Line #8 ReferencedBy/HoratioHornblower


1	!! Live Action TV
2	* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (the one with the children's show puppets) had an edutainment puppet named "Ratio Hornblower".
3	* ''Series/MondayMornings'' had a nice ActorAllusion. Ioan Gruffudd played a doctor and his boss asked him several times if he was familiar with the concept of "captain of his ship".
4	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' took a lot of inspiration from the Hornblower books, and they do put in a few nods:
5	** In one episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration,'' Data is put in temporary command of a ship called the ''Sutherland'' where he proceeds to act as a very straight-faced MilitaryMaverick on a blockade.
6	** Jake Sisko, son of TheCaptain in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', is a writer. Whenever the camera peeks in on the manuscript he's editing, though, it's text from ''Commodore Hornblower''.
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8	!! Literature
9	* ''Literature/TheExpanse'': One of the ships in Michio Pa's fleet is named ''Hornblower''.
10	* The ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is explicitly "Hornblower In Space", with the first novel dedicated to C.S. Forester and its eponymous protagonist deliberately sharing the H.H. initials. In one of the novels, Harrington is reading a ''Hornblower'' book herself.
11	* One book in the Alan Lewrie series (depicting a much less heroic naval hero) has the main character notice of a tall, thin, and melancholy-looking lieutenant in a threadbare uniform at the Admiralty during the Peace of Amiens--a tacit reference to Hornblower, who had no position on a ship and was under pay stoppage.
12	* Hornblower is alluded to several times in Sten Nadolny's pseudo-biographical novel of Sir John Franklin, ''Literature/TheDiscoveryOfSlowness''. The ''Lydia'' makes a brief cameo in port and one of the characters, Franklin's childhood friend Sherard Lound, is even revealed to have become Hornblower's Lieutenant Gerard, and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse finally]] gets a BittersweetEnding.
13	* The third ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' book mentions a navy commander named "Horatio Bugler."
14	* [[Literature/DresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], though he knows how to steer a boat, mentions that he's no Horatio Hornblower.
15	* Creator/HarryHarrison once wrote a short story entitled "Captain Honario Harpplayer R.N.", in which Harpplayer's new recruit is a LittleGreenMan, but he doesn't realise this because, instead of being tone deaf, he's colour-blind.
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17	!! Comicbook
18	* In the world of ''Comicbook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' , Horatio Hornblower is their equivalent to ''UsefulNotes/HoratioNelson'', complete with Hornblower's Column.
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20	!! Video Games
21	* In ''Age of Pirates II'', a character named Horatio Hornblower will aid the player if they ask him the right questions.
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23	!! Web Original
24	* It's a running joke on this very wiki to call ''Honor Harrington'' novels ''Horatio Hornblower IN SPACE!''
25	* In a parody rap song "Creator/JaneAusten is My Homegirl (Series/DowntonAbbey Rap)" by Pretty Darn Funny, one part says, one part referenced the dashing sailor. [[https://youtu.be/-b_xiWmFWgY Watch it here.]]
26	-->My friend loves Phillip but, I'll have to show her, no man stills my heart like Horatio Hornblower.
27	* In the ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Yahtzee says he'd rather see a game where Franchise/ModestyBlaise and [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Major Kira]] take on Hornblower and [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries the Arkhamverse Riddler.]]
28	--> [[TheStinger Horatio Hornblower's final smash is blindsiding the opponent with dense nautical jargon and then giving them imposter syndrome.]]
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30	!! Western Animation
31	* The title of the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''Captain Hareblower'' is a reference to Hornblower.
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33	!! Real Life
34	* During his acceptance speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention; incumbent President UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter unintentionally referenced the books when he, during a tribute to former Minnesota Senator and former Vice-President UsefulNotes/HubertHumphrey; accidentally called the late Senator Hubert Horatio ''Hornblower''.

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