Top 13.5 Hollow Knight cameos in other media

Hollow Knight has made cameos in a number games and media. In this video, we will take a deep dive into some other games that reference Hollow Knight.
Check out the indie games mentioned in this video:
Dead Cells
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Bug Fables
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Guacamelee! 2
store.steampowered.com/app/53...
The Binding Of Isaac Rebirth
store.steampowered.com/app/25...
Forager
store.steampowered.com/app/75...
Grime
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F.I.S.T. Forged In Shadow Torch
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Dandara
store.steampowered.com/app/61...
The Adventure Pals
store.steampowered.com/app/39...
One Step From Eden
store.steampowered.com/app/96...
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Dead Cells
02:27 Bug Fables
03:03 Guacamelee! 2
03:31 Binding of Isaac
04:10 Binding of Isaac: Four Souls
05:18 Forager
05:32 Grime
05:41 F.I.S.T.
05:53 Dandara
06:03 The Adventure Pals
06:08 One Step From Eden
06:17 Not just games
06:35 Amphibia
07:17 The Owl House
08:09 The Block
09:08 Outro

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Dislike this comment to like the video.

[@killmaim4]

no

[@mrgold5261]

29k views within the first hour, insane!

[@AngelNG-dw3rt]

I got stung by 3 mosquitos in the last hour, can i get a "hi mossbag"

[@sharkronical]

Your mom

[@existingdark]

hi long time viewer of 10 years, first time commenter. how are you mister mossbag?

[@simon.6636]

The moment when shovel knight made it into shovel knight was absolute epic

[@seanmurphy4968]

I cried when I saw that moment.

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

So proud of the little guy. He finally made it.

[@TheLethargicWeirdo985]

Shovel knight is an invasive species and I love it

[@mrhoundeye1064]

@@mosquitopyjamas9048 yeah, i waited 6 years for him to finally appear. it's good he's in a place where he belongs.

[@vantablack4168]

I don't know, kinda doesn't fit the game

[@xSayresthx]

Mossbag is about to make the "Times I hallucinated Hollow Knight lore after I lost track of how many days have passed since Silksong was announced"

[@pitori.]

More than a thousand days

[@Drekromancer]

now we just need him to leak a photo of the number of tally marks he's carved into his asylum wall

[@Chichilooooo]

@@pitori. Not any more

[@marmaje6953]

@@pitori. ye just a couple of months left!

[@pitori.]

@@marmaje6953 unless

[@primalfeline]

Amphibia and Owl House being described exactly the same was hilarious.

[@everettatwater2939]

Yeah, that got me laughing

[@-Internet-Explore-Not-Working-]

A DISNEY SHOW OF A GIRL ( idk about luz lol ) IN A MAGIC WORLD, THAT MADE VARIOUS FRIENDS ON THE WAY!

[@Kyumifun]

"...is an animated Disney show series about a young girl stumbling into a strange fantasy world where she must learn to live among bizarre new creatures and maybe even make a few friends along the way"

[@spidermonkeysaredabest]

and no way he called king a "dog"

[@HollowTheCool]

7:17 actually owl house actually now has a 2nd hollow knight cameo. In the season 3 trailer it had the main character recording herself in a online diary, and on the desktop u could see a window that said "Holler Knight"

[@Duckless137]

Wait, Holler Knight or Hollow Knight? If Holler Knight, why did they change the name?

[@Poliant-kv3es]

@@Duckless137copyright

[@Duckless137]

@@Poliant-kv3es Ah, makes sense:

[@krysidian]

The Knight from "Hollow Knight" also makes an appearance in another small, unknown indie game called "Hollow Knight". If you look closely you can notice that you play as a character with a striking resemblance to The Knight and also share the same name. This may or may not be a little nod to the hit indie game "Hollow Knight". But maybe it's just coincidence and I'm going insane.

[@adyn8811]

In fact, one of the characters from Hollow Knight is called "Hornet", and she shares a lot of similarities with the protagonist of Silksong, also named "Hornet" Strange, isn't it?

[@synkt8759]

@@adyn8811 My, I don’t think i’ve caught that! You have a sharp eye for these things!

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

They also appear in a game called hungry knight. A game that has a very similar looking character as the protagonist, and references monomon's mask.

[@JMoney_TheGangster]

Everyone here is insane help

[@vophie]

This tone

[@shlecko]

It was a groundbreaking momet when Hollow Knight invented the bench.

[@Soumein]

It'll go up there with Dark Souls inventing the Dodge Roll.

[@SalemWolf]

@@Soumein I thought dark souls invented hard?

[@nikel-]

@@SalemWolf Dark Souls invented... Souls

[@DukeofRizz]

@@nikel- Dark Souls invented fire.

[@riverajustinmarks.]

@@Soumein Dark souls invented lightning made out of sunlight.

[@spellboib2609]

06:35 Amphibia is an animated disney show about a young girl stumbling into a strange fantasy world, where she must learn to live among bizarre new creatures, and maybe make a few friends along the way. 07:17 The Owl House is an animated disney show about a young girl stumbling into a strange fantasy world, where she must learn to live among bizarre new creatures, and maybe make a few friends along the way.

[@uncannyvalley3190]

Really highlights who disney is marketing to. Young girls on tumblr who love the found-family trope

[@joe_z]

If you think about it, both of those shows are just American isekai.

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Both shows were pitched by creators to Disney, and actually watching both, they go in different directions over the episodes. When going with the same trope thing, then we'd be throwing Harry Potter and Percy Jackson together.

[@-angel-6371]

​@@jf_kein_k8590nah, they did actually went the same direction, both shows became More darker and mature with even having a character related to the main characters past that was "bad" but when getting to know the crew became good again and some Deus ex Machina Powers, and the they get back to their worlds and get emotianl when they se their relatives again, but holee sheet, they let the door open so the baddies are now in their world an want to cause trouble and Deus ex machones Powers ups with the Powers of friendship... And I could go on and on and on and on...

[@s4fe01]

Que legal comentarem sobre turma da mônica, é um quadrinho muito popular aqui no Brasil, e com muita frequência fazem diversas referências bacanas, excelente vídeo e parabéns pelo canal!!

[@pedrogoncalves7161]

então

[@blindnezblon3581]

porra lkkkkkk, vim nos comentarios tendo certeza que algum br ia falar disso kkkkkk, agora ele se espandio pra varios paises tipo o japão

[@thunderstorm3626]

ae garaio, br viu isso

[@georgefrancu8508]

Team Cherry needs to release silksong or we're gonna see mossbag in an asylum soon

[@historyenjoyer6529]

If the leak is correct he needs to hold out until february It was right about the Ruined King release date so who knows

[@alsartsavience3512]

@@historyenjoyer6529 so....MAYBE release date announced at TGA for release in February?

[@soundermoth5583]

I think why they haven't released silk song yet is partially because, similarly to hollow Knight, they keep having ideas and then adding them into the game.

[@DragonxFlutter]

@@historyenjoyer6529 UGH. I'm so sick of "leaks" and "leakers". Can't we all just stop beating around the bush and admit that "leaking" is just another PR stunt now? Like, they make a list of things that are true sprinkled with things that are false, just to hold the illusion that it's all some big corporate espionage no-no we all get to be a part of. But we _all_ know, deep down, that they were payed to spread that info.

[@dascreeb5205]

Silkcells.

[@petibuns]

Hollow Knight music appearing in The Block is actually a very sneaky reference to its setting, Australia! Supposedly, Australia isn't actually a fictional country but is in fact the country where Hollow Knight was created

[@savary5050]

I can’t believe Mossbag missed the biggest reference of all being that Hallownest is right side up which is a blatant reference to the rest of the world.

[@zzedixx]

nah Team Cherry created Australia

[@alexandermcadams3845]

@@zzedixx did they create australia for the sole purpose of marketing their amazing game?

[@zzedixx]

@@alexandermcadams3845 Precisely.

[@Morty143]

With all the bizzare bugs in Australia I'm not surprised

[@Seba_19]

As a lover of Hollow Knight, Amphibia, and The Owl House, I can't believe I missed the references in both shows!

[@dergecko92]

The "The Owl House" one is quite hard to spot, but I'd recommend (re-)watching S3E1, there's another reference to Hollow Knight (Maybe pay attention to certain Laptop Screens)

[@qwertydavid8070]

Bruh I'm so mad I missed that evangelion cameo. Evangelion is my favorite show of all time dude, that reference was staring me right in the face 😭

[@-Internet-Explore-Not-Working-]

@@qwertydavid8070 Right?! How he missed that!

[@anthonyc5995]

I just beat HK for the first time and loved it! Came across your channel and love all the HK lore and such. Instant sub. Keep it up dude

[@TimeBucks]

mossbag finally discussed the minor indie game among us

[@SwarumtheForum]

Dare I say it....?

[@user-ws4ij2my2s]

sus

[@zzedixx]

@@user-ws4ij2my2s -tainable

[@BVK.]

@@zzedixx thicc

[@depyjelly]

bro you ripped your entire comment from RoastedCheese like literally "mossbag finally discussed the minor indie game among us" is pulled straight from his full comment of "I can't believe mossbag finally discussed the minor indie game among us. It really is wholesome how he helps out small games these" bruh be more original

[@PrizMatex]

The more Hollow Knight references I witness, the more obsessed I become with Silksong.

[@NaNNaNNaNNaNNaN]

The more Hollow Knight is on Earth, the more reference will appear.

[@Finch-jo8xq]

“Everywhere I go, I see his face”

[@009_Ghostly_Systematic]

The longer hollow knight is on earth, the more popular it becomes.

[@xthax9718]

Yes and now it looks like you stopped caring after basically switching to exclusively fnf imo

[@queen_simp]

@@NaNNaNNaNNaNNaN it’s like an infection…. W A I T

[@loganclancy7147]

i absolutely love your lowkey humor. just enough to make me exhale out my nose and refresh my attention span for 10 seconds

[@gabrote42]

8:47 This reminds me when they used "sans." as BGM for a report on COVID

[@SonicHaXD]

Maybe the real Hollow Knight was the friends we made along the way XD

[@dascreeb5205]

They made me feel hollow, does that count?

[@shadowraven3253]

@@dascreeb5205 But did you git gud?

[@dascreeb5205]

@@shadowraven3253 I have achieved maximum gud.

[@user-uy2cn9cr7p]

@@dascreeb5205 i have achieved minimum gud, what do i get?

[@dascreeb5205]

@@user-uy2cn9cr7p bots.

[@roasted.cheese]

I can't believe mossbag finally discussed the minor indie game among us. It really is wholesome how he helps out small games like these

[@SSP2056]

amogus

[@lackryx4166]

@@SSP2056 sus

[@hippotripo6145]

I’m just surprised he mentioned Fortnite. You don’t hear a lot of people talking about it, or many season based Shooter Battle Royal games at all…

[@roasted.cheese]

@@hippotripo6145 ikr

[@dualwieldroxas358]

I love how you brought to light a whole bunch of fun, obscure indie games~

[@chrisgundry5480]

Honestly amazed you mentioned The Adventure Pals. Very cool 👍

[@phantominus1142]

As an Australian, I can confirm that the block is actually filmed in the only city here with only 400 houses, they simply destroy the houses and rebuild them each season.

[@tydshiin5783]

That's kinda sad tbh

[@mrb4795]

@@tydshiin5783 its all g hes just fucking around

[@haydenschmidty8554]

@@tydshiin5783 how could you not tell he was joking bruh. You really think cities only have 400 houses?

[@insignificantduck313]

There are two types of responses to an uneducated reply

[@CoolCrimsonJaguar]

@@tydshiin5783 yeah :/ good thing that here in Australia there's only like, 70-75 people. *76*, if you're being generous

[@TheLethargicWeirdo985]

If you're looking into Hollow knight references, there's a little known channel called mossbag that inserts a small cameo of the game every video. You've got to keep one eye peeled open though!

[@An_Entire_Lime]

Yeah he's a great content creator, I was really hoping he would get some recognition here, so underated

[@mat683]

There's also this other small channel, team cherry, that are always talking about the game

[@sparkydoggo8691]

There was one video where he went over all of the lore in cuphead, that one didn’t have hk in it

[@teentraveler1790]

It's awesome to learn about these Hollowknight references. I've watched the Amphibia ep. several time and never noticed the swords until now. :D

[@soIeil]

I like how the last video you started it with “I hate references” and in this one you said “I love references”. Also as an amphibia AND an owl house fan, I can confirm that they are animated disney shows about a young girl stumbling into a strange fantasy world, where she must learn to live among bizarre new creatures, and maybe make a few friends along the way.

[@Stryfe52]

Mossbag works so hard for us. We should treasure these double uploads…

[@rocher4767]

Hey

[@dascreeb5205]

@@rocher4767 oh no. The great powers are converging.

[@Stryfe52]

@@rocher4767 Hey! Hey!

[@tyr324]

Fun fact: in the calamity mod for terraria there is a difficulty setting called iron heart which prevents healing it also changes your health ui into masks instead of hearts

[@An_Entire_Lime]

Damn it now I REALLY gotta do the extra Calamity difficulties

[@qwerwert2739]

There is also the Hollow Nail weapon in spirit mod which works pretty similarly to the dead cells thing

[@Vastizra]

There is also a summon weapon called "Guidelight of Oblivion" that is dropped from signus, Envoy of the Devourer that drops in malice mode. It is a reference to the Grimmkin Novices.

[@shaggyleaf]

which reminds that a dev set in the thorium mod is of the hollow knight. there’s also a dev set of magolor from kirby if I remember correctly

[@cholas6573]

No wonder that item looks so familiar. Also, another Terraria mod named Shadows of Abaddon adds Hornet's needle to the game. It has the added bonuses of being able to be used as a grappling hook, and granting you the ability to perform the Gossamer Storm.

[@alexvaughn3834]

The Owl House has since added another. At one point in the first episode of the new season, we see Luz's computer desktop which has several shortcuts for video games she's downloaded. One of these is titled "Holler Knight" with a familiar-looking icon.

[@Musaaslan_Meowforces]

7:53 how dare you.. say that again and feel THE POKEMON HELL

[@timclark2818]

As I said once, he doesn't know the difference between Pokémon and Digimon! 😡

[@franciscojavierdelatorreba3554]

​@@timclark2818same stuff

[@timclark2818]

@@franciscojavierdelatorreba3554 Very completely different.

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

Fr like HOW

[@togekiss09]

Google sarcasm

[@redbone9553]

mossbag is slowly descending into insanity.

[@atanor9787]

Agree

[@Vincent-nz4vt]

He was always insane

[@sqidwad915]

i knew something was wrong when he uploaded 2 times in a day

[@queen_simp]

Always has been

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

What waiting for silk song does to a mf

[@rogerrussell]

I would love a show about someone who ends up in a fantasy world and has to learn how to live with bizarre new creatures and makes friends along the way

[@Classact47]

Disney really has been watching some isekai recently

[@hollowminded12]

Both shows are actually pretty good and original even if their basic beginning plotlines are the same

[@margaram78]

Quit daydreaming bro, it'll never happen.

[@suprshin]

I read this as he spoke the line.

[@datwitchyswordfan]

This is the plot of both Silksong and Hollow Knight, if you think about it, lol.

[@wobbmin3705]

Bug Fables actually has two Hollow Knight references. In a secret room of a secret cave where you fight the Mother Chomper boss, there’s an Old Nail in a stone.

[@edgard142ndofwelshdale7]

Help I've been stuck in a loop for 5 hours, each time I finish this video I have to watch the other media Easter eggs in hollow knight and then it takes me back here, is this my life now?

[@Northirn]

I have no opinion on references! Remember when Wario was on SNL? Or that time Rick and Morty showed up in Space Jam 2? That was so neutral! I will remember that for an average amount of time.

[@JoakoQuesada]

I hate references! Remember when Wario was on SNL? Or that time Rick and Morty showed up in Space Jam 2? That was terrible! I will forget about that right now.

[@trentmager4852]

I absolutely love references! Remember when Wario was on SNL? Or that time Rick and Morty showed up in Space Jam 2? That was great! I will remember that for the rest of my life

[@blazerlazer55]

I have a mild fondness for references! Remember when Wario was on SNL? Or that time Rick and Morty showed up in Space Jam 2? I will remember that for a fairly long amount of time.

[@owlman9856]

Mossbags video is about a knight stumbling into a strange fantasy world where they must learn to live amongst bizarre new creatures and maybe even make a few friends along the way

[@leif6111]

No.

[@Hollowdude15]

I love hollow knight cameos and cool video man :]

[@leofireball8064]

I like your humor, you have gained a sub

[@harryjesshop6890]

Went into school one day, and one of the art projects that a class did was on a wall. They were what seemed to be clay masks that depicted some sort of monster. There was one that stood out though.... Someone made The Knight, and it was deemed good enough to be shown on the wall. To this day I still don't know who this legend is, but godspeed to that man.

[@ethanp3510]

Similar story. There is this bulliten board where they post artwork from the Digital Design class that I pass every day to get to the cafeteria. Two separate pieces showed the White Lady and the Broken Vessel.

[@isaacnykamp8083]

My university has a sculpting class and one of the showcase pieces is an environment concept of the Mantis Lords. Makes me happy whenever I'm in the arts building

[@matcha._.000]

once when i walked into my English classroom, someone drew some of the hollow knight characters (like Zote, Hornet, The Knight, etc.) on the whiteboard, and to this day I have no clue who drew it

[@kenkoopa7903]

What's interesting about Owl House is that because Eda goes over to the Human Realm to get trinkets to sell in the Demon Realm, the Hollow Night reference in Owl House might have been an actual Knight plushie Eda found and gave to King.

[@freycossy-_-6598]

"King, I found a bug plush that looks like you." Maybe Hooty was wrong, and King really is a bug demon after all.

[@dreamnail]

in a newer episode called hollow mind, the younger version of emperor belos looks exactly like the knight

[@hellbornKrieg]

There’s also a reference to dark souls and bloodborne in the owl house

[@marmaje6953]

Sounds like a good deduction. I must watch this show at some point

[@qwertyuiop711]

you are a true person of cultrure for watching toh

[@axlax3268]

I have bin stuck in an infinite loop of watching this video and references in hollow knight since this dropped

[@johnirving384]

Help I have been stuck in a loop of these videos for 4 months

[@VaryaTheVillain]

there's also a Russian cartoon called "Heroes of Envell" that has a couple of Hollow Knight art references within it, one in particular being one of the characters using Hollow Knight artwork as their wallpaper! it's in ep 18 of the first season, iirc

[@LiperioHK]

There's been a TV show in France that used Hollow Knight music at some point. It's a cooking competition called "Le Meilleur Pâtissier", translated "The Best Pastry Chef" and it used Mantis Lords, Grimm and Hollow Knight themes at some point.

[@luulcas_6267]

I NEED THE LINK

[@damiendutrey8440]

They still do, I'm following this year's edition and as per usual they used these three songs for their Halloween special episode

[@filiurwish1858]

Appropriate music themes for the cooking shows

[@gatovirolo1308]

Omg, I also need the link, It sounds pretty fun to watch!

[@ya_2n]

@@gatovirolo1308 i haven't a link but i have recorded a video on my phone when i saw this. I was so surprised

[@IUseRandomPfps]

Mossbag mentioning Bug Fables has to be one of the greatest things on all time.

[@flags4595]

I chuckled at the hollow knight beer being a reason to go to rosia crazy how things change

[@Rayneworld]

You forgot the reference where a character from "Hollow Knight" makes an appearance in an upcoming game called "Silksong". I know it isn't released yet, so we can't be sure, but the main character bears a striking resemblance to the Knight's sister. Maybe you should make a video on it once it comes out!

[@senboy9002]

I don't know how I missed that! But that might be too similar, I think that could be a copyright infringement. Maybe Team Cherry gave them the rights to that character to use in Silksong?

[@SalemWolf]

That seems fairly obscure I don't know if mossbag has even heard of this game called Hollow Knight.

[@KLINGUx]

holesom

[@SalemWolf]

@Tyler Bennett I don’t think so, bug guy from Hollow Knight isn’t even in Silksong. I think you got your facts twisted my friend.

[@blaisekern]

@@senboy9002 I can never tell if people are serious or not.

[@gomelo6787]

Wow, i can finally say The Knight appears in a brazilian kid's comic I am truly proud of my country Also, just to clear something up, that green elephant is called Jotalhão, an extremely famous character made by Maurício de Souza, which also made Turma da Mônica (Mônica's Gang, as they adapted it in english speaking countries). He's so famous to the point of appearing in the label for tomato sauce Also! A lil fun fact, Maurício de Souza was actually close friends with Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy Thank you Mossbag for aknowledging my country's existence! Leagues ahead of the people in your server...

[@Noname-hk7fi]

To elaborate on this, I believe the tomato sauce in question is actually in some way related to the company that owns Turma da Mônica. E legal achar outros brasileiros aqui, sempre que alguém comenta algo do nosso país da pra ver quantos tem.

[@banilo1022]

Slc falar gangue da monica parece q é umas criança traficante

[@noanfelipe4753]

@@banilo1022 kkkkkjj

[@leif4698]

Yooooooo based turma da mônica?!

[@thesnack126]

no way :flushed:

[@AntiVectorTV]

5:38 "....both the Knight and Zote" ACTUALLY I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT'S THE INVINCIBLE FEARLESS SENSUAL MYSTERIOUS ENCHANTING VIGOROUS DILIGENT OVERWHELMING GORGEOUS PASSIONATE TERRIFYING BEAUTIFUL POWERFUL GREY PRINCE ZOTE THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@xicufwm]

I love the duality of these two videos! Also, as a Brazilian it was nice to see 2 references from Brazil (Dandara and Turma da Mônica)

[@DementedDuskull]

7:08 And y'know, it does actually make in-universe sense for there to be a giant nail weapon given that Amphibia is a world of giant amphibians and bugs

[@synkt8759]

I’d make an infection reference if I were them, maybe add the infected crossroads vengefly in the background cuz it does feel like that would be something that you’d see in amphibia

[@devthegoogleuser6198]

@@synkt8759 would be really funny if it was also chasing a random dude

[@spiderparades]

After seeing that Amphibia had a reference, I was pretty surprised. I never would've thought it would've have one, so I literally went, "what's next, Owl House?"

[@HiJack518]

bean bag

[@JoshuaA1307]

@@HiJack518 season 2 of TOH has an app in the laptop that refences Hollow Knight

[@Yoyo-bl2qp]

Very interessant 😍 thank you !

[@quatremaillemusique]

I love how Dead Cells is made in such a way it looks like a stand up comedian going on stage to tell everyone who his favourite artists are, while still delivering a very good show of his own. It kinda feels like a very good friend who always introduces you to people you will like

[@silly_vision1]

Two years ago, a show called "le meilleur pâtissier" was airing in Belgium and, for the Halloween special, they used ONLY Hollow Knight OST...Mainly thinking about -Mantis Lords -Hollow Knight -Nightmare King Grimm And so on and so forth for two and a half hours

[@Isaax]

I need a link up a reupload, please

[@iamacatperson7226]

That is beautiful. I request a link

[@jovic7357]

Hello i'm going to do a heart surgery and to guarantee i'll be ok i need da link

[@knightlyfiver9733]

i need the link, my family is held captive

[@jovic7357]

@@knightlyfiver9733 we all need this link and nobody bring the link, i think there's no goodness in the heart of this men :(

[@InsaneSeishiro]

I can even think of 2 more. The game "Tails of Iron" has a hidden statue of the knight with a full set of gear, helmet, cloak and nail & the game "cake bash" has a reference in it's collection, where the name of the great white butterfly decoration is >the Radiance< and the description reads: Gaze into the light and hear a distant choir.

[@randomguy9305]

I didn't know so many pieces of media reference famous game Hungry Knight. Thanks for such an informative video PewDiePie.

[@necrul1]

Oh my God. Mossbag, I love your videos but I missed this one. And my friends pointed out that you mentioned craft beer from Russia. This was my post from reddit. I just want to say thank you!

[@hazelm7631]

Hornet isn't the only reference in One Step From Eden. There is a rest ability that has a clear image of the knight and says on it, "for when you're feeling hollow"

[@penderrin1637]

As someone who plays a lot of dead cells, the pure nail is a really interesting weapons, less for the upwards and downwards attacks, and more for the fact that it's the only melee weapon that allows you to move while attacking

[@ZachMonkey]

its my absolute favorite, it makes the combat feel so smooth

[@Bk15729]

@@ZachMonkey Bro it does no damage tho

[@joshualecureux3663]

Watching this vid reminded me of all of these things, because I love HK. ( also a good build for the black bridge boss, pure nail, frost blast, wolf trap, and tonic)

[@torterratortellini6641]

4:53 Ooooooh that hurt

[@mino2123]

mossbag just made a cameo twice in one day???? crazy edit: yoooooo I love bug fables, awesome to hear a mention of it

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Something to note about the pure nail item in dead cells is that unlike all the other melee weapons, you can move left and right while swinging, there’s even a small amount of knock back in those opposite directions

[@firen0136]

Holy crap really? I've never noticed that! Thank you, this will be a big help to know in 5 cell difficulty 😎🥃

[@randomisaac5959]

You can even pogo off of enemies with the Pure Nail. Don't think it's reliable enough for constant gameplay but it's possibly

[@JanbluTheDerg]

I managed to use it to finish a run... on normal difficulty. Really fun to use.

[@accountlol7409]

Hollow knight in dead cells?!??!?!

[@RiceStranger]

Adventure Pals was a game whose Flash version I used to play as a kid. It's very nice to see that it's Steam version has a Hollow Knight reference

[@Squaredasher]

Bug fables actually has another, more overt hollow knight reference! In the chomper caves, there's a hidden room containing the beserker badge. In this room there's a nail strikingly similar to the one carried by the knight.

[@thalesc.5255]

the moment when mossbag talks about every brazilian's favorite kids comic has finally arrived, turma da monica will dominate the world someday

[@LouieSP]

é só uma questão de tempo >:)

[@laranjacomacerola__]

mauricio nao ta vacilando nao, daqui a pouco a sombra aparece na historia do penadinho fica ligado

[@rofrango769]

o Maurício deve ter referenciado toda mídia q existe nesse mundo

[@caciencia]

But first the rua

[@retro777br]

Deveria ter visto a revistinha antes, talvez eu pegava a referencia

[@viniciusosorio2550]

OMG so proud of my Brazilian fellow artists. Getting Dandara and Turma da Mônica (which means Monica's Gang) - which is a comic book series about a small group of friends who lives in a small neighborhood. They had a lot of characters in different groups like Turma da Penadinho (about some ghosts and monsters), Chico Bento (showing a more rural part of the country), The Tribe (about indigenous people), and there's the Green Elephant which is called Jotalhão and is part of a setting about animals. Turma da Mônica is very loved by us Brazilians and makes part of most people's childhood. Great video!

[@enrico9665]

Estava procurando o comentário BR

[@gabiz1331]

I know right E muito legal saber que tem outros brasileiros que gostam de hollow knight

[@ng42.]

There's an English version of these comics (also a Spanish bit we aren't speaking Spanish rn) but instead of Monica's gang it's called Monica and friends

[@Mr.Slinky]

I remember that episode on the block! My mum watches it all the time. I was sitting in my room when suddenly I heard the hollow knight theme from the living room. I went out and was surprised to see the theme playing on the block

[@jackkirkpatrick1069]

I love Moss’s consistent take on how much he loves references

[@simon.6636]

Seeing that hollow knight made in "turma da mônica" as a brazilian is so damn cool

[@nimbow6592]

KKKKKKK Mauricio de Sousa mto foda

[@plihal203]

mauricio de souza produções are confirmed gamers

[@simon.6636]

Mauricio de souza gaming

[@tallesrodrigues5994]

*little happy moments*

[@BlackXGrimm]

Maurício, um homem de cultura

[@stanisawdrewienkowski2843]

You are a master of finding obscure ferfrences it seems. I for one didn't get the giraffe one, and would have just glossed over it

[@fireblade696]

I love how the Amphibia and Owl House descriptions you gave are exactly the same.

[@leonardooliveira-pk8xg]

i loved the video thks

[@NZsaltz]

Honestly, describing King as "this dog thing" is entirely accurate

[@twinbruisesonmyshins]

....is he. not?

[@regamae]

The fact that the Dead Cells team let you have a sneak peek is amazing! Props to you my dude

[@sundalosketch4769]

I'm late by a whole year but that same thing with The Block happened with Ori and the Blind Forest. A track was playing in a nature docu-esk video on Netflix but i forgot what the name of it was. It was definitely Artic or icy region related though. It nearly gave me whiplash from how fast i recognized it. It feels so bizzare that random unrelated shows would want to draw from videogame soundtracks like that. Just outta nowhere.

[@legofan6559]

The description of that vest you showed is also an easter egg referencing Pale King's quote on how he wanted to seal away the radiance within a vessel with no voice, no will and no mind or something like that (and based on the events of the game you can tell how well that happened)

[@danielbrovender2932]

5:13 'fall guys makes the most sense' shows the knight fucking falling I love it

[@usernametaken017]

Fall [non-binary genderless voud entity]

[@Mothman-185]

There’s this one hidden gem called “Hollow Knight” and it has major Hollow Knight references. It’s supposedly getting a sequel that has a bunch of references as well. There’s also a Easter egg in fallout: 76 as both games include many many bugs. I just made a reference to hollow Knight, as I was beating a dead horse, just like how you can beat a dead Nosk and a dead Zote.

[@samkeiser9776]

I chuckled. I went “haha”

[@darthmauve]

you said the letter "h" multiple times in this comment, the letter h is in hollow knight, hollow knight reference

[@fireblade696]

@@samkeiser9776 That is a reference to when I laughed at how many bugs are in fallout: 76, and the bugs are refrences to hallow knight. So your haha is a reference to hollow knight.

[@Sov_spoiled]

knight has the word i Bizzare has an i Hollow knight is a jojo reference

[@mxstrikk]

The Owl House just had its Season 3 premiere (it's on KZbin), and it includes another Hollow Knight reference on Luz's laptop/desktop!

[@jonnyaitken2404]

I've head the dungeon defender theme on British reality telly a few times. Never rember where but it always makes me go hang on I recognise that.

[@ethanlee8307]

I love how Hollow Knight has just wormed its way into the hearts of so many creators and fans that they just can't help but pay homage to the game. It really speaks to the great impact this game has had.

[@i_dont_pay_taxes491]

Impact, GENSHIN IMPACT?

[@BaggedBread]

@@i_dont_pay_taxes491castrate yourself

[@i_dont_pay_taxes491]

@@BaggedBread on it

[@Chromeno]

@@i_dont_pay_taxes491 Internet users when they see a word from the dictionary

[@Tt-The-Creative]

Knight is cute boi (gender neutral term I mean) They smol bean that must be protected. Despite being the thing protecting

[@FakeFlameSprite]

there's actually a second hollow knight reference in bug fables! it's possible to find the knight's nail stuck in a rock at one point

[@phil9235]

And there's even a third one when one of the badges looks like Knight's head

[@FakeFlameSprite]

@@phil9235 been a bit since I last played bug fables, almost forgot about that one!

[@daniellourens5678]

I must've missed that one! Do you remember where?

[@FakeFlameSprite]

@@daniellourens5678 I don't remember the exact location, but I know it's through a crack in a wall where you get the berserker medal

[@mintyblossom3930]

I feel like I just watched a 10 minute ad for games I've never heard of

[@LeShawnDeWalrus]

5:18 i didn't expect you to actually include forager in this, cool.

[@hestuthebestu5117]

Being one of the seven Australians, I love hearing all your funny, “true” facts about Australia.

[@GardenVarietea]

You, Kappa Kaiju, the 3 developers of Hollow Knight, and 8-Bit Gaming are the only people in Australia. Understandable

[@hazmatbp]

@@GardenVarietea Dont forget indeimaus and me. But Australia probably isn't real anyways so none of this even matters

[@smugslider3690]

mmm yes, a grand total of *8*

[@e_is_for_existential_crisis]

@@GardenVarietea what about me?

[@e_is_for_existential_crisis]

So 9 Australians? I thought there was only 5 of us

[@capshelldoor1241]

As a Russian, from what I could find they stopped making that beer, so this place officially has no reasons to be visited

[@mossbag69]

Noooooooooooooooooooo

[@hammieli1875]

Hi JADs

[@randomguy9202]

@@mossbag69 what's your favourite amphibian?

[@tacoreflex]

Да екарный бабай

[@leif6111]

@@mossbag69 I love you *hugs mossbag*

[@Autized]

Ah yes the video paradox, miss bag is sending us back and fourth between the two references videos

[@tikinafilms3215]

In the obscure piece of media "Hollow Knight" the knight from Hollow Knight also makes an appearance along with several other characters, like the midwife and Myla.

[@aler3485]

De todas as referências que apareceram, eu não imaginava que o Mauricio de Souza gostava de Hollow Knight

[@panettone5121]

Pois é, né?

[@eduardoneves8795]

Mauricio de Souza é foda dms

[@lessa8187]

mauricio tem cultura

[@quentebarchiveeoutrascoisa8036]

Top 10 crosovers fodas.

[@oceanman7741]

Eu quase cai pra tras quando eu vi turma da monica, Maurico de Souza muito fida

[@eba56]

Two videos at once awesome

[@adrianacevedX2]

9:31 that didn't age well

[@YogurtEnjoyer5611]

7:17 another Hollow Knight reference in The Owl House shows up in season 3 episode 1 where Luz opens up her computer to record, however if you look at the different apps she has you can see Moonfarm Valley (Stardew Valley), Umovie (Imovie), Hades, a couple others and last but not least Holler Knight

[@GardenVarietea]

Two other references in Bug Fables to Hollow Knight: *In the Chomper Cave, digging into a crack in one of the walls of the cave (after getting the ability to use it) and following it to the other side will pop you into a room with an Old Nail dug into a rock in the cave. Interestingly, the nail is significantly bigger than Team Snakemouth, suggesting that the Bug Fables bugs are a lot smaller than the Hollow Knight bugs. Or that it's someone else's nail. *The Item Tracker badge, which you can get in the Bee Kingdom as a B.O.S.S. system reward, is the spitting image of The Knight's helmet. That's really the end of the references though.

[@gregac1984]

It looks to me like they 100% stole the look of hollow knight

[@GardenVarietea]

@@gregac1984 Eh, it has its own identity (I mean the game looks so much more cheerful than Hollow Knight does, and it certainly has much more dialogue too), though it does have more than a couple references to the other, bug-based game. Though, it does have some references to things like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, and, of course, Paper Mario.

[@kumicables]

It's sly's nail

[@X-SPONGED]

The Virgin King Arthur's Sword Vs The King's Vessel's Sharpened Nail

[@mrscreamlad6572]

Also, when you first find Leif, Kabbu asks if he is "one of the fabled tribes lurking underground"

[@ascenderre]

Hello, journal. I swear I've started every entry with a date or some kind of a time mark but now I've completely lost track of time. mossbag has put me into an endless loop in wich I must view his two recent videos ("Top 13.5 Hollow Knight cameos in other media" and "Hidden Easter Eggs in Hollow Knight" very good content btw highly recommend) repeatedly, clicking that goddamn link over and over again. I have now every line of the script engraved deeply into my memory. My thoughts have became Hollow Knight references themselves. This is true torment. I can not escape. I have nothing but you, my journal.

[@mano__diep1318]

wanderer's journal

[@xaiver7769]

hi

[@adamhellegaard2019]

Another soul falls to the endless cycle of mossbag’s tyranny and suffering

[@Drekromancer]

@@adamhellegaard2019 I have no voice to cry suffering, and I must scream.

[@clauday6467]

Yes obscure , thank you for giving me such obscure information about a small obscure media

[@Timeward76]

I was not expecting an appearance of Brazillian children's slice of life/bizarre adventure comic Turma da Mônica. Your pronunciation of it is also almost on point, which impresses me. We tend to play fast and loose with copyright here.

[@pink_n_squishy973]

I can’t wait to tell every enemy I beat in Silksong to “git gud.”

[@WASD_ii]

*Git gud

[@mano__diep1318]

jokes on you silksong is never coming out

[@icetide9411]

In a little indie roguelite called Revita, there are 2 items that are references to HK. There's the Shade Cloak item which makes your dashes deal contact damage (obvious reference), and there's the Broken Nail, which makes you deal extra damage to corrupted enemies and bosses. Two simple Easter eggs, but Easter eggs nonetheless

[@senboy9002]

In a little known piece of media called "Hollow Knight" there seems to be a character referencing Hornet from HK.

[@ezeygames1914]

I'm currently addicted to revita

[@-PalePoet-]

I got here through the references in hollow knight video and am now stuck in an infinite loop