Parodies and Allusions
- Scary Movie 3 heavily parodied many elements of this film, most notably the characters Jimmy and Future who were parodied as "George" and "Mahalik" (a pun on Mekhi Phifer's first name), portrayed by Simon Rex and Anthony Anderson respectively.
- Robot Chicken, which airs on Adult Swim, ran a short skit during the eighth episode of their second season featuring the Looney Tunes characters during the final rap battle of the film.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of "Lose Yourself" entitled "Couch Potato" that appeared on his 2003 album Poodle Hat.
- The movie is referenced in The Cleveland Show episode "Harder, Better, Faster, Browner".
- Comedian Dave Chappelle made a parody of the film on his sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show.
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“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)