Movie connections for
Grease (1978)

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Followed by

Grease 2 (1982)

References

Bambi (1942)
"You Bet Your Life" (1950)
 -  Depicted in opening animated credits
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
 -  The opening sequence to Grease features the theme song, and there's also some poking fun at the plot as well.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
 -  Billboard in opening animated credits
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
 -  Frenchy discusses how Debbie Reynolds had a guardian angel immediately before "Beauty School Dropout"; also, on marquee in animated opening credits
The Blob (1958)
 -  Trailer playing at drive-in
Ben-Hur (1959)
 -  race scene/similar cheating device
Planet of the Apes (1968)

Referenced in

Infermiera di notte, L' (1979)
 -  poster visible in the disco
Summer Camp (1979/I)
Schulmädchen vom Treffpunkt Zoo, Die (1979)
My Old Man (1979) (TV)
 -  Next to Jo's bed is a poster of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta from the film Grease.
An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of 'The Blue Lagoon' (1980)
 -  Kleiser references film several times.
Spetters (1980)
 -  There's a picture of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in the caravan.
Little Darlings (1980)
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
 -  poster on Jack's wall
Repo Man (1984)
 -  (a) car chase in L.A. wash/aqueduct; (b) older model car lifts off ground and flies away in final scene
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
 -  Quote "That's my name, don't wear it out".
Memories of Videodisc (1986) (V)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
 -  Music from Grease is played as a reference to previous works of director Randal Kleiser
"The Facts of Life: 62 Pick Up (#8.18)" (1987)
 -  The names of the members of the girl group are the same as the Pink Ladies in this film.
Hairspray (1988)
"Melrose Place: Drawing the Line (#1.14)" (1992)
 -  Allison mentions this in a conversation with Billy.
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993) (TV)
 -  Mentioned in 'Fry'
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
 -  Mike and the bots sing "You're the one that I Want"
"Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)
 -  Cover on shelf in Karl's Video Store
Clueless (1995)
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Face/Off (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997)
 -  "Beauty School Dropout!"
"Dawson's Creek: Dance (#1.2)" (1998)
 -  Dawson Mentions the film
"South Park: Tom's Rhinoplasty (#1.11)" (1998)
 -  Cartman says "Wow, Wendy looks just like that chick from Grease"
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind (#23.17)" (1998)
 -  Mentioned on Morning Latte
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener (#3.1)" (1998)
 -  Sabrina chooses this for the dance theme.
"South Park: Prehistoric Ice Man (#2.18)" (1999)
 -  Cartman talks about this film.
Jawbreaker (1999)
 -  The high school auditions are for the play "Grease" but it's not determined if the school play is based on the theatrical version of "Grease" or the stage version.
"The Last Train" (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
The King Is Alive (2000)
Scary Movie (2000)
"Freaks and Geeks: Noshing and Moshing (#1.15)" (2000)
 -  Sam mentions the movie
Backflash (2001) (V)
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Rock Star (2001)
"Just Shoot Me!: Friends and Neighbors (#6.14)" (2002)
 -  Kevin and Finch sing "Summer Lovin'."
"The Simpsons: Tales from the Public Domain (#13.14)" (2002)
 -  Moe: Greece IS the word!
"King of the Hill: Of Mice and Little Green Men (#6.14)" (2002)
 -  The film is mentioned by name.
Scooby-Doo (2002)
The Guru (2002)
The Nugget (2002)
 -  "watch a bit of Grease with the Dolby stereo"
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
 -  mentioned in documentary
Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) (VG)
 -  When Rikku casts the spell Thunder, she yells "Grease Lightning!" referencing the song in Grease.
Mgp 2003 - de unges melodi grand prix (2003) (TV)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
"Serrano, Los: La guerra de los Martínez (#1.13)" (2003)
 -  They recreate the famous duet scene in this episode.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
 -  dialogue
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
 -  The Pussy Wagon takes it's name from the 'Greased Lightning' lyric, "She's a real Pussy Wagon".
"Wonderfalls: Karma Chameleon (#1.2)" (2004)
 -  When Jaye confronts another character, saying she's like a character in a movie, the response is "Grease?"
Connie and Carla (2004)
 -  Debbie Reynolds performed with the drag queens singing Rizzo's famous song.
"Saturday Night Live: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen/J-Kwon (#29.20)" (2004)
 -  The cast sings 'Summer Nights'
Peter Kay: Live at the Manchester Arena (2004) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"Veronica Mars: Meet John Smith (#1.3)" (2004)
 -  Duncan starts singing a song from the movie on the bleachers
Signs and Voices (2004)
 -  A sign in the film satirizes the film.
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
 -  Script and stills.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon (2005) (V)
 -  The cast sings 'Summer Nights'
Monster-in-Law (2005)
 -  Murphy names it as one her favorite movies
"Extras: Les Dennis (#1.4)" (2005)
 -  Poster in someone's room and a photo of Olivia Newton John & John Travolta on set. Two people perform some of Summer Lovin' later on.
"Weeds: Lude Awakening (#1.5)" (2005)
 -  Celia wears a Pink Ladies jacket
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005) (V)
 -  Referenced in The Nerds and the Norge
Kids in America (2005)
The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Makes the countdown, is talked about in detail.
"My Name Is Earl: Didn't Pay Taxes (#1.17)" (2006)
 -  Referenced by name
American Dreamz (2006)
 -  Omar singing Grease Lightning at the end of the movie
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
 -  when the boy was dancing on his bed he was singing showtunes from the movie 'grease'
"Saturday Night Live: Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige (#31.15)" (2006)
 -  Album cover visible in Kareoke skit
"Postcards: (#8.5)" (2006)
 -  One story has a "dream sequence" where Glen and Lawrence perform the song Greased Lightning from this movie.
"The Paul O'Grady Show: (#4.37)" (2006)
 -  "The song Summer Lovin' comes from which musical film? Is it A. Grease, B. Mary Poppins or C. Oliver!"
Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision (2006) (TV)
 -  A still photograph is shown
"Will & Grace: The Finale (#8.23)" (2006)
 -  Will mentions it
Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006) (VG)
 -  The drive-in movie theater owner claims to Tony that local gangs have been using his property for a demolition derby because they were "probably watching too much 'Grease' or something"
"Tyhi vouno: (#1.1)" (2006)
 -  It is referenced that Mela saw that film before she had decided to become a dance reacher.
Totally Awesome (2006) (TV)
 -  Kipp says he was watching this John Travolta movie
"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar: Auditions: Los Angeles (#6.6)" (2007)
 -  Artwork shown onscreen when Olivia Newton-John is introduced
"Dancing with the Stars: (#6.8)" (2007)
 -  One of the judges mentions this movie while describing the era that Fifi Box and Paul Green captured when they danced the Jive.
Death Proof (2007)
 -  Zoe's black and yellow Mustang features the 'Pussy Wagon' logo, a reference to the "Greased Lightning" lyric.
"It Takes Two: (#2.9)" (2007)
 -  Jo Stanley mentions that this movie is part of her fantasy after she and Anthony Callea sing Johnny B. Goode.
"TV Land Confidential: Movies (#2.2)" (2007)
 -  still pictures
Roadkill (2007) (V)
 -  The police officer, Jocko Marcellino, was in Grease (1978) and wore a similar jacket in the film.
High School Musical 2 (2007) (TV)
 -  Sharpay:"I said keep an eye on them, not turn them into the cast of Grease."
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Dancing with the Stars: (#7.1)" (2007)
 -  When Daryl Somers chats with Patti Newton after the couples' introductions, she tells him that she is like Sandy from Grease.
"Have I Got News for You: (#34.3)" (2007)
 -  Referenced by name
"Wizards of Waverly Place: New Employee (#1.4)" (2007)
 -  Alex belittles her mother's taste in movie musicals, mistakenly combining Grease with Footloose
"Psych: Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead (#2.16)" (2008)
 -  Shawn introduces Gus as Patty Simcox- an character from Grease
"It Takes Two: (#3.3)" (2008)
 -  Scott Draper and Ricki-Lee Coulter perform the song Summer Days from this movie.
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken/Panic at the Disco (#33.9)" (2008)
 -  Soundtrack album visible on Miss Hash' keyboard
"How I Met Your Mother: Sandcastles in the Sand (#3.16)" (2008)
 -  When Robin tells the group about her summer of love, Barney responds with "tell me more, tell me more, like did he have a car?"

Features

Money from Home (1953)
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Let's All Go to the Lobby (1957)
 -  Playing in background in scene at drive-in

Featured in

Precious Images (1986)
"Go'e, den onde og den virk'li sjove, Den: (#1.1)" (1990)
 -  clip of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John shown
VH-1 Where Are They Now: Grease (1998) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV)
The Guru (2002)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002) (TV)
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)
 -  Showing Top Songs
Bitter Kas (2004)
 -  The movie is featured on a TV that the main character is watching
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)
 -  number 12
The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV)
 -  In the top 100
"Getaway: (#15.35)" (2006)
 -  The scene where Sandy leaves Danny at the drive-in is shown in a story on a drive-in near Melbourne.
"20 to 1: World's Best Love Songs (#3.9)" (2006)
 -  Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the song You're The One That I Want.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  seen during opening montage
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-03-27)" (2008)
 -  Clips of this film are featured during a past segment of 'The Great American Culture Quiz'.

Spoofed in

Bronzés font du ski, Les (1979)
 -  The main musical theme, composed specifically for the movie by Pierre Bachelet, is a direct spoof of the famous song from Grease.
"The Goodies: Saturday Night Grease (#8.2)" (1980)
 -  Tim's in love with Olivia Newton John so Grease is also spoofed here. The boys do the Greased Lightning song fixing their trandem bike instead of a hot car, and we also see the boys do versions of Summer Nights (tell me more tell me more) and You're the One that I Want at the disco.
"Saturday Night Live: Olivia Newton-John (#7.20)" (1982)
 -  Spoofed in Grease skit
Wacko (1983)
Hairspray (1988)
Cry-Baby (1990)
 -  the drapes are spoofs of the t-birds in grease, with obvious reference to one of them falling in love with someone they aren't meant to.
Killer Tomatoes Eat France! (1991)
Emisión: Imposible (1996) (TV)
High School High (1996)
Spice World (1997)
 -  Two of the girls dress up as Sandy and Danny
Never Been Kissed (1999)
"Family Guy: Let's Go to the Hop (#2.14)" (2000)
 -  The song "Give up the toad" is a spoof of "You're the one that I want" from this movie, the dance actions are mostly the same too.
Scary Movie (2000)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) (V)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
"Spaced: Mettle (#2.3)" (2001)
 -  Daisy talks about her sensitive and her rebel sides and we see her dressed as characters from this film to the movie's music.
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
 -  guy at beach sings and girl sings along elsewhere. Couples at dance doing hand jive and girl kisses guy and girlfriend runs off
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
The Guru (2002)
"That '70s Show: The Kids Are Alright (#6.1)" (2003)
 -  A disco dance scene, explicitly referenced as Jackie's dream about Olivia Newton-John 'really cool in that movie'.
Terkel i knibe (2004)
 -  The love scene between Jason and Joanna
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004) (VG)
 -  Larry and Ione sing a parody of "Summer Lovin"
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005)
 -  Girls chaning into bad/Musical Style
"Pushing Daisies: Dummy (#1.2)" (2007)
 -  Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted to You" while being constantly interupted.
"The Simpsons: Love, Springfieldian Style (#19.12)" (2008)
 -  The song that dog-Marge sings is modeled after the song "Summer Nights" and the film's staging of it

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