- In The LEGO Ninjago Movie, a minifigure resembling Ferris Bueller can be seen in the school bus Lloyd takes.
- The beginning of Regular Show: The Movie directly references the ending of the movie, with Mordecai and Rigby being in a rush to hurry back to the Park before Benson realizes they're out and about, complete with Smash Cuts to Benson getting preparations ready. The song used
is even the exact same one used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: At one point, the turtles catch an out of doors screening of the film.
- Deadpool recreates the post-credits scene, down to Wade wearing Ferris' bathrobe on top of his costume.
- In Spider-Man: Homecoming, when Peter is racing through people's yards and jumping over hedges and fences, it's a direct parody of the climax. Not only is this lampshaded by a pool party that is playing the movie itself, but Spidey narrowly misses a trampoline. One DVD ad takes it all the way by playing the scene with the music from the original added.
- In Harmonic Feedback, Naomi says, "Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone?" When Drea doesn't get the joke, Naomi says, "Please tell me you've seen Ferris Bueller." Later, when they watch it together, Naomi says Drea reminds her of Cameron because she's always worrying about things Naomi thinks are minor.
- In Remember Dippy, Jo invites Johnny to see Ferris Bueller's Day Off at the theater.
- The Goldbergs: "Barry Goldberg's Day Off" is a Whole-Plot Reference episode where Barry tries to replicate Ferris' antics in real life, to less than satisfying results. Charlie Sheen reprises his role as the guy in the police station.
- You're the Worst: Jimmy and Edgar watch the film, during which Jimmy posits that Cameron is actually the villain because he's that much of a wet blanket. Rooney on the other hand is a buffoon archetype that just happens to be an antagonist.
Music
- The music video for rapper Huey's "Pop, Lock & Drop It" begins with him asleep in class room with the teacher dullfully calling out "Huey? Huey?"
- Hark! A Vagrant: "Mystery Solving Teens in a Principals Office" has two incredulous teens being told off for skipping class by their principal who starts his lecture with "Doing that sort of thing doesn't make you a Ferris Bueller cool guy you know"
- Honest Trailers:
- In the Home Alone trailer, the narrator describes the film as Ferris Bueller meets Saw.
- In the Deadpool (2016) trailer, the film is given the honest title Ferris Bueller Jerks Off.
- Family Guy:
- The final segment of the trilogy Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story features Stewie traveling back to the moment preceding the fall of the lifeguard tower at the Quahog Pool that resulted in a concussion. Once he realizes he only has a few minutes left before his family gets there, he tries following them as fast as he can, accompanied by a chase scene imitating the exact same of Ferris' actions in the movie, right down to the background music.
- In "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zizzou", Brain and Stewie go the same art museum Ferris and co go to, and Stewie stares at the same painting the same way Cameron stars at in the film with the same music playing.
- In "Foreign Affairs", Peter picks up Meg and Chris from collage in the exact same way Ferris picks up Salone.
- Ferris makes a cameo in "Yug Ylimaf", in which he says "Here's where Brain goes berserk", followed by Brain screaming like Cameron.
