References to The Silence of the Lambs in other media.
Comic Books
- Judge Dredd: One brief Story Arc involving Judge Dredd on the hunt for a spree-killer in Mega-City One who disintegrates his victims' bodies, only leaving their right hands, sets up a meeting between Dredd and an incarcerated spree-killer with a similar motive with left hands. This meeting is made to parallel Starling's first consultation with Hannibal Lecter. The prisoner even requests that he get "a cube with a view" for his assistance, but Dredd retorts that there's no such thing and convinces the prisoner to provide insight unconditionally after threatening him. Part One of this story arc was even titled, "The Silence of the Limbs".
- The Long Halloween: Batman meets with the Calendar Man, a serial killer who committed his murders based on Holidays. In this imagining of the character, he looks similar to Hannibal Lecter. Including a glass cell in comparison to the typical iron bars.
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: When Ace talks about Ray Finkle's Room Full of Crazy, he describes it as "cozy, if you're Hannibal Lecter".
- The Cable Guy: When Chip and Steven are eating at Medieval Times, the former takes the chicken skin off of both of their meals, places it on his face and shouts "Silence of the Lambs!" and briefly imitates Hannibal Lecter.
- Dumb and Dumber: After Lloyd expresses how much he likes Mary, he states how he'd like to eat her liver with fava beans and a nice chianti and both he and Harry hiss in unison.
- Joe Dirt: The infamous "It Rubs the Lotion on Its Skin" scene is parodied when Joe is held captive in a well for 2 weeks by a Creepy Crossdresser nicknamed "Buffalo Bob" and being forced to rub lotion on himself.
- Loaded Weapon 1: Colt and Luger consult with Dr. Harold Leacher.
- Scream (1996): When a horrified Sidney asks why Billy and Stu were killing people, the former replies how not every movie killer had a motive, mentioning how Hannibal Lecter never gave one.
- The Silence of the Hams: Spoof film that references the consultation of a convicted killer angle. FBI Agent Jo Dee Fostar meets with Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza.
- Tom & Jerry (2021): When Tom and Jerry are taken to the pound, they see Droopy wearing a Lecter-esque straitjacket and muzzle inside one of the cages.
- The Comic Strip Presents episode Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase is a parody of the film. Peter Richardson disliked the film, finding it lacking in morality.
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: In "Ill Will", a freaked-out Will, who's about to get his tonsils removed, has a nightmare about all the weird and unqualified "doctors" from pop culture who could do the operation and decides to sneak out before "Dr. Hannibal Lecter appears".
- Sam & Cat: The episode "#SuperPsycho" is parody of the movie, in which Sam's old enemy Nora kidnaps Dice to make a wig out of his hair, and Sam consulting her other old enemy Nevel in a mental institution. To cap it all off, Anthony Herald makes a guest appearance as a doctor at the asylum.
- Stranger Things: Nancy and Robin's visit to question Victor Creel is framed to bring to mind Hannibal being questioned, with Creel in a dark cell next to others which they are to stand back from while questioning him. Creel is a lot less put together though, as revealed when he finally turns to face them.
- Veronica Mars: In the second season episode "The Quick and the Wed", Kendall visits Aaron in prison to get him to invest in the real estate company she and Cassidy are doing. Aaron then asks for a favor in return, and imitates Hannibal Lector, right down to the "quid pro quo" and the slurping sound. Kendall even lampshades it.
- The Darkside Detective: One of the movie posters at the multiplex is a parody of the Silence of the Lambs poster, with the title The Butterfly Kisser.
- The Nostalgia Critic: In his review of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Critic imitates Hannibal Lecter due to Anthony Hopkins being the film's narrator.Critic-as-Narrator: But hey, she could still have some fun with me. I'll eat her liver with fava beans and a nice chianti. (hisses)
- American Dad!:
- In "Roy Rogers McFreely", Roger gets the Homeowners Association to install motion-detection streetlamps and, not wanting to "waste a good spotlight", imitates Starling's "high-power perception" monologue.
- There is an episode titled "The Census of the Lambs"
- Animaniacs: In "Video Review", a video cover for The Silence of the Lambs features two sheep, to whom Rebecca DeMornay yells "SILENCE!" when their bleating keeps her from rocking a cradle.
- The Critic: One episode has Jay review a film, Honey, I Ate The Kids, where Dr. Lecter and Clarice are married.
- DuckTales (2017): In "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!", Doofus Drake is introduced as the prosecutor in Scrooge's trial by being wheeled in with a straightjacket and muzzle. Turns out he did this just to freak out Louie.
- Family Guy: According to Word of God, Chris' voice was originally inspired by that of Buffalo Bill.
- In "Stuck Together, Torn Apart", Brian and Stewie try to rescue a little girl trapped in a well, and Stewie mockingly says "It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again."
- In "Stew-Roids", Meg and Connie humiliate Chris at school by showing a video of him doing Buffalo Bill's dance (with his privates tucked between his legs) during an assembly.
- In "German Guy", Franz Gutentag imprisons Peter and Chris in his basement and, when Lois comes over asking where Chris is, plays dumb and asks "Is he a great, big, fat person?".
- In "Bri, Robot", Pete mentions how desperate he was when Meg got kidnapped by a maniac, leading to a cutaway of Peter being relived at finding her in Buffalo Bill's hole... because he wants his grocery store club card back from her.Buffalo Bill: Oh, you don't have to have the card. You can just give them your phone number.Peter: Oh, really? Hey, thanks, man! Meg, I like your new boyfriend. Every pot finds a lid, huh? Have fun, you kids.
- Fillmore!: The episode "To Mar a Stall" is one big Shout-Out. In it, Fillmore consults with Randall the Vandal, who is kept in detention permanently, in order to gain insight into the mind of the mystery vandal 'Stainless'.
- The Simpsons:
- In "Bart's Girlfriend", Bart is accused of stealing money from the church's collection plate, and he is forced to spend the following Sunday wearing a straightjacket and muzzle like Hannibal Lecter.Marge: We shouldn't have let them do this. It can't be helping his self-esteem.
- In "A Star is Burns", Hannibal Lecter is one of the people auditioning to play the lead in Mr. Burns' movie.
- In "Bart's Girlfriend", Bart is accused of stealing money from the church's collection plate, and he is forced to spend the following Sunday wearing a straightjacket and muzzle like Hannibal Lecter.
- South Park:
- In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society", Cartman plays "Lambs" with his dolls by reenacting the lotion scene with a giant hole that's inexplicably in his basement.
- In "Toilet Paper," Officer Barbrady consults a Hannibal Lecter-like boy named Josh Meyers, who is locked up for toilet papering houses, to help him with a similar case.
