History ReferencedBy / Dune

* In Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", a line quotes "Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm". It became funnier when the dancer of the music video, Creator/ChristopherWalken, ended up playing Emperor Shaddam IV in ''Film/DunePartTwo''.

** He made a ''50/50''[[note]]One of his recurring shows, which consists in a film's detailed summary followed by a review of five good points and five flaws sorted by how prominent they are[[/note]] about the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]]. The video's prologue is a humorous summary of the film's chaotic preproduction introduced by a parody of Irulan's expospeak introduction. The review itself is globally negative, Links notably considering the film suffers from both an excess of {{Infodump}} ''and'' being almost incomprehensible to neophytes despite being full of {{Infodump}}.

* ''Dune'' has had an influence on Creator/GeorgeLucas for the creation of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise starting with ''Film/ANewHope''. Mainly, the presence of an evil Empire, the plot-relevant desert planet of Tatooine that is similar to Arrakis, where the Jawas move in giant vehicles similar to the sandcrawlers, Luke's uncle is a moisture farmer akin to a drew collector and Jabba the Hutt (an alien crime lord with wormlike body akin to Leto II) sends his victims to be fed to the Sarlacc, a subterranean monster that has a LampreyMouth similar to the Sandworms'. The JediMindTrick is also similar to the Bene Gesserit's "Voice", Luke and Leia learn about their secret lineage to a BigBad akin to Paul and Alia learning they're grandchildren of Baron Harkonnen and C-3PO mentions the "Spice Mines of Kessel" (which would then appear in ''Film/{{Solo}}'') and the Spice will turn out to be an expensive and highly addicting drug in following works. There's also the giant asteroid-dwelling worm from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', akin to the {{sand worm}}s of course.

** The first ''Dune'' novel was also the focus of a ''Le Pire Editeur du Monde'' episode[[note]]A comedic series about an inept publisher discussing with a soon-to-be famous author (beside Frank Herbert, there were also JRR Tolkien, Agatha Christie, Oscar Wilde...), and concluding the novel they submitted [[ItWillNeverCatchOn will never be successful]].[[/note]]

* Creator/LinksTheSun made a ''50/50''[[note]]One of his recurring shows, which consists in a film's detailed summary followed by a review of five good points and five flaws sorted by how prominent they are[[/note]] about the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]]. The video's prologue is a humorous summary of the film's chaotic preproduction introduced by a parody of Irulan's expospeak introduction. The review itself is globaly negative, Links notably considering the film suffers from both an excess of {{Infodump}} ''and'' being almost incomprehensible to neophytes despite being full of {{Infodump}}.

* In Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", a line quotes "Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm". It became funnier when the dancer of the music video, Creator/ChristopherWalken, came to play Emperor Shaddam IV in ''Film/DunePartTwo''.

* Music/IronMaiden's ''Piece of Mind'' originally had a track titled "Literature/{{Dune}}". It's a shame Frank Herbert wasn't quite so accommodating regarding ''Dune'' -- so the song had to be renamed "To Tame a Land". This lack of accommodation was "mentioned" by Bruce in the 1983 World Piece Tour:

* In Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", a line quotes "Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm". Much [[invoked]]{{hilari|ous In Hindsight}}ty arose when the dancer of the music video, Creator/ChristopherWalken, came to play Emperor Shaddam IV in ''Film/DunePartTwo''.

* In Music/FatboySlim's "Weapon of Choice", a line quotes, "Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm."

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS23 E8TurdBurglars Turd Burglars]]," the microbiome of Creator/TomBrady's feces contains the Spice Melange (in an AstronomicZoom a sandworm on the surface of his turd is seen). Kyle gains luminescent blue eyes and has visions in reference to Paul Atreides and the awkward inner monologues from Creator/DavidLynch's 1984 adaptation are spoofed.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''[='=]s level 10 quest involves wandering the desert and learning to ride sandworms by catching them with a pair of hooks. [[SecondPersonPerspective "You"]] decide to leave rather than join the tribe upon learning that the process of becoming a fully-fledged Worm-Rider is a long and tedious process. There's also a random encounter with a gnome in a stillsuit (which processes the wearer's sweat and breath into "a thick, gravy-like substance" that deals Sleaze damage instead of drinking water).

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Turd Burglars" the microbiome of Creator/TomBrady's feces contains the Spice Melange (in an AstronomicZoom a sandworm on the surface of his turd is seen). Kyle gains luminescent blue eyes and has visions in reference to Paul Atreides and the awkward inner monologues from Creator/DavidLynch's 1984 adaptation are spoofed.

* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' (OVA and [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime]] as well), the big portable cannon wielded by Seras Victoria is called "Harkonnen". Also, in the manga and OVA Seras occasionally dreams of a LawyerFriendlyCameo of the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]] version of the Baron Harkonnen as the spirit of the cannon.

* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' (OVA and [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime]] as well), the big portable cannon wielded by Seras Victoria is called "Harkonnen". Seras occasionally dreams of a LawyerFriendlyCameo [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film version of the Baron Harkonnen]] as the spirit of the cannon.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''[='=]s level 10 quest involves wandering the desert and learning to ride sandworms by catching them with a pair of hooks. There's also a random encounter with a gnome in a stillsuit.

* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' (OVA and [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime]] as well), the big portable cannon wielded by Victoria Seras is called "Harkonnen".

** In "My Fair Mandy", one of the tests turns out to be ''gom jabbar''.

References to Creator/FrankHerbert's literary series ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' and its adaptations.

* 'VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

References to Creator/FrankHerbert's literary series ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' and its [[Film/Dune1984 1984]] and [[Film/Dune2021 2021]] film adaptations.

* ''Dune'' has had an influence on Creator/GeorgeLucas for the creation of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise starting with ''Film/ANewHope''. Mainly, the presence of an evil Empire, the plot-relevant desert planet of Tatooine that is similar to Arrakis, where the Jawas move in giant vehicles similar to the sandcrawlers, Luke's uncle is a moisture farmer akin to a drew collector and Jabba the Hutt (an alien crime lord with wormlike body akin to Leto II) sends his victims to be fed to the Sarlacc, a subterranean monster that has a LampreyMouth similar to the Sandworms'. The JediMindTrick is also similar to the Bene Gesserit's "Voice", Luke and Leia learn about their secret lineage to a BigBad akin to Paul and Alia learning they're grandchildren of Baron Harkonnen and C-3PO mentions the "Spice Mines of Kessel" and the Spice will turn out to be an expensive and highly addicting drug in following works. There's also the giant asteroid-dwelling worm from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', akin to the {{sand worm}}s of course.

** In the "Vanilla" game and Classic, one of the bosses in the Temple of Ahn Qiraj raid, Ouro, is a SandWorm and drops a piece of gear called "Jom Gabbar". It's a {{pun}} on the Bene Gesserit's [[PerfectPoison poisoned needle]], the Gom Jabbar.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (the "Vanilla" game and Classic), one of the bosses in the Temple of Ahn Qiraj raid, Ouro, is a SandWorm and drops a piece of gear called "Jom Gabbar". It's a {{pun}} on the Bene Gesserit's [[PerfectPoison poisoned needle]], the Gom Jabbar.