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* In ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation'' [[spoiler:Akira Azuki, the Ultimate Actress]], quotes "The rest is silence" before being executed.
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* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', one very long and [[WhamEpisode significant]] story arc is titled "To Thine Own Self." Nick himself references "the play's the thing" line when trying to outwit the alternative universe counterpart of his fiancee.

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* ''WebAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': In "The Play's the Thing", Greg holds a soccer ball like it's Yorick's skull while auditioning for a role in [[SchoolPlay The Beautiful Princess and the Handsome Prince]].



* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': In "The Play's the Thing", Greg holds a soccer ball like it's Yorick's skull while auditioning for a role in [[SchoolPlay The Beautiful Princess and the Handsome Prince]].
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* ''{{Literature/Falkner}}'': ''Hamlet'' gets mentioned in chapter 15.

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*''{{Literature/Falkner}}'': ''Hamlet'' gets mentioned in chapter 15.
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--->'''King Charles III:''' May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

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* In his first televised address as the sovereign of the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom, King UsefulNotes/CharlesIII closed with a message to his departed mother, Queen UsefulNotesElizabethII, capped off by quoting the final lament of Horatio regarding the death of Hamlet:

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* In his first televised address as the sovereign of the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom, King UsefulNotes/CharlesIII closed with a message to his departed mother, Queen UsefulNotesElizabethII, UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, capped off by quoting the final lament of Horatio regarding the death of Hamlet:
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* In his first televised address as the sovereign of the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom, King UsefulNotes/CharlesIII closed with a message to his departed mother, Queen UsefulNotesElizabethII, capped off by quoting the final lament of Horatio regarding the death of Hamlet:
--->'''King Charles III:''' May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

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*''Webvideo/HollywoodNewsAgency'': In ''Disney ROBOG A POKOLBA...'' (''Disney IS GOING TO HELL...''), it seems Gergely Szirmai is about to say ''[[Westernanimation/TheLionKing1994 Lion King]]'' is based on ''Hamlet''... but instead he says it was based on ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.



* Webvideo/SonicStopmotionAdventures: Sonic holds a skull acting the "to be or not to be" scene in ''Curtain Call''.

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* Webvideo/SonicStopmotionAdventures: *''Webvideo/SonicStopmotionAdventures'': Sonic holds a skull acting the "to be or not to be" scene in ''Curtain Call''.
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* The title of the film ''Film/OutrageousFortune'' comes from Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy ("Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"). In addition, Lauren, one of the lead characters, dreams of playing Hamlet on-stage, and at the end of the movie she does.
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* In Mission 17 of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', there are bits of ''Hamlet'' references before and after the fight between Dante and Agnus, such as the latter holding a skull, although the most obvious giveaway is Dante saying "And the rest...is silence." - the last part of Hamlet's FinalSpeech.
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*''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'': Has a Rabbid member of the team play with the Icicle Golem's head in a manner similar to the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene before it allowed Peach to kick it into the giant refrigerator to free the trapped 3rd member of the group.
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-->'''Hamlet:''' (holding skull) To be, or not to be? ({{Beat}}) Not to be. (tosses skull, which explodes)

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* ''Film/LastActionHero'': In an early scene, Danny's teacher leactures about Shakespeare, and mentions that Hamlet was, in a way, a kind of action hero. This leads to Danny having an ImagineSpot of an actionized ''Hamlet'' starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
-->'''Hamlet:''' (holding skull) To be, or not to be? ({{Beat}}) Not to be. (tosses skull, which explodes)
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*''Animation/WillyTheSparrow'': Willy reads a part of ''Hamlet'' from a piece of paper to Cipur in the English dub.[[note]]Willy reads a scientific text in the original Hungarian dub.[[/note]]
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* "Literature/TalmaGordon": Dr. Thornton quotes ''Hamlet'' while giving his thoughts on intermarriage to illustrate that he believes it to be inevitable.
-->We may make laws, but laws are but straws in the hands of Omnipotence.\\
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends,\\
Rough-hew them how we will."\\
And no man may combat fate.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye", at the class hamster Speedy's funeral, the distraught Spinelli leaps into his grave and demands to be buried with him, just like Laertes at Ophelia's funeral.
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* Dina from ''Film/ColorMePerfect'' recites "To thine own self be true" while her intelligence is being tested after she becomes a genius.
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* ''Art/OpheliaMillais'' is based around Gertrude's description of Ophelia's death.
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*Webvideo/SonicStopmotionAdventures: Sonic holds a skull acting the "to be or not to be" scene in ''Curtain Call''.
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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Creator/LiamOBrien points and quotes "Dead, for a ducat, dead!" after Creator/TravisWillingham successfully zaps a fly to death with a flyswatter. Additionally, Vax (Liam's Campaign 1 character) quotes "One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." to Emperor Uriel.

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Creator/LiamOBrien points and quotes "Dead, for a ducat, dead!" after Creator/SamRiegel swatted a mosquito to death with a rolled-up newspaper (campaign 1) and Creator/TravisWillingham successfully zaps a fly to death with a flyswatter.flyswatter (campaign 2). Additionally, Vax (Liam's Campaign 1 character) quotes "One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." to Emperor Uriel.
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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Creator/LiamOBrien points and quotes "Dead, for a ducat, dead!" after Creator/TravisWillingham successfully zaps a fly to death with a flyswatter. Additionally, Vax (Liam's Campaign 1 character) quotes "One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." to Emperor Uriel.
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* The Archie ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comics feature the OldCopYoungCop pair of Roslyn Krantz and Gilbert D. Stern.

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* The Archie ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' comics feature the OldCopYoungCop pair of Roslyn Krantz and Gilbert D. Stern.
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* ''VideoGame/SoUhASpaceshipCrashedInMyYard'': A dog, due to the protagonist's ability to understand them, recites part of the Ghost's lines from Act 1 Scene 5:
--> (O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there!\\
From me,whose love was of that dignity\\
That it went hand in hand even with the\\
Vow I made to her in marriage, and to\\
Decline upon a wretch whose natural gifts\\
Were poor to those of mine!)
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* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' episode "Peter and the Debutante," Peter attempts to impress a girl by recounting the plot of ''Hamlet'' to her.
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* In ''Literature/CallMeSunflower'', Sunny's Odyssey of the Mind group is assigned to do a musical skit based on "To be or not to be." Her mom keeps the quote "To thine own self be true" above her desk.
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* ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'': The episode "Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth" opens with Abigail as Theatre/{{Hamlet}} delivering his famous "to be or not to be" soliloquy, only to cut to...
-->'''[[TheShrink Dr. Rozencrantz:]]''' So, [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Prince Hamlet]]... When the ghost of your father instructed you to take revenge on your uncle, who murdered him, and married your mother, and seized the throne of Denmark... How much did that event impede your normal functioning, on a scale from 1 to 4?
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* In ''Film/RainMan'', Charlie sees that Raymond owns a volume of Shakespeare plays and sarcastically asks him if he's read ''Hamlet''.
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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=247 "A Book By its Gorey Cover, Pt 2"]]:
-->'''Theatre/{{Oedipus|TheKing}}:''' Hamlet! What are you doing here?\\
'''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}:''' Oedipus? Must be some book about [[OedipusComplex wanting to bang your mother]].
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* An issue of ''[[Comicbook/XMen Uncanny X-Men]]'' from 1975 has this opening narration:

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* ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'' quotes "To be, or not to be" in Japanese.
* Many of the demonic monsters in the VideoGame/{{Onimusha}} series are named after ''Hamlet'' characters.

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* ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'' ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' quotes "To be, or not to be" in Japanese.
* Many of the demonic monsters in the VideoGame/{{Onimusha}} ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' series are named after ''Hamlet'' characters.



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** "Tales from the Public Domain" has a ''Simpsons''-style spoof retelling of the play, featuring Bart as Hamlet, Homer as King Hamlet, Moe as Claudius, Marge as Gertrude, Chief Wiggum as Polonius, and Ralph Wiggum as Laertes. Carl and Lenny were of course Rosen-Carl and Guilden-Lenny. Lisa has a brief scene as crazy Ophelia.

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** "Tales "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E14TalesFromThePublicDomain Tales from the Public Domain" Domain]]" has a ''Simpsons''-style spoof retelling of the play, featuring Bart as Hamlet, Homer as King Hamlet, Moe as Claudius, Marge as Gertrude, Chief Wiggum as Polonius, and Ralph Wiggum as Laertes. Carl and Lenny were of course Rosen-Carl and Guilden-Lenny. Lisa has a brief scene as crazy Ophelia.

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