Phineas and Ferb

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Writing a Phineas and Ferb blog.  Aren't I a little old to be writing a Phineas and Ferb blog?  Yes, yes I am.

Today's blog topic covers yet another cartoon, but it's not in the Looniverse.  It's in the TVCU!!!

And yes, there's some explaining to do.  First, it's one of those cartoons that is on for years but they don't seem to age.  Well, consider this.  Each story takes place in one single afternoon of the summer.  That allows for about 104 summer days per year, or 104 stories per year.  Thus, if we take every story as being one afternoon a day during a summer, then realistically, they are aging, but the stories are being televised to us on a spread out schedule.  And if you don't like that answer, then I point you to M*A*S*H, and say if you can accept M*A*S*H, then you can accept a cartoon's timeline.  So there.

The other issue is a secret agent platypus, and that's actually not to hard to explain.  First, this is not a world where people just accept anthropomorphic talking intelligent animals.  The platypus in question is a pet who has to play dumb most of the time.  His owners don't know about his dual identity.  So clearly, he is some mutant, likely created or mutated by the government to which he serves.  But after all, intelligent animals aren't completely anomalous to the TVCU.  Look at Scooby-Doo, for example.

The final issue I guess would be that these two kids are intelligent at a level comparable to perhaps the Doctor. It's not explained why.  But they do incredibly amazing things each afternoon that escape the notice of their parents, much to the annoyance of their sister.

OK, so on to the blog.  Hey, anyone see Perry?

Oh, and note that even the title sequence contains a crossover...  The duo have encountered one of the Frankenstein monsters at some point early on in their adventures.  And a mummy that may have been Mummy X!!!




"Mom, Rob is writing a blog!!!"

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27,000 B.C.--PHINEAS AND FERB--"Tri-Stone Area"--This tale takes place in Dansville of prehistoric times, in a culture less technologically advanced than Bedrock of 52,000 B.C. but clearly some of Bedrock culture survived to this point.

• Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur - The Tri-Stone Area is similar to the 1939 public domain Daffy Duck cartoon.
• Caddyshack - Carl Spackler in Caddyshack claims to have golfed with the Dalai Lama. He says the Lama told him "Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga" which sounds very similar to how Caveman Monogram talks.

1100--PHINEAS AND FERB--"Excaliferb"--During medieval times, Phineas and Ferb (or, Ferb-a-lot) set off on an epic quest to find the legendary sword, Excaliferb, so they can defeat the evil sorcerer, Malifishmirtz.

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail - When they attempt to cross Professor Poofenplotz bridge, she requires them to answer three questions, just as in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where king Arthur and his knights have to cross the Bridge of Death, where each Knight is forced to answer three questions by the bridge-keeper before they can cross the Gorge of Eternal Peril. The use of SPAM can also be considered a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as it's referenced in the song sung during the Camelot scene. "We eat ham and jam and SPAM a lot!"
• Jabberwocky - Ferb refers to his sword as a "vorpal blade" referring to the vorpal sword mention in this famous poem.
• Stonehenge - When Malifishmirtz's stone meat minions fall down the hill, the form a structure similar to Stonehenge.
• SPAM - The canned meat resembles the well-known canned meat product both in packaging and shape/color.
• Gargoyles - A green gargoyle resembling Goliath with a beard is one of the monsters that carries Phineas and Ferb to the final battle.
• Elmo's World - When the magic mirror comes down, it says "You have mail" in the same way Elmo's computer does.

Summer 2007--PHINEAS AND FERB (Episodes 1 - 104)--Phineas and Ferb are extremely intelligent 10 year old step brothers who constantly seek out a new adventure each afternoon of the summer.  The fact that their parents are ignorant of the weirdness around them is an annoyance to their 15 year old sister.  Meanwhile, their pet platypus is only pretending to be normal as he really is a secret agent, constantly thwarting an evil scientists plans every afternoon.

• The brobots of "I, Brobot" originally appeared in an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Jimmy Neutron probably takes place in the Looniverse, though. Santa Claus is also in this episode.
• In The Magnificent Few" Dr Doofenshmirtz has sharks with a laser beam strapped to their heads. It seems he bought these from Dr. Evil. Or, worse, Doofenshmirtz and Dr. Evil have teamed up to take over the world!
• A movie theater in "Are You My Mummy?" is showing Monkeyman 2. Monkeyman was a movie seen on Hey Arnold!
• In "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World" one of the Evil Investors is a convict from an episode of the Mr. Bean cartoon "Missing Teddy." Mr. Bean finally has a crossover!  (Thanks to James for many of these crossover finds.)
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  In "It's About Time" one of the museum exhibts is a time machine that looks shockingly like The Time Traveller's original time machine. http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/File:Showing_off_time_machine.png
  
  It's probably not his original model, unless the museum tried to partly dismantle it so as to be inoperable, but it definitely follows his original design. Perhaps after he dismantled the original machine at the end of Stephen Baxter's The Time Ships, the Time Traveller built this as an impoved second model (even if it fails to look half as cool).

•  In the same episode, "It's About Time," a chair with rockets attached can be seen in the museum. This is a refernce to the Chinese legend of Wan Hu.
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  I don't know what to make of this one. In the episode "Tree to Get Ready" Town Hall and the Mayor both greatly resemble Mr. Mayor and Town Hall from Powerpuff Girls. We know Phineas and Ferb does not take place in the Looniverse, but in theTVCU; we've previously established Powerpuff Girls as being in the Looniverse.
  
  Solution one: move the Powerpuff Girls into the TVCU, with "Townsville" being a codename for Danville. Solution two: assume that the Mr. Mayor and Town Hall of Phineas and Ferb have the same relation to the versions of Powerpuff Girls as the TVCU George Washington has to the various Looniverse Washingtons.
• In "Unfair Science Fair" a girl displays a work-harness that has four metal octopus arms. Perhaps she is the original Doctor Octopus' granddaughter or great niece. Phineas and Ferb build their own stargate.
• Phineas and Ferb already had the Necronomicon featured in the background of one episode.  
   it was sitting on the bookshelf of the recurring mad scientist's study. Had nothing to do with the plot. Wasn't read or acknowledged, and most viewers likely didn't recognize it. But there it was. (It was even labeled.)
• Spaceballs - There is a suck/blow lever in Doof's lair, referencing Spaceballs.
• Frosty the Snowman - When Perry puts a hat on a snowman, it comes to life and walks in a random direction. This is what happens in the song and TV Special.[5]
• The Wilkins Brothers are played by the actors who played the Duke cousins in The Dukes of Hazzard.
• Geico - Candace states that she doesn't want to save money on car insurance, a reference to a series of commercials in which a person receives a phone call about saving money on car insurance.
• the two are seen running through a jungle of Venus Fly-Traps looking plants. These plants look like Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors.
• The Incredibles - The ballpit boy who sees Agent P is similar to the boy who is always on a tricycle on the Parr's driveway.
• The 'Mr. Banana' company was based on the same company in Kim Possible, where Monique works.
• Club Penguin - The "missing agent," Gary the Gander, has the same name as a main character penguin, Gary the Gadget Guy, who also works with an elite spy organization, where he is also known as Agent G.
• Casino Royale - Agent P's stop at Monte Carlo features a game of Baccarat and background music in the style of the James Bond movies.
• At the end of a movie within an episode, the building in the background looks like the school from "Recess".
• Danville Canyon looks like Springfield Gorge from the Simpsons, also from the Road Runner cartoons.
• The name "Spinning Tops of Doom" is an allusion to the Disney Channel series Kim Possible.
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - The cows poop nuts and bolts, like Goddard and there are similar robotic bulls in the episode Fowl Bull.
• Pele's Curse - Candace getting a curse from the necklace she found that causing her to have bad luck. The idol is also a reference to the Brady Bunch's Hawaiian Vacation (right down to the identical "theme music") where Bobby finds an idol that brings him bad luck, but he initially thinks it's a good luck charm.
• Peter Pan - When Doofenshmirtz is explaining to Perry why he was on Pink Unicorn Island, he says, "I wanted Skull Island right over there, but it was already booked ...." This is a reference to the island of the same name.
• Pippi Longstocking: - A girl resembling Pippi is in the group of humans during A-Prime Calypso. The only difference is she's wearing a green bathing-suit.
• Lilo and Stitch - The guy who lays on Candace when she's on the beach chair looks like the guy who drops his ice cream in Lilo and Stitch. The man has the same shades, and swim suit as him. Also, Candace's Hawaiian outfit looks similar to one of Lilo's dresses. Lilo and Stitch also live in Hawaii.
• The disturbance in the universe that Baljeet senses is a reference to the Force.
• During the Tree-Related Wish song, a bear can be seen sitting next to a tree and reading a newspaper. The bear is seen again during the end credits after Rusted, saying, "Yes. Yes, I do." The two appearances are a combination allusion to the "Charmin Bears" series of commercials for Charmin toilet paper and to the sarcastic/rhetorical question about what bears do in the woods.
• At the end of "Wizard of Odd", Isabella instructs Abraham Lincoln, Santa Claus, an astronaut and Pinocchio to follow the yellow sidewalk, among others.  

Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB (Episodes 105 - on)--Another summer of adventures.

• There is a film within the series that is a crossover between True Blood and Teen Wolf (and clearly spoofing Twilight).  In the TVCU, Teen Wolf is based on true events, whereas True Blood is fictional.  

• Space Invaders - The holographic aliens descend from the sky in rows, just like they do in the game Space Invaders. This is also alluded to by Doofenshmirtz shouting "You're being invaded! From Space! By invaders! From space!"
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Lawrence mentioned: "Invading force from Planet 10", this was the planet from which the Aliens came in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension".
• The Honeymooners - The Sewer Repairman pays tribute to the Ed Norton character on the classic Jackie Gleason series, The Honeymooners. Norton, portrayed by Art Carney, nearly always wore the same outfit--White T-Shirt, Unbuttoned Vest, and Pork-pie Hat. Norton worked for the New York City Sewer Department. (One must wonder if this is indeed Buzsla?)
• Futurama - The professor in the endangered animals meeting is called Professor Herbert Farnsworth Weatherman Jones, giving a resemblance to Futurama's mad scientist, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth. Farnsworth may refer to Hubert's ancestor, Philo T. Farnsworth, in real life, one of the inventors of television.
• Asteroids - The "Asteroid Warning" sign on the space station features an asteroid which resembles those from the 1980 Atari video game.
• The Big Bang Theory - During a song in "Bullseye!", there is an evil scientist resembling Dr. Sheldon Cooper.(!!!)
• Ghostbusters/The Real Ghostbusters - The devices used by the kids to investigate the haunted house closely resemble the PKE Meters used by the Ghostbusters.
• Ozzy Osborne - One of the zombies in the Russell's underground river has the appearance of a zombie Ozzy.
• Mr Bean and Friends - At some point, Doofenshmirtz gets his head stuck in a cooked turkey. This is an allusion to what happens to Mr. Bean in the Christmas episode, and to Joey and Monica from Friends in the episode The One with All the Thanksgivings. Doofenshmirtz lampshades the allusion, by saying, "It can't be the first time someone's got their head stuck in a turkey".  (Most of my info stolen, er, borrowed from the Phineas and Ferb Wiki.)

Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB ACROSS THE 2ND DIMENSION--The duo end up using the mad scientist's invention to travel to an alternate Mirror Universe, where they meet their other selves and learn that their pet is a secret agent.  The cause of the Mirror Universe is always misleading. Often, people visit it when they are being shown a glimpse of a life that could have been, such as "What if I was never born?" or "What if I don't change my ways?" or "I wish so and so never came to this town" and people then assume that this world is created by said angel, ghost, or demon, when really they are merely being transported to another world where those events occurred. It's likely that Phineas & Ferb mirror reality is THE Mirror Reality, but is only seems as if it's the cause of one being. (And I place Phineas & Ferb in the TVCU despite it's animated style, because of solid crossover ties.)

Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB--Upcoming film that will mix animation and live action.  Potentially there will be crossovers, but the film is still being rewritten at this time.

Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB/ED EDD N EDDY CROSSOVER--Fan made film, this got picked up by Disney XD and Cartoon Network and was aired on both networks.  Note that Ed, Edd and Eddy are from another reality within the story (the Looniverse).

Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB/ED, EDD, N EDDY CROSSOVER SERIES--Soon to be aired spin-off of fan film produced by Disney XD.

Last Day of Summer 2008--PHINEAS AND FERB: THE BEST LIVE TOUR EVER--The two try to make the most of the last day of summer.

October 2010--DISNEY CHANNEL ALL-STAR PARTY--A Karaoke dance party competition with Phineas and Ferb; Joe, Kevin and Nick Lucas (JONAS L.A.); Sonny Munroe (SONNY WITH A CHANCE); Alex Russo (WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE); HANNAH MONTANA; Zack and Cody Martin (SUITE LIFE ON DECK); Mitchie Torres (CAMP ROCK film series); and Mii (that generic Wii character, bringing him actually into the TVCU!!!)

December 3, 2010 to Present--TAKE TWO WITH PHINEAS AND FERB--The duo get a talk show.  Note that this must take place in the present as it involves contemporary celebrity interviews.  The show would then start with the two now being 13, even if they look unaged.  Which means now they are 15, even though looking unaged.  (They are waiting for their growth spurt.  When I was 16, I was only 4'11", so this isn't unrealistic.)  Note their age is derived from when they travel 20 years in the future, at which time their mom states they are both 30.

Mid 2011--PHINEAS AND FERB/ED, EDD, N EDDY CROSSOVER SERIES:  THE TEEN YEARS--The groups meet up again a few years later as teenagers.

February 2012--TAKE TWO WITH PHINEAS AND FERB--Miss Piggy comes on the show to plug the new MUPPETS film, which is based on their recent comeback.




So that's about it.  Just to wrap up, I offer some purely conjectural observations.  First, note that Dr. Doofenshmirtz went to an evil medical school, and his company is called Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc.  Could Dr. Evil be his silent partner, (as he's always off frozen in space?)

My second observation is that the evil doctor resembles one of Doctor Claw's evil scientist henchmen from MADD.  Perhaps he got his start there before branching off on his own.

So that's it.  On to the critiquing.  Oh, there you are, Perry.

A Tarantino/Rodriguez Blog

Warning:  This blog covers R Rated material, even though the blog itself is for general audiences.

It's not often that I cover a creator in a blog.  I did do so with Adam Sandler, who likes to connect his works with the appearances of recurring secondary characters, even though the stories themselves are otherwise unconnected.

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez do the same thing in their works.  They subtly connect their works to make a shared reality (which just so happens is part of the larger TVCU), without having to announce to the world that their films are sequels or part of a series (because they aren't, or at least not all of them.)

So below will be a timeline, as usual, focusing on films and television series that have been written, directed, or produced by the duo together or separately, or in which one or both have acted.

1899--FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3:  THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER--Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.






March 1916--YOUNG INDIANA JONES--"Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal"--Indy joins the Mexican Revolution, then joins the war in Europe.  Pancho Villa, General Pershing, and Lt. George Patton appear.  Pancho Villa also appears in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3:  THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER.  Patton also appears in AN AMERICAN CAROL.




World War II--GRINDHOUSE--"Werewolf Women of the S.S."--FU MANCHU is the lead villain in this unmade movie shown in a faux trailer.



1945--INGLORIOUS BASTERDS--Donny Donowitz is the father of Lee Donowitz from TRUE ROMANCE.  Red Apple Cigerettes appear.  As for the ending, just remember that Hitler, like many world leaders, had many doubles.  Also, remember that he was possessed by a demon.  At some point, I'll cover Hitler, the world's worst super-villain, in it's own blog.



 1982 to 1983--ROMY AND MICHELE: IN THE BEGINNING--The story of how their friendship began in high school.



  1990--TRUE ROMANCE--The main character, Alabama, is later referenced in RESERVOIR DOGS.

 



Spring 1990--RESERVIOR DOGS--A group of criminals try to pull off the perfect bank robbery.

1992--EL MARIACHI--A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.


Winter 1993--PULP FICTION--Hit-Man Vincent Vega is the brother of Vic Vega from RESERVIOR DOGS.  There is a reference to the events of the film AIR FORCE.  A nurse named Bonnie appears who is first mentioned in a deleted scene from RESERVOIR DOGS.  Red Apple cigarettes appear, which are also seen in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, FOUR ROOMS, KILL BILL, and THE EYE OF ORAN.




December 31, 1994 to January , 1995--FOUR ROOMS--Red Apple Cigarettes appear.




Early 1995--DESPERADO--A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.

Spring 1995--FROM DUSK TILL DAWN--Seth Gecko gets food from Big Kahuna Burgers.  Big Kahuna Burgers are originally from PULP FICTION.  Red Apple Cigarettes are sold in Benny's House of Liquor.  Chongo Beer is sold at the vampire bar.  Chongo Beer is also served at the bar seen in DESPERADO, a sequel to EL MARIACHI.  A "crotch gun" is used by Sex Machine.  This may be the same gun or styled after the gun owned by EL MARIACHI in DESPERADO.  There is an appearance by reporter Kelly Houge.  Kelly Houge also appears in CURDLED.  The story will continue in FROM DUSK TILL DOWN 2:  TEXAS BLOOD MONEY and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3:  THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER.




May 1995--ER--"Motherhood"--On a fateful Mother's Day, several staffers in the ER face possible life-changing events. Susan Lewis' sister Chloe gives birth to a beautiful - and healthy - baby girl. Things start to go wrong however when their mother Cookie - who had agreed to take in Chloe and the baby - suddenly decides she's done enough and Susan will have to take care of it. Carter turns down an offer for an ER sub-internship in the hopes that he'll get an offer in surgery. Dr. Hicks has news for him however. Benton's mother takes a turn for the worse. Carol Hathaway is overwhelmed with the final preparations as her wedding day approaches.Written by garykmcd

Summer 1995--CURDLED--Reporter Kelly Houge refers to when she reported on the Gecko killings.  A picture of the Gecko brothers appear.  These are references to FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.




Early 1996--LADIES ROOM/JUST TEMPORARY--Play which became a pilot for a series that introduced Romy and Michelle.  Sadly the show didn't get sold, but the characters moved on to the big screen.

Summer 1996--ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION--There is a billboard for Red Apple Cigarettes outside the girls' apartment, and they eat at Big Kahuna Burgers.  Both of these products originated in PULP FICTION.




November 1997--NASH BRIDGES--"Bombshell"--Note this series was recently linked in my Superman blog, but I believe has other crossover links as well.

1998--THE FACULTY--In this film, one of the students believes that other books and films about "pod people" and the such like INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE PUPPET MASTER must have been based on true incidents since the same events are happening in his town now.

2000--LITTLE NICKY--The second appearance of Chubbs, who is now in heaven, having died in Happy Gilmore.  Also we see the Townie "You can do it!!!" guy, originally seen in the Water Boy.  And in this reality, Lucifer is actually the father of Satan, Satan having been born at the same time as Christ.  Satan has three children, one of whom is half-angel.





October 2000--DEADLINE--"Pilot"--Linked I believe to Touched by an Angel...

Early 2001--SPY KIDS--The children of spies find themselves having to take on the role themselves.

Summer 2001--SPY KIDS 2:  ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS--There is an appearance of the golden idol that appeared in the opening sequence of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.  The idol had last been seen in the possession of DANGER GIRL Abbey Chase in 1997.

Summer 2001--KILL BILL--The wedding massacre is investigated by Sheriff Earl McGraw and his son.  Earl was in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and his son was in the sequel.  However, McGraw was shot to death in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.  Win Scott Eckert and Rick Lai go with the identical cousin theory to explain the two sherrifs.  Of course, this means they are identical and have the same name, and their sons were both identical and have the same name.  But this is actually all very common in the TVCU.  This Sherrif McGraw will later appear in GRINDHOUSE.  The character Hattori Hanzo is from a Japanese series in which every storyline would feature another in a long line of warriors named Hattori Hanzo.  (Sort of a cool kick-ass Blackadder.)  There is a Red Apple Cigarette poster at the airport in Okinawa.  Esteban also smokes Red Apples.  The final action of the film occurs in Acuna, Mexico, which was also the setting of EL MARIACHI.  Meanwhile, the character of Pei Mei is from EXECUTIONERS OF SHAOLIN, A SLICE OF DEATH, FISTS OF THE WHITE LOTUS, AVENGING WARRIORS OF SHAOLIN, and TWO CHAMPIONS OF DEATH.  KILL BILL is also connected to "Shadow Warriors" TV series.




2002 to 2004--ALIAS--As Sydney goes to SD-6 to meet with Sloane about quitting the agency despite Michael's warning, a former agent comes with a commando in the office and holds everybody's in hostage...except Sydney and Jack who tries to unfold the deadly gang's threat... Written by RealLiveClaude

2003--SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER--Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker (Stallone). It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world. 




2003--ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO--Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

May 2005--CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATON--"Grave Danger"--The CSI Nick Stokes is kidnapped while investigating a crime scene and buried alive in a glass casket by his kidnapper. The Las Vegas Police Department receives a package with a tape and a hardware to permit watch Nick inside the casket, together with a request of one million dollars cash to release him. The mayor refuses to pay the ransom, but Catherine Willows asks her wealthy father and gets the amount. Then Gil Grissom schedules a meeting with the criminal to deliver the money and be informed where Nick is.Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Summer 2005--GRINDHOUSE--"Death Proof"--Sherriff McGraw (the one not dead) and his son appear. Also Big-Kahuna Burgers and Jungle Janice..




Summer 2005--DON'T--Edgar Wright's contribution, Don't, was produced in the style of a 1970s' Hammer House of Horror film trailer.^[12] The trailer featured appearances from Jason Isaacs, Matthew Macfadyen, singer Katie Melua, Lee Ingleby, Georgina Chapman, Emily Booth, Stuart Wilson, Lucy Punch, Rafe Spall, Wright regulars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and a voice-over by Will Arnett.^[8][13] Mark Gatiss, MyAnna Buring, Peter Serafinowicz, Michael Smiley and Nicola Cunningham (who played the zombie "Mary" in Shaun of the Dead), among others, made cameo appearances though they eventually went uncredited. To get the necessary 1970s' look, Wright used vintage lenses and old-style graphics. During editing, he scratched some of the film with steel wool and dragged it around a parking lot to make it appear neglected by wayward projectionists.^[8] According to Wright, "In the '70s, when American International would release European horror films, they'd give them snazzier titles. And the one that inspired me was this Jorge Grau film: In the UK, it's called The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue. In Spain and in Italy, I think it's called Do Not Speak Ill of the Dead. But in the States, it was called Don't Open the Window. I just loved the fact that there isn't a big window scene in the film—it's all based around the spin and the voiceover not really telling you what the hell is going on in the film."^[6] On the Charlie Rose talk show, Quentin Tarantino also pointed out another aspect of American advertising of British films in the 1970s that is being referenced—none of the actors have any dialogue in the trailer, as if the trailer was intentionally edited to prevent American viewers from realizing that the film is British.^[14]

Summer 2005--HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN--The director of a trailer that played in some theaters in the United States and Canada (mainly the latter), Hobo with a Shotgun, Jason Eisener, also made a feature-length adaptation of it. Rutger Hauerreplaced Dave Brunt as the titular character, though Brunt does make a cameo as a corrupt cop.

The adaptations received mainly positive reviews, with the general consensus being that they were cartoonishly enjoyable and gleefully violent homages to their reasons for being. Although Hobo with a Shotgun was not as big a box office success in the U.S. as it was in Canada, it has since gained a cult following there.

Summer 2005--GRINDHOUSE--"Planet Terror"--Sheriff McGraw appears again, this time with wife and daughter.  Red Apples appear.  The recent death of Jungle Janice (from Death Proof) is mentioned.  The doctor seen in Death Proof is a central character in Planet Terror.  Note that many zombie films are in the TVCU, thanks to crossovers, and most of those films end with the world being overrun with zombies.  However, for TVCU purposes, we must adjust the endings so that just a town was overrun, before being contained by the military and covered up by the government.




November 2005--THANKSGIVING--Eli Roth's contribution is a promo for the slasher opus Thanksgiving. Produced in the style ofholiday-based slasher films such as Halloween, Black Christmas, April Fool's Day and My Bloody Valentine,^[8] the trailer starred Jeff Rendell as a killer who stalks victims dressed as a pilgrim; Jordan Ladd, Jay Hernandez, and Roth himself as his intended victims; and Michael Biehn as the Sheriff. The design for the titles in Thanksgiving was based on a Mad magazine slasher parody titled Arbor Day.^[6] Select excerpts of the score from Creepshow were used.

According to Roth, "My friend Jeff, who plays the killer pilgrim – we grew up in Massachusetts, we were huge slasher movie fans and every November we were waiting for the Thanksgiving slasher movie. We had the whole movie worked out: A kid who's in love with a turkey, and then his father killed it, and then he killed his family and went away to a mental institution and came back and took revenge on the town. I called Jeff and said, 'Dude, guess what, we don't have to make the movie, we can just shoot the best parts.'"^[6] "Shooting the trailer was so much fun," Roth has stated, "because every shot is a money shot. Every shot is decapitation or nudity. It's so ridiculous, it's absurd. It's just so wrong and sick that it's right."^[8]

Roth's fake trailer contained elements that almost earned Grindhouse an NC-17 rating, including a cheerleader simultaneously stripping, bouncing on a trampoline and getting stabbed in the vulva, and three decapitations, one of which occurring as the victim's girlfriend performs fellatio on him. According to Roth, "Instead of seeing it spread out in a feature, watching it all jammed together nonstop makes it more shocking. But we had a great discussion with the ratings board. They got it. Once they saw it with all the bad splices and the distress and scratches they were fine with it."^[8] Roth confirmed in an interview with Cinema Blend's Eric Eisenberg that he and co-writer Jeff Rendell are working on a possible feature film.^[15]

2006--MACHETE--Lucas Cano, (Machete) an ex-bodyguard for the Mexican President, tired of his life style, retires to a remote small town in Mexico, in hope of finding peace. But things do not work out for him the way he wants them to. First, he must confront several drug dealers who smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States, forcing them to smuggle drugs. Then, Machete finds out that his old Vietnam friend, who now works for the CIA in Arizona, has been assigned to arrest Machete, and take him back to the US for some old charges. Machete's health is deteriorating rapidly. He is constantly bleeding internally, but he won't stop drinking and smoking. Panchito is a little boy Machete met in a street fight, and the little boy, claiming not to have any family, decides to hang out with Machete and tries to help him change his life style. Machete does not know that a higher power is watching out for him. Panchito is an angel sent by God to save his body and soul. Esperanza (Pelancho) meets Machete when one of the drug dealers (and immigrant smugglers) tries to rape her. Esperanza immediately feels a connection between them, but can't tell what it is. Machete gets the same feeling and starts to investigate who the girl is and where she come from. Esperanza's mother, convinced by the local priest to tell Esperanza the connection between her and Machete, confesses to her but it is too late. Machete has been shot by Ruidoso and is dying. The Devil is also involved.  Machete Is also the uncle of the spy Kids.  (Thanks, Mattkind.)

Spring 2011--COMMUNITY--The mysterious briefcase and its contents last seen in PULP FICTION makes an appearance.



Summer 2011--KILL BILL VOLUME 3--No, this hasn't come out yet.  It's still in the "announced" status, but Tarantino stated way back when that if there was a volume 3, he'd want it to be 10 years later, thus the date placement.

Late 2011--SPY KIDS:  ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4-D--A retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.


2013--MACHETE KILLS--The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. 

ALTERNATE REALITES:

CINEMULTIVERSE--Here are the works of Tarantino and Rodriguez that haven't been giving a crossover connection to make it into the TVCU yet:  LOVE BIRDS IN BONDAGE, MY BEST FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY, VEGETABLES, EDDIE PRESLEY, THE CORIOLIS EFFECT, SLEEP WITH ME, SOMEBODY TO LOVE, DESTINY TURNS ON THE RADIO, DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE, GIRL 6, JACKIE BROWN, SUKIJAKI WESTERN DJANGO, DIARY OF THE DEAD, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, DJANGO UNCHAINED (the Django character may actually be in, but I'm unsure so I'll place it here for now, and when my crew tells me I messed up, I'll move it when I update in six months), SIN CITY, BEDHEAD, DEL CASTILLO, THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL 3-D, CURANDERO, FAMOUS, BULLFIGHTER, HIGH HOPES, THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY, AMELIA'S 25TH

GOLDEN GIRLS UNIVERSE--Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator in the GOLDEN GIRLS episode "Sophia's Wedding".



LOONIVERSE--Tarantino played Master Moloch in the DUCK DODGERS episode "Master & Disaster".



TOOBWORLD--Tarantino played Desmond in the ALL-AMERICAN GIRL episode "Pulp Sitcom".  Rodrigues directs the REBEL HIGHWAY episode "Roadracers".