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3	Being one of the most famous films ever made, ''Film/CitizenKane'' has had its share of [[ReferencedBy parodies and homages]], including [[ItWasHisSled its famous ending]]. Expect Creator/MauriceLaMarche to pop up a lot.
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6	* ''The Comicbook/{{Batman}} Chronicles'' #21 featured "Citizen Wayne", a WholePlotReference to ''Citizen Kane'', replacing the film characters with that of the Batman (with the inclusion of Clark Kent in the Jerry Thompson role) and a slight twist on the original ending: [[spoiler:"Rosebud" was the name of the gun used to murder Bruce's parents.]]
7	* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'':
8	** The last chapter in the saga, "The Richest Duck in the World" has almost a verbatim reference of the entire opening, up to and including the "News on the March" sequence. The opening panel "pans" through the window of Scrooge's big mansion and shows him sitting there with a globe similar to Kane's, whispering the word "Goldie" (on a close up of his beak). Later in that chapter, Donald even finds the original Rosebud sled in a storage room in Scrooge's money bin. Creator/DonRosa himself was actually intent on this all the way.
9	** The story "Last Sled to Dawson" makes a point of having Scrooge getting back his old sled (yes, a sled he had lost decades before - ItWasHisSled). Donald's nephews also recite the end of the movie verbatim, stating that this sled represents "something he lost, or never got, or both".
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12	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has referenced the movie several times, including in a Sunday strip where Linus is watching the movie for the first time on TV, and Lucy spoils the ending for him by telling him ItWasHisSled.
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14	[[AC:[[AnimatedFilms Films - Animated]]]]
15	* ''Westernanimation/WallaceAndGromit'': ''Westernanimation/AGrandDayOut'': A sled with with the phrase "Rosebud" painted on it can be seen in Wallace's basement.
16	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': [[Creator/WilliamShatner Ozzie]] says "Rosebud!" when he stages a [[LargeHam hammy]] death scene.
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18	[[AC:[[{{Film}} Films - Live-Action]]]]
19	* Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Film/DayForNight'' pays tribute to the film in a dream sequence depicting a childhood memory of the character played by Truffaut stealing publicity photos from the film.
20	* ''Film/IndecentProposal'': John Gage gives a speech about a woman he remembers even after only seeing her once that's exactly the same as the speech Bernstein gives about a woman in ''Citizen Kane''.
21	* ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'''s narrative structure is modeled on the film, in that the reporter Stuart tries to solve a mystery about Slade, traveling around to interview Slade's lovers and colleagues, whose recollections are shown in 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s flashback sequences.
22	* ''Film/ImmortalBeloved'' uses a similar plot structure, taking the perspective of a reporter as he interviews several people in Beethoven's life to find out who his Immortal Beloved is.
23	* ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'': Pepe says that Spanish reviewers gave ''El Muppet Show'' five out of five jamón serranos (not knowing they were bribed), while ''Citizen Kane'' got only four.
24	* The shot of Rey in the hall of mirrors in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' is a reference to a similar shot in Citizen Kane.
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26	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
27	* In the Creator/JohnLeCarre novel ''Agent Running in the Field'', one of the British agents is running an operation on a Russian named Orson; naturally, the code-name of the operation is "Rosebud".
28	* In the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover ''Literature/AngelsOfMusic'', Charles Foster Kane appears as a Bond-villain-esque adversary.
29	* Creator/CarlosFuentes' novel ''Literature/TheDeathOfArtemioCruz'' was partially inspired by the film.
30	* ''Literature/TheExpanse'': There's a quick ShoutOut in ''Leviathan Wakes'' that goes:
31	-->"''Razorback''", Naomi said. "What's that?"\
32	"It's a sled," Miller replied.[[note]]This is actually a ''double'' ShoutOut - The term ''sled'' in racing circles is shortened from ''lead sled'', which denotes a very fast vehicle. What was the ''Razorback''? A racing star-ship.[[/note]]
33	* In ''Literature/TheresMoreThanOneWayHome'', Anna thinks that the stock footage of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Crime Conquerors]]'' makes ''Godzilla'' look like ''Citizen Kane''.
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36	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', in the episode "Pump Fiction", had the final scene of the "SHEOS" movie being Al saying "Rosebud" and dropping a shoe from his hand.
37	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': In the episode "One Last Score" they mention the building looks like Citizen Kane's house.
38	* On a third-season episode of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Keith is hired to find a missing college trustee by her husband, whose name is Budd Rose (not only that, but the missing trustee is played by Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the model for Charles Foster Kane).
39	* In the ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' episode "Sick Day", when young Pete is holding the snow globe, he utters the words "Sick Day" then proceeds to drop the snow globe which smashes on the ground. This is nearly identical to the first scene in Citizen Kane in which Charles Foster Kane says "Rosebud."
40	* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Rimmer's death (as depicted in "[=Me2=]") is a parody of the opening scene, right down to a falling slow globe and cryptic last words.
41	* In the ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode "Citizen Solomon," the storyline about Tommy becoming a SchoolNewspaperNewsHound is a WholePlotReference to ''Citizen Kane''. Tommy is Kane, Alissa is Susan, August is Leland, and the principal is Mr. Thatcher.
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44	* The politician running for office in the music video for "Hook" by Music/BluesTraveler is shot like Kane's campaign.
45	* Music/KateBush's [[Music/{{Aerial}} "King of the Mountain"]] draws parallels between Kane and Music/ElvisPresley, among other things surmising that ElvisLives and is now spending his days in hiding, playing "in the snow with Rosebud." The music video furthers this by using Elvis' mansion as a framing set similar to Xanadu, ending with a shot of Rosebud almost exactly like the one that ends ''Citizen Kane''.
46	* Music/TheWhiteStripes paid unauthorized tribute to the film in the song "The Union Forever".
47	* Music/RobCantor's Music/ShiaLaBeoufLive shows Creator/ShiaLaBeouf doing a SlowClap in the silent theater while wearing a dead-serious expression, a nod to Kane doing the same for Susan after her terrible opera performance. [=LaBeouf=] is shot from the same angle as Kane and is even wearing the same tux and white bowtie.
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50	* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': In "Words, Words, Words", one of the things Bear reads about in his newspaper is an advertisement for a movie called ''Citizen Crane'', which is described as the story of a young bird's rise to fame and power.
51	* ''Series/SesameStreet'': A 1999 Loews Theaters policy trailer, which is about the history of motion pictures, features Cookie Monster eating the ''Rosebud'' sled.
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53	[[AC:VideoGames]]
54	* ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'': In ''Curse of Blackmoor Manor'', Loulou sometimes says "Rosebud..." if you poison her to death.
55	* ''Videogame/Wolfenstein3D'' has General Fettgesicht's death quote being "Roseknospe", [[GratuitousGerman "Rosebud" in German.]]
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58	* The ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'' episode on Creator/WaltDisney's original vision of Epcot is framed by homages to ''Citizen Kane'': in the opening Disney dies saying 'Epcot' and drops a model of its planned Cosmopolitan Hotel, while the end shows a picture of Disney in front of his plans for Epcot burning before cutting to a picture of him in his childhood and his childhood home, Marceline, Missouri, burning as well, implying that Epcot, and indeed ''everything'' Disney had ever done, was an attempt to recreate his childhood.
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61	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' is titled "Citizen Canine". In this episode, Lucky decides to run against Ed Pig as the farm's mayor after the mayor makes a few too many unfair laws.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
63	** One of the [[CouchGag interchangeable lyrics]] from the theme song is "Citizen Kane-y!". Yakko is also holding up the ''Rosebud'' sled.
64	** From the song sequence in "Video Revue"...
65	--->''There was a sled named Rosebud''\
66	''And a citizen named Kane''\
67	''He rode it 'till the snow was melted''\
68	''Now he's Film/SinginInTheRain''
69	** At the beginning of the movie ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish'', the Warners are using the ''Rosebud'' sled as firewood.
70	* ''Westernanimation/BumpInTheNight'': In the episode "I Dream Of Silverfish" a sled with "rosebud" written on it is shown.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': In the episode "It's a Wonderful Half-Life", the close up of Cat's lips saying "Winslow" and then dropping his ball of yarn and rolling into his bedroom door in the beginning of his dream mirrors the film's opening sequence.
72	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'':
73	** Jay attends a lecture on the later works of Creator/OrsonWelles. The film starts with a closeup of Welles saying Rosebud, before pulling back to reveal Welles is talking about Rosebud Frozen Peas.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
75	** In a cutaway from "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]" about Peter getting banned from the video store for taping over their movies, the scene cuts to a scene from the film being interrupted by the famous quote...
76	--->'''Peter:''' [[ItWasHisSled It's his sled]]. It was his sled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours.
77	** At the beginning of "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS18E13RichOldStewie Rich Old Stewie]]", there was a shout-out to this movie where Stewie says "Fart joke" instead of "Rosebud".
78	* In ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Thankgiving]]'', Garfield's talking scale mockingly mistakes him for Orson Welles, and [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes claims to have seen]] ''[[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes Citizen Kane]]'' [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes eight times]]. When Garfield destroys the scale, it says, "Rosebud".
79	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In ''WesternAnimation/CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs'', Prince Chawmin arrives to wake up So White and makes this statement.
80	-->''I'll give her a kiss, and it won't be a dud''\
81	''I'll bring her to life with my special'' '''''rosebud'''''
82	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Ponyville Confidential", Diamond Tiara becomes the editor of her school's newspaper and makes a speech in front of a giant portrait of herself.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'': The opening is parodied with Swanky saying "Roast beef" instead.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheLakeNoseMonster The Lake Nose Monster]]", Captain Webber whispers "Nosebud" and drops a snowglobe when he is rendered immobile by a cramp and sees the boat ''Nosebud'' heading straight toward him.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': A scene from "Snowball" features where Pinky, living the high life with Snowball but lonely without his friend, mutters "Brain" in his sleep and drops a snowglobe model of Acme Labs a la the film's opening scene.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': "Ghostbuster of the Year" was a WholePlotReference concerning the ghost of Charles Foster [[PunnyName Hearse]], publisher of ghost-related periodicals. The entire episode hinges on Maurice [=LaMarche's=] peerless Welles impression.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' had a sketch that was a WholePlotReference to the movie with Music/BritneySpears in the starring role.
88	* There have been so many references on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the staff joked that they might just recreate the entire film with clips from the series.
89	** Several moments from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E4TwoCarsInEveryGarageAndThreeEyesOnEveryFish Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]", including Mr. Burns making a speech in front of a giant picture of himself, and a scene of him shouting "I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" and trashing the Simpsons' living room.
90	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", Homer plays with a piece of paper while attending the play, similar to Joseph Cotten.
91	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E7MargeGetsAJob Marge Gets a Job]]", Smithers puts on a big performance at Mr. Burns' birthday party, which is a parody of the show put on for Kane.
92	** The appropriately titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E4Rosebud Rosebud]]" has a scene of Mr. Burns dropping a snowglobe in his sleep and a flashback of Mr. Burns leaving his parents for a "twisted, loveless billionaire" with a shot of his teddy bear Bobo lying in the snow. There's even Kane's sled in the background among Burns' stuff.
93	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", Sideshow Bob makes a speech in front of a giant picture of himself when he is elected mayor of Springfield.
94	** The third segment from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]" is titled ''Citizen Kang''.
95	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E3GuessWhosComingToCriticizeDinner Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]", the Simpsons are looking at movie props on display at Planet Hype, and Lisa looks at "the cane from ''Citizen Kane''" before realizing there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''.[[note]] Actually, there is a "cane" in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/3blmt0/the_cane_from_citizen_kane/ one scene]].[[/note]]
96	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E14MrSpritzGoesToWashington Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]", Mayor Quimby hears his mistress's screechy voice for the first time and laments "Now I regret building you that opera house".
97	** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" segment ''The Day the Earth Looked Stupid'', Chief Wiggum threatens Creator/OrsonWelles with "...and I'll punch ya in the nose, bud!", leading Welles to ponder "Nosebud".
98	* A ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' episode is called ''Citizen Khan''.
99	* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "Citizen Max" is a WholePlotReference to this film.
100	** Another episode has Jay talking about a list of movies he loves with his boss, Duke. When he threatens that they better not be art films that no one cares about, Jay tears off a small piece of paper leaving just the film itself, which Duke still dismissively asks, "Citizen ''who?"'' before crumbling up the piece in anger.
101	* In the Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episode "[[Recap/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouseS1E20GameNight Game Night]]" During Donald's dream sequence, one of he scenes he is shown in is giving a speech in front of a giant portrait of himself.

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