The plot for Crystal Caves: Trouble with
Twibbles contains a strikingly similar element to that of
an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Even the
names of both are quite similar.
In the Star Trek episode, the Enterprise is overrun by
purring little clumps of fur known as Tribbles. Tribbles
are born pregnant, asexual and the more they eat (which
is quite a lot), the more they give birth - very much the
same characteristics to the Twibbles of Crystal Caves.
Their physical appearence is also worthy of comparison:
Star Trek:
The Original Series
Star Trek:
The Animated Series
Crystal
Caves:
Troubles with Twibbles
(original Star Trek image from startrek.com.
Animated Star Trek image from danhausertrek.com.
Crystal Caves image from Troubles with Twibbles ending
sequence.)
The episode of Star Trek: The Original Series is Episode
15 of Series 2, titled: The Troubles with Tribbles. The
episode from Star Trek: The Animated Series is Episode 5,
titled: More Tribbles, More Troubles. Tribbles have
appeared in more episodes than listed above - go to startrek.com
for more information.
Frank
Maddin has confirmed that Trouble with
Twibbles is indeed a refrence to the Trouble with
Tribbles episode of Star Trek.
Regulan Blood Worms...
In the same Star Trek: TOS episode as
above, we learn of a race of creatures known as Regulan
blood worms; creatures so insignificant to the Klingon,
that they use their very name as an insult to anyone they
think to be weak.
In the story section for Trouble with Twibbles, it is
mentioned that Mylo's last fortune was lost when he tried
to sell Regulan Blood Stones to the Vampire dwellers of
Ghoulbone IV. Okay, so they're worms in the Star Trek
episode... but it's kind of close... isn't it?
Epic takes Apogee's advice
Jill Underground's
message
Crystal Caves Message
In various levels of each volume of
Crystal Caves, there's a helpful message stating that
'Winners don't use drugs'. In the second volume of Epic
Games' Jill Trilogy (titled 'Jill goes Underground'),
there's a sign stating that 'Winners don't lose frogs'.
The two phrases are very much alike, as is the appearance
of the actual signs.
(Thanks to LevelLord00 for this information)
"Kilroy was here"
In one level per episode, there is a
sign stating that "Kilroy was here" (as seen
above). This is possibly making refrence to a phrase that
appeared quite alot during World War II. It is probably
best described by a quote from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A508277:
"During the World War II, the phrase 'Kilroy was
here' began to appear wherever US troops were. It was
often accompanied with the image of a face with a long
nose and two big round eyes with small dot eyeballs
peeking over a wall or a line representing a wall.
Everything else, except sometimes his fingers gripping
the top of the wall, was hidden behind the wall
itself."
There are some other websites with information about the
"Kilroy was here" phrase:
Mylo's ship, the Millenium Kiwi, sounds suspiciously
similar to Han Solo's Millenium Falcon from the original
Star Wars trilogy. The names of the two ships also seem
to reflect the bird in their titles - the Falcon being a
strong and powerful bird, and the Kiwi being an
endangered and flightless bird.
(Trivia submitted by Genius314 and Lady
Vader)
