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Trivia: There's a hockey team called the Monroeville Zombies. Monroeville was the setting of George A. Romero's Zombie film.

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Trivia: The fact that the characters shoot the film during the night at the cafe is a reference to director Kevin Smith's first film, Clerks , which was filmed during the night in the convenience store where he used to work.

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Trivia: When Skinner stops chasing Remy, a mime artist is visible in the background. This man is none other than Bomb Voyage, a character from The Incredibles, Pixar's previous production. (01:17:30)

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Trivia: There is a scene in the film where Baku people are running to the caves, or something like that. In the original cut of the film, some actors where chewing gum. The director and producer decided it didn't make them look scared, so they filmed than shot again, and it cost about one hundred thousand dollars.

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Trivia: The piano Victor plays at Victoria's house is labeled "Harryhausen." Ray Harryhausen was a famous special effects creator.

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Trivia: When Gromit is in jail, "Feathers was here" is written on the wall behind him. Feathers McGraw was the villain of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993).

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Trivia: Preston's name comes from the name of the town where director Nick Park was born.

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Trivia: "Moon cheese shares soar." is written on the newspaper that Gromit is reading at the beginning of the episode, a reference to "Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out" (1989).

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Trivia: George Lucas' three children play cameos. Jet is a young Jedi called Zett Jukassa. Amanda plays a character called Terr Taneel, and Katie plays a blue-skinned alien called Chi Eekway, both visible when Palpatine arrives at the senate after being saved by the Jedi.

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Trivia: When Joe is going to shoot the bomb on the robot's legs, you can see King Kong climbing on the Empire State building in the background. (00:14:15)

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Trivia: At first, the film was supposed to be filmed in France but there were no studios big enough so they had to transfer the production to London.

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Trivia: After the robots first attack New York City, a series of newspapers is shown. On the Japanese one, you can see Godzilla's outline. (00:15:58)

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Trivia: Kerry Conran first started this film with a low budget. He wanted to make a film with his friends and his family in his house, but it became too long to achieve. Producer Jon Avnet heard about the six-minute film and was deeply impressed, so he approached Conran with the idea of turning it into a full-length production.

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Trivia: When the army send an emergency message to Joe Sullivan, the call comes from a huge radio tower sitting on the top of the Earth and consists of visible radio waves. It is a reference to RKO Radio Pictures' logo.

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Trivia: At first, the title was simply "The World of Tomorrow," but has been changed so as not to be confused with another 2004 production, "The Day After Tomorrow."

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Trivia: Director Kerry Conran never went to New York City during the production. The city is digitally recreated by using old pictures, some of which used as backgrounds in the film.

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Trivia: Dr. Totenkopf is played by Sir Laurence Olivier, who died in 1989. Kerry Conran achieved this by using computer manipulated archive footage of Olivier and pictures given by his family.

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Trivia: The Thermians says that they are from the Klaatu Nebula. Klaatu is the name of the alien who visits Earth in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"(1951).

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Trivia: The orphanage scene was filmed at the Playboy Mansion. No wonder some children are caught reading that magazine.

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Trivia: The song "What Would Brian Boitano Do" is a reference to the short film "The Spirit of Christmas-Jesus vs. Santa Claus", on which the series is based. In the film, Stan asks Cartman "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" when Jesus is fighting with Santa and then Brian appears to help them. Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Christmas_ (short_film).

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