• Sixteen Candles -- Ted looks at the camera and says, "This is getting good."
• Weird Science -- Wyatt glances at the audience when Chet says, "Pretty soon you'll be wearing a bra over your head."
• Pretty In Pink -- Duckie looks at us before approaching Kristy Swanson at the prom.
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- Ferris talks to the audience throughout the film.
• Home Alone -- Kevin looks at the camera and waves his eyebrows.

Canada

"'Oh, you wouldn't know her, she's in Canada.' That way you get to dodge the issue and still impress people - ooh, Canada, exotic." -- John Hughes

• The Breakfast Club -- Bender asks Brian if he's ever done "it," and he responds that the one he lost his virginity to lives in Canada, near Niagra Falls.
• Weird Science -- Gary (Anthony Michael Hall's character once more) makes a comment about slutty Canadian girls.
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- When we first see Del in the airport, he's reading a pulp novel titled Canadian Mounted.
• The Great Outdoors -- Chet takes his family to a birthday party for Canada's oldest man. (John Candy (Chet) was from Canada.)

Candy, John

• National Lampoon's Vacation -- Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- Del Griffith
• She's Having A Baby -- uncredited
• Great Outdoors -- Chet
• Uncle Buck -- Buck Russell
• Home Alone -- Gus Polinski
• Only the Lonely -- Danny
• Career Opportunities -- C.D. Marsh

Chase, Chevy

• National Lampoon's Vacation -- Clark Griswald
• National Lampoon's European Vacation -- Clark Griswald
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation -- Clark Griswald
• Vegas Vacation -- Clark Griswald

Chicago, Illinois (see Shermer, Illinois)

"Chicago is what I am. A lot of 'Ferris' is sort of my love letter to the city." -- John Hughes

"All my references go back there, where I lived a classic 1950s suburban life." -- John Hughes

Child, Forgotten or Overlooked

• Sixteen Candles -- Samantha Baker's entire family forgets her 16th birthday.
• The Breakfast Club -- Allison wants to run away because her parents ignore her.
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- Jeannie pales in comparison to her brother Ferris's fame. Also, Cameron believes his dad loves the Ferrari more than him.
• Home Alone -- Kevin McCallister's parents forget him at home during their family Christmas vacation.
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York -- They do it again.

Chinich, Michael (Producer)

• Pretty in Pink
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"You couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerine plant!" - Uncle Lewis, Christmas Vacation

Christmas

• National Lampoon's Vacation -- Aunt Edna complains that the fruitcake Clark sent her for Christmas made her sick.
• Weird Science -- Wyatt says that Lisa can't leave Chet the way she did because it'll ruin Christmas.
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
• Home Alone
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• Miracle on 34th Street

Class Differences, Conflicts Regarding

• The Breakfast Club
• Pretty in Pink
• Some Kind of Wonderful
• Dutch
• Christmas Vacation
• Curly Sue
• Career Opportunities
• Reach the Rock
• New Port South

Coffey, Scott

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- Adams
• Some Kind of Wonderful -- Ray

Columbus, Chris

• Home Alone -- director
• Only the Lonely -- writer, director
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York -- director

Computers

• Sixteen Candles -- Farmer Ted bets a box of floppy disks that he can score with Samantha.
• Pretty in Pink -- Andie and Blaine exchange messages and graphics in the library.
• Weird Science -- Gary and Wyatt create their dream girl on a computer.
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- Ferris uses his to alter his school absence record. He also draws a picture of a naked woman on it while talking to Cameron on the phone.
• Flubber - Weebo, the professor's sidekick, was a computer with a female voice.

Cooper, Kyle

• 101 Dalmations -- Title sequence designer
• Flubber -- Title sequence designer
• New Port South -- Director

Corman, Maddie

• Some Kind of Wonderful -- Laura Nelson
• Maid In Manhattan -- Leezette

Culkin, Macaulay

• Uncle Buck -- Miles Russell
• Home Alone -- Kevin McCallister
• Only the Lonely -- Billy
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York -- Kevin McCallister

Culkin, Keiran

• Home Alone -- Cousin Fuller
• Only the Lonely -- Patrick Jr.
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York -- Cousin Fuller

Cusacks

• Sixteen Candles -- Sibling actors John and Joan Cusack both appeared in this film. John played Farmer Ted's friend Bryce, and Joan was the girl on the bus with the neckbrace.