History ReferencedBy / TheMetamorphosis

* In ''Literature/BootCamp'', Garrett thinks of the abusive camp where he's been imprisoned for five months, "It's like something out of Kafka. Instead of waking up as a giant cockroach, I've woken up in a penal colony."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In the episode “Bugged”; Alan “The Brain” has a nightmare in which he wakes up with the body of an insect, cumulating in his friends trying to squish him. Brain believes that since everyone calls him a bug, it would do him best if he just stays silent for a while.

* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'': It has the teenage rock band creating a music video rock opera summarizing the story. Clearly a school project, as they miss a few things.

* ''Samsa in Love'' by Creator/HarukiMurakami is a FixFic in which Gregor transforms back into a human, with no memory of his experiences as a giant bug, and bonds with a hunchback woman while readjusting to the human world.

* ''Film/TheProducers'': There is a scene of Max, trying to find the worst play ever written, reads the first line of the play, considers it for a moment, then decides it is "too good" (read: not bad ''enough'') and tosses it aside.

* ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'': The Metamorphosis is the basis for the Sinner Gregor, who shares the name the story's protagonist as well. Like the original, Gregor turns into an insect, albeit in his case only his arm, and has a case of AbusiveParents. His default E.G.O.'s name, "Suddenly, One Day", references the story's opening.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Gregory is an anthropomorfic cricket named after the protagonist.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'': The description for the "Bug Birdie" microgame[[note]]where Wario as a bug must push a ball into a hole[[/note]] says that Wario woke up to find himself turned into one, which clearly references the story.

* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' had one arc in which Jason, the youngest son of the family, wakes up as a girl. Since he is not fond of girls, he does not take it well at all. The arc is meant as a reference to ''The Metamorphosis,'' which is openly spokn of at one point.

* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'': One weapon that Bayonetta can obtain is "Kafka", a bug-themed bow that can fire poisonous arrows at enemies. Jeanne also has her own version of the bow called "Samsa". Both weapons' descriptions make mention of a man who was turned into a bug, which is what happens in the story. The former is also named after the author of the story, Frank Kafka, while the latter is named after the protagonist's surname.

* ''Westernanimation/HomeMovies'': It has the teenage rock band creating a music video rock opera summarizing the story. Clearly a school project, as they miss a few things.

!Video Games
* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'': One weapon that Bayonetta can obtain is "Kafka", a bug-themed bow that can fire poisonous arrows at enemies. Jeanne also has her own version of the bow called "Samsa". Both weapons' descriptions make mention of a man who was turned into a bug, which is what happens in the story. The former is also named after the author of the story, Frank Kafka, while the latter is named after the protagonist's surname.
* ''{{VideoGame/Skullgirls}}'': There is a parasite named Samson, who has an attack called Gregor Samson, of which are both allusions to this story.
* ''VideoGame/{{Sonny}}'': The second game includes a battle in the subway against Gregor, a [[KillerRabbit small-but-powerful cockroach]] that throws apples, weaponizes its enemies' pity, and has the voice of a man.

* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'': One weapon that Bayonetta can obtain is "Kafka", a bug-themed bow that can fire poisonous arrows at enemies. Jeanne also has her own version of the bow called "Samsa". Both weapons' descriptions make mention of a man who was turned into a bug, which is what happens in the story. The former also references the author of the story, Frank Kafka, while the latter is named after the protagonist's surname.

* One ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror]]'' story is a retelling of ''The Metamorphosis'', with Homer in the role of Gregor.

* In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', one weapon that Bayonetta can obtain is "Kafka", a bug-themed bow that can fire poisonous arrows at enemies. Jeanne also has her own version of the bow called "Samsa". Both weapons' descriptions make mention of a man who was turned into a bug, which is what happens in the story. The former also references the author of the story, Frank Kafka, while the latter is named after the protagonist's surname.

* One ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror]]'' story is a retelling of ''The Metamorphosis'', with Homer in the role of Gregory.

* In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', one weapon that Bayonetta can obtain is "Kafka", a bug-themed bow that can fire poisonous arrows at enemies. Jeanne also has her own version of the bow called "Samsa". Both weapons' descriptions make mention of a man who was turned into a bug, which is what happens in the story. The former also references the author of the story, Frank Kappa, while the latter is named after the protagonist's surname.

* Franchise/KamenRider: The iconic "Henshin!" catchphrase almost all Kamen Riders use is said to have come from the Japanese translation of the novel's title; Toru Hirayama, a producer of the 1971 series, suggested it as it fits with ''Kamen Rider'''s core premise of a man morphing into an insectoid superhero.