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* ''ComicBook/TheLastAnnihilation'': During the ''Cable'' one-shot, Wiz Kid ends up quoting the first film after turning a HumongousMecha into a {{BFG}}.
-->''"Now I have a planet-sized super-gun. Ho, ho, ho."''
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': Several action sequences, such as John climbing elevator shafts and crawling through vents and Karl shooting out the vent with John inside, inspired similar setpieces for Gordon's adventure.

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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'': Several action sequences, such as John climbing elevator shafts and crawling through vents and Karl shooting out the vent with John inside, inspired similar setpieces for Gordon's adventure.
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* "VideoGame/HalfLife": Several action spots such as John climbing elevator shafts and crawling through vents, and Karl shooting out the vent with John inside inspired similar spots for Gordon's Freeman's adventure.

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* "VideoGame/HalfLife": ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': Several action spots sequences, such as John climbing elevator shafts and crawling through vents, vents and Karl shooting out the vent with John inside inside, inspired similar spots setpieces for Gordon's Freeman's adventure.
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* "VideoGame/HalfLife": Several action spots such as John climbing elevator shafts and crawling through vents, and Karl shooting out the vent with John inside inspired similar spots for Gordon's Freeman's adventure.
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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': The episode "Fly Hard" is a parody of the movie.

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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': The episode "Fly Hard" is a parody of the movie.movie; the ''Daily Planet'' staff (save for Jimmy Olsen) are taken hostage by criminals looking for a Prohibition-era vault hidden on the premise. Part of the humor comes from a mix of Jimmy Olsen trying to basically be John [=McClane=] while Clark has to find ways to protect his colleagues without exposing his identity.
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* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In the episode featuring ''Film/{{Gunslinger}}'', Dr. Forrester ends his introduction to the experiment with "Yippie-ki-ay, mama jama."
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-->'''German Terrorist:''' Attention, American workers: your plant has been taken over by an all-star team of freelance terrorists.\\
'''Homer:''' Not on ''my'' shift! (''jumps into an overhead vent, jumps out of another one and proceeds to kick terrorist ass singlehandedly while tied-up Lenny, Carl and Burns swoon over him'').

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'''Homer:''' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Not on ''my'' shift! on]] ''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner my]]'' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner shift]]! (''jumps into an overhead vent, jumps out of another one and proceeds to kick terrorist ass singlehandedly while tied-up Lenny, Carl and Burns swoon over him'').
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "Mitch's Son and the Unconditional Approval of a Government Agency", Missy and Georgie are watching the broadcast version of ''Die Hard'' and Georgie has to explain what John [=McClane=] is really saying when he says "Yippie-kay-ay, Mr. Falcon!".

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* ''[[Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals]]'': In the episode "The Amazing True Story of the Leaf Village Film Festival!", there's a skit where Rock Lee reenacts a few scenes from the original ''Die Hard''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'': The second half of “Man Up” is a full-on parody of the film, with Josh using his skills from being “manned up” by Pearle to the test when a holiday party Emily is attending gets held hostage by European terrorists. Josh even calls the situation “like Die Hard 2, but on a building”.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'': The second half of “Man Up” "Man Up" is a full-on parody of the film, with Josh using his skills from being “manned up” "manned up" by Pearle to the test when a holiday party Emily is attending gets held hostage by European terrorists. Josh even calls the situation “like Die "like ''Die Hard 2, 2'', but on a building”.building".



* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'': The episode “Try Hard” is one big parody of “Die Hard”, from the title, to the premise (Adorabat fighting off the Sky Pirates one by one in an enclosed location where the other heroes have been taken hostage (in this case the Sky Pirates’ airship)), to key scenes like the glass scene (in this case, it’s Orangusnake using his “Omega Shield”, which is a broken glass bottle).

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* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'': The episode “Try Hard” "Try Hard" is one big parody of “Die Hard”, "Die Hard", from the title, to the premise (Adorabat fighting off the Sky Pirates one by one in an enclosed location where the other heroes have been taken hostage (in this case the Sky Pirates’ Pirates' airship)), to key scenes like the glass scene (in this case, it’s it's Orangusnake using his “Omega Shield”, "Omega Shield", which is a broken glass bottle).



-->'''German Terrorist:''' Attention, American workers: your plant has been taken over by an all-star team of freelance terrorists.
-->'''Homer:''' Not on ''my'' shift! (''jumps into an overhead vent, jumps out of another one and proceeds to kick terrorist ass singlehandedly while tied-up Lenny, Carl and Burns swoon over him'').
* The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Rick: A Mort Well Lived" deals with an alien terrorist deliberately invoking DieHardOnAnX due to coming from a culture that reveres Die Hard (which he explains is a universal monomyth created by various cultures, including the sequels). TheStinger of the episode shows his brother planning to avenging him to continue the schtick.

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Not on ''my'' shift! (''jumps into an overhead vent, jumps out of another one and proceeds to kick terrorist ass singlehandedly while tied-up Lenny, Carl and Burns swoon over him'').
* The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Rick: A Mort Well Lived" deals with an alien terrorist deliberately invoking DieHardOnAnX due to coming from a culture that reveres Die Hard (which he explains is a universal monomyth created by various cultures, including the sequels). TheStinger of the episode shows his brother planning to avenging him to continue the schtick.schtick.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}: The episode "Snow Day" has a number of references as well.

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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}: ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': The episode "Snow Day" has a number of references as well.well.
* The title of the series ''Series/DieHart'' is a direct reference to the film. The proposed second season even has the title ''Die Hart 2: Die Harter''.

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