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Works referencing The Count of Monte Cristo.


Anime & Manga

  • The Law of Ueki: Li Ho's secret martial arts technique that allows him to break through boulders is called 岩窟王 Gankutsu'ou in Japanese, which literally translates to "King of the Cavern" but also alludes to the novel. In the English translation, the attack is simply dubbed "The Count of Monte Cristo".
  • Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the works to be adapted.

Comic Books

  • In Operation Montecristo, the sixteenth album of the comic book series XIII, a watch necessary to find a treasure is hidden in the church of a village named Montecristo. This village now lies beneath a lake. This is a reference to the treasure hidden on Monte Cristo island.
  • The Brave and the Bold: In #59, Time Commander claims he escaped jail to prove he was convicted in his civilian identity of a crime he did not commit, calling himself "a modern Edmond Dantes."
  • Laff-A-Lympics: The fifth issue is a parody titled The Discount of Monty Cristo. Hokey Wolf is framed for the theft of the Count's magical credit card.

Fan Works

Films -- Animated

  • Aladdin has one scene wherein Jafar approaches Aladdin in the Palace dungeon disguised as an old man who knows where he can find a massive horde of treasure.

Films -- Live Action

  • Moonshine: Fatty Arbuckle finds himself in a building where a group of dangerous criminals resides. He thinks about how to escape, then he gets the idea of pretending to be dead, so they would throw him into the river, after reading chapter 20 of the novel where Edmond Dantes switched places with Abbe Faria's corpse, so the guards would throw him into the sea to escape prison.
  • The Shawshank Redemption: When the prisoners are given books, Andy tells Heywood he'll like The Count of Monte Cristo, it's about a prison break. Like Dantes, Andy eventually escapes and gets revenge on someone who wronged him, by digging a hole and through a tunnel, even!
  • Sleepers. When one of the kids in the juvenile prison is asked what part of the book he wants read, he says that obvious—the bit where he escapes from prison. The book is referenced several more times after the kids grow up and take their long-delayed revenge on the prison guards who sexually abused them.
  • V for Vendetta: V tells Evey that The Count of Monte Cristo is his favorite story.

Literature

  • Fate/strange Fake: Alexandre Dumas is summoned as False Caster. He mentions that Edmond Dantes was a real person whom he interviewed and decided to write a book on his experiences. Dumas cheated Dantes out of the book's royalties, so he comments that Dantes would probably try to kill him if he were around.
  • Grietje from Love Over Gold was once obsessed with thoughts of getting revenge on the girls who bullied her into an Interrupted Suicide. She read The Count of Monte Cristo several times, enjoying the fantasy of a man giving the people who betrayed him the punishment they deserve. Her therapist told her to read it again, paying attention to all the supporting characters whose lives are ruined by Edmond's revenge. By the end of the book, the count is alone, having gained nothing from his revenge. The realisation helped Grietje stop seeking revenge and move on with her life instead of obsessing over how she'd been hurt in the past.
  • Jose Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo, itself a borderline Whole-Plot Reference to the novel, would have In-Universe characters compare Villain Protagonist Simoun to the Count (for his mysterious origins and his near-limitless wealth).

Live-Action TV

  • The Flash (2014): In Season 8, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash is depowered and arrested. He is eventually seen reading the book in his cell.
  • Murder, She Wrote: The opening episode has Jessica Fletcher solving the murder of a crooked private detective at a costume party who figured out Jessica's friend was dressed as the Count of Monte Cristo, because that friend had lived out the book - wrongfully jailed, escaped, created a new identity, and avenged his betrayers - and the detective tried to blackmail him after the party.
  • Revenge (2011) is a modern take on the story starring a woman out for revenge. The book itself gets mentioned in Season 4.

Video Games

Western Animation

  • Garfield and Friends: In the U.S. Acres segment, "The Discount of Monte Cristo", Orson attempts to tell the story of The Count of Monte Cristo to Roy and Wade, but his cousin Aloysius is hired to keep him from going over the show's budget. Among the cuts Aloysius makes are firing the orchestra for Orson's musical number, firing the actors playing the bit characters (and having Roy and Wade take their places), using the same backgrounds for Edmond Dantes' jail cell and that of the prisoner next door, and having the backgrounds be uncolored.
  • The Simpsons: The first segment of "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" is a retelling of the story, with Homer as Dantès/The Count, and Moe as Mondego.


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