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* Parodied in ''[[Music/TheRutles The Rutles: All You Need is Cash]]'' (with a clip from "Yellow Submarine Sandwich").

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* Parodied in ''[[Music/TheRutles The Rutles: All You Need is Cash]]'' (with a clip from "Yellow Submarine Sandwich"). Better still, they got the film's original animators to do the clip!
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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "Due to Constraints of Time and Budget" is a mash-up of the film and ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'', where a Blue Meanie submarine is trying to defect.
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* In ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', after exploring the Dungeon Man, you come across a WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine which Ness and co. uses to reach the Deep Darkness.

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* In ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', after exploring the Dungeon Man, you come across a WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine which Ness and co. uses to reach the Deep Darkness.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]", Lord Royal Highness bears a strong resemblance to the Chief Blue Meanie.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]", Lord Royal Highness bears somewhat of a strong resemblance to the Chief Blue Meanie.

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* The end credits sequence from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' is an homage to the film.



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* The end credits sequence from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' is an homage to the film.

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* The end credits sequence from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' is an homage In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]", Lord Royal Highness bears a strong resemblance to the film.Chief Blue Meanie.
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** More generally, the character of Him was [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/958027849436286976 directly inspired by the chief Blue Meanie]], most obvious in his voice.

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*The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' Halloween episode "Homestar Runner 2022 Costume Pack Now Available" has Marzipan dressed up as John Lennon as he appears in the movie. An EasterEgg at the end of the episode features "The Homestar Runners and the Yellow Bathyscaphe", which has Marzipan referencing the "When I'm 64" segment of the movie.
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* The Blue Meanie is one of the main characters of ''Webcomics/MeaniesComic''.

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* ''[=CrazySonic=]'', a bizarre GameMod of ''VideoGame/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|1}}'' which replaces the blue blur with a yellow bus from ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', has a reference that comes into play during levels that feature underwater sections. [[https://youtu.be/pnu6xF_pSwg The bus gets around the water by spontaneously turning into a submarine (yellow of course), with the film’s title song playing in the background while piloting the submarine]].

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* Visual references flash by among the many images during the trippy "transformation sequence" in the cult classic ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''.

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* Visual references flash by among the many images during the trippy "transformation sequence" in the cult classic animated film ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''.



* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In the French version fish monger Ordralfabetix' wife is called ''Ielosubmarine''.


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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In the French version fish monger Ordralfabetix' wife is called ''Ielosubmarine''.
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* ''Film/RPM1970'': Steve, looking out the window at the cops who have arrived to clear out the building, says, "Well, man, the Blue Meanies are out there."
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* The opening of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' references the Sea of Holes scene with Scratch struggling to hit Sonic with a mallet as the blue hedgehog keeps popping up from different holes whack a mole-style. Then upon trying to get Sonic out of the hole with a plunger, Scratch ends up pulling out a furious Dr. Robotnik instead.
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* In homage to this movie, ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' were [[FanNickname nicknamed]] "Green Meanies".
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* In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' Pepper's Land is described as a "musical utopia" located somewhere off the coasts of Argentina, reputedly the source of a "garishly-coloured" phantom submarine and the home of a "malignantly species of blue dwarf or troll". Pepper's Land was utterly devastated in the Falklands War, and it is shown inhabited with a now completely rusted Yellow Submarine stranded on the beach.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' Pepper's Land is described as a "musical utopia" located somewhere off the coasts of Argentina, reputedly the source of a "garishly-coloured" phantom submarine and the home of a "malignantly species of blue dwarf or troll". In ''The Tempest'' Pepper's Land was is shown to be utterly devastated in after the Falklands War, and it is shown inhabited becoming a wasteland with a now completely rusted Yellow Submarine stranded on the beach.
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** Creator/MarkHamill ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs a noted Beatles fan]]) remarked that he based his portrayal of the Joker partly on the Chief Blue Meanie.

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** Creator/MarkHamill ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs a noted Beatles fan]]) remarked that he based his portrayal of the Joker partly on the Chief Blue Meanie.Meanie, mainly because the BTAS Joker design bears resemblances to him, with the raccoon-like masked eyes and a square smile with big yellow teeth and red lips.
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** The plot of "Mime for a Change" mimics the story of Yellow Submarine, an evil jester who drowns the world of color, and music and love brings it back towards the end of the story.
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* Among the many Beatles references in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', Mr. Kite has a cast of characters he calls the “Blue People”, a clear nod to the Blue Meanies.

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* Among the many Beatles references in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'', Mr. Kite has a cast of characters he calls the “Blue People”, a clear nod to the Blue Meanies.

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* Near the climax of [[Creator/{{Wes Anderson}} Wes Anderson's]] ''Film/TheLifeAquatic'', the team descends into a decidedly psychedelic ocean in a yellow submarine, to meet surreal stop-motion sea creatures animated by [[Creator/{{HenrySelick}} Henry Selick]].

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* Near the climax of [[Creator/{{Wes Anderson}} Wes Anderson's]] ''Film/TheLifeAquatic'', the team descends into a decidedly psychedelic ocean in a yellow submarine, to meet surreal stop-motion sea creatures animated by [[Creator/{{HenrySelick}} Henry Selick]].Creator/HenrySelick.
* In ''Film/WalkHard'', Dewey Cox takes drugs with the Beatles in India, and the art design of his trip where he meets the "trippy cartoon Beatles" is taken straight from ''Yellow Submarine''.
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* Near the climax of [[Creator/{{Wes Anderson}} Wes Anderson's]] ''Film/TheLifeAquatic'', the team descends into a decidedly psychedelic ocean in a yellow submarine, to meet surreal stop-motion sea creatures animated by [[Creator/{{HenrySelick}} Henry Selick]].
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* Among the many Beatles references in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', Mr. Kite has a cast of characters he calls the “Blue People”, a clear nod to the Blue Meanies.
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* The second volume of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' featured "The Traveller's Almanac," which detailed all the places that Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray visited during a long absence from the League. One of the passages mentioned a brightly-colored phantom submarine and "a species of blue kobold found in Argentina."

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* The second volume of In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' featured "The Traveller's Almanac," which detailed all Pepper's Land is described as a "musical utopia" located somewhere off the places that Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray visited during a long absence from coasts of Argentina, reputedly the League. One source of the passages mentioned a brightly-colored "garishly-coloured" phantom submarine and "a the home of a "malignantly species of blue kobold found dwarf or troll". Pepper's Land was utterly devastated in Argentina."the Falklands War, and it is shown inhabited with a now completely rusted Yellow Submarine stranded on the beach.
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* Brook's flashback in ''[[Anime/{{OnePiece}} One Piece]]'' features all of his crewmates singing one final song before they all die. As they die one by one, Brook notes how the song ("Binks' Sake") dwindles down to a quartet, then a quintent, followed by a duet, and ending with a solo performed only by him, just like Old Fred does during the Blue Meanie assault. In the end, the pirate dies alone, leaving only the accompaniment to play.

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* Brook's flashback in ''[[Anime/{{OnePiece}} One Piece]]'' ''Manga/OnePiece'' features all of his crewmates singing one final song before they all die. As they die one by one, Brook notes how the song ("Binks' Sake") dwindles down to a quartet, then a quintent, followed by a duet, and ending with a solo performed only by him, just like Old Fred does during the Blue Meanie assault. In the end, the pirate dies alone, leaving only the accompaniment to play.
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* In ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' episode "Cindy," Gopher says, "I'm shoving off before the Blue Meanies show up."
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Game'' features a parody of the movie with the Planet Express ship getting more "submarine-shaped".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''Last Exit To Springfield'' episode Lisa has a dream sequence under the influence of laughing gas, inspired by imagery from the movie, even with the Beatles passing by in a zeppelin, rather than a submarine. The same episode has a shot of part of Mr. Burns' mansion -- a ridiculously long corridor studded with doors on both sides.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Game'' features a parody of the movie with the Planet Express ship getting more "submarine-shaped".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''Last Exit To Springfield'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E17LastExitToSpringfield Last Exit to Springfield]]", Lisa has a dream sequence under the influence of laughing gas, inspired by imagery from the movie, film, even with the Beatles passing by in a zeppelin, rather than a submarine. The same episode has a shot of part of Mr. Burns' mansion -- a ridiculously long corridor studded with doors on both sides.



* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperJail'' episode "Don't Be A Negaton" features a shared hallucination that begins with visuals similar to the ones in the film (referenced with the Twins riding a Submarine-like thing) and then becomes something MUCH worse.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperJail'' episode "Don't Be A a Negaton" features a shared hallucination that begins with visuals similar to the ones in the film (referenced with the Twins riding a Submarine-like thing) and then becomes something MUCH worse.
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* In the drug-induced animated realm of the MediumBlending movie ''Film/The Congress'' the Yellow Submarine can be seen when the protagonist heads towards the Miramount Hotel.

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* In the drug-induced animated realm of the MediumBlending movie ''Film/The Congress'' ''Film/TheCongress'' the Yellow Submarine can be seen when the protagonist heads towards the Miramount Hotel.
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* In ''Film/KingsmenTheSecretService'' a [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/c2/b4/42c2b44cb2f27e9d91c357e74ef279f6.jpg yellow submarine]] can be seen in the huge hangar of the Kingsmen headquarters.

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* In ''Film/KingsmenTheSecretService'' ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' a [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/c2/b4/42c2b44cb2f27e9d91c357e74ef279f6.jpg yellow submarine]] can be seen in the huge hangar of the Kingsmen headquarters.
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* In the drug-induced animated realm of the MediumBlending movie ''Film/The Congress'' the Yellow Submarine can be seen when the protagonist heads towards the Miramount Hotel.
* In ''Film/KingsmenTheSecretService'' a [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/c2/b4/42c2b44cb2f27e9d91c357e74ef279f6.jpg yellow submarine]] can be seen in the huge hangar of the Kingsmen headquarters.
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* The Blue Meanie is one of the main characters of ''Webcomics/MeaniesComic''.
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* The music video for [[Music/{{Mika}} Mika's]] ''Lollipop'' takes clear influence from the movie, with several segments where the words being sung manifest on screen similarily to the ''All You Need is Love'' sequence.
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* Any children's bath toy which is shaped like a submarine will invariably be a yellow submarine. It won't be ''the movie's'' distinctive yellow submarine,

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* Any children's bath toy which is shaped like a submarine will invariably be a yellow submarine. It won't be ''the movie's'' distinctive yellow submarine, but, same vehicle, same color.

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