History ReferencedBy / TheBeatles

* In the 1965 ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes", a rock band playing "bug" music 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.

* ComicBook/{{Batman}} #222 [[https://www.cbr.com/batman-robin-broke-up-beatles/ features the band]].

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'' has several references throughout the work, mostly to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:

* In ''Film/TopSecret'', Nick and Hillary are taken to a hideout at one point by a horse-drawn carriage, with the horse singing, and as the carriage leaves the house, the horse starts singing, "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog".

* ''Film/GlassOnion'' is titled after the Beatles song, which plays during the credits. Partway through the film, Miles Bron plays a snippet of another song from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'', "Blackbird", on the guitar that Music/PaulMcCartney used to compose it.

* ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'' has an oscillator named "[[Music/MagicalMysteryTour penny lane]]".

* In ''Film/IAmSam'', Sam's daughter is named after "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Lucy's idyllic early years are accompanied by "Across the Universe". We see Sam and Rita's relationship grow to "Golden Slumbers". Sam's lawyer's name comes "Lovely Rita", a point made by Lucy. At the end of the film, "Two of Us" is used.

* Music/{{Gorillaz}}' album cover for ''Music/DemonDays'' is a homage to the album cover of ''Music/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}}''.

** On ''Music/ThirdReichAndRoll'' the final song covered is "Hey Jude", intertwined with "Sympathy for the Devil" from ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' by Music/TheRollingStonesBand.

* Music/TheRollingStones: After being saluted by the Beatles on the cover of their album ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' the Rolling Stones made a similar salute on the cover of ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest''. However, during "Look What The Cat Dragged In" from ''Music/ABiggerBang'' they sing:

* The verses in Music/DefLeppard's "Rocket" contain references to the group along with Music/TheRollingStones, Music/DavidBowie (twice), Music/EltonJohn (also twice), Music/ThinLizzy, Music/{{Queen}} and others.

** On ''Music/ThirdReichAndRoll'' the final song covered is "Hey Jude", intertwined with "Sympathy for the Devil" from ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' by Music/TheRollingStones.

* Music/TheAnimals' "The Story of Bo Diddley" references the Beatles (along with other early-[[TheSixties 1960s]] icons such as Music/BobDylan and Music/TheRollingStones). It even includes a snippet of "A Hard Day's Night".

* Bob Segarini recorded a song, "I Like the Beatles And My Baby Loves The Rolling Stones". It references songs by both bands, including "I Wanna be Your Man", which the Beatles gave to the Music/RollingStones, as well as recording their own version.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', among the new entertainments that are killing off traditional variety acts like the title character is a parody of the Beatles called Billy Boy and the Britoons.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]", the TARDIS crew watch the band play "Ticket to Ride" on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' (which is the only surviving footage of any of their appearances). Vicki mentions their memorial theatre in Liverpool and while she's a fan, she had no idea they played classical music. Bonus points - her actress Creator/MaureenOBrien is from Liverpool.
** "Paperback Writer" plays during the cafe scene in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors The Three Doctors]]", the Third Doctor and Jo quote "I am the Walrus".

* ''Series/MadMen'' has a couple of brief mentions of the Beatles in season 4 (when Don gets Sally Beatles singles for Christmas to tick off Betty, and when he calls Sally to tell her he's taking her to see them at Shea Stadium), and then in the fifth season episode "Lady Lazarus", Don puts on ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'', listens to "Tomorrow Never Knows" at Meghan's suggesting. While the song plays, we see a montage of Peggy working and Pete, on his way home from work, looking forlornly at Beth, the woman he's becoming attracted to...and then Don stops the record, clearly not into it.

* Speaking of Music/DavidBowie, the backing singers in "Music/YoungAmericans" drop in the opening line to "A Day in the Life".
* Early in Music/FlamingLips' career, they made a habit of referencing The Beatles: "The Spontaneous Combustion Of John" quotes "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" ("Like the first time Captain Marvel zapped him right between the eyes"). Oh My Gawd!!! is book-ended with Beatles samples - opening track "Everything's Explodin'" starts with a Spoken Word In Music clip from "Revolution #9" ("Take this, brother, may it serve you well") and closer "Love Yer Brain" ends with a loop taken from "Tomorrow Never Knows". And "Out for a Walk" includes a clip of "La Marseillaise" that seems to be taken straight from the intro of "All You Need Is Love".

* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': In "Battle of Panthatar", Drake gets his hands on a copy of ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' signed by all four Beatles. This becomes a key part of the episode's plot when Drake is forced to give it to Thorton in an attempt to quell a falling-out between the two. It doesn't work, and Thorton takes the album and runs, leading Drake and Josh to sneak into his birthday party to steal it back.