In this strip, Dennis appears alongside other cartoon characters in the Betty Rubble Center for Recovering Toons.
Pearls Before Swine: Dennis appears in this strip◊, having moved past his slingshot phase, and having moved onto arson. Stephen Pastis returned the favor on the same day◊ by letting the Dennis writers make fun of him.
One episode of Mad TV features a claymation sketch called Dennis the Menace II Society. In it, Dennis destroys Mr. Wilson's meth lab, so as retribution, Mr. Wilson sends Dennis to delver a package to a criminal gang in the hopes that they will kill Dennis. During Dennis' funeral, it is revealed that Dennis faked his death and turned the criminal gang against Mr. Wilson as retribution for trying to kill him.
Muppets Tonight: The opening gag of Episode 207 features guest star Dennis Quaid costumed as Dennis the Menace. Quaid complains that due to a satellite hook-up failure, he nearly put Mr. Wilson's eye out with his slingshot.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the Red Overall Dress consists of a pair of red overalls and a blue and white striped shirt, not unlike the clothes that Dennis wears.
At the beginning of his review of Home Alone 3, the Critic mentions the 1993 live-action film as part of the then-recently-deceased John Hughes' resume.
In his review of Demolition Man, the Critic calls Phoenix's outfit after escaping Cryo-prison a disguise of "Dennis Rodman the Menace".
In "The Simpsons Guy", Peter rants about Dennis only shoveling snow and not being a menace.
In "This Little Piggy", Peter and Lois watch a fictional film called Rocky Dennis the Menace. In the film, Rocky Dennis, who is dressed in Dennis the Menace's clothes, sprays Mr. Wilson with a garden hose, and when Mr. Wilson sees him, he says that his wife told him he's not allowed to get mad at him anymore.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: In "The Big Picture", Mac and Bloo try to solve the mystery of why all the imaginary friends disappeared in the photo that was taken two years ago, then returned in last year's photo. One of Mac's theories is that the imaginary friends got adopted two years ago, then returned last year because they were all really bad matches. The abnormally large kid who returns Wilt to Foster's for being too short is shown wearing Dennis' blue striped shirt and red overalls, and his head is out of the shot.
The Simpsons: Bart's creation was inspired partially by Matt Groening's annoyance that Dennis was not all that much of a "menace", a fact that has been alluded to multiple times in the show:
In "Cape Feare", when Bart recieves death threats in the mail, he asks who'd want to kill him, as he's "This century's Dennis the Menace".
In "Two Bad Neighbors", the relationship between Bart and George H.W. Bush is portrayed in a style reminiscent of Dennis and Mr. Wilson; Barbara Bush acts just like Mrs. Wilson, even using her catchphrase "Oh, George..."
In "Summer of 4 ft. 2", Bart sees Lisa with Erin and the other kids, then tries to swoop in and impress them with his skateboarding so they'll become his friends instead. Erin and the rest aren't impressed by how hard he tries, and when Erin sees the slingshot in his back pocket, she says, "Who does he think he is, Dennis the Menace?"
In "Brother's Little Helper", when Bart goes missing, Marge calls Chief Wiggum, describing Bart as being toe-headed, button-nosed, having a mischevious smile, and possibly being armed with a slingshot. The sketch Lou draws is of Dennis the Menace.
In "Take My Wife, Sleaze", Bart talks to Jay North, the original Dennis the Menace, at Greaser's Cafe. North tries to impress Bart with "how much of a menace he was", though the things he describes are so lame that Bart is not impressed.
An episode from the show's twelfth season is entitled "Tennis the Menace".
In "Brake My Wife, Please", Homer runs a stick across a fence, and then across Mr. Wilson's face. Mrs. Wilson also appears, trying to get Mr. Wilson to calm down, but he replies that he will get a divorce, which makes Mrs. Wilson happy.
for Room Plus, where they interact with a live-action Allan Socher, who advertises his furniture as being "Dennis the Menace-proof".
