Referenced By / The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Film

• The 1992 film Stay Tuned had an alternative version in Hell called The Fresh Prince of Darkness.
• Aladdin (2019), which starred Will Smith as the Genie, had some Easter eggs:
  • Whenever "Friend Like Me" plays, the Carpet does the Carlton dance.
  • When the Genie conjures up a prince for Aladdin, the prince is dressed in pink and lime green, the colors of the title logo.
• In Captain Marvel (2019), Monica Rambeau asks her mother Maria Rambeau if she’s going to watch Fresh Prince reruns with her instead of going to space with Carol Danvers to stop the Kree Empire from invading Earth.
• In Turning Red, the handshake Mei and Priya share right after the latter's introduction is the same as the one Will and Jazz do.

Live-Action TV

• Family Matters: In "Scenes from a Mall", Richie introduces Carl to his friend Little G, who gives him money because he bet him that Carl looks like "the father from Fresh Prince". The scene repeated in The Stinger, only this time, James Avery suddenly walks in.
• iCarly: In "iReunite with Missy", Sam says that the expired chocolate she got was "older than The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
• Seinfeld: In "The Ticket" and "The Virgin", a poster for the show can be seen in the lobby of NBC's headquarters.
• The Sopranos: In "University", Tony calls Jackie "the Fresh Prince of New Jersey".
• In Living Color!: "Men on Television" had Blaine and Antoine dismissing the show, saying that there was nothing "Fresh" about him and that the "Prince" they were thinking of had "a pair of purple heels and a g-string."
• Married... with Children:
  • The backstory of Bud's infamous "Grandmaster B" persona was similar to the show's plotline. Peg even pointed this out, which he naturally denied by claiming he doesn't watch NBC.
  • In "All-Nite Security Dude", when Al gets laid off after the gym for heavyset women located above his shoe store caved in the store's roof one day, Peg then sarcastically announced to the kids that the wacky adventures of "The Bundys of Bel-Air" are no more.
• In the Broad City episode "Philadelphia," Ilana recites part of the theme song.
• Saved by the Bell: In "The Fabulous Belding Boys", the gang decides to watch the show to take their minds off of studying for a difficult exam.
• Martin: One episode has Martin mentioning a fictional version called The Fresh Prince of Beirut.
• Young Sheldon: In "Potential Energy and Hooch on a Park Bench", Mary excuses Missy from having to finish with the dishes. Missy says that's good because she's "got a date with the Fresh Prince."

Puppet Shows

• Muppets Tonight: In the first episode, one of the shows on the KMUP lineup is The Frog Prince of Bel-Air.

Video Games

• In Sega Genesis Classics, the achievements for ToeJam & Earl are "Chillin Out' Maxin'"^note To earn this achievement, find the Hula Girl on any level so she can make ToeJam or Earl hula dance and "Relaxin' All Cool"^note To earn this achievement, find the Secret Island (Level 0).
• In Team Fortress 2, one of the Scout's special taunts is the Carlton dance.

Web Original

• Console Wars: in the Joe & Mac episode, which marks the first appearance of Pat, Dan gets a DVD copy of the fourth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, complaining that Aunt Vivian's actress gets changed with no explanation, with Pat appearing right afterwards like he was always a part of the show.
• In Epic Rap Battles of History, George Carlin mocks Richard Pryor as "the least threatening Black dude since Carlton."
• Honest Trailers:
  • In the trailer for Independence Day, Will Smith's character is called a "Fresh Prince of the Air"
  • In the trailer for Unbreakable, Mr. Glass's character is explained to the beat of the theme song.
    In West Philadelphia, born and raised
    Near the playground was how he spent most of his days
    Healing up's taxing 'cause fate is so cruel
    Too sick to play b-ball outside of his school
    Then an unbreakable guy who was up to some good
    Started saving children in the neighborhood
    He derailed one little train and the guy got scared
    And said, "I'm sending you to an asylum for psychological care"
• In The Nostalgia Critic's "Top 11 TV Show Intros," Fresh Prince came in sixth place.
• In the Young Justice Abridged "Assault on Arkham" special, the Joker and Harley Quinn confront Deadshot while singing a spoof of the Fresh Prince theme song, as part of the Running Gag of Deadshot having a vendetta against Will Smith.
• One episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series opens with a parody of the Fresh Prince theme song.

Western Animation

• American Dad!: In "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", Francine calls Stan "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Scare".
• Family Guy:
  • In "It's a Trap", C-3PO/Quagmire recites the theme song in the Ewoks' language.
  • In "Inside Family Guy", Peter gets thrown out of a hotel by their Uncle Phil, leading to a recreation of the show's Stock Footage of Jazz getting tossed out.
• In the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Princess Spike", there was a pony wearing clothes similar to the one Will Smith wears in the intro and pilot. The show also made a promo parodying Fresh Prince's theme song during season 7.
• In The Simpsons episode "Homer the Father", one of the Shows Within a Show that Homer watches is Upscalien, a mashup of Fresh Prince and ALF.