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Films -- Animation

  • 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.

Films — Live-Action

Literature

  • 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.

Live-Action TV

  • 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?"
  • Gods Of Honor, a TVB fantasy drama, have the hero Yang Jian's first day as his army's general, where he volunteers for a scouting mission in a thick forest... while oblivious there's a huge battle between the Imperial army and rebels happening concurrently. He then stumbles across one wounded soldier after another and carries each and every one of them back, regardless if they're allies or enemies, in a sequence inspired by Gump's solo Vietnam "evacuation".
  • Tales from the Crypt: The Crypt Keeper segments in "You, Murderer" have Cryptie sitting on a bench while dressed and talking like Forrest. He talks about his dear old Mummy and offers a "shockulate" to (thanks to special effects trickery) Alfred Hitchcock. The episode's main story was directed by Robert Zemeckis, one of the show's executive producers.
    Crypt Keeper: Know what else Mummy said? She said, "Scary is as scary does."
  • The X-Files. In "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man", the title character, who's also had a hidden effect on history, albeit deliberately) gives a bitter Take That! version of the box of chocolates speech.

Music

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Western Animation

  • 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.
  • The Boondocks: In "Ballin'", Riley calls autistic boy Billy Matthews "Forrest Gump" and "Rain Man".
  • The Critic: One of the movies Jay reviews in "Sherman, Woman and Child" is a sequel, Forrest Gump 2: Gump Harder. The clip is Forrest making a shrimp delivery to Bill Clinton (known to sometimes answer to "Bubba"), who proceeds to go on for hours about all the shrimp variations that he likes to eat, just like Bubba from the film.
    Forrest: You sure like shrimp, Mr. President.
    Bill Clinton: Shrimp? I love shrimp!
  • Family Guy:
    • In the first episode "Death Has a Shadow", Stewie paraphrases to Lois the "Life is like a box of chocolates" quote just before he attempts to kill her.
    "Your life, however, is like a box of ACTIVE GRENADES!"
  • 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 (best known for being Tom's official understudy as Woody), 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.
    • In "Meat is Murder", the scene of Abe and Gus reuniting and hugging in a pool of orange soda parodies Forrest and Jenny's reunion in D.C.
  • 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.

Other

  • North Carolina politician Dan Forest used "Run Forest Run" as a campaign slogan during his unsuccessful run for governor.

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