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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' has Marty [=McFly=] playing a tape labeled after Eddie (and it's indeed the guitarist playing), and later imitates his tapping at the "Johnny B. Goode" dance.

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' has Marty [=McFly=] playing a tape labeled after Eddie (and it's indeed the guitarist playing), and later imitates his tapping at the "Johnny B. Goode" dance.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "An 8-Bit Princess and a Flat Tire Genius", Old Sheldon reminisces about other video games he's played, including one in which he used "a stringless, plastic guitar" to play Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher".
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* ''Westernanimation/SouthPark'' had a unification rally of the three Abrahamic faiths; Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, where the cross, Crescent and Star of David were merged into the "VH" logo, thus ushering in ten years of Van Halen, with the band proceeding to play afterwards.
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* Music/FountainsOfWayne: In the video for "Stacy's Mom," Stacy wears a Van Halen shirt.

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* Music/FountainsOfWayne: In the video for "Stacy's Mom," Stacy wears a Van Halen shirt.shirt.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': One of the members from the ''Justice Friends'' shorts is a guitar rocker {{Expy}} of ComicBook/TheMightyThor named Valhallen, whose name is a portmanteau of [[Myth/NorseMythology Valhalla]] and Van Halen.
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' has Marty [=McFly=] playing a tape labeled after Eddie (and it's indeed the guitarist playing), and later imitates his tapping at the "Johnny B. Goode" dance.
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* In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Bill and Ted want Eddie Van Halen to play guitar in their band. In order to attract him, they need a triumphant video. In order to film a triumphant video, they need to learn to play their instruments. [[CircularReasoning In order to learn to play their instruments, they need Eddie Van Halen to teach them.]] Ted spends most of the movie in a Van Halen T-shirt.
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* Two specific Parts from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' give [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to Van Halen.
** In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'', the [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of side protagonist Narciso Anasui is named Diver Down, after the Van Halen album of the same name.
** [[DiscOneFinalBoss Akira Otoishi]] from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' lists one of his favorite guitarists, alongside the likes of Music/JimiHendrix, Music/JeffBeck, and Music/StevieRayVaughan, as being none other than Eddie Van Halen. The anime adaptation takes it the extra mile by having Akira's right-handed guitar tap sound [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong almost one-to-one]] with "Eruption".
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* In the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episode "Mattress", the New Directions sing "Jump" while appearing in a local mattress store commercial.
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* Music/FountainsOfWayne: In the video for "Stacy's Mom," Stacy wears a Van Halen shirt.

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