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Anime & Manga

  • In One Piece, the villain Eneru is a caricature of Eminem.

Film

  • In Osmosis Jones, Ozzy and Drix sing "My Name Is" to celebrate the apparent defeat of Thrax.
  • In Win Win, Jackie refers to Kyle as Eminem, at least until she gets to know him and about his situation.

Literature

  • Anita de Monte Laughs Last: In The '90s Raquel describes one of the musical selections on a CD a friend burned for her:
    "This one, full of some kid named Slim Shady, was wild. A narrative rap where he dreams of murdering his girlfriend to the tune of “Just the Two of Us.” Dark, funny, weird shit."
  • Wicked Good: At the police station, Rory paces back and forth, singing along to his favorite verse from "Lose Yourself."

Live-Action TV

  • Late Night: While asking why the COVID vaccine comes in two doses, Seth Meyers wonders why he has to get two shots when Eminem only got one: "I promise I won't vomit my Mom's spaghetti."
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: after Eminem's 2022 halftime show performance provoked outrage from Rudy Giuliani, one Late Show episode began with an anti-Giuliani diss track set to "Lose Yourself."

Music

  • Whenever Joss Stone performs "I Got the...", she always acknowledges it being Sampled Up by "My Name Is" in the likes of "I promise I won't rap. But it's so tempting!".
  • JT Music invokes Eminem multiple times:
    • The opening lyrics to "My Name Is" are directly quoted at the beginning of "Five More Nights."
    • In the "Junkrat vs Demoman" rap battle, Demoman derides his opponent as an overzealous fan wanting an autograph, snarking that his real name must be Stan.
    • "You Can Hang" incorporates lyrics from "Without Me."
  • The Stupendium:
    • "The Toybox" references "Rap God" with the lyric "your arms are long enough to slap boxes off the shelf."
    • "Christmas in The Backrooms" invokes "Lose Yourself" with this line:
      "Through cracks in reality — Whoops, there goes sanity"
    • "Way Deeper Down" also homages "Lose Yourself" when Papyrus says "There's medals on my armor already, plus spaghetti."
    • "Seconds" references "The Real Slim Shady" with the line "Any single person could be 47 lurking, he could be working at Burger King, strychnine in your onion rings."
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic referenced Eminem twice in Poodle Hat: the first song on the album, "Couch Potato," is a parody of "Lose Yourself," and later on, "The Real Slim Shady" is the last song included on the "Angry White Boy Polka" medley.

Professional Wrestling

  • In the NWA Anarchy promotion in Georgia, there is a wrestler with an Eminem gimmick called Slim J.
  • There is also a Texas-based independent wrestler named Slam Shady.

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Western Animation

  • Eminem fights Kid Rock in one episode of Celebrity Deathmatch.
  • Family Guy: While speaking at a rally, Lois does a plug for "The Emin-enema," an enema endorsed by "increasingly irrelevant rapper Eminem".
    Lois: It promises to clear out 8 Miles of Mom's Spaghetti; it goes in Slim Clear and comes out Slim Shady!
  • One episode of King of the Hill has Bobby and Connie singing along to the chorus of "My Name Is."
  • Rocky and Bullwinkle: The 2014 short features a Bullwinkle's Corner segment in which Bullwinkle tries to dramatically recite "Superman", only to cut the segment short when he sees just how much swearing is in it.

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