An assistant coach gives the team the option of watching this movie on the bus. The team chooses to watch this movie and a clip of this movie is shown.
There is a visual tribute to E.T. when Oskari drives President Moore through the forest with the starry night sky in the background. The President is hooded in a blanket and the shot emulates those where Eliot and E.T. are depicted in the same fashion in Spielberg's film.