Gone with the Wind
Fletch Lives and When Nature Calls
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| F is for Family (teaser poster) |
22 Jump Street vs Hot Fuzz
Variant smacks of
Bad Boys II.
Makes complete sense, as the lads watch it.
But wait.
The Happytime Murders vs Hot Fuzz
Okay then.
And.
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| Magnum Force |
Limitations? I piss on 'em.
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| Mel Brooks' 1977 Hitchcock spoof High Anxiety combines two classic posters. |
As you've asked,
Vertigo and
North by Northwest.
'Slightly' more obvious is this.
The Silence of the Hams vs The Silence of the Lambs
The King Is Dead (Family Guy) vs There's Something About Mary
Animal House
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| Deathmobile is a 1964 Lincoln Continental. |
Batman perhaps?
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| Batmobile in TV series (and 1966 film) was a Lincoln Futura. |
Trivia alert.
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| Head mounted on hood is from the statue of Emil Faber, the school's founder. |
Animaniacs
Mega Drive
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Bloodmask: Part 32
Janus is obviously Jason of Friday the 13th, and 'To scream or not to scream' is surely a play on Shakespeare's famous line 'To be or not to be' from Hamlet. |
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| Said scene is basically a Castlevania parody, so Dracula spitting fireballs from cape fits like a Vampire Killer. |
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| I'd suggest The Adventure of Dirk Rugged VII is a loose ref to Indiana Jones and Bungle in the Jungle rings the bell of Ali Foreman's Rumble in the Jungle. |
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| Hang 'em High is a Clint Eastwood western and it'd make sense for 'a la mode' to be poking fun at historical war epic The Alamo. |
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In Space Wars, Dume Rayder is Darth Vader.
Probably nothing in this, but Space Truckin' is found on Deep Purple album Machine Head. |
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| Brain assumes control of a large Frankenstein's Monster robot. |
Same principle (albeit cut-down), came to Game Boy in 1995.
SNES
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This message will self destruct in 1 second.
At the beginning of every Inspector Gadget episode, our hero receives an assignment from Chief Quimby, warning 'this message will self destruct'. |
Roll movie refs.
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| The Neverending Story |
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| Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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| E.T. The Extra Terrestrial |
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| Jaws |
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| Jurassic Park |
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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
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| The Terminator |
And a couple from
Alien.
Halloween: Nightdance vs Psycho shower scene
Love this one.
If You Have Ghost (Ghost EP) vs Nosferatu (1922)
The ship of death has a new captain.
James Pond: Underwater Agent
Box art is stylised on
From Russia with Love or
The Man With the Golden Gun.
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| Title screen brings in gun barrel (and girls). |
MGM mick take is thrown in for good measure.
James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod.
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| He's mean. He's green. He's part machine. |
I get the
RoboCop thing, but hero looks orange to me.
(Laughs).
Missions
1. Licence to Bubble (Licence to Kill)
2. From Sellafield with Love* (From Russia with Love)
3. View to a Spill! (A View to a Kill)
4. The Fish with the Golden Bar (The Man with the Golden Gun)
5. For Your Fins Only (For Your Eyes Only)
6. Fishfingers! (Goldfinger)
7. They Only Live Once (You Only Live Twice)
8. Leak and Let Die! (Live and Let Die)
9. Orchids Are Forever (Diamonds Are Forever)
10. Moneyraker (Moonraker)
11. The Mermaid Who Loved Me! (The Spy Who Loved Me)
12. Dr Maybe (Dr. No)
*
From Three Mile Island with Love! in Mega Drive port.
Why?
Who knows?
In North America, SNES game was called Super James Pond, but everywhere else, known as Super James Pond II.
Regardless of region, Game Boy version was called Super James Pond.
Hey ho.
A clever ref to
RoboCop 2 is unique to
Mega Drive.
I'm giving this the benefit of the doubt.
Fire & Ice: The Daring Adventures of Cool Coyote vs Looney Tunes opening
Trainspotting
In the first episode of
Big Mouth, Andrew dives into a
toilet looking for his phone.
Baby on ceiling
During the end titles of Family Guy episode
Love Thy Trophy, Stewie is in 'pancake limbo'.
T2 Trainspotting was nowhere near as good as original, but not a total disaster.
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| Raging Spud |
Ha ha ha!
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror VI
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| Font of Homer³ may be based on Alien³, but segment is actually based on The Twilight Zone episode Little Girl Lost. |
But in S21 E15...
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| Stealing First Base |
Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace
Willie's shadow vs Nosferatu (1922)
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| Wee lad is Freddy Krueger. |
More from our favourite disfigured dream stalker.
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| Fweddy (Stan Helsing) |
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Scary Terry (Rick & Morty)
S1 E2 - Lawnmower Dog |
Trust me, this guy likes the word 'bitch'.
Best of all.
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Eddy Cougar (Tiny Toon Adventures)
Villain appears in Best O' Plucky Duck Day segment Duck in the Dark. |
American Gothic
Let's just say that Grant Wood's iconic painting got around.
Books
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| American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (And Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture |
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| Rot & Ruin |
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| On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality |
Miscellany
Worm Whomper (Intellivision) and Dick Hick (Garbage Pail Kids)
Animation
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| Bart Gets an Elephant (The Simpsons) |
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| A Brush With Oblivion (Darkwing Duck) |
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| Going Places - That's Art Folks! segment (Tiny Toon Adventures) |
Internal movie references
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| The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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| Men in Black |
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| Night at the Museum 2 |
Movie posters
Say Uncle and For Richer or Poorer
Motel Hell and Son in Law
Suburban Gothic and There Goes the Neighborhood
Comics
Viz and MAD
Alf and Route 666
Crossed Volume 2: Family Values and Elektra: Assassin
Hellstorm: Son of Satan and She-Hulk
Star Wars and The American
Until next time.
