Referenced By / Simon & Garfunkel

Anime & Manga

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
  • In Steel Ball Run, a minor character is Mrs. Robinson, while his horse is named after the Simon & Garfunkel rendition of El Condor Pasa.
  • In JoJolion, Rock Human architect Yotsuyu Yagiyama's Stand is called I Am a Rock.

Films – Animated

• "The Sound of Silence" is sung in Trolls.

Films – Live-Action

• 40 Carats: When Billy finds out Ann is engaged to a man almost twenty years her junior, he bursts out laughing and says, "And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson!"

Literature

• In There's More Than One Way Home, Val puts on a Simon and Garfunkel album after he and Anna have sex.
• In I Think I Love You, Petra considers turning on the lamp, changes her mind, and thinks "Hello darkness, my old friend."
• In Dogs Don't Talk, Aunt Terry hears Johnny indistinctly singing "Mrs. Robinson" and joins in, making the lyrics clearer.
• Eye of a Fly: During Ernest's date with Elizabeth, Elizabeth switches on the stereo and plays "Scarborough Fair."

Live-Action TV

• In the Get Smart episode "The Groovy Guru," a Trust Password Max uses with a hippie is "Simon and Garfunkel fell off the Tallahatchie Bridge".

Video Games

• Spider-Man (PS4): The Noir suit's ability is called "The Sound of Silence".

Web Comics

• Sleepless Domain: In Chapter 6, the Alt Text during Undine's Dream Sequence references the opening lyrics of "The Sound of Silence":
  "Hello darkness, my old friend"
  "I've come to talk with you again"
  "Because a vision softly creeping"
  "Left its seeds while I was sleeping."

Web Video

• Vinny from Vinesauce often says or sings "Hello darkness, my old friend" when things are going badly for him, particularly in streams of Mario Kart 8.

Western Animation

• Animaniacs (2020): The Pinky and the Brain sketch, "Narf Over Troubled Water", serves to be one big homage to Simon & Garfunkel, not least of which being the title, referencing Bridge Over Troubled Water. The two attempt to take over the world in The '60s as a duo band known as Brain and Narfunkel, with one of the songs they sing being called "I Ate a Rock". The ending references the famous ending to The Graduate, set to "Scarborough Fair" this time instead of "The Sound of Silence".
• Darkwing Duck: In "Star-Crossed Circuits", after being flattened, Darkwing pops up and sings, off-key, "And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson..." before falling back on his face.

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