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Max: All I see is rats and poop. Oh, there's a rat riding on a piece of poop.
Agent 99: Shut up.
In the beginning of the film, Max is walking down the National Mall listening to his iPod. He walks toward the Smithsonian Building (the supposed location of CONTROL's headquarters). However, in the next shot, he is entering the National Museum of Natural History, which is on the other side of the Mall and is further down. Also, exhibitions of CONTROL's history are seen in the museum. The Museum of Natural History exhibits prehistoric and natural objects. The exhibition on CONTROL should actually belong in the Museum of American History. See more...
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At one point in the movie, when the Chief is talking to the President, the President says "nucular weapons" once or twice. Frustrated, the Chief says something to the effect of, "For the last time, it's nuclear." This is an obvious jab at President George W. Bush, who was notorious for invariably saying "nucular" instead of "nuclear" when giving speeches.
In the scene in which Max drives the convertible out of the museum, all three cars shown - the red Sunbeam Tiger from the museum, the gold Opel GT driven by Bernie Kopell, and the blue VW Karmann Ghia convertible - were all cars driven by Maxwell Smart in the original series.
In the beginning, when Max walks into the building before getting to the doors that lead to the telephone booth, he passes a car and suit. Both of these were used in the original Get Smart TV series.
When Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are flying to Russia, the airplane they are on reads Yarmy International Airlines. Yarmy was the real life last name of actor Don Adams, who played the original Maxwell Smart in the TV series. He was born Donald Yarmy.
James Caan appeared on the original show, Get Smart, as Smart's arch foe with the condition that his credit was listed as "Rupert of Rathskeller as himself" in "To Sire, with Love".
There is a wanted poster for Mr. Big seen in Max's apartment during the movie's opening credits. Mr. Big was the villain in the TV show's pilot episode.
When the camera is zoomed into the airplane Max and Agent 99 are flying on, the airline's name is Yarmy International Airlines. The name Yarmy is a reference to Don Adams (the man who originally played Max on the TV show), whose real name was Don Yarmy.
At the beginning of the movie, it is showing notes that Maxwell Smart is writing. One of the notes mentions 'The Claw'. The Claw was a villain on the original "Get Smart" TV series, starring Don Adams as Maxwell Smart.
The original Siegfried, Bernie Kopell, makes a cameo as the driver of the Opel that nearly hits Smart. Unfortunately, other members of the original show were not able to make appearances:
Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) - died September 2005.
Edward Platt (Chief) - died March 1974.
Robert Karvelas (Larrabee) - died December 1991.
While they are both capitalized, CONTROL and KAOS aren't acronyms, and don't stand for anything.
The photo of Agent 99 before her surgery is of Barbara Feldon, who played 99 in the TV series.
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