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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': A FreezeFrameBonus on Trini's laptop in "Cabbagezilla" shows a search result called ''Close Encounters of the Moose Kind''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'': The scene in which the penguins dance for humans is a direct reference. The humans are even standing atop a hill that resembles Devil's Tower, while the penguins use dance to communicate like the humans communicated with aliens with music. The track on the soundtrack album is called "Communication".
* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': The five-note vocalized intro to "Feel The Light" is reminiscent of the five-tone musical phrase used by the UFO.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': The President tries to communicate with the alien robot by playing music -- specifically, [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]].



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* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'': The scene in which the penguins dance for humans is a direct reference. The humans are even standing atop a hill that resembles Devil's Tower, while the penguins use dance to communicate like the humans communicated with aliens with music. The track on the soundtrack album is called "Communication".
* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': The five-note vocalized intro to "Feel The Light" is reminiscent of the five-tone musical phrase used by the UFO.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': The President tries to communicate with the alien robot by playing music -- specifically, [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]].

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* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': After Gonzo's appearance on TV, Kermit encounters a bunch of people gathered around the Muppets' house. When he asks why they're there, a woman shows him a plate of mashed potatoes shaped like Gonzo and says they were drawn here by the alien.
* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out an alien pilot, Steven Hiller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."



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* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': After Gonzo's appearance on TV, Kermit encounters a bunch of people gathered around the Muppets' house. When he asks why they're there, a woman shows him a plate of mashed potatoes shaped like Gonzo and says they were drawn here by the alien.
* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out an alien pilot, Steven Hiller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."



** Also, in "Homie the Clown", after becoming subconsciously obsessed with the idea of attending Clown College, during dinner, Homer carves his mashed potatoes into the shape of a circus tent exactly as Roy carved Devil's Tower, complete with his tongue sticking out.

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** Also, in "Homie the Clown", after becoming subconsciously obsessed with the idea of attending Clown College, during dinner, Homer carves his mashed potatoes into the shape of a circus tent exactly as Roy carved Devil's Tower, complete with his tongue sticking out.out.
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* [[ReferenceOverdosed Among many, many other movie homages]], the opening theme to ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' includes a shot paying homage to the movie, with Tsukimi being taken into the light by a bunch of Claras.
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* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out an alien pilot, Steven Miller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."

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* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out an alien pilot, Steven Miller Hiller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."
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* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out the alien pilot, Steven Miller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."

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* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': After punching out the alien pilot, Steven Miller quips, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Springfield Files" after Homer repeatedly sees an "alien" and mails videotaped footage of this to the local news, Kent Brockman derisively calls it "Close Encounters of the ''Blurred'' Kind" and at a later festival in honor of the discovery, a school band plays the five-note piece from the film (plus one wrong note).

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Springfield Files" after Homer repeatedly sees an "alien" and mails videotaped footage of this to the local news, Kent Brockman derisively calls it "Close Encounters of the ''Blurred'' Kind" and at a later festival in honor of the discovery, a school band plays the five-note piece from the film (plus one wrong note).note).
** Also, in "Homie the Clown", after becoming subconsciously obsessed with the idea of attending Clown College, during dinner, Homer carves his mashed potatoes into the shape of a circus tent exactly as Roy carved Devil's Tower, complete with his tongue sticking out.
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* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Admiral Janeway claims to have encountered a FlyingSaucer holding an enormous cup of coffee, calling it a Close Encounter of the [[MustHaveCaffeine Preferred Kind]].

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* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Admiral Janeway claims to have encountered a FlyingSaucer holding an enormous a cup of coffee, calling it a Close Encounter of the [[MustHaveCaffeine Preferred Kind]].
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* Parodied in ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "U-Friend Or Ufo", with the aliens kidnapping trombonists so they can communicate with the human race and landing their UFO directly on top of the

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* Parodied in ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "U-Friend Or Ufo", with the aliens kidnapping trombonists so they can communicate with the human race and landing their UFO [[RuleOfFunny directly on top of the
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* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Admiral Janeway claims to have encountered a FlyingSaucer holding an enormous cup of coffee, calling it a Close Encounter of the [[MustHaveCaffeine Preferred Kind]].


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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Born to Spawn", Filburt's instincts are compelling him to head to his species' ancestral home of Kerplopitgoes Island. When Heffer prepares a tower of food covered in tahini sauce, Filburt goes insane and claws at it, carving it into the shape of Kerplopitgoes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Born to Spawn", Filburt's instincts are compelling him to head to his species' ancestral home of Kerplopitgoes Island. When Heffer prepares a tower of food covered in tahini sauce, Filburt goes insane and claws at it, carving it into the shape of Kerplopitgoes.Kerplopitgoes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Springfield Files" after Homer repeatedly sees an "alien" and mails videotaped footage of this to the local news, Kent Brockman derisively calls it "Close Encounters of the ''Blurred'' Kind" and at a later festival in honor of the discovery, a school band plays the five-note piece from the film (plus one wrong note).
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "When Worlds Collide", the silhouette of Candace against the light, seen when the planet arrives on their backyard, is a nod to this movie.
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* The first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'' series is subtitled ''Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind''.


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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' is entitled "[[Recap/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehogS01E08CloseEncounterOfTheSonicKind Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind]]". In this episode, Sonic meets two aliens, Prince Charnock and Splorg, who have crash landed on Mobius. He befriends them and has to help them find the missing pieces of their spaceship before Charnock's coronation as king of the planet Rhombus, or else Charnock's baby brother will become king and destroy Mobius.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'': The scene in which the penguins dance for humans is a direct reference. The humans are even standing atop a hill that resembles Devil's Tower, while the penguins use dance to communicate like the humans communicated with aliens with music. The track on the soundtrack album is called "Communication".
* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': The five-note vocalized intro to "Feel The Light" is reminiscent of the five-tone musical phrase used by the UFO.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': The President tries to communicate with the alien robot by playing music -- specifically, [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]].



* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': After Gonzo's appearance on TV, Kermit encounters a bunch of people gathered around the Muppets' house. When he asks why they're there, a woman shows him a plate of mashed potatoes shaped like Gonzo and says they were drawn here by the alien.

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* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': After Gonzo's appearance on TV, Kermit encounters a bunch of people gathered around the Muppets' house. When he asks why they're there, a woman shows him a plate of mashed potatoes shaped like Gonzo and says they were drawn here by the alien.alien.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': In "Bill-eiver", Bill is convinced aliens are coming, and on one scene is sculpting something out of mashed potatoes.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Born to Spawn", Filburt's instincts are compelling him to head to his species' ancestral home of Kerplopitgoes Island. When Heffer prepares a tower of food covered in tahini sauce, Filburt goes insane and claws at it, carving it into the shape of Kerplopitgoes.
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* In ''Literature/DogsDontTalk'', a Creator/StevenSpielberg-obsessed autistic boy asks Ben if he's seen ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''.

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* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'': After Gonzo's appearance on TV, Kermit encounters a bunch of people gathered around the Muppets' house. When he asks why they're there, a woman shows him a plate of mashed potatoes shaped like Gonzo and says they were drawn here by the alien.
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* In ''Literature/DogsDontTalk'', a Creator/StevenSpielberg-obsessed autistic boy asks Ben if he's seen ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''.

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