References To The 1961 Version of The Film
As this film is a remake of the 1961 The Parent Trap, it features a number of references to the film it is based on. Among them are:
- The use of the Sherman Brothers song "Let's Get Together", which also plays over the Walt Disney Pictures Logo.
- Meredith talks to a "Reverend Mosby", named after a character in the original film.
- Some of the dialogue is almost identical to the 1961 film.
- Actress Joanna Barnes, who played Vicki Robinson (a character like Meredith Blake) in the original film, plays Meredith's mother (also named Vicki) in this film.
- The camp counselors, Marva Kulp Sr. and Jr., are named after Nancy Kulp, who played the younger camp counselor in the original film.
- The use of the sugar and water mosquito repellent which the twins give Meredith was also given to Vicki in the original film.
- The use of clapping two sticks together to scare away mountain lions, even though there aren't any, is taken from the 1961 film.
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