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* A shoutout to ''Film/SayAnything'' can be found in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', when Deadpool tries to make up with Colossus and does the stereo-under-your-window thing.

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* A shoutout to ''Film/SayAnything'' can be found in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', when Deadpool tries to make up with Colossus and does the stereo-under-your-window thing.



* The epilogue of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'''s episode "[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS1E20WhistlersMother Whistler's Mother]]" parodies the scene from ''Film/SayAnything'' when George's Sr.'s brother is holding up his boombox in front of Lucille's window to get her attention.

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* The epilogue of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'''s episode "[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS1E20WhistlersMother Whistler's Mother]]" parodies the scene from ''Film/SayAnything'' when George's Sr.'s brother is holding up his boombox in front of Lucille's window to get her attention.attention.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': In one episode Sherlock Holmes wakes Joan Watson up by holding up a stereo playing a piece of music connected to their current case at top volume. When Joan comments that it's supposed to be playing Peter Gabriel, Holmes is confused because he [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure hasn't seen the movie]] and just did it as a coincidence.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': While discussing the difference between a GrandRomanticGesture and being a StalkerWithACrush the gang cite the boombox scene as an example of a gesture that could have easily gone wrong if the target wasn't interested.



* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Raisins", Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Raisins", Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''.gesture. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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* A shoutout to ''Film/SayAnything'' can be found in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', when Deadpool tries to make up with Colossus and does the stereo-under-your-window thing.

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* A shoutout to ''Film/SayAnything'' can be found in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', when Deadpool tries to make up with Colossus and does the stereo-under-your-window thing.

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* ''Film/EasyA'': In the film's climax, when Todd comes for Olive, he holds up speakers just as Lloyd held up the boombox.

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* In the ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' episode "Blue In The Face", Devon pulls a boombox over his head to bring his girlfriend, Raven, the concert that she was forbidden to attend due to poor grades and a chemical explosion in her school's science lab.

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* In the ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' episode "Blue In The in the Face", Devon pulls a boombox over his head to bring his girlfriend, Raven, the concert that she was forbidden to attend due to poor grades and a chemical explosion in her school's science lab.

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* In the credits scene of a ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode, Dylan tries to win Haley back holding up his phone like the boombox in ''Say Anything''. Phil mentions the movie to Dylan, which leads to a WhosOnFirst moment between the two.



* In the credits scene of a ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode, Dylan tries to win Haley back holding up his phone like the boombox in ''Say Anything''. Phil mentions the movie to Dylan, which leads to a WhosOnFirst moment between the two.

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* In the credits scene of a ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode, Dylan tries to win Haley back holding up his phone like the boombox in ''Say Anything''. Phil mentions the movie to Dylan, which leads to a WhosOnFirst moment between the two.



* The video for "I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore" by Music/TheMenzingers features a HockeyMaskAndChainSaw-type serial killer holding a boombox over his head in an attempt to make up with his lady outside her house.

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* The video for "I Don't Wanna Be An an Asshole Anymore" by Music/TheMenzingers features a HockeyMaskAndChainSaw-type serial killer holding a boombox over his head in an attempt to make up with his lady outside her house.
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** In "80's Guy", Chris asks Peter for advice in getting a girl to notice him, so he invites him to watch his 1980's movie collection for inspiration. Chris decides to emulate the boombox scene from this movie, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but he gets charged with felony stalking]].

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** In "80's Guy", Chris asks Peter for advice in getting a girl to notice him, so he invites him to watch his 1980's 1980s movie collection for inspiration. Chris decides to emulate the boombox scene from this movie, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but he gets charged with felony stalking]].
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** In "Stewie Kills Lois", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tries to get Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's music.

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** In "Stewie Kills Lois", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tries to get Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's 1940s music.

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-->'''Robbie''': Take me back, Wendy! My arms are too skinny to keep holding this boombox forever!

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* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': {{Parodied|Trope}} in "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep19VideoGameWizards Video Game Wizards]]". Early in the episode, Rigby has Mordecai play his mixtape, which is just Rigby singing about how Mordecai should've chosen him to partake in the gaming tournament instead of Skips. Later, Rigby stands in the parking lot outside of Mordecai and Skips' motel room, blasting his mixtape using a boombox that he's holding over his head, with Mordecai unable to sleep because of it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball attempts to get Rob to hate him again by serenading him with a boombox playing a song that Rob hates, parodying this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Gideon Rises," Robbie runs up to Wendy with a boombox playing instrumental rock music over his head.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball attempts to get Rob to hate him again by serenading him with a boombox playing a song that Rob hates, parodying this.
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* Another ''Film/SayAnything'' spoof in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Once Bitten" where Neil stands under Chris' window holding an old boom box up. It's his way of apologizing for sacrificing their friendship for a fling with Chris's sister Meg. Funny enough, Neil doesn't play a tape but the radio news because [[TechnologyMarchesOn he doesn't own any cassettes]]. Then he asks if he can put the boom box down because the D batteries make it so heavy.
** In an earlier episode "Stewie Kills Lois", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tried getting Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's music.

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* Another ''Film/SayAnything'' spoof in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Once Bitten" where Neil stands under Chris' window holding an old boom box up. It's his way of apologizing for sacrificing their friendship for a fling with Chris's sister Meg. Funny enough, Neil doesn't play a tape but the radio news because [[TechnologyMarchesOn he doesn't own any cassettes]]. Then he asks if he can put the boom box down because the D batteries make it so heavy.
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** In an earlier episode "Stewie Kills Lois", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tried getting tries to get Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's music.music.
** In "Once Bitten", Neil stands under Chris' window holding an old boom box up to apologize for sacrificing their friendship for a fling with Meg. However, Neil ends up playing the radio news because [[TechnologyMarchesOn he doesn't own any cassettes]]. He then asks if he can put the boom box down because the D batteries make it so heavy.
** In "80's Guy", Chris asks Peter for advice in getting a girl to notice him, so he invites him to watch his 1980's movie collection for inspiration. Chris decides to emulate the boombox scene from this movie, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but he gets charged with felony stalking]].



* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. In one episode, Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In one episode, "Raisins", Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball attempts to get Rob to hate him again by serenading him with a boombox playing a song that Rob hates, parodying this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Gideon Rises," Robbie runs up to Wendy with a boombox playing instrumental rock music over his head.
-->'''Robbie''': Take me back, Wendy! My arms are too skinny to keep holding this boombox forever!



* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Gideon Rises," Robbie runs up to Wendy with a boombox playing instrumental rock music over his head.
-->'''Robbie''': Take me back, Wendy! My arms are too skinny to keep holding this boombox forever!

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Gideon Rises," Robbie runs up to Wendy with a boombox playing instrumental rock music over his head.
-->'''Robbie''': Take me back, Wendy! My arms are too skinny to keep holding this boombox forever!
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* In the credits scene of a ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode, Dylan tries to win Haley back holding up his phone like the boombox in ''Say Anything''. Phil mentions the movie to Dylan, which leads to a WhosOnFirst moment between the two.
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* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. In one episode, Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. In one episode, Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".Monkey".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Gideon Rises," Robbie runs up to Wendy with a boombox playing instrumental rock music over his head.
-->'''Robbie''': Take me back, Wendy! My arms are too skinny to keep holding this boombox forever!
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** In an earlier episode "Lois Kills Stewie", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tried getting Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's music.

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** In an earlier episode "Lois "Stewie Kills Stewie", Lois", [[DirtyOldMan Herbert also tried getting Chris' attention]] by holding up a ''phonograph'' and playing a record with 1940's music.
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* In the November 20, 2019, ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'', having drunkenly ruined his date with Estelle, Wilbur stands outside her window with a boombox playing "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes.
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* The video for "I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore" by The Menzingers features a HockeyMaskAndChainSaw-type serial killer holding a boombox over his head in an attempt to make up with his lady outside her house.

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* The video for "I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore" by The Menzingers Music/TheMenzingers features a HockeyMaskAndChainSaw-type serial killer holding a boombox over his head in an attempt to make up with his lady outside her house.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", Otto holds up a boombox and plays a song for his girlfriend at a drive-in.

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** There is an episode titled "Pray Anything".

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* In the ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' episode "Blue In The Face", Devon pulls a boombox over his head to bring his girlfriend, Raven, the concert that she was forbidden to attend due to poor grades and a chemical explosion in her school's science lab.


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* The ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' music "[[Film/ConAir How Do I Live]] (D8 Night Version)" has a track art showing John holding a stereo over his head.
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The [[BalconyWooingScene boombox scene]] has become very well-known, with parodies from the following works:

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* A shoutout to ''Film/SayAnything'' can be found in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', when Deadpool tries to make up with Colossus and does the stereo-under-your-window thing.

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* The epilogue of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'''s episode "[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS1E20WhistlersMother Whistler's Mother]]" parodies the scene from ''Film/SayAnything'' when George's Sr.'s brother is holding up his boombox in front of Lucille's window to get her attention.

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* The ''Music/NinjaSexParty'' video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UygoPVr7Aok "Three Minutes of Ecstasy"]] Danny and Brian get a woman's attention by throwing roses through her window and standing outside with a boombox. Danny then manages to throw ''himself'' through her window, much to her displeasure, so they can have their "three minutes of ecstasy".

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* Another ''Film/SayAnything'' spoof in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Once Bitten" where Neil stands under Chris' window holding an old boom box up. It's his way of apologizing for sacrificing their friendship for a fling with Chris's sister Meg. Funny enough, Neil doesn't play a tape but the radio news because [[TechnologyMarchesOn he doesn't own any cassettes]]. Then he asks if he can put the boom box down because the D batteries make it so heavy.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", Otto holds up a boombox and plays a song for his girlfriend at a drive-in.
* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. In one episode, Stan is trying to get Wendy back, and one of Wendy's friends suggests he stand outside her window and play a Music/PeterGabriel song as a romantic gesture, in a reference to ''Film/SayAnything''. But Stan, rather than choosing "In Your Eyes", chooses the decidedly unromantic "Shock the Monkey".

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