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** They're also reminiscent of another, more menacing [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids species of "walking trees".]]
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor's characterisation and EvilPlan heavily reference JohnHuston in ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor's characterisation and EvilPlan heavily reference JohnHuston Creator/JohnHuston in ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* Hans Zimmer's music evokes Music/EnnioMorricone's work with SergioLeone...complete with reusing a Morriconian-like track from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End''.
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* Hans Zimmer's music evokes Music/EnnioMorricone's work with SergioLeone...Creator/SergioLeone...complete with reusing a Morriconian-like track from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End''.
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* Hans Zimmer's music evokes EnnioMorricone's work with SergioLeone...complete with reusing a Morriconian-like track from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End''.
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* Hans Zimmer's music evokes EnnioMorricone's Music/EnnioMorricone's work with SergioLeone...complete with reusing a Morriconian-like track from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End''.
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* When Rango has his first showdown outside of the saloon, the squeaking of the windmill sounds exactly like the one at the beginning of ''OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.
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* When Rango has his first showdown outside of the saloon, the squeaking of the windmill sounds exactly like the one at the beginning of ''OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.
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* The Spirit of the West [[spoiler: is the [[DollarsTrilogy Man with No Name]].]]
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* The Spirit of the West [[spoiler: is the [[DollarsTrilogy [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Man with No Name]].]]
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor's characterisation and EvilPlan heavily reference JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* During the scene where Rango and the armadillo follow the walking cacti across the desert to find out where the water went, one of them collapses, referencing the "Rite of Spring" segment from {{Disney/Fantasia}}.
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* It can't be a coincidence that the town's physician is a [[BugsBunny rabbit named "Doc".]]
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* The end credits are rendered in precisely the style of Series/WildWildWest.
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* One member of Bad Bill's gang is a hunchbacked rabbit named [[KlausKinski Kinski]].
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* One member of Bad Bill's gang is a hunchbacked rabbit with a German accent named [[KlausKinski Kinski]].
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor's characterisation and EvilPlan heavily reference JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* The toad Rango runs into trying to disguise himself as a rock gives his last words almost same as Tuco from TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly, complete with censor sound.
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* Rango hides from Metalbeak [[Film/JurassicPark in an outhouse before the hawk demolishes it]].
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* The big action set piece featuring Balthazar's clan is a mishmash of ''{{Deliverance}}, ApocalypseNow, TheRoadWarrior'', StarWars, and most likely more.
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* The big action set piece featuring Balthazar's clan is a mishmash of ''{{Deliverance}}, ApocalypseNow, Film/ApocalypseNow, TheRoadWarrior'', StarWars, and most likely more.
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* [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "That hawk... is dead!"]] [[spoiler: No, he's not! He's just sleeping!]]
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* The Mole Family erupting the ground arm-first is from ''{{The Return of the Living Dead}}''.
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* When Rango goes to the Bank of Dirt after the townspeople learn that the bank has nearly no water left, it resembles the famous scene from [[ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]].
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* When Rango goes to the Bank of Dirt after the townspeople learn that the bank has nearly no water left, it resembles the famous scene from [[ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]].ItsAWonderfulLife.
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* When Priscilla points out the previous sheriff's tombstone, there's a grave in the background that reads [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "He's Dead, Jim"]]. Also Waffles says "I am sensing hostility!" (while being attacked by the moles) which is likely a spoof on [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Councillor Troi]].
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* When Priscilla points out the previous sheriff's tombstone, there's a grave in the background that reads [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "He's Dead, Jim"]]. Also Waffles says "I am sensing hostility!" (while being attacked by the moles) which is likely a spoof on [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Councillor Troi]].
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* Rango hides from Metalbeak [[JurassicPark in an outhouse before the hawk demolishes it]].
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* While tossing out cliched life advice to a youngster, Rango includes "burn everything but Shakespeare", a line from the the play ''TheSkinOfOurTeeth''.
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* When Spoons yells "CAW! CAW!" as the "signal", it calls to mind [[GalaxyQuest a certain]] [[AffectionateParody parody of another genre]].
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* Was anyone else thinking of ''ABugsLife'' when [[spoiler: the mole family briefly trick Rattlesnake Jake into thinking there's a hawk?]]
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* Was anyone else thinking of ''ABugsLife'' ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' when [[spoiler: the mole family briefly trick Rattlesnake Jake into thinking there's a hawk?]]
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor references JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor references mayor's characterisation and EvilPlan heavily reference JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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** You could also hear a very familiar [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbAmR3sOBA riff]] from ElmerBernstein's The Magnificent Seven.
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* Rango = Django (title character of the 1966 SpaghettiWestern)
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* Rango = Django (title character of the 1966 SpaghettiWestern)SpaghettiWestern). Is also similar to Ringo, another Spaghetti Western character from 1966 played by actor Giuliano Gemma.
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* With the hat, lance, and pennant, Roadkill the Armadillo evokes DonQuixote.
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* During the Sunset Shot, he gives a speech in the style of WinstonChurchill.
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* Since the director knows about aye-ayes I'm going to count this as a GeniusBonus: in one scene Rango (prior to actually becoming Rango) imitates a gun-slinging, bowlegged beetle. In real life there's a large beetle that lives in the desert that's so poisonous and aggressive that one species of lizard imitates it as a juvenile -- the only known case of a vertebrate imitating an invertebrate -- [[http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1264659141 by copying its markings and tall, bowlegged stance]] (at 1:30).
* Since the director knows about aye-ayes I'm going to count this as a GeniusBonus: in one scene Rango (prior to actually becoming Rango) imitates a gun-slinging, bowlegged beetle. In real life there's a large beetle that lives in the desert that's so poisonous and aggressive that one species of lizard imitates it as a juvenile -- the only known case of a vertebrate imitating an invertebrate -- [[http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1264659141 by copying its markings and tall, bowlegged stance]] (at 1:30).
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* When Rango goes to the Bank of Dirt after the townspeople learn that the bank has nearly no water left, it resembles the famous scene from [[ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]]
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* When Rango goes to the Bank of Dirt after the townspeople learn that the bank has nearly no water left, it resembles the famous scene from [[ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]]Life]].
* The song which plays during Rango's highway crossing isn't on the soundtrack. It's "Finale" from the 2007 war drama ''The Kingdom''.
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* The song which plays during Rango's highway crossing isn't on the soundtrack. It's "Finale" from the 2007 war drama ''The Kingdom''.
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West;'' the mayor references JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
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* WordOfGod states that Rango in general is meant to be a reference to Don Knotts in ''The Shakiest Gun in the West;'' West'', while the "only one bullet" references Knotts' most famous character, [[TheAndyGriffithShow Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife]]; the mayor references JohnHuston in ''{{Chinatown}}'' (he even says "the future, Mr. Rango! The future!"); Rattlesnake Jake is an allusion to Lee Van Cleef in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''; and the hawk that attacks Rango towards the beginning is a reference to Lee Marvin in ''CatBallou'', featuring the same metal piece on his nose. [[ReferenceOverdosed Whew]].
