There's lots of salutes/tributes.
Both Alex and Kevin live in a Chicago suburb.
Both have older siblings that are cruel at first.
Both on streets named after presidents (Lincoln, Washington).
Both have scenes featuring the main terminal at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.
Every movie has a person that's either cold to Alex/Kevin at first, or Alex/Kevin are afraid of.
Home Alone - Old Man Marley
Home Alone 2 - Pigeon Lady
Home Alone 3 - Ms Hess
Both Kevin and Alex use the TV as a means of scaring off the burglars.
They both use voice changing methods (Talkboy, Parrot)
There's also a formula for the traps segment as well. If you watch closely, all three films have the same trap set up. Usually there's a "trap intro", for example.
Home Alone - the BB gun
Home Alone 2 - the bricks
Home Alone 3 - the dog whistle
Then the burglars become seperated for their individual traps, and then they come together.
In the first and third movie, there's scenes in which one crook tries to hit an animal off of another (tarantula, mouse).
And finally, there's usually a big epic trap at the end, for example,
Home Alone - the treehouse rope
Home Alone 2 - the kerosene rope
Home Alone 3 - the pool/dumbwaiter
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