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Followed by
Version of
all these movies are de facto adaptations of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds novel
Spin-off
References
mentioned in a line of dialogue
Open reference by a character
The scene from black and white movie shown in the Casse trailer is from The Day the Earth Stood Still
Smith goes backwards and hits a wall and then he says "Whoops," because someone wrote the instructions wrong. The situation and quote was taken from the Daffy Duck cartoon of Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953).
The orientation of the bent street lamps and overturned cars as seen through the tank's night vision makes them resemble the Martian spaceships from the 1953 film.
References in dialogue
When Julius prays the secretary of defense says "But I'm not Jewish". Julius answers: "Nobody's perfect".
Directly lifts exotic dancer dialogue bit.
Will Smith's squadron were stationed at El Toro air base. This is the same name as the air base from which the Flying Wing Bomber flew out of to drop in the movie
Referenced by name (Special Edition only)
"Good Morning, Dave" startup message on David's computer
mentioned in a line of dialogue; also, the pilots using lights to communicate with the alien ship is similar to the officials doing the same to communicate in "Close Encounters."
Close up of the Aliens emerging from the ship head first at night
IMHO: The sequence where Bill Pullman climbs the ladder to his jet and watches the UFO take off bears a strong semblance to the scene in ESB where Luke climbs into his X-Wing after the Hoth battle and watches the Falcon take off.
"I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking" line
Open reference by a character
"For those of us accustomed to the likes of Close Encounters and Alien Space Ship..."
Among the sounds used to produce the noise the televisions make when they're experiencing the reception disturbance is the famous breathing of Darth Vader when he takes off his mask in Return of the Jedi
Steven called David Levinson "Captain Skyhawk"
The "Osaka police office" from the movie is seen
After Steven hits the alien then David Levinson said "How can the same smeg happen to the same guy twice?"
A child can be seen playing with The Predator toy from Predator 2 in one scene in the film
Mecha-King Ghidorah toy can be seen
The line, "Eh, fuck my lawyer,"
A man in the satellite call centre talking on the phone says 'Yes ma'am, I love the X-Files too'
Goldblum's "Must go faster, must go faster!" line.
When talking about snow boarding
A car crashes through a billboard for the movie
The scene onboard the submarine U.S.S. Georgia uses a set from Crimson Tide
Corinthians 1:30 When the virus takes over the computer
The scenes with the stealth bombers used sets from Broken Arrow
Between principal photography and the re-shoot of Russell's scenes in his F18, the cockpit mock-up was from The Rock
Referenced in
The UFO is shown on the movie screen in "Hollywood Holocaust"
Mentioned by name.
Film mentioned and still photos shown.
Kim mentions this in a conversation with Niecy
Charlie tells Richard he's seen it.
Referenced during cold opening, monolgogue and 'Hollywood Party'
A Jeff Goldblum action figure is shown.
Poster on billboard.
Mentioned as one of the year's best films.
Installing virus (=Windows 95!) into a alien spaceship
Is mentioned in the show
title reference
The entire Katina level, including the character Bill Grey, is a reference to this film.
Mention by Jeff Goldblum
Mike: I never thought I'd say it but suddenly Independence Day seems a richly nuanced movie.
C. Schlingensief asks Roland Emmerich for 9,000 D Mark to shoot a remake of "Independence Day"
Poster on the wall
Mentioned by name
Daniel Jackson makes a sarcastic remark about how they can defeat the Goa'uld by uploading a virus into the mothership.
When clicked repeatedly the Wraith pilots quote Will Smith's character in the scene where he and Jeff Goldblum fly to the mothership: "I gotta get me one of these.".
A small statue of an alien from Independence Day (1996) (also directed by Roland Emmerich) is visible in the broadcast booth at Madison Square Garden
Mulder urinates on a poster for the film
Pete tries to rally the other tennants against the landlord by saying "Today can be our independence day!"
They talk about this film too after getting it confused with independant movies.
mentioned once
In the ice-man's 1996 habitat, an Independance Day poster is on the wall.
poster visible at Mr. Chu's video store
The Trade Federation ships closing in on Naboo like the alien ships closing on Earth
Dr. Evil mentions using footage from this.
mentioned along with Deep Impact, Armageddon, and Independence Day
There is a poster for Independence Day outside the video store
Sharon: "Tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down!"
The escape from the mothership scene is recreated.
A poster for a film called "GUZ" in the style of "ID4" in Will Smith's house based on this movie.
the films alien uses a human telepathically to speak.
The house's screens go staticky and a laughing Jolly Roger appears. This happens in the alien ship in "Independence Day". The skull and laugh are identical.
Parody poster at the movie rental store.
Jesus tells Santa "You're a... bad liar" after the former is shot and is about to die.
Jason compares the power-loss to the plot of "ID4".
the man in the space station talks about uploading a computer virus to the spaceship to disable it, just like 'independence day'
Cloud formation when space ship arrives
Just before the shooting Andre utters the line, "Let's kick the tires and light the fires"
Oglethorpe: No, it is a Fargate! From the makers of Thindependence Day!
mentioned once
Leland Orser mention it once
Character refers to a film coming out soon.
Poster for a similar movie in the movie studio.
mentioned once
mentioned once
The scenes in which large cities were destroyed by a rolling fire were made to look like those being destroyed in Independence Day.
This title is referenced.
The Xilian aliens' mothership uses an energy shield that made their ship invulnerable to all attacks. It was eventually brought down (see reference to RETURN OF THE JEDI).
nuke planted in alien mothership
"Uploading" a Slayer CD at the end is very similar to the computer virus uploaded in this film.
During the interview, Bill Pullman says he was in this movie.
Referenced by title
On his first ride in the Batmobile, Lt. Gordon exclaims, "I've got to get me one of these!" (a memorable line from ID4)
correct response in "This Movie Is a Disaster!" category
Referenced by name
In one scene, the Black Arms destroy the White House in exactly the same fashion as in Independence Day's famous scene.
Goldblum's past movies are mentioned in conversation
Mentioned once by Paul Verhoeven
One of Johnny's favourite monologues
Seen on the shelf in the DVD store
The Nerd makes references to the film.
mentioned once
Video case is shown.
mentioned once
When Simmons is trying to hack into a computer, Grif says "I find viruses that feature a laughing skull tend to work best."
Mentioned by Spielberg.
The Apollo Fighter as it is finished being built, it says "Just kick the tires and light the fires."
Jaden Smith repeatedly asks for his father who would have killed those aliens
mentioned once
Line is taken from
A person in the space station talks about uploading a computer virus to the spaceship to disable it, just like in the movie.
the "we will not go quietly into the night" speech around 1h 5m into the movie
The plan to take down the machines is said to be exactly like the one in this film
Right after the spaceships arrival college student #1 is interviewed on TV and says 'Dude, This IS Independence Day', whereby college student #2 replys and points out the fact that ID4 in turn was a ripoff of a any number of previous scifi movies.
Mentioned during Weekend Update and picture shown
Mention twice by Roland Emmerich
Obama goes from talking about Independence Day to aliens
Peter thinks Ollie Williams looks like Will Smith and asks what it felt like to punch the alien in the face.
Poster is shown briefly
other films from Roland Emmerich
"I've gotta get me one of these!"
Mike refers to Bill Pullman's monologue during his inspirational speech.
Mentioned by Will Smith (Jay Pharoah)
title mentioned
Rob, impersonating Jeff Goldbum, says "checkmate!"
mentioned among Emmerich's other films
The film is discussed
Poster is shown.
mentioned among Roland Emmerich's previous films
"Her boyfriend is played by that guy from Independence Day."
Vivica A. Fox is introduced as having been in the film
mentioned
Ignatiy mentions that Roland Emmerich directed the film
Title mentioned while introducing Jeff Goldblum
title mentioned
title mentioned
Features
Is playing on the TV monitor at the Casse home.
It is featured on the television screen near the start of the film
Featured in
Clips are shown.
clips
Clip shown
footage is shown from this film
footage appears throughout
Footage from this film was edited into this mini-series.
number 47
clips at various points
clips shown and discussed
Clips from this film are featured in "The Great American Culture Quiz" segment.
A fragment is shown.
Clips shown.
A downtown explosion scene is used
"Filmstradamus: The End of the World" segment
Features Clip
Clips of mistakes shown
Features Will Smith's line "welcome to earth"
Movie reviewed/clips shown.
Taking the #2 best disaster movie
Seen on TVs in the electronics store
Some clips are shown
"This week we're going to reference Independence Day as a positive."
recalling the scene of Boomer surviving the tunnel explosion
#4
"Welcome to earth, indeed."
Spoofs
Spoofed in
There is a mission where Fox has to destroy a mothership hovering over a base that plays out just like the final battle.
Spoofed as 'Co-Dependence Day'
The ending of the game is a funny homage of the ending of the film (SPOILERS: with a pilot crashing and destroying the alien ship)
The scene with the white house being destroyed by a ship's laser is re-enacted.
Zoidberg throws himself against the glass of the containment room to the horror of the onlookers - just as the alien in Independence Day does.
Alien ship is taken from Independence Day
When they find out about the "Heart of Wall-Mart", Chef says "Spread the word to other towns" to a military guy like in this movie
The earth is invaded by flying saucers and borrows a song from ID4.
Characters from the film offer advice on how to survive an alien attack
Robert Loggia's character repeatedly mocked
Renee Zellweger auditions for this movie
This short is a spoof of a scene from Independence Day
If you look at the monitor next to Keswick, a UFO blasts a building that spoofs the White House.




