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Follows

Space Jam (1996)

Spin off

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (VG)

References

I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
 -  Ham and Ex make an appearance
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
 -  The black bird statue from "The Maltese Falcon" can be seen on a shelf in the Warner Bros. boardroom.
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
 -  Beaky Buzzard
Casablanca (1942)
 -  Poster shown
Super-Rabbit (1943)
 -  Cottontail Smith, the "other" cartoon Bad guy at Yoswmite Sam's Casino
Falling Hare (1943)
 -  Re-uses the "ran out of gas" joke, plus the Gremlin appears
Russian Rhapsody (1944)
 -  The Gremlin is shown as a picture on the restaurant wall
Baseball Bugs (1946)
 -  Poster shown in Warner Bros. boardroom
Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
 -  Film poster visible in Warner Bros. boardroom
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
 -  Daffy acts like Duck Tracy
Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
 -  Gruesome Gorilla appears
Dough Ray Me-ow (1948)
 -  Heathcliff appears
Rabbit of Seville (1950)
 -  poster in background of board meeting
The Man from Planet X (1951)
Rabbit Fire (1951)
 -  The opening scene contains a reference.
Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
 -  Nasty Canasta
Feed the Kitty (1952)
 -  Marc Antony appears
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
 -  A poster for "Hoppin' in the Rain" is seen in the background
Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
 -  "pronoun trouble"
Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953)
Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
 -  The Squirrel appears
Robot Monster (1953)
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
 -  daffy's duck dodgers routine
Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
 -  "I'm a duck bent on self preservation."
Them! (1954)
 -  Mentions giant ants and plays theme music
Devil May Hare (1954)
 -  Marriage of Tazmanian Devils
This Island Earth (1955)
One Froggy Evening (1955)
 -  Michigan J. Frog makes an appearance and sings "Hello! Ma Baby"
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Le ballon rouge (1956)
Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
 -  Daffy Duck repeats variations on his "I'm rich! I'm wealthy!" exclamations.
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
 -  Yosemite Sam in the shed of explosives
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
"Doctor Who" (1963)
 -  Daleks in Area 52
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
 -  Name of missile used in film was the same as the one Slim Pickens rode in Strangelove.
"Batman" (1966)
 -  The sound of the Batmobile engine is the same one than in the 1960s Batman TV show.
Un homme et une femme (1966)
"Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969)
 -  Animated Shaggy and Scooby appear in the Warner commissary
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
"Speed Buggy" (1973)
 -  The Gremlin car's sputtering is Speedy Buggy sound effects.
"Roots" (1977)
 -  gag with Tweety
Star Wars (1977)
 -  Bugs's carrot lightsaber
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 -  Bugs and Marvin fight ala Luke and Darth
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 -  The temple area is based upon the opening of the film
Smorgasbord (1983)
Gremlins (1984)
 -  Musical score from Gremlins heard in film. In both movies, Jerry Goldsmith provided the score, and Joe Dante directed.
Aliens (1986)
 -  Marvin the martian attaches himself to the bottom of Bugs and Daffy's spacecraft in a similar way to the Mother Alien in Aliens (whilst looking at the camera knowingly)
The Living Daylights (1987)
 -  Timothy Dalton as a 007-esque spy
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Licence to Kill (1989)
 -  Timothy Dalton as a 007-esque spy
Batman (1989)
 -  A Batman movie is filming near the start of the film
Batman Forever (1995)
 -  Both had characters that rescued somebody with a grapple hook
Dead Man Walking (1995)
 -  Bugs Bunny can be heard saying "Dead duck walking" when Daffy is being thrown off the Warners Brothers lot.
Space Jam (1996)
 -  Michael Jordan showing up holding a basketball and saying "Let's do some drills"
The Mummy (1999)
 -  mentioned in conversation
The Mummy Returns (2001)
 -  mentioned in conversation
Klatretøsen (2002)
 -  Chase scene in Las Vegas is a shot-by-shot homage to the chase scene in this film
Scooby-Doo (2002)
 -  Matthew Lillard who played Shaggy in the 2002 film is being scolded by the Cartoon version of Shaggy for making him look bad in the film version.
Finding Nemo (2003)
 -  Bugs says "Look, I found Nemo!"

Referenced in

Behind the Tunes: Animal Quackers (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Putty Problems and Canary Rows (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Southern Pride Chicken (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Shark Tale (2004)
 -  DVD is on shelf at the pawn shop.
Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: It Hopped One Night - A Look at 'One Froggy Evening' (2004) (V)
 -  Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004) (V)
 -  Referenced by title

Features

I Love to Singa (1936)
 -  Shown on the video screen in the Acme board room

Featured in

"HBO First Look: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (#10.18)" (2003)
 -  clips
"Troldspejlet: (#30.14)" (2003)
 -  reviewed + footage used
"Troldspejlet: (#31.14)" (2004)
 -  DVD release reviewed + footage used

Spoofs

Dumbo (1941)
 -  Daffy says "Giddy-up, Dumbo!" to an elephant
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
 -  Poster spoofing film shown in Warner Bros. commissary
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
 -  Kevin McCarthy cameo based on earlier role
The Fly (1958)
 -  when they get reassembled they have body parts all mixed up
Psycho (1960)
 -  shower scene spoof
Star Wars (1977)
 -  Bugs' "carrot-saber"
Lethal Weapon (1987)
 -  References is made to a sequel entitled "Lethal Weapon Babies"
The Bodyguard (1992)
 -  Poster spoofing film shown on Warner lot
A Few Good Men (1992)
 -  Daffy says "You can't handle the truth!" while demonstrating his acting versatility
Space Jam (1996)
 -  Michael Jordan appears with a basketball.

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