Referenced By / Captain America

"Put down the blue orby thing, Red Skull!"

Anime & Manga

• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: In Chapter 57, Naddy calls herself Captain America.

Comic Books

• DC Comics created their own WWII Super Soldier whose origin was designed after Cap's, being the only recipient of an experimental super-serum before the serum and it's creator were destroyed by an Axis spy. DC's US Army decided to use animal testing though, and so their WWII Super Soldier is Rex the Wonder Dog, who later became immortal after drinking from the fountain of youth.
• The original Commander Steel from All-Star Squadron also takes a lot from the Captain, from setting to costume.
• The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis: Captain America makes a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo alongside other superheroes from Marvel and DC in the final issue.
• Wonder Woman (1942): When Glitch is captured and accused of being part of the Slave Revolt (which he was) he gives a rather b.s. reason for why he is innocent and completely unaware of the rebellion that he lampshades he got out of a comic book; when the ship crashed in the arctic Glitch ended up frozen in the ice for a couple of decades.

Comic Strips

• Mutts: Captain America appears in this strip, and gets bonked on the head by an acorn thrown by the two mischievous squirrels.
  "Now he will REALLY see stars."

Films

• In Easy Rider, Billy refers to Wyatt as Captain America.
• Free Guy: During the climax, Guy summons Captain America's shield to fight Dude, with the theme from The Avengers playing in the background. This is followed by a cameo from Chris Evans, who is watching the fight on his cellphone.
  Chris Evans: What the shit?!
• Moritz from Jimmie (2008) wears a Captain America t-shirt during his birthday party.
• Jingle All the Way: Jamie's room is decorated with a wallpaper of Captain America.
• The Pursuit of Happyness: Chris is often seen playing with a Captain America action figure.

Literature

• Jack from Navigating Early brings Captain America comic books with him to Boarding School. Also, Early's frog is named Bucky, after the Captain America character.

Video Games

• AdventureQuest: The Revengers are based on Marvel's The Avengers. Lieutenant Lore is the Captain Geographic Captain America shout-out.

Western Animation

• Get a Horse!: Horace Horsecollar is shown wearing a Captain America T-shirt midway through the short.
• MAD: Captain America appears in a crossover parody with Adventure Time
• The Simpsons:
  • In "My Big Fat Geek Wedding", at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, Dr. Hibbert is wearing a Captain America costume.
  • In "Homer the Whopper", Homer is cast as the title character in a movie titled Everyman, about a superhero who gains the powers of other superheroes by touching their comic books. One scene has a cop thanking Everyman for saving the day:
    Homer [as Everyman]: Don't thank me! [holds up a Captain America comic] Thank Captain America, for giving me the patriotism to want to save the President's life, [holds up a Wonder Woman comic] and thank Wonder Woman, for giving me the boobs to distract the guards.
• South Park:
  • In "Hell on Earth 2006", during the party, Satan's assistant Demonius is disguised as Captain America.
  • In "A Nightmare on FaceTime", the boys are disguised as the Avengers, with Stan being the one wearing a Captain America costume.

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