References
"Watch Mr. Wizard" (1951)
- Rawhide chides Perfect Tommy by saying, "Dr. Lizardo was a famous scientist, dummkopf!" To which, Tommy replies, "So was Mr. Wizard."
The Night That Panicked America (1975) (TV)
Superman (1978)
- Buckaroo Banzai is seen wearing a pair of red (somewhat dorky) glasses, and goes into a phone booth with them on. The situation, along with Buckaroo's general look, bears a striking resemblance to that of Clark Kent/Superman entering a phone booth.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
"Mr. Wizard's World" (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Referenced in
Into the Night (1985/I)
- Jeff Goldblum shouts "Banzai!" at Jack Caper's house. Goldbum was in Buckaroo Banzai a year earlier.
Back to the Future (1985)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
They Live (1988)
"Star Trek: The Next Generation: Up the Long Ladder (#2.18)" (1989)
- While Picard is doing a computer search, there is a listing for a ship SS Buckaroo Bonzai commanded by John Whorfin, on a mission to "Planet 10, Dimension 8"
Total Recall (1990)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Danger! Death Ray (#7.20)" (1995)
- "Buckeroo Banzai goes nursing home"!
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997) (VG)
- The "Billboard-Bulletins" throughout the factory-levels are reminiscent of the "motivational speeches" at Yoyodine Industries in "Buckaroo Banzai"
Free Enterprise (1998)
- "Coming Soon ...'William Shatner vs. the World Crime League'" refers to "coming soon: Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime League" at the end of the 1984 movie.
Interstate '82 (1999) (VG)
Fight Club (1999)
- The announcement of "Phone call for John Bigboote" can be heard.
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' (2001) (V)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- The scene in which Professor Hikita flees the Lectroids, unlocking and locking doors, is paralleled in the Matrix Reloaded by The Keymaker fleeing Merovingian's men.
Nothing (2003)
- In the office the announcement "Phone call for John Bigboote" can be heard.
"Angel: Harm's Way (#5.9)" (2004)
- The narrator at the beginning says that Wolfram and Hart has branches that reach into major corporations like Yoyodyne.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Walking scene at the end of the movie, Wes Anderson has said it was an homage to the '84 sci-fi comedy.
"What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Farmed and Dangerous (#3.5)" (2005)
- The watermelon in the vice from Buckaroo Banzai appears in the secret lab.
"Stargate SG-1: Origin (#9.3)" (2005)
- Cameron: "'Wherever you go, there you are.' I think that's Buckaroo Bonzai."
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006)
- DVD seen in pawn shop
"The Middleman: The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome (#1.12)" (2008)
- Mention of an oscillation overthruster.
Spud (2009)
- Group scene at the end is an homage to the famous end scene of Buckaroo Banzai.
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