Line #36 ReferencedBy/Dumbo


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2	* In an advertisement for Creator/DisneyPlus featuring ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer tells his family to put on their Mickey Mouse ears. When Marge tries to do so, her hair launches her Mickey ears into the air, which hit Dumbo and knock him out of the sky, causing him to land on Homer.
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5	* ''ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm'':
6	** Dumbo is among the Disney characters whose head is mounted on the wall in [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2007/MGG-2007-01-05.gif this strip]].
7	** [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2004/MGG-2004-11-08.gif Dumbo returns to Capistrano]].
8	** During Euro Disney[[note]]That was what Disneyland Paris was called in when it first opened, for those unaware[[/note]]'s financial troubles, the Commissary started serving [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_1996/MGG-1996-04-21.gif Chicken-Dumbo Soup]].
9	** Dumbo appears in [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2006/MGG-2006-02-03.gif in this strip]] backstage at the Disney Airport.
10	** [[http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=107756 At the Animated Cartoon Oscars]], Ralph gets an autograph from Dumbo.
11	** Dumbo appears [[http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=5279 in this strip]] stuck in a piece of fly paper at the Disney house. Get it?
12	* ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'':
13	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/food-drink/2015-12-17 this strip]], Dumbo appears in a bar, listening to an Ostrich complain about how some species aren't meant to fly.
14	** Dumbo appears in [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/music/2010-06-23 this strip]], alongside [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost, and [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 a Smurf]].
15	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/movies-theatre/2006-12-06 this strip]], Dumbo is part of the original "Movies on Demand".
16	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/medical-health/diet/1997-02-28 this strip]], Dumbo gets plastic surgery.
17	** In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/business-finance/office/1994-05-16 this strip]], Dumbo is one of the many overworked and underpaid air traffic controllers of Toontown.
18	* ''ComicStrip/RedAndRover'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2010/10/14 This strip]] has Rover telling Red about a chihuahua named Red, who's apparently "the shrimpiest dog" that Rover has ever met. Red warns Rover that he might be sensitive about his size and hear him, to which Rover says, "Good point. He DOES have huge, Dumbo-like ears."
19	* ''ComicStrip/InkPen'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/inkpen/2011/11/28 "Still think it's safe to fly with Dumbo?"]]
20	* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'': One strip, part of a storyline in which Jason aspires to be CEO of Disney, has Peter mentioning that Jason wants to remake some of their films - for example, remaking ''Dumbo'' with Paige as Dumbo (ironically, Disney [[HilariousInHindsight eventually did wind up making a remake of]] ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]'').
21	* A ''ComicStrip/StoneSoup'' story arc has the family watching and enjoying Dumbo.
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23	[[AC:[[AnimatedFilms Film – Animated]]]]
24	* ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}}'':
25	** In [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the original movie]], when Genie makes Aladdin a prince, he says, "Esalalumbo shimin Dumbo!" as he turns Abu into an elephant.
26	** In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', after Genie saves Abu from being trampled by an elephant, he remarks that the monkey was almost "Dumbo toejam".
27	* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': P.T. Flea uses a box of Casey Jr. Cookies for a circus wagon. The box also features a reference to story director Joe Grant.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': The toy store sequence features a toy of Dumbo blowing bubbles from its trunk.
29	* ''WesternAnimation/KronksNewGroove'': When Kronk buys the old retirement community for his dream house on a hill, he's seen driving a model of Casey Junior towards "Pancake Junction." [[spoiler: When he gives the seniors back their home]], they take Casey for a spin themselves.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': In the prologue when a young Anna and Elsa play with snow figurines, one of them looks like Dumbo.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': A Dumbo plush toy is seen in Lilo's bedroom, in tribute to both films using watercolor backgrounds.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'': At the end of the film, Dumbo is among the many Disney characters who enter the theater to see it after Timon's mother rewinds it.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'': During the "Heffalumps and Woozles" sequence from the "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" segment, a scene of two Heffalumps dancing together is RecycledAnimation of two pink elephants dancing together from ''Dumbo'''s "Pink Elephants On Parade" sequence.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet:'' Dumbo appears in Oh My Disney.
35	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': Donkey briefly quotes the intro to "When I See an Elephant Fly" when hit with Tinkerbell's pixie dust.
36	-->'''Donkey:''' You may have seen a house fly, maybe even a Film/SuperFly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly!
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38	[[AC:[[{{Film}} Film – Live-Action]]]]
39	* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'': Stilwell goes to a theater ''Dumbo'' and tearfully sings along to "Baby Mine".
40	* ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'': The Rifle Range has balloons of Dumbo as prizes to be won.
41	* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': When Chip and Dale find the missing Monterey Jack at the end of the film, [[spoiler:he is revealed to have been turned into Dumbo by Sweet Pete, as part of the latter's plan to release a bootleg film called ''Stupido the Elephant Baby'']].
42	* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'': While in Africa, Daffy hops on an elephant and says "Giddy-up, Dumbo!"
43	* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': The gag of Mr. Stork's package constantly dropping through the cloud and him catching it is reused during the opening credits, but with Mary Poppins' carpetbag and umbrella dropping through.
44	* ''Film/OperationDumboDrop'': Referenced right in the film's title, which was also the name of a real-life Vietnam War mission. In addition, the film's rendition of "When I See an Elephant Fly" is heard at the end.
45	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Dumbo appears flying at the Maroon studios "on loan from Disney". The Crows appear as Jessica Rabbit's backup band. Both Casey Junior and Mrs. Jumbo makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo at the very end among the crowd of Toons walking towards Toontown in the Acme Factory.
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47	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
48	* In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', when Nobby urgently tells a drunk Sergeant Colon that he just saw the dragon fly down the street, Colon replies "I've seen a horsefly. And I've seen a housefly. I've even seen a greenfly, but I ain't never seen a dragon fly."
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51	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Near the beginning of the episode "Stereo-Typical", Tim claims that Al's favorite movie is ''Dumbo''. Al replies that ''Dumbo'' is actually his favorite movie ''about an elephant''.
52	* ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'': In one episode, a boy who thinks he can't win a skateboarding competition without his lucky board is told the story of how Dumbo thought he needed his MagicFeather in order to fly, only to find when he dropped it that he could fly perfectly well without it.
53	* ''Series/RadioEnfer'': After Mr. Giroux started [[EarAche pulling Carl's right ear]] because the teenager told a lie about the principal on the air, he eventually stops pulling him by the ear about one minute later after Camille says that Carl is going to look like Dumbo if the principal doesn't stop.
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56	* West African jazz-African music band Osibisa, who formed from British based Nigerian and Ghanaian expats, got tired of being rejected by slightly racist record company execs who [[ItWillNeverCatchOn believed that African music was as likely to take off in Britain as a flying elephant]]. Sure enough, when they got their recording break, [[TakeThat they put a flying elephant on the LP cover]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7Tq8laJo8&list=PLIa36ETako3MaZaw7-I0qEuflOniBvTWd&index=20&t=0s See here]]
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58	[[AC:VideoGames]]
59	* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'', a game with [[DerangedAnimation very psychedelic visuals]], one of the levels is entitled "[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4147.png Piranha Plants on Parade]]", in reference to "Pink Elephants on Parade". In addition, one of the fruit power-ups allows Mario to transform into an elephant.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Activity Center'': In the "Jungle Tumble" mini-game, if Young Tarzan manages to get an elephant down one floor, Tantor will remark "I think I know now why Dumbo had those big ears!"
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63	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
64	** In the review of ''Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird'', the Critic describes Snuffy as "A big, hairy Dumbo, but with depression".
65	** In the review of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', the Critic asks Music/{{Brentalfloss}} why he's dressed "like the Dumbo mouse".
66	** In the review of ''Film/TheWiz'', WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows says that the crows mocking the Scarecrow are taking a break from heckling Dumbo.
67	** In "War of the Commercials", when the Critic reviews commercials for the Mickey Mouse Talking Phone, he imagines what other characters Disney could have used. One of them is the Crows from ''Dumbo'', causing Malcolm to smash the talking phone violently upon hearing them.
68	* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'':
69	** In "Jeffy Goes to Disney World!", Mario takes Jeffy on the Dumbo ride. On the ride, Jeffy calls Dumbo "Mr. Moose".
70	** In "The Halloween Heist!", when Bowser Junior, who is dressed like an elephant, asks Joseph and Cody to guess his costume, Joseph guesses "Dumbo".
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73	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': In one episode, Genie turns himself into Dumbo.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Art Crawl", Linda has a nightmare about Gayle's animal butt paintings that is based on the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': The episode "Of Mice and Menace" features the villain Flaps the Elephant, who resembles a tough-looking Dumbo.
76	* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
77	** The ants in the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck shorts "Tea for Two Hundred" and "Uncle Donald's Ants" march to a pastiche of "Pink Elephants On Parade".
78	** The WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} cartoon "The Wonder Dog" uses music from the movie while Pluto imagines himself as a circus dog.
79	** "WesternAnimation/GoliathII" reuses some Dumbo animation, particularly Dumbo being caressed by his mother's trunk during "Baby Mine", Dumbo looking at the crowd during the parade, and Timothy the Mouse scaring the elephants.
80	** ''WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace'' reuses animation from "Pink Elephants on Parade" during the scene at the end of Donald's dream where multiple Donalds fall in front of the screen.
81	** Sterling Holloway reprised his role as Mr. Stork in ''WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion''.
82	* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': The episode "Skip Day" features an appearance by two of Dumbo's crow friends.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'': In "Sawdust Ring", it is revealed that the reason why Alberto Stracciatella's employees left the Circus Straciatella is because he never paid them, due to trying to save up his money to buy a flying baby elephant, which Duckula quickly concludes is similar to Dumbo.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In Dee Dee's story from "Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster", Dee Dee Locks tells lies to make her ears grow escapes the monster's castle by flying away with her ears.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", Peter talks to Dumbo's crow friends while at Disney World.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
87	** In ''WesternAnimation/TheBashfulBuzzard'', a buzzard is seen carrying a lineup of circus elephants with a little elephant at the end holding a sign reading [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope "I am NOT Dumbo"]].
88	** "The Big Snooze" has a scene that parodies the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence: namely, Elmer being trampled by multicolored rabbits while Bugs sings a cheery song called "The Rabbits Are Coming, Hooray, Hooray".
89	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'':
90	** In "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E5TokyoGo Tokyo Go]]", an 8-bit version of the "Casey Jr." song plays during the train tunnel scene. Bits and pieces of the song are also played throughout the short. Finally, Casey Jr. himself appears at the end of the short.
91	** In "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS4E16NewShoes New Shoes]]", as Mickey [[FreakyFridayFlip in Goofy's body]] forms a human bridge, Casey Jr. (driven by his namesake, Casey Jones from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveEngineer'') rides across him, carrying Dumbo, Timothy, and the Crows.
92	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode, "Ear No Evil", when The Lancer sees Jenny wearing a pair of mechanical ears that Sheldon made for her, he paraphrases Jim Crow at the beginning of "When I See an Elephant Fly".
93	-->'''Lancer:''' I've seen a peanut stand, I've heard a rubber band, I've even seen a needle wink its eye, but I've seen just about everything when I've seen an elephant-eared robot girl!
94	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "Doof Side of the Moon", elephants help pitch a circus tent-themed floor of the skyscraper to the moon.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
96	** A sketch from "Gimme That Chocolate Milk" involves the Crows laughing at Dumbo when Timothy tells them he can fly. The Crows stop laughing when Jim says he saw a man eat his own butt.
97	** A sketch from "May Cause the Exact Thing You're Taking This to Avoid" involves Dumbo donning a SlasherSmile after applying clown makeup a la [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]].
98	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
99	** In "D'oh-in' in the Wind", Barney, while hallucinating on spiked fruit juice, drinks beer to conjure a pink elephant to block out.
100	** In "The Fight Before Christmas", the ending to Lisa's dream features Marge, a la ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'', shooting up a Nazi movie theater showing ''Dumbkopf''.
101	** In "Whiskey Business", Marge tells Moe that his nice suit was like Dumbo's "magic feather". Lisa asks Marge if it means they're like the racist crows and Homer says the crows weren't racists. The people who created the crows were racists. It eventually turns out the suit was more helpful than the "magic feather".
102	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In the short "Never Too Late to Loon" (from the episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E4TestStressed Test Stress]]"), the scene where Shirley tries to channel Einstein into Plucky's brain is based on the "Pink Elephants on Parade" scene.
103	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider\|Man2012}}-Man'' episode "The Spider-Verse Part 2", when Spidey arrives in ComicBook/SpiderHam's dimension, he's taunted by a flock of crows a lot like the flock from ''Dumbo''. At the end, when he catapults himself into the dimensional rift, the crows comment "Did you just see a spider-monkey fly?" "Well, now I've seen everything!"

Context ReferencedBy / Dumbo