- Zira flashes back to certain scenes.
- Film featured on this episode.
"TJ and the All Night Theatre" Beneath the Planet of the Apes (TV Episode 1979)
Film featured on this episode.- Film featured on this episode.
"Sledge Hammer!" The Spa Who Loved Me (TV Episode 1987)
the footage of the mushroom cloud is taken from the film
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Footage from the last scene, used as intro scene
Planet of the Apes (TV Series 1974)
Return to the Planet of the Apes (TV Series 1975–1976)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
What Ever Mama Wants (1972)
Advertised on a marquee."The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Episode dated 9 February 1973 (TV Episode 1973)
Johnny Carson mentions this film.Willie & Phil (1980)
Title seen on cinema marquee billboard."Mystery Science Theater 3000" Cave Dwellers (TV Episode 1991)
Servo: I think he's looking for James Franciscus and Charlton Heston."Mystery Science Theater 3000" Gamera vs. Guiron (TV Episode 1991)
Tom: "What, is he gonna worship the missile now?"
Metropolis (1927)
close-up of someone's hand on a factory button, painstakingly recreated
"Diminishing Returns" Planet of the Apes (Podcast Episode 2017)
Reviewed.
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (TV Special 1975)
Spoofed as "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs""Mystery Science Theater 3000" The Deadly Mantis (TV Episode 1997)
Spoofed in the host segment."Futurama" I Second That Emotion (TV Episode 1999)
The plot sees the characters going underground to the old abandoned city and encountering mutants just like in this film. To top that off, both this episode's mutants and the movie's mutants worship an unexploded nuclear bomb.The New Guy (2002)
There is a burning statue scene after Dizzy is invited to the party by the cheerleaders"Batman: The Brave and the Bold" Last Bat on Earth! (TV Episode 2009)
Grodd: "The only good tiger is a dead tiger!"