Line #28 ReferencedBy/OldYeller


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2	* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': Fry claims to Smitty and URL that the Simpsons in the Planet Express are just [[ToyDisguise his life-sized Simpsons action figures]]. The two cops fall for it, but URL comments that Fry having action figures at his age is just as sad as the end of ''Old Yeller''.
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5	* In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', Joy tries to get Sadness happy by asking what she thinks is funny. Sadness replies "Remember the funny movie where the dog dies?"
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8	* ''Film/AirBuddies2006'': A poster for the film can be seen at the drive-in theater that is showing ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1961''.
9	* ''Film/RocketMan1997'': Lead character Fred thinks crewmate Julie is doing an Old Yeller impression when she's foaming at the mouth from accidentally eating toothpaste.
10	-->'''Fred''': Oh look! Julie's doing her Old Yeller impression! 'Please, Pa! I don't want Yeller to die!'
11	* ''Film/TheMask'': While Mask!Stanley stages a melodramatic death scene, he pleads "Tell [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Auntie Em]] to let Old Yeller out..."
12	* ''Film/{{Stripes}}'': While trying to inspire his platoon before their graduation, Winger asks them if they cried when Old Yeller got shot.
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15	* Ben from ''Literature/DogsDontTalk'' used to watch the movie as a little kid, but he always fell asleep within the first half hour. Once he heard his mom mention "the sad part." When he asked his mom what happens, she answers, "In the end, he is the father of a cute litter of puppies!"
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18	* The Season 6 finale of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' has BigBad [[ComicBook/RichardDragon Ricardo Diaz]] talking about the iconic ShootTheDog scene but couldn't remember the name of the film. [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Dinah Laurel Lance]] later gave him a loud reminder.
19	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]", Old Yeller is mentioned in a ChainOfCorrections:
20	-->'''Willow:''' ''[sarcastically]'' "Old Reliable"? Yeah, great. ''There's'' a sexy nickname.\
21	'''Buffy:''' Well, I-I didn't mean it as...\
22	'''Xander:''' She just means, you know, the geyser. You're like a geyser of fun that goes off at regular intervals.\
23	'''Willow:''' That's Old Faithful.\
24	'''Xander:''' Isn't that the dog that the guy had to shoot..?\
25	'''Willow:''' That's Old Yeller.\
26	'''Buffy:''' Xander, I beg you not to help me.
27	* ''Series/BreakingBad'': In the aptly named episode "Rabid Dog", Saul cites Old Yeller as a comparison to try and convince Walt to have the rogue Jesse killed.
28	* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': In "Grumpy Young Men", Will and Carlton watch the movie on their double date.
29	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "The One Where Old Yeller Dies", it's revealed that Phoebe never saw the real ending to the movie because her mother always turned if off early so she wouldn't get traumatized.
30	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': In "The Colonel", Jill mentions that her family used to think that ''Old Yeller'' was about [[NoIndoorVoice her father]].
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33	* [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic's]] BoastfulRap spoof, "All About the Pentiums", has the line "I should do the world a favor and cap you like Old Yeller!"
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36	* During the lead up to Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XXIV'' in which the former's career was on the line, Michaels cites the iconic ShootTheDog scene and likens it to him retiring Flair.
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39	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
40	** In his "Top 11 Saddest Nostalgic Moments" video, scenes from various Disney movies are placed in the #1 spot, including the killing of Old Yeller.
41	** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'', the Critic gets annoyed by the title character and tells the movie to "go ''Old Yeller'' on his ass".
42	* In Creator/{{Slimebeast}}’s story, Lost Episodes, it's said that the first time Sid edited a tape was to change this movie so that the dog instead recovers from the rabies. It's implied that seeing the real ending contributed to Sid's StartOfDarkness.
43	* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', as Freeza is giving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Vegeta, he mockingly claims that getting around to actually murdering him will be ''sort of like putting down Old [[SpaceX Space]] Yeller".
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46	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
47	** In "Surro-Gate", Stan says that a lesbian couple's son reminds him of the kid who shot Old Yeller and suggests they go find a dog to shoot.
48	** In "The People vs. Martin Sugar", Stan rattles his list of his ten favorite fictitious dogs; Old Yeller is #3.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
50	** In "Bumbie's Mom", Slappy helps a traumatized Skippy learn that a tear-jerking death from [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} a certain movie]] wasn't real, and the episode ends with the two watching an in-flight movie. [[HereWeGoAgain Unfortunately, it's]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain Old Yellow]]'' and instead of having Travis provide the MercyKill, it is somewhat implied that "Old Yellow" got killed (offscreen) by [[TheGhost hunters]].
51	** In "Hello Nice Warners", the Warners have Mr. Director play the unlucky dog in their film ''Old Screamer''.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
53	** A cutaway from "He's Too Sexy for His Fat" shows that Old Yeller got put down [[DisproportionateRetribution for failing to relay a phone message]].
54	** In "Inside Family Guy", it's revealed that [[SelfDeprecation the show's infamous arc of Brian getting killed off]] [[WrittenInAbsence was a result of him acting in an]] ''[[WrittenInAbsence Old Yeller]]'' [[WrittenInAbsence remake]]. We then watch a scene from the movie in which Brian-as-Yeller grabs the gun and kills the boy.
55	--->'''Brian:''' They miscalculated the number of dogs who buy movie tickets.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Near the end of "Lawnmower Dog", a teary-eyed Jerry compares saying goodbye to Snuffles to the end of ''Old Yeller''.
57	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "Babe Hollytree in: I Wish One Person Had Died" has Travis shoot Old Yeller for contracting rabies, only for Travis to get a bit too excited about it and wear Old Yeller's skin as a cape, leading to his parents to put their son down.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
59	** In "Dog of Death", Homer tries to tell his kids about "doggie heaven" and says that Old Yeller and "about eight Lassies" are there.
60	** There is an episode titled "Old Yeller-Belly".
61	* The ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' episode "The Germinator" had Daisy read a parody of ''Old Yeller'' to Donald in order to make him cry out the shrunken Huey, Dewey, Louie and Dr. Tovar.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldGetsALife'' has Garfield and Jon at a video store in one scene. Garfield asks if they can rent ''Old Yeller'' because he likes a movie with a happy ending.
63	* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "Wake the Dead", Hawkgirl is forced to put Solomon Grundy out of his misery, and references the movie.
64	-->'''Franchise/GreenLantern:''' What are you saying?\
65	'''Shayera:''' Your favorite movie is ''Old Yeller'', you know exactly what he's saying!

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