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1	References to ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' are made by, among others:
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4	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' has a story called ''Doctor Who and the Pirates'' which turns into a piratical musical. In addition to using many tropes common to Musicals in general, including several [[{{LampshadeHanging}} lampshades]] about characters' tendencies to break into song. The story even gives the Doctor the song, "I Am The Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer".
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7	* ''ComicBook/TheKnightsOfPendragon1990'' has a scene where thugs possessed by the demonic Bane storm a London police station, with one of them singing A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One as he slaughters the police officers.
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10	* ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret'': In the movie version, when Margaret goes to visit her grandmother in the city, they go and see ''The Pirates of Penzance'' at an outdoor theater.
11	* ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'': On the boat ride to Paris for [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames the 1924 Olympics]], Harold Abrahams, a huge Creator/GilbertAndSullivan fan, sings "With Catlike Tread" while accompanying himself on the piano.
12	* ''Film/KateAndLeopold'': Leopold gets the plot wrong.[[note]]He describes the main character as the pirate king who falls in love, and claims that the pirate king has never seen a woman. The character he was describing was actually Frederic, the apprentice pirate and main character.[[/note]] Even so, that's remarkably good going considering Leopold is from 1876 and the first performance of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' was in 1879.
13	* ''Heartbreakers'', the 1984 movie (not the 2001 movie with Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt and Creator/GeneHackman): when an art gallery dealer has a successful show, he sings "The Pirate King" song.
14	* In ''Film/KeepTheChange2017'', the drama club listens to "Paradox."
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17	* In ''Cauldron'' by Creator/JackMcDevitt, an alien Literature/PriscillaHutchins has made FirstContact with seizes her spaceship. To force it to release them, they pretend they're going to self-destruct the ship. When the alien questions their willingness to commit suicide, [[Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver they pretend it's a standard procedure]] developed against the notorious SpacePirates of Penzance.
18	* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Runaround}}": The proximity to selenium has disturbed Speedy's sensitive computer brain, causing him to speak whimsically, such as quoting from several Creator/GilbertAndSullivan plays.
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21	* ''Series/TheWestWing'' episode "And It's Surely To Their Credit" has a RunningGag about the White House Counsel, Lionel Tribbey, mistakenly attributing "He Is An Englishman" to ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (it's actually from ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''). Nearly everyone in the cast points out his mistake and that all of Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's work is about duty.
22	* Aaron Sorkin also used a parody of The Major-General's Song in ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip''. Unfortunately, it wasn't very impressive as there were no real jokes and it was also sung way too slowly.
23	* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', episode "Fathers and Sons": Frasier, Niles, and Leland are familiar with, among other Gilbert and Sullivan works, ''The Pirates of Penzance''. Martin--not so much.
24	-->'''Leland''' (singing):...With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse!\
25	'''Frasier, Niles, and Leland''' (harmonizing): With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse, with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse, with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypote-potenuse!\
26	'''Martin''' (attempting to join in): With [[{{Malaproper}} many awful facts about the scary hippopotamus]]!
27	** Creator/DavidHydePierce also once did a spoof of the MajorGeneralSong as his opening monologue while hosting ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in TheNineties.
28	* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Marcus Cole attempts to cheer up Dr. Franklin by singing The Major-General's song, after the episode's adventures leaves the two of them stuck in the cargo hold of a long-haul freighter. The doctor is less than amused.
29	* In the first episode of ''Series/{{Rise 2018}}'', the drama club was initially putting on a production of this musical, before Mr. Mazzu took control and got them to do ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' instead. The episode ends with them [[KillItWithFire burning the old costumes]].
30	* ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'': In the episode "Christmas at the 53rd", Officer Muldoon sings a variant on "A Policeman’s Lot".
31	* ''Series/GhostsUK'': Captain sings The Major-General’s song on multiple occasions.
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33	[[AC:{{Music}}]]
34	* Every MajorGeneralSong ever.
35	* Music/TomLehrer's song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo The Elements]]'' uses the tune from The Major-General's song.
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38	* ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' sets "The Speed Test" to music based on "My Eyes Are Fully Open"[[note]]which is originally from ''Ruddigore'', but most modern listeners are more familiar with it from this show[[/note]]. The letter being dictated actually begins "My eyes are fully open to my awful situation", and the song gets progressively faster as in the ''Penzance'' and ''Ruddigore'' songs do.
39	* From ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', the song "Right Hand Man" has the lyric "Now I'm the model of a modern major-general..."
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42	* ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' has a song titled "The Pirates of Penance"
43	* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Dr. Mordin Solus was at some point part of the cast of a multi-species production. [[MotorMouth Mordin was apparently the designated]] [[PatterSong patter singer.]]
44	** He even changed some of the Major General's lyrics to fit his current career.
45	-->''I am the very model of a scientist salarian,''\
46	''I've studied species [[ProudWarriorRace turian]], [[ProudScholarRace asari]] and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil batarian]],''\
47	''I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology), because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).''\
48	''My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.''
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51	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Though the play itself isn't directly referenced, a few of the music numbers from ''The Pirates of Penzance'' get some [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]]-esque treatment from the Warner Brothers (and Warner Sister) in the pirate-themed MusicalEpisode "[[http://www.tv.com/animaniacs/h.m.s.-yakko/episode/240196/trivia.html H.M.S. Yakko]]". For instance, the melody of "With Catlike Tread" gets used for "We Surf The Seas", and the melody of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" gets used for "I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual".
52	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Simpsons}}'': In "Deep Space Homer", Barney proves how focused he's become after laying off alcohol by doing backflips while singing the "Major-General's Song".

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