History Film / MissionImpossibleRogueNation

Following the [[JustInTime near-disaster]] from the end of [[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol the last movie]], CIA director Alan Hunley (Baldwin) convinces the US Senate that the IMF is a threat to public safety, forcing the IMF to disband and branding former IMF agent Ethan Hunt as having gone rogue. Now alone and with the CIA on his tail, Hunt must embark on a global quest to prove the existence of, and ultimately stop, an organisation of assassins and criminals known only as [[NebulousEvilOrganization The Syndicate.]]

** Benji is seen playing ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' on an UsefulNotes/XboxOne, with the box being shown on screen to make clear which game is being played. (And since the film came out 3 months before the game's launch, either Ethan is a pirate or [=MI6=] agents get beta access anytime they like.)

** The call that Ethan makes to Brandt is very nearly identical to the call that Hunt makes at the beginning of Film/MissionImpossible; the difference is that now we get to see the other side of that call, whereas in ''M:I'' we only got to see Hunt's side.

** The committee hearing at the start of the film not only references the [[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol nuclear warhead nearly destroying San Francisco]] but also the [[Film/MissionImpossible mission to steal the NOC list from the first film.]]
** The security code Hunt gives Brandt after he escapes from The Syndicate in London is Bravo Echo One One, the same security code Hunt gives in [[Film/MissionImpossible the first film]]. This film shows the opposite side of the phone call, and putting the scene from this film with the corresponding scene from the first film [[https://youtu.be/siGJbcYUZ6Q?t=73 shows both sides of the conversation]].

** When Director Hunley starts enumerating the crazy stunts the IMF has pulled that merit shutting it down, he brings up the time they [[Film/MissionImpossible broke into the CIA to steal a list of all its agents]], and the time [[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol one of their missions]] resulted in half the Kremlin getting blown up and a nuclear missile knocking off a small chunk from the Transamerica Pyramid's spire.

* IKissYourHand: Outside the opera, someone greets the Austrian chancellor's wife by tapping her hand with the tip of his nose. Unusually for this trope, this is actually TruthInTelevision in RealLife Austria.

* IKissYourHand: Outside the opera, someone greets the Austrian chancellor's wife by putting the tip of his nose to her hand. Unusually for this trope, this is actually TruthInTelevision in RealLife Austria.

* ActorAllusion: After escaping from the opera, Ethan explains to Benji how he tracked the presumed activities of the Syndicate – a car accident killing a president, a plane disappearance, a village of 2,000 people gassed. Benji questions whether there is a connection between these events and even states that all these things could just have been terrible accidents. Fans of [[Film/HotFuzz]] will remember how Simon Pegg’s character Nicholas Angel uncovers a conspiracy and has trouble getting anyone to believe the truth.

* ActorAllusion: After escaping from the opera, Ethan explains to Benji how he tracked the presumed activities of the Syndicate – a car accident killing a president, a plane disappearance, a village of 2,000 people gassed. Benji questions whether there is a connection between these events and even states that all these things could just have been terrible accidents. Fans of [[Fil/HotFuzz]] will remember how Simon Pegg’s character Nicholas Angel uncovers a conspiracy and has trouble getting anyone to believe the truth.

* Actor Allusion: After escaping from the opera, Ethan explains to Benji how he tracked the presumed activities of the Syndicate – a car accident killing a president, a plane disappearance, a village of 2,000 people gassed. Benji questions whether there is a connection between these events and even states that all these things could just have been terrible accidents. Fans of Hot Fuzz will remember how Simon Pegg’s character Nicholas Angel uncovers a conspiracy and has trouble getting anyone to believe the truth.