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* ''Music/{{Rush}}'''s "Twilight Zone'' references the show in general and summarizes two episodes: [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?]] and [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E30StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover In A Quiet Town]].

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* ''Music/{{Rush}}'''s ''Music/{{Rush|Band}}'''s "Twilight Zone'' references the show in general and summarizes two episodes: [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?]] and [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E30StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover In A Quiet Town]].
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* In the [[https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2020/12/16 December 16, 2020]] ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}'' strip, Heathcliff turns Grandpa Nutmeg into a jack-in-the-box and is told to "wish it into the cornfield," parodying specifically the ''[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife Twilight Zone]]'' version of "Literature/ItsAGoodLife".

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* In the [[https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2020/12/16 December 16, 2020]] ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}'' strip, Heathcliff turns Grandpa Nutmeg into a jack-in-the-box and is told to "wish it into the cornfield," parodying specifically the ''[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife ''[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E8ItsAGoodLife Twilight Zone]]'' version of "Literature/ItsAGoodLife".



* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE10TheLostArtOfForeheadSweat The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat]]", a Season 11 episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'', opens with a diner scene very similar to "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]], but not quite exactly the same. After an exhaustive and frustrating search, Mulder realizes that it's actually an episode of a different show.

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* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE10TheLostArtOfForeheadSweat The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat]]", a Season 11 episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'', opens with a diner scene very similar to "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]], but not quite exactly the same. After an exhaustive and frustrating search, Mulder realizes that it's actually an episode of a different show.



* ''Series/WeirdScience'': Season 3's "Sci-Fi Zoned" is packed to the brim with references, even being mostly in black-and-white. During an argument, Gary and Wyatt get zapped into their favorite show (''The Sci-Fi Zone'') and encounter various characters and situations, including [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E25PeopleAreAlikeAllOver aliens observing them in a zoo]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp a three-eyed Martian]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E42TheEyeOfTheBeholder a pig-faced woman that calls Wyatt hideous]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E43NickOfTime a demonic fortune teller machine]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll a talking doll]] ([[ParodyAssistance voiced by Talking Tina actress]] Creator/JuneForay), and [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E86KickTheCan old people playing kick the can]]. Chett is also made the Rod Serling-esque narrator and occasionally chimes in on what's occurring.

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* ''Series/WeirdScience'': Season 3's "Sci-Fi Zoned" is packed to the brim with references, even being mostly in black-and-white. During an argument, Gary and Wyatt get zapped into their favorite show (''The Sci-Fi Zone'') and encounter various characters and situations, including [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E25PeopleAreAlikeAllOver [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E25PeopleAreAlikeAllOver aliens observing them in a zoo]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp a three-eyed Martian]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E42TheEyeOfTheBeholder [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E6EyeOfTheBeholder a pig-faced woman that calls Wyatt hideous]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E43NickOfTime [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E7NickOfTime a demonic fortune teller machine]], [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll a talking doll]] ([[ParodyAssistance voiced by Talking Tina actress]] Creator/JuneForay), and [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E86KickTheCan [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E21KickTheCan old people playing kick the can]]. Chett is also made the Rod Serling-esque narrator and occasionally chimes in on what's occurring.



'''Harry:''' ''[to Bull]'' Isn't this [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E42TheEyeOfTheBeholder an episode]] of ''The Twilight Zone''?

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'''Harry:''' ''[to Bull]'' Isn't this [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E42TheEyeOfTheBeholder [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E6EyeOfTheBeholder an episode]] of ''The Twilight Zone''?



* The video for Music/TheLindaLindas' song "Talking to Myself" was inspired by the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll Talky Tina episode]]. The black and white video features the band getting a box of dolls. They go out and do all sorts of fun things together (shopping, going on paddle boats, etc.). But then the band holds a practice excluding the dolls, who go on and attack the girls.
* ''Music/{{Rush}}'''s "Twilight Zone'' references the show in general and summarizes two episodes: [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?]] and [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover In A Quiet Town]].

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* The video for Music/TheLindaLindas' song "Talking to Myself" was inspired by the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll Talky Tina episode]]. The black and white video features the band getting a box of dolls. They go out and do all sorts of fun things together (shopping, going on paddle boats, etc.). But then the band holds a practice excluding the dolls, who go on and attack the girls.
* ''Music/{{Rush}}'''s "Twilight Zone'' references the show in general and summarizes two episodes: [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?]] and [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E30StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover In A Quiet Town]].



** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of Horror]]": "Hungry Are the Damned" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan To Serve Man]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]": "Bart's Dream" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife It's A Good Life]]", with Creator/HarryShearer's narration even sounding like Creator/RodSerling. In an amusing coincidence, Creator/NancyCartwright (Bart) had appeared in the movie version as one of Anthony's victims and was trapped in a cartoon land.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Treehouse of Horror III]]": "Clown Without Pity" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll Living Doll]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]": "Terror at 5½ Feet" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare At 20,000 Feet]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Treehouse of Horror VI]]": "Homer³" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E91LittleGirlLost Little Girl Lost]]". Homer even lampshades this.

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of Horror]]": "Hungry Are the Damned" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E24ToServeMan To Serve Man]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]": "Bart's Dream" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E8ItsAGoodLife It's A Good Life]]", with Creator/HarryShearer's narration even sounding like Creator/RodSerling. In an amusing coincidence, Creator/NancyCartwright (Bart) had appeared in the movie version as one of Anthony's victims and was trapped in a cartoon land.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Treehouse of Horror III]]": "Clown Without Pity" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll Living Doll]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]": "Terror at 5½ Feet" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E3NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare At 20,000 Feet]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Treehouse of Horror VI]]": "Homer³" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E91LittleGirlLost "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E26LittleGirlLost Little Girl Lost]]". Homer even lampshades this.



** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]": "The Genesis Tub" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E93TheLittlePeople The Little People]]".
** The comic "Bart Simpson's Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo", a print equivalent to a Treehouse of Horror episode, has one story, "Immigration of the Body Snatchers", that's ''mostly'' a parody of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'', but the ending, as Homer finishes telling his story to the doctor in an insane asylum, spoofs "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]" by taking the twist of a second, separate alien invasion and [[GambitPileup taking it to extremes]].

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]": "The Genesis Tub" is a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E93TheLittlePeople "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E28TheLittlePeople The Little People]]".
** The comic "Bart Simpson's Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo", a print equivalent to a Treehouse of Horror episode, has one story, "Immigration of the Body Snatchers", that's ''mostly'' a parody of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'', but the ending, as Homer finishes telling his story to the doctor in an insane asylum, spoofs "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]" by taking the twist of a second, separate alien invasion and [[GambitPileup taking it to extremes]].



* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'': At one point in "Psychic Moose", Pepper Ann and Moose watch a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough At Last]]" wherein the Henry Bemis expy ends up being the last writer on Earth:

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* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'': At one point in "Psychic Moose", Pepper Ann and Moose watch a parody of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough At Last]]" wherein the Henry Bemis expy ends up being the last writer on Earth:

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