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Anime & Manga
  • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War has Fujiwara mentioning playing the game in Chapters 218 and 219.
  • Chapters 350 to 358 of Komi Can't Communicate focus on the cast playing a round of an Among Us stand-in, with the focus primarily on the social deduction elements and Komi, as one of the "Kenposters", attempting to deceive the other players despite her social anxiety.

Comic Books

  • There were lots of references to the game in the volume 78 of the Malaysian comic series Profession (Chinese: 职业人气王 Zhíyè rénqì wáng). You can spot a few cameo appearances of a red Crewmate on a few panels and as well as a "SUS" reference in another panel.

Films — Live-Action

Live-Action TV

  • Jeopardy!: Happened on April 7, 2022.
    Mayim: Slang adjective for someone you think is not what they seem, especially if they might be the Impostor in the game Among Us. Mattea.
    Mattea: What is sus?
    Mayim: Yes.

Toys

  • The Week 3 November 2020 guest artist sticker for Wacky Packages was a parody called "Amongus Beans", combining the Crewmates with a package of Bodrum Mung Beans.

Video Games

  • In Everybody Edits Project M, the Impostor smileys are Palette Swaps of the Astronaut smileys, in colors of the Crewmates from Among Us.
  • The Henry Stickmin game Completing the Mission has plush toys of the Crewmates as part of a collection sidequest. In addition, a poster featuring an Impostor can also be seen during the Jewel Baron route. Both games were made by the same developer, Innersloth. Also, one of the fails has Henry ejected into space like the game.
    Fail Screen: Hmm. It seems that there's still an Impostor Among Us.

Webcomics

  • Milk And Mocha ran a comic depicting the titular duo playing the game, with Milk as a Crewmate and Mocha as an Impostor.

Web Original

  • SCP Foundation:
    • SCP-5167 is a technological anomaly afflicting Among Us, taking the form of a player named "Phthonus" that causes other players to believe their loved ones are in fact Impostors. In reality, he is the real Phthonus from Greek Mythology wandering around the modern world in a depressive stupor.
    • SCP-5761 is an entity who took control of the ISS and forces its personnel to perform basic repair work on the interior of the station, some of them have been executed via bisection by an invisible force. The researchers theorized it is related to SCP-5167, who is Phthonus as a technological anomaly afflicting Among Us. It's eventually revealed that Meville (an AI by the foundation) used Phthonus as a power source to become a similar entity like him. It calls itself Amogusrath and is now designated as SCP-5761-1.

Web Video

Western Animation

  • Ninjago: In the episode, "The Council of the Crystal Thing", the leader of the titular council, Kbuki Mask states that they have an impostor among them. His wording, and the fact that there is indeed an impostor (Lloyd who's disguised as the Mechanic) adds to the reference.

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