Connections

Scene of Asa Butterfield was shown.

Luke watches the Dead Parrot sketch

Cited as an influence by Max Hechtman.

Luke mentions the "to boldy go" phrase from "Star Trek" as an example of a split infinitive.

The Dead Parrot sketch is seen by Luke on the computer, and then repeated by Luke but replacing the parrot with a prawn.

Nathan's father thinks of normal people as muggles, compared to his son, who he says is like a wizard.

X+Y was inspired by the plot and characters of Beautiful Young Minds, reuses dialogue and has characters watching footage from it.