Anime & Manga
- In episode 3 of Albegas, Goro has a poster of Captain Harlock in his Gori-Robo.
- Bodacious Space Pirates: The opening lines of the 1978 Harlock series are used as a challenge and responsed at Marika's house:The Sea of Stars
Is My Ocean - Cowboy Bebop:
- Vicious bears more than a passing resemblance to Captain Harlock, right down to the bird that likes to perch on his shoulder.
- In Serenade of Remembrance, Jet Black mentions a historical "Captain H'' who became so famous that they made an anime series about his exploits.
- Eureka Seven: Talho Yuki is named after the Captain Harlock character Kei Yuki. The kanji for Kei is 蛍, meaning "firefly" which is read as "hotaru" (ホタル) and is an anagram of Talho (タルホ).
- Excel♡Saga:
- Ms. Manager is a Captain Ersatz of Emeraldas.
- One of the rebel Puchuu leaders in episode 22 is basically Harlock himself, scar, eyepatch and all... except as a Puchuu.
- Gintama: In opening 4, Katsura is dressed like Captain Harlock.
- Otakuno Video: Satou brings out a Captain Harlock sticker.
- Project A-Ko: Captain Napolipolita is a parody of Harlock who's The Alcoholic and also a woman.
- Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals: In Episode 25-B, Lee reminds Neji of the time they watched a 'space station anime' that was Captain Harlock in all but name.
- Space☆Dandy: The two alien hunters are in fact using Cosmo Dragoons from Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
Comic Books
- The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis: Smithers is dressed like Captain Harlock after he stages a mutiny on the Nimbus and becomes its captain instead of Zapp Brannigan.
- An issue of the 1977 Marvel Star Wars series had Lando in disguise as a palette-swapped version of Harlock. Take a look.
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Live-Action TV
- The Expanse: Miller's new idealistic partner from Earth named Havelock. His literary counterpart has even more ties to his namesake, as he leaves the corrupt "police" force on Ceres and travels the solar system.
Tabletop Gaming
- Within the Calixis Sector of Dark Heresy is the Haarlock Rogue Trader line, famed for their martial prowess, charisma, and terrifying madness once provoked. Erasmus Haarlock, the last confirmed member of that dynasty (by his own hand), takes after the man visually with the scar, the eyepatch, and the gold-on-black ensemble.
Western Animation
- Megas XLR: Captain Warlock is so obviously not based off of Captain Harlock. The name alone is one of the names Harlock's gotten stuck with in dubs.
- Miraculous Ladybug: The title of "Captain Hardrock" is a twofer Shout-Out to both Captain Haddock and Captain Harlock. Coincidentally, Haddock was accidentally misnamed by Bianca Castafiore as "Harrock" at one point but instead of correcting her, he went along with it and called himself as "Harrock 'n roll."
- Pinky and the Brain: In "Braintech", Snowball appears as Captain Snowlock.
- Steven Universe: The outfit Lars wears in "Lars of the Stars" strongly resembles the trademark outfit of Captain Harlock.
