 Quentin Tarantino (qv) pays homage to his first film  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) twice in this film: First, the Bride  (Uma Thurman (qv)) pulls a single blade razor from her cowboy boot  which is a direct homage to Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen (I) (qv))  in Reservoir Dogs, who pulls a razor from his cowboy boot in the  infamous ear scene. Second, when the Bride and Bill  (David Carradine (qv)) are talking, Bill says that he hears a  gunshot to the kneecap is quite painful. In Reservoir Dogs, Mr.  White (Harvey Keitel (qv)) says to Mr. Orange (Tim Roth (qv)),  "Aside from the kneecap, the gut is the most painful area a guy can  get shot in."