History ReferencedBy / CitizenKane

* The ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'' episode on Creator/WaltDisney's original vision of Epcot is framed by homages to ''Citizen Kane'': in the opening Disney dies saying 'Epcot' and the end shows a picture of Disney in front of his plans for Epcot burning before cutting to a picture of him in his childhood and his childhood home, Marceline, Missouri, burning as well, implying that Epcot, and indeed ''everything'' Disney had ever done, was an attempt to recreate his childhood.

* The ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'' episode on Creator/WaltDisney's original vision of Epcot is framed by homages to ''Citizen Kane'': in the opening Disney dies saying 'Epcot' and the end shows a picture of Disney in front of his plans for Epcot burning before cutting to a picture of him in his childhood and an unknown location burning as well.

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-->''There was a sled named Rosebud''\\

* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': In the episode "It's a Wonderful Half-Life" the close up of Cat's lips saying "Winslow" and then dropping his ball of yarn and rolling into his bedroom door in the beginning of his dream mirrors the film's opening sequence.

-->'''Peter:''' [[ItWasHisSled It's his sled]]. It was his sled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours.

* In the ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' episode "Sick Day", when young Pete is holding the snow globe, he utters the words "Sick Day" then proceeds to drop the snow globe which smashes on the ground. This is nearly identical to the first scene in Citizen Kane in which Charles Foster Kane (Welles) says "Rosebud."

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‘‘Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out’’: A sled with with the phrase “Rosebud” painted on it can be seen in Wallace‘s basement.

** At the beginning of "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS18E13RichOldStewie Rich Old Stewie]]", there was a shout-out to this moviewhere Stewie says "Fart joke" instead of "Rosebud".

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In a cutaway from "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]" about Peter getting banned from the video store for taping over their movies, the scene cuts to a scene from the film being interrupted by the famous quote...

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", Homer plays a with a piece of paper while attending the play, similar to Joseph Cotten.

** Another episode, appropriately titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E4Rosebud Rosebud]]", has a scene of Mr. Burns dropping a snowglobe in his sleep and a flashback of Mr. Burns leaving his parents for a "twisted, loveless billionaire" with a shot of his teddy bear Bobo lying in the snow.

** In "[[Recap/TheSipmsonsS11E3GuessWhosComingToCriticizeDinner Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]", the Simpsons are looking at movie props on display at Planet Hype, and Lisa looks at "the cane from ''Citizen Kane''" before realizing there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** In a cutaway from "Screwed the Pooch" about Peter getting banned from the video store for taping over their movies, the scene cuts to a scene from the film being interrupted by the famous quote...

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': There have been so many references on the show, the staff joked that they might just recreate the entire film with clips from the series.
** Several moments from "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", including Mr. Burns making a speech in front of a giant picture of himself, and a scene of him shouting "I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" and trashing the Simpsons' living room.
** In "A Streetcar Named Marge", Homer plays a with a piece of paper while attending the play, similar to Joseph Cotten.
** In "Marge Gets a Job", Smithers puts on a big performance at Mr. Burns' birthday party, which is a parody of the show put on for Kane.
** Another episode, appropriately titled "Rosebud", has a scene of Mr. Burns dropping a snowglobe in his sleep and a flashback of Mr. Burns leaving his parents for a "twisted, loveless billionaire" with a shot of his teddy bear Bobo lying in the snow.
** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Sideshow Bob makes a speech in front of a giant picture of himself when he is elected mayor of Springfield.
** The third segment from "Treehouse of Horror VII" is titled ''Citizen Kang''.
** In "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?", the Simpsons are looking at movie props on display at Planet Hype, and Lisa looks at "the cane from ''Citizen Kane''" before realizing there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''.
** In "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington", Mayor Quimby hears his mistress's screechy voice for the first time and laments "Now I regret building you that opera house".
** In the "Treehouse of Horror XVII" segment ''The Day the Earth Looked Stupid'', Chief Wiggum threatens Creator/OrsonWelles with "...and I'll punch ya in the nose, bud!", leading Welles to ponder "Nosebud".
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
** The episode "Citizen Max" is a WholePlotReference to this film.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''
** Jay attends a lecture on the later works of Orson Welles. The film starts with a closeup of Welles saying Rosebud, before pulling back to reveal Welles is talking about Rosebud Frozen Peas.

** At the beginning of the movie ''WesternAniamtion/WakkosWish'', the Warners are using the ''Rosebud'' sled as firewood.

* ''Creator/DetectiveComics'' featured "Citizen Wayne", a WholePlotReference to ''Citizen Kane'', replacing the film characters with that of the Batman and, with the inclusion of Clark Kent, the DC-verse in the respective roles and a slight twist on the original ending: [[spoiler:"Rosebud" was the name of the gun used to murder Bruce's parents.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThelifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' makes a good share of Kane references on the title character. The last chapter in the saga, "The richest duck in the world" has almost a verbatim reference of the entire opening, up to and including the "news on the march" sequence. The opening panel "pans" through the window of Scrooge´s big mansion and shows him sitting there with a globe similar to Kanes, whispering the word "Goldie" (on a close up of his beak). Later in that chapter, Donald even finds the original Rosebud sled in a storage room in Scrooge´s money bin. Don Rosa himself was actually intent on this all the way.

* ''DetectiveComics'' featured "Citizen Wayne", a WholePlotReference to ''Citizen Kane'', replacing the film characters with that of the Batman and, with the inclusion of Clark Kent, the DC-verse in the respective roles and a slight twist on the original ending: [[spoiler:"Rosebud" was the name of the gun used to murder Bruce's parents.]]

Being one of the most famous films ever made, ''Film/CitizenKane'' has had its share of parodies and homages, including [[ItWasHisSled its famous ending]].

** The episode "Citizen Max" is a WholePlotReference to this film.

* ''DetectiveComics featured "Citizen Wayne", a WholePlotReference to ''Citizen Kane'', replacing the film characters with that of the Bat- and, with the inclusion of Clark Kent, the DC verse in the respective roles and a slight twist on the original ending: [[spoiler:"Rosebud" was the name of the gun used to murder Bruce's parents.]]

** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Sideshow Bob makes a speech in front of a giant picture of herself when he is elected mayor of Springfield.

** In "Marge Gets a Job", Smithers puts on a big performance at Mr. Burns' retirement party is a parody of the show out on for Kane.