Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wizard City – Captain Jonah

Captain Jonah – Jonah
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Captain_Jonah#axzz7eIy56IEt
https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Jonah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah

Captain Jonah

Thomas Cromshell has sent you to look for the keys so you can help him escape. You go to find Captain Jonah, but you don’t actually fight him. Upon entering the room Captain Jonah says, “What’s this? There’s a curfew on, by royal decree of the King. Guards, arrest this wizard!” and leaves.

Jonah, Captain of the
Fast Attack Ship Alesia.

It has been suggested to me that Captain Jonah of Crab Alley is an allusion to Captain Jonah of the Fast Attack Ship Alesia in Starship Troopers: Invasion. I will admit that the names are identical. However, since the direct to DVD film was released in 2012 and Crab Alley was released in 2010 (redone in 2011), I’m going to say no.

It would seem that both characters are named for the Biblical story of the man swallowed by a big fish. Better known as Jonah and the Whale.

The Prophet Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

The current list of known Wizard City references can be found here.

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

Captain Jonah image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Jonah, Captain of the Fast Attack Ship Alesia image is copyright SONY Pictures

The Prophet Jonah image is borrowed from Wikipedia and is in the public domain.

They are being used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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