History Main / MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody

* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'': In "Tales from a Not-So Fabulous Life", Nikki discovers that her ballet teacher's CD of ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is actually a CD of Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' album. She ends up doing the zombie dance from the music video with her ballet group, leading to them flunking the class.

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'': The [[[{{Bookends}} opening and ending]] scenes of the ''Nightmare in Northpoint'' DLC's storyline are very overt homages. Especially the latter, which sees Smiley Cat posessing Not Ping and laughing at the camera.

* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' when game's villain Singularity turns an entire army battalion into zombies, he can't help himself but reenact copyright-friendly Thriller parody with them.

Compare BohemianParody, another StockParody of a famous song/music video.

* In some expansion packs of Videogame/TheSims2 and Videogame/TheSims3, the Sims can get together to do the Smustle which contains variations of this.

--> And though you fight to stay alive
--> Your body starts to spasmus
--> For no mere mortal can resist
--> The magic of Merasmus!

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'': The ending of the DLC ''Nightmare in Northpoint'' has Smiley Cat posessing Not-ping and laughing at the camera.

* [[VideoGame/StubbsTheZombie Stubbs the Zombie's]] dance-off against Police Chief Master. He even does Michael's signature "HEEE!" and crotch grab! Subverted in that Stubbs is the ''only'' zombie participating in it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' referenced twice. Once during the Halloween special during Timmy's "Real and Scary" number and again in "One Man Banned" during the montage of Timmy's musical fame.

* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' did this when real zombies invade a prom. Alex challenges them to a dance off to stop their attack. The leader lampshades this.

Music/MichaelJackson's elaborate MusicVideo for "[[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller Thriller]]" debuted to much hype in 1983 and was an instant smash hit. As the most famous single video of all time, it's become a {{Stock Parod|ies}}y, usually referencing the "[[TheDeadCanDance zombie dance]]" performed by Michael and a troupe of ghouls and/or the closing OrWasItADream shot of Michael with evil yellow eyes. The red leather jacket Jackson wore in the video is also likely to turn up in such spoofs.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Along with having an island[[spoiler:/ship]] named ''Thriller Bark''. The zombies do a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute dance number called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV71fVO5zIM "Zombie Night"]] to hype themselves up before they attack the Straw Hats.

* At the end of Music/{{LMFAO}}'s "Sexy and I Know It" the robot-man turns his head to the camera where his robot eyes blink, followed by a FreezeFrame.
* At the end of Music/{{Britney Spears}}'s "I Wanna Go" the man that saves Britney at the end of the video has creepy eyes with a FreezeFrame.

* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': In the American edition, [[https://youtu.be/ByiGerj0_wA one game of "Song Styles"]] had Creator/WayneBrady performing for an audience member who worked as a professional bingo caller as Music/MichaelJackson in "Thriller", with Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, and Greg Proops playing the zombies.

* In the 1985 horror movie ''Film/DeadEnd'', one of the zombies wears the "Thriller" jacket.

* A direct reference in ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', where Soundbite plays "Thriller" when the group encounters the zombies, causing the zombies to start dancing. Instead of performing a HeadDesk like the snail expected, Cross decides to join and lead the impromptu act.

Music/MichaelJackson's elaborate MusicVideo for "Music/{{Thriller}}" debuted to much hype in 1983 and was an instant smash hit. As the most famous single video of all time, it's become a {{Stock Parod|ies}}y, usually referencing the "[[TheDeadCanDance zombie dance]]" performed by Michael and a troupe of ghouls and/or the closing OrWasItADream shot of Michael with evil yellow eyes. The red leather jacket Jackson wore in the video is also likely to turn up in such spoofs.

* In the ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' anime, when Tomoya orders Fuuko to "act like a zombie", she immediately starts doing the "Thriller". Tomoya doesn't comment on this.
* A blink-and-you-miss-it nod in one episode of the ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' anime: one of the end cards featured zombie subspecies, and the Early Zombie girl wore Michael's red jacket.

* One of the first bosses in ''{{VideoGame/Splatterhouse}}: Wanpaku Graffiti'' for Famicom is a vampire, clad in Jackson's red jacket, who emerges from a disco floor in a cemetery and summons various zombies who start dancing and then attack the player. The game is similarly loaded with [[AffectionateParody parodies]] of famous horror films.

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