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* The old woman getting the umbrella stuck in her shotgun looks awfully reminiscent of the rifle from ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf''. [[https://www.props.eric-hart.com/features/umbrella-gun/ To wit]].
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* Look carefully, and you'll spot [[EnemyMime Bomb Voyage]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' on a street corner when Linguini and Colette roller-skate past Skinner. Here, he's not so villainous: just a regular old French mime.

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* Look carefully, and you'll spot [[EnemyMime Bomb Voyage]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' on a street corner when Linguini and Colette roller-skate past Skinner. Here, he's not so villainous: just a regular old French mime.
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* Collette's description of the cooks at Gusteau's as a RagtagBunchOfMisfits is similar to Creator/AnthonyBourdain's description of cook life in New York in ''Kitchen Confidential''.
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* The proposed designs for Gusteau's line of foods, featuring the chef dressed in various regional costumes, is quite similar to the packaging of "[[Creator/PaulNewman Newman's Own]]" brand salsas and sauces.
* [[Film/WhenHarryMetSally "I will have what he is having."]]
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* When Ego tastes the ratatouille and has his FlashBack to his mother making him the same dish, it's very similar to the famous madeleine episode (and the general overall theme of involuntary memory) from the novel ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' by Creator/MarcelProust.
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* Remy is introduced [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly in a freeze frame of him crashing through a window.]]



* The Health Inspector looks a little like [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]].
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* Émile also looks and acts a lot like [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Gus]].
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* When Creator/MichaelGiacchino is involved, expect a HurricaneOfPuns in the soundtrack. This one has [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun Granny Get Your Gun]].
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* [[Film/WhenHarryMetSally "I will have what he is having."]]
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* Possibly Colette herself: her last name is "Tautou", like the actress of ''[[{{Amelie}} Amélie]]''. And Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, mostly known by her family name, is a famous French author.

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* Possibly Colette herself: her last name is "Tautou", like the actress of ''[[{{Amelie}} ''[[Film/{{Amelie}} Amélie]]''. And Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, mostly known by her family name, is a famous French author.
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And this null edit confirms it: Foghorn Leghorn was in a KFC ad campaign in the early 90's. If that's good enough trivia, add it.
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* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. The fried chicken one sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]] and has a goatee and dress resembling Colonel Sanders. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo.

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* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. The fried chicken one sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]] and has a goatee and dress resembling [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders.Sanders]]. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo.
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Pretty sure the Chicken Gusteau is the one with the Foghorn Leghorn accent. Had to decide between him and the Texas Barbeque one.


* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. One of them sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]]. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo. Also, the fried chicken cutout has a goatee and looks akin to KFC's Colonel Sanders.

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* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. One of them The fried chicken one sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]].rooster]] and has a goatee and dress resembling Colonel Sanders. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo. Also, the fried chicken cutout has a goatee and looks akin to KFC's Colonel Sanders.
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Figured I'd mention THAT shoutout.


* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. One of them sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]]. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo.

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* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. One of them sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]]. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo. Also, the fried chicken cutout has a goatee and looks akin to KFC's Colonel Sanders.
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* Remy is introduced [[Film/TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly in a freeze frame of him crashing through a window.]]

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* Remy is introduced [[Film/TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly in a freeze frame of him crashing through a window.]]
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* Remy is introduced [[Film/TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly in a freeze frame of him crashing through a window.]]
* Look carefully, and you'll spot [[EnemyMime Bomb Voyage]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' on a street corner when Linguini and Colette roller-skate past Skinner. Here, he's not so villainous: just a regular old French mime.
* When Colette is introducing the other chefs she mentions one of them (the pyro) was a member of a failed [[LaResistance Résistance]] (although he won't say which war) -- cue the La Résistance music from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'', which shares a composer with this film.
* Possibly Colette herself: her last name is "Tautou", like the actress of ''[[{{Amelie}} Amélie]]''. And Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, mostly known by her family name, is a famous French author.
* The Health Inspector looks a little like [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]].
* When Ego tastes the ratatouille and has his FlashBack to his mother making him the same dish, it's very similar to the famous madeleine episode (and the general overall theme of involuntary memory) from the novel ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' by Creator/MarcelProust.
* The first thing Skinner says to Linguini on his first day as an official chef is [[Series/HellsKitchen "Welcome to hell."]]
* The scene with the various Gusteau cutouts. One of them sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes a certain rooster]]. Another, a cartoon of a literal corn-dog, talks like WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo.
* Not to mention that [[WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko some of the loop group of Paris]] worked on this film. (Cue the end credits)
* Émile also looks and acts a lot like [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Gus]].
* During the scene where the clan helps Rémy cook, he orders a steak really tenderized. The brawniest rat in the clan [[Film/{{Rocky}} punches the steak repeatedly]].
-->'''Rémy:''' Stick and move!
* When the old woman first attempts to fire her shotgun, an umbrella opens out of the end, quite reminiscent of a scene in ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
* The proposed designs for Gusteau's line of foods, featuring the chef dressed in various regional costumes, is quite similar to the packaging of "[[Creator/PaulNewman Newman's Own]]" brand salsas and sauces.
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