Kill Bill References Guide/tarantino

A list of references to QT's own movies that can be found in Kill Bill.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

• The Bride pulls a single blade razor from her cowboy boot which is a direct homage to Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) in Reservoir Dogs, who pulls a razor from his cowboy boot in the infamous ear scene.

• When the Bride and Bill are talking, Bill says that he hears a gunshot to the kneecap is quite painful. In Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) says to Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), "Aside from the kneecap, the gut is the most painful area a guy can get shot in."

• Michael Madsen stands in the doorway of his trailer and strikes the same pose as he does against the pole in Reservoir Dogs.

• Mr. Blonde gasoline jerry can is in Budd's trailer

• As the sheriff walks into the destroyed wedding chapel with bodies on the floor, the radio starts. Before it gets to the right song, someone can be heard singing "Dónde Està". In the Reservoir Dogs torture scene, the same sound bite is heard before Mr. Blonde changes the station to K-BILLY.

• Vernita Green complains about being given a codename she doesn't like. Mr. Pink had a similar argument in Reservoir Dogs.

• The black/white suits

• The trunk shot

• The toilet scene

True Romance (1993) Directed by Tony Scott

• Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino

• Buck has the same "Elvis Presley TCB" sunglasses as Clarence Worley in True Romance.

• On the wall in Budd's trailer hangs a poster for Mr. Majestyk (1974). In True Romance, Drexl (Gary Oldman) refers to Clarence as "Motherfuckin' Charlie Bronson: Mr. Majestyk."

Pulp Fiction (1994)

• During the scene at the House of Blue Leaves, right before The Bride cuts off Sofie's arm, she tells O-Ren that they have "unfinished business." The close up camera angle of The Bride's lips is the same angle Quentin Tarantino used in Pulp Fiction when Mia told Vincent (through a microphone) that she'd be down "in two shakes of a lamb's tail."

• At the beginning of the scene where the sheriff walks into the church after the wedding massacre, there is music playing. When the singers say "Donde esta" there is a static sound like a radio changing station. Quentin used this same sound effect in the opening credits of Pulp Fiction to change from "Misirlou" to "Jungle Boogie".

• Quentin Tarantino has confirmed in interviews that the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS)" was inspired by "Fox Force Five", the fictional television show that Mia Wallace filmed in Pulp Fiction.

• When the Bride says the word "square" to Vernita, she draws three sides of a square in the air with her finger. Uma Thurman's character in Pulp Fiction did nearly the same thing, except drew all 4 sides of the square.

• A violent wake up

• The black/white suits

• The white Honda that Butch crashes in Pulp Fiction and that is driven in Jackie Brown is seen at the parking lot of the strip club Budd works at as the title of Chapter 7 appears.

• The Bride says that Vernita Green is the "deadliest women in the world with a knife", Mia Wallace says the same line referring to her character in Fox Force Five

• The black/white suits.

• When the Bride arrives at the Tokyo airport, she walks in front of a Red Apple cigarettes advertisement. Red Apple cigarettes were first seen in Pulp Fiction.

• Trunk shot: While The Bride is interrogating Sofie Fatale, who's lying in the trunk of her own car. We see from Sofie Fatale's point of view the Bride, wearing a helmet.

• Bare feet

• The finger shot

• The bathroom scene

Natural Born Killers (1994) Directed by Oliver Stone

• Tarantino has openly stated he doesnt like this film.

• Bill says that The Bride is a natural born killer.

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Directed by Robert Rodriguez

• Michael Parks plays Sheriff Earl McGraw, the same character that the Gecko brothers killed at the beginning of From Dusk Till Dawn.

• Buck says "Are we absolutely clear on Rule #1?" This same line was used by George Clooney in From Dusk Till Dawn.

• Trunk shot

• Red Apple cigarettes

• Bare feet

Jackie Brown (1997)

• The animated map

• Jackie's black suit

• The trunk shot

• Bare feet shot

• The bathroom scene

• The white Honda Civic

• Corpse view

• Elle says, "Now, you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you." Samuel L. Jackson says the same line in Jackie Brown.

Tarantino Brands in Kill Bill

• Tenku Brand Beer: Billboard.

• G.O. Juice: Billboard.