References to Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory in other works.
Fan Works
- The Bolt Chronicles: In "The Insomniac", one of Mittens's nightmares features disturbing images from various paintings, including a plain littered with melted clocks.
- The Persistence of Memory (read here
) is a Puella Magi Madoka Magica Fix Fic that gets its name from Dalí's painting. It matches the anime's surrealist aesthetic and heavy symbolism.
Films — Animation
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action: The Persistence of Memory is one of the paintings Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck pass through while being pursued by Elmer Fudd at the museum. The more time they spend within the painting, the droopier they get. When Elmer yells after them while inside, his words come out as symbols.
Films — Live-Action
- Golden Balls: Among several visual references to Dalí's art in the film, there's a melting clock in the apartment Benito (Javier Bardem) and Marta (Maria de Medeiros) live in.
Video Games
- Animal Restaurant: The Reverie Register has a melting clock on the counter.
- EarthBound: One enemy that Ness encounters in-game is Dali's Clock, a melting, anthropomorphic wall clock. For a while, it was widely believed that copyright issues surrounding this reference were keeping the game from seeing a re-release outside of Japan, though this rumor was eventually debunked.
- Through the Looking Glass: The icon for "Clock" is a pocketwatch melting its way off a shelf.
Western Animation
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: In "So in Louvre Are We Too" one of the places The Mona Lisa and The Thinker visit on their date is The Persistence of Memory, where Mona and the creatures of the painting try to get the indecisive Thinker to loosen up.
- Hey Arnold!: In "Olga Comes Home", the melting clocks in Helga's dream resemble those in The Persistence of Memory.
- The Patrick Star Show: When Patrick puts on a Surrealist mustache in "Dad's Stache Stash", it transforms him into a melting clock.
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: In "Freeze Day", the melting clocks on the Plains of Time are a reference to The Persistence of Memory.
Unsorted
- Most of the time, popular media would portray the painting as wall-sized. The actual painting is 9 1/2" x 13", slightly larger than the size of a printer paper.
