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* In the British mini-series ''G.B.H'', councillor Michael Murray develops some neurotic CharacterTics and one of his men mockingly compares him to Dr. Strangelove.

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* ''Series/BetweenTheLines1992''. Mo is infiltrating an AnimalWrongsGroup and talks of how her service in the military gave her the skills needed to construct firebombs to blow up fur stores. "You could say I grew to love the bomb."
* In the British mini-series ''G.B.H'', councillor ''Series/{{GBH}}'', Michael Murray develops some neurotic CharacterTics and one of his men mockingly compares him to Dr. Strangelove.
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** In "Sideshow Bob"s Last Gleaming", [[OneShotCharacter Colonel Hapablab]] and the "Representatives of Television" (which include expies of the Fourth Doctor and Steve Urkel) meet in The War Room.
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* In the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' {{Machinima}} WebAnimation/EmesisBlue, Jane Doe comes across a room at the Conagher Slaughterhouse that is identical to the war room, albeit with skeletons filling the chairs. Towards the end of the entirely black-and-white scene, Blutarch states "We must not allow a respawn gap," referencing General Turgidson's exclamation "Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!"
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* The ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' map Coldfront has its main spawn areas modeled after the War Room.
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* ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' spoofs ''Dr. Strangelove'' with the RidingTheBomb scene.

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* The sequel of ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' spoofs ''Dr. Strangelove'' with the RidingTheBomb scene.
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* In ''Film/FriendOfTheWorld'', General Gore is an unhinged GeneralRipper and the last chapter is titled ''Synthesis or: How I Learned to Swallow the Elephant''.
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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. Scorpius wants John Crichton to build him a [[DoomsdayDevice wormhole weapon]] that will wipe out the Scarrans. One of Crichton's {{Imagine Spot}}s involving the neural clone of Scorpius has him imitating a German-accented Albert Einstein, but at one point Scorpius's arm snaps up in a Nazi salute as he mentions ''ZA VORMHOLE VEAPON!'', only to be yanked down by the other arm. Being TheNicknamer, John immediately calls him "Strangelove".
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* In the British mini-series ''G.B.H'', councillor Michael Murray develops some neurotic CharacterTics and one of his men mockingly compares him to Dr. Strangelove.
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* The war room in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is also modelled on the Strangelove war room, and Creator/StephenColbert's President seems to be a hybrid of Colbert, Pres. Muffley and Strangelove himself; there are also one or two gags regarding an easily-triggered Doomsday Machine protocol whose giant button happens to look just like that of the coffeemaker just on the right of it; and General Powers does a Major Kong shout-out while riding his own plane.

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* The war room in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is also modelled on the Strangelove war room, and Creator/StephenColbert's President seems to be a hybrid of Colbert, Pres. Muffley and Strangelove himself; there are also one or two gags regarding an easily-triggered Doomsday Machine protocol whose giant button happens to look just like that of the coffeemaker just on the right of it; and General Powers does a Major Kong shout-out while riding his own plane.plane.

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* During his libel case against Deborah Lipstadt, David Irving addressed the judge as "mein Führer" leading to StunnedSilence from the entire courtroom. One of the lawyers promptly lampshaded the Dr. Strangelove moment.
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* The music video for Music/{{Rush}}'s [[Music/GraceUnderPressure "Distant Early Warning"]] has the band playing in a set designed after the war room and a boy riding a missile similar to Major Kong riding the bomb.

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* The music video for Music/{{Rush}}'s Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s [[Music/GraceUnderPressure "Distant Early Warning"]] has the band playing in a set designed after the war room and a boy riding a missile similar to Major Kong riding the bomb.
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* Creator/SteveBuscemi's character from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' climbs on and jokingly rides a nuclear bomb, although he explains that he was actually referencing Radio/TheLoneRanger.

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* Creator/SteveBuscemi's character from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' ''Film/Armageddon1998'' climbs on and jokingly rides a nuclear bomb, although he explains that he was actually referencing Radio/TheLoneRanger.

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* ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay'' contains a DummiedOut animation of [[GeniusCripple Dr. Keller]] getting up from his wheelchair and walking away, as well as an unused voice line where he announces "Mein Führer, I can walk!"
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', the scientist developing Peace Walker's AI bears the name Dr. Strangelove.
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* ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' largely spoofs ''Dr. Strangelove'', complete with RidingTheBomb.

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* ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' largely spoofs ''Dr. Strangelove'', complete Strangelove'' with RidingTheBomb.the RidingTheBomb scene.

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* Creator/SteveBuscemi's character from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' rides on a nuclear bomb and directly references the film.

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* Creator/SteveBuscemi's character from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' climbs on and jokingly rides on a nuclear bomb and directly references the film.bomb, although he explains that he was actually referencing Radio/TheLoneRanger.
* ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' largely spoofs ''Dr. Strangelove'', complete with RidingTheBomb.

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* In Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/DarkStar'' the surviving astronauts surfs on a spaceship fragment while falling towards the surface of a nearby planet, offering a RecycledInSpace version of Major Kong's death. Speaking of...

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* In Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/DarkStar'' the surviving astronauts astronaut surfs on a spaceship fragment while falling towards the surface of a nearby planet, offering a RecycledInSpace version of Major Kong's death. Speaking of...



* Major Kong riding the bomb is recreated in ''Film/TheCongress'', with the animated replica of Creator/RobinWright's character being in his place.

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* Major Kong riding the bomb is recreated in ''Film/TheCongress'', with the animated replica of Creator/RobinWright's character being put in his place.


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* The music video for Music/{{Muse}}'s "Time Is Running Out" takes place in a War Room that is nearly identical to the ''Dr. Strangelove'''s.

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* In Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/DarkStar'' the surviving astronauts surfs on a spaceship fragment while falling towards the surface of a nearby planet, offering a RecycledInSpace version of Major Kong's death. Speaking of...
* Creator/SteveBuscemi's character from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' rides on a nuclear bomb and directly references the film.



* The war room in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' is almost identical to the one in this movie.

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* The war room rooms in the AlternateHistory superhero films ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' is are almost identical to the one from ''Dr. Strangelove''.
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* Professor Von Kriplespac from ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is a clear expy of Dr. Strangelove given that he's also a wheelchair-bond MadScientist with a thick, over the top German accent.



* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Episode 13 features a HerrDoktor character named Dr. Strangeduck.



* The war room in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is also modelled on the Strangelove war room, and Stephen Colbert's President seems to be a hybrid of Colbert, Pres. Muffley and Strangelove himself; there are also one or two gags regarding an easily-triggered Doomsday Machine protocol whose giant button happens to look just like that of the coffeemaker just on the right of it; and General Powers does a Major Kong shout-out while riding his own plane.

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* The war room in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is also modelled on the Strangelove war room, and Stephen Colbert's Creator/StephenColbert's President seems to be a hybrid of Colbert, Pres. Muffley and Strangelove himself; there are also one or two gags regarding an easily-triggered Doomsday Machine protocol whose giant button happens to look just like that of the coffeemaker just on the right of it; and General Powers does a Major Kong shout-out while riding his own plane.
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* The penultimate level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'', in which the player needs to infiltrate a nuclear missile silo to stop a missile before it can impact the eastern seaboard of the United States and cause WorldWarIII, is titled "No Fighting In The War Room".
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* Dr. Scott from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is a CaptainErsatz of Dr. Strangelove. Due to the actor not wanting to return, the sequel ''Film/ShockTreatment'' had a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Strangelove expy called Bert Schnick.
* The titles for Music/TalkingHeads' ConcertFilm ''Film/StopMakingSense'' have titles done by Pablo Ferro, who designed the titles for this film, in the same handwritten manner.
* The war room in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' is almost identical to the one in this movie.

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* The music video for Music/{{Rush}}'s [[Music/GraceUnderPressure "Distant Early Warning"]] has the band playing in a set designed after the war room and a boy riding a missile similar to Major Kong riding the bomb.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'';
** ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E11HomerTheVigilante Homer The Vigilante]]'': At an army store, Homer climbs onto a bomb and has an ImagineSpot where he's RidingTheBomb in order to kill hippies. The owner then points to a sign telling customers not to do that.
** The CouchGag for "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E11WildBartsCantBeBroken Wild Bart's Can't Be Broken]]" has the family riding the couch as it's dropped from a plane.
** There's an episode called, ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]''.
* The war room in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is also modelled on the Strangelove war room, and Stephen Colbert's President seems to be a hybrid of Colbert, Pres. Muffley and Strangelove himself; there are also one or two gags regarding an easily-triggered Doomsday Machine protocol whose giant button happens to look just like that of the coffeemaker just on the right of it; and General Powers does a Major Kong shout-out while riding his own plane.

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