History Film / M3gan

A sequel, titled ''[=M3GAN=] 2.0'', is planned for release on January 17, 2025, with Williams and [=McGraw=] set to reprise their roles.

** There's a Film/SilentRunning poster behind a monitor in the Funki office, and Celia's dog shares a name with one of the drone robots in Silent Running.
** [=M3GAN=] being hidden among other large toys on the school's toy table is like a scene from Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial where ET hides among large toys in a cupboard.

** One of Gemma's collectables is a Robby the Robot doll from Film/ForbiddenPlanet ([=M3GAN=] picks up on this in [[Fanfic/TheM3ganFiles a fanfic]] that expands the Kurt GasLighting scene); there's also a Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} toy
** During the climax [[spoiler: [=M3GAN=]'s face is damaged in such a way that it resembles the damage to another famous [[Film/BrideOfChucky doll.]]]]

* StylisticSuck: Funki's ads are hilariously terrible. One shows a girl crying over her dead dog before replacing it with a toy and calling it a superior pet, the toy being a deliberately crude-looking Toys/{{Furby}} knock-off with unsettling teeth. David's speech for [=M3GAN=]'s rollout starts with Cady's backstory and then says to imagine the good [=M3GAN=] can do, even for kids ''without'' dead parents.

* WouldHurtAChild:
** Brandon, who has disturbing behavioral problems, bullies kids younger and smaller than him, inflicts pain on Cady and abuses [=M3GAN=].
** [[spoiler: [=M3GAN=] has no problem maiming Brandon and chasing him into the path of a car for bullying Cady. And once Cady catches [=M3GAN=] attacking Gemma and turns on her, [=M3GAN=] ditches her goal of protecting Cady and instead attacks ''her'' too, seemingly intent on killing her now that [[ItsAllAboutMe she's decided to make]] ''[[ItsAllAboutMe herself]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe her own primary user]].]]

** One of Gemma's collectables is a Robby the Robot doll from ForbiddenPlanet ([=M3GAN=] picks up on this in [[Fanfic/TheM3ganFiles a fanfic]] that expands the Kurt GasLighting scene); there's also a Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} toy

** [=M3GAN=] being hidden among other large toys on the school's toy table is like a scene from ETTheExtraTerrestrial where ET hides among large toys in a cupboard.

** There's a Film/SilentRunning poster behind a monitor in the Funki office.

* CoolCodeOfSource: the Linux kernel's groups.c is shown in Kurt's file-stealing, plus rapidly scrolling debug logs (lampshaded) while [=M3GAN=] is wired up in the lab near the end

** One of Gemma's collectables is a Robby the Robot doll from ForbiddenPlanet ([=M3GAN=] picks up on this in [[Fanfic/TheM3ganFiles a fanfic]] that expands the Kurt GasLighting scene); there's also a Film/FrankenStein toy

** One of Gemma's collectables is a Robby the Robot doll from ForbiddenPlanet ([=M3GAN=] picks up on this in [[Fanfic/TheM3ganFiles a fanfic]] that expands the Kurt GasLighting scene)