Bluebeard has been Referenced by...
Comic Books
- Fables: Bluebeard is a minor antagonist and one of the richest citizens of Fabletown.
- Borrowed Wives: Peter Foley tells Bull Morgan about Alice Blake's disappearance before they were about to marry. Bull gets suspicious of him, as he was told Peter was already married to another woman (when they were only pretending in reality) who also disappeared and asks him if his name is Bluebeard.
- Ex Machina: When Nathan, founder of "Bluebook", is first showing Caleb around the house, he tells Caleb that he is authorized to enter some rooms in the house but not all. Any room that Caleb's key card won't authorize him to enter is off-limits to him. This is reminiscent of the fairytale. When he leaves the castle, she succumbs to temptation and enters the room, discovering to her horror the murdered bodies of his previous wives who had disappeared mysteriously. The allusion continues when Caleb later discovers what is in the closets of Nathan's room (the discarded bodies of his past-female-androids, whom he used for sex).
- A Sailor-Made Man: An intertitle mentions the rajah of Black Castle would be a good play-fellow for Bluebeard.
- Borderlands 2: One skin of Salvador The Gunzerker is called Bluebeard.
- Identity V: Kreacher Pierson [Thief]'s Bluebeard skin is based on the titular villain.
