In "The Moon is Not Blue" (aired December 13, 1982), Hawkeye and B.J. learn that the film The Moon Is Blue has been banned in Boston, due to its suggestive nature. As the two get excited, Major Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) declares that Boston would've banned Pinocchio.
In "Shame" (aired February 3, 2000), when Hal, Reese, and Dewey are playing with a wood chipper that's being used to shred a tree Hal cut down, Dewey throws a bootleg Winnie the Pooh stuffed toy into the chipper.
In "The Grandparents" (aired February 11, 2001), Victor and Ida are sitting next to a Minnie Mouse stuffed toy at one point.
The 1996 Burger King toy of RC Car from Toy Story can be seen in two episodes. It can first be spotted in "Hal's Friend" (aired March 30, 2003) where it is seen near a lamp behind Reese when Hal is getting on him and Dewey for finding a VHS tape in the dishwasher (since the latter made the former put it in there) and was also seen in "Bride of Ida" (aired January 13, 2006) on a table when Malcolm argues with Reese.
In the episode "Luck of the Bundys" (aired September 26, 1993), Al and Jefferson are playing poker with some guys. Upon realizing that Al has a winning hand, Jefferson excuses himself briefly. He goes outside and yells: "I'm going to Disneyland!"
In the episode "Ship Happens: Part 2" (aired February 26, 1995), Al and Peggy find themselves stuck on a raft together with Gilbert Gottfried. Several references are made to Aladdin and Gottfried's character Iago. Gottfried also does a comedy routine where he pretends to be Mickey Mouse on acid.
In the episode "How Bleen Was My Kelly" (aired October 15, 1995), Lucky the Dog says (in his internal monologue): "I'm going to rent me a One Hundred and One Dalmatians... and I don't mean the movie".
The two-hour season finale episode "Orlando" and "The Wonderful World of Hecks" (aired May 21, 2014), features the Hecks family going out for a road trip to Walt Disney World.
In "Hecks at a Movie" (aired February 17, 2016), movie posters of Zootopia and The Jungle Book are seen.
In "The Man Hunt" (aired February 24, 2016), Tigger is mentioned.
In "The Wisdom Teeth" (aired March 16, 2016), Mary Poppins is mentioned.
In "Brief Re-Encounter" (aired October 21, 1978), Miss Courtney sings Some Day My Prince Will Come when she learns that her ex-fiancé, Albert, who is in fact a conman, is coming to see her at her school after 25 years of absence.
In "Who Loves Ya, Baby" (aired November 9, 1979), in class, Jamila naively mentions the name Mickey Mouses during a game of Crosswords concerning the plural of mouse.
In "Caperberries and a Glass Eye" (aired April 14, 2016), Disneyland is mentioned.
In "Sparking Water and Ba-Dinkers" (aired November 10, 2016), Mary Poppins is mentioned.
In "Curious George and the Big Red Nightmare" (aired November 17, 2016), Disney World is mentioned.
In "Tush Push and Some Radishes" (aired April 6, 2016), Bonnie calls Christy Bambi.
In "A Cricket and a Hedge Made of Gold" (aired April 27, 2017), Christy calls a cricket Jiminy and "Circle of Life" is mentioned.
In "Two Thongs and A Hawaiian Funeral" (aired May 4, 2017), Bambi is mentioned.
In "Poodle and a Twinge of Jealousy" (aired November 30, 2017), Christy calls a dead mouse Mickey.
In "Spaghetti Sauce and a Dumpster Fire" (aired April 19, 2018), Puppy Dog Pals is mentioned.
More Than Friends[]
In "More Than Friends" (aired September 25, 2020), before Soo and Woo-yeon started watching their movie, two claw machines can be seen in the background. If looked carefully, the one on the right has a plush version of Olaf from Frozen.
In "Where Did The Curse Go?" (aired October 23, 2020), the story of Sleeping Beauty was talked about at the start of the episode.
In "The End" (aired November 6, 2020), Soo and Young-hee talk about the story of Rapunzel, where she had nowhere to go to, just after talking about their similar instances.
In some episodes, the room where Dae Woong sleeps has a Spider-Man figurine in one of the tables.
In some episodes, the action school building living room has a bench with an arch that is covered with pictures of chickens. One of them contains a picture of Chicken Little.
In Episode 1, when Dae Woong is heading to the action school to meet up with Hye In and before Dae Woong gets arrested for riding a motorcycle that was reported to be stolen, a Lightning McQueen sticker can be seen on the motorcycle.
In Episode 15, when Dae Woong gets off the bus to look for Mi Ho (now named Park Sun Joo), a pedestrian can be seen with a silhouette of the top half of Mickey Mouse's head on the back of her jacket.
In some episodes, a Star Wars poster can be seen displayed in the action school dressing room.
In Episode 16, when Dae Woong recalls past events with Mi Ho, a poster of Alice in Wonderland can be seen behind him.
My Princess[]
In Episode 15 (aired February 23, 2011), when Hae-young and Seol are playing the Whack-a-Mole arcade, the claw machine next to the arcade has a sticker picture of Mickey Mouse.
During the Catalina Caper episode (aired October 13, 1990), Joel asks of the location they arrive at, "Is that where they filmed The Boatniks?" They also joke about Boatniks 2. Later, as the group parades down the street after the bad guy, Nicky, drums are heard in the background, prompting Crow T. Robot to remark, "Wow, this Main Street USA parade is really getting thin." Tom Servo replies by saying, in Mickey Mouse's voice, "Hi, folks," to which Crow replies, "That's not Mickey, that's Nicky." As Nicky runs into a pueblo-looking building, Joel remarks, "He's running into the Haunted Mansion."
In the Magic Sword episode (aired August 29, 1992), Servo lists Cruella De Vil as someone, who is better looking than Estelle Winwood.
During the Manos: The Hands of Fate episode (aired January 30, 1993), Dr. Forrester apparently has a Little Mermaid bowl, because that is where his assistant Frank puts his caramel corn. At the end of the movie, as the group notices that Torgo was played by John Reynolds, the leaning scene is shown, prompting Crow to remark that he "went on to do Torgo at Disney World".
In the I Accuse My Parents episode (aired September 4, 1993), as James Wilson's father is sitting with a female acquaintance during a party, Crow remarks, "Walt Disney interviewing another Snow White." Also, while covered in "naked" paint, Servo exclaims, "I'm a real boy!", which Joel refers to as "the Pinocchio syndrome".
During The She-Creature episode (aired April 5, 1997), When footprints appear on the sand Tom Servo says "Donald Duck has the Ring of Power", Near the end of the episode Servo tries to say "To Infinity and Beyond!" but is stopped by Crow saying Disney lawsuit.
During the Jack Frost episode (aired July 12, 1997), when the group sees the ugly gang of bandits who terrorize Ivan and Nastenka, Crow calls them "the Seven Dwarfs", and names them thus: "Filthy, Rotting, Lousy, Skanky, Scabby, Septic, and... Doc." Near the end, as everyone returns home on a sleigh pulled by three pigs, Servo quips, "On, Wilbur! On, Gordy! On, Babe!"
In the Future War episode (aired April 25, 1999), as the gang prepares for battle against the cyborgs, one crew member turns to another, to which Servo says on their behalf, "You gettin' this, Dumbo?" Moments later, as the gang invades a water treatment plant to set up dynamite to blow it up, Crow exclaims, "There are the Seven Dwarfs coming right at us!"
In the Final Justice episode (aired June 20, 1999), Mike trying to leave the ship like Joel did for watching a bad Joe Don Baker movie says that his favorite movie is Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo.
In "Imaginary Friend" (aired December 15, 1993), When Fran goes to talk Maxwell about Gracie and obliquely mentions one of the Kids, he assumes she's talking about cancelling Maggie's Piano lessons and says yes, to which Fran Says, "So she's not Liberace; is that such a crime?", causing C.C. to say "Yes, in some countries, they'd cut off her hands." Shocked at C.C's remark, Fran asks her, "When they shot Bambi's mother, did you find that a sad moment? At all?" to Which C.C. replies "I'm sure she's mounted in a nice home somewhere."
In "The In-Law Who Came Forever" (aired January 6, 1999), Sylvia claims for Morty to have lost his toupee when on Pirates of the Caribbean.
In "Dead Reckoning" (aired March 31, 2009), Palmer mentions Disney World.
In "Jack Knife" (aired February 9, 2010), Tony compares The World's Greatest Athlete to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
In "Rekindled" (aired April 17, 2012), Tony DiNozzo briefly indicates that Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid was one of the hotter female characters.
In "Anonymous" (aired October 26, 2010), one of the characters talks about Dumbo using his ears to fly.
In "Reign Fall" (aired December 8, 2014), Sam Hannah was revealed to have gone to Disneyland with his daughter and her friends, and had dressed up as a Disney character to please her. The rest of the main characters also try to speculate which character he dressed up as (including Scar, Genie, the Beast, and others). Hannah eventually reveals in the ending that he dressed up as Sully from Monsters, Inc.
In the final moments of "Defectors" (aired November 23, 2015), Marty Deeks while attempting to flirt with Kensi Blye quoted a verse from The Little Mermaid, with Kensi also commenting just before Marty was arrested that he must have been "a fan of redheads with daddy issues".
In the first season of the show, then ATF-undercover agent Sonja Percy frequently referred to Christopher LaSalle's girlfriend Savannah as "Little Mermaid" in reference to her status as a redhead, an allusion to Ariel.
The protagonist, Jessica Day, has a copy of the musical Newsies that she has offered to in "Kryptonite" (aired September 27, 2011) despite her failure.
In “All In” (aired September 17, 2013), after discovering Winston is colorblind, Jessica asks what color Winston thinks Kermit the Frog is, to which he answers brown.
In "Misery" (aired March 21, 2017), The Parent Trap is mentioned.
In "San Diego" (aired March 28, 2017), "Circle of Life" is mentioned.
Nissebanden[]
In episode 19, the opera singer imitates Donald Duck's voice when a card pops up to him.
Also, towards the end of the episode, a picture of The Three Caballeros can be seen.
In "Clash of the Santas" (aired December 21, 2008), during the "Snowball Smash" game, as the competitors smash the plates, the announcer mentions Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Dumbo, Pluto, Woody, and Thumper.
In the series 1 episode "Stress" (aired October 27, 2006), Kate and Tim get into a fight over a 23 year old girl he had cheated on her with. Enraged, Kate declares "I'm not the one, who went out with a girl, so young, she had to lie about her age to see Finding Nemo".
In "Sports" (aired December 23, 2014), one of the featured videos is the "Bim Bam Boom" segment of Forbidden Zone in which a man is wearing a Mickey Mouse hat.
In "Death" (aired December 30, 2014), the final video shown during the credits is Vince Collins' animated short "Life is Flashing Before Your Eyes" which includes a shown reference to Fantasia: specifically the scene of the crocodile and the hippo in reference to the "Dance of the Hours" segment.
One of the new prisoners was mentioned to apparently have an affinity for Princess Jasmine, at least in one of the trailer spots.
In "WAC Pack" (aired July 11, 2013), when Dayanara Diaz gives John Bennett a manga-like picture she made for him, she explains that when she grew up she preferred manga to Disney Princesses.
In "A Tittin' and a Hairin'" (aired June 11, 2015), Galina Reznikov makes ratatouille, to which Maritza asks "What, that rat movie?" and then Blanca incorrectly guesses Charlotte's Web, to which Maritza gives an answer that's even more incorrect; An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, listing off the plot of the first film.
Throughout the show a Kermit plush can be seen sitting on Ed Mercer's desk.
In "Command Performance" (aired September 17, 2017), Obi-Wan is mentioned.
Our Beloved Summer[]
In "10 Things I Hate About You" (aired December 13, 2021), when Dong-il and Chae-ran talk about Ji-Ung not showing up, one of the desks has a ventilator that has a Mickey Mouse head silhouette.
In "The Boy, or the Girl, We Liked Then" (aired December 14, 2021), during Yeon-soo's sequence of the documentary, she mentions a few profanity words that can be let out when needed. When this happens, captions with symbols are displayed, two of the symbols resemble Mickey Mouse.
#ParangNormal Activity[]
In "Yung may ghost na chubby" (aired August 1, 2015), when Third wakes up after seeing Charlie in her white lady form, a toy version of Mickey Mouse can be seen.
In "Frozen" (aired November 14, 2015), Miss Pating began fighting the freezer ghost in a similar way to Elsa from Frozen. She even mentions her real name Elsa, referencing the aforementioned character. The title and plot of the episode could also be a reference to the film.
In "Annaboy" (aired November 21, 2015), Mackoy can be seen wearing an inner shirt that has a silhouette of Mickey Mouse's head in the first half of the episode.
In "Ghost Carolers" (aired December 12, 2015), Lexi introduces the Dos Niñas ghost siblings a famous dish from France, Ratatouille. The siblings then mention that they have never tasted any rats as they believe the food is made with rats. This could possibly be a reference to Ratatouille.
In "Emergency Response" (aired February 14, 2013), Ron mentions he's only seen three movies, one of them being Herbie: Fully Loaded.
In "Animal Control" (aired April 11, 2013), Ron mentions that he got sick watching a movie "in which an orange fish is separated from his father" with Diane and her kids, referencing Finding Nemo.
In "Article Two" (April 18, 2013), Patton Oswalt portrays Garth Blundin. When Garth takes to the stand, before the city council, he begins do to a pitch for Episode VII of Star Wars. Which he soon turns in a Star Wars/Marvel Cinematic Universe crossover movie.
In "Anniversaries" (aired February 27, 2014), Ben plans to surprise Leslie by dressing as Prince Edward from Enchanted and recreates a carriage within the film. He also mentions he watched the film five times.
In "Galentine's Day" (aired March 20, 2014), Ron complains that there no longer is quiet around him, saying that the girls at home is always watching Doc McStuffins.
In "Moving Up Part 1" (aired April 24, 2014), Ben & Leslie is walking through Muir Woods in San Francisco when Ben suddenly says "I'm on Endor. These are the redwoods George Lucas used to create the forest moon of Endor".
In "2017" (aired January 13, 2015), Andy & April goes into a house for sale and looks around. The seller of the house then mentions to the camera that he decided to sell the house so he could move to Orlando to live closer to Disney World.
In "William Henry Harrison" (aired January 20, 2015), Leslie is having interviews for ideas on the park and Herman suggests a park with attractions and sexy cartoon animals, saying it should be called Disneyland.
In "Leslie and Ron" (aired January 20, 2015), Leslie & Ron gets trapped in the parks department to talk things out. Leslie trying to get out says to Ben that the season finale of Game of Thrones is on tonight and that Khaleesi is marrying Jack Sparrow.
In "Gryzzlbox" (aired January 27, 2015), It is mentioned that Ben got distracted with a contract on December 18, 2015 because Star Wars: The Force Awakens had premiere.
In the 1981 television special version of the stage show, Pee-wee Herman's telephone system is nothing more than a tangled network of Donald Duck orange juice cans on cords with pegs connecting to various plug-ins.
In "Rainy Day" (aired September 27, 1986), Pee-wee pretends to camp indoors. As part of this, Magic Screen pretends to be a deer, to which Pee-wee says, "Hi, Bambi."
In "The Cowboy and the Cowntess" (aired November 15, 1986), the dinosaur family is seen watching home movies of their vacation. At one point during these movies, the dinosaur kids are seen wearing Mickey Mouse ears hats.
In "Falling in Love is..." (aired November 12, 1986), Larry and Balki sing part of Jiminy Cricket's song "When You Wish Upon a Star" after Balki confuses his song with Frank Sinatra's song "Young at Heart."
In the pilot episode (aired June 3, 2018), Pray Tell urges Disney to watch itself, when he sees the House of Abundance dressed as Princesses and Princes.
In "Mother of the Year" (aired July 22, 2018), Pray Tell mentions Jessica Rabbit.
Prior to being murdered, a Comedian, who is also a police informant on a drug ring he infiltrated at his nightclub, mentions Disneyland as part of a Joke in his routine at the club.
In "A Nation of Drunkards" (aired October 2, 2011), Jack Roche of Chicago, talking about saloon keeper and committeeman Mike "Hinky-Dink" Kenna, says that he controlled the levee, which meant he could control votes. Roche concludes, "They could elect Mickey Mouse because they'd tell you who to vote for, and they did."
At the end of the episode "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", the outfit that Lori wears at the end of the episode resembles the outfit Cinderella wore to the ball.
In "A Musical to Remember", the Louds are trying to restore Lincoln's memory (which he has lost due to mistakenly eating some of Lisa's memory-erasing capsules) by singing. Lynn Sr. and Rita try to do so by imitating songs from famous musicals, including dressing as Mary Poppins and Bert.
In the series 4 episode "Meltdown" (aired March 21, 1991) Lister witnesses Winnie the Pooh being executed by firing squad, off-screen. Disturbed by what he's just seen, Lister notes: "that's something no one should ever have to see".
In the opening of "The Tanks We Get" (aired October 27, 1993), Harold introduces Red as "the high priest of the forest, the Grand Poobah, with an amazing resemblance to the Pooh Bear."
In the Experts segment of "Men's Night on the Mountain" (aired September 30, 1995), in response to a letter from a viewer that asks about how to get Hollywood to clean up its act in regards of language, nudity, and violence, Red can't help but agree with the viewer in question, recalling that his wife Bernice once took him to see Mary Poppins, which he thought was so offensive that he almost got diabetes. When they sang "Supercalinarcolepticextrahalitosis", as he calls it, he almost lost his Licorice Nibs.
In "The New Statue" (aired January 20, 1996), one of Red's plans to replace the town statue the lodge destroyed is to make a statue of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse out of K-cars. However, he explains that they had so many K-cars that they ended up with Seven Horsemen instead: War, Death, Famine, Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, and Shemp.
In "Coup de Grass" (aired 1999), before Ranger Gord shows his "educational" cartoon, he says that it was improved over his previous cartoon, that he improved the drawings and captured the character voices better, which he thinks is "very similar to Walt Disney's early progress," to which Red deadpans, "More Goofy, a little less Mickey Mouse?"
In the Adventures segment of "Hurricane Doug" (aired 1999), in trying to use a huge electric fan to quickly dry a newly-painted shed, the fan somehow gets wedged in the door to a pepper mill, causing pepper to spray all over the shed, ruining the paint job, and Red and Walter to sneeze excessively. As this happens, Red, providing voiceover narration, quips, "Here's two of the dwarfs: Sneezy and Dopey!"
In the Possum Lodge Word Game segment of "The Ghost of Possum Lodge" (aired November 30, 2001), Harold has to get Dalton to guess the word "fly" to win the prize of a deluxe tattoo removal kit. As part of this, Harold mentions Dumbo and more importantly what he could do with his big ears. Dalton erroneously answers, "He could hear, that's for sure."
In "Masquerade Marathon" (aired 2001), Red remarks about how weird it is to see people in costumes running through the city as part of the title event and deadpans, "Looks kinda like a fire drill at Disney World."
In one episode, circa 1972, during a news sketch, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin announce that Disneyland is officially the new capitol of the United States: the west side of the country is Frontierland, New York is Adventureland, Alaska is Tomorrowland, and Washington, D.C. is not being changed at all: "It will still be the same Fantasyland it always was."
In "Utter Pranks" (aired October 2, 2011), at 44, the woman calls herself Donald Duck.
In "Rude Zoo" (aired October 2, 2011), at 31, the parrot's owner explains his parrot likes to "whistle while it works".
In "Extreme Rides" (aired November 9, 2011), at 35, an excerpt from Tron: Legacy is shown followed by the focus of the clip shown: a real-life light cycle.
In "Utter Fails" (aired September 10, 2012), at 29, the TV that is then smashed shows a poster for Up.
In "Man v Machine" (aired February 22, 2016), at 1, a man dressed as Aladdin from the Disney film rides a skateboard that represents the Magic Carpet. Jafar is mentioned and "A Whole New World" briefly plays during another clip of a man on a skateboard.
In "Cats v Dogs: The Rematch" (aired June 20, 2017), at 31, Mary Poppins is mentioned. Also, the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" from the film plays in the underscore.
From the 32nd to 35th season of TBS obstacle sports competition SASUKE (which was known as Ninja Warrior in worldwide), the TIE Fighter (Japanese: タイファイター) appeared as the second obstacle in the First Stage. The design of two glass panels was much resemble to the two hexagonal solar energy-collecting wings of TIE Fighter. The obstacle was used to promote Star Wars series in Japan. The obstacle was removed since 36th season due to the expiration of the Star Wars license.
The last part of the song A Bug's Life Suite was used as the regular introduction theme for Morimoto Yusuke (who currently as two times SASUKE's grand champions in season 31st and 38th) since 29th season of SASUKE.
Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Tokyo Disney Resort, where the first season of SASUKE was held in 1997.
The first ever season of SASUKE in 1997 were held in Tokyo Bay NK Hall, where was an indoor sporting arena located at the Tokyo Disney Resort.
In the November 18, 1978 show, guest host Carrie Fisher did her opening monologue dressed as Princess Leia and talked to Obi-Wan Kenobi. This was followed by a sketch, where Princess Leia finds herself in the middle of a 1950's sci-fi movie.
In the the November 20, 1982 show, E.T. and C-3PO appear during Drew Barrymore’s opening monologue.
In the January 22, 2005 show, during the sketch "Kaitlyn Gets Her Ears Pierced", Amy Poehler's titular character is wearing a shirt with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on it.
On the January 17, 2009 show, guest host Rosario Dawson plays Jasmine in a parody of Aladdin. The sketch features Jasmine and Aladdin being miserable on their tenth wedding anniversary and reveals that they have both slept with the Genie.
On the April 11, 2009 show, guest host Zac Efron reprises his role as Troy Bolton from the High School Musical films in the sketch High School Musical 4: New Senior Class, where he deconstructs the school's musical logic when he describes his education and first year in college. Walt Disney also appears and references the rumor of him being frozen.
On the October 17, 2009 episode featured a sketch called You Think I'm the Beast? It features several of the characters from Beauty and the Beast and has the Beast reveal that he thinks Belle is the "beast", while he's the "beauty".
On the May 7, 2011 episode featured a sketch called Below the Waves, which was a parody of The Little Mermaid. The song "Below the Waves" was a reference to "Under the Sea."
On the March 3, 2012 episode contains a parody of The Real Housewives of New Jersey titled The New Housewives of Disney, depicting the Disney Princesses in the roles of the housewives.
On the March 28, 2015 episode, one sketch features Dwayne Johnson starring in a live-action remake of Bambi. This episode aired before the actual live-action remake was announced.
On the January 16, 2016 episode, guest host Adam Driver plays Aladdin in another parody of Aladdin. The sketch features Aladdin and Jasmine out on a date, on the Magic Carpet, where horrible things keep happening to Jasmine: she gets hit by a bird, hit on the head by a bomb and finally gets the content of an airplane toilet over her. After that, the carpet crashes at an Air Force base.
On the October 15, 2016 episode, Colin Jost of the Weekend Update mentioned that the 2016 Election was like the movie, Up and later showed an image of Carl Fredricksen wearing a Drumpf Supporter Badge.
In the October 2, 2021 episode, Weekend Update features a joke during Joke Swap in which Colin Jost jokes that movie theaters started serving alcohol so people could enjoy “his wife’s” new movie, Black Widow. (Scarlett Johansson is actually Michael Che’s wife).
On the January 22, 2022 episode, during a joke in Weekend Update about Colin Jost and Pete Davidson buying a retired Staten Island ferry together, Guy Who Just Bought a Boat says his “tighty-whitey Spidey-Sense” was tingling.
On January 12, 2013, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was included in the game "Sortieren" (Sorting) together with other films, such as Titanic, The Godfather, and Jurassic Park. Stefan Raab and the candidate Björn Schmitz had to sort the films by their theatrical release.
On March 16, 2013, the 8th game was "Wer lügt?" (Who is lying?), in which Stefan Raab and the candidate Andreas Mai had to find the wrong word in specific categories. Donald Duck, Gladstone Gander, and the German news presenter Gundula Gause were included in the category "Ich wohne in Entenhausen" (I live in Duckburg). Obviously, Gundula Gause was the "liar".
On March 29, 2014, the 4th game was "Wer lügt?". Mickey Mouse was included in the category "Ich trage eine rote Hose" (I am wearing red pants) and wrongly recognized as the "liar" by Raab.
On January 10, 2015, the 4th game was "Wer lügt?". Ariel was included in the category "Ich habe rote Haare" (I have got red hair).
On April 25, 2015, Mickey Mouse was included in the game "Sortieren" together with other cartoon characters, such as Popeye, Shrek, and Asterix. Stefan Raab and the candidate Maria Kleinebrahm had to sort the characters by their first appearance.
On September 8, 2011, the soundtrack of The Jungle Book was used in the game "Filmmusik".
On April 9, 2016, pictures of Kermit the Frog and Scooter were seen as examples in the game "Was passt nicht?" (What does not fit?). They were also included as examples in the shows on September 17, 2016 and on February 18, 2017.
On February 9, 2019, a picture of Spider-Man was seen in the game "Was passt nicht?".
On November 9, 2019, the 5th game was "Kinofilme" (feature films). The test film was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Its hints were "It's a Disney film", "However, no animated film", "The film was shot on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent", "There are now five films in the series", "The main characters are Will, Elizabeth, and Jack", "More specifically, the pirate Jack Sparrow" and "This character is played by Johnny Depp".
On June 5, 2021, the 13th game was "Zuordnen". In one assignment, the candidates Edin Hasanović and Wincent Weiss had to assign film composers to the films they worked in. The Lion King & Hans Zimmer were included, as well as Star Wars and John Williams. In another assignment, the two had to assign muppets to the series they were in. Gonzo & The Muppet Show were included.
The cocktail for the film The Food of the Gods (6.10) was called "Ratatouille Huiuiui".
One of the cocktails for the film Captain America (7.01) was called "Oh Captain, Mein Captain America Hip Hip Hurra". Before showing the film, they made fun of the characters Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and Iron Man, as well as the 1990 Captain America adaptation. The MCU films with Captain America are mentioned.
When The Humanoid (9.10) was broadcast, the viewers had to drink the cocktail every time, anything in the film is obviously and undoubtedly copied from Star Wars.
The Jungle Book was referenced together with Roar in a scene of Tammy and the T-Rex (11.02) in which the main character is attacked by lions and jaguars.
The cocktail for the film Megaforce (1982) was called "May The Megaforce Be With You - It's The Only Way To Get Through!".
To parody the pirate starship in Space Truckers (1996), the theme He's a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean was played together with the scene after one of the commercial breaks. The film is also mentioned by presenter Oliver Kalkofe when recalling Greg Cannom's career.
In "You Only Die Once" (aired March 27, 2019), Jason Hayes and Ray Perry both reference the latter and his wife watching Frozen and wearing reindeer antlers.
In Episode 9, when Joo-won reminds Ra-im that there is something going one between them, Ra-im mentions one proof, which is Joo-won's favorite film being The Little Mermaid. She even mentions the part where Ariel falls in love with Eric.
In Episode 10, during the production of a film, in Joo-won's narration, Alice In Wonderland is mentioned as a disorder that distorts one's perception, leading to the person to live in a fairy tale world.
In "The Pilot" (aired May 20, 1993), Kramer goes looking for a restroom and briefly runs into a movie theater with the marquee proudly displaying A Far Off Place with the accompanying short Trail Mix-Up.
In "The Rye" (aired January 4, 1996), Kramer's partner goes to Walt Disney World.
Besides Disney distributing its videos in the UK, there are several references in this show as well.
The only three Muppets characters who appeared in this show were Kermit the Frog who demonstrated concepts and sometimes appeared as a reporter from 1969 to 2001 and in Elmo's World: Frogs in 2009, and returned as a guest for the show's 50th anniversary in 2019; Rowlf the Dog who appeared in the "Song of Nine"; and Beautiful Day Monster who appeared in the earliest seasons of the show. Sesame Workshop never has the rights to these characters.
In the 1973 special, Julie on Sesame Street, Ernie and Bert spot Julie Andrews out on the street and try to remember where they've seen her. They recall her being from a movie about an "English girl" and "the umbrella over the rooftop," but Ernie ends up guessing Mary, Queen of Scots.
In several episodes (namely episodes 0265, 0269, 0727 and 1288), some of the kids can be seen wearing Mickey Mouse shirts.
A Sesame Street cartoon dating as far back as 1977, "The Noble Ostrich", features a fleeting cameo by a mouse drawn to resemble Mickey, complete with black and white face, red pants, and yellow shoes.
In a 1976 special, Bob Hope's World of Comedy, Big Bird claims that Donald Duck is one of his favorite stars.
In a 1977 episode, during Big Bird's variety show, Maria introduces a song about the Three Musketeers (played by Bob, Luis and Gordon), which Big Bird initially misinterprets as "Mouseketeers".
In a 1979 episode, Telly Monster names TV programs that start with the letter M. Listed among them is Mickey Mouse.
When Big Bird learns the name of his counselor (Mickey), in a 1982 episode, he comments that he knows a mouse of the same name. Mickey groans, saying he knows him, too.
In a 1985 episode, the Amazing Mumford brings Cinderella (played by Jane Curtin) out of her storybook and into the real world. He then attempts to magically dress her in a new outfit, but when his trick doesn't work, Maria suggests that he change his magic words to "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".
In a 1989 episode, Oscar reads the story of "Snow Grouch"; one of The Seven Dwarves comments after their day at work that he'll "never get used to that electric parade", a reference to the "Main Street Electrical Parade" (in which the Seven Dwarves march).
In the same special, Oscar refers to Lightning the reindeer as "Bambi Face".
In Grover's 140-character speech for the Shorty Awards, he includes Mickey Mouse.
The Mickey Mouse Club has occasionally been spoofed, through the likes of Sesame Street groups as the Grouchketeers, the Birdketeers, and several other variations.
An interviewer for Fandango asks Elmo if he likes Up and WALL•E. Elmo says he likes all of the Pixar films, especially Toy Story 3.
In the Elmo's World episode "Skin", the All-About-Skin Channel advertises that their line-up includes "Skinny the Pooh!"
Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary Volume 5 features Ernie in the role of The Sorcerer's Apprentice as he whisks about various items, including an animated broom (like those seen in the film) and a newspaper announcing the headline "Apprentice Out of Control." Ernie wears a sorcerer's hat similar to Mickey's as he dances along to music played by a record player.
In the Elmo's World episode "Drums", the Drum Channel advises viewers to stay tuned for Drumbo.
A Sesame Street sketch parodying The Lion King was introduced as a "Walt Dizzy Film", with a small Warner Bros.-like logo below, and an MGM-like circle of ribbons with a chicken in the spot of the studio's trademark lion.
In Episode 3093, Big Bird, Snuffy, Elmo, Savion, and Gina go to see a movie called "Honey, I Shrunk the Snuffleupagus", an obvious parody of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Episode 4165 features a parody called "Pre-School Musical" all about getting along at preschool. Although the song is not a direct spoof of a tune from High School Musical, it resembles the style of music used in the movie and the Muppets used in the sketch resemble the cast members from the films. The sketch ends with a jab at the seemingly endless merchandising of the franchise as an announcer rattles off a list of spin-offs.
In Episode 4811, Elmo is seen with a book entitled To Infinity and Biondo, a reference to both Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase and cameraman Frank Biondo.
In the Sesame Street Season 42 press kit, Baby Bear's "Monsterbook" profile lists one of his favorite songs as "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book.
The music for "The Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies" is used from the Disney Records and 1993 video, The Twelve Days of Christmas albeit slightly faster for the last few verses.
In the Closer Look on January 24, 2022, Seth says that Sidney Powell look like she "just got done kidnapping101 dalmatians only to find out later they were just three poodles who were spray-painted".
In the Closer Look on January 27, 2022, Seth says that the Supreme Court wants citizens to be as bipartisan as the Jedi Council.
In the Closer Look on February 2, 2022, footage from an ABC News report on Joe Biden's vow to nominate an African-American woman to the Supreme Court is used. Seth also says that Donald Trump's rallies are him dragging his supporters out like "some sort of geriatric Tinker Bell".
In the Closer Look on February 24, 2022, Seth Meyers mentions Black Widow in order to use Scarlett Johansson to demonstrate Donald Trump connecting the current situation in Ukraine to Trump's claims that the 2020 United States Presidential Election was rigged.
In the Closer Look on February 28, 2022, Seth Meyers says Mike Lindel "has a habit of popping up at [..] conservative events like Mickey Mouse at a continental breakfast"
In the Closer Look on March 7, 2022, Seth does an impression of Mike Lindel saying that he is suing "those things at amusement parks that flatten pennies" and complaining to Mickey Mouse only to be kicked out before he could see "the jamboree with daaaaaaaaaaa bears".
In the Closer Look on March 9, 2022, when Seth is struggling to figure out who Lauren Bobert was referring to when she said "Prince John from Prince John" in a FOX News interview, he says a clip of Prince John from Robin Hood was on the first page of Google search results, which is shown. Seth jokes about Lauren Bobert writing hate mail to Disney, joking that Cruella De Vil could only afford 78 dalmatians due to this.
In the Closer Look on March 14, 2022, when Seth is imitating Mike Lindel listing the states that were allegedly stolen from Donald Trump in the 2020 Untied States Presidential Election, Endor is mentioned.
In the Closer Look on March 17, 2022, Seth compares the team looking for the transcript of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's phone call with Donald Trump where the latter tried to persuade the former to find evidence against Joe Biden to "Nick Cage looking for a secret code hidden on the back of the Constitution." Seth jokes that Trump thought he was doing a Jedi mind trick, and parodies Trump as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 are seen in the car. Anakin Skywalker is mentioned in Seth's impression.
In the Closer Look on March 29, 2022, Seth Meyers says that The Ice Storm has been added to the MCU.
In the Closer Look on April 20, 2022, a clip is played of Ted Cruz describing "Mickey Mouse and Pluto going at it", which Seth Meyers later says he would rather watch than talking to Kimberly Guilfoyle for nine hours. Seth references Splash Mountain. Seth jokes about Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. hunting for Bambi's mother.
In the Closer Look on April 21, 2022, an article about Ted Cruz describing "Mickey Mouse and Pluto going at it" is shown.
In the Closer Look on April 28, 2022, when Donald Trump forgets the name of his social media site, Truth Social, Seth Meyers compares it to Darth Vader forgetting the name of the Death Star.
In the Closer Look on May 2, 2022, an article about Ted Cruz describing "Mickey Mouse and Pluto going at it" is shown. After reading a report saying that Jim Jordan told Mark Meadows to throw out any votes he believed were "unconstitutional", Seth says unlike Disney movies, believing something doesn't make it true, using Dumbo's ability to fly as an example.
In the Closer Look on May 4, 2022, an ABC News report covering the leaked Supreme Court document aiming to overturn Roe v. Wade is used as footage.
In the Closer Look on May 12, 2022, after mentioning former president Donald Trump wanting to use nuclear weapons on Mexico without knowing it was the United States, an ABC News report on the claim is used. Seth compares the Democrats' attempts to combat Republican legislation to if someone called the Avengers and only Hawkeye showed up. Seth says that Republicans are too "focused on canceling Mickey Mouse for being too woke" to care about the working class.
In the Closer Look on May 23, 2022, Seth compares his hair length during his shows done in quarantine to Loki's hairstyle in Loki.
In the Closer Look on May 25, 2022, Seth asks if the Republicans' alleged proof that the second amendment of the Untied States constitution applies to the average citizen was found by Nicolas Cage finding a post-it note hidden inside the Liberty Bell. Seth claims he gave up haircuts in an attempt to be cast in the next Marvel movie as an old variant of Loki. Loki's character poster for Loki is used as the image. Seth says that senators should ask themselves what they're doing in public office besides being able to "ride that secret little train in the Capitol basement that looks like the railroad to Disneyland except instead of taking you to the Magic Kingdom, it takes you to Lindsey Graham's office".
In the Closer Look on June 6, 2022, after Seth compares Trump being wishy-washy about the mob from January 6, 2021 hanging Mike Pence to the Queen of Hearts being hesitant with her "Off with her head!" command, with the version from the 2010 film being seen.
In the Closer Look on June 8, 2022, an ABC News report on Fox News' refusal to air the hearings for the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 is shown.
In the Closer Look on June 13, 2022, while talking about Jared Kushner's long hesitation after being asked if he ever shared his opinion of Rudy Gulianni, Seth says he is surprised Kushner didn't break out into a song called "We Don't Talk About Rudy", with a graphic of Gulianni's face edited onto the poster for Encanto is used.
In the Closer Look on June 28, 2022, Seth says Republicans' attempt to convince citizens that the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade puts the decision to allow abortions back in the hands of the states a "sh***y Jedi mind trick".
In the Closer Look on July 18, 2022, footage from an ABC News interview with Bernie Sanders is used.
In the Closer Look on July 20, 2022, Seth lists Tatooine as a place Donald Trump is under investigation in.
In the Closer Look on August 4, 2022, footage from an ABC News report on the 2022 Arizona primary election is used. An ABC News article on the committee covering the investigation into the January 6, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol is also seen.
In the Closer Look on September 22, 2022, footage from an ABC News report on Letitia James' lawsuit against Donald Trump is used. After explaining Donald Trump thinks a president can declassify documents just by thinking about it, Seth jokes Tinker Bell was Trump's legal adviser.
In the Closer Look on September 26, 2022, Seth says YouTube comments have compared his haircut during his shows in quarantine to Loki Laufeyson's hair in Loki.
In the Closer Look on October 10, 2022, footage from an ABC News report on Joe Biden decriminalizing marijuana is used.
In the Closer Look on October 12, 2022, after showing a picture of Rudy Gulianni with long shorts, Seth jokes Gulianni should star in a movie called Honey, I Shrunk. After saying that Herschel Walker mentioned three cows being pregnant as if it was gossip, Seth names one of the pregnant cows Clarabelle.
In the Closer Look on October 13, 2022, Seth says watching Donald Trump testify before the January 6th committee would be comparable to "casting an actual lion in The Lion King".
In the Closer Look on November 7, 2022, while showing clips of Donald Trump talking about his non-existent plan to replace Obamacare with, one of the clips comes from an ABC News interview with Trump.
In the Closer Look on November 14, 2022, after joking that he would think Donald Trump typing "electron" instead of "election" in a Truth Social post was an autocorrect if he felt Trump knew what an electron was, Seth jokes that Trump thinks "Electron" is an Avengersvillain, with a poster for "Avengers: Age of Electron" being shown.
In the Closer Look on November 16, 2022, footage from an ABC News report on Donald Trump's announcement on his plan to run for president in 2024 is used.
In the Closer Look on December 5, 2022, Seth jokes that Republicans have a device similar to Bix's torture device that trigger when they hear they hear the phrase "Hunter Biden's laptop". Seth criticizes the "crazy names" of Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron. A clip of Mike Lindell interrupts Seth quoting Leia Organa resulting in the line "Help me Johnny Bananas, your my only hope". Footage from an ABC News interview with David Joyce is used.
In the Closer Look on December 5, 2022, Seth jokes that he looks like an animatronic from the Hall of Presidents without makeup.
In the Closer Look on January 3, 2023, ABC News is seen in a compilation of news stations reporting on Kevin McCarthy failing to earn the number of votes to become the Republican speaker of the house as of the episode's airing. After saying Kevin McCarthy thought visiting Mar-a-Lago would guarantee him a victory in the 2022 election, Seth says Mar-a-Lago is "where dreams go to die", which he initially says is the opposite of Disney World, but then corrects himself saying they're actually the same thing.
In the Closer Look on January 16, 2023, footage from an ABC News report on the Trump organization receiving the maximum fine for tax fraud is used.
In the Closer Look on January 17, 2023, after mentioning Majorie Taylor Greene's conspiracy theory that a "banking firm with a Jewish family name" was using lasers fired from satellites to cause the wildfires in California in 2018, Seth jokes that Greene should be a background character with a singular line in the next Avengers movie. Greene is then shown next to Thanos (despite the latter being killed off and no longer the main villain), with Seth joking Greene would add a line making Thanos Jewish.
In the Closer Look on January 23, 2023, footage from an ABC News report on the search of Joe Biden's house is used.
In the Closer Look on January 25, 2023, Seth says Donald Trump's ability to avoid indictments up to that point is impressive because Trump looks like he has "the flexibility of a Mr. Potato Head that's been dropped in the toilet".
In the Closer Look on February 2, 2023, after Majorie Taylor Greene claims schools received $5.1 billion to promote "critical race theory", Seth points out this is as much money as Avatar and its sequel required to produce.
In the Closer Look on February 6, 2023, footage from an ABC News report on the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon is used.
In the Closer Look on February 8, 2023, Seth compares Kari Lake to a Pixar villain.
In the Closer Look on February 8, 2023, after mentioning the second flying object seen flying over the United States on February 11, 2023 was speculated to be aliens, Seth says this is the only time he wishes Donald Trump was still president just so he could hear Trump try to say "extraterrestrial". During the impression of this, Seth's impression of Donald Trump says the aliens are not like Star Wars aliens and he met at Skywalker Ranch with George Lucas and "R2-Me2" before a "furry, little guy" approach him crying.
In the Closer Look on February 27, 2023, Seth jokes Bernie Sanders waggling his finger is his attempt to perform a Jedi mind trick and says if Sanders was Obi-Wan Kenobi, he would have revealed C-3PO and R2-D2 to the Stormtroopers but refuse to hand them over. Footage from an ABC News report on the text messages that reveal Fox News knew the claims they were making on air of the 2020 United States Presidential Election being rigged were flaws is used. Seth says Tucker Carlson telling the truth would be like Adam Driver breaking the fourth wall during a monologue as Kylo Ren. Seth jokes that Sean Handity will be replaced with a chat bot that automatically adds the word "woke" in front of every sentence. A robotic voice then illustrates this, with one of the examples being "Woke Potato Head".
In the Closer Look on March 1, 2023, after mentioning that Sean Hannity didn't believe the lies that the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen that he was promoting on air, Seth asks what else Hannity was using behind the scenes that he was rioting against on-camera. One of these items is "gender neutral Potato Heads". Footage from an ABC News report on Tucker Carlson among other Fox News employees wanting Jacqui Heinrich punished for disputing Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen is used.
In the Closer Look on March 2, 2023, footage from two ABC News reports is used. The first one is on Fox News anchors' text messages that reveal the anchors knew the claims that the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen they were promoting on air were false is used. The second one is on Rupert Murdoch attempting to distance himself from Donald Trump after the latter started promoting the aforementioned false claims.
In the Closer Look on March 6, 2023, Seth lists Mr. Potato Head as a topic Fox News has faked outrage over.
In the Closer Look on March 13, 2023, after Sean Hannity claims the crash at Slicon Valley Bank was caused from them being "woke", Seth asks if Hannity thinks Silicon Valley Bank was run by a gender-neutral Potato Head.
In the Closer Look on March 15, 2023, Seth lists Mr. Potato Head as a topic Fox News has faked outrage over. While speculating that Ron DeSantis made up the word "woke-aucracy" just so Donald Trump would struggle to pronounce the word in debates, Seth impersonates Trump in such a struggle, with Seth's Trump eventually giving up and saying "Look folks, we're living in Wakanda and if we're not careful it's going to be Wakanda forever".
In the Closer Look on April 6, 2023, Seth lists Mr. Potato Head as a topic Republicans have faked outrage over, even claiming Lindsey Graham is beginning to look like the aforementioned toy. Seth compares Majorie Taylor Greene fleeing to her limousine after a failed attempt to rally a crowd protesting Donald Trump's indictment to "a Disney mascot whose fake head just fell off", following this with an imitation of this scenario happening to Goofy.
In the Closer Look on October 2, 2023, Seth jokes that Donald Trump waiting to enter the courtroom for his election fraud trial looks like he's waiting in line for the restroom at a Billy Joel concert. As part of this joke, Seth has Trump call out to an audience member asking where Billy Joel is in his set. The audience member says Billy Joel is performing "We Didn't Start the Fire" and is up to the line "Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland", which causes Trump to determine he has time to use the restroom before the next song.
In the Closer Look on October 11, 2023, footage from an ABC News report on Steve Scalise is used.
In the Closer Look on October 12, 2023, Seth compares Nancy Mace wearing a white shirt with a red "A" on it to an "off-brand Captain America [the viewers'] grandma would find at the dollar store".
In the Closer Look on October 25, 2023, Seth says Donald Trump is going to excuse the audio of him chanting for the insurrectionists that stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to hang Mike Pence by claiming he was talking about the TV show Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, which Seth's impersonation of Donald Trump mentions was on the TGIF block, also mentioning Boy Meets World and Full House.
In the Closer Look on November 13, 2023, after Donald Trump tells veterans they need to "root out the enemy from within", Seth asks if Trump thought he was General Hux giving a speech to Stormtroopers.
In the Closer Look on January 17, 2024, Seth does an impression of Donald Trump joking that Ron DeStantis hates Disney because he is too short to get on It's a Small World.
In the Closer Look on January 18, 2024, Seth jokes that a year from the episode’s airing, Donald Trump will either be president of the United States again or on Times Square offering to take pictures with tourists alongside Elmo and Spider-Man.
In the Closer Look on January 18, 2024, Seth lists fighting Mickey Mouse as one of the things Ron DeStantis did during his short presidential campaign.
In the Closer Look on January 31, 2024, Seth lists Mr. Potato Head as a topic Fox News has faked outrage over.
In the Closer Look on February 29, 2024, footage from an ABC News report on Donald Trump’s criminal investigation is used.
In the Closer Look on March 5, 2024, while mentioning reports that Donald Trump handed out Xanax to White House visitors, Seth says multiple Closer Looks would’ve been dedicated to that story if it had been reported eight years prior, but in the present day he calls it “Mickey Mouse b******t” that he doesn’t have time for.
In the Closer Look on March 25, 2024, Seth compares uncharacteristically calm manner in which Donald Trump claimed his criminal investigations are a “witch hunt” after his March 20 hearing to a drug-addicted performer in Times Square saying catchphrases, using the example of a performer dressed as Buzz Lightyear saying “To infinity and beyond!”.
In the Closer Look on March 27, 2024, footage from an ABC News report on Donald Trump selling Bibles is used.
In the Closer Look on April 3, 2024, Seth says that Republicans are attempting to use Jedi mind tricks to convince voters 2020 never happened.
In the Closer Look on April 4, 2024, after saying that Donald Trump’s going up by four billion dollars is only on paper, Seth jokes that Trump is unaware of this fact and immediately bought a Ferrari, a Scrooge McDuckmoney pool and a beautiful new head of hair.
In "Scare Dares" (aired November 18, 1991), Tito Swing of the Juke Box Puppet Band is dressed as Zorro.
In "Achoo" (aired November 25, 1991), Mr. Conductor's Story of Lil' Sneezer features a clip of the mosquito larvae hatching from the short, "The Winged Scourge".
In "Double Trouble" (aired December 23, 1991), one of Mr. Conductor's stories is the Thomas story Donald's Duck, which refers to Donald Duck.
In "Kinetic" (aired February 26, 2002), three guys break into Lex Luthor's mansion. One of them speculates that Lex probably has a money pit that he swims in, like Scrooge McDuck.
In "Turbulence" (aired March 19, 2009), Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman) describes Clark's backpack as something out of High School Musical. She later tells Clark about her childhood and mentions that she used to fantasize about being The Little Mermaid.
In "Rabid" (aired October 9, 2009), Lois calls Tess "Cruella".
In "Isis" (aired October 22, 2010), Cat Grant calls Clark the Mickey to her Minnie.
In "Scion" (aired March 4, 2011), Lois calls Clark Chicken Little.
In "Jigsaw", while Sooty is playing with "old" toys, one of the toys is a Tomy wind-up Donald Duck toy. However, Donald is not referred to by name, and is referred to as "The Duck".
In the special "The Spitting Image 1987 Movie Awards" (aired April 4, 1987), Leonard Nimoy sets out to rig the Academy Awards, to ensure that he'll win the award for Best Actor. However, he ends up altering the result for all categories. As a result, Howard the Duck wins Best Picture.
On the September 28, 1987 show, there is a parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad" titled "Mad". At the end of the song Jackson says that "I'm Mickey Mouse" and his doctor replies: "Yes, you certainly do sound like him, don't you".
In the special "The Ronnie And Nancy Show" (aired April 17, 1988), Ronald Reagan's dog Lucky is revealed to be the true mastermind of the Reagan administration. Lucky reveals himself to have been behind The The Strategic Defense Initiative, which he claims didn't catch Reagan's interest, until Lucky came up with the nickname "Star Wars". In the special Reagan is also shown to own Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse toys.
On the June 4, 1990 show, three of the show's puppets break into a toy store, in an attempt to liberate the toys. The toys inside the store include Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Pluto.
In the episode Critical Mass, Dr. Bill Lee when discussing his plan to use multiple Stargate relays to get to earth to evade an otherwise deadly trap from directly accessing Earth due to The Trust, initially cited the Midnight Bark sequence from 101 Dalmatians, although he eventually switched to the beacon lighting from Return of the King when it became apparent none of the Atlantis crew were familiar with the former.
In "Secrets and Lies" (aired March 9, 2000), Jake notes that "Native American ladies can be very sexy. Look at Pocahontas." This causes Maddie to remark "Please, tell me, you don't mean the cartoon." Jake replies "Of course, not... Okay, what, there is another Pocahontas?"
The two-part episode "We're Going to Disney World" (aired May 3, 1996 and May 10, 1996), features the entire family going out for a day trip to Walt Disney World.
In "Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?", a toy R2-D2 is seen.
In "Chapter Seven: The Bite" (released July 4, 2019), Return to Oz is listed in the showtimes alongside some other films released in the summer of 1985 at Starcourt Cinema.
In the same scene, a poster for The Black Cauldron can be shown faintly in the background.
Many Disney merchandise and clothing appeared during various episodes of the show.
A baby Mickey Mouse musical toy can be seen in "The Bullard Family" episode (aired January 24, 2005) as a cure to get Rylan to sleep.
Posters of Mickey and Donald can be seen in Andrew's room as well as stickers of Mickey, Donald and Goofy on Andrew's door in The Weston Family episode (aired February 14, 2005).
In the Moy Family episode (aired June 25, 2008), when Hayley becomes disrespectful to her mother, a bedsheet with Cinderella on it can be seen.
A little girl was reading the Alphabet A-Z book in one episode.
A third season episode (aired March 31, 1992) based on a story of the same name in The Railway Series is titled "Donald's Duck", which is a play on Donald Duck. A song of the same name is made as well.
A few episodes from later on in the model era, for instance, "Bowled Out" (aired February 20, 1995) and "Double Teething Troubles" (aired October 5, 1998), use the sputtering sound effect made by Georges Hautecourt's car in The Aristocats.
The title of the eleventh season episode "Cool Truckings" (aired September 14, 2007) is a reference to the 1993 movie Cool Runnings.
The highly controversial Palestinian children's television show Tomorrow's Pioneers (Arabic: رواد الغد Ruwād al-Ghad) featured a Mickey Mouse-like character named Farfour who espoused extremist views. Disney was initially reticent over the unauthorized portrayal, but then-Disney CEO Bob Iger took offense at the Farfour character and labeled it as "despicable". Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's last surviving daughter, was also deeply offended.
In one episode from 1979, Kermit the Frog guest-hosted the show to promote the release of The Muppet Movie and recalls that the Muppets went to Disneyland, and that the guard at the gate wouldn't let them out. Kermit adds that the Disneyland trip was an ego trip for him, especially when he saw that Mickey Mouse was wearing a Kermit wristwatch.
In Episode 5 (aired August 29, 2012), when Eun-gyeol pictures himself disguising as a girl while within the all-girl school campus, the female student that informed him of PE class is wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt.
In Episode 10 (aired September 13, 2012), when John looks at a picture of Jae-hee, which he took, his assistant shows up and points out the Jae-hee is the male student in the picture, which leads to John correcting her that she is a girl. He even refers to Jae-hee as a frog princess, referencing The Princess and the Frog.
In Episode 4, when Ju-kyung and her friends enter the cafe only to see Su-ho, Tae-hoon mentions how there are top two students in their study group and says their like The Avengers.
In Episode 5, after Ju-kyung compliments her mother's appearance, her father states she was beautiful as Snow White. Ju-kyung's brother and father also states her mother has similarities with Grumpy.
A segment from April 4, 1998 features a trailer for a fake Disney animated musical film, Titey, featuring an anthropomorphized version of the R.M.S. Titanic ocean liner. Jason Alexander voices Titey, and Whoopi Goldberg voices the movie's main villain: the iceberg that sank the actual Titanic.
The February 11, 2001 show featured a sketch that parodied Ray Lewis' decline to say "I'm going to Disney World" after Super Bowl XXXV because of his murder case. The sketch depicts Disney "making it up to him" by placing him in several animated films, with Lewis fleeing the scene whenever a character dies.
A segment from May 11, 2002 features a fake trailer for a direct-to-video "sequel" to Bambi titled Bambi 2002, in which Bambi's mother is revealed not to have died and she and Bambi fight terrorists. Bambi performs a rap number, David Spade voices a "sassy new Thumper", Jared from the Subway commercials has a role, and the animated characters are inserted over live-action clips of a New York Yankees baseball game, a monster truck rally, a Miss Cleo commercial, and a clip from the animated movie Shrek. The trailer opens with the movie coming off the heels of Peter Pan: Return to Never Land, Cinderella II, Lady and the Tramp II, and an unauthorized live-action porno based on Pocahontas, and veteran Disney announcer Brian Cummings announces over the trailer for added realism.
A segment from March 6, 2004 titled "Cartoons and Your Government" satirizes censorship of classic cartoons and shows several clips from cartoons, including those by Disney.
A segment from April 15, 2006 features a fake trailer for Journey to the Disney Vault, satirizing Disney's numerous direct-to-video animated sequels and their moratorium practice of the time. It begins with an announcement that Bambi II will soon be vaulted alongside Cinderella II, Bambi 2002 (from the previously-mentioned sketch), Sleeping Beauty III: Li'l Sleepy Meets Aladdin, Hunchback 6: Air Dog Quasi, Mulan VIII: The Prozoids Fight Back, Jungle Book 3.0: Jungle Blog, and 101 Fellations (an unauthorized live-action porno). Mickey Mouse (with his voice a poor imitation) takes a brother and sister to the Disney Vault, where they learn of "disturbing Disney surprises" such as Walt Disney and Vivien Leigh's cryogenically frozen heads, the company ratting out communist animators, an early controversial version of Song of the South with Uncle Remus bashing his own race in the lyrics to "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", blueprints for Disney's America, Jim Henson alive and tied up (for being hesitant to sell his company and assets to Disney), and Scar working as a Disney lawyer. But the kids are happy to see sequels such as Beauty and the Beast: Hawaiian Adventure and The Lion King 5 2/3: Simba Sits In For Meredith.
In "One for the Angels" (aired October 9, 1959), Lou (played by Disney veteran Ed Wynn) has a painting of Cinderella hanging in his apartment.
In "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" (aired April 18, 1963), Horace (Pat Hingle) talks about having a Mickey Mouse Watch when he was a kid. One of his friends has Horace's watch which he gives to His wife (Nan Martin).
In Episode 2 (aired July 7, 2016), when Eul is comforting Na-ri in the hospital, on the end table is a ventilator that has a Mickey Mouse head silhouette on it, with Disney labeled as well.
In Episode 5 (aired July 21, 2016), before and during Jun-young's concert, some of the audience members, with the members of the Jun-young fan club being some of them, are wearing Minnie Mouse themed headbands, with different designs placed on the ears, such as Jun-young's name written in hangul writing, his name initials and pictures of him.
In Episode 7 (aired July 27, 2016), Kook-Young tells Eul that she is a decent woman who acknowledges the truth, which causes him to mention a similar instance, which is when Prince Charming marries Cinderella.
In Episode 13 (aired August 17, 2016), after Ha-ru hits her head and has gone crazy, Na-ri starts asking her questions (all of which were answered wrongly) to see if she lost her memory, with what her name is being one of them. Ha-ru states that her name is Elsa, most likely referencing Elsa from Frozen.
In some episodes, some scenes took place at the hallway of the second floor in Jun-young's house. The shelf displays figurine forms of several Star Wars characters.
In "Ice Cream for Ke$ha" (aired April 22, 2011), Tori says she wants to marry a prince at age 16 because many princesses aged 16 had done so. This could be a reference to many Disney Princesses marrying at age 16.
Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit was performed by Magdalina, Matteo-Markus, Melisa, Ridon, and Yassine and won by Matteo-Markus and Ridon in the semi-finals of the 4th season.
In the Battle Rounds of the 2017 5th season, Anastasia, Marie-Sophie, and Nick performed Die Schöne und das Biest, which was won by Marie-Sophie. She later performed Spiegelbild in the Sing-Offs.
In the Blind Auditions and the Sing-Offs of the 6th season 2018, Emma performed "A Whole New World". In the finals, "Let It Go" was performed by Anisa.
In the Blind Auditions of the 9th season 2021, Michel performed "Supercalifragilisticexpialigetisch", Adriano performed "I Just Can't Wait To Be King", Jellina performed "In meiner Welt", and Emily performed "Into the Unknown". In the Battle Rounds, Adriano, Michel, and Jellina performed "Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit", which was won by Adriano. Also, "Ich bin bereit" was performed by Daria, Henriette, and Niklas. It was won by Henriette and Daria.
In the Blind Auditions of the 12th season 2022, Sid Bader performed "I Wan'na Be Like You" and got all four votes. In the Sing-Offs of the same season, Charlotte Torchalla performed "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
In one show in 2019, the 64,000 € question was "Welcher ursprünglich fast 40 Jahre in der Zukunft angesiedelte Kultfilm wird im November sozusagen vom Kalender eingeholt?" ("Which cult film, that was originally set almost 40 years in the future, will be caught up in the calendar in November?"). The given answers were Terminator, Men in Black, Blade Runner (right answer), and Armageddon.
The "Saalwette" ("hall bet") of the show on November 9, 1996 was that twenty nuns from the St. Chrischona monastery should dance to the music of the film Sister Act. It is unknown if the bet was fulfilled.
On October 5, 2013, the "Stadtwette" was that 100 officials living in Bremen (where the show was held) should dress up as Indiana Jones. The bet was not fulfilled, as only 40 officials were found till the end of the show. Harrison Ford presented this bet.
On the December 12, 1954 episode, Clarence Nash appeared as the mystery guest. After the panelists guessed correctly who he was, Nash hinted, in the voice of Donald Duck, at the upcoming release of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
On the November 11, 1956 episode, Walt Disney himself appeared as the mystery guest.
On the March 8, 1959 episode, Fred MacMurray was the mystery guest. After the panelists guessed correctly who he was, MacMurray announced the upcoming release of The Shaggy Dog.
In Episode 5, during a flashback of So-young about Eun-bi, one of the students has a phone case that is based off of Sulley from Monsters, Inc.
In Episode 7, when Joon-seok announces that the math evaluation results are released and when the students are divided into groups for an activity, a female student has a pencil case that is based off of Stitch from Lilo & Stitch.
In Episode 8, after Eun-bi and I-an watch a movie, they head to a toy store with a few Disney references.:
During the 2016 Whiz Kids week, one question was "Which element contains the name of the Marvel Comics superhero who also happens to be the Norse god of thunder?". The answers were Spidermanium, Thorium (right answer), Magneton, and Praseodymihulk.
In one Fastest Finger First, the contestants had to sort four Pixar films in the order of their original release date. The four films were (in the given order): Incredibles 2, Finding Nemo, Up, and Toy Story. Four of the six contestants had it sorted in the right order.
In one show, one question was "Famously used in the 1940 film Fantasia, The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a piece of music by which composer?". The answers were Gustave Charpentier, Paul Dukas (right answer), Charles Gounod, and Georges Bizet.
In one show, the £ 1,000 question was "What is the name of the character played by Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: The Last Jedi?". The given answers were Doh, Rey (right answer), Mee, and Farr.
In one show in 2019, the £ 64,000 question was "In the 1995 film Toy Story, which character says the final three words: "Wow, a puppy!"?". The given answers were Woody, Andy (right answer), Buzz Lightyear, and Mr. Potato Head.
In "The Truth About Will and Dogs" (aired December 15, 1998), Will refers to Jack as "Cruella De Vil".
In "The Unsinkable Mommy Adler" (aired February 9, 1999), Jack rents Star Wars for the friends to watch. This annoys Will and Grace, with the latter noting that they've seen it so many times that she has dreams about Jabba the Hutt. Afterwards, Jack expresses a conviction that C-3PO (along with all other robots in Sci-Fi) is gay.
In "Homo for the Holidays" (aired November 25, 1999), Will refers to Karen as "Cruella". Later, after Jack learns that his father isn't his biological father, he declares that he just hopes that, when he finds him, he doesn't wear a black helmet and speaks with the voice of James Earl Jones. This prompts Will to imitate Darth Vader and say: "Luke, you're a homo".
In "Crazy in Love" (aired February 1, 2001) Will mentions having been hit on by a short guy, who begged Will to see his Lion King memorabilia. To which Jack replies "Hey, when was the last time some guy offered to show you his 'Pumbaa'?".
In "11 Years Later" (aired September 28, 2017), Grace says that she hates it when bad guys are handsome. Adding "It's like Scar in Lion King".
In "Who's Your Daddy" (aired October 5, 2017), Will goes out with a 23-year-old, who doesn't like Madonna. After Jack learns about this, he proclaims that Will's date "should be beaten with a VHS copy of Evita".
In "One Job" (aired March 29, 2018), Joyce Adler (Sara Rue) compares herself to Moana and Pocahontas. Will wishes that he could fly away like Aladdin. Joyce replies by saying that Will's "never had a Friend Like Me".
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In episode 54, which aired on September 1, 2012, the Hamburg ensemble of the musical Tarzan performed the songs Dir gehört mein Herz and So ein Mann.
In the episode "The Retreat" (aired January 18, 1999), the company is planning to go on a retreat and Matt is tasked with coming up with a location for it. This prompts Liz Tricoli to protest because it's three days out of her life and she doesn't want one of The Mighty Ducks decide where she'd spent them.
In "How To End Having A Friend Crush", during the Princess Karaoke session, Yoo-na is dressed up as Elsa from FrozenFrozen, with the addition of pink wings.
In "The Bird & The Bee" (aired October 30, 2016) and "Boo" (aired November 6, 2016), the character Mr. Big is based on the Zootopiacharacter of the same name.
In "The Time Being" (aired December 4, 2016), the Time Being fast forwards Elf's long explanation. This plays homage to a scene in Alice Through the Looking Glass where Time fast forwards through Alice's explanation.
In "Bambi" (aired May 8, 1984), the boys go on the TV show, University Challenge, which is hosted by Bambi (played by a human and a reference to University Challenge's original host, Bamber Gascoigne). Mike claims that he and Bambi are old friends and that he introduced him to Walt Disney. Upon meeting Bambi at the TV studio before the University Challenge taping, Neil starts to cry and says, "I'm just remembering, like, that bit when you got lost in the snow, and the little rabbit found you, it was so beautiful." We also learn Bambi starred in a porn sequel called Bambi Goes Crazy Ape Bonkers with his Drill and Sex, to which Neil responds, "Is that true, Bambi? Did you do a Disney nasty?"
In "Pilot" (September 25, 2017), as Sheldon and Missy watch Prof. Proton (Bob Newhart) on TV, Missy complains about watching this instead of DuckTales, but Sheldon tells her it's not educational.
