Trivia: When the town welcomes the new sheriff, it's with a "laurel and hearty handshake." This is a reference to the great comedy duo, Laurel and Hardy.
Bishop73
9th Dec 2015
Blazing Saddles (1974)
4th Dec 2015
Cops and Robbersons (1994)
Trivia: In the beginning, Norman Robberson mentions Kojak reruns to his co-worker. Gus Savalas who plays the cook in the movie is the brother of Telly Savalas (who played Kojak).
30th Nov 2015
Pixels (2015)
Trivia: Futurama's "Anthology of Interest II" episode contained a segment called "Raiders of the Lost Arcade" where Fry asks what would happen if life was more like a video game. In the segment, video games come to life and attack Earth, and it's up to Fry to save the day because of his video game playing skills. Billy West, who voices Fry, later performed voices in "Pixels", which was based on this premise.
21st Nov 2015
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite (2013)
Trivia: When The Joker interrupts the ceremony and shows the video of him blowing up the building, there's a scene where he hits the detonator a few times before the building blows up. This is a scene paying homage to what happened in The Dark Knight when there was an actual unplanned delay during filming of the explosion going off during the blowing up of the hospital.
16th Nov 2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Trivia: Steffiana de la Cruz, who plays Kira, is Kevin James's wife in real life. She was also in Paul Blart 1 as a mall patron.
16th Nov 2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Trivia: Magneto's line "I don't know karate, but I know crazy" comes from James Brown's 1973 hit "The Payback." Although the actual lyrics are "I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor."
16th Nov 2015
Idiocracy (2006)
16th Nov 2015
Supergirl (2015)
Trivia: At the end, Kara says to her sister "don't watch Homeland without me." David Harwood, who plays Hank Henshaw (the head of the Department of Extra-Normal Operations) also played David Estes on Homeland, and Melissa Benoist appeared in two episodes of the show.
16th Nov 2015
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Trivia: In the show, there's a running gag of Charlie being obsessed with the waitress and her constantly rejecting him. In real life Charlie (Charlie Day) and the waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) are married. They married in 2006, although they were dating before the show started.
11th Nov 2015
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
28th Sep 2015
Henry Danger (2014)
One Henry, Three Girls: Part 1 - S2-E2
Trivia: When Kid Danger and Veronica are about to kiss in the park, the old man who stop them is holding a book called "Good Burger." The show's writer, Dan Scheider also wrote for the show Good Burger.
20th Sep 2015
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Spy Buddies / Boat Smarts / Good Ol' Whatshisname - S5-E4
Trivia: At the end of "Spy Buddies", Plankton gives Mr. Krabs $1, as part of the usual bet. This is a reference to "Trading Places", where the Duke brothers' usual wager was $1.
30th Aug 2015
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
30th Aug 2015
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
23rd Aug 2015
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Trivia: In addition to Oscar's assistant being named "Frank", the circus is named Baum Bros. L. Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz.
23rd Aug 2015
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
20th Aug 2015
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
The Patty Caper/Plankton's Regular - S6-E8
Trivia: When Patrick, as the "sketch artist", draws Squidward, Squidward is lying on the ground eating a krabby patty. This is a reference to the YouTube video of a drunk David Hasselhoff lying on the ground, eating a hamburger.
13th Aug 2015
Multiplicity (1996)
Trivia: Michael Keaton is seen wearing a Penn State hat. Keaton was born in Pennsylvania and is a long time resident of Pittsburgh, although Penn State is not his alma mater.
13th Aug 2015
Spaceballs (1987)
Trivia: When Skroob's ship arrives at Planet Druidia, Colonel Sandurz says the ship is preparing for metamorphosis to which Lord Helmet says "Ready, Kafka?" Franz Kafka wrote the book "The Metamorphosis."
31st Jul 2015
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Fish Guts Displacement - S6-E10
Trivia: In the beginning, after talking about the Spider-Man theme, Sheldon says it's right up there after Inspector Gadget and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (to which the gang chimes in "heroes in a half shell, turtle power"). Chuck Lorre, the show's creator, wrote the original TMNT theme song that they are referring to.
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