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* The ''Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular'' episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has the "Trim-Jeans Theater" version of ''The Great Escape'' (in both live-action plus animation).
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is basically this movie, if chickens were the protagonists.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is basically this movie, if chickens were a parody of POW escape movies (except with chickens), including the protagonists.BrigBallBouncing scene.
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* Shell Oil had a RetCon of the motorcycle scene, in which Steve McQueen finds a derelict Shell service station and uses it to fuel up before the jump. This time he succeeds, because of course you Go Well with Shell.

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* Shell Oil had a RetCon of the motorcycle scene, in which Steve McQueen [=McQueen=] finds a [[GasolineLastsForever derelict Shell service station station]] and uses it to fuel up before the jump. This time he succeeds, because of course you Go Well with Further With Shell.
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* Shell Oil had a RetCon of the motorcycle scene, in which Steve McQueen finds a derelict Shell service station and uses it to fuel up before the jump. This time he succeeds, because of course you Go Well with Shell.
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* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', the music played when the kids discover the tunnel in the Fratellis'' hideout by accidentally pouring water down it, is the same piece of music played when the Germans discover the prisoners' first tunnel by accidentally pouring coffee down it.

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* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', the music played when the kids discover the tunnel in the Fratellis'' Fratellis' hideout by accidentally pouring water down it, is the same piece of music played when the Germans discover the prisoners' first tunnel by accidentally pouring coffee down it.
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* The tunnel digging scenes in ''Film/CarryOnEngland'' parody the film.

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* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch features a scene where a character who has lost their sense of smell locates a clove of garlic deliberately placed beforehand on the floor, in the same way that Blythe places the pin on the floor in the film. Another sketch involving a German language version of the gameshow Numberwang sees an English contestant tricked into revealing her nationality in the same way that [=MacDonald=] is tricked by the Gestapo agent.

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* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'''s ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'':
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch features a scene where a character who has lost their sense of smell locates a clove of garlic deliberately placed beforehand on the floor, in the same way that Blythe places the pin on the floor in the film. film.
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Another sketch involving a German language version of the gameshow Numberwang sees an English contestant tricked into revealing her nationality in the same way that [=MacDonald=] is tricked by the Gestapo agent.
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* Kirk Lazarus in ''Film/TropicThunder'' brings up the film to encourage his friends to take action to save Tugg Speedman from the Flaming Dragon base while ComicallyMissingThePoint: "What would've happened in ''The Great Escape'' if Steve [=McQueen=] and them dudes had turned tail and ran?"
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* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Hopper's daring escape from prison on a snowmobile is a Shout-Out to Creator/SteveMcQueen in ''The Great Escape''.

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* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Hopper's daring escape from prison on a snowmobile is a Shout-Out to Creator/SteveMcQueen [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] in ''The Great Escape''.

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* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try to kill them in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 50 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.
* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room on a motorcycle, she asks, "Whom were you expecting? [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]?"
* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Lofty Steele", Steele uses a tactic from the movie to survive the fire in Laura's building.
* In the ''Series/RippingYarns'' episode "Escape From Stalag Luft 112B", the leader of the escape committee is called [[Creator/RichardAttenborough Attenborough]] and Maj. Errol Phipps is depicted as being the only prisoner of war never to escape from the camp.



* In the ''Series/RippingYarns'' episode "Escape From Stalag Luft 112B", the leader of the escape committee is called [[Creator/RichardAttenborough Attenborough]] and Maj. Errol Phipps is depicted as being the only prisoner of war never to escape from the camp.
* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Lofty Steele", Steele uses a tactic from the movie to survive the fire in Laura's building.
* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room on a motorcycle, she asks, "Whom were you expecting? [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]?"
* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try to kill them in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 50 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.

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* In the ''Series/RippingYarns'' episode "Escape From Stalag Luft 112B", the leader of the escape committee is called [[Creator/RichardAttenborough Attenborough]] and Maj. Errol Phipps is depicted as being the only prisoner of war never to ''Series/StrangerThings'': Hopper's daring escape from the camp.
* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Lofty Steele", Steele uses a tactic from the movie to survive the fire in Laura's building.
* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room
prison on a motorcycle, she asks, "Whom were you expecting? [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]?"
* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try
snowmobile is a Shout-Out to kill them Creator/SteveMcQueen in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 50 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.
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* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': One of the end credits vignettes has [[spoiler: Captain Putty passing time tossing balls made from his own clay against his cell. Of course, since it's clay, they just stick to the wall.]]
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** In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', Rick Dalton reveals that he turned down Creator/SteveMcQueenActor's role in the film. We then get Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio digitally inserted into the film instead of [=McQueen=].

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** In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', Rick Dalton reveals that he turned down Creator/SteveMcQueenActor's [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]'s role in the film. We then get Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio digitally inserted into the film instead of [=McQueen=].



* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room on a motorcycle, she asks,"Whom were you expecting? Creator/SteveMcQueenActor?"

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* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room on a motorcycle, she asks,"Whom asks, "Whom were you expecting? Creator/SteveMcQueenActor?"[[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]?"
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* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try to kill them in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 40 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.

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* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try to kill them in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 40 50 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.
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* In Season 3 of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', the Cylons load up human prisoners and then try to kill them in the middle of nowhere after getting them out of the trucks to "stretch their legs." This is almost exactly like how the Gestapo kill the 40 in the film, as the only difference is that the event in the show has the human resistance saving the prisoners at the last second.

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* The Warden in ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' says that "Alcatraz was built to keep all the rotten eggs in one basket", a reference Commander Von Lugen's line about the prison camp.
* The motorcycle Kirk uses in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' was named in reference to the bike Hilts rides. Creator/SimonPegg even noted the {{irony}} of him using it to drive into a prison camp rather than escaping from one.

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* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', the music played when the kids discover the tunnel in the Fratellis'' hideout by accidentally pouring water down it, is the same piece of music played when the Germans discover the prisoners' first tunnel by accidentally pouring coffee down it.




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* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Glasses", the scene where George spots a dime on Jerry's floor is a reference to a scene wherein Blythe is trying to convince Hedley and Bartlett that he can see well enough (although he has indeed gone blind) to participate in the escape. He plants the dime whilst he is alone in the room and then seems to be able to find it in their presence.
* In the ''Series/RippingYarns'' episode "Escape From Stalag Luft 112B", the leader of the escape committee is called [[Creator/RichardAttenborough Attenborough]] and Maj. Errol Phipps is depicted as being the only prisoner of war never to escape from the camp.
* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Lofty Steele", Steele uses a tactic from the movie to survive the fire in Laura's building.
* In the ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1", after Serena rides into their living room on a motorcycle, she asks,"Whom were you expecting? Creator/SteveMcQueenActor?"
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* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch features a scene where a character who has lost their sense of smell locates a clove of garlic deliberately placed beforehand on the floor, in the same way that Blythe places the pin on the floor in the film. Another sketch involving a German language version of the gameshow Numberwang sees an English contestant tricked into revealing her nationality in the same way that MacDonald is tricked by the Gestapo agent.

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* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch features a scene where a character who has lost their sense of smell locates a clove of garlic deliberately placed beforehand on the floor, in the same way that Blythe places the pin on the floor in the film. Another sketch involving a German language version of the gameshow Numberwang sees an English contestant tricked into revealing her nationality in the same way that MacDonald [=MacDonald=] is tricked by the Gestapo agent.

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* In the ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch, the scene where Colin Blythe is told that he can't partake in the escape due to his eyesight is parodied.

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* In the ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch, the sketch features a scene where Colin a character who has lost their sense of smell locates a clove of garlic deliberately placed beforehand on the floor, in the same way that Blythe places the pin on the floor in the film. Another sketch involving a German language version of the gameshow Numberwang sees an English contestant tricked into revealing her nationality in the same way that MacDonald is told tricked by the Gestapo agent.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', which takes place a year after the movie was released, references the movie in a Codec transmission early in the game. Major Zero, who at the time was using the code name Major Tom, discloses in a conversation to Naked Snake
that he can't partake in chose the escape due name based on what he thought was the tunnel the prisoners used to his eyesight is parodied.
escape. He later learned that he chose the wrong one; the tunnel was Harry, not Tom.
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* In ''Film/OceansEleven'', the password Saul gives to his bodyguard is Russian for "I love you", which is the phrase Danny taught Sedgwick.
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* Creator/QuentinTarantion loves this movie:

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* Creator/QuentinTarantion loves this movie:
** In ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', while Mr. Brown (Tarantino's AuthorAvatar) talks about what Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Like a Virgin" is all about, he describes the man as digging tunnels like Creator/CharlesBronson in the film.
** In ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'', Gen. Ed Fenech uses the "Putting all our eggs in one basket" line.
** In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', Rick Dalton reveals that he turned down Creator/SteveMcQueenActor's role in the film. We then get Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio digitally inserted into the film instead of [=McQueen=].

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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIQueeg Queeg]]", Lister and Cat whistle the film's theme tune while working.
* In the ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP52PcdpAw Cheesoid]] sketch, the scene where Colin Blythe is told that he can't partake in the escape due to his eyesight is parodied.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand Creator/AynRand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': B.O.B. bounces a ball (and his eyeball) against the wall of his cell.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': B.O.B. bounces a ball (and his eyeball) against the wall of his cell.cell.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has Andy's toys trying to escape the hell for toys that is Sunnyside Daycare in ''Great Escape'' fashion.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':: The show's theme music is a derivative of the film's theme.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':: ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': The show's theme music is a derivative of the film's theme.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "A Streetcar Named Marge", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "A "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge", Marge]]", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is basically this movie, if chickens were the protagonists.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is basically this movie, if chickens were the protagonists.protagonists.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': B.O.B. bounces a ball (and his eyeball) against the wall of his cell.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "A Streetcar Named Marge", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "A Streetcar Named Marge", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.music.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is basically this movie, if chickens were the protagonists.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':: The show's theme music is a derivative of the film's theme.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': In "The Night the Clown Cried", Scooby is seen bouncing a ball against the wall in his farm cell and catching it with his mouth.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The subplot of "A Streetcar Named Marge", which involves Maggie and the babies of the Ayn Rand School for Tots attempting to take back their confiscated pacifiers, is a parody of this film, complete with the theme music.

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