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Happy Feet: European Premiere Special (2006) (TV)

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References

Jaws (1975)
 -  When Mumble is alone on the ice floe, being teased by the leopard seal, he begins to turn around when the seal jumps out of the water. This references a similar scene in "Jaws".
Contact (1997)
 -  The opening sequence is an "inverse" version of the one in Contact, zooming in from the universe to earth. The soundtrack follows this as well
Finding Nemo (2003)
 -  "Gimme fin!"

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera (#32.5)" (2006)
 -  'reviewed' by Aunt Linda (Kristen Wiig)
"MADtv: (#12.7)" (2006)
 -  Arden Myrin goes to the movie's premier
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006)
 -  Talked about in Elijah Wood interview.
"Saturday Night Live: Annette Bening/Gwen Stefani/Akon (#32.8)" (2006)
 -  mentioned by 'Al Gore'
Happy Feet: European Premiere Special (2006) (TV)
 -  special about the film
Tuloy na tuloy na tuloy pa rin ang Pasko (2006) (TV)
 -  Mentioned in the presentation as the actors performed Boogie Wonderland.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  nominated film
"Dancing with the Stars: (#6.2)" (2007)
 -  After Daryl says that Sonia Kruger could have strolled the red carpet with the Oscars gang, this movie is mentioned in their subsequent dialogue.
"ER: Lights Out (#13.20)" (2007)
 -  Returning from the video store, Sarah says she didn't like "Happy Feet" and Mike responds that everyone likes "Happy Feet"
Surf's Up (2007)
 -  After the camera crew asks Cody if he has any special talents, he replies "You mean like singing and dancing?", a reference to all the singing and dancing penguins in "Happy Feet". Later on when Glen is giving an interview to the film crew a rockhopper penguin passes the camera chasing an egg, this is a reference to Memphis dropping Mumble's egg.
License to Wed (2007)
 -  "Be gone, demon-fish!" becomes "Be gone, demon-spirit"
"My Gym Partner's a Monkey: The Frog Principal/Meet the Spidermonkeys (#4.1)" (2007)
 -  A penguin was tap-dancing in the crowd.
"Getaway: (#16.31)" (2007)
 -  A poster for this movie is shown in the Bowen Twin Cinemas when the town is the subject of a story.
"Allemaal film: Tussen kunst en kassa (#1.5)" (2007)
 -  Poster is shown at the beginning
"King of the Hill: Strangeness on a Train (#12.19)" (2008)
 -  On the train, when the foreign man goes to the restroom and sees Hank's and Peggy's footprints on the mirror, he says "Ooooh. Happy Feet."
"Hole in the Wall: Sports Stars vs Couch Potatoes (#1.7)" (2008/II)
 -  Mentioned by the commentator during a replay of the Couch Potatoes facing a wall while wearing flippers.
"Dancing with the Stars: (#8.7)" (2008)
 -  Danny Green and Natalie Lowe dance their Salsa to a song from Happy Feet.
Take (2008/I)
 -  Jim says he truly hated that film, but that he might have found it watchable if Christian Bale had been in it
"Psych: High Top Fade Out (#4.7)" (2009)
 -  Shawn refers to Lassiter as the "old penguin from 'Happy Feet.'"
The Expendables (2010)
 -  Gunnar calls Bao "Happy Feet"

Featured in

"HBO First Look: Happy Feet (#13.19)" (2006)
 -  clips
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-11-18)" (2006)
 -  Clips shown for the review.
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006)
 -  Clip shown in Elijah Wood interview.
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  clips
"Troldspejlet: (#37.14)" (2007)
 -  DVD release reviewed and footage used in episode of Troldspejlet

Spoofs

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
 -  first penguin at zoo,tells Mumble it's heaven and calls him Dave in a "HAL 9000" voice
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
 -  A sinking excavator/crane is very reminiscent of the sinking alien queen, immediately followed by references to aliens

Spoofed in

The Simpsons Movie (2007)
 -  A dancing penguin gets shot in "Grand Theft Walrus"
Meet the Spartans (2008)
 -  The tap-dancing penguin. Also, Leonidas says "You've got happy Feet".

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