Referenced By / The 400 Blows

Films — Live-Action

• Once: Glen Hansard has said the coat he wears throughout most of the movie was inspired by the coat Antoine wears in The 400 Blows.
• Vanilla Sky: The iconic ending scene is part of the montage we see as David is falling from the building so he can wake up.

Literature

• Diane from If I Fall, If I Die remembers watching The 400 Blows with her ex-husband Arthur and thinking that a shot of rapt children was the most beautiful image she'd ever seen in a film. She thinks that was what made her decide to have a child.

Live-Action TV

• Ted: The movie is rented to Ted as a french porn film, with the obligatory joke being made about the title.

Puppet Shows

• A "Monsterpiece Theater" sketch from Sesame Street is entitled "The 400 Blows". In this sketch, Grover tries unsuccessfully to blow out the candles on his birthday cake. The other monsters count how many times he tries, but only get to 40 before Grover runs out of breath.