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* Caesar nearly [[spoiler: beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says "No"]] echoes the ending of ''Conquest'', during which [[spoiler: Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says "No."]] Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in ''Film/BattleFirThePlanetOfTheApes''.

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* Caesar nearly [[spoiler: beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says "No"]] echoes the ending of ''Conquest'', during which [[spoiler: Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says "No."]] Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in ''Film/BattleFirThePlanetOfTheApes''.''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''.

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* If one looks carefully during the "school" scenes in the trailers, an orangutan points to laws written on the wall that were part of the original series. In particular, "Ape not kill ape" proves to be ArcWords as much as they were back then.
* One can also spot the "home" symbol scrawled onto a rock platform, upon which Caesar stands at certain points. It ends up reappearing when [[spoiler:Blue Eyes uses it as a code when he frees the captive apes]].
* The fact that the apes are beginning to use firearms is also a nod to the original series.
* Also, the fact that apes are [[spoiler: moving into the city to dominate humans]].

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* If one looks carefully during the "school" scenes in the trailers, an orangutan points to laws written on the wall that were part of the original series. In particular, "Ape [shall] not kill ape" proves to be ArcWords as much as they were back then.
* One can also spot the "home" symbol scrawled onto
is a rock platform, upon which Caesar stands at certain points. It ends up reappearing when [[spoiler:Blue Eyes uses it as a code when he frees the captive apes]].
* The fact that
creed among Caesar's tribe, like among the apes are beginning to use firearms is also a nod to in the original series.
* Also,
film. Maurice is shown teaching it at the fact that young apes are [[spoiler: moving into in school, also referencing the city to dominate humans]].role of orangutan as political and religious leaders in the original continuity.



* Blue Eyes' [[spoiler: life being threatened first by a bear and then by an armed Carver]] could make viewers who have seen ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' feel nervous about [[spoiler: the fate of the character since Caesar's son Cornelius dies in ''Battle''.]]
** Before he [[spoiler: dies]] in ''Battle'', Cornelius asks Caesar, "Will I be malformed?" In this movie, Blue Eyes is [[spoiler: scarred by a bear]].
* Caesar nearly [[spoiler: beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says "No"]] echoes the ending of ''Conquest'', during which [[spoiler: Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says "No."]] Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in ''Battle''.

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* Blue Eyes' [[spoiler: life being threatened first by a bear and then by an armed Carver]] could make viewers who have seen ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' feel nervous about [[spoiler: the fate of the character since Caesar's son Cornelius dies in ''Battle''.]]
** Before he [[spoiler: dies]] in ''Battle'', Cornelius asks Caesar, "Will I be malformed?" In this movie, Blue Eyes is [[spoiler: scarred by a bear]].
* Caesar nearly [[spoiler: beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says "No"]] echoes the ending of ''Conquest'', during which [[spoiler: Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says "No."]] Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in ''Battle''.''Film/BattleFirThePlanetOfTheApes''.



* Caesar looking at a video of Will Rodman, his adoptive father, in his house in San Francisco mirrors Caesar going to the Forbidden City in ''Battle'', where he sees images of his birth parents, Cornelius and Zira, accompanied by audio.
* The sight of the [[spoiler: city on fire]] may remind viewers of a similar sight in ''Conquest''.
* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* Dreyfus [[spoiler: detonating the explosives on the tower]] is reminiscent of Taylor [[spoiler: detonating (albeit by accident) the Alpha-Omega bomb]] in ''Beneath''.
* Koba being called ugly could be a reference to Zira calling Taylor ugly in the [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 1968 film]].
* Koba trying to [[spoiler: kill Caesar]] mirrors what Aldo planned to do in ''Battle''.
* Caesar grabbing Koba's palm before [[spoiler: letting him fall to his apparent death]] is reminiscent of Caesar grabbing Aldo's palm and doing the same thing in ''Battle''.
* The shot of Koba riding a horse looks nearly identical to the shot of Aldo riding a horse in the beginning of ''Battle''.

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* Caesar looking at a video of Will Rodman, his adoptive father, in his house in San Francisco mirrors Caesar going to the Forbidden City in ''Battle'', where he sees images of his birth parents, Cornelius and Zira, accompanied by audio.
* The sight of the [[spoiler: city on fire]] may remind viewers of a similar sight in ''Conquest''.
* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* Dreyfus [[spoiler: detonating the explosives on the tower]] is reminiscent of Taylor [[spoiler: detonating (albeit by accident) the Alpha-Omega bomb]] in ''Beneath''.
* Koba being called ugly could be a reference to Zira calling Taylor ugly in the [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 1968 film]].
* Koba trying to [[spoiler: kill Caesar]] mirrors what Aldo planned to do in ''Battle''.
* Caesar grabbing Koba's palm before [[spoiler: letting him fall to his apparent death]] is reminiscent of Caesar grabbing Aldo's palm and doing the same thing in ''Battle''.
* The shot of Koba riding a horse looks nearly identical to the shot of Aldo riding a horse in the beginning of
''Battle''.



* Koba and his followers [[spoiler: put the humans in cages]], just like the apes in the original film.

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* Koba and his followers [[spoiler: put the humans in cages]], cages, just like the apes in the original film.
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* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfApes''.

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* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfApes''.''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes''.
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* Malcolm may be named after Malcolm [=MacDonald=] from ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''. Like [=MacDonald=], he is a human who wishes for apes and humans to coexist peacefully.
* Caesar's son is named Blue Eyes, a nickname Zira gave Bill Hudson in the ''Return to the Planet of the Apes''. Patterned after Taylor's nickname Bright Eyes, also the name of his late grandmother, Bright Eyes, from ''Rise''.
* Blue Eyes' [[spoiler: life being threatened first by a bear and then by an armed Carver]] could make viewers who have seen ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes'' feel nervous about [[spoiler: the fate of the character since Caesar's son Cornelius dies in ''Battle''.]]

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* Malcolm may be named after Malcolm [=MacDonald=] from ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''.''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Like [=MacDonald=], he is a human who wishes for apes and humans to coexist peacefully.
* Caesar's son is named Blue Eyes, a nickname Zira gave Bill Hudson in the ''Return to the Planet of the Apes''. ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToThePlanetOfTheApes''. Patterned after Taylor's nickname Bright Eyes, also the name of his late grandmother, Bright Eyes, from ''Rise''.
''[[Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes Rise]]''.
* Blue Eyes' [[spoiler: life being threatened first by a bear and then by an armed Carver]] could make viewers who have seen ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes'' ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' feel nervous about [[spoiler: the fate of the character since Caesar's son Cornelius dies in ''Battle''.]]



* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes''.

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* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes''.''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfApes''.



* Koba being called ugly could be a reference to Zira calling Taylor ugly in the 1968 film.

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* Koba being called ugly could be a reference to Zira calling Taylor ugly in the [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 1968 film.film]].
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* One can also spot the "home" symbol scrawled onto a rock. It ends up reappearing when [[spoiler:Blue Eyes uses it as a code when he frees the captive apes]].

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* One can also spot the "home" symbol scrawled onto a rock.rock platform, upon which Caesar stands at certain points. It ends up reappearing when [[spoiler:Blue Eyes uses it as a code when he frees the captive apes]].
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* If one looks carefully during the "school" scenes in the trailers, an orangutan points to laws written on the wall that were part of the original series. In particular, "Ape not kill ape" proves to be ArcWords as much as they were back then.
* One can also spot the "home" symbol scrawled onto a rock. It ends up reappearing when [[spoiler:Blue Eyes uses it as a code when he frees the captive apes]].
* The fact that the apes are beginning to use firearms is also a nod to the original series.
* Also, the fact that apes are [[spoiler: moving into the city to dominate humans]].
* Malcolm may be named after Malcolm [=MacDonald=] from ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''. Like [=MacDonald=], he is a human who wishes for apes and humans to coexist peacefully.
* Caesar's son is named Blue Eyes, a nickname Zira gave Bill Hudson in the ''Return to the Planet of the Apes''. Patterned after Taylor's nickname Bright Eyes, also the name of his late grandmother, Bright Eyes, from ''Rise''.
* Blue Eyes' [[spoiler: life being threatened first by a bear and then by an armed Carver]] could make viewers who have seen ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes'' feel nervous about [[spoiler: the fate of the character since Caesar's son Cornelius dies in ''Battle''.]]
** Before he [[spoiler: dies]] in ''Battle'', Cornelius asks Caesar, "Will I be malformed?" In this movie, Blue Eyes is [[spoiler: scarred by a bear]].
* Caesar nearly [[spoiler: beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says "No"]] echoes the ending of ''Conquest'', during which [[spoiler: Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says "No."]] Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in ''Battle''.
* Caesar shedding a tear when he remembers [[spoiler: Koba shooting him]] could be a reference to the closing shot of ''Battle'', in which [[spoiler: the statue of Caesar sheds a tear]].
* Caesar looking at a video of Will Rodman, his adoptive father, in his house in San Francisco mirrors Caesar going to the Forbidden City in ''Battle'', where he sees images of his birth parents, Cornelius and Zira, accompanied by audio.
* The sight of the [[spoiler: city on fire]] may remind viewers of a similar sight in ''Conquest''.
* The railroad in the tunnel beneath the tower may remind viewers of the railroad in the tunnel leading to the [[spoiler: mutants]] in ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes''.
* Dreyfus [[spoiler: detonating the explosives on the tower]] is reminiscent of Taylor [[spoiler: detonating (albeit by accident) the Alpha-Omega bomb]] in ''Beneath''.
* Koba being called ugly could be a reference to Zira calling Taylor ugly in the 1968 film.
* Koba trying to [[spoiler: kill Caesar]] mirrors what Aldo planned to do in ''Battle''.
* Caesar grabbing Koba's palm before [[spoiler: letting him fall to his apparent death]] is reminiscent of Caesar grabbing Aldo's palm and doing the same thing in ''Battle''.
* The shot of Koba riding a horse looks nearly identical to the shot of Aldo riding a horse in the beginning of ''Battle''.
* The closing shot zooming in on Caesar's eyes looks nearly identical to the closing shot of ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''.
* Koba and his followers [[spoiler: put the humans in cages]], just like the apes in the original film.
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