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2	* In a SundayStrip of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' from the 1980s, Lucy has a ganglion on the back of her hand. Linus suggests hitting it with a Bible, but Lucy gives him a copy of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' instead.
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5	* The last lines of the novel are read out during Batman's eulogy in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
6	* ''Film/ASimpleWish'': "Two Cities" is [[ShowWithinAShow the musical whose production forms much of the plot]]. It's a takeoff on ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.
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9	* ''Literature/{{Bewilderment}}'': During the neural activity recording session, Theo is told to feel Admiration. He thinks about Sydney Carton, among other people.
10	* ''The Carton Chronicles'' by Keith Laidler begins where ''A Tale of Two Cities'' ends. After escaping the guillotine at the literal last minute, Carton — the narrator, this time — embarks on a ''Literature/{{Flashman}}''-esque series of adventures in Revolutionary France.
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13	* This was adapted by ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' in the episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E16ATaleOfTwoSitters A Tale of Two Sitters]]." Rather perplexingly, Darnay was played by Wishbone, while Sydney Carton wasn't. What timeline a human could be mistaken for a dog is anyone's guess.
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16	* Styx's ''Paradise Theater'' has the song "The Best of Times": "The headlines read: ''These are the worst of times,'' and I do believe it's true."
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19	* ''VideoGame/FobiaStDinfnaHotel'' has a copy of this book in the hotel's library, forming part of a NumerologicalMotif puzzle (the other books have numbers in their titles too, like ''Three Musketeers'' and ''Slaughterhouse Five'') where you arrange the books to unlock an exit.
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22	* In Website/RottenTomatoes' [[https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/game-of-thrones-series-finale-reviews/ editorial]] for the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' series finale, several reviews praising it were grouped under the header "It Was the Best of Finales…" and several reviews panning it were grouped under the header "It Was the Worst of Finales".
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25	* It gets a LiteraryAllusionTitle in the ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' episode "A Tale Of Two Tells".
26	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
27	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E2ATaleOfTwoSpringfields A Tale of Two Springfields]]" is a LiteraryAllusionTitle.

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