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==''Evil Dead''==
==''Evil Dead''==
The name of the series itself, ''[[MediEvil]]'', a portmanteau of the words "medieval" and "evil", was allegedly part of the original title of the [[wikipedia:Army of Darkness|third Evil Dead film]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_dwfr8eaY|title=История MediEvil/The History of Medievil|author=EmuGamer|site=YouTube|published=December 3, 2017|retrieved=May 25, 2024}}</ref> The [[Severed Hands]] present throughout the early levels of ''MediEvil'' are also based on [[wikipedia:Ash Williams|Ash]]'s evil reanimated hand from ''[[wikipedia:Evil Dead II|Evil Dead II]]''.<ref name="history"/>
The name of the series itself, ''[[MediEvil]]'', a portmanteau of the words "medieval" and "evil", was allegedly part of the original title of the [[wikipedia:Army of Darkness|third Evil Dead film]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_dwfr8eaY|title=История MediEvil/The History of Medievil|author=EmuGamer|site=YouTube|published=December 3, 2017|retrieved=May 25, 2024}}</ref> The [[Severed Hands]] present throughout the early levels of ''MediEvil'' are also based on [[wikipedia:Ash Williams|Ash]]'s evil reanimated hand from ''[[wikipedia:Evil Dead II|Evil Dead II]]''.<ref name="history"/>
==''Der Golem''==
[[Jason Wilson]], art director on ''MediEvil'', listed the sets from this film as inspiration for [[The Sleeping Village]], Zarok's study and various house interiors in the game.<ref name="architecture">{{Icon|Facebook}} {{cite web|author=Wilson, Jason|published=November 3, 2014|title=Reference and inspiration for the game ''MediEvil''|site=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/JayGunnArts/posts/587295241397225|retrieved=August 31, 2024}}</ref>
==''Donkey Kong''==
==''Donkey Kong''==
The gameplay in the [[Cemetery Hill]] level seems to be modelled on the original ''[[wikipedia:Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.drum.lib.umd.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fec5348d-a0e9-462e-8ea9-b304ac53061d/content|title=Game Fiction|author=Rhody, Jason Christopher|published=2010}}</ref>
The gameplay in the [[Cemetery Hill]] level seems to be modelled on the original ''[[wikipedia:Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.drum.lib.umd.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fec5348d-a0e9-462e-8ea9-b304ac53061d/content|title=Game Fiction|author=Rhody, Jason Christopher|published=2010}}</ref>
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*[[Fazguls]], [[Zarok]]'s elite bodyguards, are a reference to the [[wikipedia:Nazgûl|Nazgûl]], [[wikipedia:Sauron|Sauron]]'s "most terrible servants."
*[[Fazguls]], [[Zarok]]'s elite bodyguards, are a reference to the [[wikipedia:Nazgûl|Nazgûl]], [[wikipedia:Sauron|Sauron]]'s "most terrible servants."
*[[The Pumpkin Witch]] calls her piece of the Anubis Stone "my precious," much like what [[wikipedia:Gollum|Gollum]] calls the [[wikipedia:One Ring|One Ring]].
*[[The Pumpkin Witch]] calls her piece of the Anubis Stone "my precious," much like what [[wikipedia:Gollum|Gollum]] calls the [[wikipedia:One Ring|One Ring]].
==''Metropolis''==
Jason Wilson listed the tower of Babel sequence from the [[wikipedia:Metropolis (1927 film)|film]] as inspiration for the Cemetery Hill level in the original ''MediEvil''<ref name="architecture"/>
==''Nightmare Before Christmas, The''==
==''Nightmare Before Christmas, The''==
''MediEvil'' was inspired by the visual style of [[wikipedia:The Nightmare Before Christmas|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]. [[The Town Mayor]]'s design seems particularly reminiscent of the Mayor of Halloween Town in the film.
''MediEvil'' was inspired by the visual style of [[wikipedia:The Nightmare Before Christmas|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]. [[The Town Mayor]]'s design seems particularly reminiscent of the Mayor of Halloween Town in the film.