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* ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' is directly inspired by ''1984''; though Creator/TerryGilliam admitted that [[HalfRememberedHomage he hadn't actually read the book]] and simply incorporated what he knew from hearsay, the setting and basic plot of the film is very close to that of the Orwell novel.

** ''Music/DiamondDogs'' is based off of an abandoned musical of ''1984'', with three songs ("We Are the Dead", "1984", "Big Brother") being titled after and directly referencing the Orwell novel.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Future Stock", "[[NoNameGiven That Guy]]", a [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]]-esque businessman who froze himself in the 1980s, attempts to change Planet Express's image. One of the ways is by producing an ad directly parodying the 1984 ad with Mom in place of Big Brother and a package in place of the javelin. When the package destroys the screen, one of the audience members says, "Hey, I was watching that!"

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2884 SCP-2884]] is a phenomenon taking place in the United Kingdom. SCP-2884-1 are CCTV cameras functioning without any visible power source appearing in developed areas with high crime rates. SCP-2884-2 are humanoid entities giving out {{disproportionate retribution}}s, appearing when an SCP-2884-1 observers a "criminal" act. It is implied an entity known as the "Overseer" is everywhere and watches everything, wile making up "laws". The foundation's task force mobilized to deal with them is codenamed as "Big Brother".

* One of the members of Comicbook/CaptainBritain's AllianceOfAlternates is Captain Airstrip One, who talks entirely in incomprehensible Newspeak. Last seen when O'Brien told him to imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever, and he obediently spent the rest of his life doing so.

* The opening track on Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/HailToTheThief'' is called "2+2=5", tying in with the album's focus on the resurgence of authoritarianism in the 21st century.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2884 SCP-2884]] is a phenomenon taking place in the United Kingdom. SCP-2884-1 are CCTV cameras functioning without any visible power source appearing in developed areas with high crime rates. SCP-2884-2 are humanoid entities giving out {{disproportionate retribution}}s, appearing when an SCP-2884-1 observers a "criminal" act. It is implied an entity known as the "Overseer" is everywhere and watches everything, wile making up "laws". The foundation's task force mobilized to deal with them is codenamed as "Big Brother".

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is pretty much what happens when someone took ''1984'', mixed it with the original ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', mashed it together with ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and gave it a ''Franchise/StarWars''-like setting, then injected a vast number elements of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and finally and most importantly, took the bleakness of the book and cranked it UpToEleven. The end result is something coming as close as this, starting from the Big Brother-like figure that is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]], to the endless wars between the three factions that are the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], the [[TheLegionsOfHell Forces of Chaos]] and the [[AliensAreBastards Xenos Races]], to the superstate that the Imperium really is by comprising the vast majority of the universe, and much, MUCH more. In fact, there's so much of this that it actually makes the novel seem incredibly tame.

* ''Series/BigBrother'' and ''Series/{{Room 101}}''.
* The opening shot of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Sun Makers" is an exact copy of the opening shot of Winston Smith in the BBC adaptation of the book.

* Music/{{Radiohead}} have a song called 2+2=5, a pretty obvious reference.
* ''Music/DiamondDogs'' by Music/DavidBowie is based off of an abandoned musical of ''1984''.

* In 1984 Apple created its famous [[Advertising/NineteenEightyFour Super Bowl commercial]] with the slogan, "Why 1984 won't be like 1984", complete with the athlete being chased by armed policemen and a screen showing Big Brother and men dressed in blue overalls, similar to Winston and other Party members.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. Takashi Shimamura is obsessed with the book before he became a Post Human. It was given to him by the CrazySurvivalist ex-paratrooper who saved his life, who told him it was a sign of what was going to happen to the country. The InternetCounterattack app Takashi develops is called Think Pol after the Thought Police.

* "Music/{{DiamondDogs}}" by Music/DavidBowie is based off of an abandoned musical of "1984"

Since this is THE book that influenced every Dystopia from its publication onwards, coined several famous tropes and phrases and pops up regularly in everyday conversation, there's bound to be a ''lot'' of references to it.

* ''ARG/HuntTheTruth'', part of the marketing campaign for ''VideoGame/{{Halo5Guardians}}'', was basically about how ONI tried to get [[IntrepidReporter Benjamin Giraud]] to produce a PropagandaMachine biography of the [[SuperSoldier Master]] [[LivingLegend Chief]]. However, once Ben did more and more investigating, he found out the horrifying truth about the Spartan Program and turned against ONI. Soon, Ben became a ConspiracyTheorist and went on the run while trying to reveal the extent of ONI's atrocities, as chaos broke across the galaxy and ONI's actions became more omnipotent and threatening. And like the book, [[spoiler: he loses]], but [[spoiler: Petra takes up his sword in revenge, promising to finish his work.]]

* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. One of the alternate realities seen by [=TuMok=] is "England under the oppressive heel of a [[Series/BigBrother reality TV show]]."

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* ''Literature/KeasFlight'': While Kea is forced to watch a re-ed video about how staff members are always watching and listening "to make sure you're okay," Beep hacks the video to add subtitles that say, "Big Brother is watching you, and he's badly drawn."

* ''ARG/HuntTheTruth'', part of the marketing campaign for ''VideoGame/{{Halo5Guardians}}'', was basically about how [[OrwellianEditor ONI]] tried to get [[IntrepidReporter Benjamin Giraud]] to produce a PropagandaMachine biography of the [[SuperSoldier Master]] [[LivingLegend Chief]]. However, once Ben did more and more investigating, he found out the horrifying truth about the Spartan Program and turned against ONI. Soon, Ben became a ConspiracyTheorist and went on the run while trying to reveal the extent of ONI's atrocities, as chaos broke across the galaxy and ONI's actions became more omnipotent and threatening. And like the book, [[spoiler: he loses]], but [[spoiler: Petra takes up his sword in revenge, promising to finish his work.]]

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* Music/Radiohead have a song called 2+2=5, a pretty obvious reference.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is pretty much what happens when someone took ''1984'', mixed it with the original ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', mashed it together with ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and gave it a ''Franchise/StarWars''-like setting, then injected a vast number elements of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and finally and most importantly, took the bleakness of the book and cranked it UpToEleven. The end result is something coming as close as this, starting from the Big Brother-like figure that is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]], to the endless wars between the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], the Orks, Chaoslords, [[LegionsOfHell demons from the darkest corners of the universe]], etc., to the superstate that the Imperium really is by comprising the vast majority of the universe, and much, MUCH more. In fact, there's so much of this that it actually makes the novel seem incredibly tame.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is pretty much what happens when someone took ''1984'', mixed it with the original ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', mashed it together with ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and gave it a ''Franchise/StarWars''-like setting, then injected a vast number elements of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and finally and most importantly, took the bleakness of the book and cranked it UpToEleven. The end result is something coming as close as this, starting from the Big Brother-like figure that is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]], to the endless wars between the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]], the Orks, Chaoslords, [[LegionsFromHell demons from the darkest corners of the universe]], etc., to the superstate that the Imperium really is by comprising the vast majority of the universe, and much, MUCH more. In fact, there's so much of this that it actually makes the novel seem incredibly tame.