- The Pokémon: The Series episode "Forest Grumps" is an obvious shout-out.
- In Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Genie at one points transforms into Forrest Gump and says "Mama always said, magic is as magic does".
- In Toy Story 2, Slinky says "I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is." Bonus points for having Tom Hanks as the lead in both movies.
- Tropic Thunder mentions the movie as one case of Inspirationally Disadvantaged as opposed to "full retard".
- In Tyson's Run, The Bully calls Tyson "Forrest Chump."
- In Dogs Don't Talk, the mother of one of the boys in Johnny's autism class says, "They are like a box of chocolates," referring to how incredibly different they are even though they share a diagnosis. Johnny's mother replies, "You never know what you're going to get."
- In Dumb Bunnies, one of the posters at the movie theater is for a film called Forrest Grump.
- Marcelo in the Real World: After Marcelo beats Wendell at tennis, Stephen starts calling him Gump, despite Arturo warning him not to call Marcelo names.
- Documentary Now!: In "Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid", producer Jerry Wallach, after losing an Oscar to this movie, has this to say about it: "What the fuck was that even about?"
- The "Weird Al" Yankovic song "Gump" is a parody of the The Presidents of the United States of America song "Lump" rewritten to be about the film. As a nod to that, the original band started to end live performances of "Lump" with "And that's all I have to say about that."
- In The Lonely Island song "Jack Sparrow", they get annoyed when Michael Bolton keeps interrupting their Boastful Rap about buying girls at the club to sing about Pirates of the Caribbean. Eventually, he starts to sing about other films, including Erin Brockovich, Scarface (1983), and Forrest Gump, where Bolton references the "Life is a box of chocolates" quotes.
- The Drake song "0 to 100" references Forrest's penchant for running.I run this shit, they like, "Go Forrest!"
"Run, Forrest! Run Forrest, Go Forrest!"
- In The Angry Video Game Nerd's review of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), the Nerd compares a feather falling down to the opening scene of Forrest Gump. This is followed by the Nerd sitting on a bench in-game parodying Forrest Gump.Nerd: [imitating Forrest's voice]' My mama always said, "Life was like a box of shit. You always gonna get shit."
- In the Taz-Mania episode of Console Wars, Dan compares Taz running in the licensed game of the same name for the SNES to Forrest Gump. A gag follows where Dan keeps expecting Greg to say that Forrest was "retarded" and trying to stop him, but as it turns out, Greg calls Forrest "A really nice rich guy who was a retired triple captain".
- Animaniacs:
- The short "Boo Happens" is a parody of this film with Chicken Boo in the Forrest role. Of course, he's outed as a giant chicken at the hippie rally.
- In the short "Gimme a Break", Forrest offers Slappy Squirrel some of his chocolates, but he ends up biting into an explosive piece of chocolate.
- The Boondocks: In "Ballin'", Riley calls autistic boy Billy Matthews "Forrest Gump" and "Rain Man".
- Family Guy:
- In the first episode "Death Has a Shadow", Stewie paraphrases to Lois the "Life is like a box of chocolates" quote.
"Your life, however, is like a box of ACTIVE GRENADES!"- In a segment from "Family Guy Viewer Mail #2", Peter tries to run away from clones of Robin Williams, who repeatedly shout to him "Run, Forrest, run!".
- In "Yug Ylimaf", Peter asks "Is he smart, or is he like me?" when Stewie is born.
- A Cutaway Gag from "Quagmire's Quagmire" depicts Forrest as being an Extreme Doormat to Jenny.
- Phineas and Ferb: In "The Remains of the Platypus", Forrest Gump is seen sitting at his trademark bus stop bench. The scene where Perry's hat gets blown around by the wind is a parody of the opening scene of that movie, with the white feather.
- Robot Chicken: In a sketch from "May Cause Season 11 to End", the Nerd and the Ghost of Nelson Mandela travel back in time to make sure that Forrest says "Life is like a box of chocolates." instead of "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates." When they travel back to the present, it results in Forrest saying "Life is a box." Tom Hanks' brother, Jim Hanks, provided the voice of Forrest, and the Nerd thanks him for it in the episode's closing credits.
- The Simpsons: At the beginning of "Gump Roast", Homer stands on a bench with a box of chocolates dressed as Forrest while the end of a feather jabs him in both his eyes. He then tells Chief Wiggum key moments in his life.
- VeggieTales: The Silly Song "Larry's High Silk Hat" (from Lyle the Kindly Viking) opens with a shot of a feather falling on Larry, who is sitting on a bench with a box of chocolate.
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- North Carolina politician Dan Forest used "Run Forest Run" as a campaign slogan during his unsuccessful run for governor.
