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* PropRecycling: The scene in which Lucy Gutteridge looks down from the balcony onto the street to see hamsters and mice was in fact a miniature from ''Film/{{Superman}}''. The Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams stated in their DVDCommentary that they found it in the old Shepperton studios and thought it would be a great idea to use it in somewhere in the movie.

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* PropRecycling: The scene in which Lucy Gutteridge looks down from the balcony onto the street to see hamsters and mice was in fact a miniature from ''Film/{{Superman}}''.''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}''. The Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams stated in their DVDCommentary that they found it in the old Shepperton studios and thought it would be a great idea to use it in somewhere in the movie.
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!![[Film/TopSecret The movie]]:




!![[Magazine/TopSecret The Polish video game magazine]]:

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Well, the editors were living in a post-communist, poor country (where videogame consoles didn't appear until 1992); they were occasionally a bit... out of the loop regarding the videogame industry.
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* ActorAllusion:
** When Nick Rivers is in jail, a head shot of Music/{{Cher}} can be clearly seen on the wall of the cell several times. Creator/ValKilmer was dating her at the time.
** General Streck, played by Jeremy Kemp, is wearing a [[Film/TheBlueMax Blue Max]].
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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/ValKilmer did his own singing.



* TheCastShowoff: Creator/ValKilmer did his own singing.

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** The cast model for Creator/PeterCushing's makeup would later be used by ILM to recreate Cushing's likeness in CGI as Grand Moff Tarkin in ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/RogueOne''.



* The cast model for Creator/PeterCushing's makeup would later be used by ILM to recreate Cushing's likeness as Grand Moff Tarkin in ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/RogueOne''.

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* ActorAllusion: General Streck, played by Jeremy Kemp, is wearing a [[Film/TheBlueMax Blue Max]].
* TheCastShowoff: Val Kilmer did his own singing.

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** When Nick Rivers is in jail, a head shot of Music/{{Cher}} can be clearly seen on the wall of the cell several times. Creator/ValKilmer was dating her at the time.
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General Streck, played by Jeremy Kemp, is wearing a [[Film/TheBlueMax Blue Max]].
* PropRecycling: The scene in which Lucy Gutteridge looks down from the balcony onto the street to see hamsters and mice was in fact a miniature from ''Film/{{Superman}}''. The Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams stated in their DVDCommentary that they found it in the old Shepperton studios and thought it would be a great idea to use it in somewhere in the movie.
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TheCastShowoff: Val Kilmer Creator/ValKilmer did his own singing.singing.
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* The cast model for Creator/PeterCushing's makeup would later be used by ILM to recreate Cushing's likeness as Grand Moff Tarkin in ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/RogueOne''.

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Hey Its That Guy has been merged into Role Association. Current examples are to be removed. New examples are to be filed under Role Association. | For more information, check this thread.


* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Agent Cedric is [[Film/LawrenceOfArabia Sherif Ali]].
** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[Film/AClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].
** Jim Carter (Deja Vu), one of the stars of ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
** Dr. Paul Flammond is Michael Gough, veteran of Hammer horror films and Alfred opposite no less than three different Batmen in the 1989-1997 cycle of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' films.
** And of course, Creator/ValKilmer, one of those three Batmen, years before he was either the Dark Knight, Doc Holliday or [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Agent Cedric is [[Film/LawrenceOfArabia Sherif Ali]].
** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[Film/AClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].
** Jim Carter (Deja Vu), one of the stars of ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
** Dr. Paul Flammond is Michael Gough, veteran of Hammer horror films and Alfred opposite no less than three different Batmen in the 1989-1997 cycle of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' films.
** And of course, Creator/ValKilmer, one of those three Batmen, years before he was either the Dark Knight, Doc Holliday or [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
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* ActorAllusion: General Streck, played by Jeremy Kemp, is wearing a [[TheBlueMax Blue Max]].

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!![[Film/TopSecret The movie]]:

* ActorAllusion: General Streck, played by Jeremy Kemp, is wearing a [[TheBlueMax [[Film/TheBlueMax Blue Max]].



** Agent Cedric is [[LawrenceOfArabia Sherif Ali]].
** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[ClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].
** Jim Carter (Deja Vu), one of the stars of ''DowntonAbbey''.
** Dr. Paul Flammond is Michael Gough, veteran of Hammer horror films and Alfred opposite no less than three different Batmen in the 1989-1997 cycle of Batman films.
** And of course, ValKilmer, one of those three Batmen, years before he was either the Dark Knight, Doc Holliday or Jim Morrison.

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** Agent Cedric is [[LawrenceOfArabia [[Film/LawrenceOfArabia Sherif Ali]].
** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[ClockworkOrange [[Film/AClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].
** Jim Carter (Deja Vu), one of the stars of ''DowntonAbbey''.
''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
** Dr. Paul Flammond is Michael Gough, veteran of Hammer horror films and Alfred opposite no less than three different Batmen in the 1989-1997 cycle of Batman ''Film/{{Batman}}'' films.
** And of course, ValKilmer, Creator/ValKilmer, one of those three Batmen, years before he was either the Dark Knight, Doc Holliday or [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison.Morrison]].

!![[Magazine/TopSecret The Polish video game magazine]]:

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Well, the editors were living in a post-communist, poor country (where videogame consoles didn't appear until 1992); they were occasionally a bit... out of the loop regarding the videogame industry.
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** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[ClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].

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* ActorAllusion: General Streck is wearing a [[TheBlueMax Blue Max]].

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** Dr. Paul Flammond is Michael Gough, veteran of Hammer horror films and Alfred opposite no less than three different Batmen in the 1989-1997 cycle of Batman films.
** And of course, ValKilmer, one of those three Batmen, years before he was either the Dark Knight, Doc Holliday or Jim Morrison.
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* RoleAssociation: [[Film/BatmanForever Bruce Wayne is trying to rescue Alfred]] from Flugendorf prison!

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** Plus, of course:

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Agent Cedric is [[LawrenceOfArabia Sherif Ali]].
** The two leaders of the Germans are respectively [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's brother]] and [[ClockworkOrange one of Alex's droogs]].
** Plus, of course:
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/BatmanForever Bruce Wayne is trying to rescue Alfred]] from Flugendorf prison!

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