History ReferencedBy / TheBeatles

* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' has scenes taking place in the 1960s. An orchestral arrangement plays the melody of ''Yesterday'' to indicate the time change.

--> ''(...) Cause I'll be rocking this party eight days a week''

* At one point in ''VideoGame/{{Strife}}'', [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Blackbird]] says "Let's make Mr. Ugly twist and shout!"
** Blackbird's code name could itself be a reference to the Music/PaulMcCartney song on Music/{{theWhiteAlbum}}.

* The 1965 ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" a rock band playing "bug" music (get it?) sing a song called "She said yeah yeah", which sounds like "She Loves You", complete with Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty wearing black mop top wigs.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'':

** In another Powerpuff Girls episode, Princess lures the Girls to Mojo Jojo's lair by calling for help in a line that quotes the song "Help!"

** In the "Last Exit to Springfield" episode, Lisa's surreal dream under narcosis parodies WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine.
** Homer's flashback to his time in a barbershop quartet is basically a WholePlotReference to The Beatles' career - from their first album "Meet the B-Sharps" (one wonders if it was called "With the B-Sharps" in the UK) to the impromptu rooftop concert. It even has Music/GeorgeHarrison as special guest voice.
** In "Lisa the Vegetarian" Music/PaulMcCartney and his then wife Linda were special guest voice. They live above ''Apu's garden in the shades'' (a reference to ''Octopus' Garden''). When Paul hears Lisa ran away from home he asks: "She's leaving home?", in reference to the eponymous song from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', the title song which he also dances to when sang by Apu. Near the end his McCartney song ''Maybe I'm Amazed'' from his solo album ''Music/McCartney'' is played, with a backwards text in which Apu reads a soup recipe and Paul adding: ''By the way, folks, I'm not dead'', in reference to the ''Paul is Dead'' urban legend.

** In the episode "Free Hat" Stan and Kyle compare ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' being remade with Music/TheBeatles changing the ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' every year.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': In ''All You Need Is Narf'' Pinky becomes a guru and meets a parody of The Beatles, in reference to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
* ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos'': In the opening sequence Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians at one point appear dressed up as The Beatles. Fittingly, Tonto plays the part of Ringo.

** Blackbird's code name could itself be a reference to the Music/PaulMcCartney song on Music/theWhiteAlbum.

* ''Music/AmericanPie'' by Music/DonMcClean references The Beatles at least twice:

** The album cover of ''Meet The Residents'' is a parody of ''[[Music/WithTheBeatles Music/MeetTheBeatles]]''.

* ''American Pie'' by DonMcClean references TheBeatles at least twice:

--> ''Any sadder than it already is''

** The line "how does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?" in Music/MarilynManson's song ''Beautiful People'' from ''Music/AntichristSuperstar'' is a reference to the song "Baby You're A Rich Man".

** Music/DanielJohnston is a huge Beatles fan. He recorded a {{Homage}} called "The Beatles" on his album ''Music/YipJumpMusic'' and his song "Hey Joe" from his album ''Music/HiHowAreYou'', despite its title, borrows a line from "Hey Jude".

* ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'': One episode has Patsy and Saffy search for ''lost tapes'' by The Beatles. In the Abbey Road Studios Patsy accidentally erases the tapes while pressing the recording button and tapes Saffy's singing over it, causing the tape engineer to faint.

** The album cover of ''Meet The Residents'' is a parody of ''Music/MeetTheBeatles''.
** On ''Music/ThirdReichAndRoll'' the final song covered is ''Hey Jude'', intertwined with ''Sympathy For The Devil'' by Music/TheRollingStones.

* Music/FrankZappa spoofed the album cover and the gatefold sleeve of ''Sgt. Peppers'' on ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

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* A 1967 cover of ''Magazine/MadMagazine'' shows the Beatles and the Maharishi hold up Alfred E. Neuman in the air as their guru.
* MarvelComics' Rocket Racoon is a direct shoutout to "Rocky Racoon."

* According to [[http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/328/ this]] eight part blog post, DCComics' "Scooter" is based directly on Paul [=McCartney=].
* ComicStrip/{{Nero}}:
** In ''De Paarse Futen'' Adhemar teaches at Oxford. The pupils in his class are caricatures of The Beatles.
** In the album ''Arthur de Vetvogel'' (''Arthur the Fatbird'') Nero and his friends are in the jungle where they start singing ''All You Need Is Love'' to keep their spirit up. The song was in the hit parade when this story ran in the newspaper.

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* ''Series/SpittingImage'': Both Paul and Ringo were made into puppets, as were Yoko Ono and Linda Mccartney.

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-->''Told you 'bout the Seether before''
-->''You know the one who's neither or nor''
-->''Well here's another clue if you please''
-->''The seether's Louise''

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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has the [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Swarm_of_scarab_beatles Swarm of Scarab Beatles]], one of several music-themed monsters that live at the Oasis. There are several shout-outs to Beatles' song titles and lyrics in its description and attack messages, and it drops items such as Maxwell's Silver Hammer, a Rocky Racoon, a warm gun called 'happiness', and a set of Jackets with names that reference SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

* WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}: Wakko's voice was based on Ringo's.
* WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain: In ''All You Need Is Narf'' Pinky becomes a guru and meets a parody of The Beatles, in reference to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

* In the 1970s the fossil of a prehistoric hominid was found in Africa. During the discovery the radio played ''Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'', prompting the archeologists to name the skeleton ''Lucy''.

Here is a list of references to a creative work by Franchise/TheBeatles. These references mostly will be to one of the group's songs but also includes their album covers and movies. It also encompasses the solo projects of Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr.

* According to [[http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/328/ this]] eight part blog post, DCComics' "Scooter" is based directly on Paul [=McCarteny=].

* ''ComicBook/{{Agent327}}: One of the early stories, a short story, has Agent 327 escorting a pop group arriving on the airport who are obviously based on the Beatles. The story was made in the 1960s too.

* Series/SpittingImage: Both Paul and Ringo were made into puppets, as were Yoko Ono and Linda Mccartney.

* Music/CaptainBeefheart's song ''Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones'' from ''Strictly Personal'' is a parody of ''Strawberry Fields Forever'' that didn't amuse Music/JohnLennon, who had previously liked Beefheart's debut album ''Music/SafeAsMilk''.

* The parade theme adopted by Music/MyChemicalRomance during their performances of TheBlackParade is an allusion to The Beatles' ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''.

* Music/{{Gorillaz}}' album cover for ''Music/DemonDays'' is a homage to the album cover of ''Film/LetItBe''. Inside the booklet the song ''Every planet we reach is dead'' has another shout-out in which the band members strike poses that mimick the album cover of ''Music/{{Help}}''.

** In "Lisa the Vegetarian" Music/PaulMcCartney and his then wife Linda were special guest voice. They live above ''Apu's garden in the shades'' (a reference to ''Octopus' Garden''). When Paul hears Lisa ran away from home he asks: "She's leaving home?", in reference to the eponymous song from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', a song he also dances to when played by Apu. Near the end his McCartney song ''Maybe I'm Amazed'' from his solo album ''Music/McCartney'' is played, with a backwards text in which Apu reads a soup recipe and Paul adding: ''By the way, folks, I'm not dead'', in reference to the ''Paul is Dead'' urban legend.

* WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos: In the opening sequence Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians at one point appear dressed up as The Beatles. Fittingly, Tonto plays the part of Ringo.

* Music/{{Nero}}:

** In ''Arthur De Vetvogel'' the characters start singing ''All You Need Is Love'' (a hit when this story ran in the newspapers) in the middle of the jungle.

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* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Yoko factor", comparisons are drawn between the split up of the main characters and to the Beatles in a speech by Spike.
* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "Don't Bug the Mosquitoes". The title musical group (which is clearly based on the Beatles) arrives on the island hoping for some peace and quiet. Boy are they in for a disappointment.
* The title of the "Hard Day's Pete" episode from ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' is a reference to the song and movie, ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.
* Series/SpittingImage: Both Paul and Ringo were made into puppets, as were Yoko Ono and Linda Mccartney.
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** The "Meet the Beat-Alls" episode is one long string of Beatles references. Just about every other sentence is a direct Beatles quote.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' have made many Beatles references during their long run.
** In the "Last Exit to Springfield" episode, Lisa's surreal dream under narcosis parodies Film/YellowSubmarine.
** Homer's flashback to his time in a barbershop quartet is basically a WholePlotReference to The Beatles' career - from their first album "Meet the B-Sharps" (one wonders if it was called "With the B-Sharps" in the UK) to the impromptu rooftop concert.

** Eight Arms To Hold You was a Working Title for the Beatles album that became became Help! instead.

** There is an episode called "Krabby Road."
** In the "Atlantis Square Pantis" episode, the citizens of Atlantis resemble the Blue Meanies.
** Another episode is called "A Life in a Day", clearly a reference to "A Day in the Life".
** There is an album based off the show called The Yellow Album.

References to a creative work by Franchise/TheBeatles. Most of the time, the reference will be to one of the group's songs but also includes their album covers and movies. It can also encompass the solo projects of Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr. In all of the instances, however, the work will not otherwise be about The Beatles or their music.