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References
In Trainspotting, when Spud and Renton are sitting alone together on a couch at a bar, the walls behind them have white words such as "voloko." These are the same words and style behind Alex and his three droogs in A Clockwork Orange.
It is one of the VHS tapes that Mark drops at the start of the movie.
Referenced in
At Cannes, Dennis asks Virginia Bottomley if this film will be "a great shot in the arm for the British film industry".
Video box set shown with shades, lighter and metal rizla holder shown.
Mentioned as one of the year's best films.
Roger Ebert mentions the movie in reference to Danny Boyle.
Poster on wall of Susan's L.A. apartment.
Mike: "Fishspotting"
Film mentioned by Gary
movie poster in the street
The debut of Scott Vick's ring name Sick Boy.
Poster in toilet during Ken Korda segement.
Video box in foreground of the special edition videos scene.
Mike: Corpsespotting.
duplicates the shot in which Renton in Trainspotting is almost hit by a car
Lulu mentions the title during the interview.
on shelf in video store
A poster for Trainspotting (1996) can be seen on Tyler's door, when the cop went out.
Ringo wears a T-shirt with the movie's title
title reference
when Kai is searching the drugs in the toilet it references "Trainspotting" where Renton does the same
soundtrack posters in record shop
Ross halucinating that his swimming with drugs and underwater mines, similar to scene where Renton searches for heroin in the toilet
Maria is a heroin addict and some drug scenes were influenced by the movie
Referenced by name
Mention once
Cher mentions the film in a conversation with her agent.
The scene that has a character search through a dirty toilet, was inspired by a similar scene in Trainspotting.
Video case is shown in a video store.
Drug den
It can be read on the flip-chart that one characters favourite album is the "Trainspotting Soundtrack"
One detective refers to another's observation of surveillace video tape as "Tram Spotting."
A cop pulls Ewan McGregor over to tell him that he really enjoyed Trainspotting
near the end of the film, Ewen Bremner (as Inspector Dowd) refers to a heroin addict with multiple convictions. Bremner played a heroin addict with multiple convictions in trainspotting.
Poster visible in the kitchen.
'Lust for Live' sequence is copied with children running home from school
Video case is shown.
Mentioned by Jeremy
Mention is made of someone turning down a role in this film to star in Three Colors Blue.
movie is mentioned
Referenced by name
Its poster is seen in the room of Apurv
The chase scene in the beginning, the music is same and Chuck gets hit by a car and falls on its hood
The achievement 'Brainspotting'
dialogue
Referenced by name
Referenced by name
Both movies are directed by Danny Boyle and both feature a scene where a character dives into a filthy toilet and emerges covered in feces.
During a differential, House observes that none of his team have seen Trainspotting since one can become worse off after getting clean of drugs.
"I was Transpotting it into the toilet"
Shot of Spud looking inside box mimicked
A similar scene where a character reaches inside a toilet drenched in feces.
Poster seen on the wall
Referenced by name
Drinking scenes shot in a similar style and head in toilet scene.
Included in a $4,000 question
"that Trainspotted fella"
The narrators joke that all good Brit films (Trainspotting and Lock Stock) start with a chase and mock Four Weddings.
"We then rip off Trainspotting..."
Included in a $10,000 question
Titles of the movies
as another film from Danny Boyle
Film mentioned during intro for Danny Boyle
Appears on the list of Blu-ray releases of February/March
Talked about
Rainn Wilson says his son watched the film to prepare for a role playing a train in a school play
The toilet scene is recalled when Alice is pulled through a drawer
Today's guest panelist Irvine Welsh spoke of his new book, a prequal to 'trainspotting' the international best-seller and film!
mentioned in dialogue
Jay mentions that Ewan McGregor was in the film
Mentioned by the ISIS crew.
Featured in
Clips are shown
Clips shown.
Extracts shown
Clips are shown
A fragment is shown.
Child neglect from dealing with drugs
Clips shown and discussed
a clip is shown in a montage of Ewan McGregor's films
Lindsay compares it to Reality Bites
The opening fragment, featuring Ewan McGregor, is shown.
Spoofs
Spoofed in
"Toytrainspotting" - spoof reenacted with soft toys.
The end credits is a parody of a scene from Transpotting.
first scene of the film spoofed
Bart and Lisa get high on British candy and run around the UK similar to Renton, Spud and Sick Boy at the beginning of Trainspotting. Also, Maggie crawls the ceiling and twists her head 360 degrees, spoofing Renton's reaction to going cold turkey.
when Bamm-Bamm is on the ceiling
The scene where Nick Angel chases the purple-track-suit-clad shoplifter is almost a shot-for-shot parody of the opening sequence in Trainspotting (1996).
Pinkie sees a baby crawling on the ceiling twisting its head 360 degrees
When Tina sees the baby on the ceiling