Referenced By / The Black Hole

Film

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Peter's laser pistols bear more than a passing resemblance to the Covenant Plasma Rifle from Halo: Combat Evolved, or also the laser pistols from The Black Hole (1979).
• Solo: The gravity well in The Maw as a swirling red whirlpool, resembles the titular Black Hole.
• The Incredibles: The spinning blades of the Omnidroid robots make the same sound as Maximilian's spinning blades.

Literature

• Skin Game: Dresden quotes The Black Hole, and Goodman Grey reacts to this quote with some degree of incredulity, saying "nobody remembers that movie." though Grey recognized the quote instantly. They then spend a few minutes discussing the movie. In the middle of the heist.

Video Games

• Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter: Maximillian is one of the robots for sale at Droids-B-Us, going under the name "Max-42". This is only present in the VGA remake.

Web Animation

• Homestar Runner: The Halloween episode "Halloween Hijinks" has Homsar dressed as B.O.B. for his costume.

Western Animation

• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: In the third segment of "The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse", V.I.N.CENT can be seen among the junk that Mickey is hoarding in his apartment.

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