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1References to ''Film/FightClub'' in other media.
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4* In the English dub of ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' (under the dub name ''Anime/GlitterForceDokiDoki''), Sharuru ([[DubNameChange Kippie]]), one of the mascots, says the phrase in front of Mana Aida ([[DubNameChange Maya Aida]]).
5-->'''[[DubNameChange Kippie]] (Sharuru):''' The first rule of the Glitter Force is you do not talk about the Glitter Force.
6* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'': During the "The Secret of Guard Westwood" arc, Viviano Westwood incapacitates his coworker, Sonny Likir, in a violent brawl, opens all the cell doors, and declares that the Maximum Security Ward is now Fight Club. The first chapter of the arc in the Weekly Shonen Jump release was even called "Fight Club".
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9* Creator/AdamBrody wears a ''Fight Club'' T-shirt in ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'', which [[CelebrityParadox also stars]] Creator/BradPitt.
10* In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', Seraph's line, "You do not truly know someone, until you fight them," sounds similar to the line, "How much do you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?", from the movie.
11* ''Film/Aquaman2018''. The title character [[TheNicknamer calls Mera "Fight Club"]] [[BelligerentSexualTension while arguing with her]] in the Sahara Desert.
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14* In ''Literature/TheNowhereGirls'', Grace tells Jesse, "The first rule about the Nowhere Girls is you do not talk about the Nowhere Girls."
15* ''Literature/BothCanBeTrue'': Tyler, one of the bullies who assaulted Ash at their old school, has the Instagram handle "[=TylerDurdenWishes=]."
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18* ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'': the villain from Episode 26 is named Tylerian Durden, and owns an illegal fight club.
19* Israeli satire show ''Series/TheJewsAreComing'' featured a series of sketches in which [[Literature/TheBible Moses]] is [[KnightInSourArmor frustrated]] by the Israelites obtuse behaviour, exacerbated by his idiot brother Aaron. In the second season finale, they had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiw0mD416Q a sketch]] with the two of them in the Tabernacle getting high and Aaron demonstrating his hand flute skills, when [[spoiler:Moses, who insists God is real as he talks to him all the time, same way he does with Aaron, finds out that he imagined Aaron all along, getting [[OnceMoreWithClarity flashbacks of what really happened in all those sketches]]]]), mirroring the equivalent scene in the film. [[spoiler:Moses, ComicallyMissingThePoint, takes away from the whole ordeal that he could play the hand flute all along, and lightheartedly asks God why he never told him Aaron wasn't real.]]
20* ''Series/TheWhitestKidsUKnow'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrUOLbyG930 a sketch]] in which a guy has his manager, who saw the black eye he got from playing softball, force him to take him to the Fight Club he's sure he's in.
21-->'''Manager:''' Hey, can I ask you something crazy? Do you think... [[spoiler:we're the same person]]?\
22''[[{{Beat}} (awkward silence)]]''\
23'''Employee:''' God, I hope not.
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26* ''VideoGame/MidnightFightExpress'': Level 20 is named "Fight Club", and before you can pass, you have to fight through Kyler Turden.
27* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Brawler's Guild, an hidden fighting club beneath each faction's capital where players can fight one-on-one battles with enemies, has numerous shout-outs to Fight Club. Most of the achievements referencing the movie, from "The First Rule of Brawler's Guild" to "I am Thrall's Complete Lack of Surprise." When players lose their fights, the spectators will often say, "His[=/=]Her name was HelloInsertNameHere".
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30* On a more political note, the blogger who is responsible for the controversial ''Zerohedge'' site, goes by the nom-de-plume of ''Tyler Durden'', and even uses the image of Brad Pitt's character.
31* During the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic's [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS3E36 review of]] ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'', he says this:
32-->'''Critic:''' ''(sighs)'' [[ARareSentence You know what I could use right now? I could use a shot of Tyler Durden's penis.]] [[LampshadeHanging I don't usually say that, but this just seems like the right movie to put it in.]]
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35* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=357 "Pervert Club"]] ''The first rule of Pervert Club is that you don't talk about Pervert Club.''
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38* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had an episode where Grim learns his spirit animal is a penguin.

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