History ReferencedBy / DavidBowie

* Philip Glass based both his "1st Symphony "Low"" (1992) and "4th Symphony "Heroes"" (1996) on the Bowie albums of the same name. Even the indidivual movements of those compositions are named after songs from these albums.

** In ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skits in the late 1990s he poked fun at his [=NetAid=] appearance and his "Peace on Earth (Little Drummer Boy)" duet with Bing Crosby.
** When openly-Christian American football player Tim Tebow was making sports headlines in 2012-13, Fallon opened several episodes of ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' as "Tebowie", who dressed like a football-themed Ziggy Stardust and sang parodies of songs like "Space Oddity" and "Ziggy Stardust" to follow Tebow's RealLife rise and fall in the NFL. The "Space Oddity" spoof was released as a vinyl single for Record Store Day 2012 and later appeared on Fallon's album ''Blow Your Pants Off''.

* Eric Idle's 1999 novel ''Literature/TheRoadToMars'' takes place in a future where a RidiculouslyHumanRobot of choice is the [=BowieBot=] android. Carlton, one of the 4.5 models -- looking like Bowie in his ''Let's Dance'' days -- serves as a secretary to the heroes (a comedy team) and has the book's primary subplot, in which it explores the concept/history of humor and whether an artificial intelligence can ever acquire a sense of it. (This book started as an unproduced screenplay; Idle is a friend of Bowie's and wrote the concept/part for him to play.)

* ''TheSiflAndOllyShow'' claims the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built in anticipation of Bowie's arrival.

* Strong Sad dresses as Bowie in the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' HalloweenEpisode "Halloween Fairstival". His costume incorporates the lightning strike makeup from the ''Aladdin Sane'' cover.

** Philip Glass based both his "1st Symphony "Low"" (1992) and "4th Symphony "Heroes"" (1996) on the Bowie albums of the same name. Even the indidivual movements of those compositions are named after songs from these albums.
** Eddie And The Hot Rods based their song "Always Crashing In The Same Bar" on Bowie's "Always Crashing In The Same Car".

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s eleventh season poked fun at the "Dancing in the Street" video via a Creator/Dennis Miller "Weekend Update" commentary.

* Creator/JimmyFallon has an impersonation of Bowie in his repitoire and has used it on several occasions.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s eleventh season poked fun at the "Dancing in the Street" video via a Dennis Miller "Weekend Update" commentary.

* ''Series/SpittingImage'': He was one of the many British celebrities made into a puppet by this show. One sketch had him and Music/MickJagger sing and dance together in a parody of the music video of "Dancing In The Street". Then suddenly vicar Ian Paisley interrupts and claims it's time for "shouting in the street", causing the entire background to collapse. The Bowie puppet also appeared in a spoof of ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners''.

* In ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' he is a sort of Gandalf-figure (portrayed, sadly, not by the man himself) who appears to Bret in three dreams, each time in the guise of a different character: [[spoiler: Ziggy Stardust, the Pierrot of "Ashes to Ashes", and Jareth]].

* ''WebVideo/JewWario'': He enjoyed dressing up as Bowie in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. He did it again in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.

* ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'': Oancitizen's review of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' was one huge shout-out to Bowie. He put his entire review to rhyme and sang it to the melodies of various famous Bowie songs, including "Space Oddity", "Ziggy Stardust", "Fame", "As The World Falls Down", "The Man Who Sold The World", "Suffragette City", "Magic Dance" (from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''), "Life On Mars", "Starman", "Changes", "Let's Dance", "Ashes To Ashes" and "Heroes". He also mimicked some of the imagery from Bowie's music videos.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'': The Bowie song "Changes" is covered when Shrek and company arrive in the Country of Far, Far Away.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the 2011 episode "Foreign Affairs" Peter Griffin announces "Dancing in the Street" with Bowie and Jagger as [[HoYay "the gayest video of all time"]], then the entire video is shown, as a OverlyLongGag.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' portrays him as the shapeshifting overlord of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. ("The guy from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' turned into a bird!") [[spoiler: In season 5 it's mentioned that he isn't the ''real'' David Bowie, just a guy who likes to pretend to be him.]]
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* ''Series/SpittingImage'': He was made into a puppet.
** One sketch had him and Music/MickJagger sing and dance together in a parody of the music video of ''Dancing In The Street''. Then suddenly vicar Ian Paisley interrupts and claims it's time for "shouting in the street", causing the entire background to collapse.

* ''Series/LifeOnMars'' as well as ''Series/AshesToAshes'' were named after Bowie songs.

* ''Literature/ChristianeF'': Christiane F. mentioned she went to a Bowie concert.

** Eric Idle's 1999 novel ''Literature/TheRoadToMars'' takes place in a future where a RidiculouslyHumanRobot of choice is the [=BowieBot=] android. Carlton, one of the 4.5 models -- looking like Bowie in his ''Let's Dance'' days -- serves as a secretary to the heroes (a comedy team) and has the book's primary subplot, in which it explores the concept/history of humor and whether an artificial intelligence can ever acquire a sense of it. (This book started as an unproduced screenplay; Idle is a friend of Bowie's and wrote the concept/part for him to play.)

** In ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' he is a sort of Gandalf-figure (portrayed, sadly, not by the man himself) who appears to Bret in three dreams, each time in the guise of a different character: [[spoiler: Ziggy Stardust, the Pierrot of "Ashes to Ashes", and Jareth]].

** On ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', he's an indestructible ninja with a habit of breaking into song and insisting that he's not David Bowie.
** One member of ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'''s Evil League Of Evil is called Dead Bowie, but it's not clear whether he's meant to be the man himself or just a themed villain.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' portrays him as the shapeshifting overlord of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. ("The guy from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' turned into a bird!") [[spoiler: In season 5 it's mentioned that he isn't the ''real'' David Bowie, just a guy who likes to pretend to be him.]]

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* ''Series/SpittingImage'': He was made into a puppet.
** One sketch had him and Music/MickJagger sing and dance together in a parody of the music video of ''Dancing In The Street''. Then suddenly vicar Ian Paisley interrupts and claims it's time for "shouting in the street", causing the entire background to collapse.

* ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'': Oancitizen's review of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' was one huge shout-out to Bowie. He put his entire review to rhyme and sang it to the melodies of various famous Bowie songs, including "Space Oddity", "Ziggy Stardust", "Fame", "As The World Falls Down", "The Man Who Sold The World", "Suffragette City", "Magic Dance" (from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''), "Life On Mars", "Starman", "Changes", "Let's Dance", "Ashes To Ashes" and "Heroes". He also mimicked some of the imagery from Bowie's music videos.

* ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'': Oancitizen's review of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' was one huge shout-out to Bowie. He put his entire review to rhyme and sang it to the melodies of various famous Bowie songs, including "Space Oddity", "Ziggy Stardust", "Fame", "As The World Falls Down", "The Man Who Sold The World", "Suffragette City", "Magic Dance" (from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''), "Life On Mars", "Starman", "Changes", "Let's Dance", "Ashes To Ashes" and "Heroes". He also mimicked some of the imagery from Bowies's music videos.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The Bowie song "Changes" is covered in the second film, when Shrek and company arrive in the ''Country of Far, Far Away''.

* ''WebVideo/JewWario'': He enjoyed dressing up as Bowie in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. He did it too in WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.

* ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'' was covered by Music/{{Nirvana}} and can be heard on ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork''.
* Music/FrankZappa made a stab at the music video of ''Music/LetsDance'' in his song "Be My Video" from "Them Or Us" (1984).

* Murdoc from Music/{{Gorillaz}} has MismatchedEyes, in reference to Bowie's eyes[[note]]which aren't really mismatched; see [[Music/DavidBowie the main page]] for more details[[/note]].

* Murdoc from Music/{{Gorillaz}} has MismatchedEyes, in reference to Bowie's eyes[[note]]which aren't really mismatched; see the main page for more details[[/note]].

* Murdoc from ''Music/{{Gorillaz}} has eyes with two different colors, in reference to Bowie's eyes.

* ''Film/AnyWayTheWindBlows'': Two characters have a conversation of how Bowie's output in the 1980s was far better than most people want youto believe.

* Music/FrznkZappa made a stab at the music video of ''Music/LetsDance'' in his song "Be My Video" from "Them Or Us" (1984).