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"Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright returned to the big screen this week with The World&amp;#039;s End, the concluding instalment in their Cornetto Trilogy. For those who loved Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, it was inevitable that the trio would make the leap to the big screen. Alongside Jessica Hynes, the Cornetto collective produced a fast, funny and heartwarming look at the lives of twentysomethings immersed in pop culture. Naturally, the show came packed with film homages, and to mark the release of The World&amp;#039;s End Digital Spy takes a look back through some of Spaced&amp;#039;s memorable hat tips. Fight Club &amp;quot;The first rule of Robot Club is, you do not talk about Robot Club!&amp;quot; Finally, a cultural collision point for Philippa Forrester and Brad Pitt. Second series episode &amp;#039;Mettle&amp;#039; saw Tim (Pegg) and Mike (Frost) attempt to reclaim their masculinity by constructing their own Robot Wars-style machine and do battle in an underground fight club. Carnage, naturally, ensues as Mike&amp;#039;s TA buddies unleash &amp;#039;War Bastard&amp;#039; on TFU.      Star Wars There are probably enough Star Wars nods in Spaced to fill a feature all on their own: Tim&amp;#039;s emotional merch-burning in the wake of Episode I, the mirror of Empire Strikes Back&amp;#039;s final shot, &amp;quot;take care of yourself. That&amp;#039;s what you&amp;#039;re best at&amp;quot;. But, in part thanks to the lack of Spaced/Star Wars goodies on YouTube (**shakes fist at LucasFilm**), we&amp;#039;ve plumped for the below Colin rescue briefing scene, complete with role assignment and a funky John Williams remix.      The Matrix The Matrix sequels may have been a colossal let-down, but around the time of season two premiere &amp;#039;Back&amp;#039; in 2001 the world was entranced by The Wachowskis&amp;#039; breathtaking science fiction universe. After her backpacking adventures, Daisy returns to find herself targeted by a pair of sharp-suited Agents played by Mark Gatiss and Kevin Eldon. The standout moment happens in a pub (hey, this is Pegg and Wright after all!) with a fast-paced punch &amp;#039;em up and Mike doing his best Tony Montana impersonation.      One Flew Over the Cuckoo&amp;#039;s Nest Another appearance for &amp;#039;Mettle&amp;#039; in our rundown as Daisy (Hynes) takes a job in a restaurant kitchen only to have her soul crushed by boss Tina, a spot-on spoof of Cuckoo&amp;#039;s Nest&amp;#039;s  Nurse Ratched from Joanna Scanlan. Wright also manages to brilliantly align other characters to their movie counterparts for a funny and deeply affectionate homage to the Jack Nicholson classic.      Pulp Fiction Switch Bruce Willis for Jessica Hynes and John Travolta for Nick Frost and you have this great little homage to Quentin Tarantino&amp;#039;s 1994 masterpiece. Pulp Fiction has been parodied endlessly over the past two decades, but nobody has really tackled this moment before or since Spaced. It goes to show just how deep Pegg, Hynes and Wright&amp;#039;s appreciation of cinema goes.      Photo gallery - Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz in quotes:  What are your favourite film homage moments from Spaced? Leave your comments below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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