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During the auction scene, Ernie greets one of his guests with "Hakuna Matata". Nathan Lane voiced Timon in The Lion King . For bonus points, Ernie Sabella (the voice of Pumbaa) had a cameo earlier in the film as the owner of the pound. If the whole plot wasn't reference enough, the Catzilla scene is basically a live-action Tom and Jerry cartoon, even sporting some of the slapstick from there. Notably making chase tunes as they run around inside a piano. Also, when Catzilla smashes out of its box, it roars like Godzilla . Rather apropos, given the cat's name. When the mouse chews through the dumbwaiter's ropes, Catzilla gives a Wile E. Coyote double-take before plummeting to his demise. "I know some people who used a mouse as a spokesperson. It turned out pretty well." Doubly funny when you realize that this movie was one of DreamWorks ' first films, and they're one of Disney's main competitors . Even funnier when in the beginning of the teaser trailer goes far by referencing Mickey Mouse via shadow puppet by this movie's mouse (pictured above). The mouse clinging to the bottom of the brothers car as a scare chord plays. The portrait of Rudolf Smuntz magically changes from a dour expression to smiling when his descendants make a significant change in their behavior, just like the portrait of Viktor Frankenstein . In a reference to a different Mel Brooks movie , Ernie yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" at his brother during their Volleying Insults scene. Hilarious in Hindsight , as Nathan Lane would later star in the Screen-to-Stage Adaptation as the character who says this line. TV ads of the movie in Brazil have a caption saying the mouse thinks he's The Incredible Hulk .