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** Minor ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' antagonist Viviano Westwood has a Stand called Music/PlanetWaves, after Bob Dylan's album of the same name.

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* Creator/BillHicks was a fan and would open his act by singing "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

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* Creator/BillHicks was a fan of Dylan and would open his act by singing "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
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--> ''Feel so suicidal, just like Dylan's "Mr. Jones".''

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--> ''Feel so suicidal, just like Dylan's "Mr. Jones".''Jones."''



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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
** [[https://homestarrunner.com/main6.html Main Page 6]], which is set in FluffyCloudHeaven, has a brief gag where Strong Bad sings part of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (which Dylan wrote for ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'') before abruptly falling through a cloud.
** "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerWeclomeBack Weclome Back]]" has an EasterEgg showing an album called ''The Freewheelin' Eh, Steve'', which pays homage to ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan''.
** The ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE127LongPants long pants]]" opens with a brief song where Strong Bad tosses index cards reading "girl" and "woman" as he sings their respective words, much like Dylan does in [[Music/BringingItAllBackHome the music video]] for "[[Music/BringingItAllBackHome Subterranean Homesick Blues]]."



* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Hank's Got the Willies", Dylan is one of the guests at Music/WillieNelson's party, having a conversation with Boomhauer (the joke, again, is that both are TheUnintelligible).

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Hank's Got the Willies", Dylan is one of the guests at Music/WillieNelson's party, having a conversation with Boomhauer (the joke, again, is joke being that both are TheUnintelligible).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle The title]] of "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E8KnockKnockKnockinOnHootysDoor Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door]]" is a play on the chorus of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (from the soundtrack for ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'').
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* ''Series/TheAmericans'': In the fifth season, when Philip gives Kimmy a cake for her birthday, he sings the first verse of "Forever Young".
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* ''Film/OneNightInMiami'': UsefulNotes/MalcolmX chastises Music/SamCooke at one point for not doing any songs like "Blowin' in the Wind".



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*** Also from ''Stone Ocean'', one of the 14 phrases used to fuse the Green Baby with Enrico Pucci's Music/{{Whitesnake}} Stand happens to be [[Music/Highway61Revisited "Desolation Row"]].
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** Minor ''[[JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' antagonist Viviano Westwood has a Stand called Music/PlanetWaves, after Bob Dylan's album of the same name.

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** Minor ''[[JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' antagonist Viviano Westwood has a Stand called Music/PlanetWaves, after Bob Dylan's album of the same name.
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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has referenced Bob Dylan a couple of times.
** The [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of Rohan Kishibe from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Heaven's Door, is named after Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" from ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid''.
** Minor ''[[JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' antagonist Viviano Westwood has a Stand called Music/PlanetWaves, after Bob Dylan's album of the same name.
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* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': In the three-part season six premiere episode "Blood Ties", Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), the business tycoon and philanthropist whose family is implicated in the death of his maid, brings up "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" (as well as the real Hattie Carroll) to illustrate how little of a fair shake he expects his family to get involving the case.
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* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'', when William is flying with Stillwater, Russell asks him why he ran out on them the night before, as Dylan supposedly had come by and hung out with them.
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* The 1989 thriller ''The Mighty Quinn'', with Creator/DenzelWashington, took its title from the Dylan song of the same name.

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* The 1989 thriller ''The Mighty Quinn'', ''Film/TheMightyQuinn'', with Creator/DenzelWashington, took its title from the Dylan song of the same name.
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\n* In ''Film/TheFreshman1990'', [[AsHimself Bert Parks]] performs "Maggie's Farm" at the dinner scene.
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* Dylan appears near the end of ''Film/InsideLlewynDavis''.

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* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'': When Gerry and Paul find each other on a ship to England, they go to a bar and play "Like a Rolling Stone" on the jukebox, which they sing along to.

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\n[[AC:Live-Action TV]]* ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': Bill once invited a woman into his apartment, only for her to go home when she realized how anal-retentive his music classification system was. Afterwards, Bill listened to Bob Dylan until dawn.

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* In ''Literature/NakedCameTheStranger'', Arthur Franhop has his hair twisted and curled like Bob Dylan's.
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* In the ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'''s universe, God is apparently a horse-riding Dylan.

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* In the ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'''s universe, God is apparently a horse-riding cowboy elder Dylan.
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* In the ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'''s universe, God is apparently a horse-riding Dylan.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' Walt gets angry at a song Jeremy is listening to, resulting in this exchange,

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': Walt gets angry at a song Jeremy is listening to, resulting in this exchange,



* The 1989 thriller ''Film/TheMightyQuinn'', with Denzel Washington, took its title from the Dylan song of the same name.

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* The 1989 thriller ''Film/TheMightyQuinn'', ''The Mighty Quinn'', with Denzel Washington, Creator/DenzelWashington, took its title from the Dylan song of the same name.



** AlternativeRock band Music/{{Dishwalla}} recorded a song in 2002 called "Nashville Skyline", referencing [[Music/NashvilleSkyline the eponymous Dylan album.]]

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** AlternativeRock band Music/{{Dishwalla}} Dishwalla recorded a song in 2002 called "Nashville Skyline", referencing [[Music/NashvilleSkyline the eponymous Dylan album.]]
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* Dylan appears near the end of ''Film/InsideLlewynDavis''.



** The episode title ''D'ohin' In The Wind'' refers to Dylan's song ''Blowin' In The Wind''.
** In ''Mother Simpson'' Mona performs ''Blowin' In The Wind'' on guitar.
** In ''Pokey Mom'' the dangerous convict is described as being so notorious that "Bob Dylan wrote a song to keep him in prison." [[note]] A reference to "Hurricane" from ''Music/{{Desire}}'', a song written to promote the release of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter who was jailed as result of a MiscarriageOfJustice [[/note]]
** Dylan is imitated by Dan Castellaneta in the episode ''She Used To Be My Girl'', where the reporter asks him what religion he had converted to? Dylan then gives an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] answer.

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** The episode title ''D'ohin' In The Wind'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E6DohInTheWind D'oh-in in the Wind]]" refers to Dylan's song ''Blowin' In The Wind''.
** In ''Mother Simpson'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E8MotherSimpson Mother Simpson]]" Mona performs ''Blowin' In The Wind'' on guitar.
** In ''Pokey Mom'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E10PokeyMom Pokey Mom]]" the dangerous convict is described as being so notorious that "Bob Dylan wrote a song to keep him in prison." [[note]] A reference to "Hurricane" from ''Music/{{Desire}}'', a song written to promote the release of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter who was jailed as result of a MiscarriageOfJustice [[/note]]
** Dylan is imitated by Dan Castellaneta Creator/DanCastellaneta in the episode ''She "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E4SheUsedToBeMyGirl She Used To to Be My Girl'', Girl]]", where the reporter asks him what religion he had converted to? Dylan then gives an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] answer.

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* ''Music/NightRanger'': In the title track from their album ''Big Life'', the band borrows/references part of "Tangled Up in Blue":
-->''Late on one day as the sun went down I was just about to do the same''\\
''I heard a knock on the door, couple girls walked in, said "Baby, don't we know your name?"''
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* Music/TheWho mention Dylan, along with the Beatles and LSD advocate Timothy Leary in "The Seeker".

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Hank's Got the Willies", Dylan is one of the guests at Music/WillieNelson's party, having a conversation with Boomhauer (the joke, again, is that both are TheUnintelligible).
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-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' "You've not seen nothin'"; shame on whoever wrote that!

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-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' "You've "You'll not seen see nothin'"; shame on whoever wrote that!
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-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' "You ain't seen nothin'"; shame on whoever wrote that!

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-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' "You ain't "You've not seen nothin'"; shame on whoever wrote that!
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Sheldon once stayed with a BourgeoiseBohemian couple, and was [[FauxHorrific horrified]] as they played "The Mighty Quinn" on the piano. When his father picks him up and the song comes on the radio, Sheldon quickly asks him to turn it off.

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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Sheldon once stayed with a BourgeoiseBohemian BourgeoisBohemian couple, and was [[FauxHorrific horrified]] as they played "The Mighty Quinn" on the piano. When his father picks him up and the song comes on the radio, Sheldon quickly asks him to turn it off.



* Music/TheWho mention Dylan, along with the Beatles and LSD advocate Timothy Leary in "The Seeker"

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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Sheldon once stayed with a BourgeoiseBohemian couple, and was [[FauxHorrific horrified]] as they played "The Mighty Quinn" on the piano. When his father picks him up and the song comes on the radio, Sheldon quickly asks him to turn it off.
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* Music/TheWho mention Dylan, along with the Beatles and LSD advocate Timothy Leary in "The Seeker"
-->''I asked Bobby Dylan''\\
''I asked the Beatles''\\
''I asked Timothy Leary''\\
''He couldn't help me either''

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* Creator/BillHicks was a fan and would open his act by singing "Subterranean Homesick Blues".



* The first line Jack Dawson says in ''Film/Titanic1997'' is, bizarrely, a line from "Subterranean Homesick Blues":

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* The first line Jack Dawson says in ''Film/Titanic1997'' is, bizarrely, a line from "Subterranean Homesick Blues":"Like a Rolling Stone":




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* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Cash" had the musical guest of the week be Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve, a one-off conglomerate of high-profile rock musicians and theme writers, including Jools Holland, Simon Brint, Stewart Copeland and Chris Difford performing "Subterranean Homesick Blues". For contractual reasons, this was edited out of DVD releases in the past, but was reinstated for the 25th Anniversary edition.

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* The first line Jack Dawson says in ''Film/Titanic1997'' is, bizarrely, a line from "Subterranean Homesick Blues":
-->When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.



** During ''Yer Blues'' from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' Lennon references "Ballad Of A Thin Man" from ''Music/Highway61Revisited'':

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** During ''Yer Blues'' "Yer Blues" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' Lennon references "Ballad Of A Thin Man" from ''Music/Highway61Revisited'':
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* In ''Film/SteveJobs'', before Jobs' first talk, he debates with himself over which lyric from "The Times They Are A Changin'" he should use for his presentation (in real life, Jobs was a big Dylan fan).
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--> ''Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean''

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--> ''Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
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