Movie connections for
"The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" (1981) More at IMDbPro »

Version of

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984) (VG)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

References

Carousel (1956)
"Doctor Who" (1963)
"Star Trek" (1966)

Referenced in

"The Young Ones: Bambi (#2.1)" (1984)
 -  Mike says that he is the greatest Hitch-hiker in the Galaxy.
Total Recall (1990)
Ghost (1990)
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995) (VG)
Doctor Who (1996) (TV)
Walkin' on Sunshine: The Movie (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
GoldenEye (1997) (VG)
 -  "Mostly Harmless" in Multi-Player
Lost in Space (1998)
Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) (VG)
 -  You can find a whale that has fallen to earth and a bowl of petunias
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
The 6th Day (2000)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Hey, Happy! (2001)
 -  quotes 42 in dialog as the answer of everything
"Odyssey 5: Pilot (#1.1)" (2002)
 -  pays homage
Men in Black II (2002)
Finding Nemo (2003)
 -  excessive references to number 42
The Alchemists of Sound (2003) (TV)
 -  Reference to the TV series
Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
"ER: Intern's Guide to the Galaxy (#11.5)" (2004)
 -  The similar title is a reference
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
 -  Opening title sequence is recreated near the beginning of the film, and the incarnation of Marvin appears in the queue on Vogsphere
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (TV)
 -  original BBC television series
Destroy All Humans! (2005) (VG)
 -  Area 42
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (V)
 -  Reference to the television series
"Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (#2.0)" (2005)
 -  The Doctor spends most of the episode in his dressing gown, and mentions Arthur Dent ("nice man"). Tea is also important.
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Reference to Simon Jones in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
"Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)
 -  Talked about briefly.

Featured in

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (1993) (V)
 -  manny clips from the series are shown
The Alchemists of Sound (2003) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
"Ultimate Sci-Fi Top 10" (2004)
 -  Clips are shown
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (TV)
 -  clips from the second episode are shown
The Martians and Us (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips shown and discussed.
"Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)
 -  Clip shown.

Spoofs

"Star Trek" (1966)
Star Wars (1977)

Spoofed in

Spaceballs (1987)
"Spaced: Beginnings (#1.1)" (1999)
 -  When Tim starts talking about Daisy's fear that mice may crossbreed with spiders to create a hybrid, an animated sequence comes on screen to demonstrate the creature which spoofs the animated sequences from the guidebook in this mini series. The style of animation is the same (green lines on a green grid with a black background).
Cruise of the Gods (2002) (TV)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
 -  When Arthur, Zaphod and Ford are working their way through the line on the planet Vogsphere, Arthur passes Marvin from the miniseries and does a double take as he walks by.

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