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* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'': Joe finds out that the time machine is really an amusement park, the "Time Masheen", [[FutureImperfect with a laughable misunderstanding of history, e.g. it confuses Chaplin with Hitler]].


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* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'': The final episode from the original run hosted by Art Fleming ended with "Smile" from ''Modern Times'' playing over a now-darkened set.

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** In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Grampa tries to entertain Jaqueline Bouvier by imitating the "forks and buns" dance from ''Film/TheGoldRush'', only for the Blue-Haired Lawyer to tell him to knock it off lest he get sued.

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** In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Grampa tries to entertain Jaqueline Bouvier by imitating the "forks and buns" dance from ''Film/TheGoldRush'', [[YouWannaGetSued only for the Blue-Haired Lawyer to tell him to knock it off lest he get sued.sued]].



** In "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", Chaplin appears in a flashback as an audience member laughing at Mr. Burns when his pants fell down.

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** In "The Trouble With Trillions", Mr. Burns shows Homer around his mansion, showing him that he has the suit Charlie Chaplin was buried in, [[HistoricalInJoke suggesting that Burns was the one who stole Chaplin's coffin in 1978, a few months after Chaplin's death and funeral]].
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* In ''Film/BennyAndJoon'', Sam does the "forks and buns" bit from ''Film/TheGoldRush'' at one point.
* ''Film/TheProfessional'': Mathilda impersonates a few celebrities to Leon to try and get him to loosen up, and one of them is Chaplin.
* ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'': Norma dresses up as Chaplin for Joe at one point.


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* ''Series/Batman1966'': In the ColdOpen of the episode "Death in Slow Motion", the Riddler impersonates Chaplin, while his {{Mook}}s dress up as the [[Creator/KeystoneStudios Keystone Kops]], so they can rob a movie theater during a silent film festival.


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* ''Series/{{Mash}}'': In the two-part season 10 opener "That's Showbiz", one of the subplots involves Father Mulcahy trying to help a USO musician get back a TragicKeepsake that belonged to her brother. He decides to get in touch with the chaplain at the 8063rd, and calls him by his first name, "[[StealthPun Charlie]]".

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** A Chaplin caricature appears in ''Buddy's Show Boat'', ''Hollywood Capers'', and ''Porky's Road Race''.

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''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': A Chaplin caricature appears in ''Buddy's Show Boat'', ''Hollywood Capers'', and ''Porky's Road Race''.


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* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther briefly imitates Chaplin's Tramp during the AnimatedCreditsOpening of ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** A Chaplin caricature appears in ''Buddy's Show Boat'', ''Hollywood Capers'', and ''Porky's Road Race''.
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* An expy of Chaplin's Tramp appeared in a series of '80s commercials for UsefulNotes/{{IBM Personal Computer}}s.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Maria (Sonia Manzano) appeared as Chaplin's Tramp character in a series of comedic sketches in the '70s and '80s.
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* ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': Sigma lies to everyone and claims his Servant is Lancer whose true identity is Charlie Chaplin. Sigma is mentioned to be a fan of old British films.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "80's Guy", after Lois tells Peter to get over his obsession with the 1980's, [[AddictionDisplacement he becomes fixated on the 1910's]], complete with dressing like Chaplin.
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** The scenes of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck working at a Nazi munitions plant in ''WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace'' are inspired by ''Film/ModernTimes''.
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* ''Series/InLivingColor'': One sketch from ''Ted Turner's Very Colorized Classics'' has Ted Turner (Creator/JimCarrey) introducing a [[RaceLift "colorized"]] version of ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'', starring Creator/ReddFoxx, [[Series/SanfordAndSon Aunt Esther]] and Emmanuel Lewis.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BaggyPantsAndTheNitwits'': The title character of the ''Baggy Pants'' segment is basically the Tramp [[RecycledInSpace as a cat]].
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** A caricature of Chaplin appears in ''Mickey's Gala Premier'' and ''Mickey's Polo Team''.
** The climactic fight from ''The Klondike Kid'' was partly inspired by the teetering cabin scene from ''Film/TheGoldRush''.
** In ''Santa's Workshop'', one of the toys marching into Santa's bag is a Chaplin doll being followed by a toy policeman.
** In ''Mickey Plays Papa'', Mickey pretends to be the Tramp to entertain his new DoorstopBaby, to no avail.
* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': In the 1923 short ''WesternAnimation/FelixInHollywood'', Felix tries to audition before a producer by imitating Chaplin, [[RightBehindMe only to get caught by the real deal]]. Coincidentally, Pat Sullivan produced a series of Chaplin cartoons prior to the Felix seres.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", new kid Travis is afraid of mechanical things (like Jenny) because his father (who resembles Chaplin) got caught in a factory's assembly line; the flashback is a spoof of such a scene from ''Film/ModernTimes''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", one of Herb's fellow hobos is a caricature of the Tramp, [[Film/TheGoldRush who's about to eat a shoe]].
** In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Grampa tries to entertain Jaqueline Bouvier by imitating the "forks and buns" dance from ''Film/TheGoldRush'', only for the Blue-Haired Lawyer to tell him to knock it off lest he get sued.
** In "Million Dollar Abie", Grampa thinks he's died and gone to Heaven and encounters a sign-holder dressed like the Tramp. Grampa thinks he's actually meeting Charlie Chaplin, and is surprised that "he" can talk.
** In "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", Lisa solves the crossword clue "Young wife (age 18) of Charlie Chaplin (age 54)", referencing the MayDecemberRomance scandals that plagued his latter years in Hollywood.
** In "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", Chaplin appears in a flashback as an audience member laughing at Mr. Burns when his pants fell down.

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