Airplane II: The Sequel
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Airplane II: The Sequel is a 1982 parody disaster comedy film that continues the spoof style of the original Airplane! with a new storyline set on a space shuttle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Airplane II: The Sequel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135370 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Airplane II: The Sequel Context triple: [Airplane!, hasSequel, Airplane II: The Sequel]
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A.
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 satirical disaster-comedy film that parodies the conventions of airline and disaster movies with rapid-fire visual gags and deadpan humor.
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B.
Airport 1975
Airport 1975 is a 1974 American disaster film and sequel in the Airport series, best known for its midair collision plot and ensemble cast.
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C.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is a famous horror story (and classic Twilight Zone episode) about a terrified airplane passenger who believes he sees a creature sabotaging the wing mid-flight.
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D.
Flight 3
Flight 3 is an earlier installment in a sequence of flights or missions that directly precedes Flight 4.
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E.
Flight 5
Flight 5 is the fifth installment in the "Flight" anthology series of wordless graphic novel collections curated by Kazu Kibuishi, featuring short comics by various artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Airplane II: The Sequel Target entity description: Airplane II: The Sequel is a 1982 parody disaster comedy film that continues the spoof style of the original Airplane! with a new storyline set on a space shuttle.
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A.
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 satirical disaster-comedy film that parodies the conventions of airline and disaster movies with rapid-fire visual gags and deadpan humor.
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B.
Airport 1975
Airport 1975 is a 1974 American disaster film and sequel in the Airport series, best known for its midair collision plot and ensemble cast.
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C.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is a famous horror story (and classic Twilight Zone episode) about a terrified airplane passenger who believes he sees a creature sabotaging the wing mid-flight.
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D.
Flight 3
Flight 3 is an earlier installment in a sequence of flights or missions that directly precedes Flight 4.
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E.
Flight 5
Flight 5 is the fifth installment in the "Flight" anthology series of wordless graphic novel collections curated by Kazu Kibuishi, featuring short comics by various artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disaster comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | disaster films ⓘ |
| character |
Buck Murdock
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Oveur NERFINISHED ⓘ Elaine Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve McCroskey NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Striker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joe Biroc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Ken Finkleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Folsey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Airplane! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
disaster ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Moon shuttle Mayflower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
future ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elaine Dickinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ted Striker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | spoofing space travel and disaster movie tropes ⓘ |
| parodies |
Airport film series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
science fiction films ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Airplane! film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Airplane! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Howard W. Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Howard W. Koch Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | PG ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-12-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| setIn | space shuttle ⓘ |
| starring |
Chad Everett
NERFINISHED
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John Dehner NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Hagerty NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Graves NERFINISHED ⓘ Rip Torn NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Stucker NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shatner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Ken Finkleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Airplane II: The Sequel Description of subject: Airplane II: The Sequel is a 1982 parody disaster comedy film that continues the spoof style of the original Airplane! with a new storyline set on a space shuttle.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.