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* In ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie has a crush on Kelly Bundy.
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** An earlier episode, "Save The Max", has the gang holding a telethon to save their favorite restaurant and the "celebrity guest" was Screech pretending to be Al [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar (with one of his hands down his pants)]].

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* ''Series/InLivingColor'': In the skit ''Men on Television'', they briefly review the show and when the [[ItMakesSenseInContext newly-straight Blaine]] admits to having a crush on Kelly and compliments her breasts, this causes a shocked Antoine to faint.

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* ''Series/FullHouse'':
** The episode, "Making Out is Hard to Do", Jesse has a NightmareSequence where he's a washed-up, hated loser who has Kimmy (who's dressed like Peg) for a bossy nag of a fiance.

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* A ''Series/LivingSingle'' episode of the first season was named "Living Single...with Children".
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' spoofed itself plenty with many in-jokes, including several episode titles:
** "Married...Without Children"
** "Just Married...With Children"
** "Married...With Prom Queen"
** "Al...With Kelly"
** "Married...With Aliens"
** "Married...With Who?"
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* The Investigation Discovery channel show ''Married With Secrets'' took the name from the series.
** Another show from their channel, ''Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?'', features the show's theme song in the trailers and TV spots advertising the show.


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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Married With Cancer" takes its name from the series.
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* One of the shows shown in Hell in the film ''Film/StayTuned'' is a spoof called ''Unmarried...With Children''.

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** ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley's family resembles the Bundys in appearance, although they are way more selfish and mean-spirited than them.

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** The ''Treehouse of Horror XXV'' segment "The Others" had the family mysteriously getting a television that only played the show on various channels including Black versions of Al and Peg on Creator/{{BET}}, a beer and giraffe respectively on Creator/AnimalPlanet, the show on [[NetworkDecay The History Channel]] and finally alien versions of them on Creator/SyFy.

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** The ''Treehouse of Horror XXV'' segment "The Others" had the family mysteriously getting a television that only played the show on various channels including Black versions of Al and Peg on Creator/{{BET}}, a beer bear and giraffe respectively on Creator/AnimalPlanet, the show on [[NetworkDecay The History Channel]] and finally alien versions of them on Creator/SyFy.

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** "Deep Space Homer" has a frustrated NASA looking at the most popular shows on television: an episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'' where Tim accidentally backs over Wilson in a ride along lawnmower, killing him, and an episode of the show where Al rejects Peg for sex and considers flushing a toilet more appealing (as do the audience, who ''loves'' the joke).

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** "Deep Space Homer" has a frustrated NASA looking at the most popular shows on television: an episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'' where Tim accidentally backs over Wilson in a ride along lawnmower, killing him, and an episode of the show where Al rejects Peg for sex and considers flushing a toilet more appealing (as do the audience, who ''loves'' ''love'' the joke).joke).
** A commercial for a Fox giveaway in the mid 90s had Bart and Homer watching a clip of Al and Peg in bed with the latter asking the former who he thinks of when they're intimate, which he replies "Dr. Kevorkian". The audience then goes wild and it goes to break with an announcer saying that the ''Married...with Children'' ''[[NonIndicativeName Easter Special]]'' will return.
** The ''Treehouse of Horror XXV'' segment "The Others" had the family mysteriously getting a television that only played the show on various channels including Black versions of Al and Peg on Creator/{{BET}}, a beer and giraffe respectively on Creator/AnimalPlanet, the show on [[NetworkDecay The History Channel]] and finally alien versions of them on Creator/SyFy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "A Bicyclops Built For Two", Leela (voiced by Creator/KateySegal, [[ActorAllusion who played Peg Bundy]]) meets Alcazar, who claims to be the only member left of her species. Once they get together in his home planet, however, their relationship becomes a parody of Al and Peg's in the show, complete with Leela wearing Peg's tacky clothes and bouffant hairdo and calling Alcazar "Al", while Alcazar's neighbors provide hoots and hollers like the ones from the studio audience.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "A Bicyclops Built For Two", Leela (voiced by Creator/KateySegal, Creator/KateySagal, [[ActorAllusion who played Peg Bundy]]) meets Alcazar, who claims to be the only member left of her species. Once they get together in his home planet, however, their relationship becomes a parody of Al and Peg's in the show, complete with Leela wearing Peg's tacky clothes and bouffant hairdo and calling Alcazar "Al", while Alcazar's neighbors provide hoots and hollers like the ones from the studio audience.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "A Bicyclops Built For Two", Leela (voiced by Creator/KateySegal, [[ActorAllusion who played Peg Bundy]]) meets Alcazar, who claims to be the only member left of her species. Once they get together in his home planet, however, their relationship becomes a parody of Al and Peg's in the show, complete with Leela wearing Peg's tacky clothes and bouffant hairdo and calling Alcazar "Al", while Alcazar's neighbors provide hoots and hollers like the ones from the studio audience.



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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'':
** In "The Break Up" when pondering over who he should go to a costume party as, Screech asks if he should go as [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] and shave his head or as Al Bundy and shave his back. To this, Lisa [[LameComeback replies]] that he should go as something called "Barf Bundy" and put his head in a paper bag.
** In the following episode, "The Aftermath", when Zack tries to do something to take his mind off of his heartbreak of Kelly dumping him for Jeff, her manager at The Max, he flips on the show, only for announcer to say that the episode's plot has [[YourTelevisionHatesYou Kelly dumping her boyfriend for a "french fry chef".]]
** An earlier episode, "Save The Max", has the gang holding a telethon to save their favorite restaurant and the "celebrity guest" was Screech pretending to be Al [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar (with one of his hands down his pants)]].
* ''Series/FullHouse'':
** The episode, "Making Out is Hard to Do", Jesse has a NightmareSequence where he's a washed-up, hated loser who has Kimmy (who's dressed like Peg) for a bossy nag of a fiance.
* The show ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'' is a SpiritualSuccessor that was created by the show's creators, Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Marge in Chains" has a scene (that is usually [[EditedForSyndication cut from syndication)]] where Flanders wonders why Rod has been stricken delirious by the flu and then thinks back at his past "indiscretion" of viewing the show and ''laughing'':
--->'''Al:''' Hey, Peg! You gotta taken better care of these plants! They're all dry and limp!
--->'''Peg:''' Maybe they'd feel more at home on your side of the bed, Al!
--->''[The audiences hollers with laughter and cheers at the joke. Flanders himself then chuckles at it only to be then "punished" by a sound of loud thunder]''
--->'''Ned:''' Ohh, the promos were right: [[BitingTheHandHumor watch Fox and be damned for all eternity!]]
** "Deep Space Homer" has a frustrated NASA looking at the most popular shows on television: an episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'' where Tim accidentally backs over Wilson in a ride along lawnmower, killing him, and an episode of the show where Al rejects Peg for sex and considers flushing a toilet more appealing (as do the audience, who ''loves'' the joke).
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