History Main / SgtPeppersShoutOut

* One ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' treasury is called "Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic."

* The Music/DefLeppard album ''Songs From The Sparkle Lounge'' combines older and more recent pictures of the band members with celebrities as different as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln and the Mona Lisa.

* The page image is a poster advertising the 2011 ''Series/SesameStreet'' DVD ''Singing With the Stars'', with Muppet characters from throughout ''Sesame Street'''s history, including the original orange Oscar and dopey Big Bird in the place of the early Beatles. The bust is replaced by one of ''Sesame Street'' composer Joe Raposo, with Big Bird's drawing of Mr. Hooper next to it.

* Creator/MikeAllred (Comicbook/MadMan, Comicbook/XStatix) once published a miniseries called ''Red Rocket 7'', which took place during the birth of Rock N' Roll and beyond. Because the music genre provided the backdrop, every cover spoofed a different famous album. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/5563/1712571-red_rocket_7.jpg This]] was one of them.

* The BronzeAgeOfComicBooks ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' story "Dead Until Proven Alive!" is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed riff on the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy. The eponymous Oliver Twists album has a cover based on the ''back'' of the ''Sergeant Pepper'' cover, complete with "Saul Cartwright" facing away from the camera.

* ''Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}'' has an article on [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Batles The Batles,]] including the cover art for their album ''Sgt. Dark Knight's Lonely Batcave Band Returns''.

The album cover of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is one of the most recognizable album covers of all time, if not ''the'' most famous. Music/PaulMcCartney wanted to change the group's image and as a result all members let their hair and moustaches grow and pretended to be a different band. On the album cover, designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, the Beatles pose dressed in military uniforms, surrounded by a celebrity audience chosen by the members themselves. Forty celebrities are either wax works or photo collage cut-outs. Note that originally there were supposed to be several more, but they were censored out by the Beatles' label Creator/{{EMI}} for being too controversial (including, in a bit of ValuesDissonance, ''[[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]]'').

The UrExample is the cover of Music/FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention's ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

AbbeyRoadCrossing is another trope based on parodies of a specific Beatles album cover. BorrowingTheBeatles are parodies of the band itself.

* Mike Allred (Comicbook/MadMan, Comicbook/XStatix) once published a miniseries called ''Red Rocket 7'', which took place during the birth of Rock N' Roll and beyond. Because the music genre provided the backdrop, every cover spoofed a different famous album. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/5563/1712571-red_rocket_7.jpg This]] was one of them.

The album cover of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is one of the most recognizable album covers of all time, if not ''the'' most famous. Music/PaulMcCartney wanted to change the group's image and as a result all members let their hair and moustaches grow and pretended to be a different band. On the album cover, designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, the Beatles pose dressed in military uniforms, surrounded by a celebrity audience chosen by the members themselves. Forty celebrities are either wax works or photo collage cut-outs. Note that originally there were supposed to be several more, but they were censored out by the Beatles' label EMI for being too controversial (including, in a bit of ValuesDissonance, ''[[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]]'').

* Music/PrincessLeiasStolenDeathStarPlans features the cast of Franchise/StarWars on the cover in a similar matter. (Justified, as the album is composed of FilkSongs based on the original album.)

* Subverted by the Beatles themselves in the music video for "Free as a Bird", released as part of the ''Anthology'' project. The video pays homage to and includes easter eggs to numerous Beatles songs and significant moments in their career, but at one point the camera tracks through a room full of diverse people having a drink and chatting amongst themselves, until the camera quickly pans past the famous "Sgt. Pepper" drum and set-up. The implication is that these people are the notables who appeared on the cover having gathered for a little party after the photograph was taken.

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* A Belgian compilation album from 1990 featuring several Belgian artists covering songs by other artists also parodied "Sgt. Peppers". [[http://www.muziekarchief.be/albumdetails.php?ID=12145 The various celebrities portrayed on the album cover were all photographs of well known Flemish celebritie.]]

* The page image is a poster advertising the 2011 ''Series/SesameStreet'' DVD ''Singing With the Stars'', with Muppet characters from throughout ''Sesame Street'''s history, including the original orange Oscar and dopey Big Bird in the place of the early Beatles. The bust is replaced by one of ''Sesame Street'' composer Joe Raposo, with Big Bird's drawing of Mr Hooper next to it.

* In ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', and subesquent Muppet stuff, Floyd, the bassist for the Electric Mayhem, is usually wearing a Sergeant Pepper uniform. His full name is sometimes given as Sgt Floyd Pepper.

** The CouchGag of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" is [[http://www.creativegames.org.uk/modules/Art_Technology/Pop/Sgt_%20Pepper_Album_files/simps.jpg a parody of the album cover.]] An alternate version is used as the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/The_Yellow_Album.PNG cover]] of their music album, "Music/TheYellowAlbum" (the name, of course, a takeoff of [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum another Beatles album]]). And like ''Sgt Pepper'', the early Simpsons are in suits and the current ones in fatigues.

* A 3-D version was created for the 1987 special ''It Was 20 Years Ago Today....'', celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Meet the Beat-Alls" pastiches the cover of the album ''Music/WithTheBeatles'' (''Meet the Beatles'' in the U.S.) after Mojo Jojo, Princess Morbucks, Him and Fuzzy Lumpkins form the Beat-Alls.

* A [[http://www.paulkidby.net/index.php/gallery/bronzes-sculpture/artwork/artwork120713-1-79 Paul Kidby portrait]] of [[Literature/SoulMusic The Band With Rocks In]] surrounded by other ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' characters, in the ''Discworld Calendar 2012''.

AbbeyRoadCrossing is another trope based on parodies of a specific Beatles album cover.

** The CouchGag of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" is [[http://www.creativegames.org.uk/modules/Art_Technology/Pop/Sgt_%20Pepper_Album_files/simps.jpg a parody of the album cover.]] An alternate version is used as the [[[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/The_Yellow_Album.PNG cover]] of their music album, "Music/TheYellowAlbum" (the name, of course, a takeoff of [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum another Beatles album]]). And like ''Sgt Pepper'', the early Simpsons are in suits and the current ones in fatigues.

** The CouchGag of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" is [[http://www.creativegames.org.uk/modules/Art_Technology/Pop/Sgt_%20Pepper_Album_files/simps.jpg a parody of the album cover.]] An alternate version is used as the cover of their music album, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/The_Yellow_Album.PNG "The Yellow Album"]] (the name, of course, a takeoff of [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum another Beatles album]]). And like ''Sgt Pepper'', the early Simpsons are in suits and the current ones in fatigues.