Monsters vs Aliens - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[ruby]

One of the missiles fired from the Apache helicopters at the alien robot says "E.T. Go Home!" and when it's seen on-screen, the iconic theme to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) can be heard.

[chad]

It was mentioned by General W.R. Monger that Insectosaurus is three hundred fifty feet (106.7 meters) tall, which makes him twenty feet taller than Godzilla from Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), who stands three hundred thirty feet (one hundred meters).

[sylvia]

Years the monsters were captured: Susan/Ginormica: 2008, Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.: 1961, B.O.B.: 1958, The Missing Link: 1962, and Insectosaurus: 1969.

[gerald]

Susan bears a strong resemblance to Reese Witherspoon at the age of twenty.

[ethel]

In the scene during the closing credits, President Hathaway asks the audience if anyone wants to freeze his head. Stephen Colbert, who provided the voice of President Hathaway, gives detailed outlines on how to unfreeze his head in an apocalyptic future in his book, "I Am America and So Can You".

[phyllis]

The two technicians who first discover the incoming meteor call the control center and issue a "Code Nimoy" alert, an homage to Leonard Nimoy.

[ethel]

The scene where The Missing Link is found frozen in an iceberg but thaws and escapes is similar to the discovery of the creature found frozen in The Thing (1982).

[morris]

When Gallaxhar is sending his message all over the world, at one point he says "You should in no way take any of this personally, it's just business", a reference to The Godfather (1972).

[maureen]

It took a total of five hundred artists to create this movie (the total crew number minus production staff and voice talent). This movie was in production for over four years (from January 2005 to Spring 2009).