As one of the oldest and most storied studios in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures' has garnered a fair amount of parodied and tributes in popular culture, including their iconic, snowcapped "Paramountain" logo.
Advertising
- The ad campaign for Paramount+ has the service's stable of stars scaling Paramount Mountain.
- A bumper for Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre block features a parody of the Paramount logo in which the mountain falls over to reveal it's actually a cardboard cutout.
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown: The Paramount logo appears at the start of the in-flight movie that Snoopy and Woodstock watch.
- Shrek 2: The gated entrance to the kingdom of Far Far Away is modeled after Paramount's iconic studio gate.
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles: A news report takes place in front of the Paramount studio gate.
- Silent Movie: The villainous Engulf & Devour is a parody of Paramount's then-owner, Gulf & Western Industries.
- Duckman: The episodes "The Road to Dendron" and "Duckman and Cornfed in: Haunted Society Plumbers" open with a vintage Paramount logo to tie in with their Genre Throwback themes.
- Popeye:
- The 1950 short Popeye Makes a Movie has Popeye's nephews visiting the Paramount movie lot to see their uncle filming his latest picture.
- The 1951 short Alpine for You ends with Popeye punching Bluto into a mountain peak, creating an explosion of stars that form the Paramount logo and end title.
- Rock, Paper, Scissors: In the episode, "Key Limes", the name of the production company that appears in Sandpaper's action film about her getting a couple of key limes to make a key lime pie is named Pain O' Mounts Pictures.
- The Simpsons: In "The Bart Wants What It Wants", the Simpsons visit Canada and take a tour of Paramountie Studios, where Rainier Wolfcastle is making a new movie. The studio's logo has a Mountie hat in place of the mountain.
