Caesar nearly beating Carver with a shotgun before Malcolm says 'No' echoes the ending of Conquest, during which Caesar nearly allows the apes to beat humans to death with guns before Lisa says 'No.' Caesar also seems offended by the fact that he received that response, which echoes Aldo being offended by the word in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.Patterned after Taylor's nickname Bright Eyes, also the name of his late grandmother, Bright Eyes, from Rise. Caesar's son is named Blue Eyes, a nickname Zira gave Bill Hudson in the Return to the Planet of the Apes.Like MacDonald, he is a human who wishes for apes and humans to coexist peacefully. Malcolm may be named after Malcolm MacDonald from Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.Maurice is shown teaching it at the young apes in school, also referencing the role of orangutan as political and religious leaders in the original continuity.
