Easter Eggs in Alcatraz?

[Sparkrunner he/him]

The (rather) blatant but still unlisted references to beating yourself over the head with a fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, described as being WAY too thick.

[Archer he/him]

@Emily that was a remarkably useful summary of the chapter title's meanings. Thank-you.

[Kidpen he/him]

Wait, why is the C section of the liebrary for Jurassic park?

[Archer he/him]

On 07/04/2018 at 6:14 PM, Kidpen said:

Wait, why is the C section of the liebrary for Jurassic park?

The author was Michael Crichton

[Kidpen he/him]

4 minutes ago, Archer said:

The author was Michael Crichton

Oh, the Author. I was confused.

[Emily she/her]

Umm... this one’s sorta obvious but it hasn’t been mentioned yet...

In The Dark Talent, Shasta is reading Mistborn. 

Edited July 13, 2018 by Emily

[+Ark1002]

On 7/12/2018 at 5:22 PM, Emily said:

Umm... this one’s sorta obvious but it hasn’t been mentioned yet...

In The Dark Talent, Shasta is reading Mistborn. 

I am extremely embarrassed. I have read this book so many times, and I never even noticed...

[Emily she/her]

Also, in the Scrivener’s bones dust jacket, it mentions that Brandon has been known to bring swords to weddings. He cut the cake at his wedding with a sword.

[Sogeking]

Hi everyone! First post here, long-time lurker, though. I’ve read everything by Brandon except for his WoT books and Alcatraz. Figured I’d remedy the latter and I just read the first book. Quickly looked for an easter egg thread since so many of them (the High Imperial, the Steelheart reference) really jumped out.

 

The one that jumped out the most, though, is one I haven’t seen mentioned here (which is not to say that people haven’t noticed and I did not look carefully for fear of spoilers) was the Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference “Churches. Lead, very small rocks, and ducks.” It had me laughing out loud. I was actually starting to theorize that Quentin was talking in riddles by pointing out “things that float”. I strongly recommend everyone to look it up if it doesn’t ring any bells!

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

There's also a reference that Shasta Smedry 

WoT spoilers books 1-5

Spoiler

Is in fact the person behind the death of Asmodean

 

[EggArdent she/her]

On 2/25/2016 at 8:43 AM, Josh L. said:

Mistborn ("Wasing not of wasing is")

 

when I read that I had to double take and then screeched.

[Cgixolek]

In book two of Evil Librarians, Alcatraz says he once "...jokingly dubbed my potato a 'Potin Potato, grown and crafted in the fields of Potallia',". He says that the Crystallians were not amused, and that he should've used his carrot.

Direct "Potato in a minefield" Reckoners referece.

 

That or Brandon Sanderson thinks carrots are more romantic than potatoes.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Cgixolek

[EmulatonStromenkiin he/him]

On 11/15/2018 at 4:25 AM, Ernei said:

There's "Avada Kedavra" in Alcatraz's list of ways not to day. And also the next one on the same list is, "a suit from JK Rowling" (more or less, I guess, I read this series in my native language and I'm unsure of the translation)

A lawsuit from J.K. Rowling, doesn't want to die of legal fines

[Alcatraz Fan #394]

On 6/16/2016 at 2:58 AM, Darkness Ascendant said:

The USS Enterprise......you have too much time on your hands

My dad noticed it when I read it to him. I had no idea!

[Friendly Cremling she/her]

In the first book, I can’t remember the exact phrasing, but Alcatraz says something along the lines of “before you know it, I’ll be a lawyer helping farmhands. What do mockingbirds have to do with that anyway?” I haven’t even read To Kill a Mockingbird, but I’m pretty sure this is a reference. 

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

To add on to the "Wasing not of wasing is" reference:

Quentin's talent is to speak gibberish.

In Mistborn, Spook, Kelsier, and Ham have a conversation in Eastern Street Slang, partially to annoy Breeze. Breeze makes some comment to Dockson about how they've all gone insane, and then Dockson, with a perfectly straight face, says, "Wasing not of wasing is." 

As everyone laughs at Breeze's incredulous face, Spook says that what Dockson said didn't really mean anything.

So Quentin wasn't just speaking gibberish. He was speaking gibberish in gibberish.

[That1Cellist he/him]

What if Quentin actually is just the most powerful guy ever, and he can speak in languages outside of his universe, but no matter how he does it, it always comes out in gibberish. With, you know, it always translating to whatever he actually happens to be saying.

[BSfan]

Another reference that I haven't seen mentioned yet is when Alcatraz wakes up on the ground and says something about it not being his friend. This is a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where the improbability drive turns a missile into a sperm whale, which then plummets to the planet. At the end, the whale thinks: "And wow! Hey! What’s this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like … ow … ound … round … ground! That’s it! That’s a good name – ground!  I wonder if it will be friends with me?" I'm rather surprised no one else has mentioned this, since the humor in Hitchhiker's Guide and Alcatraz are so similar, so they should attract similar readers...

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

On 7/25/2016 at 11:10 AM, skybreaker30 said:

The ones I have found are as such: the bullet that killed your archenemy a reference too Steelheart. Wasing not of wasing is a Mistborn reference. A velicoraptor eating the c section and claiming it's unrealistic, a Jurassic park reference. The insanely short summary of the Lord of the Rings. The Princess Bride reference in book four. I believe Mink gives this but I could be wrong. The quote is: Never get involved in a land war in Asia. The chapter numbers in book four.      

Yup! The quote is "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

[Flamesong]

On 6/28/2022 at 9:07 PM, The Bookwyrm said:

To add on to the "Wasing not of wasing is"

The whole reason I started Alcatraz vs the evil Librarians was because of the 'Wasing not of wasing is' Reference

Edited November 21, 2023 by Flamesong