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** In ''Pilgrim Porky'', which sees Porky Pig as the captain of the ''Mayflower'', the ship's arrival America is signaled by it passing a State of Liberty that's "only 3½ years old".
** In ''Meet John Doughboy'', during a segment about defense for possible attack on America's shores, the Statue of Liberty using a Flit gun to spray enemy planes like flies.
** At the end of ''Baseball Bugs'', the Gashouse Gorillas' batter objects to the umpire declaring them out after Bugs makes the winning catch, leading to a nearby Statue to make rapid-fire cries of "Dat's what the man said!", a well-known catchphrase of [[Series/TheJackBennyProgram Rochester's]], which Bugs repeats.
** In ''A Bear for Punishment'', Ma and Junyer's big Father's Day performance ends with them coating poor Henry in flour and dressing him up like the Statue.

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** In ''Pilgrim Porky'', which sees Porky Pig WesternAnimation/PorkyPig as the captain of the ''Mayflower'', the ship's arrival America is signaled by it passing a State of Liberty that's "only 3½ years old".
** In ''Meet John Doughboy'', ''WesternAnimation/MeetJohnDoughboy'', during a segment about defense for possible attack on America's shores, the Statue of Liberty using a Flit gun to spray enemy planes like flies.
** At the end of ''Baseball Bugs'', ''WesternAnimation/BaseballBugs'', the Gashouse Gorillas' batter objects to the umpire declaring them out after Bugs WesternAnimation/BugsBunny makes the winning catch, leading to a nearby Statue to make rapid-fire cries of "Dat's what the man said!", a well-known catchphrase of [[Series/TheJackBennyProgram Rochester's]], which Bugs repeats.
** In ''A Bear for Punishment'', ''WesternAnimation/ABearForPunishment'', Ma and Junyer's big Father's Day performance ends with them coating poor Henry in flour and dressing him up like the Statue.



** In another episode Grandpa Simpsons [[RamblingOldManMonologue claims]] that he and his parents lived inside the statue when they first moved to America. Since he openly admits he can't remember which country they moved from he's clearly [[UnreliableNarrator not to be believed]].

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** In another episode Grandpa Simpsons [[RamblingOldManMonologue claims]] that he and his parents lived inside the statue when they first moved to America. Since he openly admits he can't remember which country they moved from from, he's clearly [[UnreliableNarrator not to be believed]].

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* At the climax of ''Film/GhostbustersII'' the Ghostbusters bring the Statue of Liberty to life by coating the statue's insides with psychic slime and playing "Higher & Higher" by Jackie Wilson. The statue proceeds to walk across Manhattan with the Ghostbusters riding in her crown.



* At the climax of ''Film/GhostbustersII'' the Ghostbusters bring the Statue of Liberty to life by coating the statue's insides with psychic slime and playing "Higher & Higher" by Jackie Wilson. The statue proceeds to walk across Manhattan with the Ghostbusters riding in her crown.

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* At the climax of ''Film/GhostbustersII'' the Ghostbusters bring In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', the Statue of Liberty is undergoing extensive renovations to life by coating remove the patina and place [[Characters/MCUSteveRogers Captain America's]] shield over her left arm. A FreezeFrameBonus news item reveals that a poll was taken in-universe, and just over half the voters opposed adding the shield. The movie's climax takes place on the statue and the surrounding scaffolding, and the fight conveniently knocks the shield off.
* The climax of ''Film/XMen1'' takes place on Liberty Island. Magneto has set up his machine that turns humans into mutants in
the statue's insides with psychic slime torch. The X-Men have to fight their way up through the museum and playing "Higher & Higher" by Jackie Wilson. The the interior of the statue proceeds to walk across Manhattan with the Ghostbusters riding in her crown.
stop him.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be-Sharps are shown to have performed at Lady Liberty's centennial celebration aboard a Navy cruiser.
-->'''Homer:''' We'd like to dedicate this next number to a very special woman. She's a hundred years old, and she weight over two-hundred...''tons''.
-->'''Sailor:''' THIS ENORMOUS WOMAN WITH DEVOUR US ALL! ''(screams and jumps into the sea)''
-->'''Homer:''' I... I meant the statue.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
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In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be-Sharps are shown to have performed at Lady Liberty's centennial celebration aboard a Navy cruiser.
-->'''Homer:''' --->'''Homer:''' We'd like to dedicate this next number to a very special woman. She's a hundred years old, and she weight over two-hundred...''tons''.
-->'''Sailor:'''
''tons''.\\
'''Sailor:'''
THIS ENORMOUS WOMAN WITH DEVOUR US ALL! ''(screams and jumps into the sea)''
-->'''Homer:'''
sea)''\\
'''Homer:'''
I... I meant the statue.statue.
** In another episode Grandpa Simpsons [[RamblingOldManMonologue claims]] that he and his parents lived inside the statue when they first moved to America. Since he openly admits he can't remember which country they moved from he's clearly [[UnreliableNarrator not to be believed]].
--->'''Grandpa:''' We had to move out once we filled the head with garbage. The end.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Angels Take Manhattan", Libertas is or becomes a Weeping Angel. ([[FridgeLogic Don't think about how often ''nobody's'' looking at the Statue of Liberty.]])

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Angels Take Manhattan", Libertas is or becomes a Weeping Angel. ([[FridgeLogic Don't think about about]] how often ''nobody's'' looking at the Statue of Liberty.]]))

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* The Statue of Liberty still exists (initially) in ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd''''s MegaCity One ... but is completely dwarfed by the Statue of Judgement, a giant Judge whose head also happens to be the headquarters of the Public Serveilance Unit. Over the course of the comic, both statues have been destroyed, but only the Judgement one has been rebuilt.



* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Angels Take Manhattan", Libertas is or becomes a Weeping Angel. ([[FridgeLogic Don't think about how often ''nobody's'' looking at the Statue of Liberty.]])



* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''Polar Trappers'', Goofy enters an icy cave and [[SneezeOfDoom makes a sneeze]] that causes a bunch of overhead icicles fall down on him, making him look like the Statue.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''Polar Trappers'', Goofy enters an icy cave and [[SneezeOfDoom makes a sneeze]] that causes a bunch of overhead icicles fall down on him, making him look like the Statue.#
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In the 2015 series, the Statue of Liberty is frequently seen in the background when DM visits Jeopardy Mouse in New York. Because the 2015 series is a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, Libertas is an AmericanEagle.
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* At the climax of ''Film/GhostbustersII'' the Ghostbusters bring the Statue of Liberty to life by coating the statue's insides with psychic slime and playing "Higher & Higher" by Jackie Wilson. The statue proceeds to walk across Manhattan with the Ghostbusters riding in her crown.




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* ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein'':
** BJ paraphrases "The New Colossus" at the end of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' when he sees his girlfriend Anya leading the prisoners out of the collapsing Deathshead's Compound. Bonus points for Anya using a lantern to lead the prisoners.
** The title of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' is of course a reference to the poem, fitting as the story is about retaking the United States back from the Nazis. The statue itself appears in the SecretLevel, [[spoiler: broken into pieces and floating in the bay]].

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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''Polar Trappers'', Goofy enters an icy cave and [[SneezeOfDoom makes a sneeze]] that causes a bunch of overhead icicles fall down on him, making him look like the Statue.

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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''Polar Trappers'', Goofy enters an icy cave and [[SneezeOfDoom makes a sneeze]] that causes a bunch of overhead icicles fall down on him, making him look like the Statue.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'': The three-part special "Liberty and the Littles", made to coincide with the Statue's centennial, has the Littles going inside it and meeting a society of Littles that never knew freedom.




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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be-Sharps are shown to have performed at Lady Liberty's centennial celebration aboard a Navy cruiser.
-->'''Homer:''' We'd like to dedicate this next number to a very special woman. She's a hundred years old, and she weight over two-hundred...''tons''.
-->'''Sailor:''' THIS ENORMOUS WOMAN WITH DEVOUR US ALL! ''(screams and jumps into the sea)''
-->'''Homer:''' I... I meant the statue.
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* ''VideoGame/Pikmin4'': A small model of the Statue of Liberty (which appears large due to the main characters being the size of insects) is one of the many treasures that the player can obtain in-game. The statue, referred to in-game as the "Lamp of Inspiration," appears on top of a butte in Serene Shores.
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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'': Tying in with Liberty City being a fictionalization of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, the Statue of Liberty is parodied in-game as the Statue of Happiness, replacing Libertas with UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton and the torch with a cup of coffee in reference to Clinton's hardline stance against the HotCoffeeMinigame that was found in the data of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''.
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* ''Series/TheGildedAge'': Set in New York City 1882, the torch hand is seen on display in a ciy park before it is to be sent to France to be added to the full monument under construction. One character notes that the funding for the plinth is not going well as the U.S. Government is not contributing to the fundraising.
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* Music/LouReed's 1989 album ''Music/{{New York|1989}}'' scathingly calls the Statue of Liberty the "Statue of Bigotry" and includes a crude, xenophobic version of "The New Colossus" to highlight how the welcoming air of the sculpture masks the reality of American nativism.

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* The album [[Recap/Block109NewYork1947 "New York 1947"]] from the AlternateHistory comic book series ''ComicBook/Block109'' features a fallen Statue of Liberty in the style of the poster from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' after New York has been heavily bombarded by the Nazis with both conventional weapons and a SyntheticPlague.
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* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': In the "Red" AlternateUniverse the Statue appears in its original copper color (whether this is because it was cleaned or the patina never formed isn't revealed). The show would sometimes cut between universes with a shot of the Statue switching from green to copper (or vice versa).
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* Music/UglyKidJoe's debut album, ''America's Least Wanted'', depicts the Statue of Liberty with the band's mascot in place of Libertas. Because the mascot is FlippingTheBird, the band were forced to issue a new cover for stores that wouldn't package the original, depicting the kid with his mouth and hand wrapped in duct tape.

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* Music/UglyKidJoe's debut album, ''America's Least Wanted'', depicts the Statue of Liberty with the band's mascot in place of Libertas. Because the mascot is FlippingTheBird, the band were forced to issue a new cover for stores that wouldn't package the original, depicting the kid with his mouth and hand wrapped in duct tape.
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* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': The destruction of the [[{{sculptures}} Statue]] by the Nazis signified the end of the old United States and the start of "Jahr Null," a new calendar's "Year Zero."

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* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': The destruction of the [[{{sculptures}} Statue]] by the Nazis signified the end of the old United States and the start of "Jahr Null," a new calendar's "Year Zero."
"YearZero."

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* Music/UglyKidJoe's debut album, ''America's Least Wanted'', depicts the Statue of Liberty with the band's mascot in place of Libertas. Because the mascot is FlippingTheBird, the band were forced to issue a new cover for stores that wouldn't package the original, depicting the kid with his mouth and hand wrapped in duct tape.

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* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001'', ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'', and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'', the player can obtain a miniature version of the Statue of Liberty from Gulliver as a furniture item. The former game refers to it as "Lady Liberty," while the latter two titles refer to the statue by its proper name.
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* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968': The film ends with Taylor and Nova riding out into the world. They soon come upon the remains of the statue on the beach, revealing to Taylor (and the audience) that the primitive world he's been monkeying around on [[EarthAllAlong is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth]].

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* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968': ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'': The film ends with Taylor and Nova riding out into the world. They soon come upon the remains of the statue on the beach, revealing to Taylor (and the audience) that the primitive world he's been monkeying around on [[EarthAllAlong is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth]].

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* In ''Film/NationalTreasureBookOfSecrets'', it's discovered that a clue to the book's final resting place is on the statue. However, it's not on the famous one in New York, but the smaller version in Paris.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' ends with Taylor and Nova riding out into the world. They soon come upon the remains of the statue on the beach, revealing to Taylor (and the audience) that the primitive world he's been monkeying around on [[EarthAllAlong is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth]].

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* In ''Film/NationalTreasureBookOfSecrets'', ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'': Mimi-Siku tries to gain acceptance in his island village by promising to come back from his New York trip with fire from the Statue of Liberty. He scales Lady Liberty to obtain some of her flame, only to find that it's not real, but he eventually settles for a flame from Michael's novelty lighter that's shaped like the Statue.
* ''Film/NationalTreasureBookOfSecrets'': It's
discovered that a clue to the book's final resting place is on the statue. However, it's not on the famous one in New York, but the smaller version in Paris.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968': The film ends with Taylor and Nova riding out into the world. They soon come upon the remains of the statue on the beach, revealing to Taylor (and the audience) that the primitive world he's been monkeying around on [[EarthAllAlong is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth]].


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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''Polar Trappers'', Goofy enters an icy cave and [[SneezeOfDoom makes a sneeze]] that causes a bunch of overhead icicles fall down on him, making him look like the Statue.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "I Take Thee, Quagmire", Peter tries to turn Quagmire back to his horny self by acquiring Lady Liberty's foot, hoping it would arouse Glenn's foot fetish. When it doesn't work, Peter complains to him about all the complicated shit he had to do to get the foot.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In "Space Pilot 3000", Fry's first trip through the tube system shows that New New York's "crosstown express" passes through the Statue's hand, where her torch would normally be.
** In "The Late Phillip J. Fry", the ''Planet of the Apes'' scene is parodied when Fry goes further into the future and sees the Statue half-buried in the ground, then pulling back to reveal ape, bird, cow and "slug" versions the Statue symbolic of their societies collapsing.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In ''Pilgrim Porky'', which sees Porky Pig as the captain of the ''Mayflower'', the ship's arrival America is signaled by it passing a State of Liberty that's "only 3½ years old".
** In ''Meet John Doughboy'', during a segment about defense for possible attack on America's shores, the Statue of Liberty using a Flit gun to spray enemy planes like flies.
** At the end of ''Baseball Bugs'', the Gashouse Gorillas' batter objects to the umpire declaring them out after Bugs makes the winning catch, leading to a nearby Statue to make rapid-fire cries of "Dat's what the man said!", a well-known catchphrase of [[Series/TheJackBennyProgram Rochester's]], which Bugs repeats.
** In ''A Bear for Punishment'', Ma and Junyer's big Father's Day performance ends with them coating poor Henry in flour and dressing him up like the Statue.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'': The short ''My Artistical Temperature'' ends with Popeye creating a clay statue of Olive Oyl as Lady Liberty.
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* In ''Film/NationalTreasureBookOfSecrets'', it's discovered that a clue to the book's final resting place is on the statue. However, it's not on the famous one in New York, but the smaller version in Paris.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' ends with Taylor and Nova riding out into the world. They soon come upon the remains of the statue on the beach, revealing to Taylor (and the audience) that the primitive world he's been monkeying around on [[EarthAllAlong is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth]].
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* A depiction of her can be found in the very American {{painting|s}} ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington''. The only difference is that she's not green-colored and is wielding the shield that would inspire ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's iconic one.

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* ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'': A depiction of her can be found in the this very American {{painting|s}} ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington''.{{painting|s}}. The only difference is that she's not green-colored and is wielding the shield that would inspire ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's iconic one.
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* A depiction of her can be found in the very American {{painting|s}} ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington''. The only difference is that she's not green-colored and is wielding the shield that would inspire ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's iconic one.
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* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': The destruction of the [[{{sculptures}} Statue]] by the Nazis signified the end of the old United States and the start of "Jahr Null," a new calendar's "Year Zero."
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