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The Santa Clause (1994)

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• The zoo where Scott talks to Charlie is actually the Toronto Zoo in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
  
  
• When Scott and Charlie are leaving the North Pole in the sleigh and pass by the moon; the moon has a distinct Mickey Mouse logo on it.
  
  
• When Scott and Charlie arrive at the north pole, the code that the elf enters into the North pole for entry is 1239.
  
  

• The scene where Tim Allen takes his son to the Denny's on Christmas Eve is actually a Swiss Chalet restaurant in Oakville that had to be altered to reflect the Denny's chain.
  
  
• During his tour of the workshop, Scott Calvin tries out a tool belt yest shakes his head as if to indicate that tools aren't for him. This is a reference to Tim Allen's then-hit TV show, "Home Improvement" (1991) where his character's life (Tim "the tool man" Taylor) revolved around tools.
  
  
• When the kids scream, "Let him go! Let Santa go!" that is a reference to Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
  
  
• When Scott Calvin is giving alternative names for Santa Claus to the police officer in the interrogation scene, Scott imitates Ed Sullivan when he says the last name, "Topo Gigio", which is not a name for Santa, but actually the name of a small Italian mouse puppet that appeared many times on "Toast of the Town" (1948).
  
  
• Elves are scattered throughout the movie in Scott and Charlie's world. The little blonde girl walking away from the window at the opening of the movie; the little boy putting his jacket on and wearing a red scarf as Scott and Charlie are led to their seat in Denny's; the girl walking behind the bench when Scott has kids lined up at Charlie's soccer game; the girl in the purple coat who walks by Scott and Charlie in the park when Scott wants Charlie to stop talking about the Santa Claus; and the attentive little boy in the blue turtleneck behind Charlie's desk during show and tell are all elves. They show up as a group at the end of the movie when Scott flies away from the Miller house, they are the kids who run and skip off.
  
  
• The role of Scott Calvin/Santa Clause was written with Bill Murray in mind
  
  
• At the beginning of the movie, a little girl looking in the toy store window turns her head, and a brief glimpse of her pointed ears reveal that she is actually one of Santa's elves celebrating Christmas with the other children.
  
  
• The ladder that appears to help Scott and Charlie get to the roof was made by the "Rose Suchak Ladder Co.", a reference to a question Charlie had asked about the line "There arose such a clatter" from the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (The Night Before Christmas).
  
  
• Among the individuals seen on the first page of Santa's List are Andre Agassi and Armand Assante.
  
  
• Scheduling conflicts with another film forced Chevy Chase to turn down the role of Scott Calvin/Santa Clause.
  
  
• When Charlie and the new Santa return to the North Pole for the new Christmas, Bernard introduces the techno-savvy elf Quentin, who proceeds to tell Santa about the gadgets the sleigh now has. This is a nod to the James Bond series character "Q", who is the technology master for James Bond’s vehicles.
  
  

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