Chuck Versus The First Kill - References To Popular Culture

References To Popular Culture

• When the Buy More team is discussing about what to do during the inspection, Jeff says:"I can't leave the Buy More. I won't survive in the real world. I've been institutionalized." It is a reference to The Shawshank Redemption.
• The monologue that Morgan makes to the rest of the Buy More employees is a reference to the poison scene in The Princess Bride.
• When Big Mike kisses Morgan after he is demoted, the action, dialog, and music reference The Godfather Part II.
• When Chuck breaks into the Fulcrum facility to rescue his father, the theme from Iron Eagle plays.
• Ken Davitian is no stranger to the spy genre, having played Shtarker in the 2008 film Get Smart.
• President Barack Obama was referenced twice: First with the "Obama Guava" frozen yogurt Sarah brings Chuck at the beginning of the episode, and later Casey comments on the administration's 2009 ban on waterboarding.
• Chuck, Casey and Sarah dragging the dead Uncle Bernie out of Jill's parents' house by pretending that he is still alive is a reference to the comedy films Weekend at Bernie's and Weekend at Bernie's II.
• When Chuck flashes on Bernie, one of the newspaper clippings mentions him as an out-of-towner who ate a 96 oz (2.7 kg) steak. This is a nod to the John Candy film The Great Outdoors, in which Candy's character finishes the "Ol' 96er."
• A reference is made to Subway's "Five Dollar Footlong" special.
• Casey attempting to cheat off Chuck's Fulcrum enlistment test is a reference to the film Spies Like Us.
• The prison cell Chuck is taken to get Jill is Room 101, which is where your worst fears come to life in George Orwell's classic Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• The montage shown to the test-takers at the Fulcrum training center references a similar scene in The Parallax View.
• Bill Bergey (Christopher Cousins) was the name of the Fulcrum interrogator who fell out the window to his death despite Chuck's attempt to save him. The actual Bergey played twelve seasons in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles.
• Black Rock is a reference to the mysterious ship found on The Island in the TV show Lost