History ReferencedBy / ThePhantomOfTheOpera

* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': In "Choco's Blind Date'', Bagel offers Choco to go to a play called ''The Phantom of the Office'' with him. [[spoiler:It's actually a different play meant to give Bagel a chance to propose to Choco.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': [[WhiteDwarfStarlet Gloria Von Gouton]]'s MentalWorld is represented as a theater production plagued by an individual known as The Phantom. When Raz finally catches up with him, he realizes that the Phantom is just Jasper Rolls, Gloria's inner CausticCritic, wearing a disguise. Jasper initially denies Raz's accusations of being the "[[ButHeSoundsHandsome rugged and romantic Phantom, who has captivated audiences for months on end]]," until Raz lampshades how [[FatBastard Jasper is too fat to actually be the Phantom]]; Jasper becomes enraged and admits that it's him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': Gloria Von Gouton's mindscape is represented as a theater production plagued by an individual known as The Phantom. When Raz finally catches up with him, he realizes that the Phantom is just [[CausticCritic Jasper Rolls]], Gloria's inner self-doubt, wearing a disguise. Jasper initially denies Raz's accusations, until Raz lampshades how [[FatBastard Jasper is too fat to actually be the Phantom]]; Jasper becomes enraged and admits that it's him.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "A Kirin Tale", Autumn Blaze goes off on a tangent about a story she tried to tell her village that was a blatant reference to the stage version of ''Phantom''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "A Kirin Tale", Autumn Blaze goes off on a tangent about a story she tried to tell her village about a kirin who hid under an opera stage.

-->''(spoken)'' ''And fell'' in love with this opera singer, [[MotorMouth and he wore a freaky half-mask thing]], and he played the organ a lot and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this underground gondola. I mean, who doesn't love musical theater?!

--> ''They didn't like my jokes and songs//
And daily dose of news//
The plays I wrote, the speeches spoke//
Variety revues//
Or the story about the Kirin who hid below an opera stage''//
''(spoken)'' ''And fell'' in love with this opera singer, [[MotorMouth and he wore a freaky half-mask thing]], and he played the organ a lot and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this underground gondola. I mean, who doesn't love musical theater?!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': in episode, also called 'A Fright at the Opera' the ghostbusters have to deal witha bunch of ghostly Valkries. The Phantom appears at the end, leaving in a huff due to the noise.

* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': Chad mentions his mother has seen the musical 27 times and is obsessed with Michael Crawford, the original actor who played Phantom in London and on Broadway in an attempt to dissuade Troy from doing the school musical.

** "The Rise & Fall of the Phantom Chandelier", released in honor of the Broadway musical's impending closure in 2023, detailed the creation of the falling chandelier set piece.

** Her [[https://youtu.be/-m5I_5Vnh6A video essay]] on ''Film/PhantomOfTheOpera2004''.

* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': Chad mentions his mother has seen the musical 27 times and is obsessed with Michael Crawford, the original actor who played Phantom in London and on Broadway
-->'''Chad:''' Have you ever seen Michael Crawford on a cereal box?
-->'''Troy:''' Who's Michael Crawford?
-->'''Chad:'''Exactly my point! He was the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Now my mom, she's seen that musical twenty-seven times. And she put Michael Crawford's picture in our refrigerator. Yeah, not on it, in it. So my point is, if you play basketball, you're gonna end up on a cereal box. If you sing in musicals, you're gonna end up in my mom's refrigerator.