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References
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (1977)
Referenced in
The Distribution of Low Budget Films or The Gardener's Seeds of Evil Killed My Million Dollar Dream (1980) (V)
 -  This film is referenced by title.
Charade (1984)
Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV)
 -  shows billboard outside cinema
Event Horizon (1997)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) (VG)
The Making of 'Tron' (2002) (V)
Treasure Planet (2002)
 -  (Giant boulder in supernova sequence)
The Incredibles (2004)
 -  Syndrome's robot features spinning "claws" that are a visual and functional match for those on the Maximilian robot.
Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 2 (2006) (V)
 -  In "Homestarloween Party", the robot that appears in the story resembles Maximillian
Featured in
Major Effects (1979) (TV)
 -  It was displaying its visual effects
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (TV)
 -  scenes are featured in this special effects special
Splash (1984)
 -  One of the department store TV's is showing it.
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985) (V)
 -  An excerpt is shown
"Disneyland: Disney Goes to the Oscars (#30.8)" (1986)
 -  clips
A Brief History of Time (1991)
Spoofed in
Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995) (VG)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
 -  Doris the bowler hat attacks with rotating blades in exactly the same manner that Maximillian did in The Black Hole
Space Chimps (2008)
 -  Exiting the wormhole returning to Earth: similar to exiting the Black Hole in that movie
"Robot Chicken: We Are a Humble Factory (#4.11)" (2009)
 -  An infomercial for this movie

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