Some character names, such as "Don Octave" and "Donna Ribalda" play on the Mozart opera, referring to Don Ottavio and Donna Elvira respectively, while the castanet-clicking "Carmen Ghia" plays on the title character of Bizet's opera (and puns on the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia).
The Karmann Ghia is also the subject of a secret pass phrase in the 2011 movie Cars 2.
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On the 1970s sitcom Good Times an orange Karmann Ghia convertible is seen briefly during the intro.
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