Outside references to Lost
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Outside references are deliberately inserted references to Lost from TV shows, movies, and other outside sources.
For cultural allusions in Lost, see Portal:Culture.
30 Rock (TV)
- In an episode entitled "The Source Awards" Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) asks her date Steven Black (Wayne Brady) "So how about Lost this season?"
- In the episode "Seinfeld Vision", Jerry Seinfeld guest stars. The head of NBC wishes to digitally put Jerry in every NBC show for a week. After Jerry disagrees with the idea, Alec Baldwin gives him the choice of what TV shows he would like to be in, to which Jerry replies "I like Lost. Is that you guys?"
Alias (TV)
American Dad (TV)
- In this cartoon series, in an episode called "Stan of Arabia", Stan tells his family, "Way ahead of you. I'll find us a satellite so we can watch Lost when I get home. Just because we're stuck in this wasteland doesn't mean it's not Wednesday."
Beano, The (Comic)
- In an episode [1] of a strip from The Beano titled "Derek the Sheep", Derek gets lost and says, "We're Lost! LOST! Like on that TV show with polar bears and smoke monsters and secret hatches!"
Bo! Selecta (TV)
The Channel 4 (United Kingdom) program Bo! Selecta parodies LOST on a regular basis (LOST interest), using its usual format of grossly exaggerating physical characteristics (usually featuring the standard Bo! prosthetic chin device).
The usual targets are:
- Charlie (his ears, feet, chin, and Dominic Monaghan's role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings)
- Hurley (for his obesity and love of food).
- Bo! has also parodied the polar bears; in LOST interest, the bears dance.
Brothers and Sisters (TV)
- Sarah remarks that the Island has more civilization than the town she and her brothers were stranded in.
Catwoman (Comic)
- The cover of issue #51 of the current ongoing Catwoman comic book series by DC Comics depicts a mugshot of Catwoman with the Numbers as her ID number.
Chuck (TV)
- In the second episode, first aired on October 1, 2007, a doctor is testing Chuck with a slide show of images designed to trigger secrets stored in his brain. Chuck responds to an image of an airplane by saying, "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile...". Although the last part of the phrase is difficult to hear, closed caption confirms the phrase.
Civil War (Comic)
- In the Marvel Comics story arc Civil War, Ms. Marvel's super human registration card has the Numbers on it.
Cloverfield (Movie)
- During the opening titles, a DHARMA logo is visible in the bottom-right corner of screen for a moment.
- At a Q & A following a screening of "Cloverfield" on February 12th, 2008, screenwriter Drew Goddard (also a writer) for "Lost," stated that anything that appeared on screen was deliberate, referring in large part to something splashing into the water at the end of "Cloverfield." When pressed if this same logic applied to the flashing of the Dharma logo at the beginning of the film, and thus if there was a connection between "Lost" and "Cloverfield," he stated somewhat eagerly, "Maybe."
The Colbert Report (TV)
- J.J. Abrams made an appearance on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report via telephone. Both Abrams and Colbert had been one of 365 celebrities to be included on Mastermedia International's "The Most Powerful People in Media". Each person on the list was given a specific day of the year in which they would be prayed for, J.J. Abrams' was on January 1, 2007. While talking to Colbert over the phone, a picture of J.J. Evans from Good Times was displayed during the interview in place of a picture of Abrams. When asked if anything miraculous happened to him on his prayer day, Abrams replied saying that it was on that day that they had finally figured out just "what the Hell is going on in Lost", claiming that up until that point they had just been making it up as they went along.
Coldplay (Music Group)
- On their 2008 release "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," the third track is titled "Lost!" and the 4th track is titled "42".
Ctrl+Alt+Del (Comic)
- In one issue, Ethan tries to buy a plane ticket from Oceanic Airlines.
- In another issue, the video game Command & Conquer 3's usage of famous actors as voice actors for its characters was parodied. Each character was portrayed with the likeness and behavior of a character commonly associated with the voice actor. The character Ajay, voiced by Josh Holloway, looks and acts like Sawyer, calling the reader/player "Twinkle toes" and yelling "We have to get off this island! The Others are coming!"
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV)
- In the episode "The TiVo Guy", Larry complains to the TiVo repairman about a technical problem in which he can't watch the latest episode of Lost. The repairman then proceeds in ruining the episode for Larry by stating, "You know the guy that died a couple episodes back? Well it turns out he isn't dead because he shows up." This is most likely a reference to Mikhail's return in "D.O.C.".
The Daily Show (TV)
- In the Comedy Central news satire The Daily Show, there is a humorous segment where former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry did a report in which he wanted to try to find out how he could stop being discriminated against because he was a racist. A "TiVo pause list" scrolled by the screen very quickly which listed people he hated, and one of the entries was "Seriously, stop pausing this. What do you think this is, Lost? 4 8 15 16 23 42"
- A story highlighting the changing demographics of the United States had Samantha Bee declaring (in front of a Lost cast graphic) that "Right now, our country is 67% white, 12% black, 14% hispanic and 4% Asian. The remainder is made up of super hot Arabs, an evil smoke thing, and that polar bear that showed up for some reason. What the hell is up with that island?"
- While discussing the issue of torture, a short segment was done in which Jon Stewart's heart was debating his brain over whether torture was right or not. During this segment, which is portrayed by a graphic of a heart and a brain, they are soon interrupted by a loud voice exclaiming, "Hey, that chick from Lost is hot!" The voice turns out to be Stewart's penis.
- In another episode, the Daily Show gets a new correspondant, Wyatt Cenac. Upon asking him what he thought of the Democratic primaries, he responded that they were "cool", though later went on to say they were boring and lacked entertainment, comparing the primaries to popular shows, among them Lost. After a little while he starts focussing on Lost and mentions the polar bear, Season Two, Michael working for the Others and getting Jack and Kate together.
Dane Cook: Rough Around the Edges (Stand-up/DVD)
- In Dane's latest stand-up DVD he makes a joke about recording Lost on TiVo.
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Do you ever set your TiVo to record, like, Lost? And when you come home it recorded, like, Antique Roadshow for nine hours? I get so pissed off at my TiVo that I yell at my TiVo, I'm like, "what the f*ck are you doing? I asked you to record Lost. You have one job, and it's to record my sh*t!" | ” |
Dane later explains why he likes Lost:
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I just want to see Lost because I enjoy being that angry at a television show. Here's my impersonation of me watching Lost, everytime it goes to commercial...I'm like this, ready? "What the f*ck is going on here?! I have 42 unanswered questions and now I have 30 more questions, I don't know what's happening here! This is the stupidest show in the history of TV -- oh, it's back! Oh, I like her now, I like her, I used to hate her but now she's my favorite." | ” |
He also references the Monster, calling it a "Smokey Dragon", and wonders why no one ever thinks about it when they go into the woods.
YouTube video can be seen here: [2]
Desperate Housewives (TV)
- When Andrew Van De Kamp is in his bedroom in the episode "There Won't be Trumpets", a clip from "Pilot, Part 1" is on the screen; specifically it is when Kate is counting to five.
Duel Masters (TV)
- In the English dub, a character remarks how he let loose polar bears on a deserted tropical island.
Duma Key (novel)
- In the 2008 Stephen King novel, Edgar Freemantle notes that another character's ease of accepting supernatural happenings is based on being "raised on shows like X-Files and Lost".
Family Guy (TV)
- Family Guy episode 5-16 "Petergeist" has a spoof on The Muppet Show and Lost. Statler and Waldorf, the old men in the balcony who criticize Kermit the Frog and his friends, appear in a box behind the couch the box where S&W usually are...
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Peter: Boy, that was a great episode of Lost, wasn't it fellas? Statler: Well at least the show's got the right name! Waldorf: Yeah, I couldn't follow any of it! Peter: Heheheheh... they don't care for most things. | ” |
Fire in the Attic (Music group)
Fire in the Attic made a song called "Not Penny's Boat".
Gatsby's American Dream (Music Group)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Video Game)
There are two known Easter eggs in the first person shooter video game Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (Source: Kotaku.com)
- In Half Life 2: Episode Two there is a DHARMA-like logo with three white trees hidden on a wall. This is referring to the "White Forest Station" where the player is headed. This is obviously not a DHARMA Station, and any other reference to Lost is made elsewhere.
- There is a CRT monitor displaying the Numbers in a blocked hidden room in the second level. Switching on the designers comment at this place, you are told that the valve guys promised the directors from Lost to put it there after there had been references to Half Life in Lost.
Hamish and Andy (Radio)
- This popular Australian radio duo made a parody song to tell convicted terrorist David Hicks what has happened since he was captured in 2001. One thing they sang was "There's this really cool show called Lost".
Heroes (TV)
- A brochure for Gannon Car Rentals from Lost also made an appearance in episode 1x15, "Run!", of Heroes.
- In the episode "Unexpected", Nathan Petrelli says he would like to take all those with powers, and "put them in a lab on some island in the middle of the ocean." Although many fans believe this to be a reference to Lost, the creators of Heroes have indicated it's a reference to the island of Genosha from Marvel's X-Men [3].
Hollyoaks (TV)
- Several characters, including Sonny, are seen watching Lost, or talking about watching Lost.
Homo Zapping
Impossible Quiz, The (Internet culture)
- In the popular web game "The Impossible Quiz" [4], the Numbers and 108 can be seen scrawled on question 50. In question 108 of the "Epic last 10", the player has to type in the numbers into a replica screen of the Swan computer.
- There is a second "Impossible Quiz". On question 108 a cat from the quiz holds up a sign with the countdown timer on it.
Jeep (TV Commercial)
- This commercial features a montage of clips from popular culture into which a Jeep is digitally inserted. Toward the end of the commercial, the scene of John Locke playing backgammon from "Pilot, Part 2" is seen, as the Jeep passes behind him on the beach.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV)
- Jimmy Kimmel has referenced Lost on several occasions, both obviously in skits and spoofs ("What's in the Hatch?", "Lost: the Musical"), and more subtly, such as having M.C. Gainey (who plays Tom) appear in the TV audience and talk backwards (as Walt once did).
King of the Hill (TV)
- Dale tries to break up Bill and his new girlfriend who has recently moved in with him with her two children by mentioning the movie the Stepfather and its plot line, then says "It stars that bald guy from Lost."
Knights of Prosperity (TV)
- In the episode: Operation: Rent Money, Louis refers to Lost: "Those are all the things that guy Sayid says on Lost".
Late Show With David Letterman (TV)
- On November 11, 2006, David Letterman did a Lost-themed "Top Ten". It was presented by actor Jorge Garcia:
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Top Ten Signs You're Obsessed With Lost, presented by Jorge Garcia 10. After each episode, you do an all-kitty reenactment in your basement 9. You refer to your in-laws as "The Others" 8. While visiting New York, you stood over every manhole and screamed, "Good God — a secret hatch" 7. You're halfway to your goal of licking every cast member 6. Your friend phoned during Lost. Next day you beat him to death with a hot poker 5. You pitched NBC a show about 12 people stranded backstage at Saturday Night Live 4. Co-workers affectionately refer to you as "That loser who's obsessed with Lost" 3. Renamed dental practice "Flost" 2. Your wife is getting sick of playing the bedroom game "Find the castaway" 1. You sat through all ten of these lame jokes | ” |
- The show has made several jokes about not knowing what is happening on Lost.
- On August 30, 2007, Hillary Clinton presented her top ten campaign promises. Number two was, "I will appoint a committee to find out what the heck is happening on Lost". View on YouTube
- On January 4, 2008, there was a Late Show Fun Facts related to the Writers Guild of America Strike. The very last fact read by Dave was that even if the strike ended tomorrow, people still wouldn’t know what the hell was happening on Lost. View on YouTube
- On February 12, 2008, the Top Ten list was "Top Ten Things Abraham Lincoln Would Say If He Were Alive Today". Number one was, "Seriously, what the hell is happening on Lost?"
- The show has also produced spoof videos about Lost.
- "Dick Cheney on Lost": While Matthew Fox was on the show in February 2006, they played a short video of Jack running after his father in "White Rabbit". When he reaches the clearing just past the beach, it is Dick Cheney with a gun pointed at him. (See YouTube video)
- "The Lost Surprise": On March 11, 2008, they ran a video segment with the scene from "The Other Woman" where Ben is about to show the video of Widmore to Locke. When they show the television, it is Regis Philbin in an exercise video. (See YouTube video)
Little Britain (TV)
- The 2006 Boxing Day special of Little Britain featured a parody of Lost with Lou and Andy stranded on a desert island.
MAD Magazine (Print)
MADtv (TV)
Marvel Comics
On January 23, 2008 ABC Marketing announced that they had strategically placed images and references from the show in various comic books, including Uncanny X-Men, Incredible Hercules, Thunderbolts and Wolverine Origins. Examples of "Lost" references include a "Lost" poster, the number 6, and the slogan "Find Yourself" in the latest editions of numerous Marvel comics throughout the month. More "Lost" placements to pop up in comic books on stands January 23 and January 30 were te be expected. [5]. Images with Lost references may be viewed at the Find815 blog.
M.I.A. Lyrics
- One verse on M.I.A.'s album Kala goes Put away shots for later / so I'm stable / Live in trees, chew on feet / Watch Lost on cable.
Mission Impossible III (Movie)
- In the 2006 movie, directed by J.J. Abrams, the Hanso Foundation is credited in the "Special Thanks" credits at the end.
- The building which Ethan Hunt infiltrates to steal the "Rabbit's Foot" carries the Paik Heavy Industries logo.
- The movie has shared cast members with Lost, including Michelle Arthur, Tracy Middendorf and Greg Grunberg.
Monday Night Football (TV)
Moneen (Music Group)
Monty (Comic)
- In this comic by Jim Meddick, one of the features from comics.com, the eponymous character arrives to the island to meet the castaways and the Others in the storyline for the first half of March 2006.
My Wife and Kids (TV)
- During the episodes where the family is on vacation in the Caribbean, Jay & Michael get stuck on a small island, where they reference Lost in a humorous exchange of dialogue.
Notes from the Underbelly (TV)
- On the December 3, 2007 episode "The Blackout", the characters are spending the night together to watch Lost and Andrew goes over the rules for watching Lost. He says there will be no late seating and tells Danny that he can't get up to get a drink until the first commercial break. He tells Eric "no constant gasping", Julie "no stupid questions", and Danny "no answering Julie's stupid questions". Lost then begins with (a dubbed over) "Previously on Lost" when the power immediately goes out. When the power later comes back on, a voice on the TV is saying, "Southern California audiences are reeling from the big surprise on Lost tonight." The characters immediately begin covering their ears and making noises so as not to hear the big surprise, and Andrew dives across the room to turn off the television. View on Daily Motion View on ABC
Office, The (TV)
- The U.S. version of the sitcom The Office has an episode entitled "Boys and Girls". In one scene, the white collar workers of the office meet their blue collar counterparts in a visit to the warehouse. Dwight turns to the camera and says, "Remember on Lost, when they met the Others?"
- In the episode titled "Initiation", Dwight quizzes Ryan. He asks the question, "What is the DHARMA Initiative?".
- Dwight Schrute makes repeated mentions of Lost on his official NBC-hosted blog. Examples: THE DHARMA INITIATIVE (1/13/06); LOST BATTLESTAR (7/18/06)
- In the episode "The Return", Andy Bernard says "TGI Wednesday, am I right? Gonna go home, get my beer on, get my Lost on."
- Conan O'Brien's intro for the 58th annual Emmy awards included a segue from the Hatch, which led into The Office.
- J.J. Abrams directed the season three episode "Cocktails".
- In a deleted scene from "The Job", Dwight asks Andy "what is the DHARMA Initiative?" Andy guesses that it is the source of all energy on Earth, to which Dwight replies, "No, it was created by aliens."
Onion, The (Internet Culture)
- On September 1, 2007, The Onion featured a satirical article on their front page titled "Area Man Likes To Compare Circle Of Friends To Cast Of Lost". The article reports about a man who has recently been watching episodes of Lost on DVD, and constantly finds similarities between his friends and the characters on the show. He compares himself to Locke because he has a good sense of direction and faith. He dubbed a new group of people that his friend invited to a bar "the Others".
Order of the Stick, The (Comic)
- Page #560 of the comic, the last to be posted before the American broadcast of There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3, features protagonists fleeing from indigenous orcs on a tropical island. They enter a door marked with a DHARMA logo, with a smiley face in the comic's idiosyncratic style at its center, which leads to a tunnel.
- In the following page, which was the first posted after There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3, a character exiting the far end of that tunnel (with a similar door) says, "Thank the Twelve Gods! I was beginning to think the people who built that tunnel had absolutely no idea where it was going."
Penny Arcade (Comic)
- Penny Arcade, a webcomic written by Jerry Holkins and drawn by Mike Krahulik, has featured the show in its comic strips several times.
- In the strip entitled Don't Forget Doppelgangers! from October 20, 2004, Gabe and Tycho propose various theories related to the shows early mysteries.
- On November 1, 2006, in a strip entitled Ba Dum Bum Psh, Tycho criticizes the show's second season.
Pete Holmes (TV)
Pete Holmes is a comedian on the television network Comedy Central.
Holmes is known in Lost fandom for a tongue-in-cheek video where he pretends to be a Lost fan and rants about how bad the show has become.
- Pete Holmes' Lost rant video (iFilm)
- Holmes' Bio at Comedy Central includes video clips
Pushing Daisies (TV)
- In the premiere episode of Pushing Daisies in October 2007, Flight 815 was briefly referenced.
PvP Online (Comic)
- PvP, a webcomic written and drawn by Scott Kurtz, has referred to the show on a few occasions. In a comic from Jan 12, 2005, the debunked purgatory theory is mentioned by a character.
- The comic from April 11, 2007, featured the fictitious Lost roleplaying game. One character comments that the sourcebook for the Lost RPG consists of "nothing but pages and pages of random encounter tables". This, according to the character playing the game master, leaves it up to the players to "add the context". The roleplaying scenario depicted in the comic takes place in the immediate aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. These events were depicted on the show during "Pilot, Part 1".
Red vs Blue (Machinima)
- In the season 5 finale of the machinima show, Red Vs Blue (parody based on the Halo game series), a Caboose's mental version of a female character confirms her appearance by saying: "I came here in a spaceship, that came from the moon. It crashed next to the Blue Base, and now I live with Caboose, and the people from the tail section of the spaceship, live on the other side of the island". This is actually a confusion made by Caboose due to his low capacity of understand what's going on. Also, it's a clear reference to the tailies.
- In their new PSA, #36, they discuss things they have never seen posted in an online Forum. As a lead in to #4 (ironically one of the numbers) which is "excuse me, but I'm new here...", Sarge is seen talking to a fellow red team member and saying "And what ever happened to the numbers on the hatch!? It's like they're making it up as they go along!". The polar bear, flashforwards, and the Monster are also mentioned. YouTube video
RiffTrax (Downloadable audio commentaries)
- Rifftrax has done commentary for the pilot episode of Lost.
- In the RiffTrax commentary for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, they mention the smoke monster. When the characters in the movie are setting up pylons to capture the Silver Surfer, a noise/disturbance appears in the woods, and they offer the following commentary:
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Mike: "Not if the smoke monster from Lost has anything to say about it." Kevin: "The smoke monster is the Silver Surfer?" Mike: "You know, in five years, if the truth is less retarded than that, I'll buy you a beer." Kevin: "Okay." | ” |
Robot Chicken (TV)
- The episode "Losin' the Wobble" references Lost in a sketch about the newly enacted Asshole Laws, which allow police to brutally beat anyone who makes smug comments:
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Man: Heroes is way better, because it actually answers stuff. On Lost, they don't know what they're doing. [Man is beaten up by two police officers] | ” |
The Sarah Silverman Program (TV)
- On October 25, 2007, the episode "Doodie" referenced Lost. Stencil Mustang said, "This is just like an episode of Lost!"
Sam and Max: Moai Better Blues (Video Game)
- In the old cavern on Easter Island, the Swan entrance is half buried in the sand, with the numbers carved into the hatch door. Next to the hatch, there is a plane wreck. Examining it causes Sam to use a bunch of synonims for "lost", then says he does not want to wait years to find out what it all means. Examining it again causes Sam to tell Max to stay on the lookout for polar bears.
Saturday Night Live (TV)
- On November 11, 2006, during the Weekend Update segment, Seth Meyers made a joke about certain issues now facing the Republicans after the Democrats took control of the American House of Representatives and Senate previously in the week: "Political analysts are saying that the Democratic victories of Tuesday’s elections were a referendum on President Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq and various Congressional scandals. As well as the environment, the economy, wiretapping, torture, Katrina, military tribunals, illegal immigration, Osama’s continued freedom, Kyoto, abortion rights, the national debt, SARS, the XFL, and the death of Mr. Eko".
- On December 2, 2006 Matthew Fox hosted the show, and many references to Lost were included in the episode.
- Castmember Bill Hader appeared during Fox's monologue as Michael Richards (acting as Richards' trademark character Kramer, from Seinfeld) asking for work on Lost, offering to be one of the Others, the smoke monster, or to appear in a flashback.
- A sketch featuring Lost fans in an elevator with Matthew Fox, discussing their theories, which range from "The producers don't know what's going on" to "It's all in Walt's imagination" to "The Island's on the toenail of a giant" to "Purgatory". As well, two female fans ask if Matthew is single, to which he replies "Married for 15 years" and "Two kids", and one female fan leaves the elevator because of the rest discussing spoilers while she is only halfway through Season 2.
- In January 20, 2007, there was a sketch "Two A-holes and an adoption agency". The A-holes mention that adoption is complicated like sudoku and the 2nd season of Lost.
Scrubs (TV)
- Apollo Bars featured in the season 7 premiere of Scrubs "My Own Worst Enemy" (October 25, 2007) where they were visible in the supply of a vending machine. Because the prop seemed identical to that used in Lost and The Lost Experience, this reference may also be considered a crossover.
- In the season 7 finale "My Princess", a smoke monster is used to personify a patient's illness during the fairy tale scenes. As well as bearing resemblance to the Monster, it may also be a reference to the show moving to ABC for its 8th season.
Senses Fail (Music Group)
- On their 2006 album Still Searching, the punk/emo band Senses Fail have a song titled "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues".
Simpsons, The (TV & and video game)
- In The Simpsons episode 19x08, "Funeral for a Fiend", Marge becomes addicted to TiVo when Homer signs up for it just to get free camera batteries. Marge is excited because "I've gotten so much accomplished: I saved Lost, watched all of Rome in a day, and got through Two and a Half Men in two and a half minutes!"
- In The Simpsons Game, Lenny states whilst in peril that he'll never find out what happens with Charlie and Claire on Lost.
- Also, football player enemies say "4! 8! 15! 16! 23! 42! Hike!" upon attacking.
Skate (Video Game)
Soup, The (TV)
- In 2005, on The Soup, a fake Lost commercial was shown, saying people who missed some episodes are losers who'll never catch up. [6]
- In 2006, a clip of "Every Man for Himself" where Ben kills a rabbit in front of Sawyer is shown. Host Joel McHale commented: "The rest of the episode were flashbacks of the bunny's life. Looks like he couldn't walk before crashing on the Island."
- In November 9, 2007, after a clip of "America's Most Smartest Model", McHale commented about the poor quality of the show's writing and writer's strike with the following: "Can we get the studios to give the writers some download residuals and fire up a Lost or something?"
South Park (TV)
- In the episode "Bloody Mary", Cartman and friends were trying to get home to watch the season finale of Lost.
- In the episode "Smug Alert", a cloud very similar to The Monster is seen, representing George Clooney's acceptance speech. Whispers can also be heard.
Spiderman: Friend or Foe (Video Game)
At the beginning of the second level of the game, known as Tangaroa Island, you find out that it is a mystical, mostly unexplored, Island just off the east coast of Australia, at latitude 4.815 and longitude 162.342.
That Mitchell And Webb Look (TV)
- In the sixth episode of season two, during the 'history of numberwang' sketch, a 1940s scientist asks the computer if the number "4 8 15 162 3420" is numberwang. The response is positive.
- On the online game of Numberwang found on the BBC website, inserting the numbers "4 8 15 16 23 42" will achieve Numberwang on level 1.
Thing, The (Comic)
- One issue of this Marvel Comics series mentioned punching in the Numbers as a code.
Transformers: Cybertron (TV)
- In the episode Inferno of the 2005/2006 cartoon series Transformers: Cybertron, the pilot of a military jet fighter identifies himself as "Oceanic Flight 815, requesting clearance for landing" right before the Decepticon Thundercracker scans the plane and adopting its form as his new disguise. The plane's ID code was one of many pop-cultural in-jokes explicitly added for the English dub of the show.
Tripping the Rift (TV)
- In episode "Six, Lies and Videotape", 4-8-15-16-23-42 is Chodes' customer number at the post office.
Veronica Mars (TV)
- In the Veronica Mars episode "Donut Run" (Season 2), the heroine gets a fortune cookie that contains the saying "True love stories never have endings" and the Numbers. Interestingly, there's a comma between 23 and 42 (The last number is separated from the rest like it is for most lotteries; Hurley's winning lottery numbers had a separated 42). Coincidentally, Veronica Mars and Lost used to air at the exact same time (Veronica's "Donut Run" aired opposite to "Fire + Water"). TV.com link
- In the episode "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer" (Season 3, Airdate: May 15, 2007), Sheriff Keith Mars gives specific assignments to his deputies. Two of these Deputies are named "Kitsis and Horowitz", a reference to writers/producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. TV.com link
WWE RAW (TV)
According to Prowrestling.net, one WWE writer pitched the idea to use the infamous LOST numbers for some money increments during McMahon’s Million Dollar Mania. For example, while most contestants won thousands of dollars, one unlucky contestant received only $16. The use of the numbers was to foreshadow the “tragic accident” that occurred at the end of the June 23, 2008 (another use of the numbers) RAW event where the stage set malfunctioned, leaving Vince McMahon “injured.”
Will and Grace (TV)
- In an episode of Will and Grace, one character remarks, "Grace is like that show Lost - when you find out what's in the Hatch, it's less interesting!".
- In another episode, Grace mentions dreaming about "the hot Korean guy on Lost".
Venture Brothers (TV)
- In the episode "Fallen Arches", the monarch has a woman trapped in a series of passages bellow his lair. As she is finding her way through the corridors, the monarch yells over the intercom, "What could be behind that door? It could be a years supply of turtle wax, or it could be the polar bear from Lost!" Surprisingly, the polar bear is behind the door.
See also
- Portal:Culture, cultural allusions in Lost
- Criticism of Lost
- Lostpedia:Archived News
- User:Mr. Crabby/The Office
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