List of Command & Conquer references in pop culture

This article contains a list of Command & Conquer references in popular culture.

Games

• 8-Bit Armies — A 2016 RTS developed by Petroglyph Games as a homage to the Command & Conquer series.
  • When started, the game greets the player with the message, "Welcome back, commander."
  • The skirmish AI players' names are named after iconic characters such as Cain, Moebius, Just Seth, McNeil, Solomon, Havoc, and Sakura.
• Battlefield 4 — In the CTE version of the map Hammerhead, there is a small drawing of a Kirov airship that can be found in the elevator shaft in the generator building. Shooting the drawing will play a rendition of "Soviet March" from the Red Alert 3 soundtrack.
• Civilization VI — The achievement "Reinforcements Have Arrived" in the Red Death game mode references the common EVA quote from the Command & Conquer series.
• Lands of Lore III — A derelict Temple of Nod can be visited in the Shattered Desert at the end of the game. The facility is operated by CABAL, who serves as a boss for Copper to fight. CABAL's appearance in Lands of Lore III actually precedes his debut in Tiberian Sun by nearly six months.
• MySims SkyHeroes — Natasha Volkova was set to be a cameo in a similar vein to main characters from other EA published titles, but she was cut from the final release.
• Sacred 2: Ice & Blood — In the Crystal Plains, there is a quest named "Green Crystals", where the player must locate a malfunctioned device called the Crystal Collector. The collector bears a very close resemblance to the Harvester from Tiberian Dawn, being found in a field of green crystals resembling Tiberium. The quest itself is a reference to the Harvester's poor pathfinding and AI, in which the Harvester can get stuck or end up heading into an enemy base.
• SimCity 4 — One of the buildings that may appear in a Hi-Tech industrial zone is called "Kane Tiberium".
• The Simpsons Game — A cover of a game titled Commando and Conquer is present, which is a parody of the Tiberium Wars cover.
• The Sims — Renegade characters can be used as head and skins for Sims. They were added in The Sims: Deluxe.
• The Sims 2
  • The Endeavor Office Freestanding Game Rack features the cover of Tiberium Wars.
  • In the FreeTime expansion, Tiberium Wars is a video game that Sims can play.
• The Sims 3: World Adventures — Tiberium can be obtained in the form of a relic from Egypt, combining certain combinations of relics using a Carter's series display case, or breaking space rocks using the Board Breaker. It will start out as a small Spire Cut Tiberium that can be sold for 89 Simoleons, but within a single day, it will become a Large Spire Cut Tiberium worth 30k Simoleons. Leaving a piece of Tiberium in a Sim's inventory for a while will give the Sim "Visceroidal Nausea", which drops the Sim's mood by 20, causes them to become very sick and vomit frequently.
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm — The mission "Fire in the Sky" features the achievements "Red Alert" and "Conquer & Command".
• Stormgate
  • The secondary resource Therium is inspired by Tiberium.
  • The V5 rocket launcher is a nod to the V2, V3, and V4 rocket launcher units from the Red Alert series.
• Strike Force Heroes — The prototype weapon "Silent Spring" resembles the rad cannon utilized by the Desolator from Red Alert 2. The name itself is a reference to one of the Desolator's quotes: "It will be a silent spring."
• Team Fortress 2 — Yuri's Revenge is a community-made cosmetic item for the Heavy that heavily resembles the facial hair of Yuri. The item is named after the Red Alert 2 expansion pack of the same name.
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness — Entering the cheat code "disco" plays the hidden track "I'm a Medieval Man", which is a parody of "Mechanical Man" from the Tiberian Dawn soundtrack.
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — The Beastmaster quotes "On the prowl" and "I'm acting on instinct" are references to song titles in the first Command & Conquer game.
• World of Warcraft — The blood red crystals on Bloodmyst Isle bear a heavy resemblance to Tiberium in appearance and behavior, as it infests and mutates the flora and fauna on the island.
• Xform Games — The Mammoth Tank makes an appearance in several games developed by the Dutch indie studio, such as Hammer 2: Reloaded, Man Or Monster, and Operation Desert Road.

TV series

• Battlestar Galactica (2004) — The Kodiak makes a cameo appearance as part of the refugee fleet in the series finale "Daybreak".
• Die Redaktion — Tiberium Wars was parodied in the episode "Die Stunde Null" (German for "The Zero Hour") of "Die Redaktion" (The Editorial Team), a monthly comedy video produced by the German gaming magazine GameStar. It was published on the DVD of issue 11/2007.
• Pure Pwnage — In the original web series, the protagonist Jeremy is a self-proclaimed "pro gamer" specializing in RTS games, especially in Generals - Zero Hour. Jeremy also plays Tiberium Wars in a later episode.

Songs

Telephone screenshot showing Tiberium on the list

• "Telephone", Lady Gaga — In the music video, one cup of Tiberium is seen on the list of poison ingredients.

Software

• Low Orbit Ion Cannon — The Low Orbit Ion Cannon is an application used for network stress testing and DDoS attacks. It was infamous for being used by the hacktivist group Anonymous to take down websites by the Church of Scientology as part of Operation Chanology. Named after the Ion Cannon from the Tiberium universe, the GUI uses the concept artwork of it for Tiberium Wars.

References

Publicity

Events Tiberian Sun Summit 1999 Tiberium Wars Community Summit 2006 Kane's Wrath Community Summit 2007 Red Alert 3 Community Summit 2008 CommandCom 2009 Command & Conquer Community Summit 2012 CommandCom 2013 Video promotions Havoc Takes on Westwood Command & Conquer TV Battlecast Primetime Tiberian Twilight motion comic Generals 2 animatics Other List of Command & Conquer references in pop culture Tiberium Wars novel