9 Movie Endings That Oddly Reference Other Things

9. Lorenzo's Oil - Paul

The villain of cult fave sci-fi comedy Paul appears to be Secret Service agent Zoil (Jason Bateman), who at the end of the movie reveals that he's actually been working with the titular alien (Seth Rogen) all along.

Better still, he tells Graeme and Clive (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) to call him by his first name, Lorenzo.

After a beat, the pair realise his name is "Lorenzo Zoil," a punny nod to the Oscar-nominated 1992 drama Lorenzo's Oil, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon.

Considering the absurdly limited overlap between those inclined to watch Paul and those who are even aware of Lorenzo's Oil, it's an incredibly off-key reference doubtless lost on a solid 90% of people watching.

Given that there's no clear link between the two movies either, it seems all the more bafflingly random it was Nick Frost's idea, naming the character Zoil throughout the film for sake of a head-scratching 10-second payoff at the end.