Tall Tales Allusions

Dean: I don’t know, man. I think they’re called Purple Nurples.

A Purple Nurple is a type of alcoholic cocktail drink that is made by putting coconut rum, triple sec, Blue Curacao, cranberry juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker. The ingredients are then shaken up and strained into a glass for serving.

Chainsaw-Wielding Cannibal

This character references Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre series of films from 1974, starring Gunnar Hansen.
Dean: This is my shuttle co-pilot, Major Tom.

Referencing to the main character of two famous David Bowie songs. For the first time, Major Tom appears in the 1969 hit Space Oddity, on the album of the same name ("Ground Control to Major Tom..."). In 1980, Major Tom returns in the song Ashes to Ashes, on the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) ("Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song? I've heard a rumor from Ground Control...").

Magazine

Weekly World News (WWN) is a mock tabloid newspaper published by American Media Inc. Its editor in chief is Jeff Rovin. It combines wire reports of strange news with in-house writings and columns, all fictional.
Dean: What? You mean between the angry spirit and uh... the sexxed up ET?

ET refers to the Academy award winning movie E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie was about a boy named Elliot who becomes friends with an alien whom he names E.T.

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