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Anime & Manga
- In the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt episode "Help! We are Angels", one brief scene has the characters drawn to resemble the band's artstyle. In addition, Panty deflects a rubber ball with a hip thrust, a specific reference to "Rock the House".
Films — Animation
- Logorama: The Gorillaz logo can be seen as graffiti art throughout the movie.
- In The Powerpuff Girls Movie, a newspaper ad for Gorillaz
can be seen in a brief shot. Hilarious in Hindsight, as Ace from that franchise would later become Murdoc's substitute for The Now Now, confirming that Gorillaz and The Powerpuff Girls are indeed in the same universe. - In Trolls, the chorus of "Clint Eastwood" is sung by the Bergens during the introduction of Bergen Town's status in the present storyline. The rendition doesn't appear on the film's soundtrack album, however, because of how short it is and... obvious reasons in regards to the film's rating.
Films — Live-Action
- In The Tooth Fairy, the title character's son has vinyl figures of the group in his room.
- The Schtung Chinese New Year Remix of "Dirty Harry" can be heard in The Karate Kid (2010).
Music
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: "Feel Good Inc." is featured in "Polkarama!" from Straight Outta Lynwood.
Webcomics
- Kiwi Blitz: Track 22 is titled after "Kids With Guns", and the chapter's title page art is a tribute to the band's artstyle.
Web Original
- "Left Hand Suzuki Method" is featured during the intermissions in The Nostalgia Critic's Top 11 Drug PSAs. Naturally, they were also namedropped when discussing the infamous film adaptation of Tank Girl.
Western Animation
- Ulrich from Code Lyoko has a poster of Demon Days on his wall.
