Free As A Bird

Hidden References

#1. Calvin, Sam and Charles Wallace say that Leo resembles Ferris Bueller. The reason the two men look so much alike is that in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Producers", both Ferris and Leo Bloom are portrayed by Matthew Broderick.

#2. Peter and Ulla advise Leo and Sam to do the next right thing. That's the same advise as the advise that GrandPabi and Lieutenant Mattias give Anna in "FROZEN ll".

#3. Sam says that Leo went "Elmo's blanket" on her and Peter. She was referring to the plot to the 1999 film "Elmo In Grouchland" in which Elmo retrieves his favorite blanket after it was stolen.

#4. Sam sings "The Next Right Thing" from FROZEN ll while Leo sings the Beatles song "Misery" and "That Face" the song he sings himself in his film "The Producers"

#5. When Sam says "My brother gave his life for the Beatles situation"  she says it exactly like when Anna says "my sister gave her life for the truth" in FROZEN ll.

#6. When Sam says she doesn't want to talk about losing Peter, George Harrison says "Good. We don't wanna hear about it". That's the same line that Timon says in the "Lion King" film when Young Simba says he doesn't want to talk about his past.

#7.  When Calvin asks if there's anything he can do to help, Sam says "Not unless you can change the past", she unknowingly said the exact same line that Young Simba says when Pumbaa asks if there's anything he and Timon can do to help.

#8. Leo going hysterical and carrying around a blue blanket stays true to his actual character in "The Producers"

#9. When Peter says "You wanna help the Beatles don't ya?", it plays out exactly like in "Return to Never Land" when he says "You wanna help Tink don't ya?"

#10. When Peter explains to Leo that he isn't a friend of the Beatles but Sam is, he says it the same way Elsa says "I don't dance, but my sister does" in the first FROZEN.

#11. When Sam kicks Leo in the nose, the moment is a parody of when Jeannie Bueller kicks Ed Rooney in the nose thinking he's an intruder.

#12. Sam says "I'd rather rot on Hook's pirate ship than let my brother die". Jessie says the exact same thing in "Toy Story 3" when she says "I'd rather rot in this dumpster than join any family of yours".

#13. When Peter and Sam say that they can't lose each other, they say it very much like when Anna and Elsa say they can't lose each other in FROZEN ll.

#14. Sam threatens to make Captain Hook walk the plank. She says it very much like when Hook says "Mr Smee, be a good fellow and fix the plank so I can make you walk it!" in "Return to Never Land".

#15. When Calvin says "tough producing is still producing", he's saying the line Ravi says in season 1 episode 25 of JESSIE, "tough love is still love"

#16. When Leo asks Sam if she's alright for the first time, Sam says "I've been better". Anna says that when Elsa asks her if she's okay after she tames the fire spirit in FROZEN ll.

#17. Before Leo gives Sam his blanket, he says "I know what you need". That's the same line that Anna and Elsa say when they know how to cheer each other up in FROZEN ll.

#18. Leo says "I guess we're in the same boat". That's the line that Jane says when she encounters Captain Hook in "Return to Never Land"

#19. Peter's daughter (and Sam's niece), Briar Pan is taken from her character in the Wattpad story "Peter Pan's Precious Treasure" by  @coraprime17

#20. Sam says she knows that being in love with a grown man at her age is illegal then says "Hugs and kisses, sure, but that's as far as I go". Leo says that very line in "The Producers" when Max thinks Leo betrayed him by being in love with Ulla.

#21. When Peter and Sam reunite, they do it the same way Anna reunites with Elsa at the end of FROZEN ll.

#22. Peter says to Sam "nobody messes with your brother". He says it just like when Mufasa says to Young Simba "nobody messes with your dad" in "The Lion King".

#23. When Leo asks Sam if she's excited about the show, Sam's answer is "I'm drunk with power".  Matthew Broderick said the exact same thing when Nathan Lane said "How are you" when they hosted the 2001 Tony Awards.

That's all the references in this book!

I hope you loved reading this story as much as I loved writing it.

See ya real soon!

Peace and love,

Sammy