References to Iron Maiden in other media.
Film
- In Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the Royal Ugly Dude sentences the protagonists to be killed with the iron maiden. They think he's talking about the band and say, "Iron Maiden? Excellent!"
- Pilgrennon from Pilgrennon's Children sleeps in an Iron Maiden T-shirt.
- In Friends, one episode had Cloudcuckoolander Phoebe mention one of her next musical projects is an album of acoustic Iron Maiden covers.
- Stranger Things featured Eddie holding a tape of Piece of Mind and saying "This is music!"
Music
- Iron Maiden is name-dropped in two songs from Wheatus' self-titled album, "Truffles" (the first verse describes a cover band as being out of Iron Maiden) and "Teenage Dirtbag" (all of its three choruses mention Iron Maiden at some point).
- Brütal Legend has its protagonist named after the band's mascot and its creator, Eddie Riggs.
- "Aces High" is the name of one of the mini-games in Mario Party 3.
- In Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the heavy metal band Meatwad mentions listening to at the end of "Super Sirloin" has a "six-story skeleton named Eddie" as a mascot.
