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Here, what to watch for.
KatiesShiningSocks
Dontoverlookthis Easter egg!
(Get it?)
Katies socks have the same iconic pattern as the carpet of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley KubricksThe Shining.
Katies Pins
In addition to the California College of Film pin and her rainbow pin (foreshadowing!
), Katie also sports two pins that reference other movies.
On her sweatshirt, shes got a pin of a bomb with the phrase Hi there!
written on it, a reference to the infamous bomb at the end ofDr.
Katies Directorial Mt.
Rushmore
In Katies video system to film school, we get a glimpse of her Mt.
Get to the Bridge If You Want to Live!
PALs name is a clear homage to HAL, the AI that goes rogue in2001: A Space Odyssey.
The heads of the robots black screens with a glowing red dot on them further this comparison.
(Also, PALs logo looks awfully similar to Amazons smile-like logo.)
ASIMO
The robots were intentionally styled after ASIMO, a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000.
Mitchells in Disguise
Katies plan has the Mitchells dressing up in disguise as robots.
Who Ya Gonna Call?
Let the ghosts destroy New York.
The 1978 movie is a classic zombie flick and a biting take on American consumer culture.
(Rick rhetorically asks, Howd that movie end?
Spoiler alert: Pretty much all the humans die.)
(This is not the lastKill Billmusic cue inThe Mitchells vs. the Machines.)
Mitchells, Engage!
A siren blares, as it did inKill Billwhenever the Bride saw somebody on her kill list.
The music originally comes from Quincy Joness theme to the 1967 TV showIronside.
About Those Cameos … Chrissy Teigen and John Legend play the Mitchells perfect neighbors, Hailey and Jim Posey, which tracks.
Charlyne Yi plays their daughter, Abby.
Basketball player Blake Griffin plays Pal Max Prime, while Conan OBrien lends his pipes to Glaxxon 5000.
AnotherSNLplayer, Sasheer Zamata, voices Jade, Katies classmate and eventual girlfriend, while Jay Pharoah voices Noah.
YouTuber Elle Mills plays Hanna, one of Katies college friends.
Another classmate, Dirk, is voiced by Alex Hirsch, the creator of the cartoonGravity Falls.
Both Rianda and his co-director, Jeff Rowe, worked on that series.
Finally, internet-famous dog Doug the Pug voices Monchi.
