Connections
Edited into
scenes are taken from this film
References
Referenced in
A poster for Metropolis can be seen when # 326 follows Sonia to Jellusic's house.
The "self-portrait" of Kitty March very closely resembles the scene of the robot Maria being brought to life.
One of the aliens disguises itself as an Earth woman, in a scene reminiscent of the transformation of the mechanical woman into Maria.
close-up of someone's hand on a factory button, painstakingly recreated
The pathways in the garden, and the road in the dark wood, form a labyrinth like the corridors in the earlier film.
C3P0 is modeled on the robot
The India sequence features a close shot of hands pointing at the sky, which closely echoes a shot in the 'Babel' sequence of Metropolis.
The dance sequence in the church, for a few seconds, perfectly imitates key dance moves from the famous Man-Machine dance from Metropolis. The dancer in the church is actually the choreaographer of the entire movie, who included the imitation as an homage.
Mentioned in Dialogue.
a clock runs backwards: while Freder is working in the machine-room, and while Joel is waiting for class to end
The scene in which the Art Deco temple emits plasma / lightning (when the portal doors are opened) bears more than a passing resemblance to the destruction of the "Heart Machine" scene (in Metropolis).
documentary about the 80's version
The film is mentioned in a conversation
One of the students is dress up as Maria from this movie.
The Decepticons' human slave-driven power plant is very like (and probably inspired by) the "M-Machine" of "Metropolis".
At the beginning of the film a poster of the 1984 re-release can be seen.
Tetsuo creates a replacement mechanical right arm for himself, like Rotwang in "Metropolis"
The appearance of the robot is very close to the robot of Metropolis. And he has the same name: Maria.
Jakob Stegelmann talks about robots in films, mentions Maria, and shows still from the film
Poster is displayed in front of theater.
Poster art for this is shown,
Title mentioned
poster seen
Aside from having 12 hours instead of 10, the clock face is identical.
The poster is seen in Kate's room
Mentioned by Alexander Mackendrick.
When Leeloo is being revived, she is placed in a machine that is a near copy of the one used to create the robot in Metrolpolis.
The title is mentioned by the narrator.
mentioned by Anthony Daniels
Maria poster seen in Goomer's spaceship.
Anna is dressed and lighted to look like Maria from "Metropolis." She is first mostly seen near large turning gears and machinery like that in the "Metropolis" city.
The look of the Thin Man in this movie is inspired by the look of the Thin Man in "Metropolis".
Leonardo Leonardo's plans involves having workers operating machinery in the underground, the next step is flooding the underground. This is reminiscent of scenes in Metropolis.
Title reference
The artificial woman from Metropolis appears in this film.
The name of the city 'Monstropolis'
The movie "Metropolis" is mentioned by Val Guest during his interview.
Referenced as one of UFA's biggest artistic triumphs, ca. 12 minutes into the film.
mentioned once
documentary about the film
mentioned once
Mention once
Art deco/German Expressionist depiction of futuristic city. Beautiful and dangerous female android.
mentioned once
1. Metroville's name 2. Panorama in the archive footage references similar shot in Metropolis
Planktropolis is the new name for Bikini Bottem when Plankton takes over. It bears resemblence to the metropolis city in that movie
A poster is shown on a wall
This movie's robots influenced George Lucas's creation C3PO
Were Bunny Death Scene
The old men make reference to this film.
The Art Deco design of the Cybermen, and their robotic movements, is reminiscent of the robot Maria.
rising ring of light in the scientist's lab
poster in bar
Seen on the shelf in the DVD store
'Metropolis' T-shirt has the title and an image from the movie on front
Referenced by name
in keeping with the films overall German expressionist feel, the birth of Olympia is a riff on the Maria creation scene in Metropolis
main character must confront the ruler of an underground/underwater city; architechtual and atmospheric similarities also abound.
Bald and semi-naked workers carrying liberty, much like in the Babel sequence.
Ted has a Metropolis poster in his bedroom wall.
Maria the Gynoid makes a cameo appearance.
Ted has a Metropolis poster on the wall of his room.
Creation scene
The title is a tip of the hat to Fritz Lang's Metropolis and to its fake-Maria erotic dance scene set in the nightclub quarter named Yoshiwara.
A still photograph is shown
Matt's solo scene in A.D.D's music video
Ted has a Metropolis poster on the wall of his room.
The celluloid image of Shosanna laughing while burning mirrors the Evil Maria in the bonfire in Fritz Lang's classic -- ironically, one of Hitler's favorite movies
mentioned in dialogue
Freder's 'stretching-like-the-hands-of-a-clock' scene is visually referenced when Elastic Girl sneaks into an arm dealer's apartment.
Mentioned by Jasper
Subject of a $1,000 clue in the category "'Itz' at the End"
Subject of a $2,000 clue in the category "Mr. & Ms. Roboto"
Documentary about Metropolis
documentary about the film
Referenced by name
documentary about the film
The DVD appears in the background
The DVD appears in the background.
The DVD appears in the background
The Westside Pipeway is reminiscent of some of the machinery in "Metropolis".
The DVD appears in the background
poster seen
Movie listed on the box art of James' Classic Horror DVD Box Set.
The DVD appears in the background
mentioned among the influences for Superman.
Poster in Nazi theater in 'Zombies' game mode titled 'Pygmalion' mimics the poster art of 'Metropolis'.
In the Background/Appears on the list of DVD releases of November/December.
The DVD appears in the background
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The DVD is seen on the background
DVD appears on the background
Poster seen on wall
DVD appears on the background
the film of this episode's topic
DVD appears In the Background
DVD appears in the background / mentioned
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DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
The opening shot with its special effects references the activation of the robot Maria.
DVD appears in the background
The opening scene showing students at Hogwarts being herded towards the classroom, reflects the opening scene of Metropolis, where workers are herded into the big city
poster appears in Paula's room
Movie poster seen on the wall in an apartment
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
If you look at the ring girl in the final fight, she is dressed as a very close approximation of the famous robot from the silent film "Metropolis".
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
DVD appears in the background
RuPaul says one of DiDa Ritz's runway looks is "very Fritz Lang Metropolis."
DVD appears on the backgorund
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DVD appears on the backgorund
Movie poster in the apartment
DVD & Blu-ray in the background
DVD & Blu-ray in the background
DVD & Blu-ray in the background
seen by Alan and Destiny
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DVD & Blu-ray appears on the background
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Brigitte is named after actress Brigitte Helm - who played a similar role as evil android in Metropolis.
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Featured in
A segment from this film is featured.
Clips from the film is showed during the show
in part II
Contains footage of the film.
Two montage sequences from Metropolis are shown, including scenes of the powerhouse exploding and a scene of the robot/Maria seated in a chair.
clip shown
clip shown
One of the videos on the countdown features clips from this.
Cinema scene can be seen
Abalon shows the movie in his lab.
Featured in the Volker Schlöndorff segment.
clips shown
Contains footage of the film.
clips shown
clips
clips
Clip shown.
Forrest J Ackerman mentions the film during a guided tour through his Acker Mansion, a huge collection of sci-fi and monster memorabilia + clips shown
short clip at the beginning
extensive footage shown
extensive footage shown
Clips in "Radio Gaga"
to illustrate Langlois' museum and the robot it displays from the film: a film clip follows
clips
Clips are shown
Clip from film is used in this episode.
clip shown
Clips of the film was shown and discussed greatly in this documentry.
Jacque Fresco was inspired by the architecture and robotics.
Jakob Stegelmann talks about robots featured in films, and mentions the title + footage used
Clip shown
Clips included in documentary
Jim is watching it in a theatre.
Extensive footage shown
several scenes shown
Scene of film is shown and commented.
Clips shown.
Movie reviewed in this episode.
Clips shown
Seen and discussed by Alan and Josh
Clips from this film are shown in Lost Forever.
Featured on a screen at a club Goody and Stacy go to
1984 cut clips shown
Spoofed in
The city's "travel tubes" are seen in the opening credits transporting several main characters.
Laika struggles with a futuristic switchboard in a comical variant of the machine scenes in Metropolis