History ReferencedBy / SupermanTheMovie

* ''Series/MuppetsTonight'': Has a ''Murder on the Orient Express'' sketch with Creator/JasonAlexander as Hercule Poirot, most of the Muppets mistake the detective for the mighty Hercules, one gets even more confused and suggests witnessing the murder by [[SignatureScene flying around the Earth to reversing time]].

* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': This film contains tributes to the original Superman: similar locations (a dying planet, the Arctic, an underground base, and the Hoover Dam), a glowing green artifact from another world. A scene is directly copied where Starscream flies towards the Dam. Optimus Prime catches a falling Sam the same way Superman saves Lois Lane (both even say the same line). And Starscream, like Superman, flies into space at the end.

* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', when Devon and Cornwall save a hawk from the Griffin, the Superman fanfare (from the Helicopter Rescue) plays.

* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': This film contains tributes to the original Superman: similar locations (a dying planet, the Arctic, an underground base, and the Hoover Dam), a glowing green artifact from another world. A scene is directly copied where Starscream flies towards the Dam. Optimus Prime catches a falling Sam the same way Superman saves Lois Lane (both even say the same line). And Starscream, like Superman, flies into space at the end.

* ''Film/Shazam2019'': Freddy Freeman's newspaper articles are the headlines from Superman (1978) ("Caped Wonder Stuns City", "It Flies!", "Look Ma - No Wires" and "Blue Bomb Buzzes Metropolis". There is also a deleted scene of Freddy Freeman flying alongside a plane like Superman. [[note]]The film has many Superman Easter eggs/tributes, what is listed here are specific to this film.[[/note]]

* ''Manga/CityHunter'': One story involved Ryo Saeba helping out a disabled little girl so that she can walk again. She has a fantasy where Ryo dressed up as Superman (with the S for Saeba) beats up bad guys.

* In Quest for Camelot, when Devon and Cornwall save a hawk from the Griffin, the Superman fanfare (from the Helicopter Rescue) plays.

** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' has a Lex Luthor Expy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': The episode "Super Rabbit" has Bugs telling Daffy the story of ''Film/SupermanII'', with Bugs as Superman, Daffy as General Zod, Elmer Fudd as Lex Luthor, and Marvin the Martian as Brainiac.

* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': When Peter tries to figure out [[HowDoIShotWeb how to shoot web out of his hands]], he exclaims various lines, one of them being "[[UpUpAndAway Up, up and away]], web!" Later, while he's visiting Aunt May at the hospital, she tells him that he's already doing too much and adds "You're not Superman, you know."

* ''Film/Transformers'': This film contains tributes to the original Superman: similar locations (a dying planet, the Arctic, an underground base, and the Hoover Dam), a glowing green artifact from another world. A scene is directly copied where Starscream flies towards the Dam. Optimus Prime catches a falling Sam the same way Superman saves Lois Lane (both even say the same line). And Starscream, like Superman, flies into space at the end.
* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Director Patty Jenkins has cited 1978 ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' as an influence on Wonder Woman. The scene with Diana and SteveTrevor being ambushed in an alley and Diana blocking bullets is a {{gender flip}}ped homage to the mugging scene. Creator/GalGadot even wears a hat and glasses that look an awful lot like those Creator/ChristopherReeve wore in that scene.

** ''Film/WonderWoman84'' has a Lex Luthor Expy.

* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': The scene with Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor being ambushed in an alley and Diana blocking bullets is a {{gender flip}}ped homage to a scene from the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' film. Creator/GalGadot even wears a hat and glasses that look an awful lot like those Creator/ChristopherReeve wore in that scene.