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A mention, allusion, citation, or homage to other works.
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Can this Pocahontas quote be traced back to a source?
The quote is from the song "Colors of the Wind" from Disney feature film Pocahontas:
You think all the people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. …
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Are those "Through the Looking Glass" movie background quotes anyhow related to Lewis Carroll?
The second quote, as quite famous, can be dated back to Shakespeare "Hamlet" (Act 3, scene 4, lines 173-176). "I must be cruel only to be kind". … What I am looking is Lewis Carroll´s reference, own interpretation or usage of them in his writings. …
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Is this quote a reference to something: "Tout est mauvais! C'est un festival!"
Is this a reference to something else? If so, what? I mean, I think it is a fun reference to an external source, but can't remember which.
It's probably a french reference. …
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Was there an intentional reference with the quote "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain K...
Is there any evidence that filmmakers added this line in the film as a reference to Pulp Fiction? Was this line improvised by Bruce Willis? …
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When did Martin Scorsese say "the most personal is the most creative"?
However, I looked up and I can't find what Scorsese's exact quote was/when he said it. Can anyone point me to it? …
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Are Star-Lord's final words a reference to something else?
a friend of mine meant that he thinks to know this quote from somewhere else, but wasn't sure where, some Western maybe. … I would thus like to know if this line from Star-Lord is a known quote from some other movie and further if this might even have been a reference to that movie. …
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How many references to famous Holmeses are there in Sherlock?
In this Buzzfeed article is the following quote from one of the show's creators:
"That is him becoming the Sherlock Holmes of Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett." …
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What are the references to the original Tron in Legacy?
when breaking into Encom at the beginning (Direct quote from Kevin in Tron)
Dumont on the front of the container making up part of Sam's residence. …
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What is the phrase "Paramedics, come on down!" in Family Guy referencing
An example of the clip can be found here:
And a Wikiquote article on season 9 containing this quote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Family_Guy/Season_9#New_Kidney_in_Town … What is this a reference to? …
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What is the movie playing on TV on Logan and what is its connection to the film?
They quote some lines of the movie, something like:
Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... tell her everything's all right. And there aren't any guns in the valley. …
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Young Sheldon, Season 1 Episode 11 "I was once visited by nine"
The entire quote, after young Sheldon is awakened from his binary meaning to the universe dream, Jim Parsons speaks the words:
"I was once visited by Nine when I had chickenpox. …
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Lost in Space (1965) "Feet, do your stuff" reference
The robot is obviously making a comical quote, but I can't figure out the reference. … Since it is such an out-of-place line for the robot - he has no feet and he's not supposed to be emotional - it's obviously a joke reference, but to who/what? …
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Is the "Patience will untie it" rhyme a reference to something?
Is this a reference to something? Unfortunately, searching online only turns up irrelevant results or copies of the show quote for me. …
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Is Lisa quoting something else in Deep Space Homer, or did the writers write this themselves?
Is this a reference to something else (poem/play etc) or did the writers come up with this themselves? …
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Was this line from Jurassic World ad libbed?
In Jurassic World, Irrfan Khan's character Masrani makes a reference to another character he played in Life of Pi:
MASRANI:
So, how's my park doing?
CLAIRE:
Great. … Life of Pi quote:
PI: Animals have souls. I have seen it in their eyes.
Was this line ad libbed by the actor, or was the reference included by the script writers once Khan had been cast? …