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9	* On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=1020 page 1,020]] of ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'', the Steel Shrike overhears a TV set: "Alex, I'll try Superheroes for fifty!" On the next page, the Steel Shrike suspects that Harrigan, Teresa's butler, has set a trap by hooking something into the TV set, such as a blinding flash. Harrigan replies, "I would never so dishonor Creator/AlexTrebek!"
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12	* ''Film/FreeGuy'': The events of the film become a ''Jeopardy!'' question. Trebek himself cameoed, and due the film's numerous [[ReleaseDateChange delays]] as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic (pushing it back from July 2020 to August 2021), it became a PosthumousCredit when Trebek died in November 2020. Coincidentally, the film was released the same day as the end of Trebek's final season (though well after his last episodes had aired).
13	* ''Film/GroundhogDay'': During one of the countless loops Phil Connors is trapped in, he sits in the common room of the bed and breakfast he's staying at and dully rattles off all the correct responses to the astonishment of others in the room.
14	* ''Film/MenInBlack'': When J and K are investigating the arrival of the "Edgar" bug. [[AscendedMeme This clip was featured in the season 14 premiere game as a "Video Daily Double"]].
15	-->'''Agent K:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?]]\
16	'''Agent J:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, wait, that was on "Final Jeopardy!" last night. Damn, Alex said...]]
17	* ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'': Gloria spends every minute she can studying so she can become a contestant on the show. Eventually, thanks to Sidney's connections, and Billy making an impossible shot, she gets her shot as a contestant, and proceeds to win big.
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20	* Mem from ''Literature/RememberDippy'' loves watching ''Jeopardy!'' even though he never gets any of the questions.
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23	* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Cliff is a contestant in the episode "What is... Cliff Clavin!"
24	* GameShows: In general, the "answer in the form of a question" rule has become so [[MemeticMutation wrapped in the pop culture lexicon]] that it's not unheard of for contestants on other shows to tag their guesses with "What is [X]?" or "Who is [X]?" Hosts of these shows usually follow up with a deadpan comment along the lines of "This isn't ''Jeopardy!''"
25	** ''Series/WinBenSteinsMoney'' takes this even further. Any contestant who accidentally gives an answer in the form of a question is forced to wear a DunceCap for the remainder of a round.
26	* In the ''Series/MamasFamily'' episode "Mama on Jeopardy!", Iola auditions for Jeopardy. Thelma [[TitleDrop (obviously)]] goes on the show and dishearteningly only gets second place, with the ConsolationPrize ended up being [[spoiler: an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii!]]
27	* The "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skits from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', with Creator/WillFerrell as Alex Trebek and Creator/DarrellHammond as Creator/SeanConnery, who was more interested in trolling Trebek than actually playing.
28	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'':
29	** In one episode, after Rose said something stupid, Dorothy asks her sarcastically if any of her relatives have ever been a returning champion on the show.
30	** In "Questions & Answers", both Dorothy and Blanche end up auditioning with only the former being asked to join. Unfortunately, not only does she have a NightmareSequence where she loses to Rose ''and'' Charley Dietz and both Alex and Merv Griffin mock for for being a bad sport about it, but her arrogance in the preliminary round of questions get her banned from receiving an invite.
31	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'':
32	** In "The Grand Chancellor and a Den of Sin", George Sr. watches the quiz show in part because he likes to learn things, but mostly because the remote control needs new batteries.
33	** In "Future Worf and the Margarita of the South Pacific", Missy suggests Sheldon go on the game show, but Sheldon has such a strong dislike of the answers-as-questions format that he can't put aside.
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36	* The Music/WeirdAlYankovic song "I Lost on Jeopardy" (which spoofs Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy"). Complete with then announcer Don Pardo delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the contestant.
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39	* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' strip had a man competing with Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, with a score of 100; he claims that his buzzer was broken.
40	* In a SundayStrip of ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'', Walt Wallet is a contestant on "Foolhardy!" hosted by Alex Trivial. In the Baseball category, Walt is stumped by the answer "The fans." The question: [[spoiler:Who lost the 1994 World Series?]]
41	* From a 1989 ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip:
42	-->'''Charlie Brown:''' Someone told me that you like me only because I feed you. Is that true?
43	-->'''Snoopy:''' I think I'll choose another category… I'll take Famous Characters in History for $400, please!
44	* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': One of the crocs manages to get on ''Jeopardy!'' and amazingly does well due to subconsciously absorbing information from TV shows in his sleep. Unfortunately for him, they don't accept "[[FunetikAksent Zeeba]]" as a final Jeopardy! response, which he put all his winnings on...
45	* In one ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip, Miss Wormwood asks Calvin for the location of the Byzantine Empire. After a beat, Calvin says, "I'll take Outer Planets for $100."
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48	* ''VideoGame/StayTooned'': One of the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe TV shows]] is ''Shlepardy!'', hosted by [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Al Extra Bucks]]. It is also a mini-game you can play when you enter the Castle Room and click on the television set. You'll need to play this game and win at it in the path where the elevator button to Floor #5 is missing, since it is one of the prizes you can get if you win.
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51	* WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Joel once played a Mario bootleg game that inexplicably had the JeopardyThinkingMusic as BGM at one point. A different arrangement shows up as part of the AWinnerIsYou screen.
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54	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode2 Win Big]]", WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain go on ''Gyp-Parody'' to win the money needed for Brain's latest EvilScheme.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Spoofing Franchise/{{Superman}}'s "Mr. Mxyzptlk", "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E21ITakeTheeQuagmire I Take Thee, Quagmire]]" has a gag where Adam West provides "[[SdrawkcabName Kebert Xela]]" as his answer on Final Jeopardy, causing host Alex Trebek to disappear when he read it aloud. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69p1xplmKl4 And then someone tried it for real on the show]]. This time it did nothing but get a laugh out of the studio.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E24GameShowDidiToysInTheAttic Game Show Didi]]", Didi appears on ''Super Stumpers'', a game show akin to ''Jeopardy!'', hosted by Alec Quebec (voiced by Alex Trebek himself). At one point, Quebec has to remind Didi that her answer doesn't have to be in the form of a question.
57	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' episode "Total Jeopardy!", Velma and Shaggy compete on the game show against a robot named Max Kilobyte. Alex Trebek appears as an InkSuitActor hosting the show.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]", Marge goes on ''Jeopardy!'' in the hope of winning $15,000 to repay the people of Springfield after she spends their money on a $12,000 car that sunk into icy water. Marge loses so badly that she ends up owing $5,200 to Alex Trebek. Trebek doesn't take kindly to Marge's loss, and joins the Springfieldians in repossessing the Simpsons' possessions at the end of the episode.

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