This Island Earth - Other References

Other References

• A brief homage to This Island Earth is seen in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). E.T. turns the TV on during a showing of the film, at the scene when Cal and Ruth are being abducted by the aliens and Cal says "They're pulling us up!"
• In the film Explorers, "This Island Earth" is mentioned in a line of dialogue: "I just got this new tape of This Island Earth. It's got this great saucer landing...And it's got, no, it's got this big mutant, with this, like, two brains." A clip from This Island Earth is also seen on an onscreen TV; the clip contains the line "Our universe is vast - full of wonders. I'll explore..." - a reference to the frame film's space exploration plot.
• The 1988 video game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders contains key references to this movie, such as large-headed aliens disguised as humans, communications through interstellar teleconferencing, and an airplane pulled into a flying saucer.
• Shock rock metal band GWAR`s 4th album, This Toilet Earth and its companion short form movie Skulhedface contain numerous references to this movie, including, among other things, the title, an alien with an oversized brain posing as a human, and communication between aliens using an interstellar teleconference device.
• New Jersey punk band The Misfits included a song tribute entitled This Island Earth on their 1997 album American Psycho.
• Steve Hackett included a song called "Turn This Island Earth" which was inspired by the film on his 2011 album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon.
• The alien Orbitron, the Man from Uranus, from the 1960s toy line "The Outer Space Men", also known as Colorform Aliens, is based on the Mutant.
• On page 11 of chapter 3 in the graphic novel Watchmen, a poster advertising This Island Earth is seen in the foreground.
• Weird Al Yankovic, a fan of both This Island Earth and Mystery Science Theater 3000, has featured the Interociter in both his film UHF and the music video for "Dare to be Stupid".
• The Metaluna Mutant is one of the many alien monsters held captive at Area 52 in Looney Tunes: Back in Action. It was later one of the aliens released by Marvin the Martian so that it could stop the main characters from taking the "Queen of Diamonds" card.