1 | * PlayingAgainstType: Creator/SharonStone as the narrator of an animated show based on a children's book series. |
2 | * RecursiveAdaptation: The HBO series actually spawned several baby books. |
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4 | ** In "Chapter 22" of ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'', Gabrielle Xavier reads a passage from this book to her infant son David. |
5 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': |
6 | *** A sketch from "Bugs Keith in: I Can't Call Heaven, Doug" has Harold kill his abusive drunk father by drawing him a bottle of poison to drink. Harold then draws himself a new father who never yells at him and has a three-year chip from Alcoholics Anonymous, whom he sails away with. |
7 | *** A sketch from "May Cause Indecision… or Not" has Harold do battle with Rudy Tabootie from ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone''. |
8 | ** The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Cabin Fever" ends with Ed Bighead being stuck with two sailors on a DesertedIsland. The sailors are playing a game of charades, with one of them guessing ''Harold and the Purple Crayon''. |
9 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
10 | *** One CouchGag has Harold drawing up the Simpsons' living room and then a beer for Homer. |
11 | *** In "Bartless," Ralph uses a purple crayon to draw a passageway on a wall and actually enters into it. In the end credits scene, Chief Wiggum tries to convince Ralph to come out of the drawing. |
12 | ** ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': According to Dav Pilkey, one of the protagonists, Harold, was named after Harold from ''Harold and the Purple Crayon''. |
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