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* A number of movie pitches Griffin listens to, which are JustForFun/XMeetsY pitches, like "It's ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' meets ''Film/PrettyWoman''", or "It's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".

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* A number of movie pitches Griffin listens to, which are JustForFun/XMeetsY pitches, like "It's ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' meets ''Film/PrettyWoman''", or "It's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".
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* During a meeting at the studio the focus shifts to something going on outside like during a poker game in ''Film/MASH''.

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* During a meeting at the studio the focus shifts to something going on outside like during a poker game in ''Film/MASH''.
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* When Griffin gets out of the lineup, Walter mentions how witness testimony is so unreliable, and mentions ''Film/WitnessForTheProsecution''.

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* A number of movie pitches Griffin listens to, which are XMeetsY pitches, like "It's ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' meets ''Film/PrettyWoman''", or "It's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".

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* Griffin goes to see ''Film/BicycleThieves'' when he hears David Kahane, the writer he thinks has been sending him threatening postcards, is at that theater.
* Someone calls the studio, and leaves a message for Griffin, using the name [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Joe Gillis]]. Griffin doesn't recognize it at first, but then recovers, and tries to joke the man had earlier claimed they were [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]].
* A number of movie pitches Griffin listens to, which are XMeetsY JustForFun/XMeetsY pitches, like "It's ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' meets ''Film/PrettyWoman''", or "It's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".
* In his speech at the gala event Griffin attends, honoring him and the studio for donating prints to a film museum, he claims and the studio are looking for artists like the next Creator/FrankCapra, Creator/JohnHuston, or Creator/OrsonWelles.
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!!1992 film:
* As mentioned on the main page, the opening shot is an {{Homage}} to ''Film/TouchOfEvil''.
* Griffin has a poster of ''Film/{{Laura}}'' on his wall.
* A number of movie pitches Griffin listens to, which are XMeetsY pitches, like "It's ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' meets ''Film/PrettyWoman''", or "It's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''".
* In the police station, Detective [=Delongpre=] references ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' ("One of us, one of us").
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* "Ante Up" takes heavily from Film/PointBreak, particularly the climax.
* Before the skydiving scene, the fight on the plane has action beats straight out of Film/TheLivingDaylights and Film/AirForceOne.

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* "Ante Up" takes heavily from Film/PointBreak, ''Film/PointBreak1991'', particularly the climax.
* Before the skydiving scene, the fight on the plane has action beats straight out of Film/TheLivingDaylights ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' and Film/AirForceOne.''Film/AirForceOne''.
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* A SharpDressedMan with obscene amounts of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] who gives the AntiHero his missions could be passed off a common trope, but the producers ''had'' to call him "[[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Mr. Johnson]]."

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* A SharpDressedMan ManOfWealthAndTaste with obscene amounts of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] who gives the AntiHero his missions could be passed off a common trope, but the producers ''had'' to call him "[[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Mr. Johnson]]."
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** "Ante Up" takes heavily from Film/PointBreak, particularly the climax.
*** Before the skydiving scene, the fight on the plane has action beats straight out of Film/TheLivingDaylights and Film/AirForceOne.

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** * "Ante Up" takes heavily from Film/PointBreak, particularly the climax.
*** * Before the skydiving scene, the fight on the plane has action beats straight out of Film/TheLivingDaylights and Film/AirForceOne.
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* A SharpDressedMan with obscene amounts of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] who gives the AntiHero his missions could be passed off a common trope, but the producers ''had'' to call him "[[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Mr. Johnson]]."

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* A SharpDressedMan with obscene amounts of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] who gives the AntiHero his missions could be passed off a common trope, but the producers ''had'' to call him "[[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Mr. Johnson]].""
** "Ante Up" takes heavily from Film/PointBreak, particularly the climax.
*** Before the skydiving scene, the fight on the plane has action beats straight out of Film/TheLivingDaylights and Film/AirForceOne.
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!!2015 series:
* A SharpDressedMan with obscene amounts of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] who gives the AntiHero his missions could be passed off a common trope, but the producers ''had'' to call him "[[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Mr. Johnson]]."

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