History ReferencedBy / SteamboatWillie

* Italian weekly Disney comic ''Topolino'' has '''Donald Duck''' being at the ship's wheel in a June 2014 cover,

* Italian weekly Disney comic ''Topolino'' has '''Donald Duck''' beiung at the ship's wheel in a June 2014 cover,

* Several central Disney video games have ''Steamboat Willie'' themed levels, including ''VideoGame/MickeyMania'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'', and ''VideoGame/PhineasAndFerbAcrossThe2ndDimension''. Plus, in ''VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerOfTwo'', a ''Steamboat Willie'' outfit can be obtained for Mickey.

* Several central Disney video games have ''Steamboat Willie'' themed levels, including ''VideoGame/MickeyMania'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', and ''VideoGame/EpicMickey''. Plus, in ''VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerOfTwo'', a ''Steamboat Willie'' outfit can be obtained for Mickey.

* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'': In the episode "The Fan", Nubert Nimbo who is a big fan of Uncle Grandpa, shows to him one of his episodes that he DVR'd. The episode in specific is a scene where Uncle Grandpa sings while driving a steamboat, having also a similar design used by the original animation.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': On the segment "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/Animaniacs2020Episode25 The Warner's Vault]]" from episode 25 features Yakko Warner parodying the opening sequence of the cartoon.

* In the Goofy cartoon ''How to Be a Waiter'' from 1999, Goofy is shown an example of a movie, and ''Steamboat Willie'' is shown. But in that short, Willie is a shortened version titled Steamboat Goofy. After Goofy recreates the iconic opening, he crashes into Mickey's own steamboat and sinks. Mickey even squawks at him for interrupting his own short.

* In the Goofy cartoon ''How to Be a Waiter'' from 1999, Goofy is shown an example of a movie, and ''Steamboat Willie'' is shown. But in that short, Willie is a shortened version titled Steamboat Goofy. After Goofy recreates the iconic opening, he crashes into Mickey's own steamboat and sinks after Mickey squawks at him for interrupting his own short.

* In the Goofy cartoon ''How to Be a Waiter'' from 1999, Goofy is shown an example of a movie, and ''Steamboat Willie'' is shown. But in that short, Willie is a shortened version titled Steamboat Goofy.

* The Simpsons episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" features a short but almost perfect parody of the opening scene of ''Steamboat Willie'' entitled ''Steamboat Itchy''.

Steamboat Willie is the short film which brought WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse to his glory he has today, so it's no surprise that it's been refeneced in several different media.
!!Disney media

* Several central Disney video games have ''Steamboat Willie'' themed levels, including VideoGame/MickeyMania, VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII, and VideoGame/EpicMickey. Plus, in VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerofTwo, a "Steamboat Willie" outfit can be obtained for Mickey.
* In the Mickey Mouse cartoon, ''April Fools' Day'', Mickey and Mortimer get sent to the President's office to claim a million dollars. But Mortimer pretends to be Mickey and he is shown acting in Steamboat Willie.
* In the Goofy cartoon ''How to Be a Waiter'' from 1999, Goofy is shown an example of a movie, and Steamboat Willie is shown. But in that short, Willie is a shortened version titled Steamboat Goofy.

* Since ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' in 2007, the scene of Mickey at the ship’s wheel whistling "Steamboat Bill" has been used for Walt Disney Animation Studios' production logo at the beginnings of the feature films. A modification was used for ''{{WesternAnimation/Tangled}}'' to mark that film as the 50th in their Classics line, the text saying "Walt Disney Animation Studios: 50th Animated Motion Picture" with the Mickey scene in the "0". An 8-bit version of the logo was used for ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', and in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', Mickey's whistling was muted to allow their respective opening themes to play out over the logo.
!!Non-Disney media

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}: Diamond and Pearl'', one of the episodes "Steamboat Willies!", is a play on the title.

* In a 2008 movie of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' called ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', the opening is a parody.
* The Simpsons episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" features a short but almost perfect parody of the opening scene of ''Steamboat Willie'' entitled ''Steamboat Itchy''.

* The Simpsons episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" features a short but almost perfect parody of the opening scene of ''Steamboat Willie'' entitled ''Steamboat Itchy''.

* In a 2008 movie of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' called ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', the opening is a parody.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}: Diamond and Pearl'', one of the episodes "Steamboat Willies!", is a play on the title.
* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'', he finds home movies of his life that parody various cartoons. The first is this one, in which Duckboy demands to be captain and screams at a polite mouse to relinquish control. Another character (patterned after the Wise Little Hen) then appears to remind Duckboy that he'll have a much more rewarding and successful life if he behaves like the mouse. After stopping the clip, Duckman grouses about "the squeaky-voiced rodent" making money off being nice.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}: Diamond and Pearl'', one of the episodes "Steamboat Willies!", is a play on the title.

* The Simpsons episode, Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie features a short but almost perfect parody of the opening scene of ''Steamboat Willie'' entitled ''Steamboat Itchy''.
* In Film/SavingPrivateRyan, a German POW tries to win the sympathy of his American captors by mentioning ''Steamboat Willie'', even mimicking the sound of the boat whistle from the film. Bonus points for the unnamed character appearing in the credits as "Steamboat Willie".
* In a 2008 movie of WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} called ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', the opening is a parody.

* In Anime/{{Pokemon}}: Diamond and Pearl, one of the episodes "Steamboat Willies!", is a play on the title.

* The iconic opening scene was parodied towards the end of Disney/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves. Genie, having been swallowed by the giant turtle which carried the Vanishing Isle upon its back, came back out of the turtle's mouth in the steamboat from this film and was even in Mickey's form, whistling "Turkey in the Straw".

* Since Disney/MeetTheRobinsons in 2007, the scene of Mickey at the ship’s wheel whistling "Steamboat Bill" has been used for Walt Disney Animation Studios' production logo at the beginnings of the feature films. A modification was used for Disney/Tangled to mark that film as the 50th in their Classics line, the text saying "Walt Disney Animation Studios: 50th Animated Motion Picture" with the Mickey scene in the "0". An 8-bit version of the logo was used for Disney/WreckItRalph, and in Disney/{{Frozen}} and Disney/{{Moana}}, Mickey's whistling was muted to allow their respective opening themes to play out over the logo.

Steamboat Willie is the short film which brought Disney/MickeyMouse to his glory he has today, so it's no surprise that it's been refeneced in several different media.