20 Things You Didn't Know About Uncharted

17. Uncharted 3's Clever References To Several Hollywood Action Movies

Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception multiplayer Yippie-Kai-Yay medal
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It's no secret that Uncharted is heavily inspired by action-adventure movies like Indiana Jones and National Treasure, and the third game in the series has a really cool way of paying homage to its Hollywood cousins.

While playing through Uncharted 3's extensive multiplayer suite, you could earn medals for performing specific actions - for example, getting the first kill of the game would grant you the "First!" medal, and getting a stealth kill would give you "Oh Snap!"

And brilliantly, some of these medals directly referenced famous action movies.

The "Yippie-Kai-Yay" medal (awarded for getting a kill while riding a zipline) is, of course, a reference to John McClane's iconic catchphrase in the Die Hard movies, while "Drake's On A Plane" (awarded for being on the winning team after the plane sequence) is a riff on Snakes On A Plane, and "If It Bleeds" (awarded for killing a monstrous Brute) is a line spoken in 1987's Predator.

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