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* ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant'': [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Mr. Saxe-Coburg]], [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=156 you are trying to seduce me.]]
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* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': In the original manga, Shigure jokingly suggests that Hatori could have crashed Kana (his former girlfriend)'s wedding and stolen her away just like in ''The Graduate''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Didi has a younger brother named Ben, whose fiancée/later wife is named Elaine. They appear in two episodes.
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* The same line is used before the first verse of the English remix of "Macarena".

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** The opening shot of ''Film/JackieBrown'' moving along an airport conveyor belt is a direct lift from the opening shot.

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** The opening shot of ''Film/JackieBrown'' moving along an airport conveyor belt travelator is a direct lift from the opening shot.



* In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode [[Recap/MadMenS7E1TimeZones "Time Zones"]], the shot of Don Draper moving along an airport travelator is a nod to the opening shot -- he's even arriving in California from the East Coast, just like Benjamin -- although the music is courtesy of the Spencer Davies Group rather than Simon & Garfunkel.



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** The opening shot of Film/JackieBrown moving along an airport conveyor belt is a direct lift from the opening shot.

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** The opening shot of Film/JackieBrown ''Film/JackieBrown'' moving along an airport conveyor belt is a direct lift from the opening shot.
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* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': In the first-season episode "Meet John Smith", the scene where Duncan is sitting in the pool while his father talks to him is a lift from the scene in ''The Graduate''.

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E21LadyBouviersLover Lady Bouvier's Lover]]": Grampa banging on the church window while shouting "Mrs. Bouvier!", and the subsequent getaway on the bus.

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E21LadyBouviersLover Lady Bouvier's Lover]]": Grampa interrupts Marge's mother's wedding to Mr. Burns, banging on the church window while shouting "Mrs. Bouvier!", Bouvier!" She decides not to marry either of them, but Grampa and Mrs. Bouvier run away onto a bus anyway as a version of The Sound of Silence with lyrics about Grampa plays.

-->''Hello Grampa, my old friend''
-->''Your busy day is at an end''
-->''Your exploits have been sad and boring''
-->''They tell a tale, that's worth ignoring''
-->''When you're alone,
the subsequent getaway on words of your story will echo down the bus.rest home hall''
-->''Cuz no one at all'''
-->''Can stand the sound of Grampa''
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* Justine from ''Literature/YouLookDifferentInRealLife'' has an overdue library copy of ''The Graduate'' that she plans to return eventually.
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* In ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', ''The Graduate'' is shown to be one of the main factors that influenced Tom's idealized view of romance. When he and his girlfriend Summer are shown watching it, Tom gets confused when Summer cries at the ending, as he views it as a romantic love story, thus causing friction between them.
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* The music video for Jon Secada's "[[https://youtu.be/W4ejBHJtrt8 If You Go]]" completely rips off the last few minutes--Ben driving like a madman, running out of gas, bursting in just as the couple kisses, and he and the girl running away and catching a bus out of town. The only difference is that they're ecstatic, rather than the bewilderment Ben and Elaine had.

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* Mrs. Robinson's "Would you like me to seduce you?" line is sampled in Music/GeorgeMichael's "Too Funky".

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* In ''Film/HighAnxiety'', Thorndyke walking through the airport in the opening is exactly like Benjamin Braddock in the opening
* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', the shot of Ferris Bueller sprinting down the sidewalk at the end of the film is an homage to Benjamin Braddock doing the same.
* In the opening sequence of ''Film/ThePlayer'', Buck Henry pitches a sequel set 25 years later in which Ben and Elaine are married and living with Mrs. Robinson, who has had a stroke.
* Creator/QuentinTarantino:
** The popping toaster at the end of the sequence in ''Film/PulpFiction'' where Ben Braddock tells his parents about his wedding plans is referenced in scene where Butch kills Vincent. Also, Jules' "Believe it now!" dialogue is inspired by dialogue from this film.
** The opening shot of Film/JackieBrown moving along an airport conveyor belt is a direct lift from the opening shot.
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* Mrs. Robinson's "Would you like me to seduce you?" line is sampled in Music/GeorgeMichael's "Too Funky".Funky".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E11OneFishTwoFishBlowfishBluefish One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish]]": When Homer arrives at his home after leaving Moe's Tavern, he hammers on one of the windows of the house and shouts Marge's name.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E19LisasSubstitute Lisa's Substitute]]": "Mrs. Krabappel, you're trying to seduce me." The famous "through the woman's legs" camera angle is spoofed. Bonus points for Creator/DustinHoffman guest-starring in the episode.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E21LadyBouviersLover Lady Bouvier's Lover]]": Grampa banging on the church window while shouting "Mrs. Bouvier!", and the subsequent getaway on the bus.
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* Mrs. Robinson's "Would you like me to seduce you?" line is sampled in Music/GeorgeMichael's "Too Funky".

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