Line #17 ShoutOut/WallE


1	''WesternAnimation/WallE'' contains ''tons'' of shout-outs, mostly to other sci-fi films, and most obviously to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
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3	* Through the movie, WALL•E listens to songs from the 1969 film adaptation of ''Theatre/HelloDolly''.
4	* Creator/SigourneyWeaver is the voice of the ''Axiom'' PA system, referencing ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', and perhaps the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Love and Rocket".
5	* WALL•E's "fully charged" and reboot sounds are the same as the iconic Apple start-up sound.
6	* AUTO has that CreepyMonotone because he's voiced by [[SyntheticVoiceActor MacinTALK]], Apple's text-to-speech program. M-O's "FOREIGN CONTAMINANT" directive is synthesized by the same.
7	* There are at LEAST three visual references when WALL•E is traveling in space. The solar flare before going to the ice rings references the opening of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The drones flying out of the shuttle bay reference the runabouts from the opening of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and during the approach to the ''Axiom'', the music sounds like the approach to the Death Star in ''Franchise/StarWars''.
8	* The scene where COM-T and WALL•E wave to each other seems similar to Chihiro's encounter with the Radish spirit in ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. It should be noted that whenever Pixar staff encounter problems with their movies, they watch Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's films for inspiration.
9	* AUTO was explicitly designed with [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] in mind. AUTO not only looks like HAL-9000, but has a similar character arc, including being set up by the movie as malfunctioning and later revealing that he was in fact just carrying out orders. The famous ''2001'' classical soundtrack is also evoked in two separate scenes with the ''Axiom'''s captain; the "Blue Danube" waltz by Johann Strauss II plays when the Captain gets the daily status report from the ship's computer, and, fittingly, for a movie about the near-future evolution of humanity, in what is possibly the first non-parodic use of the song in a dramatic context since ''2001'', ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' plays when the Captain [[spoiler: becomes the first person on the ''Axiom'' in nearly 700 years to ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome stand up and walk]]'']].
10	** There's another ''2001'' reference in the ''BURN-E'' short. When the ship goes into hyperdrive, it mimics the light show that Dave sees when he goes though the Monolith. It even reflect on BURN-E's visor like it did on Dave's.
11	* There's also the A-113 reference found in every Pixar film, although here it's actually given plot relevance; [[spoiler:it's the name of the directive AUTO follows to ensure the ship never returns to Earth.]]
12	** A-113 can be seen as the license plate number on the back of the mother's car in the first ''Toy Story'' movie as they are going to Pizza Planet.
13	* WALL•E crashes into Sputnik 1 while leaving Earth for the first time. Although in RealLife it burned up in the atmosphere years ago.
14	* To say nothing of the numerous references to other Pixar films:
15	** The pizza delivery Toyota from ''Franchise/ToyStory'' comes to mind.
16	** Those little mouse robots nibbling around EVE in the vast trash room? They're called [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} REM-Es]].
17	** In the mosaic section of the credits, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo one large turtle, two smaller turtles and an orange fish swim by]].
18	** The captain trying to reattach the plant's leaf looks exactly like Al doing the same to Woody's arm in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.
19	** WALL•E has a Rex toy in his collection, as well as a garden gnome that Pixar has confirmed is a model from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode 2'', used with Valve's permission for the Easter Egg.
20	* The fact that WALL•E's TV is made up of a small iPod screen and a big magnifying glass would appear to be a shout out to Terry Gilliam's ''Film/{{Brazil}}''. The first trailer for WALL•E even has the song "Aquarela do Brasil", which ''Brazil'' is named after, in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWIIlXNGwY teaser trailer]].
21	* WALL•E himself bears a strong resemblence to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny-5]]; though WordOfGod states this was unintentional, he admitted it may still have influenced the design.
22	* A rather odd one: when the computer is defining "Earth" to the Captain, the EarlyFilms classic ''Film/ACornerInWheat'' is briefly visible on the screen.
23	* The roach is named Hal, after both HAL 9000 and silent film producer Hal Roach.
24	* The previous captains of the ''Axiom'' are, in chronological order, Reardon, Fee, Thompson, Brace, and O'Brien, every one of them named for one of the film's story artists: Jim Reardon, Brian Fee, Derek Thompson, Max Brace, and Kevin O'Brien.

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