"The Paul Behragam Talk Show" "Balto" R&T Part 5 (TV Episode 2015)
The "BOWNG!" sound effect was used.
- Teaser Trailer shown during Trailer Time
- the trailer is reviewed
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show" Robin Hood/Letters to Juliet/Just Wright (TV Episode 2010)
Trailer reviewed by Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox in the Anticipatron"Siskel & Ebert" Mid-Year Intermission 2010 (TV Episode 2010)
Phillips' pick for the movie he's most looking forward to in the 2nd half of the year."HBO First Look" Inception (TV Episode 2010)
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"Bum Reviews" Inception (TV Episode 2010)
It is mentioned and discussed."Film Junk Podcast" Episode 279: Inception (Podcast Episode 2010)
Reviewed"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #18.89 (TV Episode 2010)
Jay Leno says the film will make even more money next weekend when people go back to try to understand it"The Rotten Tomatoes Show" Salt/Ramona and Beezus/Summer Doc Round-Up (TV Episode 2010)
Ellen Fox: "Brett, Inception is just a movie." Brett Erlich: "Ahh, that's just what my self-conscious would say.""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #18.93 (TV Episode 2010)
a fake headline says audiences are going back to the film to figure out what happens in it
Citizen Kane (1941)
Image of a person multiplied in a large mirror.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Cited by Christopher Nolan as an influence.- The mountain headquarters in the third level dream is modelled on the one from OHMSS
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Production VFX Supervisior Paul Franklin has stated that the end of Zabriske Point, when the house is exploding and objects are flying through the air in slow-motion, was an inspiration for the scene where Cobb and Ariadne are sitting at a cafe and the world starts to explode.Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Both films use a synchroniser as a way of traveling into each other's consciousness.
Inception: The Cobol Job (Video 2010)
"Electric Spoofaloo" Incepción (TV Episode 2010)
Spoofs the trailer"Richard Roeper & the Movies" Inception - Discussion (TV Episode 2010)
After discussing different interpretations of the movie, Richard Roeper spins a top and the scene ends before we see if it keeps spinning or fallsInebriation (Video 2010)
A direct spoof of the events in and trailer for the film."How It Should Have Ended" How Inception Should Have Ended (TV Episode 2010)
Alternate Ending parody"South Park" Insheeption (TV Episode 2010)
The second half of episode is a parody of this movie