In Popular Culture
- The 2000 film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a play on the title of this film.
- In "Angel", the fourth season episode "The House Always Wins" highlights the song when Angel, Gunn and Fred drive to Vegas to visit (and eventually rescue) their friend Lorne, who is an unwilling performer in a mystical lounge act.
- Elvis, a 2005 TV mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley, depicts the supposed Elvis/Ann-Margret affair during the filming of Viva Las Vegas.
- The suit Elvis Presley wears in the movie is depicted in Fallout: New Vegas (2010), worn by an Elvis impersonator who goes by the monniker, "The King."
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