This can be obvious or subtle and it often used in family films to give the older generation something to enjoy.
It is most often used in films and can reference anything from a line in another film to a whole scene. In comedies, famous actors sometimes reference their part in a well-known film, for example in the film, 'Shrek the Third' (2007), Queen Lillian, voiced by Julie Andrews can be heard humming several of the songs from Children's Classic 'Mary Poppins', in which she played the lead role.
Intertextuality is used most often in comedic films (although it can be used elsewhere) and you won't get more references per minute than the opening for Shrek 2 (2004) - including references to Lord Of The Rings and The Little Mermaid amongst others. These references will most likely be picked up by a younger audience but an older viewer can appreciate them too.
Not all references are so obvious, many are put in to affect the viewer's perception of a character subliminally. For example in 'The Lion King' (1994), Scar's scar is a hommage to the scar on the lead in 'Scarface' (1983) - an audience probably won't pick up on the reference immediately if at all, but an older viewer may make a connection between the two characters subliminally.
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