- Anna from There's More Than One Way Home longs to visit New York City because of all the shows she'd like to see, including Avenue Q.
- Schaffrillas Productions' Why Are Weird Musical Adaptations So Popular? mentions that Broadway's been inching towards weirdness for quite a while, and as one of his examples cites Avenue Q beating Wicked for the Best Musical, Book and Score Tonys. This is punctuated with a doctored clip from The Avengers (2012) where Loki, representing Wicked, is beaten up by Hulk, representing Avenue Q, while "Schadenfreude" plays.
- SiIvaGunner's "Overworld Theme (Luigi Version)" from Super Mario World is "If You Were Gay" in the game's soundfont. There's a stealthy reason why it's called the "Luigi Version".