Originally, the central area was depressed 12 feet below the sidewalk in an apparent and unpersuasive homage to the sunken plaza at Rockefeller Center.

His art for Edgar & Ellen comprises dark sketches with apparent homages to Edgar Allan Poe.

He had blue stars on his helmet and blue stripes on his clothing in an apparent homage to Evel Knievel.

In an apparent homage to his earlier role, Harris played a similarly pompous diplomat on Get Smart in 1970.

In an apparent homage to the Aesop fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, the lead villain is eaten by a bird.

Other non-Kubrick works contain references to "CRM 114", in apparent homage to Kubrick:

In an apparent homage to Southern's birthplace, the movie mentions that the "23rd Airborne Division is stationed seven miles away at Alvarado".

The publishing company is called Wounded Coot Greetings, an apparent homage to the local sporting group.

In 2006, he began work on a new bar on West 56th Street that he's calling Section 8, in another apparent homage to low-income housing.

In an apparent homage to earlier adaptations, the Doctor is played by Michael York, co-star of the 1977 film version.