Lina

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 * The original Lina Inverse "The Slayer" was modeled after the main character from the novels/anime/manga "Slayers" where, and  are all spells used by the original Lina Inverse.


 * vo_lina_lina_death_10.mp3 "Better to burn out than fade away" is a reference to the Neil Young song, "My, My, Hey, Hey".
 * The line also appears in the suicide note of Kurt Cobain.


 * vo_lina_lina_death_09.mp3 "Turn me over... I'm done." is a reference to Lawrence of Rome who was roasted alive on a giant grill and joked, "Turn me over — I'm done on this side.


 * Lina's rival response towards vo_lina_lina_rival_19.mp3 "Why'd you stop? This isn't Batrider country." is a reference to a line in the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.


 * In older versions of DotA, Lina was a male hero that used the Blood Mage model, also used by the . In these versions, Lina was known as Link Inverse.


 * Lina's line vo_lina_lina_kill_08.mp3 "It's not the heat, it's the humiliation." is a reference to "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." a quote from Yogi Berra.


 * Lina's coils around her neck are possibly a representation of Kayan Lahwi women in Myanmar, who are also referred to as "dragon women".


 * vo_lina_lina_move_05.mp3 "Time to hot-foot it!" is a reference to a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoelaces or shoe on fire with a match or lighter. The hot foot prank is mentioned in several baseball stories as a prank that players play on one another.