Dillon battles the evil Odin, who is using a sonic device to menace the
world. Dillon, whose catamaran is called the Copperfin, drinks a can of Tenku Beer. Double-O agents are
mentioned in a flashback, and British Secret Service agent Gregory Tipp has an
office on the tenth floor of the Transworld Consortium building, which is an
elaborate front for the Service itself. At the headquarters of Odin’s ally Dr.
Numby, Dillon admires swords handcrafted by Domingo Montoya, one of the
greatest swordcrafters who ever lived. The president of the United States meets
with Doctor Michael Cadwallander, Director of Special Projects for the
Henderson Institute of Alternative Technologies, and Milo Dane, head of the
Omega Elite, the U.S. government’s ultimate “dirty tricks” department. Dillon’s
friend Eli Creed drinks Old Dusseldorf beer. Dillon’s catamaran is named after the U.S.S. Copperfin submarine
seen in the film Destination Tokyo. Tenku Beer is from the film Kill
Bill: Vol. 1. Double-O agents and Transworld Consortium are from Ian
Fleming’s James Bond novels. Domingo Montoya is the father of Inigo Montoya,
one of the main characters of William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride.
The Henderson Institute of Alternative Technologies is run by Dr. Sylvester
Henderson, whose brother Mongrel has appeared in stories by Ferguson for
Airship 27 Productions’ Mystery Men (& Women) anthology series. Omega Elite has been
mentioned in several of Ferguson’s stories. Old Dusseldorf beer is from the
television series Magnum, P.I.
Robert Rodriguez's film Machete is a feature-length version of a faux trailer seen in the film Grindhouse. Machete Cortez first appeared in Rodriguez's Spy Kids movies, where he is the uncle of the title characters. In the first film, Machete's wounds are treated by Doc Felix, who previously appeared in Planet Terror. Edgar McGraw appears in a
deleted scene; this is likely the same Edgar seen in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and
Death Proof. It has been conjectured that this Edgar and his father Earl
are identical cousins of the Earl and Edgar McGraw seen in the From Dusk
Till Dawn films. In the sequel, Machete Kills, a Mexican bar sells Cerveza Chango beer, and Desdemona uses the “crotch gun.” Both those items previously appeared in both Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn.
