Tarantinoisms
There are tons of similarities between Reservoir Dogs and other Quentin Tarantino film. Everything from character names, to the phrases they use. I call them "Tarantinoisms" and here they are:
Vega - The Killer
Michael Madsen is Vic Vega in Dogs and John Travolta is Vincent
Vega in Pulp Fiction. It is possible that Vic and Vincent are brothers.
Alabama - The female
The name appears in both True Romance and Reservoir Dogs. In True Romance Patricia Arquette plays Alabama and in Reservoir Dogs, Mr. White's old partner is named Alabama. Tarantino had originally planned to have Clarence die at the end of True Romance turning Alabama on to a life of crime.
Marsellus - The Man In Charge
Is mentioned in Reservoir Dogs and is one of the main characters
in Pulp Fiction. In Dogs, Joe asks Mr. White about Marsellus Spivey who used
to move Mr. White's ice. Mr. White says he is doing 20 years in Susanville
for bad luck.
Spivey
Appears in two of the films also. Alabama's pimp is named
Drexl Spivey in True Romance and in Reservoir Dogs, the man who used to move
Mr. White's ice is named Marsellus Spivey.
Scagnetti - The Bastard
Appears in both Reservoir Dogs and Natural Born Killers. Scagnetti is the name of Mr. White's parole officer in Reservoir Dogs and is the psychotic cop who arrests Mickey and Mallory in Natural Born Killers.
Marvin - The Fall Guy
In Reservoir Dogs, Marvin is the name of the cop who is kidnapped and in
True Romance, it is the name of one of Coccotti's goons. Marvin is also the name of the kid who was shot in the head in the car in Pulp Fiction.
Bonnie - The Nurse
Appears in all three movies. In Reservoir Dogs she is a nurse, in True Romance a colleague of Lee Donowitz, and in Pulp Fiction, she is Jimmy's wife (a nurse).
Long-haired Yuppie Scum
Lawrence Bender who produced both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, was also in both movies, as well as Jackie Brown. He played a young cop in Dogs, and a long-haired yuppie scum in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown
Samuel L. Jackson
Has a minor part in True Romance as well as his part in Pulp Fiction. He plays Big Don, a business associate of Drexl in True Romance. In Pulp Fiction he is Jules Winfield.
The Arquettes
Patricia Arquette appears as Alabama in True Romance, Rosanna Arquette appears as Lance's wife Jody in Pulp Fiction, and the girls' brother appears in Pulp Fiction as the man who comes out of the bathroom during the scene at the kids apartment.
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel appears in both Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, as does Tim
Roth. In Pulp, Keitel plays The Wolf and in Dogs he is Mr. White. In Pulp,
Tim Roth plays Pumpkin and in Dogs he is the undercover cop Mr. Orange.
Chris Penn
Chris Penn also has parts in two of Tarantino's movies. He plays Nice
Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs and is one of the cops who works on Lee's
assistant.
Steve Buscemi
In Reservoir Dogs, Mr. Pink, played by Steve Buscemi refuses to tip the
waitresses in the opening scene. Buscemi plays the Buddy Holly waiter in Jack
Rabbit Slims in Pulp Fiction.
Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino is another actor who appears in two of the movies. He is Mr.
Brown in Dogs and Jules' friend Jimmy in Pulp Fiction.
Diddled-eyed Joe to a damned-if-I-know
Both Reservoir Dogs and True Romance use the phrase. In Reservoir dogs, Mr. Oranges partner says while they are eating at the diner, "I'll bet you a diddled-eyed Joe to a damned-if-I-know
that..." In True Romance, Alabama's pimp Drexler says to Clarence, "We've got
everything here from a diddled-eyed Joe to a damned-if-I-know."
Ok, Ramblers, Let's get Rambling
Said by Joe after he finished giving the rest of the dogs the plan, and said by Seth to the family on their way to Mexico.
Big Kahuna Burgers
Big Kahuna Burgers are eaten in two of the movies. Clarence eats one
after he kills Drexl in True Romance and Brett and Jules eat one in Pulp
Fiction. Clarence washes his down with a coke, Jules with a sprite.
Bathrooms
There is a contemplative bathroom mirror scene in True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction. Clarence is talking to Elvis twice in True Romance, Mr. Orange's entire commode scene, and Vincent uses the Wallace's bathroom to convince himself that he should leave while Mia is overdosing in Pulp Fiction.
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson is mentioned three times in Tarantino's movies. Twice in
Reservoir Dogs and once in True Romance. In the opening scene of Dogs, when
Mr. Brown is talking about Like a Virgin he mentions Charles Bronson.
Mr. White mentions him when he is going over the operation with Mr. Orange.
In True Romance, Drexl says the name when he is talking to Clarence.
Meican Standoffs
The mexican standoff appears in all of Tarantino's movies including
Natural Born Killers. In Reservoir Dogs it is between Joe, Mr. White and Nice
Guy Eddie at the end, in True Romance it is between the police, the mafia, and
Lee's men, in Pulp Fiction it is between Jules, Honeybunny, and Pumpkin in
the diner, and in Natural Born Killers it's between Mickey, Mallory, and Scagnetti in Mallory's cell.
Trunk Shots
Truck Shots appear in From Dusk Till Dawn, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction. From Dusk Till Dawn, we see Seth and Richie from the hostages POV, in Reservoir Dogs, we see White, Pink and Blonde from Marvins POV, and in Pulp Fiction we see Jules and Vincent from the weapons POV.
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes are smoked by White in Reservoir Dogs, Butch in Pulp Fiction and are on the counter in Four Rooms.
There are many, and I mean MANY, more Tarantinisms out there, but these are all of the ones I could think of that pertained to Reservoir Dogs. Am I missing any? Mail me and let me know!
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