DragonVale Real Life References

It has been made obvious that Backflip Studios has inserted references to real life into DragonVale.

This will be a list of automated dragon names, decorations, and other references which have a connection to life outside of DragonVale and the explanations of how and why.

The list is in alphabeticall order for each section.

Leave a comment about anything you think is an outside reference or explanation of how and why, and we will add it to the list.

Dragon Automated Names
Ahab - Captain Ahab from Herman Melville's Moby Dick; the deranged whaler

Amelia - Amelia Earhart - famous female pilot who disappeared flying around the world

Amp  - short for ampere - the unit for electric current

Aput - Inuit word for "snow" (on the ground)

Azul - Spanish for "blue"

Blitzen - "blixem" or "bliksem" which are German/Dutch for "lightning"

Boreal - Northern Tundra biome; Aurora Borealis; reference to Boreas the Greek god of the North Wind; Greek god of cold/ice/snow

Buck - name of the main character form Jack London's The Call of the Wild, which takes place in the north

Buzz - reference to Buzz Aldrin and the moon

Cecil - the sea serpent from the cartoon Beany and Cecil

Ceres - Roman goddess of the harvest

Chuck - reference to Chuck Yeager,the first pilot to break the sound barrier, back in 1947

Cucoo - derived form of "cuckoo"; a kind of bird

Curly - The Three Stooges; name of the dog in The Call of the Wild

Dewi - ancient Celtic god who took on the form of a serpent or dragon

Donner - "donder" or"dunder" which are German/Dutch for "thunder"

Elmo  - St. Elmo, patron saint of sailors; said to protect them from storms

Faraday - famous scientist in electrics

Freya - Norse god of love and fertility

Fuji - Mt. Fuji

Gaia - Greek goddess of the Earth

Geoff - name of one of the developers?

Gotard - reference to Goddard, a rocket scientist

Helen - Mt. St. Helens, a volcano in Seattle

Hydra - the water snake constellation; as well as a multi-headed serpent

Jotun - name used for frost giant in Norse mythology

Jupiter - Roman god of thunder

Kelvin - Unit of measurement for temperature based on absolute zero - It was the name of a river near the laboratory of William Thompson the scientist who "discovered" absolute zero. When he was elected to the House of Lords he was given the title Lord Kelvin.

Kraka - Krakatoa - a volcano

Kraken - mythical sea monster

Kukul - Mayan word for "feathered"

Larson - a company that makes boats

Leo - flight simulator software

Loki - Norse god of mischief

Mar - Spanish for "sea"

Moby - reference to Moby Dick, the great white whale

Nami - "wave" in Japanese

Nanuk - Inuit word for "polar bear"

Nemo - Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's 20,00 Leagues Under the Sea; From the movie "Finding Nemo"

Neptune - Roman god of the seas

Nessy - reference to the Loch Ness Monster

Nico - famous European singer; the demigod son of Hades in the Percy Jackson series

Oakheart - Braveheart

Ohm - measurement for electrical resistance

Orville - reference to Orville Wright, inventor of the airplane

Pele - Hawaiian goddess of fire

Petra - famous "lost" archaeological city in Jordan (also means 'stone' in Arabic)

Pompey - Pompeii, Italy

Poseidon - Greek god of the seas

Saturn - Roman god of time

Sierra - Sierra Nevada Mountains

Siren - Greek sea nymph with a beautiful voice

Sol - Spanish for "sun"

Spitz - a character form Jack London's The Call of the Wild, which takes place in the north

Steve - name of one of the developers?

Stratos - reference to the stratosphere - one of the layers of Earth's atmosphere

Sulfur- a yellowish brown crystal.

Toa - Polynesian word for "warrior"

Tesla - famous scientist in electrics

Tsukoyomi -Shinto Moon god

Thor - Norse god of thunder

Tul - famous European singer

Tundra -Northern biome with less trees and more permafrost than Boreal

Vesuvius - A volcano in Italy responsible for the destruction of the city of Pompeii

Vulcan - Roman name of Hephaestus, the fod of the blacksmithing

Whitefang - the name of a character in Jack London's Whitefang, the title character, which also takes place in the north

Wilbur - reference to Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the airplane

Yeager - reference to Chuck Yeager,the first pilot to break the sound barrier, back in 1947

Ymir - a Frost giant from Norse mythology

Zeus - Greek god of the skies

{C Any Flower Name - Too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers.

Decorations
Ami'Lya Pond  - reference to Amelia Pond, a character in the most recent series of Doctor Who

Bed of Roses - "Berrywhite Mountains" - A reference to Barry White.

Fire Statue- "The original statue was moved to the Magical Archives to be investigated by top men. Top. Men." - A reference to Raiders of the Lost Ark. SPOILER ALERT: At the end of the movie, Indy asks Maj. Eaton about the fate of the Ark of the Covenant.

Maj. Eaton - We have top men working on it right now.

Indy - Who?

Maj. Eaton - Top... men.

Then the movie cuts to the now famous (or infamous) scene where a wooden crate, which we are to assume contains the Ark, is being wheeled by a lone man into a huge government warehouse filled with similar boxes.

Happy Tree - "Famous dragon artist Bob Ploss love painting and planting Happy Trees! Maybe they will attract some little squirrel friends." - reference to artist Bob Ross

Jack-O-Lantern - Jack-O-Lanterns

Thatched Roof Cottage - '"It would be tragic to accidentally burninate your thatched roof cottage." - reference to the episode of Homestar Runner in which the character Strong Bad draws a dragon named Trogdor the Burninator

Volcano - "I once went to the doctor with a fever, and the only prescription was more volcano." - a reference to the SNL skit, "more cowbell."

Witch Hut - "Mor'Gynne the Ancient was the most famous of all witches" - This is a reference to Morgan le Fay from the legends of King Arthur.

Goals
"Flame On" - Goal Name - for building the Fire Shrine is a reference to the Human Torch in Marvel's Fantastic Four.

"Hungry Hungry Dragons" - Goal Name - for upgrading 6 Large Treat Farms is a reference to the game Hungry Hungry Hippos.

"Ice Ice Baby" - Goal Name - for hatching an Ice Dragon is a reference to the rap song "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice.

"Love is in the Air"  - Goal Name - for building the Breeding Cave is a reference to the song Love is in the Air originally sung by John Paul Young

"Lady in the Lake" - Goal Name - for building the Ami'Lya Pond is a reference to the Lady of the Lake who in the Arthurian legend gave Excalibur to King Arthur.

"Raise the Rainbow" - Goal Name - is a reference to " Taste the Rainbow &reg;" the Skittles slogan

Other
Blazing Dragon Description - "Many attempts have been made to craft a magical blazing saddle..." - reference to Mel Brook's film Blazing Saddles

"Double Rainbows All the Way" - Game Center Achievement - is a reference to "Double Rainbows All the Way Across the Sky", a song that arose from a viral video

Frostfire Dragon Description - "While researching his forthcoming work, The Origins of Dragons, Professor Dravin happened upon the uncharted Palagos Islands" - reference to Darwin,The Origin of Species, and the Galapagos Islands

Hibernation Cave - costs 3,141,592 DragonCash - the price reference to the value of Pi

Poison Dragon Description  - "deadly neurotoxin" - a Portal reference

Large Cold Habitat Description  - "We heard that cold dragons like cold, so we added some cold to your cold habitat so you can keep more cold dragons in the cold." - a reference to the "Yo Dawg" Xzibit meme.

Reindeer Dragon and Santa visitors  - Rudolph and Santa

Sarjin Peppers  - Sgt. Pepper (see The Beatles)

Sandstorm Dragon Description  - "new form of music they lovingly call 'tectonica' " - referencing the worldwide techno/dance hit "Sandstorm" by Darude; reference to the tectonic plates that make up the earth.

Water Shrine Description  - "Kessi of Lake Kes" - Nessie of Loch Ness - Loch Ness Monster

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