Cultural References
The Aquarium appeared in the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where it appeared as the Cetacean Institute in Sausalito. The main aquarium was overlaid with special effects to appear to be the tank home of two humpback whales.
In the film, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, a character named Stephano is mentioned working with sea snakes at this aquarium; however the real aquarium does not have sea snakes.
Marlene the otter, from The Penguins of Madagascar, was moved to the New York city zoo from The Monterey Bay Aquarium, according to the creators of the show.
The Aquarium appeared in the 2008 film Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith, in a scene showing Smith's character as a child seeing a box jellyfish for the first time.
The Aquarium makes an extremely brief cameo in Ghost Adventures during the Point Sur Lighthouse episode, while the crew was leaving the bay on a boat to the waters off the coast of the lighthouse
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