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2* The film's iconic "Why is there a watermelon there" scene is homaged in a 2012 [[Creator/MarvelComics Kitty Pryde/Tony Stark A+X]] story.
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5* "No Matter Where You Go, There You Are" is quoted in the end titles of ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow''.
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7* The end credits walking scene is referenced in ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''
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10* The makers of some of the later ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series liked making references to this film. The fact that a good chunk of the art department from ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' on through ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'' previously worked on ''Buckaroo Banzai'' may have something to do with this.
11* In one episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Yoyodyne is mentioned as a client of evil law firm Wolfram & Hart.
12* ''Series/TheWire'': In the fourth season episode "Know Your Place", Prez goes to a teachers meeting where standardized test scores get discussed, and it reminds him of his days as a police detective, where it was all about the stats rather than doing any meaningful work. One of the other teachers replies, "Wherever you go, there you are."
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15* The Canadian SynthPop artist Glass Apple Bonzai includes references to the film throughout his work, if the cover art on the first two albums wasn't a dead giveaway where much of the inspiration comes from.
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18* In ''Pinball/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'', Ripley quotes "No Matter Where You Go, There You Are" at the end of a game.
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21* The mysterious Dr. B Banzai and his Banzai Institute are rather important minor characters in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''.

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