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2	* In the final issue of the ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'' miniseries ''Devil's Odyssey'', the Consortium are a blatant CaptainErsatz of The Culture —- an AI-ruled Utopia with super-powered science and a tendency to whimsical starship names.
3	* Midway through ''ComicBook/HellstormPrinceOfLies'', after British writer Creator/WarrenEllis launched a new arc, a satanic nightclub in Los Angeles was abruptly renamed "The Wasp Factory".
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6	* In ''Film/HotFuzz'' there is a pair of identical twins, one of whom only reads Iain Banks novels and one of whom only reads Iain M. Banks novels.
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9	* The Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse has a recurring highly-advanced civilization called The People, introduced in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheAlsoPeople The Also People]]'', who are heavily inspired by The Culture.
10	* Creator/KimNewman:
11	** The villain of the Literature/DiogenesClub story "You Don't Have to Be Mad..." is named after Iain M. Banks.
12	** Iain M. Banks himself (or an alternate-timeline version of him) has a brief cameo in one of the ''Literature/DarkFuture'' novels.
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15	* One of the bookshop scenes in season two of ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' has a character reading the first page of ''The Crow Road'', with a focus on its opening line, "It was the day my grandmother exploded". The Angel Muriel is seen reading the book later in the series.
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18	* Canadian musician Music/{{Grimes}} named her song "Player of Games'' after Banks' novel.
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21	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': The page note points out the reference to the Ian M. Banks on [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4042 "A Rose By Any Other Name"]]
22	-->'''Yay:'''We certainly hope you're not laughing at our ''name''. [[BlatantLies We come from a long line of Newfriends]]. Our father, Hooray Newfriend. Our grandfather Huzzah Newfriend. Our great-grandfather, Hallelujah--\
23	'''Roko:''' Yes yes a very distinguished lineage

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