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Pokémon
At the end of the blooper segment, the gang shouts "That's all, folks!", a reference to the end of the Looney Tunes cartoon shorts.
The movie opens with a red MGM-style logo with Pikachu and a Poke ball.
The narrator's line "The balcony is closed" near the end of the episode references the closing quote from the long-running TV show Siskel & Ebert (1986).