Easter Eggs

Easter eggs are intentional hidden extras found within media that are often jokes or references. Helldivers has its own Easter eggs, and many other games and media contain Easter eggs related to the series.


 * The SMG-45 Defender's description of the Mini-Stun upgrade is potentially a nod to the Leyden Ball, a fictional bullet that is described in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It is described as a bead of glass with a steel jacket and lead bead inside that acts as a miniature but complete Leyden Jar (a type of primitive battery). Upon impact it would shatter, discharging its high-voltage payload and incapacitating or killing the target, not unlike the effect of Mini-Stun bullets.


 * TOX-13 Avenger's name is an Easter Egg referring to Toxie, the Toxic Avenger, the symbolic character from Troma Studios.


 * LHO-63 Camper's codename is possibly a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald and the year he died, 1963.


 * The Shredder Missile Strike stratagem is also known as the TMNT (or Tactical Micro-Nuclear Tracking) Missile. This is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain, Shredder.


 * The MC-109 Hammer Motorcycle's name is a pun on 90s hip hop legend MC Hammer (of U Can't Touch This fame). Calling in this stratagem might also be referred to as "dropping the hammer".