Movie connections for
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009) (TV)

Spin off

Ace Ventura (1996) (VG)
"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1996)

References

Frankenstein (1931)
 -  When he gets his car going, Ace shouts "It's alive!"
The Invisible Man (1933)
 -  Ray Finkel does "a Claude Rains" after he escapes from a mental institution.
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
 -  "...Pulled a Claude Raines..."
Dragnet (1954)
 -  When Ace learns that Einhorn is coming down, he hums a few bars from the Dragnet theme-song.
"Lassie" (1954)
"The Addams Family" (1964)
 -  "Uncle Fester is looking for you"
"Star Trek" (1966)
 -  Ace does a series of Star Trek impressions.
"Doctor Dolittle" (1970)
 -  Quote: "Who let Dr. Dolittle in?"
"The Love Boat" (1977)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
 -  Opening shot
Super Bowl XVII (1983) (TV)
 -  Ace "watches" a clip from Super Bowl 17
"Miami Vice" (1984)
 -  Ace mentions the show.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
 -  Ace does an impression of Kirk looking for aquatic mammals in the present, in reference to this movie.
"Hard Copy" (1989)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Martin Lawrence/Crash Test Dummies (#19.14)" (1994)
 -  Mentioned during David Spade's Hollywood Minute
"The Critic: Uneasy Rider (#1.12)" (1994)
 -  Jay sees a billboard for the movie
"Married with Children: A Man for No Seasons (#9.11)" (1994)
 -  Peggy and Marcy are going to the theatre to watch "Ace Ventura: The Musical".
"The Simpsons: Lisa's Wedding (#6.19)" (1995)
 -  Ace Venura VI, fictional sequel to this film is playing at the cinema in the background when Lisa mentions the magic of Jim Carrey.
Major Payne (1995)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)
 -  Mike (as Jim Carrey): "Alrighty then!"
"Saturday Night Live: Jim Carrey/Soundgarden (#21.20)" (1996)
 -  Referenced during the monologue
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)
 -  Mike: (as Jim Carrey) Alllllll righty then.
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
 -  Poster shown.
"The Nanny: Fransom (#5.4)" (1997)
 -  Maxwell refers to Jeff, the police detective in charge of the dog-napping case, as Ace Ventura.
Buffalo '66 (1998)
"Dawson's Creek: Road Trip (#1.9)" (1998)
 -  Nina: I can't believe you're blaming mainstream popularity to artistic merit. Methodology, then shouldn't we be studying Ace Ventura
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1998) (TV)
 -  MIke: In ten weeks the baby Carreys pop out and start talking out of their tiny butts.
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Liar Liar: Bridging the Comedy Chasm (1999) (V)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
"Undeclared: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (#1.10)" (2002)
 -  Jimmy has a poster for the film in his dorm room.
"Gilmore Girls: One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes (#3.4)" (2002)
 -  Rory quotes the film, then has to explain the reference to Lane.
Bruce Almighty (2003)
 -  God says "Alrighty then" in the style of Ace Ventura, then looks at Jim Carrey; other lines used as well
"Tripping the Rift: Miss Galaxy 5000 (#1.3)" (2004)
 -  Both Chode and Bobo talk with their butts as Ace does
"Da Ali G Show: Peace (#2.3)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned when Ali G confuses John Carrey with Jim Carrey.
Taxi (2004/I)
 -  Belle calls Washburn "Ace Dumbtura".
World of Warcraft (2004) (VG)
 -  A NPC the game is called "Finkle Einhorn", where the name refers to the character Lois Einhorn from the movie and her alter ego Ray Finkle.
Return to Edge City (2005) (V)
 -  This title is referenced.
How's It Going to End? The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Still Dumb After All These Years (2006) (V)
 -  referenced
"The Office: New Boss (#5.18)" (2009)
 -  Referenced by Pam
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009)
 -  Ellen says that Trevor Moore spends the film looking like Ace Ventura and doing a bad Jim Carrey impression
"The Office: Koi Pond (#6.7)" (2009)
 -  Michael quotes a long drawn out 'really'

Featured in

"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-01)" (2008)
 -  Clips of this film were featured during a segment on dangerous pets.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-07-01)" (2008)
 -  Clips from this film were featured during a repeat segment with Mike Heithaus from the 'National Geograhic Channel'.

Spoofs

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Help! (1965)
 -  Don Shula, like Ringo, has his hand pulled into a mailbox because of a ring.
"Mission: Impossible" (1966)
Jaws (1975)
Poltergeist (1982)
"Miami Vice" (1984)
"The Ren & Stimpy Show: Marooned/Untamed World (#1.5)" (1991)
 -  The part where Ren gets shot with the dart was copied in the movie.
The Crying Game (1992)
In the Line of Fire (1993)

Spoofed in

Ass Ventura: Crack Detective (1995) (V)
"The Critic: From Chunk to Hunk (#2.5)" (1995)
 -  Jay reviews Jim Carrey in "Abraham Lincoln: Pet Detective"
Night Watch (1995) (TV)

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