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2* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': A dimwitted foreman named Taggart is building a railroad in the intervals of being Hedy ("That's Hedley!") Lamarr's henchman. Cut to Ayn Rand's magnum opus ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' (1957), in which Dagny ''Taggart'' is trying to save the railroad her grandfather built...
3* ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'': Richard pushes over a giant copy of ''Atlas Shrugged''.
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6* ''Literature/TheExpanse'': Two of the ships in Michio Pa's fleet are named after the protagonists of ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' and ''Literature/TheMartian'':
7-->In the middle column, the colony ships she and her fleet had taken: the ''Bedyadat Jadida'', out of Luna. The ''John Galt'' and the ''Mark Watney'', out of Mars.
8* In ''Literature/SaveTheEnemy'', Zoey's libertarian dad worships Ayn Rand and has written lots of notes like "TRUE!" and "SO TRUE!" in the margins of ''Atlas Shrugged''. He named the family's first dog Galt, and his computer password is [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish JohnGalt123]].
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11* ''Series/TheColbertReport'': Among the people who've donated to Colbert's [=SuperPAC=] are [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Lord Sauron]], [[Literature/AtlasShrugged John Galt]], [[Series/StrangersWithCandy Jerri Blank]], [[WebOriginal/{{Inglip}} R Inglip]], D.B. Cooper, and UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} of Nazareth.
12* In ''Series/MadMen'', [[MagnificentBastard Bert Cooper]] has a copy of ''Atlas Shrugged'' in his office. He sees himself as the embodiment of Ayn Rand's objectivist ethical philosophy -- the ultimate ethical egoist / rationally selfish man. All his actions are, in one way or another, directed by a pragmatic attitude of what he thinks is best for himself.
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15* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'': The shelves in the Slayer's office on the Fortress of Doom contain items referencing various pieces of media, including books, movies and, of course, video games including a piece titled ''[[Literature/AtlasShrugged Atlas Ripped and Teared]]''.
16* ''{{VideoGame/Stellaris}}'': Before the update that changed the names of that axis, Radical Individualists could get dialogue which referenced ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''.
17* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'': The title of Episode 2? [[Literature/AtlasShrugged Atlas Mugged.]]
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