History ReferencedBy / DavidBowie

* Creator/HideoKojima loves David Bowie, which is heavily reflected in his ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series:

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' portrays him as the shapeshifting overlord of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. ("The guy from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' turned into a bird!") [[spoiler: In Season 5 it's mentioned that he isn't the ''real'' David Bowie, just a guy who likes to pretend to be him!]]

* Music/PhilipGlass based both his "1st Symphony "Low"" (1992) and "4th Symphony "Heroes"" (1996) on the Bowie albums of the same name. Even the indidivual movements of those compositions are named after songs from these albums.

* The final track on Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys, "Vampire Money", by Music/MyChemicalRomance has the line "sparkle like Bowie in the morning sun" serving as a ShoutOut to Bowie's famous liberal use of glitter during his Glam period and also a TakeThat to a [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga certain]] franchise's depiction of bloodsuckers.
* Shortly after Bowie's death, Gavin Dunne, better known as Music/MiracleOfSound, released a tribute song to him: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvfC109XyYA The Man Who Rocked the World]].

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', one of the first lines protagonist Snake says on the radio to his commanding officer is "Can you hear me, Major Tom?". Space Oddity was intended to be the credits theme when the plot of the game had a larger emphasis on space travel.

* ''WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis'': [=JewWario=] he enjoyed dressing up as Bowie in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', and prominently did so in his review of the the Japan-only NES game based on the movie, ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', and ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' 's review of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' (see also below).

** It's gotten to the point where Kojima's fans have half-jokingly suggested that [[https://i.imgur.com/UJCExyA.png every character in the series is based on one of Bowie's many personas]].

* Music/{{Chumbawumba}} name-check Bowie in "How To Get Your Band on Television" as one of the many UsefulNotes/LiveAid participants that they disdain, singling out his connections with the fashion industry (infamous for its use of sweatshops) and his sponsorship deals.

A list of references, shout-outs, homages, parodies... to Music/DavidBowie. For references to his role as Jareth the Goblin King see ''ReferencedBy/{{Labyrinth}}''.

* The final track on Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys, "Vampire Money", by Music/MyChemicalRomance has the line "sparkle like Bowie in the morning sun" serving as a ShoutOut to Bowie's famous liberal use of glitter during his Glam period and also a TakeThat to a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} certain]] franchise's depiction of bloodsuckers.

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* Manga/{{Shy}}: World-renowned {{Superhero}} [[SociopathicHero David Wonder Jones/Stardust]] is a pretty blatant ShoutOut to Creator/DavidBowie. His superhero name is derived from ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'', he shares his first name with his inspiration, and like his inspiration, he's a British rock star.

* In ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'', Brian Slade is a clear fictionalisation of Bowie. He is a bisexual seventies glam rock star who rises to fame in the stage persona of pansexual alien "Maxwell Demon", and fakes his own death on stage before returning to fame in the eighties under a new identity as a cheesy stadium rock star (a reference to the sense of betrayal felt by many seventies Bowie fans during his mass-market-light-entertainment ''Music/LetDance'' era).

* ''Film/{{Control}}'': Ian Curtis listens to "The Jean Genie" on his radio, tying into how the real Curtis and the rest of Music/JoyDivision cited Bowie as a major influence on their output (to the point where Joy Division's original name was Warsaw, taken from Bowie's [[Music/LowDavidBowieAlbum "Warszawa"]].