Films - Animated
- In Shrek 2, Pinnochio does the "Mission: Impossible" Cable Drop with his puppet strings, accompanied by the theme music.
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: The plan to break into the casino has resemblance to Mission: Impossible, complete with Alex using his nails to cut glass and using rope for the "Mission: Impossible" Cable Drop.
Films - Live-Action
- J-Men Forever. The Lightning Bug kills record mogul Lawrence Milk with a hypnotic broadcast that starts with the Bug saying, "Good morning, Mr. Milk."
- My Science Project: When the protagonists break into the Harlans' house to steal dynamite, Vince sings the Mission: Impossible theme until Michael tells him to shut up so he doesn't wake his dad.
- Joel Suzuki: In Legend of the Loudstone, Joel hums the Mission: Impossible theme when he and his friends are about to infiltrate the Royal Tower.
- Get Smart
- The episode "The Impossible Mission" opens with a parody of the mission briefing scene, with the recorded message from the Chief telling Max that if he doesn't accept the mission he'll be fired, and the self-destruct blowing up everything except the tape.
- In "Pheasant Under Glass", Max has to change his face via Magic Plastic Surgery. One of the attempts turns him into Martin Landau (played by the actor with a dubbed Don Adams voice). The Chief tells him to change it again, despite being told it's "the perfect face for a spy".
- The Piano Guys and Lindsey Stirling did a cover of the theme song, complete with Lindsey doing the cable drop.
- The last boss battle in Chase the Express is blatantly ripped off from the original 1996 film; a Traintop Battle where the player character fights The Mole on the front of a high-speed bullet train, with the villain on a helicopter while the hero's on foot. The subsequent explosion that sends the player clinging on the train and flying helicopter wreckage missing him by an inch is another homage to the film.
- The Angry Video Game Nerd has reviewed the Licensed Game based on the film for the Nintendo 64 by Infogrames.
- In the Highcraft video "INFERNAL HIGH II", Cooper says "we're going in Mission Impossible style" and the group starts singing the theme song.
