Changes: List of Syphon Filter references to other media sources

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This page contains a list of references to games and movies in Syphon Filter.

Owing to the nature of this page, it is currently under construction and may not necessarily be complete.

The Syphon Filter virus is rather similar to FOXDIE. Both are bio-weapons that can be engineered to specifically target certain demographics while leaving others unharmed.
The 'Base Tower' mission where Gabe must fight off a gunship in a snowy environment is akin to the Sniper Wolf battle, which takes place in an identical area. Lian would eventually chase Gregorav in a similar cold environment and the player would be in such a surrounding in Mazyr, Belarus: Belaya Vezha. Logan would later find himself in snow again in the Red Section assault on KemSynth and when escaping from Gebel Tyorma.
There are certain stealth segments in each Syphon Filter game (except Dark Mirror and Logan's Shadow, both of which allow the player to choose whether or not stealth is used), just as MGS places a heavy emphasis on sneaking around.
As with the Syphon Filter Conspiracy, Metal Gear's story is incredibly puzzling and involves multiple plot elements tied together.

Perhaps the most famous example of a 007 reference in Syphon Filter is how Dr. Kaufmann, from Tomorrow Never Dies, pleads for his life when Bond forces a pistol to his head, justifying himself with the fact that he was just "a professional doing a job", which Jason Chance also uses to explain himself in Syphon Filter 2.
Another element from 007 seen in Syphon Filter is the Walther PPK pistol, which is Bond's signature weapon, being used in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain.

The Steyr AUG bullpup assault rifle, made famous in this Bruce Willis movie, is used from SF3 all the way to Logan's Shadow.
Willis is also seen sneaking through vents in much of the film, and each playable character does this at some point during the Syphon Filter series.

In The Omega Strain's Tokyo mission, players fight off Ryusaki, who's armed with a chaingun similar to the one used in this movie. The theme would be repeated in Dark Mirror, where Gabe takes down a guard under Jimmy Zhou's employ, the patrol having an identical weapon.
In Logan's Shadow, Cordell comments that Gabe and Alima were both 'expendable'. The NIOC director also tells Logan he used him 'to get the job done'. This is exactly what Dillon admits to Dutch following the guerilla camp assault.

A mission set in 1987 war-torn Afghanistan titled "The Beast" features Gabe squaring off against a T-62 Soviet tank in a Kabul square.

The shower room ambush scene is very similar to Logan's Shadow's mission Trinidad, where Gabe and Maggie are pinned down by enemies firing from an elevated position.

The sequence where Andy crawls out from the prison sewage pipe is similar to how Gabe and Maggie escape from Gebel Tyorma.

When Gabe rescues the hostage in Hotel Fukushima, he tells her "Come with me, if you want to live."

When one of Zivmovic's men interrogates Private Janzen, he dares him to "Say what again!"

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 == James Bond ==
-* Perhaps the most famous example of a 007 reference in Syphon Filter is how Dr. Kaufmann, from Tomorrow Never Dies, pleads for his life when Bond forces a pistol to his head, justifying himself with the fact that he was just "doing his job", which Jason Chance also uses to explain himself in Syphon Filter 2.
+* Perhaps the most famous example of a 007 reference in Syphon Filter is how Dr. Kaufmann, from Tomorrow Never Dies, pleads for his life when Bond forces a pistol to his head, justifying himself with the fact that he was just "a professional doing a job", which Jason Chance also uses to explain himself in Syphon Filter 2.
 * Another element from 007 seen in Syphon Filter is the Walther PPK pistol, which is Bond's signature weapon, being used in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain.