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* The librarian is reading a popular paranormal romance novel called ''[[{{Literature/Twilight}} Guylight]]'', with a cover that shows a pair of hands holding a banana.

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* The librarian is reading a popular paranormal romance novel called ''[[{{Literature/Twilight}} ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Guylight]]'', with a cover that shows a pair of hands holding a banana.



* Among other things, given the involvement of a vampire in the plot, the title is a reference to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

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* Among other things, given the involvement of a vampire in the plot, the title is a reference to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.''Film/{{Twilight}}''.
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* Upon seeing a S.A.D lamp Dooley (misinterpreting its name) comments "Cheer up, [[Film/TheCrow it can't rain all the time]].", which prompts the lamp to ask "...Eric?" (the protagonist from ''Film/TheCrow'' being a man called Eric Draven).

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* Upon seeing a S.A.D lamp Dooley (misinterpreting its name) comments "Cheer up, [[Film/TheCrow [[Film/TheCrow1994 it can't rain all the time]].", which prompts the lamp to ask "...Eric?" (the protagonist from ''Film/TheCrow'' ''Film/TheCrow1994'' being a man called Eric Draven).
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': A key plot point involves a vehicle that teleports when it travels at 88 meters per hour, powered by a Y-shaped doohickey called the Duck's Capacitor.

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'': A key plot point involves a vehicle that teleports when it travels at 88 meters per hour, powered by a Y-shaped doohickey called the Duck's Capacitor.
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* In perhaps the most direct ''Series/TwinPeaks'' shout-out in a game already full of them, [=McQueen=] can, if he completes a secret objective, find a strange cabin in the woods. Upon entering it, [=McQueen=] finds himself seated in a chair in a room that has red decor and a dancing dwarf who talks backwards and a giant who tells him that "The owls are not what they seem..."
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** To hammer home the ''2001'' reference, BETI at one point tells [=McQueen=] "I'm afraid I cannot let you do that, Dave-- [[VerbalBackspace I mean, Detective]]."

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