History UsefulNotes / AmeliaEarhart

Earhart is probably most famous today for her mysterious disappearance over the central Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, along with second navigator Fred Noonan, during an attempted circumnavigation of the globe. Although the most commonly accepted theory is that Earhart's plane either simply ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean, or made an emergency landing on an uninhabited island and subsequently died there, numerous [[ConspiracyKitchenSink conspiracy theories abound]], everything from [[SpyShip failed espionage attempts]] to [[SecretIdentity secret identities]] to AlienAbduction. Recent archaeological excavations have most likely found her castaway site, but this will probably do nothing to halt the conspiracy theories.

* According to one of the VideoGame/TeamFortress2 ExpandedUniverse comics, Amelia Earhart crashed in Siberia, with her plane being full of jars of honey and a hot dog costume.

* Her disappearance was also the subject of an ''UnsolvedMysteries'' episode. It gave much attention to the theory that she and Noonan were MistakenForSpies by the Japanese.

* An episode of the 1998 reboot of ''FantasyIsland'' had Earhart piloting the seaplane that brought the guests to the island.

* A Cahill from the [[spoiler: Mardigals]] branch in ''The39Clues''.

* The wartime film ''Flight for Freedom'' starred Rosalind Russell as Tonie Carter, a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Amelia Earhart. The movie popularized the conspiracy theory that Earhart and Noonan were on a secret spy mission for the U.S. government when they disappeared.

* The captured by the Japanese theory was the subject of a widely-touted 2017 ''Creator/TheHistoryChannel'' documentary based on a photograph which experts contended showed Earhart in Japanese custody in 1937. Within a few days, researchers discovered that photograph appeared in a Japanese book published in 1937.

* AmyAdams plays a wax figure of her that comes to life in the second ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' movie.

* The French manga ''City Hall'' − which takes place in an alternate reality where technological advances happened much faster, and features famous 19th and 20th century writers as protagonists −, features her as a badass (and buxom) secret agent working for the White House and protecting Creator/JulesVerne and Creator/ArthurConanDoyle. She uses a plane, of course, but also a motorcycle on land.

* The French manga ''City Hall'' − which takes place in an alternate reality where technological advances happened much faster −, features her as a badass (and buxom) secret agent working for the White House and protecting Creator/JulesVerne and Creator/ArthurConanDoyle. She uses a plane, of course, but also a motorcycle on land.

* She's the focus of an episode of ''TimeWarpTrio''. Apparently, even in 2105 they still have no idea what happened her.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937 (probably)) was a famous aviation pioneer [[GenteelInterbellumSetting in an age]] when female pilots were extremely rare. She was decorated for her bravery and flying skill, and set many flying records of her time, both for women and for pilots of either sex. In 1932 she became the first woman (and only the second human) to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo.

Earhart is probably most famous today for her mysterious disappearance over the central Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, along with second navigator Fred Noonan, during an attempted circumnavigation of the globe. Although the most commonly accepted theory is that Earhart's plane either simply ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean, or made an emergency landing on an uninhabited island, numerous [[ConspiracyKitchenSink conspiracy theories abound]], everything from [[SpyShip failed espionage attempts]] to [[SecretIdentity secret identities]] to AlienAbduction. Recent archaeological excavations have most likely found her castaway site, but this will probably do nothing to halt the conspiracy theories.

* The ''Podcast/ThrillingAdventureHour'' has among its segments "Amelia Earhart: Fearless Flyer." In these episodes, Amelia faked her death to join a top secret government agency that uses time travel to stop StupidJetpackHitler from changing history in the Nazis' favor.

* According to one of the TeamFortress2 ExpandedUniverse comics, Amelia Earhart crashed in Siberia, with her plane being full of jars of honey and a hot dog costume.

* The ''Podcast/ThrillingAdventureHour'' has among its segments "Amelia Earhart: Fearless Flyer." In these episodes, Amelia faked her death to join a top secret government agency that uses time travel to stop StupidJetpackHitler from changing history in their favor.

* ''Film/{{Amelia}}'': Biopic starring Hilary Swank that tries to play it straight and true to the facts.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937 (probably)) was a famous aviation pioneer [[GenteelInterbellumSetting in an age]] when female pilots were extremely rare. She was decorated for her bravery and flying skill, and set many flying records of her time, both for women and for pilots of either sex. In 1932 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo.

* Her ghost [[MauveShirt shows up]] in ''AGirlAndHerFed''.

* Jane Mendelsohn's 1997 novel ''IWasAmeliaEarhart'' is a fictionalized first-person account of Earhart's life, including the time ''after'' her disappearance.

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In the PilotMovie, when learning a missing female aviator aboard the USS Seahawk, Admral Brovo makes a reference about AmeliaEarhart to his aide while watching ''The Tonight Show''.
-->'''Rear Admiral Al Brovo''': If Admiral Drake were smart, he'd make this RIO more famous than AmeliaEarhart.\\