- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion, the Stand of Daiya Higashikata is named California King Bed, after Rihanna's hit single off of Loud.
- In A Big Blue House in Tall Pine Grove, the three fireflies are named Shine, Bright, and Diamond, after the "Diamonds" lyric "Shine bright like a diamond".
- In Sisterland, Kate hears "Umbrella" in the car and turns up the radio.
- In Post-High School Reality Quest, Buffy attends a college party with Rihanna playing from a boombox.
- In Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, Gabe plays songs about sex on his radio show, including "Rude Boy."
- Girls5eva, when Kev is trying to get out of showing Gloria the rest of his apartment:Kev: Just always at work, work, work. That's a Rihanna reference for you.
- The Good Place: Eleanor once abandoned a dog she was dogsitting to go to a Rihanna concert. It overate and ended up with severe digestive issues.
- The puppet character Riha from the revival of the French kids show Les Minikeums is modelled and named after her.
