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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu, Spock]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (or [[{{Archer}} Mallory Archer]], for a bit of ActorAllusion), and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].

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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu, Spock]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (or [[{{Archer}} Mallory Archer]], for a bit of ActorAllusion), and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]]. In one episode, the team has to save young King [[TheBradyBunch Greg]]; in another, [[TheBradyBunch his dad Mike]] is an evil D.A.!
*** [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James T. Kirk]] plays a villain in two episodes (both ''after'' Spock left the show, unfortunately).
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* CreatorBacklash: Paul Playdon, script consultant in seasons three and four, was so ashamed of his own "Time Bomb" ([[OldShame as were many who worked on the episode]]) that he actually ''left the show''. (While he contributed "The Catafalque" in season five and has story credit on season six's "The Tram," he never returned as a staff member.)

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* NamesTheSame: William Brandt vs Willy Brandt, German chancellor (funnily and for a spy film fittingly enough, that wasn't his birth name but a pseudonym to hide from the Nazis)

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* NamesTheSame: William Brandt vs Willy Brandt, German chancellor (funnily and for a spy film fittingly enough, that wasn't his birth name but a pseudonym to hide from the Nazis)Nazis).
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Both the original and the revival have an episode called "Submarine" - but unlike the new version's "The Killer," "The Legacy," "The Condemned" and "The System," the revival's "Submarine" is ''not'' a remake.
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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (or [[{{Archer}} Mallory Archer]], for a bit of ActorAllusion), and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].

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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu]], Sulu, Spock]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (or [[{{Archer}} Mallory Archer]], for a bit of ActorAllusion), and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].
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* YouLookFamilar: WilliamShatner appeared in two different episodes in the final two seasons, playing either an antagonist or a character working with an antagonist that the team was charged with bringing down.

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* YouLookFamilar: YouLookFamiliar: WilliamShatner appeared in two different episodes in the final two seasons, playing either an antagonist or a character working with an antagonist that the team was charged with bringing down.
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* NamesTheSame: William Brandt vs Willy Brandt, German chancellor (funnily and for a spy film fittingly enough, that wasn't his birth name but a pseudonym to hide from the Nazis)

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* NamesTheSame: William Brandt vs Willy Brandt, German chancellor (funnily and for a spy film fittingly enough, that wasn't his birth name but a pseudonym to hide from the Nazis)Nazis)
* YouLookFamilar: WilliamShatner appeared in two different episodes in the final two seasons, playing either an antagonist or a character working with an antagonist that the team was charged with bringing down.
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** The agent that aids the IMF crew in the pilot of the TV series up until his hands are injured, forcing him to stay on the sidelines for the rest of the mission? Wally Cox, aka {{Underdog}}
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[{{Felicity}} Felicity]], [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[{{Felicity}} Felicity]], Felicity Porter]], [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[{{Felicity}} Felicity]], [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion the Chatter Telephone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message ("Match: Mr. Incredible.") and the newsreel presenter from ''TheIncredibles''

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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion the Chatter Telephone]] from ''ToyStory3'' ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message ("Match: Mr. Incredible.") and the newsreel presenter from ''TheIncredibles''
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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].

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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] (or [[{{Archer}} Mallory Archer]], for a bit of ActorAllusion), and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].
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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[StarTrek Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].

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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[StarTrek [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].
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** And for the TV series, the IM Force includes among its ranks [[StarTrek Hikaru Sulu]], [[ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] and [[PoliceAcademy Eric Lassard]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion the Chatter Telephone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")

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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion the Chatter Telephone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")") and the newsreel presenter from ''TheIncredibles''
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
** The fourth has [[Series/{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[Film/BatmanBegins Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
** The fourth has [[Series/{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[Film/BatmanBegins Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.
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* FakeNationality: Israeli-born Nehemiah Persoff played the BigBad three times: once as an Arabian, once as a Latin American, and once as an Eastern European.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[Film/BatmanBegins Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix [[Film/TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} [[Series/{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[Film/BatmanBegins Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga [[Film/BatmanBegins Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[spoiler: but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]] And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[spoiler: but (but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]] Hawkeye]]). And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[spoiler: or as he also is caled, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]]

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[spoiler: or as he also is caled, but you may know him with his other codename, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]]]] And [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] is back.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Fans and cast members of the original TV series strongly disliked the first film because it made [[spoiler:Jim Phelps]] the villain.
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[:spoiler or as he also is caled, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]]

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]] [[:spoiler [[spoiler: or as he also is caled, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]]
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]]/[[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]]/[[Film/TheAvengers James]] [[:spoiler or as he also is caled, [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].]]
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers James]]/[[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Mikael "Kalle" Blomkvist]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shawn]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shawn]], Shaun]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as supporting characters in the third film.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix Morpheus]] and [[ShaunOfTheDead Shawn]] as IMF supporting characters in the third film.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMatrix Morpheus]] and Morpheus]], [[ShaunOfTheDead Shawn]] Shawn]], and [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] as IMF supporting characters in the third film.
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Actual name of the character instead of a generalized term.


* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion The kiddie phone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")

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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion The kiddie phone]] the Chatter Telephone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion The kiddie phone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")

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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion The kiddie phone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")")
* NamesTheSame: William Brandt vs Willy Brandt, German chancellor (funnily and for a spy film fittingly enough, that wasn't his birth name but a pseudonym to hide from the Nazis)
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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].

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** The fourth has [[{{Lost}} Sawyer]], [[TheDarkKnightSaga Carmine Falcone]], [[TheHurtLocker Sergeant James]], and [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]].Hawkeye]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The Telephone guy is [[ActorAllusion The kiddie phone]] from ''ToyStory3'' and the "Hold Still" Message from ''TheIncredibles'' ("Match: Mr. Incredible.")

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