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* The climax of [[VillainSong "Be Prepared"]] in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' is another homage to ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill''. It's particularly blatant because the geometry of the cave is quite suddenly artificial looking to invoke the city setting of ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'', and because the legions of marching hyenas are the first and last time in the film where you see more than three hyenas working for Scar.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'': When Red is launched by Terence, he tucks in his arms and legs with a scowl on his face, just like [[https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/angry-birds-for-pc1.jpeg?w=550 this]].

** Creator/PeterJackson shot one bit at Bilbo's birthday party in ''Fellowship of the Ring'' ("Proudfeet!") as an exact copy of a shot in Creator/RalphBakshi's animated ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings.'' Jackson even helpfully points this out in the commentary. A circle-round shot of the four hobbits at Weathertop is also lifted from the original, although the camera moves much faster and Aragorn is absent. And the hobbits hiding in the crotch of a tree from the Nazgûl? Also from the Bakshi version. (It's the last shot you'd expect, isn't it?)

** The fight scenes at Helm's Deep have a certain similarity to those in ''Film/{{Zulu}}''. ''Orc's Drift'', anyone?

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': Gore Verbinski stuck in a virtually identical shot of Orlando Bloom in Tortuga echoing one he did in the 1st ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' film in Lothlórien: in both cases Bloom reacts to an offscreen comment or activity with a concerned look as he turns his head.

* ''[[Film/StarWars Star Wars: — Episode IV]] Film/ANewHope'': The trench run scene in the climax is heavily inspired by ''Film/TheDambusters''.

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* Creator/GeorgeLucas is also an old Kurosawa fan. (He, Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola were instrumental in finding the money for ''Film/{{Ran}}''.) While ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IV: Film/ANewHope'' is built off Kurosawa's ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' and ''Film/TheDamBusters'', the homage shot (the pan along the ground to a severed arm) is lifted from ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''. There's also bits and pieces of other stuff, like {{Western}}s and older SciFi movies, if you pay ''real'' close attention and know what to look for.

* Another animation to (sorta) live-action lift: Luna's Patronus in the film version of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' is a rabbit. It runs around the air in a pattern lifted from the opening narration/montage of the movie ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'' ("Prince with a thousand enemies").
* ''Film/JennifersBody'' contains several homage shots to the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movie, all twisted in some way, like Jennifer kissing her victim in a forest clearing that looks like the one where Edward confessed that he was a vampire to Bella; and the deer lapping the victim's corpse, which recalls the deer sipping from a pool that Edward ate at the start of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
* The ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' film had a scene where the camera rotates around The Prince on a high tower to give a good view of the landscape. The exact same shot which was used for viewpoints in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. Not surprising, considering that both franchises are owned by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} and the videogame ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' even allows the Prince to wear an assassin costume as a completion extra.

* WordOfGod has stated the scene in ''Film/LoveActually'' where [[spoiler: Mark reveals that he's in love with Juliet by showing her his tape of her wedding, which is entirely made up of shots of her]] is a homage to the ending of ''Film/CinemaParadiso''.
* In ''Film/{{Aragami}}'' there is an Homage Shot to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', of which the director, Creator/RyuheiKitamura, is an outspoken fan. When the [[ManWithNoName nameless]] {{Samurai}} shoots at UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, Musashi dodges, and then stands framed exactly like the cyborg Ninja in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' does if you try shooting at him in battle. He performs an identical sequence of WeaponTwirling as him, and then directly quotes the Ninja by saying "You can't defeat me with a weapon like that."
* The confession scene in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' is very evocative of Walter's confession scene in ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''.

* ''Film/Tremors5Bloodlines'': There's a homage to the Velociraptor kitchen scene from the first ''Film/JurassicPark'' when an Assblaster breaks into the kitchen of the main compound in pursuit of its prey. Most noticeably, there's an almost identical shot centered on the Assblaster's foot claw tapping on the floor.
* ''[[Film/StarWars Star Wars Episode IV:]]'' ''Film/ANewHope'': The trench run scene in the climax is heavily inspired by the ''Film/TheDambusters''.
* ''Film/{{Spotlight}}'': When Rezendes is finally able to get the SmokingGun documents attached to Garabedian's response to the church's motion, the files with them are shown being put down on the desk by the court clerk from straight above—exactly the same way Woodward and Bernstein are shown receiving documents from the Library of Congress early in ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'', a film to which ''Spotlight'' has often been compared.
* ''Film/{{Fargo}}'': The scene where Carl buries the BriefcaseFullOfMoney beside the road is a homage to a similar scene in the 1960 British film ''Film/TheCriminal'' where Johnny Bannion buries a suitcase full of stolen cash in an empty field.

* ''Film/{{Us}}'': The [[spoiler: position of Becca and Lindsey Tyler's corpses are identical to [[Film/TheShining the Grady Twins']].

** To ''Film/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' before the first segue, where "Jane Villanueva Presents" appears on the screen along with an outline of her.

* ''Film/{{Fargo}}'': The scene where Carl buries the BriefcaseFullOfCash beside the road is a homage to a similar scene in the 1960 British film ''Film/TheCriminal'' where Johnny Bannion buries a suitcase full of cash in an empty field.

* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games do this with actual hidden meanings, and so frequently it gets to the point where it's like WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic but with movies instead of religion.

Occasionally this is InspirationNod, but usually it's more of a ShoutOut to a director that inspired them to get into the business. It's PietaPlagiarism but of the church of cinema. If the homage is referential to a series or property's own past, it's an InternalHomage.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has done quite a few salutes to HumongousMecha franchises such as ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', with the most popular of these likely coming from [[CuteBruiser Subaru's]] TransformationSequence, where the PowerCrystal of her device comes out in the same way and with the same dimensions as the G-Stone reveal during ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s [[CombiningMecha Final Fusion]].

* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/5/Gap-Year-Adventures Gap Year Adventures]]'', two adventurous voyagers in Klatch reflect on the fact that if they're found out, an awful lot of Klatchians will be pursuing them. Especially since they've already been responsible for quite a lot of cheerfully-applied destruction and violence which the Klatchian authorities are quite unreasonably holding against them. Poised on the border to enter the Empire, their conversation revolves around each being in position of a fully fuelled camel, they're wearing sunglasses, it's getting dark, and they have a packet of cigarettes. They unanimously agree to [[Film/TheBluesBrothers hit it.]] As the camels are duly hit and lumber forward, one turns to the other, puzzled, and says "but we don't smoke..."

* In particular, the number of comic book covers which homage the ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' story ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'' cover (the one with the 'wanted' and 'deceased' posters on the wall) is truly staggering.

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* ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' OAV #6 has a scene with Yuri and her mob-scion/fiance-for-an-episode running along the beach in the setting sun, tripping and rolling/falling and finally kissing. It looks like a commercial, and it is, sort of. Yuri and Beau are directly re-creating a lipstick commercial from an old ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' episode. Only the commercial famously cut out right before the kiss.

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* ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' contains a scene almost directly lifted from Creator/DavidLynch's ''BlueVelvet''.

* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''{{discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/5/Gap-Year-Adventures Gap Year Adventures]]'', two adventurous voyagers in Klatch reflect on the fact that if they're found out, an awful lot of Klatchians will be pursuing them. Especially since they've already been responsible for quite a lot of cheerfully-applied destruction and violence which the Klatchian authorities are quite unreasonably holding against them. Poised on the border to enter the Empire, their conversation revolves around each being in position of a fully fuelled camel, they're wearing sunglasses, it's getting dark, and they have a packet of cigarettes. They unanimously agree to [[Film/TheBluesBrothers hit it.]] As the camels are duly hit and lumber forward, one turns to the other, puzzled, and says "but we don't smoke..."

* ''Film/Spotlight'': When Rezendes is finally able to get the SmokingGun documents attached to Garabedian's response to the church's motion, the files with them are shown being put down on the desk by the court clerk from straight above—exactly the same way Woodward and Bernstein are shown receiving documents from the Library of Congress early in ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'', a film to which ''Spotlight'' has often been compared.

** Lacus's exit from her escape pod at the end of episode 7 and the beginning of episode 8 was a nod to Lalah Sune's exit from her shuttle in episode 34 of ''Mobile Suit Gundam''.

* In Creator/AApessimal's ''{{discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/5/Gap-Year-Adventures Gap Year Adventures]]'', two adventerous voyagers in Klatch reflect on the fact that if they're found out, an awful lot of Klatchians will be pursuing them. Especially since they've already been rtesponsible for a lot of cheerfully-applied destruction which the Klatchian authorities are quite unreasonably holding against them. poised on the border to enter the Empire, their conversation revolves around each being in position of a fully fuelled camel, they're wearing sunglasses, it's getting dark, and they have a packet of cigarettes. They unaniomously agree to [[Film/TheBluesBrothers hit it.]] As the camels are duly hit and lumber forward, one turns to the other, puzzled, and says "but we don't smoke..."

* In ''Film/{{Aragami}}'' there is an Homage Shot to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', of which the director, Creator/RyuheiKitamura, is an outspoken fan. When the [[ManWithNoName nameless]] {{Samurai}} shoots at MiyamotoMusashi, Musashi dodges, and then stands framed exactly like the cyborg Ninja in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' does if you try shooting at him in battle. He performs an identical sequence of WeaponTwirling as him, and then directly quotes the Ninja by saying "You can't defeat me with a weapon like that."

* The cover of Creator/JoeJackson's ''Body and Soul'' album is a recreation of the cover of jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins' 1957 album ''Vol. 2''.

* Animation copying animation: Several of the shots during the final chase in the first ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode at Camp Wanaweep look exactly like a ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode that also featured a villain like that in ''TheCreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''. Gill swims down through the bubbles in the same pose and as the creature.