Okay, so the pub signs in The World's End are one thing, but this one is a little ridiculous. In every instalment of The Cornetto Trilogy, Nick Frost's character will unwittingly explain the rest of the film in a sort of coded way, a casual conversation foreshadowing everything that's to come. In Shaun Of The Dead it's Ed's plan for a night out to take his mate's mind off of being dumped, in Hot Fuzz it's Danny's childish dreams of what being a big-city cop is like, and in The World's End Andy sets up the very last shot of the film. Seriously, just take Shaun for an example. Every part of the plan lines up to each significant plot point in the film, but it seems like he's explaining a wild night out: a "Bloody Mary" refers to the zombie girl of the same name who appears in their back garden, a "bite at the king's head" refers to Shaun's stepdad Phillip become a zombie, having a "couple" at the next place means David and Di, the "Little Princess" is obviously Liz, and then they "stagger back" to the Winchester when they pretend to be zombies, then boom! It's back at the "bar for shots" as they fight for their lives with the rifle. See? In Hot Fuzz, all the action movie cliches Danny explains actually happen during the latter half of the film. In The World's End Andy talks about how ballsy it is to order a tap water in a bar packed full of big ugly bastards, which Gary does at the end. So you can probably switch off each of The Cornetto Trilogy after about twenty minutes. Except then you'd miss out on all the other stuff...
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
