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Films — Live-Action

  • In Breaking and Entering (2006), Will lists ABBA as one of Sweden's exports. Liv sings part of "Knowing Me, Knowing You."
  • Muriel's Wedding: The title character is a homely young woman whose only joy in life is from listening to ABBA, at least until she reinvents her life to make it as good as an ABBA song.
  • Together: The film closes with the major characters playing soccer in the snow while "S.O.S." plays in the background.

Literature

  • In Bounders, some of the kids refer to Mira, who twirls when she walks, as Dancing Queen.

Live-Action TV

  • Community: In "Epidemiology", the gang have to survive a Zombie Apocalypse while putting up with the Dean's ABBA mix playing on a loop through the PA system, resulting in amusing Soundtrack Dissonance.
  • The BBC TV series Gimme, Gimme, Gimme is named after the song. There was also the episode "I Do, I Do, I Do" in the first season, named after another of their songs, which was also about one of the main characters getting married.
  • Horrible Histories: "The Norman Family Tree" crams a load of ABBA references into the story of the fight between Matilda and Stephen for the English throne.
  • Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge was named after "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and Alan's enthusiastic "Ah-HAAAAH!" was a reference to the refrain of the song. (The fact that Alan chose a song about a relationship that's falling apart for the title of his show and that his "Ah-HAAAAH!" is far more enthusiastic than the more understated one in the song are part of the joke.)
  • The Trip: At one point, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discuss "The Winner Take it All", and even sing part of it.
  • Better Call Saul: a Happy Flashback where brothers Jimmy and Chuck McGill sing "The Winner Takes It All". Also a tragic in-universe Hope Spot as Jimmy thinks he's getting his brother's love finally. He's not.

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Western Animation

  • Gravity Falls: In "Dipper Vs. Manliness", Grunkle Stan once caught Dipper listening to "Disco Girl" by "girly Icelandic pop sensation BABBA". Later in the episode, the Multi-Bear reveals that he likes the song too.
  • Pinky and the Brain: The three-part episode "Brainwashed" has a new song by the singing group BAAB, called the "Schmeerskahoven", play a central role in the plot.
  • The Simpsons: In "Mother Simpson" Mr. Burns tries to play "Ride of the Valkyries" on a tape cassette before storming the Simpsons house when it suddenly segues into ABBA's "Waterloo", with Smithers apologizing for taping over it.
  • Tiny Toon Adventures: In "Kon Ducki", one the things that Plucky, as Pluck Heyerdahl brings with him in his attempt to recreate his 1970s ancestors' voyage from Yap to Salinas is ABBA 8-track tapes. In addition, the episode's gag credit is "ABBA Spelled Backwards - Is ABBA".

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