Best comedy movie trivia of all time

Trivia: When Buzz first sees Zurg's Power source at the start of the movie, the sound effect used is the same as the black spherical droid in Star Wars that goes to interrogate Princess Leia. (00:03:25)

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Trivia: The house with the blue door (William's residence) was formerly the home of the movie's screenplay writer, Richard Curtis.

Trivia: Nicolas Cage actually owned the Ferrari 550 Maranello that he drives in this movie.

Trivia: Spike Jonze is uncredited in the movie for his role as Jerry.

Trivia: David Graf's wife Kathryn has a cameo in this movie as an airline stewardess.

Trivia: HIDDEN MICKEY: At the end, fireworks go and 3 go into the shape of Micky Mouse.

Trivia: When Dr. Fletcher is talking to Magdalena, he says there was a woman in the 80's who had amnesia. A reference to the original 1987 film, which was also set in Elk Grove.

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Trivia: Terrence (Sean Penn) does not have a single word of dialogue throughout the entire film.

Trivia: The director of one of Rick's Italian films is "Antonio Margheriti". That's also the alias Donny Donowitz uses in Inglorious Basterds.

Trivia: The author of the original book, John Grogan, and his family have a cameo appearance. They are looking on as Marley flunks out of obedience school.

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Trivia: Even though Frank the pug doesn't appear, there are a couple of references to him. The first one is a big picture of him over J's bed and when J gets pulled over by the cops, there is a billboard advertising for "The Amazing Talking Pug." (00:22:35 - 00:40:25)

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Trivia: The literal translation of Imhotep means "He who comes in peace." I don't think they could've picked a less suitable name.

Trivia: In one of the scenes where Steve Martin is talking to the press, one of the reporters is Shawn Levy, the film's director.

Trivia: During the opening musical number, Tracy passes a man on the sidewalk wearing a trench coat who then flashes the crowd; this is John Waters, the writer and director of the original 1988 version.

Trivia: The actress playing Connie has the same surname as her character - Moreau.

Trivia: Fun to spot - In the scene where Eddie Murphy is fighting the big guy, after a while he says, "I know a bitch named Della who hit harder than you." Here, he is referring to Della Reese, whom he fought with in Harlem Nights.

Trivia: Throughout the whole movie, the cars in the backround are Volkswagon Beetles.

Trivia: When Shaun is on the phone to his mum, Ed shouts "We're coming to get you Barbra". This is a tribute to the famous "they're coming to get you Barbra" line from Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Trivia: Mark Knopfler, who composed the music to the Princess Bride, only agreed to do so if Rob Reiner could include the baseball cap he wore in the film Spinal Tap. The director placed the cap in the boy's bedroom, beside the bed.

Trivia: If you look at the poster advertising the play "The Marvelous Marriage," you'll see it was written by Al Funcoot. "Al Funcoot" is an anagram of Count Olaf. This is a common theme in the Lemony Snicket Books.