Wishful Thinking Allusions

Referencing actor David Duchovny, who plays a sex addict in the Showtime series Californication. A year after the show began its run, Duchovny admitted to having a sex addiction of his own.

Referencing the villainous Kryptonian general from DC Comics who battles Superman. He first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961) and was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp. Originally he was banished to the Phantom Zone by Superman's father after destroying an inhabited moon. The line of dialogue above comes from Superman II (1980), when Zod (Terence Stamp) and his two cohorts escape from the Phantom Zone and force Superman to kneel before them

Referencing the line commonly attributed to the comic book character Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and omitting the word "responsibility." The line, as first used in Amazing Fantasy #15, is actually "With great power there must also come great responsibility."

Referencing the 1994 movie, based on the novel by Winston Green. The movie stars Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, a not particularly intelligent man who finds himself unwittingly at the center of many historic moments of the 50s, 60s, and 70s while seeking to be together with his childhood friend Jenny

Referencing the 1987 movie starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, and Don Ameche. The Henderson family hit an animal which turns out to be Bigfoot. They take the creature into their home and have to deal with the authorities and the hunter out to capture "Harry."