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| 7 | Examples of {{Actor Allusion}}s in Live-Action Movies. |
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| 10 | * ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'', which chronicles the rise and fall of Manchester's Factory Records (which featured Music/JoyDivision, Music/NewOrder, Music/HappyMondays, Music/ACertainRatio, and many others), makes frequent use of this. Several times throughout the film actual people who were involved with Factory make brief cameos as janitors, bartenders, etc, sometimes interacting with the actors portraying them. At one point in the movie Creator/SteveCoogan ([[UnreliableNarrator narrating]] as Factory founder Tony Wilson) [[BreakingTheFourthWall points out to the audience]] that there have been these cameos all along. Additionally, Howard Devoto of Music/TheBuzzcocks refutes the veracity of a scene in which he is portrayed (wherein he has sex with Tony's wife) saying "I definitely don't remember this happening." |
| 11 | * In ''Film/The6thDay'', Arnold tells a man to "GetOut" of his truck -- just like he did in ''Film/TheTerminator'' with a tanker. |
| 12 | * ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'' |
| 13 | ** An incredibly blatant one when Cdr. Buck Murdock looks into a periscope. The first shot shows the Starship ''Enterprise'' from ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'', followed by a reaction shot, and then what the character was ''really'' seeing. Buck Murdock is played by Creator/WilliamShatner. |
| 14 | ** Earlier in the same film there's a scene where air traffic controller Steve [=McCroskey=] (played by Lloyd Bridges) is shown residing in a nursing home. A nurse explains that he's gone senile and "thinks he's Lloyd Bridges," and we see him donning a scuba mask (an allusion to Bridges' role on the '50s TV show ''Series/SeaHunt''). |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheArtOfTheSteal'': When Crunch tells Nicky that Francie is his apprentice, Nicky makes a comment about Crunch being a wizard. Creator/JayBaruchel, who plays Francie, starred as a wizard's apprentice in ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''. |
| 16 | * In ''Film/AlleluiaTheDevilsCarnival'', The Agent asks The Publicist, played by Ted Neeley, "What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening," a question repeatedly asked of Neeley's character, Jesus, in a number from ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''. An angel introduces a performance by God with the odd phrase "mark it up!" the title and refrain of a song from ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', a film that shares many of the same cast and crew, including the actor playing God. |
| 17 | * In Creator/UweBoll's ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'', a character falls to his death in a spiky pit trap. The actor portraying him was Ho Sung Pak, who portrayed Liu Kang in the first two ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games, where characters could also meet such a fate. |
| 18 | * In the intro for ''Film/TheAlphabetKiller'', the protagonist (played by Creator/ElizaDushku) laments how the people she most wants to talk to are dead. This could be an allusion to ''Series/TruCalling'', in which one of Eliza's previous characters (the eponymous Tru), could indeed talk to the dead. |
| 19 | * ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' |
| 20 | ** In ''The Squeakquel'', Alvin, voiced by Creator/JustinLong, says he must "remember the five D's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive, dodge." A line from his previous film, ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. |
| 21 | * In ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'', Sissy Spacek plays the mother of a teenaged girl named [[AlliterativeName Betsy Bell]] who is constantly plagued by supernatural events... something Spacek should be quite familiar with, given that her most famous role was the eponymous telekinetic teen in ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. The comparison becomes even more apt when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the source of the ghostly attacks was Betsy herself, manifesting the Bell Witch to protect herself from her sexually abusive father]]. |
| 22 | * ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'' cast Creator/AndrewSachs as a Spanish hotel owner to capitalize on his fame as Spanish hotel worker Manuel in ''Series/FawltyTowers''. |
| 23 | * ''Film/ArsenicAndOldLace'' |
| 24 | ** The movie shows Creator/CaryGrant's character sitting by a tombstone that bears the name Archie Leach, Grant's real name. |
| 25 | ** In the original run of the play the part of Jonathan Brewster, who had had so many cosmetic surgeries he "look[ed] like Boris Karloff", was played by Creator/BorisKarloff. He was unavailable for the film however, because he was still in the play on Broadway, so the part was played by [[ThePoorMansSubstitute Raymond Massey]]. |
| 26 | * The first section of ''Film/AskAPoliceman'' contains an in-joke about Will Hay's real-life career. In 1937 his radio show was "faded out" to make time for a broadcast by the Prime Minister. Hay was furious and vowed never to broadcast again. A popular outcry led by the Daily Express forced Creator/TheBBC to apologize before Hay would go back on the air. When Dudfoot's broadcast ends the same way, he says, "The BBC always fade out the best items", and when threatened with dismissal he says, "If only we could get the Daily Express behind us..." |
| 27 | * In ''Film/{{Austenland}}'', based on Creator/ShannonHale's book about the milieu of Jane Austen's books recreated at a present-day vacation resort, Rupert Vansittart plays a minor character, the husband of a more important character, and mostly lounges and eats and drinks. In ''Series/PrideAndPrejudice1995'', Vansittart plays the little-seen husband of one of Bingley's sisters, "an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards". His facial hair is even styled similarly in the two movies. |
| 28 | * Presumably Creator/StanLee is credited AsHimself in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' because he appears as a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran and drunkenly slurs "Excelsior!" (Lee was part of the Signal Corps and Training Film divisions and didn't storm Normandy as his character implies). |
| 29 | * In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', Mary Steenbergen stars as Clara Clayton, a woman who falls in love with a time-traveller (Doc Brown). Steenbergen had also starred as such a character in ''Film/TimeAfterTime''. |
| 30 | * Big Daddy from ''Film/BeachParty'' is revealed to be played by Creator/VincentPrice, who says, "[[Film/ThePitAndThePendulum Bring me my pendulum, kiddies. I feel like swinging.]]" |
| 31 | * ''Film/BeCool'': [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's]] pro-wrestling persona is playfully referenced in a discussion about his character, a gay bodyguard who dreams of getting his big break as an actor. |
| 32 | -->'''Linda Moon:''' [[FascinatingEyebrow He can raise just one eyebrow at a time]]... and that's all he thinks it takes to be an actor. |
| 33 | * The entire point of Jürgen Prochnow's character in ''Film/{{Beerfest}}'' is basically to keep making references to ''Film/DasBoot''. Including, but not limited to, people drinking out of boots while chanting "Das Boot!", gratuitous submarine scenes and his character stating that he "had a bad experience" aboard a U-boat. |
| 34 | * Possible example in ''Film/BestInShow'': Creator/FredWillard's character says of Creator/CatherineOHara's "That handler looks familiar to me." It works in the film itself as part of the RunningGag that O'Hara and her husband keep running into her old boyfriends, but also references that she and Willard played a couple in ''Waiting for Guffman''. |
| 35 | * ''Film/BicentennialMan'': |
| 36 | ** The humanoid head that Rupert shows Andrew when they meet is played by Creator/AdamBryant, who usually plays as Creator/RobinWilliams's body double. |
| 37 | ** After Rupert takes Andrew's face off to begin adding "skin", Andrew looks into the mirror and screams. When asked why, Andrew says "I've seen my inner me". This is a nod to "Come inside my mind" from Creator/RobinWilliams's 1979 comedy album, ''Reality...What a Concept''. |
| 38 | * Creator/MichaelBiehn has been bitten on the arm in every Creator/JamesCameron movie he's been in -- ''Film/TheAbyss'', ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. |
| 39 | * One of the older actresses from the ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'' remake starred in the original movie: Andrea Martin. |
| 40 | * Another Fisher example occurs in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''; when her character shoots off a bazooka, the sound effect is the same as the blasters in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films. |
| 41 | * There's a delightful example in ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' where Mike Myers plays a record executive who hates the titular song. In ''Film/WaynesWorld'' Myers and his friends jam to that song during the opening sequence. |
| 42 | * In ''Booky Makes Her Mark'', Booky has tea with [[Creator/LMMontgomery Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery]]. Booky's mother is played by Megan Follows, perhaps best known for her role as [[Literature/AnneofGreenGables Anne Shirley]]. |
| 43 | * ''Film/BrahmastraPartOneShiva'': Mohan Bhargav is named for his actor Creator/ShahRukhKhan's previous role, Mohan Bhargava, in ''Film/{{Swades}}''. |
| 44 | * In ''Brewster [=McCloud=]'', Margaret Hamilton plays Daphne Heap, who is murdered early on. When the camera pans down to show her, she is wearing ruby slippers, a reference to her role of the Wicked Witch. |
| 45 | * TheFilmOfTheBook ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'' had Colin Firth cast as Mark Darcy, Bridget's LoveInterest. The book was based on Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', whose romantic lead is Fitzwilliam Darcy (this itself is referenced in a line about how Bridget finds it ridiculous of Mark to be named Darcy and stand by himself at a party). Colin Firth played a particularly memorable Mr. Darcy in a 1996 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] television adaptation of ''P & P''. The character of Bridget Jones started in a column in ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Independent]]'' and the ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Daily Telegraph]]'', and when the adaptation was being broadcast she would often mention how much she fancied him. His casting in ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' was a HUGE ActorAllusion. Also, the only male actors mentioned in the novel ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' are Creator/ColinFirth and Creator/HughGrant. Firth is Darcy, and Grant played Daniel Cleaver, Bridget's other LoveInterest. Grant also starred in another Creator/JaneAusten dramatization, ''Film/SenseAndSensibility''. |
| 46 | * In ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', which had the march "Colonel Bogey" as its theme music, Sessue Hayakawa played a Japanese colonel overseeing a bridge-building project. In ''Film/TheGeishaBoy'', he was building a bridge in his backyard...with the help of men whistling "Colonel Bogey". |
| 47 | * In ''Brigada Explosiva: Mision Pirata'', Emilio Disi's character asks a girl if she's heard of Brigada Z. When she says no, he asks: "What about ''Bañeros''?". Disi and his co-star in the movie, Gino Renni, co-starred in the ''Bañeros'' trilogy. |
| 48 | * In ''Film/BringItOn'', when the Clovers cheerleaders confront Torrence and Missy about stealing their routines, one of the Clovers says, "Can we just beat these [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffys]] down so I can go home?" When they decide not to do so, another Clover tells them, "You just got touched by an Series/{{Angel}}." Missy is played by Creator/ElizaDushku, who plays Faith in both those shows. |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheBucketList'': |
| 50 | ** Carter talks about wanting to be the first black president in his youth. Creator/MorganFreeman played the president in ''Film/DeepImpact'', though it is unclear if he was the first African-American one in the story. |
| 51 | ** Edward talks about missing a lunch meeting with Creator/MichellePfeiffer to attend a hearing. Nicholson starred with Pfeiffer in ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'', and both played villains in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' movies. Not at the same time though. |
| 52 | ** Creator/RobMorrow plays a doctor in the movie, similar to his role on ''Series/NorthernExposure''. |
| 53 | * Sarah Michelle Gellar is the titular ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and the gang call themselves the 'Scoobies', a reference to ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. In the Live-Action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' film, Daphne is played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who also drew heavily from her role as Buffy. |
| 54 | * Ellen Burstyn has played the elderly daughter of a parent who remained young in both ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' and ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline''. |
| 55 | * In ''Buster'', Music/PhilCollins mistakenly says, "Hey, Julie!" to Creator/JulieWalters, who is actually playing June. |
| 56 | * ''Film/TheRock'', ''Film/ConAir'', and ''Film/FaceOff'' are connected by a running gag around Creator/NicolasCage. In ''Film/TheRock'', Nicolas Cage explains to Creator/SeanConnery that he drives a beige Volvo. In ''Film/ConAir'', Nicholas Cage cuts Dave Chappelle's body loose from the plane, and it crashes onto a beige Volvo. In ''Film/FaceOff'', Nicolas Cage escapes from the oil rig prison and steals a beige Volvo. |
| 57 | ** In ''Con Air'', Duncan Malloy has [[Franchise/StarTrek a Starfleet badge]] on his keychain. Creator/ColmMeaney, who plays Malloy, played Starfleet engineer Miles O'Brien on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
| 58 | * ''Film/{{Cannonball}}'': Look how Cannonball Buckman beats up the thug disguised as a motorcycle cop. [[Series/KungFu1972 Where have we seen David Carradine fight like this before?]] |
| 59 | * ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' |
| 60 | ** Creator/BurtReynolds' character considers driving a black Trans Am in the eponymous race, the same vehicle Reynolds famously drove in ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit''. He then comments [[ItsBeenDone "It's been done."]] |
| 61 | ** Victor (Creator/DomDeLuise) mentions his cousin Tessie who he implies is very large and at another point says that they have a licensed physician in case someone gets swamp fever. In the second ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' film, [=DeLuise=] plays a doctor who's first seen treating a patient for swamp fever and mentions another patient they called "Two-Ton Tessie". |
| 62 | * In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', the top of [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury]]'s [[spoiler:decoy tombstone]] reads, "[[Film/PulpFiction The path of the]] [[http://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/images/c_fill,h_536,w_1022/t_mp_quality/rffeulcwsqeacbqs8bol/the-path-of-the-righteous-man-558176.jpg righteous man...]]". |
| 63 | * In ''Film/CaptainRon'', the title character, played by Creator/KurtRussell, wears an eyepatch to cover up an ill-fitting GlassEye. Creator/KurtRussell with an {{eyepatch|OfPower}}? Sounds [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork familiar]]... |
| 64 | * ''Film/CarryOnSeries'': |
| 65 | ** ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'': Sergeant Bung's car registration is "HS 25", a play on Creator/HarryHCorbett's character [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Harold Steptoe]]. The series' theme also plays as he drives his car. |
| 66 | ** ''Film/CarryOnHenry'': While fitting King Henry's clothes, Moshe Montmorency tells him "Never mind the quality, feel the cloth". At the time, his actor (Creator/JohnBluthal) was starring as Manny Cohen in ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width''. |
| 67 | ** ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'': |
| 68 | *** In Bernie's first scene he mutters, "I only arsked", which was the CharacterCatchphrase of his actor Creator/BernardBresslaw on ''Series/TheArmyGame''. |
| 69 | *** The coach trip is aboard a "Jack Crump" coach, whereas Creator/JackiPiper's (who portrayed Myrtle Plummer) real name was Jackie Crump. |
| 70 | ** ''Film/CarryOnBehind'': |
| 71 | *** A jazz arrangement of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" plays when Fred is introduced, an in-joke to his actor, Creator/WindsorDavies. |
| 72 | *** At one point, Fred uses the phrase "Lovely boy", the CharacterCatchphrase of his actor's character on ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''. |
| 73 | *** The final line of the film is Professor Crump telling Professor Vooshka to "Stop messin' about", an AuthorCatchphrase frequently used by his actor (Creator/KennethWilliams). |
| 74 | * ''Film/CashOnDemand'': In the scene with the suitcases in front of the vault while they discuss packing and settling on one place, Peter Cushing comments to Andre Morrell "the air on Dartmoor is very bracing I believe". Two years earlier, Cushing and Morrell had starred as Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson in the 1959 film version of ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', which is set on Dartmoor. |
| 75 | * In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' once in Monaco Film/JamesBond and GirlOfTheWeek Vesper Lynd stay at the Hotel Splendid. ''Hotel Splendide'' is an indie film starring Creator/DanielCraig as the chef at a failing island resort. |
| 76 | * In ''Film/{{Casper}}'', Dr. Harvey turns into the Crypt Keeper at one point. Creator/CathyMoriarty (Carrigan) had starred in ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''. |
| 77 | * In ''Film/CedarRapids'', Isiah Whitlock Jr. quotes Omar from ''Series/TheWire''. "And I keeps one in the chamber in case you ponderin'." On ''Series/TheWire'' itself, Isiah plays Senator Clay Davis. |
| 78 | * In ''A Carol Christmas'', the ghost of Christmas Present is played by Creator/WilliamShatner and the way that he transports Carol to different places looks like teleportation in ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 79 | * In ''Chúmbale'', the dad is watching Enrique Pinti on TV and bursts out in laughter, saying "I Love this guy!". The dad is played by Enrique Pinti. |
| 80 | * In ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'', [[Series/GameOfThrones once again]] Richard Madden plays a royal highness who falls in love with a beautiful strong-willed commoner instead of settling for someone befitting his title. [[spoiler:Let's hope that this time it will end better for the happy couple...]] |
| 81 | * At one point in ''Film/CityOfEmber'', the Mayor trips and smudges a painting of himself. The same thing happened to Creator/BillMurray in ''Film/GhostbustersII''. |
| 82 | * ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Creator/HugoWeaving [[Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert in drag]]. |
| 83 | * In ''Film/{{Coherence}}'', Nicholas Brendon plays a washed-up actor whose claim to fame was being in all four seasons of Roswell. His character's wife states that it was an addiction to alcohol that ruined his career. Brendon played Xander in all but one episode of the seven seasons of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and admitted in 2010, and in subsequent years, that he suffered from a recurring addiction to alcohol and sleeping pills. |
| 84 | * It could be accidental, but in ''Film/TheColourOfMagic'', TheFilmOfTheBook, Creator/SeanAstin, who plays Twoflower, says "potatoes" to Rincewind in a way that sounds just like a certain scene from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', where he was Sam. |
| 85 | * There's a lot of this in the {{Mockumentary}} ''Film/ComicBookTheMovie'' due to its large cast of voice actors in live-action roles, as well as several actors, directors and comic creators as themselves. [[Creator/BillyWest Leo Matuzik]] staring at a poster of WesternAnimation/{{F|uturama}}ry stands out as one of the funniest. Then there's Don Swan's short conversation with Ms. Q in the studio office. Swan is played by Creator/MarkHamill, and Ms. Q is played by Creator/ArleenSorkin. They portrayed Joker and Harley Quinn in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 86 | ** There is a short blink-it-and-you'll miss it scene where Don Swan (Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker) at Comic-Con ask three men sitting at a table, "Excuse me, do you mind if we share this table?" The first man replies, "No son, move along." The three men? Creator/DavidProwse, Peter Mayhew, and Jeremy Bulloch or Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Boba Fett respectively. Bonus points for it being David Prowse that says "No son." |
| 87 | * Creator/JenniferConnelly has done three movies where she solemnly stands at the end of a pier looking out to the ocean. First in ''Film/DarkCity'', then ''Film/RequiemForADream'' (both scenes involving a red dress too), and finally in ''The House of Sand & Fog''. When filming the last one, she actually went "how many times have I done this already?" |
| 88 | * In ''The Contender'', Creator/JeffBridges plays the President of the United States, and puts his feet up on the resolute desk just like [[Film/TheBigLebowski the Dude]] does. He also goes bowling. |
| 89 | * During a GoodCopBadCop sequence in the [[BuddyCopShow buddy cop film]] ''Cop Out'' (starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis), Tracy Morgan is interrogating the suspect by acting like a gun-waving maniac and spewing random movie lines. When Tracy says ''[[Film/DieHard Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!]]'', Bruce Willis's (who starred in the ''Film/DieHard'' films) character says "I've never seen that movie before." |
| 90 | * In Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/{{Cosmopolis}}'', Creator/RobertPattinson spends most of the movie inside a high-tech limousine. In Cronenberg's next film, ''Film/MapsToTheStars'', Pattinson is back in a limo - albeit this time as a lowly driver. |
| 91 | * In ''Film/CrankHighVoltage'', one of the characters mentions that Chev Chelios looks a lot like "that guy from ''Film/TheTransporter'' movies". Chev and "that guy" are both played by Creator/JasonStatham. |
| 92 | * In the Israeli film ''Film/{{Cupcakes}}'',Yael Ber Zohar, who was Israel number one it girl and sex symbol back in TheNineties, portrays a former beauty queen -- also named Yael, who is emberassed and scarred by her time as a local sex symbol. |
| 93 | * ''Film/DancingAtTheBlueIguana'' (set in California) contains this exchange: |
| 94 | -->'''Jasmine:''' Did you move the couch?\ |
| 95 | '''Angel:''' Yeah, cause I'm working on the Feng Shui.\ |
| 96 | '''Jasmine:''' What the fuck is Feng Shui?\ |
| 97 | '''Angel:''' It's -- aren't you from Asia?\ |
| 98 | '''Jasmine:''' No, I'm from Seattle. |
| 99 | ** Jasmine is played by Sandra Oh, one of the stars of ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', which is set in Seattle. |
| 100 | * In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Creator/AnneHathaway's character, [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]], is instructed by Alfred to take a tray up to Bruce's quarters, and to put it down, then immediately leave and lock the door behind her. It clearly references something said to Hathaway's character in ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada''. |
| 101 | * In ''Film/TheDeadDontDie'', Ronnie Peterson (played by Adam Driver, who also played Kylo Ren in the ''Star Wars'' series) has a keychain shaped like Kylo Ren’s ship, which another character comments on. |
| 102 | * ''Film/Deadpool2'': |
| 103 | ** Deadpool tells Cable "Zip it, Thanos!" Creator/JoshBrolin is the primary actor for Thanos in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. References are also made to ''Film/TheGoonies'', where Brolin played the older brother. |
| 104 | ** The {{Stinger}} takes jabs at two of Creator/RyanReynolds' more infamous superhero film showings, specifically ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and ''Film/GreenLantern2011''. |
| 105 | ** Wade also gets pretty pissed when Weasel badmouths Canada, a nod to Reynolds' and Comic Deadpool's actual nationality. |
| 106 | ** Creator/AlanTudyk has a cameo as a redneck, recalling his role in ''Film/TuckerAndDaleVsEvil''. |
| 107 | * ''Film/DeathProof'' |
| 108 | ** Abby, Creator/RosarioDawson's character, tells her friends that her boyfriend fucked Creator/DarylHannah's stand-in. Creator/ZoeBell, one of the friends, was Creator/UmaThurman's stand-in in ''Film/KillBill'', wherein Thurman at one point fights Hannah. The character Lanna Frank is played by Hannah's ''Film/KillBill'' stand-in, Monica Staggs. |
| 109 | ** Earlier, in the bar where Stuntman Mike meets the first group of girls, [[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina Jack Burton's]] shirt is in a frame on the wall. |
| 110 | ** Stuntman Mike has a scar over one eye, on the same side as the eyepatch in ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''. |
| 111 | * In ''Film/DefinitelyMaybe'', there is a shot of "Two Guys" pizza. Ryan Reynolds was in ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace''. |
| 112 | * Averted with a vengeance in ''Film/DejaVu2006'': In the test screening version, Doug said "Jesus" when seeing Oerstadt for the first time. His actor (Jim Caviezel) played Jesus in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''. Result: a roaring laughter from the public and the line being cut in the end version. |
| 113 | * In the final dance scene in ''Film/DirtyDancing'', Baby's mother says proudly of her daughter's dancing abilities, "She gets it from me!" Baby's mother is played by Kelly Bishop, who was in the original production of ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' and is a pretty accomplished dancer. |
| 114 | * ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' |
| 115 | ** Creator/ShaileneWoodley telling her [[spoiler:dying mother]] to PleaseWakeUp. She's [[Film/TheDescendants done that before]]. |
| 116 | ** Creator/JaiCourtney has had experience with [[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand training warriors before]]. |
| 117 | * ''Film/DoctorAtSea'': When the crew is in jail, Chippie sings the Manchester Grammar School song. His actor, Creator/GeorgeCoulouris, attended the Manchester Grammar School. |
| 118 | * ''Film/DontLookUp'' features Creator/MarkRylance playing an evil(er?) version of his "Anorak" character from ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne'': a socially awkward British billionaire tech geek speaking in a CreepyMonotone with a god complex, whose most famous invention is used all over the world. |
| 119 | * ''Film/Dracula2000''. A famous television reporter turned vampire asks, pinning down the male lead, "Ever wanted to fuck a TV star?" The reporter was played by Jeri Ryan, famous for playing MsFanservice Seven of Nine in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In addition, she divorced her ex-husband after he tried to take her to a wife-swapping club... so someone else could do just that... |
| 120 | * Charles Dance as a vampire in ''Film/DraculaUntold''? [[Film/UnderworldAwakening Not the first time he played one.]] [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107362/quotes?item=qt0290912 Also not the first time Charles Dance has thought about unleashing Dracula.]] |
| 121 | * In ''Film/{{Dreamscape}}'', Creator/GeorgeWendt, who is most famous for his role of "Norm" from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', plays an author who believes he's uncovered a government conspiracy. His character meets the protagonist in a bar. |
| 122 | * The Creator/VincentPrice vehicle ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' has more than one; when Goldfoot shows off his family portrait gallery, all of his ancestors are images of Price from previous movies. Soon after, Frankie Avalon's character discovers his fellow ''[[BeachEpisode Beach Party]]'' stars [[TheCameo Annette Funicello and Harvey Lembeck]] locked up in Goldfoot's dungeon. |
| 123 | * The well-known Creator/JackieChan movie ''Film/DrunkenMaster'' has him playing a Drunken Boxing expert. He also plays a Drunken Boxing expert in his American film, ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom''. ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' was supposedly going to feature a Drunken Master fighting sequence too but Hollywood knows they're not good enough for cool fight scenes... Jackie does get drunk at one point, however, if that's good enough. |
| 124 | * ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'': |
| 125 | ** In ''Film/Dune2021 Dune: Part One]]'', Duke Leto (Creator/OscarIsaac) tells Paul that he always wanted to be a [[Franchise/StarWars pilot]]. |
| 126 | ** In ''Film/DunePartTwo'', Stilgar (JavierBardem) tells Gurney (JoshBrolin) that if he was looking for something, [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen he would have found it]]. Also, there's Brolin and Creator/DaveBautista [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar fighting because one is responsible for the death of the other's family]], but this time it’s reversed. |
| 127 | * ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'': The head of the Thieves' Guild is played by Creator/RichardOBrien, and his commentary when Ridley runs through the Guild Maze is based on O'Brien's time hosting ''Series/TheCrystalMaze''. |
| 128 | ** The same film has Jeremy Irons, as Profion, saying: "As you wish, Your Majesty," exactly as his character Scar says the same line in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. |
| 129 | * In ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', Gene Hackman plays a character who seems like an aged version of his character from ''Film/TheConversation''. When the baddies bring up a file photo of Hackman's character when he was younger, it is of Hackman as he appeared in ''The Conversation''. |
| 130 | * ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' |
| 131 | ** Creator/KalPenn calling The White Bitch (Jennifer Coolidge) "Stifler's mom" (or "MILF" in the unrated version), then finding the White Castle she offers (insert shot of burger store) familiar: he was one of the eponymous characters in ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' (in Britain ''Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies'') (later, a soldier yells at him, "Take that, Kumar!") |
| 132 | ** And towards the end of ''Epic Movie'', they parody ''Film/SupermanReturns'' -- which Kal Penn had a role in. |
| 133 | ** Early on, there's also a parody of ''Film/NachoLibre'', where Héctor Jiménez (here playing Mr. Tumnus) played a major character. |
| 134 | * In ''Film/EvanAlmighty'', the title character, while being carjacked by God, drives past a movie theater. It's showing ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin Mary''. Minus the Mary, this was one of Creator/SteveCarell's movies. |
| 135 | * ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': Evelyn learns kung fu from an AlternateSelf who became a celebrity by starring in action films...like Creator/MichelleYeoh, her actress. Real-life footage of Yeoh at red carpets are even used to introduce that world. |
| 136 | * There's an interesting example of what looks like an ActorAllusion but apparently isn't in ''Film/{{Evolution|2001}}'' with Creator/DavidDuchovny. When an alien threat appears, Duchovny's character advises against calling in the government, saying, "I've worked with those guys, you can't trust them" or words to that effect. This would appear to be an obvious reference to ''Series/TheXFiles''. According to interviews with Duchovny and the director of the film, however, this line was not an allusion to ''The X-Files''; the director had never seen the show. That, however, did not stop the studio's marketing department from making it appear that way in the movie's TV commercials. |
| 137 | * ''Film/ExMachina'': |
| 138 | ** Creator/DomhnallGleeson has been in love with Creator/AliciaVikander before: they played Levin and Kitty in the 2012 film version of ''Literature/AnnaKarenina''. |
| 139 | ** Domhnall Gleeson himself played an AI in ''Series/BlackMirror'''s "Recap/BlackMirrorBeRightBack". |
| 140 | * Andy Griffith is forever remembered for the character he played on ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'': an aw-shucks, small-town do-gooder with a heart of gold. But in the film ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'', Griffith plays Lonesome Rhodes: an immoral, power-hungry egomaniac who becomes one of the most popular personalities on television...by ''pretending to be'' an aw-shucks, small-town do-gooder with a heart of gold. Yikes. (Though his role in ''Face'' was in fact one of his earliest.) |
| 141 | * In ''Falling For Christmas'', Sierra, played by Creator/LindsayLohan, hears "Jingle Bell Rock" on the radio, exclaims "I love this song!" and begins singing along - previously ''Film/MeanGirls'' included a scene involving Lindsay's character Cady singing and dancing to the same song. As a further reference, the end credits include [[DoItYourselfThemeTune a full version sung by Lohan]]. |
| 142 | * ''Film/FamilySwitch'': At one point in the trailer, after switching bodies with his father, Wyatt claims to be "13 going on 30". Creator/JenniferGarner (who plays Jess, his mother) starred in a film called ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty''. |
| 143 | * ''Fanboys'' has several, including, but not necessarily limited to; Ray "Darth Maul" Park doing some of the acrobatics from his ''Star Wars'' role, and Creator/CarrieFisher responding with "I know" to "I love you". |
| 144 | * ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars'': |
| 145 | ** Posters for Nickelodeon are seen in the video game room. Natt Wolf had starred in ''Series/TheNakedBrothersBand'', a Nickelodeon show. He's also singing lines from a song he and his brother Alex wrote during that scene. |
| 146 | ** Hazel is given a book to read called 'Counter Insurgence'. Creator/ShaileneWoodley was due to star in ''Film/TheDivergentSeriesInsurgent'' right after this film. |
| 147 | * Speaking of ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Ferris, who is played by Matthew Broderick, uses his computer to hack his school's grades. Something another Broderick character did in the film ''Film/WarGames'' before accidentally almost kicking off [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt World War III]]. |
| 148 | * Speaking of which, in ''Film/FierceCreatures'', Rollo briefly calls Willa "Wanda" by accident. Makes sense for a SpiritualSuccessor. |
| 149 | * In the opening scene of ''Film/TheFiendishPlotOfDrFuManchu'', Creator/PeterSellers-as-Fu notes "Your face is familiar" to the servant bringing him (but ultimately spilling) his Elixir Vitae. This references the actors' roles in ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' films -- Sellers was Inspector Clouseau while Burt Kwouk, the servant in question, played his sidekick Cato. |
| 150 | * ''Film/TheFifthElement'' has Cornelius accidentally calling Korben "[[Creator/BruceWillis Mr. Willis]]". |
| 151 | * These lines in ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'': |
| 152 | -->'''Anastasia:''' You're the complete serial killer.\ |
| 153 | '''Christian:''' Not today. |
| 154 | ** Creator/JamieDornan who plays Christian also stared in ''Series/TheFall2013'', in which he played a serial killer. |
| 155 | * ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' |
| 156 | ** Otto secretly betrays George to the police, then visits him in jail. He asks if George knows who sent him up, mentioning "Kevin Delaney" as a possible suspect. Otto is played by [[Creator/KevinKline Kevin Delaney Kline]]. |
| 157 | ** George's full name in that movie is George Thomason. He is played by Tom Georgeson. |
| 158 | * A Singer Allusion in ''Film/TheFlintstonesInVivaRockVegas''. Ann-Margret sings the theme song, a play on "Viva Las Vegas". Not only did she co-star in [[Film/VivaLasVegas that film]] with Music/ElvisPresley, she also voiced "Ann-Margrock" in the original WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones. |
| 159 | * An odd case occurs in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''. Creator/KristenBell plays the title character, an actress, and at one point, other characters mock her for a bad movie she was in, in which she was attacked by a killer cell phone. The writers insist that they wrote the line not knowing that Kristen Bell actually was in a movie, ''Pulse'', about a killer cell phone. |
| 160 | * Near the end of ''Film/FredClaus'', the antagonist of the film, played by Kevin Spacey, is given a Superman cape by Santa Claus. Creator/KevinSpacey recently played ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''Film/SupermanReturns'' |
| 161 | * ''Film/TheFreshman1990'' is all about this trope. Creator/MarlonBrando plays a powerful, shadowy, charismatic crime boss whose resemblance to [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] is remarked on by all the other characters. Creator/MatthewBroderick's character tells Marlon Brando's, "You know, you look an awful lot like Film/TheGodfather." The problem was that Marlon Brando tripled his body mass between movies, so he didn't really look that much like he did in ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 162 | * In ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn3TheHangmansDaughter'', Mexican vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium is played by Ara Celi, who had originally played a Incan mummy princess in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s Season 2. |
| 163 | * ''Film/FromParisWithLove'' |
| 164 | ** Similarly, the trailers for this new John Travolta movie include Travolta's character singing the praises of [[Film/PulpFiction Royale with cheese]]. |
| 165 | ** The same film has a writer allusion. Early on, Travolta's character uses the BondOneLiner "Wax on, Wax off". Co-writer and producer Creator/LucBesson often works with Robert Mark Kamen, who wrote ''Film/TheKarateKid'' which originated that line. |
| 166 | * In ''[[Film/TheFurtherAdventuresOfWaltsFrozenHead The Further Adventures of Walt's Frozen Head]]'', a film shot guerilla style in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, Walt Disney's head (played by original Dreamfinder actor Ron Schneider) expresses a desire to go to Epcot and ride Ride/JourneyIntoImagination, only to get a "I have bad news..." response from Peter. |
| 167 | * ''Film/GameraVsGuiron'' featured a scene near the end of the film that seemed strange to non-Japanese viewers where the comic relief cop Kondo's glasses fell down his face, which he explained happened whenever he smiled. This was apparently actor-comic Kon Omura's trademark joke and appeared in most of his works. |
| 168 | * In the latest ''Film/GetSmart'' movie, Smart is almost run over by a man with a peculiar accent while trying to hitchhike. [[RemakeCameo That man is Bernie Kopell, the villain Siegfried in the original series.]] |
| 169 | * ''Film/{{Gintama}}'': |
| 170 | ** Kagura is played by Kanna Hashimoto, an idol-turned-actress who shot to fame when a photo of her dancing with her idol group went viral. Both films show Kagura doing the specific dance pose at one point. |
| 171 | ** Gintoki is played by Shun Oguri, who's known for having played Rui in the Japanese drama adaptation of ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers''. In the first film, Gintoki calls out Kagura's name in the same way Rui calls out the name of the heroine of ''Boys Over Flowers''. Both Kagura and Shinpachi call him out on it. |
| 172 | * The American version of ''Film/{{The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2011}}'' had a very James Bond inspired title sequence. Fitting, since Mikael Blomqvist was played by Creator/DanielCraig. |
| 173 | * ''Film/GlassOnion'': |
| 174 | ** Andi lambasts Birdie for daring to compare herself to UsefulNotes/HarrietTubman. Andi's actress Creator/JanelleMonae and costar Creator/LeslieOdomJr had previously appeared in Tubman biopic ''Film/{{Harriet}}''. |
| 175 | ** Birdie founded a famous athleisure brand, Sweetiepants. So did her actress Creator/KateHudson, who co-founded Fabletics. |
| 176 | ** Creator/JackieHoffman has a small role as Duke's mother who acts very similar to Uma Heller, Hoffman's character from [[Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding another comedic murder mystery]]. |
| 177 | * In ''The Great White Hype'', Creator/SamuelLJackson's character of "The Sultan" greets a well-dressed white man with long black hair with "Vincent, Vincent, where's Jules, man?", referring to Vincent Vega (played by Creator/JohnTravolta) and Jackson's own character Jules Winnfield, from Tarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction''. |
| 178 | * In the B-movie, ''Gryphon'', one of Jonathan [=LaPaglia's=] lines is "Series/SevenDays," spoken in such a way that it must have been intentional. |
| 179 | * Creator/DanielleHarris, who played Laurie Strode's daughter Jamie Lloyd in ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' and ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'', appears in the ''Film/{{Halloween|2007}}'' remake and [[Film/HalloweenII2009 its sequel]] as Annie Brackett, Laurie's best friend. |
| 180 | * ''Film/HappyGilmore'' managed the impressive feat of getting in at least three with Creator/CarlWeathers, who plays Happy's golfing mentor Chubbs, all during the course of a single scene. First, Happy, (who sneers at golf in the early sections of the film) asks Chubbs why a big guy like him isn't playing a "real" sport like football. (Weathers was once a pro football player.) Chubbs claims his mother wouldn't let him play any dangerous sports, and after thinking it over for a few seconds, Happy remarks that might be for the best. (Weathers played the boxer Apollo Creed from the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' movies, boxing is as macho and dangerous a sport as there is, and [[CasualtyInTheRing Apollo died in the ring]] during the 4th film). Lastly, Chubbs is missing a hand, and Weathers' character from ''Film/{{Predator}}'' had his arm cut off and sent flying into the air shortly before he died. (At one point in the film, Happy will accidentally knock off Chubb's artificial hand and send it flying.) |
| 181 | * In ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', the other [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] comment that Paul's grandfather is "very clean. He's a clean old man." He's played by Creator/WilfredBrambell, better known as Albert Steptoe in ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'', whose son Harold is always calling him "You ''dirty'' old man!" |
| 182 | * Towards the beginning of ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', an extreme sports punk who steals Harold's parking space shouts "Better luck tomorrow!" at Harold, in reference to John Cho's role as the antagonist in the eponymous film. |
| 183 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'' |
| 184 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1'', a promotional poster for ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' appears on the wall of a cafe that the PowerTrio ends up in, referencing Creator/DanielRadcliffe's [[ContractualPurity controversial decision]] to [[MaleFrontalNudity take on more mature fare]] while the ''Potter'' series was still running. Apparently, [[SelfDeprecation it was his idea to put it there]]. |
| 185 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Creator/JohnHurt's character has a similar costume to Series/TheStoryteller. |
| 186 | * ''Film/HellIsForHeroes'' is for the most part a gritty UsefulNotes/WorldWarII action film... except for a brief sequence in which comedian Creator/BobNewhart, at the time best known for his one-sided telephone conversation comedy routines, appears as a G.I. After the Americans discover a German bug in their camp, Newhart's character is forced to improvise a one-sided telephone conversation making it seem like the Americans are in a better position than they actually are. |
| 187 | * In the MadeForTVMovie, ''High School USA'', the JerkJock (Jerk Prep, actually) gives the Eddie Haskell treatment to Eddie Haskell himself. Ken Osmond (the actor who played Eddie Haskell) played the father of the girl that that the Jerk Prep was dating. |
| 188 | * In the 1940 screwball comedy ''Film/HisGirlFriday'', Cary Grant delivers the line "Listen, the last man that said that to me was Archie Leach just a week before he cut his throat." (Archie Leach was Grant's real name.) |
| 189 | * In TheFilmOfTheBook of ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Death, voiced by Ian Richardson, says at one point, "You may very well think I've already thought of that, but I couldn't possibly comment," Richardson's character Francis Urqhart's catchphrase in the original Series/HouseofCardsUK. |
| 190 | * The nurse played by Creator/KateWilliams in ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'' is called "Joan", the same name as the role she was best known for playing in ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour''. |
| 191 | * Édith Scob (Chauffeur Céline) in ''Film/HolyMotors'' starred in the French horror classic ''Film/EyesWithoutAFace (1960)''. The mask that Céline puts on by the end of the film is a direct reference to this. |
| 192 | * In ''Film/HotFuzz'', Creator/EdwardWoodward is one of the villagers in the TownWithADarkSecret. Woodward investigated such a town in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''. |
| 193 | * ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' |
| 194 | ** The film features a particularly tangled ActorAllusion. Creator/CharlieSheen, as Topper Harley, rides a boat through a swamp and in voice-over makes an entry in his journal, reciting dialogue that is almost identical to one of his monologues from ''Film/{{Platoon}}''. But he's distracted by another voice-over -- he looks up to see Creator/MartinSheen, his real-life father, heading towards him in another boat while re-enacting one of his monologues from ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. To cap it off, the two notice each other, stand up, and as the boats speed past, give each other a thumb's-up and reference yet another movie, in which ''both'' Sheens appeared: "I loved you in ''Film/WallStreet''!" |
| 195 | ** President Benson dons a wet suit and joins a Navy Seal team of scuba divers. He also provides voice-over narration, describing the underwater action. Creator/LloydBridges first became famous for the television series ''Series/SeaHunt''. |
| 196 | * ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'': |
| 197 | ** One scene features the line: "I want my two dollars!" which is a reference to ''Film/BetterOffDead'', one of Creator/JohnCusack's earliest films (which also took place at a ski resort). |
| 198 | ** On seeing all the drugs in Adam's suitcase, Jacob says "What are you, Creator/HunterSThompson?" to which Adam replies, "I thought I was." Creator/JohnCusack was close friends with Thompson, and attended his funeral. On a more meta note, Cusack had also campaigned for the role of the Thompson equivalent in ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'', a role that eventually went to Creator/JohnnyDepp. |
| 199 | * In French movie ''Film/HoubaOnTheTrailOfTheMarsupilami'', Jamel Debbouze's character, Pablito, riding a reluctant llama, utters at one point, "You're not moving at all, Ganja." Just like his character in ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cleopatra]]'', another Alain Chabat movie, who had the same problem but with a donkey, said: "You're not moving at all, Cannabis." |
| 200 | * ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'': Paul Henderson (Creator/JonPertwee) is describing the old horror films he loves, and mentions ''Dracula'', but quickly adds "the one with Creator/BelaLugosi of course, not the new guy". The new guy he is referring to is Creator/ChristopherLee, who also stars in the film. |
| 201 | * In ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'', Creator/LaurenBacall's character is talking about men who married younger women: "Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at [[Creator/HumphreyBogart that old fella what's his name]] in ''Film/TheAfricanQueen''." |
| 202 | * ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' |
| 203 | ** In the 2003 film, Creator/LouFerrigno played a security guard (alongside Hulk's creator Creator/StanLee), and in ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', he voiced the Hulk (as well as playing another security guard). Ferrigno played the Hulk in the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 1978-'82 live-action TV series]]. |
| 204 | ** In [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 the 2008 movie]], Edward Norton watches the Brazilian version of ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', which starred Bill Bixby, who played David Bruce Banner in the Hulk live action TV series. The kindly owner of the pizza parlor is played by Paul Soles, who voiced the Hulk in the '60s cartoon. |
| 205 | * In ''Literature/IfIStay'', you would think [[Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz Mia]] would be used to the supernatural after being a [[Film/LetMeIn vampire]], a [[Film/DarkShadows werewolf]] and a [[Film/Carrie2013 psychic]]. |
| 206 | * ''Film/IHeartShakey'' starring [[Creator/BrokenLizard Steve Lemme]] makes several references to ''Film/SuperTroopers'', Lemme's more well-known film. For example, his German boss is played by Philippe Brennikmeyer, who portrayed Germans in ''Super Troopers'' and ''Film/{{Beerfest}}''. After the boss lends Steve's character his Lamborghini, he rides through the city while blasting "Bidibodi bidibù" by Bubbles, which prominently featured in ''Super Troopers''. |
| 207 | * In ''Film/{{Immortals}}'', John Hurt plays Zeus in human form -- exactly what his character [[TheCaligula Caligula]] thought he was way back in ''Series/IClaudius''. |
| 208 | * ''Film/{{Inception}}'' |
| 209 | ** The song that is played to wake everyone up is Music/EdithPiaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien". Creator/MarionCotillard (Mal) played Piaf in the biopic ''La Vie en rose'' and won an Oscar for it. Also, the song title translates to "I have no regrets." This was apparently coincidental, the song was chosen before Cotillard was cast, and the director didn't realize the connection until it was too late to change the score. |
| 210 | ** She also beat Creator/ElliotPage for the Oscar that year. In the film, the two don't get along. |
| 211 | ** Crossing over with WrestlerInAllOfUs and FridgeBrilliance. At one point, Arthur locks a hostile projection in a hold known as the Cobra Clutch. The move was used (and named after) Sgt. Slaughter, a wrestler who was also a character in Franchise/GIJoe. Levitt portrayed Cobra Commander in the ''G.I. Joe'' movie. |
| 212 | * In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', Indy at one point declares, "I have a bad feeling about this," a line he previously uttered as Han Solo in ''Franchise/StarWars'' (and which would be a sort of OncePerEpisode occurrence in that film series; Solo was the second character to say it, [[Film/ANewHope in the trash compactor]]). ''Yoda Stories'' for the Game Boy Color has an appearance by Indy too. Luke just says he looks familiar. |
| 213 | * ''Film/IntoTheWoods'': |
| 214 | ** Creator/ChrisPine [[Film/ThePrincessDiaries has played a prince before]]. He's also putting a whole lot of Creator/WilliamShatner into his performance... which makes sense since he's Kirk in ''Film/StarTrek2009''. |
| 215 | ** Creator/LucyPunch is once again [[Film/EllaEnchanted one of Cinderella's stepsisters]]. As well as two obscure British films, this is the ''fourth'' time she has played an incarnation of Cinderella's stepsister. |
| 216 | ** It's [[Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada not the first time]] Creator/MerylStreep's character has a hand in screwing Creator/EmilyBlunt's character over, either. |
| 217 | ** Frances de la Tour plays a giantess after having played [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire a half-one]]. |
| 218 | ** Only twice in her career, Meryl Streep has played [[Film/DeathBecomesHer a character looking to regain her youth and beauty.]] |
| 219 | ** When Cinderella and her Prince are driven through the city in a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding, the people love it. Rose petals are bring thrown, Cinderella and the Prince are waving to their admirers -- and it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but Creator/ChrisPine is doing the [[Film/ThePrincessDiaries "thank you for being here today" Genovian wave.]] This has led to many ShoutOut jokes of "Are you sassing your grandmother-in-law?" |
| 220 | * The remake of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' has a couple: |
| 221 | ** At the start of the film, protagonist Donald Sutherland is startled by an old lunatic (played by Kevin [=McCarthy=]) running through traffic and screaming that they're coming. Kevin [=McCarthy=] had been the protagonist in the original film, who'd last been seen running through traffic screaming that they were coming at the end of that film. |
| 222 | ** [[TheSpock Leonard Nimoy's character is replaced by an emotionless Podling.]] |
| 223 | * ''Film/IronMan'': |
| 224 | ** ''Film/IronMan1'': When Pepper is at [[Creator/JeffBridges Obadiah's]] computer, and there are folders marked "Lebowski". |
| 225 | ** ''Film/IronMan2'': [[Creator/ScarlettJohansson Natasha Romanoff]] modeled [[Film/LostInTranslation in Tokyo]]. |
| 226 | ** ''Film/IronMan3'': Tony has a Wing Chun dummy in his workshop and gives it a few strikes in passing. Robert Downey Jr. is a practitioner of Wing Chun in real life, and it's the fighting style of choice for his ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' character. |
| 227 | * Beulah Bondi played Ma Bailey in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. This was the fourth time she played Creator/JimmyStewart's mother on screen. Previously she played his mom in ''Vivacious Lady'', ''Of Human Hearts'', and ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''. |
| 228 | * Creator/IanMcShane plays the king in ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' as he did in ''Series/{{Kings}}''. |
| 229 | * Film/JamesBond: |
| 230 | ** In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Ricky Jay's character was to have used throwing cards as weapons, but the scenes were ultimately cut from the film. Ricky Jay is an expert card thrower and was consulted by the Series/MythBusters on the subject too. |
| 231 | ** In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', Bond tells Creator/RamiMalek's Safin that history is not kind to men who play God. One of the first monologues in ''Series/MrRobot'' has [[DoesNotLikeMen Elliot Alderson]], Rami Malek's character, rant about men playing God. [[spoiler:Bonus points for the fact that both this and ''Series/MrRobot'' have tragic scenes in the climax related to fatherhood and both Bond and Elliot sacrificing themselves to save the world, only difference is that while Elliot survived due to KarmicJackpot, Bond unfortunately didn't.]] |
| 232 | * Creator/MarkHamill's appearance in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' is immediately followed by the message "Hey Kids it's Mark Hamill! (Applause!)" referring to his role as the voice of the Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Also when Jay cuts off his hand during a "bongsaber" fight, he [[FourthWall looked at the camera]] and moaned [[OhNoNotAgain "Not again."]] |
| 233 | ** "Don't fuck with the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Jedi Master]], son." Which became "Don't mess with the Mandos, mate." The way ''Franchise/StarWars'' fandom interacts with the EU is a very complicated dance. |
| 234 | * A rather odd example in the film version of ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', which is to be expected as it's [[BasedOnATrueStory the story of how the Four Seasons came together]]. A young Joe Pesci is instrumental in introducing songwriter Bob Gaudio to the group. When Pesci eagerly turns up Gaudio's doorstep to tell him that he's arranged a meeting between him and the "Variety Trio" (the group consisting of the other three future Seasons), Gaudio, thinking it's a joke, says "very funny." A confused Pesci replies "Funny ''how?''" That question, and its delivery, are identical to the ''real'' Pesci's [[MemeticMutation infinitely quotable]] monologue from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. |
| 235 | * In ''Film/JudgmentAtNuremberg'', Creator/MarleneDietrich's appearances are often accompanied by the tune "Lili Marleen" in the background. Dietrich recorded one of the most well known renditions of the song. |
| 236 | * ''Film/JupiterAscending'': |
| 237 | ** Creator/ChanningTatum is used to having his [[Film/ShesTheMan blood mopped up with unconventional methods]]. |
| 238 | ** Creator/TerryGilliam being ''very'' unsubtly introduced at the end of [[Film/{{Brazil}} a scene full of immense, complex, idiosyncratic and ineffective bureaucracy]]. |
| 239 | ** One shot shows a kid playing a ''Series/GameOfThrones'' video game. Sean Bean, who plays Stinger, starred in the first season of the TV show. Likely doubles as a CelebrityParadox. |
| 240 | ** Director allusion -- this is the [[Film/TheMatrix second movie]] by the Wachowskis that ends with a character flying at the camera. |
| 241 | * In the "blinkandyoullmissit" category, Creator/JeffGoldblum's performances in ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/IndependenceDay'' both use the line "Must go faster" during chase scenes. |
| 242 | * In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', Aquaman, the heir to the throne of Atlantis, is played by Creator/JasonMomoa. Except this isn't the first time Momoa visited [[Series/StargateAtlantis a place called Atlantis]]. |
| 243 | * ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys'': Terry Griffith (Creator/JoyceHyser) tries to pass as a male in high school. Her male persona is compared with Creator/RalphMacchio in-universe. The high school bully in the movie is played by the same actor as the villain from Film/TheKarateKid, Creator/WilliamZabka. |
| 244 | ** And she shares her names with Terry Silver, the villain from ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'', and Thomas Ian Griffith, the actor who played him. |
| 245 | * When Kevin Tighe's BigBad is holding a female character at gunpoint in ''Film/{{K|91989}}-9'', he has a line that goes "After after I shoot her I'm going to call Rampart and ask to start a IV of Ringers". Obvious ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' reference. |
| 246 | * In ''Film/KellysHeroes'', Creator/ClintEastwood has a standoff against a tank. The scene is shot like a SpaghettiWestern, and has the theme from one of the Clint Eastwood Westerns. |
| 247 | * ''Film/KillBill'' |
| 248 | ** Elle Driver's fate is left ambiguous as the last we see of her is her trashing around wildly on the floor and screaming after getting her other eye ripped out. As "Pris," Creator/DarylHannah reacts the same way to getting shot in ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
| 249 | ** Also, Bill tells The Bride the legend of Pai Mei before he sends her to train with him. The story is a word-for-word recounting of the backstory of David Carradine's character from the ''Series/KungFu1972'' TV series. |
| 250 | * John Lithgow in ''Film/{{Kinsey}}'' played a minister at least as strict as the one in ''Film/{{Footloose}}''. |
| 251 | * ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'' has Mushufasa (a reference to Mufasa from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', played by Creator/JamesEarlJones), signing off with one of Jones' taglines: "This is CNN". |
| 252 | * ''Film/LadyInCement'': |
| 253 | ** There are a few to Music/FrankSinatra: |
| 254 | *** Rome says that he knew a girl that used to date bullfighters, a reference to Sinatra's ex-wife Creator/AvaGardner's affair with matador Luis Miguel DominguÃn when filming ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'' (1954) in Spain. |
| 255 | *** As Rome is running from the police on the beach, a band playing Sinatra's song "You Make Me Feel So Young" can be heard. |
| 256 | ** When Rome walks into the room in the massage parlor where Gronski is, Gronski is watching ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'', where Gronski's actor Dan Blocker starred as Hoss Cartwright. |
| 257 | * In ''Film/LastActionHero'', Daniel points out that F. Murray Abraham is playing Jack's old buddy, but he was the traitor Salieri in ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' so [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize he shouldn't be trusted]]. He's correct, and the character later makes a FaceHeelTurn. |
| 258 | * In a way in ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'' -- Creator/VinDiesel's character, Kaulder, is based on a character created by the actor for a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game. |
| 259 | * Creator/ChristopherLee |
| 260 | ** In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels (specifically the second movie, and a bit of the third), Creator/ChristopherLee plays [[{{Dracula}} an evil count whose name starts with a D. with unnatural dark powers.]] (Lee has played Dracula in no fewer than ''ten'' movies, according to his IMDB profile. Plus one "Count Drago.") |
| 261 | ** In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Return of the King'', Lee's character Saruman (another villainous magic-user, not a count though) [[spoiler:dies by being impaled on a wooden pole]]. This did not happen in the book. Lee jokes about this during one of the rare Lord of the Rings behind-the-scenes montages. |
| 262 | * In ''Film/LiarLiar'', the actor playing Creator/JimCarrey's son makes a funny face and asks if his face will get stuck like that. Carrey replies with something like "No; in fact, some people make good money that way," poking fun at his own distinctive style of acting. |
| 263 | * In ''Film/LivingInOblivion'', Creator/SteveBuscemi plays Nick Reve, an independent film director. At one point in the movie his lead actor storms off, shouting that he'd only wanted to work with Nick because he'd "heard he was tight with Creator/QuentinTarantino!" |
| 264 | * In ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' Tonto is dressed similarly to [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]. [[http://wallpaperswide.com/captain_jack_sparrow__pirates_of_the_caribbean_on_stranger_tides-wallpapers.html He has a similar headband and beads in his hair.]] [[http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Johnny-Depp-as-Tonto.jpg He is even wearing the eye shadow.]] |
| 265 | * In the newer ''Film/TheLongestYard'' with Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/BurtReynolds plays the protagonist's mentor in prison. Reynolds played Sandler's role in the original installment. Burt Reynolds' character asks Adam Sandler, "How'd they get you to go to Florida State?" Burt Reynolds attended Florida State University on a football scholarship. |
| 266 | ** Creator/RobSchneider plays one of the good behavior inmates who watch the game from the stands. At one point he encourages the players by saying "You can do it!" exactly like his character in ''Film/TheWaterboy''. |
| 267 | * In one of the ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' movies, Kirstie Alley's character is reduced to working as an elf in a mall Santa display, sporting a gigantic pair of pointed ears. When some kids ask what she's supposed to be, she snarls "I'm a Vulcan! Wanna see my ''death grip''?" Alley's first movie role was playing the Vulcan Saavik in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' |
| 268 | * In ''Love and Other Impossible Pursuits'', Creator/NataliePortman plays the stepmom of a precocious eight-year-old, as he considers his future education options. When he brings up Harvard, Portman's character Emilia blurts "Harvard sucks!" No prizes for guessing which university is Natalie's alma mater. |
| 269 | * ''Film/Madhouse1974'': Having Creator/VincentPrice play an actor well known for playing the villain in horror films is sort of an actor allusion in and of itself, but then there's the fact that the clips we see of his character's old films are actually doctored scenes from other Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures films starring Price. Also, after his character suddenly disappears during a talk show appearance, the host notes that he once played the invisible man: Vincent Price starred in ''Film/TheInvisibleManReturns''. Robert Quarry also gets an AIP-related ActorAllusion - During a costume party, his character is dressed as a vampire, and costume is the exact one he wore in ''Film/CountYorga, Vampire''. |
| 270 | * In Czech horror short ''Mala Smrt'' (Little Death), Eva Horka plays the protagonist. Any Czech guy will still know her from ''Perinbaba'' where she played...the maiden incarnation of Death. |
| 271 | * During the restaurant scene in ''Film/MajorLeague'', Vaughn (played by Creator/CharlieSheen) comments that the tie he's wearing makes him "feel like a banker". This was two years after Sheen had starred in ''Film/WallStreet'', where he played a stockbroker. |
| 272 | * There are at least two Creator/ShannenDoherty in-jokes in ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'': in one scene, Doherty's character Rene is called "Brenda" by mistake (her character in ''90210''). Creator/BenAffleck's character's name, Shannon Hamilton, is a veiled reference to Doherty's previous marriage to Ashley Hamilton. |
| 273 | * In ''Film/MammaMia'' there is a quick one. When the three suspected dads are introducing themselves, Colin Firth calls himself "Bright, Harry Bright" while standing next to Pierce Brosnan, who played Bond, James Bond. |
| 274 | * ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'': When Banjo finds out Lorraine is in the house with Sherry, he exclaims, "The Oomph Girl here?!" Creator/AnnSheridan, who played Lorraine, was known as "The Oomph Girl", a nickname she detested. |
| 275 | * Near the end of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'', Rip Torn's character buys an LP entitled "The Visitor", which he later tracks to the title character, played by David Bowie. On his way to find the album, he walks in front of a large display for Bowie's then-current "Young Americans" album. |
| 276 | * In the film ''Film/TheMarine'', Wrestling/JohnCena's relentless pursuit of the bad guys prompts one underling to remark that "This guy's like the Franchise/{{Terminator}}!" The head bad guy, played by Robert "Film/{{T|erminator2JudgmentDay}}-1000" Patrick, glances in the rear view mirror at the comment. |
| 277 | * At one point in ''Film/TheMask'', there is a photo of police lieutenant Kellaway's wife. The woman is actress Verna Bloom, as she appeared in ''Film/AnimalHouse'', in which Kellaway's actor Peter Riegert starred. It's inaccurate, though, because Riegert portrayed "Boone" Schoenstein, and it was actually Boone's buddy Eric "Otter" Stratton (played by Tim Matheson) who bedded Marion Wormer (Bloom). |
| 278 | * One of the most famous Creator/KeanuReeves lines comes from ''Film/TheMatrix'', when he's asked what he needs in a long-shot effort to [[spoiler:save Morpheus]]. His reply? "Guns. Lots of guns." Twenty years later, on the set of ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'', Keanu gets to say it again in a nearly identical context - a long-shot effort to [[spoiler:''defend'' a place instead of attack it]]. |
| 279 | * ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' |
| 280 | ** The title character (played by Creator/MelGibson) is in a bank as it is held up by an unnamed bankrobber played by Creator/DannyGlover who starred alongside Gibson in the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series of movies. Maverick acts as though he recognises the voice of the bank robber and pulls down his mask, leading the two of them to share a moment (as a portion of ''Film/LethalWeapon'''s main theme plays) before shaking their heads and walking away. As he makes his getaway, the unnamed bankrobber also mentions that he's "getting too old for this". |
| 281 | ** Further, the film features the father of Bret Maverick -- who, just coincidentally, happens to be played by none other than James Garner, who originated the role of Maverick on TV (and who in fact played Bret and Bart's "Pappy" in the ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' episode of that same -- he was often referenced on the show, but that was the only episode in which he was ever seen). |
| 282 | * In ''Film/{{The Maze Runner|2014}}'', when Thomas (played by Creator/DylanOBrien) is carving his name into the wall, you can see the names [[Series/TeenWolf Scott & Aiden]] on there. |
| 283 | * ''Film/MeetTheSpartans'' has [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Captain]], played by Creator/KevinSorbo, say, "Don't make me go Series/{{Hercules|TheLegendaryJourneys}} on your ass!" |
| 284 | * Creator/WillSmith played a YoungerAndHipper alien-busting rookie agent in ''Film/MenInBlack'', but that wasn't his first run-in [[Film/IndependenceDay with extraterrestrial life]]. |
| 285 | * ''Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'' |
| 286 | ** The story revolves around a secret US military program called the "Jedi Program" that attempted to train soldiers with superpowers. The main character? Played by Creator/EwanMcGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels. One critic described the movie as "[[TakeThat the best Star Wars movie Ewan McGregor has ever starred in.]]" |
| 287 | ** There's also one for Creator/JeffBridges, as "I Just Dropped In" is also used prominently in ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. |
| 288 | * Japanese musician Music/{{Miyavi}} was personally sought out by Creator/AngelinaJolie to star as the villain and real-life war criminal Mutsuhiro Watanabe ("The Bird"), a Japanese Imperial Army Sergeant in charge of the Omori POW camp, in the 2014 film ''Film/{{Unbroken}}''. His next film role was as Gunpei Ikari in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', A Japanese Imperial Army Zero pilot during WWII. |
| 289 | * In the 1995 horror film ''Film/{{Mosquito}}'', the character played by Creator/GunnarHansen finds a chainsaw and notes that he hasn't used one in 20 years, an obvious nod to [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974 Hansen's most famous role]]. |
| 290 | * ''Film/{{Mousehunt}}'' is filled with references to Nathan Lane's role on ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' including Lane's character Ernie Smuntz saying "Hakuna Matata" and a cameo from Creator/ErnieSabella, the voice of Pumbaa. |
| 291 | * In ''Film/MrSkeffington'' Creator/BetteDavis play an older woman, complete with make-up and all, who believes she is still young and acts accordingly. When a doctor implies that she is indeed not young anymore she asks if he thinks she is old and ugly. He answers something to the effect of: "Well, you're no Creator/GretaGarbo". The two of them had sort of a friendly rivalry going, not unlike Schwarzenegger/Stallone. |
| 292 | * ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': In one scene, when Daniel Hillard (Creator/RobinWilliams) is playing Mrs. Doubtfire, his false teeth slip out of his mouth, so he says "[[CanisLatinicus Carpe dentum]]: seize the tooth", a nod to ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', in which John Keating (Williams) teaches his students "CarpeDiem: seize the day". |
| 293 | * ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing2012'' had an accidental one -- Creator/JossWhedon, known for [[ProductionPosse reusing actors in his various works]], didn't even realize that he had cast [[Creator/AlexisDenisof Wesley]] Series/{{a|ngel}}nd [[Creator/AmyAcker Fred]] as one of the main couples until reviewers pointed it out. |
| 294 | * In ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', the transition from dream world to the real world is marked by the Cowboy telling Creator/NaomiWatts' character, "Come on now, pretty girl, time to wake up". In ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'', her character is replaced in her spokesmodel job by Creator/IslaFisher after having a philosophical revelation. Trying to make Fisher aware of what she's seen, Watts puts her in a headlock and says, "Wake up, pretty girl!" |
| 295 | * In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Creator/MelBrooks' character wears a lab coat with "PROF" on the back -- a nod to his role as Governor Le Petomane ("GOV") in ''Film/BlazingSaddles''. |
| 296 | * In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Creator/MichaelCaine's Scrooge has been reformed and can be seen dancing in front of a shop called 'Mickelwhites' -- Caine's real name. |
| 297 | * In ''Film/MysteryMen'', Ricky Jay says, "I'm not a magician!" -- which the actor is in real life. He also played a magician in ''Film/ThePrestige''. |
| 298 | * A somewhat strange example; In ''My Week with Marilyn'', Colin Clark went to Eton and sang in the choir. Colin Clark did go to Eton, but it was his actor, Eddie Redmayne, who sang in the Eton College Choir. |
| 299 | * ''Film/TheNakedGun'' |
| 300 | ** In ''The Naked Gun 2½'', actor Lloyd Bochner has a small role as a member of a consortium of villains. Towards the end of the film, there's a [[CrowdPanic hysterical crowd scene]] which features a split-second shot of him holding a large book entitled "ToServeMan", yelling "It's a cookbook!!" This is a reference to a [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan famous episode]] of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' in which Bochner starred. |
| 301 | ** The climax of ''Naked Gun 33 1/3'' occurs at the Academy Awards, complete with a number of celebrities showing up as usual. Two of them are Music/WeirdAlYankovic and [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]]. Frank and Jane tie them up with lights and drag them into the bushes, leaving a small but notable number of viewers wondering why they weren't [[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/stuckinaclosetwithvannawhite.html stuffed into a closet]] instead. |
| 302 | ** The two also starred in a third Norwegian war movie, ''Film/{{Surrounded}}'', and they once again played a couple. |
| 303 | * In ''Film/TheNewMutants'', Anya Taylor-Joy plays a [[Film/TheWitch witch]] and Maisie Williams as a [[Series/GameOfThrones girl who can turn into a wolf]]. |
| 304 | * The Norwegian war movie ''Film/NineLives1957'', directed by Arne Skouen, has a married couple helping the hero in a critical phase -- played by actors Alf Malland and Henny Moan. At some point in the movie, the two have to fight their way through a blizzard, with the wife (Moan) almost collapsing in the snow. Five years after ''Nine Lives'' producer Arne Skouen made ''Film/ColdTracks'', once again with Malland and Moan in central roles, and once again, Moan collapses during a blizzard (in ''Cold Tracks'', she does it ''twice''). This movie also retold events from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 305 | * In ''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}'' |
| 306 | ** One of the more prominently featured artifacts that [[Creator/TomCruise Jack]] collects is a set of aviator shades -- [[Film/TopGun perhaps previously owned by a certain naval aviator?]] |
| 307 | ** Jack is at one point covered in ash, after witnessing an alien device [[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 vaporize someone]] in front of him. |
| 308 | * The ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Trilogy]]'' has several: |
| 309 | ** In ''Ocean's Thirteen'', as Rusty (Creator/BradPitt) bids goodbye to Danny (Creator/GeorgeClooney), he tells him not to gain so much weight in between gigs next time -- an allusion to Clooney packing on extra pounds for his role in ''Film/{{Syriana}}''. Danny responds by telling Rusty to settle down and have a couple of kids -- a reference to Pitt's relationship with Creator/AngelinaJolie and their many adopted/biological children "acquired" in the short period of time between the films 2 and 3 (or Twelve and Thirteen depending on semantics). |
| 310 | ** Tess Ocean pretends to be Creator/JuliaRoberts as a part of a heist, because she looks a bit like her. She is played by Julia Roberts. |
| 311 | *** In the same scenes when Tess is pretending to be the actress playing her, she encounters Creator/BruceWillis playing himself. During the scene involving Bruce and her interacting, Creator/MattDamon's character interjects with a line that includes "You know, that little statue on the mantle starts smirking at you after a while, know what I mean?" Bruce replies with a very dry and seemingly annoyed "No.". The reference is to the fact both Matt Damon and Julia Roberts have won Oscars. Bruce Willis has not. |
| 312 | *** It could further be an allusion to Bruce Willis originally being cast as Danny Ocean before being recast due to schedule conflicts. |
| 313 | ** In the first film, there's a scene in which Brad Pitt's character is teaching poker to a group of real-life actors, including Creator/TopherGrace. Danny (George Clooney) joins in, and says something to Grace about how hard it must be to cross over from TV to film (to which Grace replies, "Not for me!"). This is obviously supposed to be a reference to Grace's crossover from ''Series/That70sShow'' to feature films, but it also serves as a more subtle nod to Clooney's own start on ''Series/{{ER}}'' and subsequent Hollywood success. |
| 314 | ** All three films make references to Music/FrankSinatra either through dialogue or through his music. Frank Sinatra originated the role of Danny Ocean in the original ''Ocean's Eleven''. |
| 315 | * On the subject of Music/FrankSinatra, in the original ''Ocean's Eleven,'' he played a guy who runs a floating crap game. [[Theatre/GuysAndDolls Sound familiar?]] |
| 316 | * In Creator/BillyWilder's ''Film/OneTwoThree'', Red Buttons appears as an MP who does a "You dirty rat" impression to the face of CR [=MacNamara=]... played by Creator/JamesCagney. |
| 317 | * At one point in ''Film/PainAndGain'' Paul (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminum bat instead of a wooden one. |
| 318 | * The theatrical poster for ''Film/TheParoleOfficer'' featured quotes -- both glowing and condemnatory -- from Steve Coogan's other comedic personas. |
| 319 | * Two students in ''Film/{{Paterson}}'' were played by the actors who had been young lovers Sam and Suzy in ''Film/MoonriseKingdom''. |
| 320 | * ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': In ''The Sea Of Monsters'' Hermes (Creator/NathanFillion) gives Percy powerful winds in a thermos from a Hercules-themed TV show that he describes as being "the best show ever...which means it's canceled". A good number of people may say the same regarding a [[Series/{{Firefly}} show]] that Fillion became well known for. |
| 321 | * Speaking of ''Phantom of the Opera'', [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1989 the 1989 film]] starring Creator/RobertEnglund as the Phantom has several AdaptationalVillainy traits given to him that make it seem more like it's [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] playing the role of Phantom. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the movie poster, which features the Phantom taking off his mask to reveal Freddy's face underneath. |
| 322 | * Edward Hardwicke as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in ''Photographing Fairies''. By the time the film came out, Hardwicke was by far best known as the [[TheOtherDarrin second]] Dr. Watson in the Granada ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' adaptations. |
| 323 | * From Creator/JohnWaters' ''Film/PinkFlamingos'': Cookie is reading a tabloid that reports that "Harris Glenn Milstead" had been released from jail and Creator/{{Divine|Actor}} says that she hadn't heard that name in years. Harris Glenn Milstead was Divine's own real name. |
| 324 | * ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' features Dreyfus mocking the Phantom of the Opera, [[OminousPipeOrgan playing a huge pipe organ]] in a similar matter. In truth, Herbert Lom played both roles -- he was the Phantom in the [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1962 Hammer Films version from 1962]]. |
| 325 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Jack Sparrow's father is played by Music/KeithRichards, which is a ShoutOut to Creator/JohnnyDepp's quote about using him as inspiration for Jack's famous mannerisms. Even better, Keith's scene features him playing guitar. |
| 326 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': |
| 327 | ** The film features Gemma Ward as a character named Tamara. Out of the only four films Gemma has starred in thus far, one has been ''Film/TheStrangers'', in which her character is introduced enigmatically asking if an unknown "Tamara" is in the house. |
| 328 | ** Barbossa asks "aren't we all kings' men?". Geoffrey Rush was fresh off his Oscar-nominated role as Lionel Logue in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''. |
| 329 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' has another rock star as a relative of Jack, Music/PaulMcCartney as Uncle Jackie. And he's introduced singing "Maggie Mae", an old folk song he and Music/TheBeatles recorded on ''Music/LetItBe''. |
| 330 | * ''Film/PitchPerfect'' has several. Creator/AnnaKendrick's (who was in ''Film/{{Twilight}}'') character is a member of a group called The Bellas (probably inadvertent). She also while in Bellas uniform gets asked if she's in [[Film/UpInTheAir flight attendant school.]] |
| 331 | ** Ester Dean who plays Cynthia Rose sings lead on S&M, a song recorded and made famous by Rihanna, but was in fact written by Ester Dean. |
| 332 | ** "So you know German. Well, now I know why you don't like fun things," is a funny line given that Skylar Astin acted in a [[Theatre/SpringAwakening musical all about Germans and fun.]] |
| 333 | ** Also Irish actress Creator/SaoirseRonan plays the young Briony while Creator/RomolaGarai plays her as an adult. Garai had previously played a FakeIrish in ''Film/RoryOSheaWasHere'' who was also a caregiver and in a position of unrequited love towards Creator/JamesMcAvoy. Although in the latter, [=McAvoy=] was the one with the unrequited love while it was the other way around in ''Film/{{Atonement}}''. |
| 334 | * The 2001 ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' features cameos from the stars of the original, Creator/CharltonHeston (protagonist Taylor), becomes... the "damned dirty" ape father of the villain, with the added bonus of his last words being "[[EarthAllAlong Damn them! God damn them all to hell!]]") and Linda Harrison (the NubileSavage Nova), turned into an unnamed human captive). |
| 335 | * John Amos plays Officer Freeman in ''Film/ThePlayersClub''. L'il Man, a guy he arrests, asks him, "You -- have anybody ever told you you look just like the father from ''Series/GoodTimes''?" |
| 336 | * In ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries 2'', at the sleepover, Queen Clarisse says to Mia, "I've done quite a lot of flying in my time." This is referring to her part in ''Film/MaryPoppins''. |
| 337 | * In ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', Frank's old cop buddies are trying to calm him down by saying they understand that he's upset. He responds, in part, "I used to get ''upset'' when the Yankees won the Series." This is both a ShoutOut to the original Punisher, where Frank Castle was always depicted as a New Yorker. And its an ActorAllusion about the actor, Creator/ThomasJane, whose biggest role prior was playing Mickey Mantle of the Yankees in ''61* '' |
| 338 | * In ''Film/RaceToWitchMountain'', Creator/MeredithSalenger plays a news reporter named Natalie Gann. This is a nod to her role as the title character in Disney's ''[[Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann The Journey of Natty Gann]]'' nearly 25 years before. |
| 339 | * Near the end of ''Film/RachelGettingMarried'', Kym (Creator/AnneHathaway) is interrupted when her father comes up to her with one of the wedding guests. He tells his daughter that the woman "just lost an office assistant" and she'd be perfect for the job -- a job Hathaway's character had in ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada''. |
| 340 | * ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' has several shout outs at Music/SelenaGomez's expense. As Ramona is getting ready for her pictures, Beezus is styling Ramona's hair with a curling iron. Beezus points out to her that "That's a curling iron, not a [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace magic wand]]." Earlier in the scene, the father states that, "TV kids make millions" as Beezus is shown to be smiling in the background. A later scene has Beezus telling Ramona "Every princess needs a little sparkle," which could be a reference to either ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' or ''Film/AnotherCinderellaStory''. |
| 341 | * In ''Film/{{Ransom}}'', Tom Mullen's son asks him if he can enter a project into the science competition under a different name, since his mother is mother is judging and there would be a conflict of interest. Tom suggests "John Smith" -- Tom was played by Creator/MelGibson, who also provided the voice of John Smith in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''. |
| 342 | * At the end of ''The Real Howard Spitz'', the eponymous protagonist (played by Creator/KelseyGrammer) considers becoming a sitcom writer. When his friend points out he knows nothing about it, Spitz replies, "Writing a sitcom's not hard. You just have a married couple, a [[Series/{{Cheers}} bar in Boston]] or a [[Series/{{Frasier}} psychiatrist on the radio]]." |
| 343 | * In ''Film/AReasonToLiveAReasonToDie'', Col. Pembroke first appears with his hat tipped forward over his eys--seemingly asleep--and ignoring someone trying to talk this. This is almost identical to how the character Britt is introduced in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''. Both characters were played by Creator/JamesCoburn. |
| 344 | * In ''Film/Red2010'', Creator/JohnMalkovich's character remarks "I remember when the Secret Service used to be tougher", referencing his role in ''Film/InTheLineOfFire''. |
| 345 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDeadPartII'' gets bonus points for having a couple of characters say things their actors said as different characters in the previous film. For example, when Joey assumes that Ed wishes to be burned after he dies because he's worried some grave robber's going to steal his head: |
| 346 | -->'''Ed:''' Watch your tongue, boy, if you like this job!\ |
| 347 | '''Joey:''' ''Like this job!?'' |
| 348 | * Roy from ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' basically looks and acts like [[Film/TrueGrit Rooster Cogburn]], even speaking with the same drawl he does in that movie. All that's missing is the EyepatchOfPower. |
| 349 | * Andy Serkis gets two of these in ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''; one where he once again portrays an [[Film/KingKong2005 Ape]] (smaller, this time), and another where, like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]], he chomps on someone's finger, [[AssholeVictim only this time that person somewhat had it coming]]. |
| 350 | * Sean Connery replies "But of course you do!" to a mook who claims he has a black belt in ''Film/RisingSun'', alluding to a line in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. |
| 351 | * ''Film/RiversEdge'', Creator/DennisHopper's character talks about how he was a [[Film/EasyRider biker]] years previously. |
| 352 | * ''Film/TheRock'' |
| 353 | ** Creator/SeanConnery's character explains his abilities by saying he was "trained by the best: British Intelligence". One reviewer called this "[[Film/JamesBond an in-joke the entire world gets]]". |
| 354 | ** Furthermore, when Creator/NicolasCage's character introduces himself, Connery responds with "But of course you are!" This is a line used by his Bond in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. |
| 355 | * Counts as SelfDeprecation: during the credits of ''Film/RockStar'', Creator/MarkWahlberg's character says he'll leave rock and move into rap... while "Good Vibrations", by [[OldShame Marky Mark]], is playing in the background. |
| 356 | * ''Film/TheRundown'': At the beginning of the movie, Wrestling/TheRock is destroying the football players in the night club. One of them receives a Rock Bottom, his [[ShoutOut finisher]] in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. |
| 357 | * When the stalker Fireball first enters the combat zone in the movie ''Film/TheRunningMan'', Killian announces his arrival to the TV audience by declaring, "There he goes, the number one rusher!" Fireball is played by football player-turned-actor Jim Brown, who is widely considered the greatest running back in NFL history. |
| 358 | * At the end of ''Film/TheSaint1997'', The newscaster on the radio in Simon Templar's car is voiced by Creator/RogerMoore, who played Simon Templar in [[Series/TheSaint the TV series]]. Also counts as RemakeCameo. |
| 359 | * In ''Film/TheSantaClause 2'' Santa (Creator/TimAllen) encountered a plastic duplicate of Santa who believes himself to be the real thing. While combating one another the plastic Santa calls him a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 "Sad, strange little man."]] |
| 360 | * ''Film/SantasSlay'' doesn't even try to hide that Santa is played by Bill Goldberg. Hell, at one point they even play his theme song! And he sets one of his kills by using his trademark Spear. And after the credits, he looks at the camera (looking up from a Naughty/Nice list) and uses his 'Who's Next?' catchphrase. |
| 361 | * Creator/RobertDowneyJr's character in ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'' tried to make a homemade silencer only to make the gun louder. In ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'', his character, while bored and drunk, tried to make the first silencer with the same results. |
| 362 | * In ''Film/ScaryMovie'', Shawn Wayans' Ray Wilkins goes on an angry diatribe on how ''Series/TheWayansBros'' was a good show that didn't get a proper final episode. |
| 363 | * One scene in ''Film/ScotlandPA'' sees police Lt. [=McDuff=] pick up some maracas and spontaneously dance a few steps, explaining, "You know, I used to be a dancer." Said character is played by dancer-turned-actor Creator/ChristopherWalken. |
| 364 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': |
| 365 | ** Todd Ingram, a [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vegan Psychic with Telepathic powers and also plays electric bass]] is played by Brandon Routh, the same actor who played Superman in ''Superman Returns.'' The Vegan Police come in and zap him when he drinks half-and-half with [[KryptoniteFactor a green beam that removes his powers]]. The Trivia Subtitles even say that this was done deliberately because Routh was Superman. |
| 366 | ** Roxy is played by Mae Whitman, who played Ann Veal, George's girlfriend in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. This knowledge makes Scott's "You and... her?" line all the more priceless. |
| 367 | * A director one, which doubles as a TakeThat: the opening scene of ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' features Creator/DrewBarrymore saying of the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' series "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 The first one]] was good, the rest sucked." ''Scream'' director Creator/WesCraven had directed the horror classic, with the studio later making lots of sequels without his involvement. Although he also co-wrote ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]'' and directed ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare''. |
| 368 | ** Also, Creator/HenryWinkler (Fonzie in ''Series/HappyDays'') plays a high school principal who keeps a black leather jacket in his closet. |
| 369 | * ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'' has the protagonist at a certain point discussing [[NoNameGiven The Girl]]: "She might be Creator/MarilynMonroe!" |
| 370 | * In ''Sex and the Single Girl'' (1964), Creator/TonyCurtis' character has to wear a woman's robe, because his clothes are wet. He says he looks like "Jack Lemmon did, in [[Film/SomeLikeItHot that movie]], where he dressed up like a girl." Later, he's several times said to be looking like Lemmon. |
| 371 | * The Tim "[[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]]" Allen remake of ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' has the eponymous dog jump off a bridge on to a bus, with Allen saying "To infinity and beyond!" |
| 372 | * In ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', Creator/RhonaMitra's character apparently sleeps in her old [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Lara Croft]] outfit. |
| 373 | * In ''Film/SinCity'', a cop attacking John Hartigan (Creator/BruceWillis) advises his colleague to kill without hesitation: John quickly dispatches them both and quips "Good advice". In ''Film/DieHard'', John [=McClane=] (Bruce Willis) took down a terrorist who had told him to kill without hesitation... then snarked "Thanks for the advice". Bruce's also lying on his back, shooting upwards, on both occasions. |
| 374 | ** Gail says to Dwight "us girls are as safe as we can be, Lancelot". Clive Owen had previously starred in ''King Arthur'', though playing Arthur not Lancelot. |
| 375 | * Creator/LyndaCarter's line in the movie ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know." Lynda Carter played Franchise/WonderWoman in the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 TV series]]. |
| 376 | * In ''The Sky's the Limit'', the second chorus of "A Lot In Common With You" has Creator/FredAstaire sing "Where's Cagney?", which Joan Leslie answers with "Where's Hayworth?" Creator/RitaHayworth had been Astaire's co-star in ''You'll Never Get Rich'' and ''You Were Never Lovelier'', while Leslie had been recently featured in ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy'', starring Creator/JamesCagney. |
| 377 | * During a tense scene in the remake of ''Film/{{Sleuth}}'' Creator/JudeLaw (playing opposite Creator/MichaelCaine in the role Caine played in the original) asks "What's it all about?" Caine and Law had assailed the eponymous roles in ''Film/{{Alfie}}'' and its remake. |
| 378 | * ''Film/SmallTownSanta'': Sheriff Rick Langston, who's played by Creator/DeanCain, has a sticker on his computer monitor saying "Heroes Don't Wear Capes". This is ironic, since Dean Cain played Superman in ''Series/LoisAndClark''. |
| 379 | * ''Film/SmokeSignals'': In a flashback, Arnold Joseph asks his son Victor who his favorite Native American is. Victor replies "Nobody," as in he has no favorite Native American, which gets his father upset. Creator/GaryFarmer played Nobody in ''Film/DeadMan''. |
| 380 | * In ''Film/TheSmurfs'', there's a scene where the gang suggests phrases which include the word "smurf" to Patrick. Smurfette, voiced by Katy Perry in the live action Smurfs films, pipes up with "I kissed a Smurf and I liked it," a thinly veiled reference to Perry's main occupation as a singer. |
| 381 | * In ''Social Suicide'', a SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', main character Julia's parents are played by Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, the stars of Franco Zeffirelli's famous [[Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968 1968 film version]] of the play. |
| 382 | * In ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'', gangster Spats Columbo (played by George Raft) asks a coin-flipping hoodlum, "Where'd you pick up ''that'' cheap trick?" Raft became famous playing coin-flipping gangsters in movies like ''Film/Scarface1932'' and ''If I Had a Million''. |
| 383 | * ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': |
| 384 | ** While looking for a movie to watch, [[Creator/BenSchwartz Sonic]] tells the dog Ozzy that he refuses to watch ''Film/SnowDogs'' because "that movie is ''[[Series/ParksAndRecreation the wOOOOOooooOOOOOOOrst!]]''" |
| 385 | *** Also, after crashing through the temple at super speed, the first thing Sonic says is "[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Nailed it!]]" |
| 386 | ** [[spoiler:Shemar Moore]] plays a government agent [[Series/CriminalMinds once again]]. |
| 387 | ** Robotnik [[spoiler:absorbing the power of the Master Emerald]] marks the ''fourth'' time that Creator/JimCarrey has played a character associated with Film/{{the|Mask}} [[Film/BatmanForever color]] [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas green]], and the second time he's played a character who temporarily gets [[Film/BruceAlmighty omnipotent/godlike power.]] |
| 388 | ** Sonic compares Robotnik's new look to the [[Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls Monopoly guy]]. |
| 389 | * The ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' parody of the ''Film/{{Alien}}'' [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong chestburster scene]] comes complete with Creator/JohnHurt, who [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on it with the line, "Oh no, not again!" |
| 390 | ** Earlier in the movie, [[PunnyName "Dot Matrix"]] uses [[Creator/JoanRivers her voice actor]]'s catchphrase ("Can we talk?"). |
| 391 | * In the film version of ''Film/{{Spawn|1997}}'', Martin Sheen says, "Let's start the Film/{{Apocalypse now}}!" |
| 392 | * In ''Film/SpeedRacer'', the oldest race announcer is played by Creator/PeterFernandez, who voiced Speed Racer and Racer X in the English dubbed version of the [[Anime/SpeedRacer original Japanese cartoon series.]] |
| 393 | * Peter David's novelizations of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' have a few examples of this: |
| 394 | ** In the novelization of [[Film/SpiderMan1 the first film]], Harry and MJ chat about ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire'', which Harry is reading. Harry asks MJ if she ever read it. Mary Jane replies that she saw [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire the movie]] and the little girl (played by her actress Creator/KirstenDunst) creeped her out. |
| 395 | ** The novelization for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' adds a subplot of Peter being suspicious of Octavius based on comments by a mercenary who he'd stopped from kidnapping Octavius for his arm harness. After meeting Otto however, Peter's internal monologue notes that Otto Octavius is no [[WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Snidely Whiplash]], a role played by Creator/AlfredMolina in the film adaptation. |
| 396 | * ''Film/TheSpiritOf76'': When Adam-11, played by Creator/DavidCassidy, complains about being stuck in TheSeventies, he stares sadly at a ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' lunchbox. |
| 397 | * In the third ''Film/SpyKids'' movie, Grandpa Cortez (Creator/RicardoMontalban) tells some technicians to be careful with his wheelchair because it features "rich, Corinthian leather". Montalban touted this very feature in ads for the Chrysler Cordoba. |
| 398 | * ''Film/{{Stakeout}}'': To pass the time while on stakeout, Emilio Estevez and Creator/RichardDreyfuss's characters are playing a guessing game where they cite memorable lines of dialogue and quiz the other as to what movie it's from. Emilio Estevez's character, in an [[LargeHam over-the-top]] way, recounts the line: "''This'' was not a ''boating'' accident!" Dreyfuss, after a moment's pause, replies "I don't know." The line is from the film ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', spoken by Matt Hooper -- a character played by Richard Dreyfuss. |
| 399 | * Creator/SylvesterStallone and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger have had a friendly rivalry for years, and many of their movies have in-jokes about the other: |
| 400 | ** In ''Film/TrueLies'', Creator/JamieLeeCurtis comments "I married Franchise/{{Rambo}}", in reference to Arnold's spy character. The novel suggests he craps higher than Rambo. |
| 401 | ** In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', Stallone is horrified to discover that LA now contains the "[[HilariousInHindsight Schwarzenegger Presidential Library]]". |
| 402 | ** In ''Film/LastActionHero'', Schwarzenegger and the kid come across an ad for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', with Stallone as the Terminator. "The man is an artist. It's his best performance ever!" |
| 403 | ** In ''Film/Twins1988'', Schwarzenegger sees a poster with ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and laughs at the size of Stallone's biceps compared to his own. |
| 404 | ** In ''Film/TangoAndCash'', Tango makes fun of a random prisoner by saying, "I loved you in ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}''!" |
| 405 | ** And when they finally have a scene together in ''Film/TheExpendables'', Arnie turns down the mercenary job on offer, telling Mr. Church (Creator/BruceWillis) to give it to Stallone's character as he "[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} loves playing in the jungle]]". As Arnie walks away, Stallone asks Willis what his problem is, to which Willis replies, "He wants to be President." |
| 406 | ** ''Film/TheExpendables2'' also ropes in Willis for into their ActorAllusion: |
| 407 | -->'''Arnold:''' [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} I'll be back!]]\ |
| 408 | '''Willis:''' No! You've come back enough! I'll be back!\ |
| 409 | '''Arnold:''' [[Franchise/DieHard Yipee-ki-yay.]]\ |
| 410 | ''(Creator/ChuckNorris joins in the brawl)''\ |
| 411 | '''Arnold:''' Who's next, Franchise/{{Rambo}}? |
| 412 | ** ''Film/TheExpendables3'' has Creator/WesleySnipes make a joke about being in jail for tax evasion and has Schwarzenegger yell "[[Film/{{Predator}} Get to da choppah!]]" Creator/HarrisonFord, a helicopter pilot in real life, spends most of his screen time flying a helicopter. |
| 413 | * In ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', Creator/RickyGervais's character Ferdy the Fence tells Creator/RobertDeNiro's character, Captain Shakespeare, that "You're havin' a laugh." On ''Series/{{Extras}}'', Gervais plays an actor who plays a character on the ShowWithinAShow, and this character's catchphrase is "Are you havin' a laugh?" In one episode, he even wonders what [=DeNiro=] would think of his career. |
| 414 | * In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', we see a wet-behind-the-ears Captain Harriman, played by Alan Ruck. According to the ''Memory Alpha'' wiki, Harriman's personnel file from one of the video games says he has "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff a wife named Sloane and a son named Ferris who both live in Chicago, as well as interests in 20th century Italian sports automobiles.]]" |
| 415 | * ''Film/StarTrek2009'': |
| 416 | ** Creator/ZacharyQuinto, who plays Spock, pins down Kirk by the neck, eerily [[Series/{{Heroes}} Sylar]]-like. |
| 417 | ** Spock Prime introduces himself to Kirk saying "I am Spock", which was the title of Creator/LeonardNimoy's second autobiography (so named to counter the notions that his previous autobiography ''IAmNotSpock'' created, namely how he supposedly hated both Franchise/StarTrek and the Spock character). |
| 418 | * In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' Creator/PeterWeller, who starred in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', gets a line tipping a hat to that film. |
| 419 | -->'''Admiral Marcus:''' It's evil. Pure and simple. |
| 420 | * In ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIAttackOfTheClones'', a drug dealer tries to sell Obi Wan deathsticks (which is likely an analogy to heroine or cocaine) who he refuses and tells to go home and rethink his life. Creator/EwanMcGregor played the role of Mark Renton in the film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', a drug addict who was forced to rethink his life after a drug addiction and went cold turkey in his own home. It comes full circle in ''Film/T2Trainspotting'' when he returns back to his home and there was a kid playing with a blue lightsaber toy. |
| 421 | * In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Creator/DanielCraig has a cameo as a Stormtrooper. According to the credits, his [[YouAreNumberSix number]] is [[Film/JamesBond JB-007]]. |
| 422 | ** Creator/MaxVonSydow faces down a mysterious figure cloaked in black, much as he did in ''Film/TheSeventhSeal''. [[spoiler:It ends badly for him both times.]] |
| 423 | * In ''Film/TheLastJedi'', there's a deleted scene where after Luke tricks Rey into believing the natives are being attacked by raiders, but it turns out it was actually a party which Luke uses to prove Rey her implusiveness to help people is what the galaxy needs. When Rey confronts him about it, Creator/MarkHamill (Luke) pulls a [[EvilLaugh distinct laugh]] similar to his [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker other most iconic character.]] |
| 424 | * In ''Film/StayTuned'', Roy (played by Creator/JohnRitter) lands in the living room of an apartment that looks like the one from ''Series/ThreesCompany''. Two women (lookalikes of Suzanne Somers and Joyce [=DeWitt=]) enter and ask in unison "WHERE have you been?". He does a pratfall over the sofa, as Ritter frequently did on the series. This scene solely exists to be an ActorAllusion, since Roy screams and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere immediately hits his remote control to go elsewhere.]] |
| 425 | * A rather painful one in ''Film/{{Steel}}'', where Creator/RichardRoundtree's character says of the hero's trademark giant hammer "I especially like the Film/{{Shaft}}!" apropos of absolutely nothing. |
| 426 | ** Another one is the title character's inability to make basketball free throws. The title character is played by Shaquille O'Neal, a basketball player who was well-known for his inability to make free throws. |
| 427 | * It's probably easier to list the scenes in the 2007 adaptation of ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' which don't nod to Colin Firth's previous career in some way. The dog is called Mr. Darcy. (In one scene, it starts humping his leg, and he later [[KickTheDog kicks it]] into a lawnmower.) The MacGuffin of the film is the {{painting|s}} ''Art/GirlWithAPearlEarring''. (At one point, a couple of {{Chav}}s remark, "Wow! I can see why Colin Firth wanted to shag her!") It all culminates in a scene where, after being thrown out of a window into a fountain after being caught in a girls' dorm room, he walks across a field with his shirt sopping wet and romantic piano music being played in the background in a spectacular HomageShot of the famous scene with SexySoakedShirt from the BBC adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''. |
| 428 | * In ''Film/{{Suck}}'' (2009), after Joey and Jennifer have given up vampirism and rock stardom for a mundane suburban life, they run into the bartender from earlier in the movie, a vampire played by Music/AliceCooper. When he unfurls his wings, Jennifer says "Tell me I'm dreaming", to which he replies, in reference to their boring life, "Welcome to my nightmare". In another scene, when the band is crossing the border into America, the border guard is suspicious and hostile until they mention they're in a band, and he says he used to be in a band too. The guard is played by Alex Lifeson of Music/{{Rush|Band}}. |
| 429 | * In both ''Film/SuckerPunch'' and ''Contact'', Jena Malone is involved in a shot that crosses through a mirror and comes out on the other side. |
| 430 | * ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' was not Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter's [[Film/HarryPotter first time playing an insane, corset-wearing, mentally unstable yandere with a crush on a ruthless serial killer]]. |
| 431 | * The first scene of ''Film/TangoAndCash'' has Tango saying "Franchise/{{Rambo}} [[https://web.archive.org/web/20101013220515/http://agonybooth.com/agonizer/Tango___Cash_1989.aspx is a pussy.]]" Guess [[Creator/SylvesterStallone who]] plays Tango. |
| 432 | * In ''Tapeheads'', the FBI agent who says "Remember what we did to Music/JelloBiafra?" as he arrests Tim Robbins and Creator/JohnCusack ''is'' Jello Biafra, who less than two years earlier had been prosecuted for obscenity based on complaints from the [[MoralGuardians PMRC]]. |
| 433 | * In ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', the bodybuilder playing the T-800 ([[FakeShemp physically, that is]]), Roland Kickinger, had previously played Arnold in the made-for-TV biopic ''See Arnold Run''. |
| 434 | * In ''Think Like a Man'', the male characters are discussing the film ''Theatre/ForColoredGirls''. One of the men mentions that he hates the movie -- "That's the movie where Janet Jackson got AIDS and some crazy guy threw his kids out the window!" Sure enough, the man saying this is played by the same man who played the role of said "crazy guy" -- Micheal Ealy. |
| 435 | * In the original ''Film/ThirteenGhosts'', the house comes complete with a creepy old maid who happens to be played by Margaret Hamilton, at the very end of the film she picks up a broom to resume her house work, but instead gives the camera a devious look while she holds it, reflecting her best known role as the Wicked Witch of the West. |
| 436 | * In ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', Creator/SteveMartin's character (Lucky Day), has to recite a magic phrase consisting of gibberish. The last two syllables are "Hoff-HARR", which is how you pronounce the last name of Steve Martin's character in ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''. |
| 437 | * ''Film/TortureGarden'': In his showman persona, Dr. Diabolo wears a top hat and smokes cigarettes in a long holder, just as actor Burgess Meredith had done when playing the Penguin in ''Series/Batman1966''. |
| 438 | * ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'': |
| 439 | ** The film has an especially clumsy one: Sentinel Prime, voiced by Creator/LeonardNimoy, says the line [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."]]. At the climax of the same film Megatron shouts "This is MY planet!", [[Creator/HugoWeaving his voice actor]] uttered a very similar line at the climax of ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', screaming "This is my world! My world!". |
| 440 | ** There's also an ironic bit of foreshadowing concerning Sentinel with a scene at the beginning of the movie. The two smallest Autobots are watching the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' television series when one of them remarks that he's seen this episode before, [[spoiler:it's the one where [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Spock]] goes crazy]]. |
| 441 | * Creator/DannyTrejo almost constantly plays a character whose name is a type of knife (or the Spanish word for one). He plays Navajas ("knives") in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'', Machete in ''Film/{{Machete}}''/''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' and ''Film/SpyKids'', and Razor Charlie in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''. |
| 442 | * Again with [[Film/TheBigLebowski His Dudeness]] in ''Film/TronLegacy''. Mellowed-out old Kevin Flynn is very reminiscent of The Dude in that he's all about zen, man. |
| 443 | * In ''The Two Mrs. Carrolls'', Creator/HumphreyBogart's character tells his wife, in anticipation of meeting her ex-boyfriend, "I have the feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful hatred." This is a nod to Bogart's famous closing line as Rick in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' ("Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.") |
| 444 | * In ''Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes'', Jean-Bot persuaded Riku Asakura, Geed's human form, to shout "Jean Fight!" Tatsuomi Hamada, Riku's actor, previously played Nao in ''Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'', and shouted the phrase at the film's climax to let Jean-Bot access his robot mode. |
| 445 | * In ''Film/UnderSiege'', the crew of USS Missouri eagerly waits the special guest for the captain's birthday party, namely Jordan Tate, a.k.a. "Miss July 1989". Jordan Tate is played by Erika Eleniak, who indeed was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1989. |
| 446 | * Creator/DavidBoreanaz' character in ''Film/{{Valentine}}'' is a drunk who breaks his sobriety. One of the characters even say that "he's no Series/{{Angel}}". |
| 447 | * ''Film/ValentinesDay'' |
| 448 | ** Creator/TaylorLautner's character says he's uncomfortable taking his shirt off, a swipe at Lautner's ShirtlessScene-prone role in the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' films. |
| 449 | ** Creator/JuliaRoberts' character is asked if she's ever been to El Rodeo Drive. She smirks and says [[Film/PrettyWoman yes]]. |
| 450 | * In ''Film/AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas'', Harold is referred to as "Sulu". Creator/JohnCho played Sulu in ''Star Trek''. Also, when the arrive at the party, Kumar's friend admits he told the girl that Kumar worked at the White House. Creator/KalPenn worked in the Obama White House. |
| 451 | * The mockumentary ''Waiting for Guffman'' includes an in-character ActorAllusion. Fred Willard plays the town travel agent, and one of his roles in the ShowWithinAShow is President [=McKinley=]. |
| 452 | -->'''[=McKinley=]:''' I was headed for Wichita, but somehow I ended up here in Blaine. Guess I need a new travel agent! ''(turns to the crowd and winks)'' |
| 453 | * ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'': Chrysagon de la Cruex (Creator/CharltonHeston) is skilled at spear-throwing, fights while wearing just a loincloth and blinds an enemy with a torch. [[Film/BenHur1959 Sounds familiar]]. |
| 454 | * ''Film/TheWaterboy'' and ''Film/TheAnimal'' share a particular line, by Rob Schneider to Adam Sandler in the former, and by Adam Sandler to Rob Schneider in the latter: "You can do it! You can do it... ALL NIGHT LONG!" In the latter case it's not only an obvious shout-out to the former, but also intended to mock the former as it's said even more ham-handed and over the top than the original, likely due to a mutual agreement. |
| 455 | * In both ''Film/{{Paul}}'' and ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'', Creator/SigourneyWeaver plays the part of the mysterious chief of a top secret organization who appears only late in the film and dies a quick and painful death. |
| 456 | * ''Film/TheWeddingRinger'' ends with Jorge Garcia saying "[[Series/{{Lost}} I've got a bad feeling about this flight.]]" |
| 457 | * In ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'', Dr. Demento introduces himself to Al (played by Creator/DanielRadcliffe) by saying that he wants to be Al's "De-mentor". Al reacts with a look of cringe, both as a LamePunReaction and an allusion to Radcliffe's work on the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series. |
| 458 | * In ''Film/WereTheMillers'', one take [[HilariousOuttakes that didn't make the final cut]] involved a prank on Creator/JenniferAniston where they replaced [[Music/{{TLC}} "Waterfalls"]] with the theme from ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 459 | * ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare''. Craven has a CreatorCameo as a janitor named "Fred", who is wearing a fedora and a red & green sweater. |
| 460 | * In Creator/CrispinGlover's film ''What Is It?'' he has a role and asks the people around him what they address him as. One man answers [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 "McFly"]]. |
| 461 | * In ''Film/WhatsUpDoc,'' Judy makes a reference to ''Film/LoveStory,'' which Ryan O'Neal also starred in. |
| 462 | -->'''Judy:''' Love means never having to say you're sorry. ''[bats eyes]''\ |
| 463 | '''Howard:''' ... [[StupidestThingIveEverHeard That's the dumbest thing I ever heard]]. |
| 464 | * In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddy Valiant (played by Creator/BobHoskins) is [[ItWillNeverCatchOn skeptical]] about Judge Doom's scheme to raze Toon Town to make room for a freeway. Hoskins was also in the 1974 movie ''Inserts'', which involved an attempt to get a washed-up director's home torn down to make way for a freeway. |
| 465 | * In 1988's ''Film/WorkingGirl'', corporate executive Katharine Parker (Creator/SigourneyWeaver) steps off a helicopter carrying a giant stuffed gorilla. Earlier in 1988, Weaver starred in ''Film/GorillasInTheMist''. |
| 466 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 467 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': |
| 468 | *** Toad whirls a pipe in a menacing manner, a reference to how his actor Creator/RayPark played [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]]. |
| 469 | *** May or may not be intentional, but Professor Xavier's wheelchair sure looks a lot like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's]] command chair onboard the ''Enterprise''. |
| 470 | *** The trucker in the movie is played by George Buza, who voiced Beast in [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries the '90s cartoon]]. |
| 471 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': For the FBI agent who interrogates Mystique, it should have been a cakewalk compared to [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter]]. |
| 472 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': In TheStinger, [[spoiler:Magneto warns of "dark forces approaching," which is from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'']]. |
| 473 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 474 | *** Charles' opening narration about powers, including prophecy, and being worshipped as a god because of them (with a desert scene, no less) alludes to Creator/JamesMcAvoy's role as Leto Atreides II in ''Series/ChildrenOfDune''. Moreover, Xavier and Jean Grey have a very close surrogate father-daughter relationship because of their telepathy, which mirrors the emotionally intimate sibling bond between Leto and his twin sister Ghanima, who are both pre-born, and therefore are plagued by the "voices" of their genetic ancestors. Like Professor X, Leto is also kidnapped, [[spoiler:forcibly placed on a slab, and undergoes an agonizing mental assault]] which causes him to nearly [[spoiler:lose his identity]]. Both characters survive and become tougher because of it. |
| 475 | *** Mystique has now become an inspiration to mutants around the world for rebelling against authority, much in the same way that [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]] has. |
| 476 | * Mavis Gary of ''Film/YoungAdult'' drives the same car as Stella Bridger of ''[[Film/TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]''. Both are played by Charlize Theron. |
| 477 | * ''Film/YouthInRevolt'': Trent is played by the same actor who played the Beefy Guy in ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist''. Nick's father's girlfriend is the actress who played Caroline. And his friend Lefty is played by the guy who was Crash of Crash and the Boys (''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''). |
| 478 | * In his first appearance onscreen in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'', Creator/SeanConnery [[Film/JamesBond aims his gun at the camera]] [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou and shoots it]]. |
| 479 | * ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' |
| 480 | ** Jon Voight as Derek's father says the following: |
| 481 | --->"Damn it Derek, I'm a coal miner, not a professional film or television actor." |
| 482 | ** David Duchovny as [[Series/TheXFiles a conspiracy theorist]]. |
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