Pop Culture References of Wizard101
Young Cyrus Drake – Bob Ross
https://101universe.fandom.com/wiki/Cyrus_Drake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross
I realize that technically we don’t ‘meet’ young Cyrus until we get to the Avalon BOXES event, but we do meet Cyrus in Wizard City so this pop culture reference is listed with the Wizard City references.
Cyrus Drake is the professor of the School of Myth at Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. Cyrus is the twin brother of Malistaire Drake, and the brother-in-law of the late Sylvia Drake.
Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States.
I have always loved the pop culture references in Wizard (and Pirate) 101. This series was inspired by a series I did featuring the Heroes of Lemuria and their ties to early 20th Cent. pulp heroes. This is the twenty-first article chronicling the #W101PopCulture references starting in Wizard City. The current list of all the (known) Wizard City references can be found here. These articles were originally put together for a Facebook group I belong to. Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Young Cyrus Drake images are from Wizard101, and are copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Bob Ross image is (c) Bob Ross Incorporated.
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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