History Main / AmericanGothicCouple

* As part of the CreditsGag sequence at the end of the ''OverTheHedge'' film, RJ and Verne take up a silly pose with a spork. They're drawn; the result is the two as if in this painting.

''American Gothic''. No, not [[AmericanGothic the show]], the 1930 Grant Wood painting with the dour, Alan Greenspan-esque man with a pitchfork and his equally dour daughter (often mistakenly assumed to be his wife). It is actually a portrait of Grant Wood's sister and his dentist. The house in the painting still stands today. Along with Leonardo's [[MonaLisaSmile Mona Lisa]] and Edvard Munch's TheScream, it's one of the most parodied, imitated and referenced paintings in media, both real and fictional.

* AmandaPalmer and NeilGaiman posed for a parody photograph of the painting with Palmer holding a floor cleaner and Gaiman holding a BBQ fork. [[http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2009/04/ten-days-of-amanda-palmer-day-1/ The photo]] was taken by Kyle Cassidy.

* The painting is briefly spoofed by the band Warrant in their music video for "Cherry Pie."

* In the series ''WesternAnimation/Histeria'', the ''American Gothic'' couple frequently appear as characters. In one sketch they were Joan of Arc's parents. Sometimes the farmer appears without his wife, often with a voice similar to Don Knotts or Pat Buttram, actors noted for their portrayals of rural sitcom characters.

* In the series ''[[{{ptitle17u4r74z}} Histeria!]]'', the ''American Gothic'' couple frequently appear as characters. In one sketch they were Joan of Arc's parents. Sometimes the farmer appears without his wife, often with a voice similar to Don Knotts or Pat Buttram, actors noted for their portrayals of rural sitcom characters.

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* In the 1962 film of ''TheMusicMan'', a {{musical}} by Meredith Willson, a brief visual reference is made during the "Iowa Stubborn" number as two men moving a large picture frame stop in front of a man and woman, the man holding a pitchfork.

* In one episode of ''{{Arthur}}'', Arthur and Buster parody the two farmers in the painting in an episode that focused on famous artwork.

* The Apple family has the pony version of this painting hung up on a wall in their house in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.

* The Apple family have this painting hung up on a wall in their house in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.

* The Apple family have this painting hung up on a wall in their house in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFrienshipIsMagic''.

* The title was borrowed by TheSmashingPumpkins for their 2008 EP ''American Gothic''.

* In the Series/DoctorWho Episode ''Gridlock'', The Couple in the Motorway at the start of the episode are based on the farming couple in the American Gothic, both having identical hairstyles, glasses and fashions.

* In one episode of ''{{The Drew Carey Show}}'', during what this troper believes was a Halloween party at Drew's workplace, a male and female employee both dressed up as the respective subjects in the famous painting, complete with an oversized picture frame attached to their bodies.

* In the first ''MenInBlack'', a spoof version of the painting (the man's head is a skull with eyes) appears on the cover of a tabloid magazine Kay buys while investigating the disappearance of Edgar.

* In the DoctorWho Episode ''Gridlock'', The Couple in the Motorway at the start of the episode are based on the farming couple in the American Gothic, both having identical hairstyles, glasses and fashions.

* In episode 3 of [[TelltaleGames Telltale's]]''BackToTheFuture'' game, there is a portrait of [[spoiler:First Citizen Brown and his wife Edna]] in the former's office that looks like American Gothic.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', one monster in the Haunted Gallery is "a guy with a pitchfork, and his wife."

''American Gothic''. No, not [[AmericanGothic the show]], the 1930 Grant Wood painting with the dour, Alan Greenspan-esque man with a pitchfork and his equally dour daughter (often mistakenly assumed to be his wife). Along with Leonardo's [[MonaLisaSmile Mona Lisa]] and Edvard Munch's TheScream, it's one of the most parodied, imitated and referenced paintings in media, both real and fictional.

* The ''JohnnyBravo'' episode "Bravo Dooby-Doo", which is a send-up-slash-crossover with ScoobyDoo, has him and Shaggy hiding from the MonsterOfTheWeek in such a painting during the chase scene.

* ''[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' has a brief image of the clock Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts holding a broom during the song Human Again.
* A reference to the characters in the picture appears in {{Mulan}}, in a scene where Mulan's ancestors argue about what to do about her situation.

* On the AdultSwim show ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', Toki Wartooth's parent's resemble the painting, albeit much darker and sinister looking.

American Gothic. No, not [[AmericanGothic the show]], the 1930 Grant Wood painting with the dour, Alan Greenspan-esque man with a pitchfork and his equally dour daughter (often mistakenly assumed to be his wife). Along with Leonardo's [[MonaLisaSmile Mona Lisa]] and Edvard Munch's TheScream, it's one of the most parodied, imitated and referenced paintings in media, both real and fictional.

* Paul Newman and his daughter Nell reproduced the pose for some labels of the ''Newman's Own'' food product line.

* As part of the long running "If Norman Rockwell depicted the 20th century" series, [[MadMagazine MAD]] printed a parody of the picture titled "American Gaythic", featuring two men.
** MAD also parodied this on the cover of an issue using XFiles characters [[http://www.robertoparada.com/gallery3/xfiles.html Scully & Mulder]].

* In the first ''MenInBlack'', a spoof version of the painting (the man's head is a skull with eyes) appears on the cover of a tabloid magazine K buys while investigating the disappearance of Edgar.

* The cover of ''{{Crossed}}: Family Values''#2 depicts the couple as Crossed with SlasherSmile[=s=], bloodstained weapons, and the house behind them on fire.

* In the first ''MenInBlack'', a spoof version of the painting can be glimpsed as a cover image on one of the supermarket tabloids K buys whilst investigating the disappearance of Edgar. The man's head is a skull with eyes.