing details from Puss -in-boots- with hat, as always 😊

[@dyingreader1150]

Another point for puss in boots is that later they do call the traveller the marquis de carabas like in the original story

[@annaairahala9462]

Spirited Away was also referenced by one of the music tracks

[@AceDetectiveKirigiri]

M really loves pop culture references that she puts these in the simulanka

[@lightmegaz]

5:22 Deadass thought when I got here, "Why do I get the vibe of elder ring?"

[@Kulcsos12]

@CatWithBlueHat Its not a reference, but an interesting coincidence. In the final cutscene after we defeat the dragon, we heard a dialoge between "M" and "B". "M" want to create a child and then "B" call her "Anya". Well, "Anya" means "Mother" in Hungarian. So, Anya = Mother -> M

[@427Ktown]

technically the clip is from Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series, and if that's true, then that makes it even better

[@randomThavi]

You know i thought some of these scenes seemed awfully familiar while playing the quest but I just couldn't put my finger on it

[@chiragadwani1875]

Imagine Nahida nuking the the sentinel duo from off-field lmao

[@mipit12415]

ima miss this place alot😭

[@ponos8632]

I remember that talk from 2.8 when Arnold tried to rizz up Mona

[@Pinxie14]

when I see stairs, I always thought of Final Fantasy VII hehe

[@Friendfox]

The elden ring reference is a little deeper - the mechanic of a locked door that you have to go the long way around to unlock, creating a shortcut, is common in that game

[@spydersoup8447]

So basically, this Genshin Impact event has the most pop culture references we've ever gotten in the game so far.

[@glorygrandeur7545]

We have the star rail at home

[@Jasmine-xx9ik]

Stupid stairs haha, that one got me lol

[@TravelerSaniar]

0:17 i didn't get this reference at the time (i still dont. Idk what that scene is) but when i was sitting there, i actually thought it was a pretty cute interaction. I got kinda sad that he was sitting there all alone and after he finished talking i just got up and opened the chest and ran off. The part at the end when he said thanks for listening to me was pretty cute too

[@Lazer_Specter]

The whole event frok the start seemed like a Paper Mario reference. Restoring colour: Color Splash Getting the stars: Thousand Year Door And the dragon... well I actually don't know what that could reference in Paper Mario... Land's End from Super Mario RPG. Sure.

[@skyhart9926]

Would have been nice if we had some archon quest references too.

[@yourlocalhuman5737]

The aot one hurted😭

[@Nekro_Knight]

Remember when our boat was sentient?

[@halifax_2015]

Kosikemaru is the boat's name I think

[@skyhart9926]

⁠@@halifax_2015it’s Kosekimaru. or is it Kesokimura?

[@gravoschaoshart5269]

Just because you played red light green light, it's instantly squid game... Then again the IT is a yellow toy man.

[@lilianapereguda513]

Simulanka is one big reference 😂

[@skagerrack8638]

there's another water train in OnePiece also there're way more flying trains than HSR...

[@michalmedvid4859]

I am surprised, i didn't see the spiderman meme reference in this video. The one with three of them pointing at each other

[@herondaless]

its litrally in this video

[@rustysan]

They are going all out with all these references. May it be new or old stuffs.

[@HikariSakai]

the abridged yu-gi-oh no way hahahaha

[@SofiaXY]

Also, Wanderer and Dvalin referencing Moana and Te Kā

[@nevanV12]

Since theyve referenced the previous summer events here. Watch as we dont get a summer patch at 5.0

[@knavecard]

i thought the stairs one took reference from kungfu panda lmaoo

[@Hyopomora]

The lord of the rings wa my favorite I thought I as crazy! I knew it was a reference ! Wait wait where’s the room with the stuff from other events I didn’t find it

[@SilentWuffer]

it's on the furthest island, you need to follow one of the orbs to it it exploits the mechanic where when you jump off it'll take you to a preset place, if you jump off the far edge you'll be brought to the room

[@AashishPrajapati-nr2ox]

a quest pops up in the last island where you have to take a light bulb from a lighthouse to the highest part of the island. It goes on and on and then you follow a star to get there.

[@1van1shed969]

Also the wanderer isekai reference

[@a-passerby]

I wonder if we'll have another Summer event like this..... I don't remember having 1.6 and 2.8 references in 3.8 event and all..... Or 1.6 reference in 2.8 either Usually we remember the older ones with newer ones when we bud farewell to the whole thing no?... Makes me wonder if....if this is the last such patch? 😢

[@onetwoand3]

5.8 Mond expansion before Snezhnaya. Its my guess

[@a-passerby]

@@onetwoand3 5.4 no?? Many people saying like we got Chenyu vale in 4.4, we getting Mondstadt expansion in 5.4

[@zackang4731]

I think it's because the writing style generally changed. I noticed that the Traveler and Paimon had a more comedic duo relationship in events for a few patches now, compared to their previously more straitlaced relationship. The style of the events also triggers a bit more nostalgia and emotion-provoking stuff than just a story continuation. A style used often in HI3.

[@Saiii456]

3:10 someone i know in Super Liminal Narrator