Referenced By / Avril Lavigne

Anime & Manga

• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: In episode 4, Lucas' agent's first bit of bad news has her paraphrase the signature lyric of "Sk8er Boi":
  "Lucas, between your string of box-office bombs and reports of your toxic skater boi behavior, this town's on the verge of saying, 'see you later, boi.'"

Fan Works

• In Crestfeather's episode of Kedabory's Muppet Mania, she performs "Slipped Away" with the Electric Mayhem.

Literature

• In Rules, Catherine introduces Jason to Avril Lavigne, even making him an Avril Lavigne communication card so he can mention her whenever he wants.
• The State of Grace: When Grace was little, her mum used to drive her and Leah around while listening to Avril Lavigne to make Leah fall asleep.

Live-Action TV

• Recon marine Corporal Person sings Sk8er Boi and Complicated while riding around in the Humvee during OIF in Generation Kill

Music

• "Weird Al" Yankovic's "A Complicated Song" from Poodle Hat was a parody of Lavigne's "Complicated".

Professional Wrestling

• Professional wrestler Katey Harvey used "Girlfriend" as her entrance theme.

Video Game

• The Rumble Roses character Candy Cane is partially based on Avril (along with other Canadian female rockers).
• Splatoon's advertising includes a blog called "Live from Squid Research Lab" that sometimes adds some funny hashtags to the usual ones, including a "#He was a skater squid".
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon features an enemy character named Skaterboi.

Visual Novel

• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair:
  • Teruteru randomly invokes Lavigne's name as a curse word during the first trial.
  • Kazuichi also quotes the lyrics to "Complicated" later on.

Web Video

• Bart Baker parodied Avril's infamous "Hello, Kitty" music video, making fun of its dubstep and rap nature.
• Not counting her songs being included in the "Do They Know?" challenges, Avril has been covered by the React channel twice. First was her infamous "Hello Kitty" music video in a 2014 Kids episode, then her entire career in a 2019 Teens episode which even features half of the kids who reacted to her previously.

Western Animation

• Inside Job (2021) features Avril clones among other clones of celebrities and historical figures, as a nod to the urban legend which says that she died in 2003 and was replaced by a look-alike.
• 6teen has an episode where, to get the Clones to leave her, Nikki points across the store and says "Look, isn't that Avril Lavigne?" Especially delicious since the show is set in Canada, so it's possible in-universe that she might shop there.
• Total Drama: one episode's Previously on… segment has Chris Waxing Lyrical to "Sk8er Boi" while describing Gwen and Trent's crumbling relationship.

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