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* [[CampGay Cooper]] from ''Literature/WhatHappenedToLaniGarver'' recently played Octavius in a school play because his drama teacher thinks he needs to round out his persona by playing more masculine roles.

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* Music/{{Buttress}}: The plot of "Brutus" is inspired by the play, with the main conflict arising from Brutus' betrayal of her friend and benefactor Julius Caesar.
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* In the ''Series/FamilyTies'' episode "The Disciple," Jennifer begins a class presentation with "Friends, classmates, citizens, lend me your ears."
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* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'': In the final scene of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E69ThePassersby The Passersby]]", [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln]] quotes the following line from Act II, Scene II: "Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."

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* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'': ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the final scene of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E69ThePassersby "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E4ThePassersby The Passersby]]", [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln]] quotes the following line from Act II, Scene II: "Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."
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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'': An pre-fight intro between Johnny Cage and Havik has the latter ask if they should "let slip the dogs of war", to which Johnny responds "I'm gonna make you [[StealthPun cry, Havik]]."

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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Caesar, the {{deuteragonist}}, is named after Julius,
and Manga]]is first met in Rome.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Gyro's actual given name is Iulius Caesar, the Latin form of "Julius Caesar".
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* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'': One of General Chang’s last lines in the film is the quote “I am constant as the Northern Star.”


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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The final scene of the show ends with Picard quoting Brutus’ exhortation to Cassius in Act IV, Scene III ("There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune…") as his toast for the ''Enterprise''-D crew.
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* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'': In "Old School Ties," Diane stages ''Julius Caesar'' [[PrisonerPerformance while working with prison inmates]], with her future husband, convicted hacker Nicky Turnbull, playing Caesar.
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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': The episode guest-starring Music/PaulWilliams has a sketch in which a muppet gradually takes himself apart and places his component pieces into a box. As he removes his ears, he quotes, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
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* ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'': In "Sound and Fury", John Dee dreams that he is the ruler of the world, dressed like Caesar and advised by a trio of soothsayers, who warn him to "beware the ideas of March". He protests that he's sure that's not right -- could it be "beware the march of ideas?" -- no, that's not it either. Their next attempt is "beware the brides of Frankstein", at which point he tells them to go away.

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-->'''Garak:''' I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
-->'''Tain:''' What?
-->'''Garak:''' Something I learned from Doctor Bashir.

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-->'''Garak:''' I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
-->'''Tain:''' What?
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ourselves.\\
'''Tain:''' What?\\
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Something I learned from Doctor Bashir.


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* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': Episode 2.01 is titled "Friends, Romans, Countrymen". Minimal description: an ear comes into play.
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* ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck''. Edward Murrow gives "the fault lies not in our stars" quote in reference to how the country has tolerated Joseph [=McCarthy=]'s RedScare tactics.

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* ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck''. Edward Murrow gives "the fault lies not in our stars" quote in reference to how the country has tolerated Joseph McCarthy's RedScare tactics.

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* ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck''. Edward Murrow gives "the fault lies not in our stars" quote in reference to how the country has tolerated Joseph McCarthy's [=McCarthy=]'s RedScare tactics.
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* ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck''. Edward Murrow gives "the fault lies not in our stars" quote in reference to how the country has tolerated Joseph McCarthy's RedScare tactics.


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* The dogs of war quote is one of the epigraphs in ''Literature/WatershipDown''. It's also foreshadowing, as an unleashed dog is plot-relevant for that particular chapter.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' has this famous exchange where Optimus Prime quotes Marc Antony's "sterner stuff" line from Ceasar's funeral:
-->'''Megatron:''' No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you!\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff.

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* A Comicbook/PatsyWalker comic has Hellcat quoting mostly right a Brutus soliquoy from Act 4 while being swept by a wave:

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy'', Brainiac quotes Mark Antony:
-->'''Brainiac:''' ''"One of your Earthmen once said— "The evil that men do lives after them.""''

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* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Improbable Cause" opens with Garak and Bashir having one of their literature discussions over lunch. Garak, hailing from a society where everyone really is out to get you, views Caesar's blind spot regarding Brutus as farcical instead of tragic. In the following episode "The Die is Cast", however, Garak's former boss Enabran Tain makes a similar mistake. (The latter title, interestingly, is a quote from Julius Caesar, but the person rather than the play.)

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* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Improbable Cause" opens with Garak and Bashir having one of their literature discussions over lunch. Garak, hailing from a society where everyone really is out to get you, views Caesar's blind spot regarding Brutus as farcical instead of tragic. In the following episode "The Die is Cast", Cast" (also a quote from Julius Caesar, but the person rather than the play), however, Garak's former boss Enabran Tain makes a similar mistake. (The latter title, interestingly, Garak meanwhile, finally understands it.
-->'''Garak:''' I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain,
is a quote not in our stars, but in ourselves.
-->'''Tain:''' What?
-->'''Garak:''' Something I learned
from Julius Caesar, but the person rather than the play.)Doctor Bashir.
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* ''Series/{{Mash}}'': In the season nine episode "Oh How We Danced", Charles gives a poor rating to a combat medical unit, and Major Finch, the unit commander, responds by slugging him. When Hawkeye asks him why he doesn't press charges, Charles admits he doesn't want to admit he was afraid, and says Shakespeare was right in that "cowards die many times before their deaths."
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': When Romana departs in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors' Gate]]", the Doctor pays tribute by describing her as "the noblest Romana of them all".
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* ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}:'' When discussing the life and accomplishments of the decidedly late pharoah, the narration notes that the people making the tomb had a bit of difficulty depicting them since he never in his life did bestride the world like a mighty colossus (or, in fact, anything impressive at all).


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:'' In "Homer the Great", Lisa tries to warn Homer about the fleeting nature of power with "beware the ides of March." Homer immediately ignores her.
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* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' has a few send-ups of the play, such as Caesar constantly trying to do the "friends, Romans" speech, but his pauses for emphasis keep leading everyone to assume he's forgotten how it goes and correcting him.
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* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Improbable Cause" opens with Garak and Bashir having one of their literature discussions over lunch. Garak, hailing from a society where everyone really is out to get you, views Caesar's blind spot regarding Brutus as farcical instead of tragic. In the following episode "The Die is Cast", however, Garak's former boss Enabran Tain makes a similar mistake.

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* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Improbable Cause" opens with Garak and Bashir having one of their literature discussions over lunch. Garak, hailing from a society where everyone really is out to get you, views Caesar's blind spot regarding Brutus as farcical instead of tragic. In the following episode "The Die is Cast", however, Garak's former boss Enabran Tain makes a similar mistake. (The latter title, interestingly, is a quote from Julius Caesar, but the person rather than the play.)
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* ''Film/WithoutWarning'' ends with newsman Sander Vanocur quoting Cassius' "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

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* ''Film/WithoutWarning'' ''Film/WithoutWarning1994'' ends with newsman Sander Vanocur quoting Cassius' "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
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* ''Film/WithoutWarning'' ends with newsman Sander Vanocur quoting Cassius' "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
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Friends, Tropers, countrymen, lend me your ears -- no, not literally, that's gross -- while I tell thee of these references to ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.

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Friends, Tropers, countrymen, lend me your ears -- no, not literally, that's gross -- while I we tell thee of these references to ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.


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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': Caesar isn't able to get clarity on what Beware the Ides of March means, so asks for fashion advice for the time instead. [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=304 He gets assassinated in pajamas]].
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* ''Film/MeanGirls'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPDt6cMYvoM "We should totally just stab Caesar!"]]
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* Title of ''Literature/TakenAtTheFlood'' by Creator/AgathaChristie.
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Friends, Tropers, countrymen, lend me your ears -- no, not literally, that's gross -- while I tell thee of these references to ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.
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* In a form of ShoutOutThemeNaming, the dub-name of the main character's father from ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' is named Caesar, while a villain who had a bitter past with him is named Cassius.
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* A RunningGag in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is that Caesar is ''always'' saying "Et tu, Brute?", and it's getting on Brutus's nerves. "One of these days, I'll..."
* A Comicbook/PatsyWalker comic has Hellcat quoting mostly right a Brutus soliquoy from Act 4 while being swept by a wave:
-->There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein something something is uh,]] tied to shallows and in miseries. [...] On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures.
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* In ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', Rat gets a job writing horoscopes and writes, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but in ourselves." When Goat tells him that Shakespeare already wrote that, he responds, "Good literature is not a race."
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* Mrs. Henscher, the local drama teacher in ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'', yells the famous "dogs of war" line at one point, only to discover her compatriots aren't familiar with the reference.
-->'''Mrs. Henscher:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Let's tear 'em apart!
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* In ''Film/AllAboutEve'', Margo remembers the first part of the "evil that men do" quote, but can't quite remember the second part.
* The title of 1984 Creator/CharlesBronson action movie ''Film/TheEvilThatMenDo''.
* In ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', Caesar the chimp is named by the father of the human protagonist starting to quote ''Julius Caesar'' once he sees the baby ape. (Unlike the original ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', where Caesar is given that name after he picks out of a dictionary, making that version a direct reference to the man himself.)
* ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'':
-->'''Robin:''' Lend me your ears!\\
''(popping sounds, followed by ears being thrown at him)''\\
'''Robin:''' ... That's disgusting.
* Warren in ''Film/RomanScandals'' quotes "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"
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* The title of the Creator/FrederickForsyth novel ''Literature/TheDogsOfWar'' is taken from the line "Cry 'havoc', and let slip the dogs of war." (3.1 273)
* ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''' title comes from a line in Act I, Scene II.
* Major Hogan in ''[[{{Literature/Sharpe}} Sharpe's Eagle]]'' quotes "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"
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* ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'': The episode "Treason" revolves around a German officer who is secretly part of a conspiracy to assassinate Hitler before he brings ruin down on Germany. Officially, Major Richter and Major Freidel know nothing of this, but at the end of the episode Richter, speaking of the officer and one of his co-conspirators, paraphrases Marc Antony's description of Caesar's assassins as "honorable men" before sharing a meaningful look with Freidel.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}'' the TriggerPhrase for Oscar's post hypnotic suggestion to be neat is "The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves."
* Done interestingly in ''Series/{{Rome}}''. The scene of Caesar's death is an incredibly tense, violent and brilliantly acted scuffle, almost free of dialogue -- Caesar doesn't say "Et tu, Brute?" or anything else while he's dying, since he's too busy spasming and bleeding to death all over the marble senate floor. Instead they went with Plutarch's version of events, where he pulls his toga over his face (or tries to). However, once he's twitched his last and the conspirators are standing around shaking and silent, Cassius raises Brutus' arm and declaims, "Thus ever for tyrants!" [[HeroicBSOD Brutus doesn't take it well.]]
** It gets better. Instead of seeing Brutus and Antony give the legendary speeches to the plebeians, we see the aftermath, where a smug Antony sarcastically consoles Brutus for giving a good speech but perhaps "a bit too cerebral" for the crowd to appreciate. Later, a pleb describes the speeches to his friends, showing yet another perspective of these famous monologues without showing us exactly what happened.
** In the next episode when Brutus goes home -- thoroughly regretting his part in the whole thing -- and realizes his co-conspirators are considering killing Antony too, his mother encourages him to do it, and he responds, "You too, Mother?"
* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Improbable Cause" opens with Garak and Bashir having one of their literature discussions over lunch. Garak, hailing from a society where everyone really is out to get you, views Caesar's blind spot regarding Brutus as farcical instead of tragic. In the following episode "The Die is Cast", however, Garak's former boss Enabran Tain makes a similar mistake.
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'': In the final scene of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E69ThePassersby The Passersby]]", [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln]] quotes the following line from Act II, Scene II: "Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."
* ''Series/WayneAndShuster'', "Rinse the Blood Off My Toga":
-->'''Mark Antony:''' I'm Mark Antony.\\
'''Flavius:''' Mark Antony?\\
'''Mark Antony:''' Yes. I just made a speech over the body of Caesar. I said, "Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears!"\\
'''Flavius:''' Yeah... What have you got in that sack?\\
'''Mark Antony:''' Ears.
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* Music/IronMaiden has a song called "The Evil That Men Do". Music/BruceDickinson sometimes uses the quote "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones" (3.2 77-8) with the two lines reversed.
* One of Ray Stevens' albums is titled ''Lend Me Your Ears''.
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* ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'': when Henry boasts of his acting ability El Gallo asks him to do "Friends, Romans, Countrymen." Henry fucks it up.
* Harry in ''Theatre/HalfASixpence'' quotes "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"
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* In ''VideoGame/AdVerbum'', one of the characters is a pig wearing a Roman senatorial toga who only responds if spoken to in PigLatin. If you figure this out, the resulting status message says that he's "willing to lend you an ear".
* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': "Et tu, Jimmy?"
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* Elan in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' quotes "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"
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* "Et tu, Humanite?" from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E8And9InjusticeForAll Injustice For All]]".
* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', Sara delivers a RousingSpeech to quell a fan war between longtime and more recent fans of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Doctor Zone Files]]'':
-->'''Sara:''' Oldbies, newbies, lend me your ears! ''(A cosplayer [[VisualPun hands her the prosthetic ears]] from his costume)'' No, not literally.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E4EtTuBrattus Et Tu, Brattus?]]" is a reference to the line from Act III Scene I, "Et tu, brute!"
* "Et tu, Gabby Gums?" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]".
* Phineas in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "Friends, bullies, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Irving]]..."
* [=SpongeBob=] in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': "Friends, students, juvenile delinquents..."
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