Pop Culture References in Wizard101 – Zafaria

The NPCs of Zafaria

When a group of Ravenwood students go missing on a class field trip, Wizards are summoned to Zafaria! Wizards discover that high tensions run throughout Zafaria, as ancient tribes clash over territory and resources, while Morganthe’s agents sow the seeds of chaos. As war threatens to sweep over the grasslands and penetrate deep into the jungles, Morganthe plots to recover the heart of her lost power, and fulfill the words of prophecy.

Long ago Zafaria was the home of Morganthe, but a Council of Wizards broke her power and buried her wand. They thought her dead until her recent reappearance. The world of ZAFARIA is old, but until recently has been cut off from the Spiral. It is a world of endless grasslands; dense, colorful jungles; and spectacular vistas. Baobab is the spiritual and cultural center of the world – a city built in and around the eponymous Tree of Life.

Zafaria was added to the game November 11, 2011

Belloq – René Emile Belloq
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Belloq
https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Emile_Belloq

Buster Crab – Buster Crabbe
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Buster_Crab
https://www.pirate101central.com/wiki/Creature:Buster_Crab_(Black_Rock_Cave)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Crabbe

Captain Hannibal Onetusk – Han Solo / Charlie Allnut & The African Queen
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Hannibal_Onetusk
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo
https://societyofexplorersandadventurers.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie_Allnut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_African_Queen_(film)

Esop Thornpaw – Aesop’s Fables (Specifically The Lion with a Thorn In Its Paw)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Esop_Thornpaw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
https://read.gov/aesop/001.html

Jorton Whoghard – Horton the Elephant
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Jorton_Whoghard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_the_Elephant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!

Koko Smokesign – Koko the signing gorilla / Witchdoctor by David Seville
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Koko_Smokesign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(song)
https://youtu.be/cmjrTcYMqBM

Old Duvai Silvermane – The Olduvai Gorge
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Old_Duvai_Silvermane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorge

Queen Elissa – Dido, founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Queen_Elissa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido

Rakstede Steelhorn – Rocksteady
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Rakstede_Steelhorn
https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Rocksteady

Shaka Zebu – Shaka Zulu
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Shaka_Zebu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka

Sobaka – Chewbacca
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Sobaka
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca

Vassanji Lore Singer – M. G. Vassanji
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Vassanji_Lore_Singer
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:The_Magic_of_Vassanji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Vassanji

Zantar of the Gorillas – Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zantar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan

Cool Puns
Tse-Tse Snaketail – The Tse-Tse fly are annoying large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. It is known for spreading disease.

Pop Culture References of Wizard101 by Spiral world:
Wizard City
Krokotopia
Marleybone
Mooshu
Dragonspyre
Grizzleheim / Wintertusk

Aquila
Wysteria
Celestia
Avalon
Azteca
Khrysalis
Polaris
Mirage
Empyrea
The Heroes of Lemuria

and the Zeke Quests

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