Referenced By / Guys and Dolls

Film

• In Carnage, Alan and Nancy call each other "Doodle", after a lyric from the musical.
• In Frankie & Johnny, Frankie mentions she once played Sister Sarah in a school production of the play.
• Let It Ride opens with "Fugue for Tinhorns".
• In Shiri, the main characters go to see a Korean version of the musical.
• In Tootsie, a drunk John waits outside Dorothy's apartment for her when she comes home. When she refuses to let him, John sings, "I'll Know" on the street until Dorothy lets him in.
• Julie & Julia features the song "A Bushel and a Peck" during a montage scene.
• Oh, God!: The third film in the trilogy Oh God! You Devil! starts and ends with a father praying over a sick child and singing for "Fugue for Tinhorns".

Literature

• In Eye Contact, Cara's second boyfriend is the star of Guys and Dolls. She met him while working props.

Live-Action TV

• In an episode of Counterpart (2018), Clare, or, rather, her double, sings "A Bushel and a Peck" to her baby girl to quiet her down.
• An episode of Good Luck Charlie is titled "Guys and Dolls". In this episode, Bob tries to give Teddy advice on how to make up with Spencer when the two have a disagreement, which backfires immensely, while Amy tries to get Charlie to like Toby, her baby brother, by having her play with a baby doll that looks like him.
• The Flash (2014): In "Duet", the Musical Episode, Iris's father, Dr. Stein, and Malcolm Merlyn portray gangsters in the musical dream created by Music Meister, singing "More I Cannot Wish You" to their respective children.

Puppet Shows

• Sesame Street spoofed the musical In Name Only - their interpretation was about how some guys play with dolls and some girls play with trucks.

Web Video

• Sanders Sides: In "Moving On Part 1/2" and "Moving On Part 2/2", Thomas gets wistful about an ex-boyfriend he met while doing a production of Guys and Dolls. Just the name of the play is a Trauma Button for the other Sides. Roman also manages to slip in a Take That! about it during an otherwise serious scene, due to its perceived Values Dissonance. Provides a particularly clever play on words:
  Thomas: [sadly] I was just... thinking.
  Virgil: Thinking? About what?
  Thomas: [exhales] Guys...
  Virgil: What else is new?
  Thomas: ...and Dolls.
  Virgil: Oh sh**!

Western Animation

• The Simpsons: In "Mayored To The Mob", Mark Hamill stars in a Springfield production of Guys and Dolls, which has hastily received a Star Wars-themed retool, with Hamill singing "Luke, Be A Jedi Tonight" instead of "Luck Be A Lady Tonight".

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