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Independence Day (1996)

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Independence Day

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Edited from

    • R.E.M.: It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) (Music Video 1987)

      Song featured in TV Spot.

Edited into

    • Armageddon in Effect (Video 2008)

      Sample(s).
    • The Joey Salads Collection (Video 2019)

      The scene where the White House explodes is from Independence Day

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Striptease/Cold Fever/The Nutty Professor/A Perfect Candidate/Maybe, Maybe Not (TV Episode 1996)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (Short 1996)

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Independence Day/Special Effects/Phenomenon (TV Episode 1996)

      Reviewed.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Courage Under Fire/Walking and Talking/Trainspotting/Harriet the Spy (TV Episode 1996)

      Re-reviewed.
    • "HBO First Look" The Making of 'Independence Day' (TV Episode 1996)

      clips

Features

    • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

      Is playing on the TV monitor at the Casse home.
    • Entertainment Tonight (TV Series 1981)

    • The McLaughlin Group (TV Series 1982)

      It is featured on the television screen near the start of the film
    • R.E.M.: It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) (Music Video 1987)

      Song featured.
    • The Tick (TV Series 1994–1997)

      The intro of the cartoon is show in one of the TV screens at David's workplace

Followed by

    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Referenced in

    • Area 51 (Video Game 1995)

    • Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game 1996)

      The UFO is shown on the movie screen in "Hollywood Holocaust"
    • "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" I, Whoops, There It Is (TV Episode 1996)

      Mentioned by name.
    • "Future Fantastic" Alien (TV Episode 1996)

      Film mentioned and still photos shown.
    • "WWE Raw" The Ultimate Suspension (TV Episode 1996)

      Jim Cornette says that his men destroyed the Ultimate Warrior like the aliens in this movie destroyed the White House.

References

    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      mentioned in a line of dialogue
    • Dumbo (1941)

      Open reference by a character
    • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

      The scene from black and white movie shown in the Casse trailer is from The Day the Earth Stood Still
    • The War of the Worlds (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.
    • Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Short 1953)

      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).

Spin-off

    • ID4 Mission Disks (Video Game 1996)

      Movie tie-in games.
    • Independence Day (Video Game 1997)

Spoofed in

    • Star Fox 64 (Video Game 1997)

      There is a mission where Fox has to destroy a mothership hovering over a base that plays out just like the final battle.
    • Bimbo Movie Bash (1997)

      Spoofed in film.
    • Men in Black (1997)

    • "Muppets Tonight" Rick Moranis (TV Episode 1997)

      Spoofed as 'Co-Dependence Day'
    • Metal Slug 2 (Video Game 1998)

      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)

Spoofs

    • Back to the Future (1985)

      Opening a car door on a necking couple and pulling the girl out of the car, the way Biff does with Marty. Tiffany is made up to look comically similar to Lorraine.

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