3. The Holy Golden Hand Grenade Of Halo 4
The Halo series is also no stranger to throwing pop culture references in during gameplay. Usually they come in the form of random expressions made by the marines or grunts, but sometimes in objects or concepts as well. Like in Halo 4's seventh mission entitled "Composer." After exiting the room with scientists, if the player then turns right into the dead end, Master Chief will find a dead marine in the corner. On the left of the screen there will be a normal green grenade, but on the right there will be a golden one. It even carries the luster of gold about it and can be thrown like any regular grenade, but will appear as a flashing golden orb across the screen before it explodes. This has everyone perplexed unless they've seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail where the knights throw the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch to destroy the killer bunny rabbit. The grenade that the knights throw is also gold in color. Seems like a pretty obscure reference, but I think this one was meant as a slight tip of the hat and to get a chuckle out of a few people who would immediately draw the connection.