Homages & Influences


Session #1 - Asteroid Blues

Antonio Carlos Jobim

 MUSICIAN: ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM

 Character Name Homage: Senile Old Men

Desperado

 FILM: DESPERADO

 Character Design Influence: Asimov & Katerina

 Scene Influence: Bar shoot-out

Bonnie & Clyde

 FILM: BONNIE & CLYDE

 Scene Influence: Asimov & Katerina's last stand

 


Session #2 - Stray Dog Strut

Stray Cat Strut

 SONG: STRAY CAT STRUT

 Title Homage

Way Of The Dragon

 PUPPET SHOW: PUNCH AND JUDY

 Character Name Homage & Design Influence: Big Shot Hosts

Way Of The Dragon

 FILM: WAY OF THE DRAGON

 Referenced In Dialogue

Game Of Death

 FILM: GAME OF DEATH

 Scene Influence: Spike VS Hakim


Session #3 - Honky Tonk Woman

Honky Tonk Woman

 SONG: HONKY TONK WOMAN

 Title Homage

Poker Alice

 FILM: POKER ALICE

 Referenced In Dialogue

Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

 ALBUM: ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

 Location Name Homage: Casino is named Spiders From Mars

Charlie Parker

 MUSICIAN: CHARLIE PARKER

 Referenced In Dialogue


Session #5 - Ballad Of Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

 SONG: FALLEN ANGELS

 Title Homage

Notre Dame Cathedral

 LANDMARK: NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

 Location Influence

The Killer

 FILM: THE KILLER

 Scene Influence: Church shoot-out

The Crow

 FILM: THE CROW

 Scene Influence: The fall of Spike


Session #6 - Sympathy For The Devil

Sympathy For The Devil

 SONG: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

 Title Homage


Session #7 - Heavy Metal Queen

Terpsichore

 MYTHOLOGY: TERPSICHORE THE MUSE

 Character Name Homage: VT (Victoria Terpsichore)

Woody Allen

 ACTOR: WOODY ALLEN

 Location Name Homage: Woody's Ice Cream Parlor

 Character Design Influence: Decker


Session #8 - Waltz For Venus

Enter The Dragon

 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS: HUEY, DEWY AND LOUIE

 Character Name Homage: Shuttle Hijackers

Enter The Dragon

 FILM: ENTER THE DRAGON

 Scene Influence: Spike's kung-fu lesson


Session #9 - Jamming With Edward

Jamming With Edward

 ALBUM: JAMMING WITH EDWARD

 Title Homage

HAL

 FILM CHARACTER: HAL (FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)

 Character Design Influence: MPU

Uri Gellar

 Celebrity: Uri Gellar

 Character Name Homage: Uri Kellerman


Session #10 - Ganymede Elegy

Baker And Ponch

 TELEVISION CHARACTERS: BAKER AND PONCH (From CHiPs)

 Character Design Influence: Baker Ponchorero


Session #11 - Toys In The Attic

Toys In The Attic

 SONG: TOYS IN THE ATTIC

 Title Homage

Alien

 MOVIE: ALIEN

 Plot Influence


Session #14 - Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

 SONG: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

 Title Homage


Session #15 - My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine

 SONG: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

 Title Homage

 Referenced In Dialogue

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B

 FILM: USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-B

 Subtle Homage: A cryo-chamber shares the same number

Bacchus

 MYTHOLOGY: BACCHUS THE GOD OF WINE

 Character Name Homage: Doctor Baccus

 Referenced In Dialogue

Sleeping Beauty

 FAIRY TALE: SLEEPING BEAUTY

 Referenced In Dialogue

 Closing Sentence Homage

Beauty And The Beast

 FAIRY TALE: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

 Closing Line Homage


Session #16 - Black Dog Serenade

Con Air

 FILM: CON AIR

 Plot Influence


Session #17 - Mushroom Samba

Watermelon Man

 SONG: WATERMELON MAN

 Character Design Influence: Mellon Man

Coffy

 FILM: COFFY

 Character Name Homage/Design Influence: Coffee

Shaft

 FILM: SHAFT

 Character Name Homage/Design Influence: Shaft

Django

 FILM: DJANGO

 Character Design Influence: Shaft, coffin dragging

Stairway To Heaven

 SONG: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

 Referenced In Dialogue


Session #18 - Speak Like A Child

Speak Like A Child

 SONG: SPEAK LIKE A CHILD

 Title Homage

Urashima Taro

 FOLKTALE: URASHIMA TARO

 Referenced In Dialogue

The Tortoise And The Hare

 FAIRY TALE: THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

 Subtle Homage: Carrier company mascots

 

Beverly Hills 90210

 TELEVISION: BEVERLY HILLS 90210

 Scene Influence: Video Expert watches a similar show 


Session #19 - Wild Horses

Wild Horses

 SONG: WILD HORSES

 Title Homage 

Babe Ruth

 LEGEND: BABE RUTH (GEORGE HERMAN RUTH)

 Character Name Homage: Starship Pirates

James Doohan

 ACTOR: JAMES DOOHAN

 Character Name Homage: Doohan

Miles O'Brien

 TELEVISION CHARACTER: MILES O'BRIEN (FROM STAR TREK)

 Character Name Homage: Miles

Reg Barclay

 TELEVISION CHARACTER: REG BARCLAY (FROM STAR TREK)

 Character Name Homage: Reg the parts dealer

Star Trek: First Contact

 FILM: STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT

 Plot Influence

Columbia

 SPACE SHUTTLE: COLUMBIA

 Scene Influence: Used to rescue Spike from Earth's atmosphere


Session #20 - Pierrot Le Fou

Pierrot Le Fou

 FILM: PIERROT LE FOU

 Title Homage

 Character Name Homage: Tongpu (Mad Pierrot)

 

The Joker and The Penguin

 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS: THE JOKER AND THE PENGUIN

 Character Design Influence: Tongpu (Mad Pierrot)

On The Run

 SONG: ON THE RUN

 Scene Influence: Tongpu's origin


Session #21 - Boogie-Woogie Feng-Shui

The Blues Brothers

 FILM: THE BLUES BROTHERS

 Character Design Influence: Blue Snake Mobsters

 


Session #22 - Cowboy Funk

Theodore "Teddy" Kaczynski (Unabomber)

 CRIMINAL: THEODORE "TEDDY" KACZYNSKI (UNABOMBER)

 Character Design Influence: Ted Bower (Teddy Bomber, TB)

 

Cowboy Andy

 PICTURE BOOK: COWBOY ANDY

 Character Design Influence: Andy Von De Oniyate

 Referenced In Dialogue

Musashi Miyamoto

 LEGEND: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO

 Character Design Influence: Musashi The Bounty Hunter (Andy)

 Referenced In Dialogue


Session #23 - Brain Scratch

Marshall Applewhite

 CRIMINAL: MARSHALL APPLEWHITE

 Character Design Influence: Doctor Londes

Heaven's Gate

 CULT: HEAVEN'S GATE

 Plot Influence 

Lara Croft

 VIDEOGAME CHARACTER: LARA CROFT

 Subtle Homage: Similar-looking standee in toy store


Session #24 - Hard Luck Woman

Hard Luck Woman

 SONG: HARD LUCK WOMAN

 Title Homage

Cool Hand Luke

 FILM: COOL HAND LUKE

 Scene Influence: The eating of the eggs


Session #25 - The Real Folk Blues (Part I)

The Real Folk Blues

 ALBUM: THE REAL FOLK BLUES

 Title Homage

Snows Of Kilimanjaro

 SHORT STORY: SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO

 Referenced In Dialogue


Session #26 - The Real Folk Blues (Part II)

Hyakumankai Ikita Neko

 FOLKTALE: HYAKUMANKAI IKITA NEKO

 Referenced In Dialogue

A Better Tomorrow II

 FILM: A BETTER TOMORROW II

 Scene Influence: The storming of the Red Dragon Headquarters

Carry That Weight

 SONG: CARRY THAT WEIGHT

 Closing Line Homage


Session XX - Mish-Mash Blues

Que Sera Sera

 SONG: QUE SERA SERA

 Segment Title Homage

Walk This Way

 SONG: WALK THIS WAY

 Segment Title Homage

You Can't Always Get What You Want

 SONG: YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

 Segment Title Homage

Aretha Franklin

 MUSICIAN: ARETHA FRANKLIN

 Segment Title Homages

Instant Karma

 SONG: INSTANT KARMA

 Segment Title Homage

Sugar Mountain

 SONG: SUGAR MOUNTAIN

 Segment Title Homage

If Six Was Nine

 SONG: IF SIX WAS NINE

 Segment Title Homage

My Favorite Things

 SONG: MY FAVORITE THINGS

 Segment Title Homage

 

Unfinished Sympathy

 SONG: UNFINISHED SYMPATHY

 Segment Title Homage

Whole Lotta Love

 SONG: WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

 Segment Title Homage

Daydream Believer

 SONG: DAYDREAM BELIEVER

 Segment Title Homage

Look Back In Anger

 FILM: LOOK BACK IN ANGER

 Segment Title Homage

 

It's all over now, baby blue

 SONG: IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE

 Segment Title Homage


The Movie - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 SONG: KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

 Title Homage

RallyX

 VIDEOGAME: RALLY X

 Subtle Homage: Lee Samson plays a similar game

Dirty Harry

 FILM: DIRTY HARRY

 Character Design Homage: Spike

Capricorn One

 FILM: CAPRICORN ONE

 Scene Influence: Biplanes rescue mission


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