- During their rap battle in 8 Mile, Lotto refers to Jimmy as “that dude from Leave It to Beaver". When it’s Jimmy’s turn, he turns the line right back on Lotto and references the supporting cast.
- Return of the Secaucus Seven: At one point, as a joke, Katie and Mike refer to each other as June and Ward.
- One of the fake trailers presented by IBC in Scrooged is for a Leave It to Beaver TV movie titled Father Loves Beaver.Wally: Hi, Mom! Where's Dad? He should've been home by now.
June: Well, Wally, if I know your father, he's out chasing Beaver. - Singles: When Cliff and Janet are on the elevator near the end of the movie, he says to her, "That's a very nice hat you're wearing, and I don't mean that in an Eddie Haskell kind of way."
- In There's More Than One Way Home, Anna compares Dylan and Cesar to Wally and the Beaver.
- In Wicked Good, Archer refers to her ex-husband's new wife as a phony June Cleaver.
- All My Children. Annoyed when her coworker Tad's family visits the office, Liza snaps, "Do me a favor, Ward. Keep June, Wally, and the Beav out of my way."
- In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "Strip-Tease for Two," Uncle Phil discovers that Will and Carlton had pawned Vivian's bracelet so they can get money for a stock, and he asks them what they think he should do to punish them. Will then jokes that he should reward them for their honesty and mentions that it "worked for the Beav." This causes Uncle Phil to burst out laughing right before he snaps and yells, "DO I LOOK LIKE A WHITE GUY NAMED WARD?"
- Mad TV once did a parody of the show, with the members of blink-182 in place of the Beaver.
- The Wire: In a first season episode, when McNulty is driving to see his son play soccer, and has to take Bubbles along, Bubbles grouses, "Where in Leave it to Beaver land are you taking me?"
Music
- Styx: On their song "Half Penny, Two Penny":Yes, Mrs. Cleaver, your son's home to stay
We all know it's the American way
- Referenced in the 2019 HD video "Channel Surfing
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- Animaniacs, In one episode, Wakko is fighting with himself over a game of Go Fish. Yakko and Dot hear the whole thing and Dot says to Yakko, "Ward? I'm worried about the Beav."
- The Fairly OddParents!: In "Go Young, West Man", one of the shows that Catman starred in when he was a kid was Leave It to Catkid.
- The Simpsons: In "Mr. Plow", when Kumatsu Motors calls Homer about the delinquent account he registered following his purchase of the snowplow truck he used to start his business, Homer pretends to be "Tony Plow"note , citing his role on Leave it to Beaver. After a brief pause, Homer replies to an inquiry by the person on the phone with "Yeah, they were gay."
