Minor Video Games Mentions

The following is a list of minor mentions of the Muppets, Sesame Street or Jim Henson productions made in video games.

Borderlands 2

• Collecting items with a green rarity completes an in-game challenge called "It's Not Easy Looting Green."

DC Universe Online

• MMO taking place in the DC Comics universe. In a Sept 7, 2012 video previewing add-on content, a game designer has plush dolls of Bunsen and Beaker in his office. (YouTube)

Homescapes

• In the HomeSpace feed section, Austin tells the nightmare he had where his parents sold the house he's trying to renovate, he states "It was worse than my monster!" Olivia, his mother, says "Was that the monster you wanted to make friends with by offering it cookies?" Austin replies "Yep. I figured no one could resist your cookies, and I was right." Olivia replies "No wonder there were never any cookies, and crumbs were always in the closet." This is a reference to Cookie Monster.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

• While looking through a number of costumes for a school play, Chloe Price spots an avian mask and comments, "Hey kids, who wants to dress up like Big Bird's fugly cousin?"

Lucy Dreaming

• A Ludo doll can be seen on a shelf.

Mortal Kombat 11

• In a pre-release beta of the game, Jade, a character known for wearing the color green, has a variation whose base name is called "Not Easy Being." In the final version of the game a character tower for Jade titled "Ain't Easy Bein'" was used.

Connections

• Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Goro in Mortal Kombat (1995 film), and Ermac and Kabal in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995 animated series)
• Cree Summer voiced Princess Kitana in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.
• Frank Welker voiced Shao Kahn, Reptile, and "vocal effects" for Goro in Mortal Kombat (1995 film), and creatures in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995 animated series)

Overwatch

• Playable hero Torbjörn, a Swedish dwarf-like man, has an unlockable graffiti "spray" that depicts him in The Swedish Chef's attire. In the image, Torbjörn is posed identically to the Swedish Chef in a promotional photo, and has a thought bubble depicting a chicken, one of the Chef's most oft-prepared foodstuffs.

Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero

Quest for Glory I VGA Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs

• Later versions of the game include a reference to Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs in a forest scene.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

• On the Kreeli Comet level, a space pirate makes an announcement over the ship's loudspeaker: "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's entertainment has been brought to you by the letter Arrrr!"

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space

• In Santa's workshop, Sam and Max find a "Torture Me Elmer" doll.

Transformice

• A Kermit the Frog hoodie is sold in the shop.

Two Point Hospital

• The PA announcer randomly calls out "Dr. Honeydew needed in research".

See also

• Video Game Appearances