History ReferencedBy / TheThreeStooges

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* In part two of his "Wish List" video, ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' reviewed the ''VideoGame/TheThreeStooges'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem by Creator/{{Activision}}.

* ''{{Series/SCTV}}'' did a ''Film/BenHur'' spoof where Creator/JohnCandy played Ben Hur, as if played by Curly Howard.

* ComicBook/TheFlash comics in the 1950s also included appearances by Wynken, Blynken and Nod, clearly modeled after the Stooges.
* The independent comic book ''ComicBook/TheBadger'' has three bad guys named the Chisums resembling and acting like Moe, Larry and Curly kidnap an award-winning Bull from the main character to be able to sacrifice it and bring a demon to earth.
* ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}} contains an homage to the Stooges as the "Three Wise Fellows" in the graphic novel Latter Days. The three comically kidnap the main character, convinced that he is the messiah (meanwhile satirizing the Torah). While waiting for him to speak the "Word of Truth", they engage in hijinks such as clamping pliers on one another's noses over theological arguments.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'', the grey Hulk was saving his alter-ego's wife Betty Banner from large robots unleashed by the Hulk's nemesis, the Leader. Witnessing the battle the Hulk's sidekick, Rick Jones, narrates the story throughout the issue and refers to the three robots as Moe, Larry, and Curly.
* In the Marvel Comics ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' issues #21 and #46, two culprits are featured who are named (and whose appearances are patterned) after Moe and Larry.
* In The Sensational She-Hulk issue #5, Jennifer Walters is watching TV and came upon a short in homage to the Stooges renamed "The Three Amusing Fellows" where characters Moe and Curly were constructing a house and Moe scolds Curly for leaving on a chainsaw. Curly suggests Moe not to get too excited and recommends he let him have the chainsaw. Moe replies, "I'll let you have it, alright!" and saws Curly on the top of the head. In the next panel Jennifer was horrified to see blood and brains being scattered across the TV, when she knows that is not how it happens when she saw the short before. The cause of this was done by the evil scientist Doctor Bong.
* An issue of ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo features three thugs whose hairstyles resemble those of Curly, Larry and Moe.

** The ninth epic novel, ''Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'', features a hypothetical scenario involving a scientist using a time machine to take a banana cream pie to a garden party in 1936. A pie fight breaks out and among those involved are "a chubby bald guy" in a derby with Curly's SignatureLaugh and an angry man with a stylized bowl-cut who pokes the chubby bald guy in the eyes. In the final shot of the pie fight, we also see a man with two tufts of curly red hair.

** The ninth epic novel, ''Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'', features a hypothetical scenario involving a scientist using a time machine to take a banana cream pie back in time to a garden party in 1936. A pie fight breaks out and among those involved are "a chubby bald guy" in a derby with Curly's SignatureLaugh and an angry man with a stylized bowl-cut who pokes the chubby bald guy in the eyes. In the final shot of the pie fight, we also see a man with two tufts of curly red hair.

* ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' features a sequence where you must outwit the Stooges, who are brigands in this game. In one of the HaveANiceDeath sequences if they catch you, which is labeled as "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk- Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee", they’re named as "Die Drei Knochelkopfen", which, in German, translates to "The Three Boneheads"- not quite on the mark, but close enough. One of them also says, "Oh, a wise guy, eh?" when you use a candelabra to block their path.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVI'' has a minigame called "Stooge Fighter III", which makes the Stooges into ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' characters. Naturally, they fight each other with eye pokes and other Stooge traditions.

* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVI'' has a minigame called "Stooge Fighter III", which makes the Stooges into VideoGame/StreetFighter characters. Naturally, they fight each other with eye pokes and other Stooge traditions.

** In the first part of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]", Bart's bummed out that his request of what to do with the oil money that Springfield Elementary has was rejected on the grounds of it being unethical. To this, Lisa says, "It ''is'' unethical to resurrect The Three Stooges, and even if they ''could'' do it, I'd really doubt they'd want to hang out with ''you''." He then agrees with her sentiment, figuring they'd rather be with their families.

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget'', "Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard" can be heard over the intercom in the hospital.

** In ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'', Jerry Fletcher disguises himself in medical scrubs to elude capture. He introduces himself as "[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesMenInBlack Dr. Fine]]".

* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' has Michelangelo calling three guards blocking their way Curly, Larry and Moe.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV of Horror IV]]" segment "Bart Simpson's Dracula", when he and Lisa are in Mr. Burns' basement and a bunch of monsters begin approaching him and Lisa, Bart is scared speechless and can only make startled noises that she dismisses as Shemp and Curly impersonations.

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* In an issue of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, the grey Hulk was saving his alter-ego's wife Betty Banner from large robots unleashed by the Hulk's nemesis, the Leader. Witnessing the battle the Hulk's sidekick, Rick Jones, narrates the story throughout the issue and refers to the three robots as Moe, Larry, and Curly.

* During a section of his ''Live at the Met'' stand-up special lampooning the state of the Middle East during the mid-1980s, Creator/Robin Williams refers to UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi, "whose friends call him Moe" before imitating Curly Howard saying "''Hey '''Moe'''! Wububububububub!''" and imitating the Stooges' hand gestures; later in the same bit, he compares the situation in the Middle East to an old Creator/MarxBrothers sketch.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E18TheDayViolenceDied The Day The Violence Died]]", the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' parody video has a bomb behave like Curly.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2TheMansionFamily The Mansion Family]]", Mr. Burns is at the Mayo Clinic for a checkup when he learns that he has ''[[BeyondTheImpossible every disease known to man]]'' and even a few some that it's physiologically impossible to have. The doctor uses a model of fuzzy balls trying in vain to shove through a small door to display the perfect balance they all have, calling it "The Three Stooges Syndrome" and even has one of the balls grumble "Move it, chowderhead!"

* An issue of ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo features three thugs whose hairstyles resemble those of Curly, Larry and Moe.[2]

* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Lance is watching ''Recap/TheThreeStoogesBridelessGroom'' on television when Vincent calls him.

** The blood flowing in the basement in ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' was an {{homage}} to ''Recap/TheThreeStoogesAPlumbingWeWillGo''.

** In "Bart the Daredevil", apparently the show causes so many injuries, according to Dr. Hibbert, that it has its own ''hospital ward.''
** In "Duffless", when Lisa asks Bart to hold her steroid-injected large tomato, he replies, "Why, soitenly! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!". Later in the same episode, when Bart is trying to take an electrified cupcake, his reactions are also based on Curly.
** "Large Marge" had former presidents UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush and UsefulNotes/BillClinton engaging in antics while participating in Habitat For Humanity as Larry, Moe and Curly, respectively.
** In "Last Exit to Springfield", Homer whoops and runs in circles on the ground after Mr. Burns concedes to the striker's demands.
** "Treehouse of Horror IV" segment "Bart Simpson's Dracula", when he and Lisa are in Mr. Burns' basement and a bunch of monsters begin approaching him and Lisa, Bart is scared speechless and can only make startled noises that she dismisses as Shemp and Curly impersonations.
** In "Bart's Comet" when looking up at the constellations with Principal Skinner and being informed that they can form whatever he wishes, Bart then views The Three Wisemen in the shapes of Curly, Larry and Moe.
** In the first part of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Bart's bummed out that his request of what to do with the oil money that Springfield Elementary has was rejected on the grounds of it being unethical. To this, Lisa says, "It ''is'' unethical to resurrect The Three Stooges, and even if they ''could'' do it, I'd really doubt they'd want to hang out with ''you''." He then agrees with her sentiment, figuring they'd rather be with their families.
** In "The Day The Violence Died", the ''Schoolhouse Rock!" parody video has a bomb behave like Curly.
** "Beyond Blunderdome" has Creator/MelGibson (a real life fan of the series) who is starring in a BloodierAndGorier remake of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'' doing Curly's signature "Whoop-whoop-whoop!" and running in circles on the Senate table like him ''as he shoots everyone with an uzi''. Later at the universally-panned premiere, Creator/JamesStewart's irate granddaughter decides to sue Mel and Homer and slaps them both like Moe Howard. His Curly impression is also heard over the Gracie Films logo.
** In "The Mansion Family", Mr. Burns is at the Mayo Clinic for a checkup when he learns that he has ''[[BeyondTheImpossible every disease known to man]]'' and even a few some that it's physiologically impossible to have. The doctor uses a model of fuzzy balls trying in vain to shove through a small door to display the perfect balance they all have, calling it "The Three Stooges Syndrome" and even has one of the balls grumble "Move it, chowderhead!"
** "Homer the Heretic" has Homer watching a short where the men are working as chiropractors and even says (after he slaps Curly) "Moe is their leader."
** "This Little Wiggy" has an ImagineSpot where Nelson measures the stooges' brains (with their hairdos attached on top for some reason) to see which of theirs is the heaviest and he then comically slaps all three of them.

** "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" has Homer and his friends yelling and running away from Rupert Murdoch's security guards like the three stooges.
** In "Treehouse of Horror X" segment "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl" has Bart fooling Principal Skinner with hand motions like the stooges before slapping him.
** In "Treehouse of Horror XIV" segment "Reaper Madness" when Homer!Reaper is randomly killing people at a ballgame so he and Bart can get a better seat, one doomed man initially tries to dodge his efforts a la the eye dodge move.