References
AN: First of all, thank you to all who voted. Thanks also to the two participants in my competition... Since the two of you were so kind as to humour me, I thought I'd give a one-shot to each of you:
Doctor'sLittleDalek - for getting the most references of all
natashabromanoff - for spotting that Men at Work reference :D
And now, to my reference list! I'll put in anything and everything I would have accepted as an answer. Some of them are hardly references, but I'll put them there just in case.
Prologue
"Don't panic," Katie hissed to herself - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (book)
"You can tell by the way I use my walk…" - Staying Alive, The Bee Gees (song)
Chappie 1
the Matrix - The Matrix, 1999 (movie series)
He was the law! - Judge Dredd, 1995 (movie), paraphrasing of "I am the law!"
Nurse Wainscott - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling (book)
Was he melting? - Wizard of Oz, 1939 (movie), slight reference to the Wicked Witch of the West
the high-pitched shrieks of a violin - Psycho, 1960 (movie), tribute to the movie score for revolutionising movie scores
Chappie 2
"I'll be back" - Terminator, 1984 (movie)
Ford Prefect, which he'd bought from a strange man … looking into the sky at random intervals - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (book)
"You rang?" - The Addams Family (TV show)
"Sometimes I wonder –" "Where [you've] been" - Out Here on My Own, Fame, 1980 (song)
Boxy blue car - TARDIS, Doctor Who (TV show)... a very, very slight reference, and not a very good one at that
Once particularly enthusiastic blonde tourist … flashing his camera at the motorbike - Colin Creevey, Harry Potter (book series)... it's a bit of a stretch
"BABY YOU'RE A FI-REWORK … really greener," sang Katy Perry… - Firework/California Gurls, Katy Perry (song)
Chappie 3
Where is it? Where? Where? - The Song That Goes Like This, Spamalot (song), as sung by Sara Ramirez and Christopher Sieber
A MUNDANE AND FUNCTIONAL ITEM, ... THE BASIS OF OUR ENTIRE CULTURE? - Private Plane, Blackadder Goes Forth (TV show)
Lab tested - Kleenex Cottonelle (advertisement)
The Baritones - The Sopranos (TV show)
The Omega Sector - True Lies, 1994 (movie) – also The Gift, Star Trek, 1997 (TV show)
Shakespeare's tragic hero … McBeth - Macbeth, Shakespeare (play)
the account called 'Circus' - The Circus (MI6), John le Carré (book series)
index, middle, ring, middle - When played with the right hand starting with the tonic in a minor key, this forms the base line of the James Bond Theme (song)
The game is afoot... You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles... I cannot make bricks without clay... How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth - Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (book series)
Chappie 4
a dozen males clad in white running shorts and T-shirts … a certain fiery chariot - Chariots of Fire, 1981 (movie)
Stairway to Heaven - Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin (song)
Chappie 5
All was lost … and he'd never be happy again - Dementors, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling (book series)
…hill waving a fist in the air, covered in copper pots … "Todos os deuses são bastardos!" - rough Portuguese translation of "All gods are bastards", from The Colour of Magic, Sir Terry Pratchett (book)
Chappie 6
the towels. One had the words 'Don't Panic' inscribed in large friendly letters - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (book)
"I don't think; I know" "You do not think you know?" "No, I know I know!" "You sound like a parrot." - School of Comedy (TV show)
Chappie 7
Louis Le Châtelier - Hentry-Louis Le Châtelier, 1850 – 1936 (chemist)
Chappie 8
A slender man in a brown pinstriped suit … "Allons-y!" - Ten, Doctor Who (TV show)
cacophony of a woman singing 70s music and urging listeners to 'Do it, do it again' - Betty Boop – this entire scene was based off Midnight, Doctor Who (TV show)
young British girl … "My name's Cassie and I'm lost – lost after pirates attacked my father's sp–" - Bounty Hamster (TV show)
letter on posh stationery … "The path has never seemed more… lonely…" - The Girl in the Fireplace, Doctor Who (TV show)
a rainbow ball spun on a platform suspended in the virtual air of a world with ultra-saturated colours - Marble Blast (game)
woman's grey hair and subtle wrinkles … weirdly dark eyes ringed by purplish bruises … "Why don't you email Hal, Tom and Anniethat trio of yours (check this)? I'm sure they'd like to hear from us. Make sure to ask about Eve." - Adam Jacobs / Yvonne Bradshaw, Hold the Front Page, Being Human (TV show)
juvenile criminal ... tattoo on the man's neck … overly endowed girl (to put it lightly), with a scowl … - Seth / Kelly, Misfits (TV show)... If you want to watch this show, I recommend only the first few seasons...
The Thinker - Auguste Rodin (Sculpture)
a magic carpet ride in a whole new world. It was an indescribable feeling. - A Whole New World, Aladdin (song)
Room 713 - Vault 713, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling (book)
Chappie 9
a trio of some sort of junior investigators, one of them being named after a planet - The Three Investigators, Robert Arthur, Jr. (book series)... Their names were Jupiter, Peter, and Bob
man with flattened black hair parted on the side, loose lips and a milky eye muttering in English something about bonds and casinos - Le Chiffre, Casino Royale, James Bond, 2006 (movie)
a silvery-haired woman with awe-inspiring looks … red-headed husband … ravaged by a dog - Fleur Delacour / Bill Weasley, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling (book series)
he condemned Robert Langdon for trusting Teabing - The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (book)
a small, rotund man with a neat black moustache waddle in to the crime section - Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie (book series)... all the characters in this bookstore that Alex noticed were French, with the notable exception of Poirot, who is emphatically Belgian, not French
Chappie 10
Under the gaze of many cameras … sympathy for Winston Smith … as Charrington had Winston - 1984, George Orwell (book)
The waiter … "Why's your nametag Susan?" - Johnny English Reborn, 2011 (movie)... Shu-Shan
a man faced with flogging by scented bootlaces - The Colour of Magic, Sir Terry Pratchett (book)
…they each clambered onto the lower shelf of a cart, pushing the extra cutlery and trays - Escape from the Cyclops, the Iliad, Homer (poem)... replacing sheep with food carts
Old Q-boy - James Bond, Ian Fleming (book series)
Chappie Eleven
"Smile, you son of a –" The shark exploded … sinking into the deep … Hooper appeared - Jaws, 1975 (movie)
My accent isn't that bad … "They couldn't understand you when you said 'eleven'." - Episode 1, Burnistoun Season 1 (TV show)
"Thought you ought to know" - Professor Quirrel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling (book)
"A yeerk is a creature you would know all about if you were more well-read" - Animorphs, K.A. Applegate (book series)... I do not condone Eagle's viewpoint
Ben procured a pack of cards from somewhere, dealing to himself, Wolf and Snake… "Mao" - Mao (game)
Chappie Twelve
take it off and bite your tongue - Russian Unicorn, Bad Lip Reading (song)... not as dirty as I made it sound
…a pop biscuit or a hot-and-cold goody or a google bun… give you a toffee shock… - The Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton (book series)
…who stepped, blinking, into the sun. There was more to see than could ever be seen… - Circle of Life, The Lion King, 1994 (song)
Chappie Thirteen
that Swedish detective guy played by that Lockhart man - Wallander (TV show)
I was going to Kramer youse all - Cosmo Kramer goes through doors abruptly and dramatically, Seinfeld (TV show)
Chappie Fourteen
"I'm a soldier, Fox, not a spy," Wolf pointed out. - "I'm a doctor, (Jim,) not a…" Dr Leonard McCoy, Star Trek (TV show)
"I dare do all that may become a man." - Act 1 Scene 7, Macbeth, Shakespeare (play)
he shrieked, "A rat, a rat!" - Act 4 Scene 1, Hamlet, Shakespeare (play)
"No!" he howled. "Don't say nothin's wrong!" - Better Be Home Soon, Crowded House (song)
Chappie Fifteen
Oi know Oi'm roight … For the first toime in moi loife.
See it stretch on forever!
Stripping back the coats of lies and deception
- Better Be Home Soon, Crowded House (song)
Now, you've changed … and jumbled the pieces. You've changed. You're better before you talked.
Love children of the new age … Here come the handmaidens of end toime.
- Fame Is, Crowded House (song)
Oi'm still here … Oi've come ta rain on your parade - I'm Still Here, Crowded House (song)
You can tell a man from what he has ta say
Wherever there is comfort, there is pain
- Four Seasons In One Day, Crowded House (song)
Yes, but let it go
Oi think that Oi'm beginning to know her
The finger of blame has turned upon itself
- Fall At Your Feet, Crowded House – also Let It Go, Frozen, 2013 (song)
Things ain't cooking in moi kitchen
You can foight the sleep, but not the dream
- Weather With You, Crowded House (song)
Hey, don't look now
Beautiful lie … Terrible truth
If ya know me … why don't youse tell me what Oi'm thinking
- There Goes God, Crowded House (song)
"I was wearing my dressing gown and slippers. I'm no plebeian; I'm Arthur Ent"... mumbling something about Thursdays - Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (book)
It's a way of bringing sheltah from the rain
Loife's too short for burning bridges
Still mad at Uncle Sam?
Nope, ain't worried about tamorrah. I've made up my mind
Working hard … ta make a living
- Working Class Man, Jimmy Barnes (song)
Oi hear this town, it never goes to sleep - Whispers and Moans, Crowded House (song)
So and by the way, ah, Oi lost my address - I'm Coming (Home), INXS (song)
It's a long way to the top - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll), AC/DC (song)
icy scolded him fondly. "Oi'd make wine from your tears, mate."
We all have wings … but some of us don't know why.
- Never Tear Us Apart, INXS (song)
No stop signs, speed limit. Nobody's gonna slow me down - Highway to Hell, AC/DC (song)
Ready or not, here comes the drop
Man in a cage has made his confession now
You feel lucky when you know where you are
- It's Only Natural, Crowded House (song)
Don't be so reckless!
she don't loike that kind of behaviour
So, throw down your guns
That koind of behaviour
- Reckless, Australian Crawl (song)... You may have noticed that icy is profoundly Australian... he speaks in song lyrics from Australian artists
The inbred smoile … He played the woild scene, ya know. They built him up
Don't tell me … Oi don't wanna hear about it
- Errol, Australian Crawl (song)
Oi've seen your peers poutin' over beers
You don't know the reason why?
- Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama, Australian Crawl (song)
Oi can't afford it … Oi can't get no satisfaction
Things just, ah, don't seem, ah, to… be goin' roight
- Things Don't Seem, Australian Crawl – also (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones (song)
Oi wander the streets never reaching the hoights … cars shooting by with no number plates
The excess of fat on your American bones will cushion the impact as you sink loike a stone
- Chocolate Cate, Crowded House (song)
Broken dreams that never really started - Downhearted, Australian Crawl (song)
Oi don't feeeel pathetic - Italian Plastic, Crowded House (song)
Be-yoo-tiful, people - Beautiful People, Australian Crawl (song)
Some things aren't meant to be. Some things don't come for free
And if we think about it – and if we talk about it – and if the skies go dark with rain?
- Put Down That Weapon, Midnight Oil (song)
A fact's a fact
The toime has come, a fact's a fact, we're gonna give it back
- Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil (song)... lead singer is Peter Garrett, who became an Environmental minister for the government
Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground - Blue Sky Mine, Midnight Oil (song)... a song about a very sad story
Are you trying to tempt me? … Because Oi come from the land of plenty - Land Down Under, Men at Work (song) :D
Oi was only nineteen - I Was Only Nineteen, Redgum (song)... about the Vietnam War
when Oi decided this is what Oi want to be … "Suddenly I see," exclaimed Snake - Suddenly I See, KT Tunstall (song)... not the correct nationality for icy
Oi hear the sounds of the stranger's voices
You walk alone loike a primitive man
They're gonna forget you, are you gonna let them take you over this way..?
- Great Southern Land, Icehouse (song)
my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market woman
- Khe Sanh, Cold Chisel (song), about the Vietnam War
Tell him Neris Veran sent you - Second Sons Trilogy, Jennifer Fallon (book series)
Chappie Sixteen
he navigated his way to a butcher shop. Specifically, The Butcher of Belfast... 'Neris Veran' had sent him... "I'm Dick Poven"... "My mother was very strong on courtesy."... the name of the house: Omaksin... Dick with two others, 'Eleanor, Dick and Kersh at Avakas'... a name, ' –han Thorn' … eclipses at various times of the year … maths homework in the margins... - Butcher of Elcast, Second Sons Trilogy, Jennifer Fallon (book series), many references
It was the small things that changed this house from a mere building to the Weasley Burrow... She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named - Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling (book series)
He was very much attached to my husband, was Dick. Poor Dick. Dear, dear… - A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (book), almost a direct quotation
A shrill giggle was the response. "One night in Bangkok, indeed!" - One Night in Bangkok, Concept Album for Chess, 1984 (song)
all very hush-hush, nudge-nudge, say no more…" She tapped the side of her nose and winked twice - Nudge Nudge (Candid Photography), Monty Python (sketch)
loud cursing, some of it sounding suspiciously like 'Bork! Bork! Bork!' - Swedish Chef, The Muppets (TV show)
Chappie Seventeen
gave the employees' code … "Oh-five-oh-four." - Anthony Horowitz's birthday (5th April), sorry to all who write dates with the month first
Room 1302 - Alex Rider's birthday (13th February)
under the name David Webb - The Bourne Series, Robert Ludlum (book series)
You know the rules, Alex, and so do I - Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley (song)