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* ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' contains several references to and quotations from Goethe's ''Faust'', starting with the epigraph.

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* ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' contains several references to and quotations from Goethe's ''Faust'', ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'', starting with the epigraph.



* In ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Literature/SherlockHolmes twice quotes from Goethe's ''Faust'', once to provide a description of his associate Athelny Jones and once in reference to himself.

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* In ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Literature/SherlockHolmes twice quotes from Goethe's ''Faust'', ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'', once to provide a description of his associate Athelny Jones and once in reference to himself.



* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 "Hipsters Ruin Everything Part 1"]] depicts Goethe as having to put up with annoying suicidal dandies whose interpretation of his work isn't even their own.

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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 "Hipsters Ruin Everything Part 1"]] depicts Goethe as having to put up with annoying suicidal dandies whose interpretation of his work isn't even their own.own.
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* ''Film/AlmostFamous'': When Elaine is lecturing Russell over the phone, she ends the call by telling him, "Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid".[[note]]Though the quote actually originated with poet Basil King[[/note]]
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* ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' contains several references to and quotations from Goethe's ''Faust'', starting with the epigraph.
* In ''Literature/MrStandfast'', the German spy ring uses the closing lines of Goethe's "Wanderer's Nightsong" ("The little birds in the forest are silent." / "Wait, soon you will rest too.") as their sign and countersign.
* In ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Literature/SherlockHolmes twice quotes from Goethe's ''Faust'', once to provide a description of his associate Athelny Jones and once in reference to himself.

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* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', "[[Recap/BoardwalkEmpireS4E5Erlkonig Erlkönig]]": The episode is named after Goethe's poem, part of which is quoted during the episode.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "[[Recap/SupernaturalS10E19TheWertherProject The Werther Project]]": The Werther Project takes its name from ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther''.
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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 "Hipsters Ruin Everything Part 1"]] depicts Goethe as having to put up with annoying suicidal dandies whose interpretation of his work isn't even their own.

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