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"At the Movies" Special Show: The Doctors Are In (TV Episode 1984)
A clip is shown during the next episode preview.- Reviewed; clips are shown.
"Siskel & Ebert" Guilty Pleasures - 1987 (TV Episode 1987)
One of their picks.Attack of the Clones Review (Video 2010)
Plinkett shows how this movie has a fish out of water character who is explained the plot by other characters."WatchMojo" Top 10 Landmark CGI Movie Effects (TV Episode 2013)
The CG effects in The Last Starfighter, which was the first film to use computer animation instead of miniatures, are #10.
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
Poster in window display at video store when Jeff meets with his mom"Camp Midnite" Show 113 (TV Episode 1989)
Dick tells Catherine Mary Stewart that he fell in love with her during the movie."Mystery Science Theater 3000" Gamera vs. Guiron (TV Episode 1991)
"I saw this on the Last Starfighter""ReBoot" The Episode with No Name (TV Episode 1997)
Matrix tells his gun to enter "Death Blossom mode" and it spins and targets all nearby enemies just like Alex's Gunstar."Saved by the Bell: The New Class" Free for All (TV Episode 1998)
Nicky dresses as one of the Starfighters.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Visual references include Maggie's outfit and Xur's floating head.The Music Man (1962)
Director Nick Castle called Centauri (Robert Preston) "the Music Man in space." Both of Preston's characters have a line beginning with "As the poet said..."- Director Nick Castle deliberately set out to subvert tropes from this movie.
- Director Nick Castle deliberately set out to subvert tropes from this movie.
Space Invaders (Video Game 1978)
a main influence on the movie
The Last Starfighter (Video Game 1984)
Spin off video game.
"Quantum Leap" The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957 (TV Episode 1992)
Title reference.Team America: World Police (2004)
Spottswoode picks Gary up in a fancy flying car and takes him to his lair in the same exact way Centauri in Last Starfighter captures the boy. Even the stars are arranged the same way."South Park" Best Friends Forever (TV Episode 2005)
boy is recruited with a videogame"Robot Chicken" Cracked China (TV Episode 2006)
a sketch recreates scenes from the film- Reggie being chosen to fight in space because of his musical ability is a spoof of this movie's plot
- The emergency gear instruction monologue is spoofed.
The Starfighter Chronicles (TV Movie)