Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Buzz's house and everyone elses' houses on Capital Planet are based on the attraction at Disneyland called Monsanto House of the Future, whilst Star Command is visually based on Space Mountain.
• The episode "Strange Invasion", is a spoof of the Roswell Incident right down to the alien autopsy film and the "weather balloon coverup". Also keeping in line with the Roswell Incident, the planet they crash on is called "Roswell" and it bears a strong resemblance to the American Southwest; its inhabitants, meanwhile, resemble the grey aliens.
• The "Roswellian" sheriff and barber are spoofs of Sheriff Andy Taylor and Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show.
• When Buzz and Booster return to "Roswell" in the episode "Stranger Invasion", they end up attending a tea party hosted by the little girl Booster befriended during their first visit. While Booster wears the same outfit he did in "Strange Invasion" Buzz wears the same outfit he did as "Mrs. Nesbitt" in Toy Story at Hannah Phillips' tea party.
• Also in the episode "Stranger Invasion", Buzz Lightyear and the Evil Emperor Zurg engage in a confrontation similar to a lightsaber battle, in which Zurg distracts Buzz by claiming he's his father. Zurg did the same in the film Toy Story 2, in which the scene parodied Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
• Both the name of the last episode and the number of Buzz's ship, 42, are almost certainly references to the answer to life, the universe, and everything from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.
• In the episode "Star Crossed", one of the characters is seen ordering food from Pizza Planet, which appeared as an actual space-themed restaurant in Toy Story. Pizza Planet has since become a real Toy Story themed pizza restaurant in Disney's Hollywood Studios.