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* [[Beatnik]]: Sandra (who Gene has a crush on) and her parents even moreso.
* [[Blackmail]]: How Sherry's little brother plans on getting to the movies.
* [[B -Movie]]: the film is an [[Homage]] to the William Castle B-Movies with ''Smell-O-Vision'' and the like. Goodman plays Woolsey, an [[Expy]] of Castle whose previous work was ''[[The Tingler]]'' and involved shocking people in their seats. Actors are hired to work the crowd before and during the show.
* [[Casting Gag]]: Several B-Movie Alumni are cast such as William Schallert and Robert Cornthwaite.
** [[Actor Allusion]]: The actors who play Herb and Bob are forgotten veteran B-movie actors both in-story and out.
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** The end of the film causes a riot when Woolsey switches to a reel showing an atomic bomb blowing up the screen and burning away the film stock.
* [[Friendless Background]]: Gene. With his Dad in the Navy, they move around a lot.
* [[Free -Range Children]]: Justified as this was rather common in at the time. Plus, they live in [[Shining City|Key West]].
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: Robert Picardo as the nervous theater manager.
** [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers|Kevin McCarthy]] as The General in "MANT!"
** {{Naomi Watts}} gets upstaged by a shopping cart in one of the movies-within-a-movie.
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* [[Nothing but Hits]]
* [[Cold War|Nuclear Nightmare]]: Gene has 'em.
* [[Nuke 'Em]]: the Generals want to do this to Bill. "Once you let that atomic genie out of its bottle... there's no turning back, gentlemen!"
* [[One Million BC]]: Woolsey's speech comparing moviegoers to cavemen seeking enlightenment.
* [[The Professor]]: The Scientist in MANT! is a classic embodiment of the trope. He's also the [[Only Sane Man]].
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{{quote| '''Scientist:''' "And that's not all. You'll grow... ''(tsk tsk)'' get bigger!"<br />
'''Dentist:''' "I'm ''sorry'', Bill! }}
* [[Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?]]: Starkweather seems bent on stalking Sherry after sending her beat poetry from juvenile detention.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Sandra recognizes the futility of nuclear drills and paints a grim picture of the effects of radiation. She is also a crusader for social justice, familiar with Gandhi and the plight of Negroes in the United States.
** This is probably thanks to her parents, who seem just a little out of place.
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