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Films — Live-Action

Literature

  • You Look Different in Real Life: Five at Eleven has a scene of Felix and Nate fishing together like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
  • Dogs Don't Talk: When the McDowells lived in Oakwood, Texas, Ben's mom drew a mural of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn on the bank of the Mississippi on the boys' bedroom walls, using Ben as the model. He and his First Friend Travis used to pretend to be Tom and Huck, even though they were too young for the books.

Live-Action Television

  • The Amanda Show: One "Blockblister" sketch features a homemade movie called Tom Zawyer, where Blini, in the role of Tom Zawyer, convinces a boy, played by Biscotti, to paint a fence, despite Blini's Bad "Bad Acting" when pretending to have fun. The boy also breaks the fourth wall to tell the viewers, "Little do I realize I am being duped!" One Blockblister patron rented the movie and did his report on it instead of the Tom Sawyer book, which resulted in him receiving an F from his teacher.

Web Original

  • Just Vidman: In Miért igyál whiskyt? (Why should you drink whisky?), Vidman mentions Mark Twain loved whisky. To prove why he was not an alcoholic, he says Tom Sawyer does not seem like it was written by one.
  • SCP Foundation: SCP-423 is an entity who exists within textual narratives and can travel between them. It was discovered in a copy of Tom Sawyer.

Western Animation

  • Hey Arnold!: Lila Sawyer has the personality of Becky Thatcher as well as sharing a last name with Tom Sawyer.
  • The Fairly OddParents!: In the full-length episode ''Shelf Life'', Timmy summons Tom Sawyer to help with his book report. Tom subsequently makes a deal with Cosmo to give him his wand, which he uses to ruin other books over the course of the episode.

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