History MythologyGag / RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes

* Though ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' takes place in San Francisco, towards the end, Dr. Rodman's {{Jerkass}} neighbor who came into contact with the aforementioned intelligence-boosting phlebotinum (which is actually a virus that dramatically boosts intelligence in apes, and [[GoneHorriblyWrong kills humans]]) is revealed to be an airline pilot and starts showing symptoms of being infected while at the airport. The scene ends with a closeup on a flight call for New York City.
** Furthermore, the end credits reveal that Hunsiker's flight is actually headed for France, the country of the [[Literature/PlanetOfTheApes original novel]].

* Though ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' takes place in San Francisco, towards the end, Dr. Rodman's {{Jerkass}} neighbor who came into contact with the aforementioned intelligence-boosting phlebotinum (which is actually a virus that dramatically boosts intelligence in apes, and [[GoneHorriblyWrong kills humans]], despite the fact that humans are [[ArtisticLicenseBiology technically a species of ape]]) is revealed to be an airline pilot and is seen preparing to board a plane that he's about to pilot... to New York City.
** Furthermore, the end credits reveal that once in New York, the virus infects another plane headed for France, the country of the [[Literature/PlanetOfTheApes original novel]].

* [[spoiler:Caesar's first word -- [[BigNo NOOOOOO!]] -- is, according to Cornelius in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes,'' the first word spoken by an ape named Aldo, the first ape to speak, that led to the uprising of apes in the original mythos before the altering of the timeline.]]

* One of the characters is named John Landon, and he has a son named Dodge Landon. Thomas Dodge and John Landon were Taylor's fellow astronauts in the first movie.

* Dodge keeping the apes in line with a high-pressure hose like the one the apes use the "Mad house!!" scene of the original.
* Caesar believing that he is being treated like a pet after he sees a dog who, like him, is on a leash is a reference to the fact mentioned in ''Conquest'' that, prior to becoming slaves, apes became pets after all cats and dogs were killed by a virus from space in 1983.
* Speaking of which, this movie also contains a virus. Unlike the one mentioned in the original series, this virus, the ALZ-113, makes apes more intelligent but infects humans with a lethal illness.

* In ''Escape'', Caesar's parents Cornelius and Zira [[spoiler:get shot to death.]] In this film, Caesar's mother Bright Eyes [[spoiler:also gets shot to death.]]
* Caesar [[spoiler: saying "No" whenever apes try to beat humans to death]] echoes the scene from ''Conquest'' in which [[spoiler:Lisa says "No" when the apes are about to beat the humans to death at the end.]]
* Caesar signing "Home" and wanting to go to a home echo the commander yelling "Home!" to the apes in ''Conquest''.

* The way Caesar is treated at the ape prison is nearly identical to the way Taylor was treated in the original film.

** The end credits then show that the plane is headed to France, where the [[Literature/PlanetOfTheApes original novel]] was from.

* "Bright Eyes" was the name Zira gave Taylor in the original ''Planet of the Apes'' before learning his real name.

* When [[PropheticNames Caesar]], the main ape, fights back against his abusive animal control handler, the handler responds by shouting "Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape". What most people ''don't'' catch is in both films the line is uttered in roughly equivalent scenes with a captive CivilizedAnimal (Creator/CharltonHeston's Taylor in the original, and Caesar in the prequel) attacking the captors that had abused him, and in both cases the line triggers the "holy shit, [[YouCanTalk it can talk!]]" moment for the captors, Charlton Heston uttering the actual line, and Caesar responding to the line with a startlingly assertive [[BigNo "NO!"]].
** The handler previously also says of the facility "It's a madhouse! A madhouse!", a line Taylor speaks as the apes use a pressurized water hose on him.

** [[ContinuityPorn Caesar is named after the ape leader in the last two sequels; Rodney the primate caretaker and Caesar's owner Will Rodman are named after ''Apes'' franchise actor Roddy McDowall and the writer of the original's first draft, Rod Serling; the orangutan is named Maurice, after Creator/MauriceEvans who played the orangutan Dr. Zaius in the original; Dodge Landon is named after Taylor's two companions in the original; Jacobs is named after the producer of the original Arthur P. Jacobs; the gorilla is named Buck, after Buck Kartalian who played gorillas in the franchise; and Caroline's last name was originally Steward like the female astronaut in the first film]] (but [[RaceLift was changed]] when Freida Pinto was cast in the role).

* Dialogue reprised from the original ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes|1968}}'':
-->'''Dodge:''' It's a madhouse! A madhouse!

-->'''Dodge:''' It's a madhouse!

** The handler previously also says of the facility "It's a madhouse!", a line Taylor speaks as the apes use a pressurized water hose on him.

* When [[PropheticNames Caesar]], the main ape, fights back against his abusive animal control handler, the handler responds by shouting "Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape". What most people ''don't'' catch is in both films the line is uttered in roughly equivalent scenes with a captive CivilizedAnimal (Creator/CharltonHeston's Taylor in the original, and Caesar in the prequel) attacking the captors that had abused him, and in both cases the line triggers the "holy shit, [[YouCanTalk it can talk!]]" moment for the captors, Charlton Heston uttering the actual line, and Caesar responding to the line with a startlingly assertive [[BigNo "NO!"]].

** "No" was also said to be the first word ever spoken by an ape in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'', and was used again as the first word another ape has ever said in ''ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.

* Though ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' takes place in San Francisco, towards the end, Dr. Rodman's {{Jerkass}} neighbor who came into contact with the aforementioned intelligence-boosting phlebotinum (which is actually a virus that dramatically boosts intelligence in apes, and [[GoneHorriblyWrong kills humans]], despite the fact that humans are [[YouFailBiologyForever technically a species of ape]]) is revealed to be an airline pilot and is seen preparing to board a plane that he's about to pilot... to New York City.

** [[ContinuityPorn Caesar is named after the ape leader in the last two sequels; Rodney the primate caretaker and Caesar's owner Will Rodman are named after ''Apes'' franchise actor Roddy McDowall and the writer of the original's first draft, Rod Serling; the orangutan is named Maurice, after Maurice Evans who played the orangutan Dr. Zaius in the original; Dodge Landon is named after Taylor's two companions in the original; Jacobs is named after the producer of the original Arthur P. Jacobs; the gorilla is named Buck, after Buck Kartalian who played gorillas in the franchise; and Caroline's last name was originally Steward like the female astronaut in the first film]] (but [[RaceLift was changed]] when Freida Pinto was cast in the role).

* "No" was also said to be the first word ever spoken by an ape in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''.