Movie connections for
Trading Places (1983) More at IMDbPro »

References

Hoi Polloi (1935)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
 -  2 old men bet on the effect of making a poor man rich for a month.
Auntie Mame (1958)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
 -  In one scene, Billy Ray Valentine is riding around on a soapbox with wheels, as Porgy usually does in productions of "Porgy and Bess", but in this case Valentine is only pretending to be disabled. He tries to pick up a woman who ignores him. Calling after her, he says, "I know what you're thinkin' man, - you seen "Porgy and Bess'?"
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)
All the President's Men (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
 -  Propoganda from John Landis's fake movie "See You Next Wednesday" are seen in both films
The Blues Brothers (1980)
 -  The restaurant has the same background music from the Chez Paul.

Referenced in

Hell (1984) (V)
"Jeopardy!: (#1.1)" (1984)
 -  Subject of a $200 clue in the category "Actors & Roles", it was the first-ever clue to deal with film.
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
"Cagney & Lacey: Trading Places (#7.11)" (1988)
 -  title reference
Coming to America (1988)
 -  Randolph and Mortimer Duke appear homeless and Eddie Murphy gives them a large amount of money to get them off the streets.
"Step by Step: Trading Places (#3.5)" (1993)
 -  episode title
Scream (1996/I)
"Family Matters: Trading Places (#9.8)" (1997)
 -  title reference
20 Dates (1998)
Happy, Texas (1999)
Behind the 'Scream' (2000) (V)
Pieniadze to nie wszystko (2001)
 -  presents the clash of the rich and the poor
Shrek (2001)
"Chappelle's Show: (#1.7)" (2003)
 -  "This ain't Trading Places, nigga!"
"ER: Foreign Affairs (#9.20)" (2003)
 -  Open reference by a character
"The Simpsons: The Regina Monologues (#15.4)" (2003)
 -  Two Dukes debate on switching the lifestyles of somebody rich with the (what they assume to be) poor lifestyles of Bart and Lisa, referencing the premise of Trading Places.
"Tripping the Rift: Power to the Peephole (#1.8)" (2004)
 -  Gus wears the same disguise as Jamie Lee Curtis
The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006) (TV)
 -  Makes the countdown, is talked about.
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Father's Day (#1.22)" (2006)
 -  Rochelle takes the children to the movie
Knocked Up (2007)
 -  The boys talk about Jamie Lee Curtis and when she is showing her boobs in the movie
High School Musical 2 (2007) (TV)
 -  scene in dining room opens with Mr. Evans finishing a story for the entire table with "and she stepped on the ball". This is a reference to the country club scene from "Trading Places".
"iCarly: iPromote Techfoots (#1.18)" (2008)
 -  Carly and Freddie quote the last lines of Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy after their newfound fortune

Features

Sunset Blvd. (1950)
 -  TV version only includes clip from Sunset Blvd.
To Catch a Thief (1955)
 -  As Winthorpe and Valentine are discussing what is to be done, Ophelia is watching TV. A brief clip of the costume ball is shown, just before the newsflash.

Featured in

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
 -  Twin Peaks re-uses a shot of the Philidelphia bell from this film.
"HBO First Look: The Making of 'Dr. Dolittle 2' (#8.7)" (2001)
 -  clips shown
The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown.
Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007) (V)
 -  clips

Spoofs

The Shining (1980)
 -  "Here's Johnny" line when Ophelia opens the door to a customer
Terror Train (1980)

Spoofed in

Next Friday (2000)
The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005) (V)
 -  29:48 "Looking jiggy Burt, Feeling jiggy Kronk"

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