It's A Small World - Cultural References

Cultural References

• "Gremlin Village" is an area based on this attraction in the video game Epic Mickey. It is home to the Gremlins and the attraction's outer facade was adapted into it as the game's first boss, the Clock Tower. An instrumental version of the song is performed during the fight, and was originally intended to have vocals.
• A cover version of the song was made by the Baha Men for the soundtrack of Around the World in 80 Days.
• The Family Guy episode "The Courtship of Stewie's Father" features a parody of the ride when Stewie Griffin is enslaved and forced to sing a song called "It's a Tiny World".
• In The Simpsons episode "Selma's Choice", Bart, Lisa and Selma Bouvier ride an attraction called The Little Land of Duff in Duff Gardens wherein Lisa starts to hallucinate after drinking some "water" in this aquatic ride. The Little Land of Duff is a parody of the ride.
• In The Fairly OddParents episode "Love At First Height", Timmy sees a ride at Adrenaland called "It's A Dull World" which is a parody of Small World.
• In the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Human Habitrail", Courage has to go rescue Eustace and Muriel by heading to Dr. Gerbil's lair. He takes a raft to it while listening to "It's Doc Gerbil's World".
• In the Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain episode "A Walk in the Park", the trio visits a Disney-esque theme park where Brain attempts to change the looping song in the "Small World" ride to one containing an encoded hypnotic message.
• In Going Bovine, the lead character Cameron almost died on the ride as a child.
• In Tim Babb's Kingdom Comedy Tim Babb rides the ride and he says the sun with the bright-burning deaf eyes during the last scene during the It's a small world happy holidays seasonal event
• In The Messier Movie:CRYING LESS TROUBLE the Messiers go to Disneyland to ride the ride but with indoor styles.
• In Kronk's New Groove the attraction has a flume just like on the log chute attraction Pirates of the Caribbean
• Mattel released a line of dolls based on the ride in 1993.
• There was a song called It's a Fat World sung to the tune of It's a Small World, but focusing on obesity and unhealthy eating habits.
• In The one with the Blackout, an episode of the popular comedy series Friends, Ross mentions that he once had sex inside the attraction.
• On a 1981 episode of the Wolfman Jack hosted "Midnight Special", Andy Kaufman performs the song while dancing to a group of conga players, eventually playing a conga drum himself.
• The It's A Small World Snow Globe dome is stronger than steel. and capable of breaking a human skull (Sons of Anarchy 10-16-2012)

Disney itself has been known to reference the attraction. In The Lion King (1994), Scar tells Zazu to sing something "with a little bounce in it." Zazu sings "It's a Small World" and Scar panics and stops him from finishing the song, showing a strong hatred for the song. Direct-to-video release The Return of Jafar (1994), released earlier that year, includes Genie returning from his trip around the world. Aladdin remarks that he didn't take a long time at his trip, Genie then turns into a bunch of Genie dolls, and sings "It's a Small World". Lesser uses include video game Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010), in which the song plays from an ice cream musical machine. Also in The Lion King 1 1/2, Timon is shown in silhouette at one point humming a tune before he breaks into "It's a Small World" and is seen putting his own spin on it. In Phineas and Ferb, Perry the Platypus enters a log-boat. Robot animals sing a song about missions as he passes.