 This is the third film in Kevin Smiths intricately interconnected  View Askewniverse series [the others being _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv),  _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv), _Dogma (1999)_ (qv),  _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv), and  _Clerks II (2006)_ (qv)]. The movies are all linked by characters,  themes and events and each contains numerous references to the  others.