D&D in pop culture

[G.Cube]

Simply for fun, let's list all of the popular media that makes refferences to D&D.

I'll start:

Dexter's Labratory has a D&D episode.

Community has a D&D episode.

I believe it was Fable Two that had a D&D side quest.

Dungeons and Dragons, D&D; Wrath of the Dragon, and D&D: Book of Vile Darkness are all movies obviously based off of D&D.

There's a scene in Shrek Three where two people are playing D&D.

[IamL]

I'll throw in Gamers and its sequel, Gamers: Dorkness Rising.

MC Frontalot's stuff had a lot of references to D&D.

Futurama has an entire special devoted to a parody of D&D.

There's more, but I think I'll leave it for those to come.

[BWR]

This might be of use.

I know that Dragon magazine had an issue with a similar list but I cannot for the life of me remember which one.

[originalginger]

'Big Bang Theory' has referred to it a few times.

WAAAY back in the day, the 80's Nickelodeon show 'You Can't Do That On Television' had a couple episodes where characters played AD&D.

You can't forget the absurd and ill-informed propaganda film 'Mazes and Monsters'

[illyahr]

That 70's Show had an episode where a radio guy played DnD with a group that included Alice Cooper lol

[Slipperychicken]

There was an video-game RPG level in which the protagonist is shrunken down and used like a miniature in a dnd-like roleplaying game by several wizards, one of whom narrates the adventure as a GM, and others who argue throughout the level.

The video game "Bully" features a nerd clique which plays a dnd parody called Grottoes and Gremlins. At one point, the protagonist is expected to retrieve some stolen character sheets.

Does the song "Roll a d6" count? I think it has a few million hits on youtube.

Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" (a parody of "Ridin' Dirty") mentions dnd.

There was a british comedy show (I don't recall the name, but it focuses on some IT professionals), in which some characters were introduced to a dnd-like game during an episode.

The video "Dungeons and Dragons and Bitches" centers around a dnd game. It's amazing, but I'm not sure whether it counts as popular culture.

I think there was a Law and Order episode which mentioned dnd.

[Lorsa]

Eureka makes at least one reference to D&D.

I'm sure there are some other shows that have too that I forgot now...

[Adoendithas]

There's the famous reference in the movie "E.T. the Extraterrestrial".

[Gnoman]

A critic's blurb on the back of a novel I saw recently described it as "As if Jane Austen were playing Dungeons and Dragons with Eragon's Christopher Paloni."


Not sure if that counts, or what it even means, though.

[Rain Dragon]

The IT Crowd has an episode which features D&D.

Spoiler: Plot Spoiler

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Jen decides to become entertainment manager only to discover it is a lot harder than she originally thought. Moss and Roy come to the rescue with a D&D game, which everyone enjoyed. Moss also used the game to help Roy out with some personal problems Roy was having throughout the episode.

EDIT -

There was a british comedy show (I don't recall the name, but it focuses on some IT professionals), in which some characters were introduced to a dnd-like game during an episode.

If it's not the IT Crowd and you do remember the name, I would be interested in looking this one up.

[Drakeburn]

Of course, there is the D&D sketch from one of my favorite comedies, Studio C!

[Exediron]

Only one I can think of is in the very last episode of Buffy, the night before the final battle some of the characters play a role-playing game that is obviously D&D - but I don't think it's explicitly called by name.

Oh, and there's an episode of Angel where the billionaire geek they're working for does explicitly mention he used to play D&D.

[GungHo]

Tom Hanks got his film start in a movie that was basically a Chick Tract about D&D.

[Slipperychicken]

If it's not the IT Crowd and you do remember the name, I would be interested in looking this one up.

I believe that was it. I only saw a few episodes of it, so it didn't stick in my mind , but it seemed to be an awesome show.

[Jlerpy]

Of course, there is the D&D sketch from one of my favorite comedies, Studio C!

Wow. That was terrible.

[Jacob.Tyr]

Dresden Files book series has the characters playing DnD in their downtime. The wizard in the series plays a barbarian.

[Joe the Rat]

The Colbert Report. Owlbears, people!

Dresden Files book series has the characters playing DnD in their downtime. The wizard in the series plays a barbarian.

All the way down to the Crown Royal dice bag!

Was that the Futurama episode with Gygax, Gore, et al, or a different one?

[Drakeburn]

There is also a D&D reference in Duck Dodgers as well (M.M.O.R.D.), but I think it might be a reference to computer RPGs rather than D&D.

Meh. I'll let you guys be the judge. *shrugs*

[J-H]

In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the programmer guy (don't recall his name) plays D&D with John Henry, complete with mind flayers and rolling 20.

[Slipperychicken]

Futurama has an entire special devoted to a parody of D&D.

Was that the Futurama episode with Gygax, Gore, et al, or a different one?

There also was an episode where they had to track down some kind of radioactive d20 which some kids were rolling as part of a game.

[Manly Man]

There's an episode of Spongebob Squarepants titled 'Dunces and Dragons'.

[Tiiba]

From The Venture Brothers:

Dr. Venture: "Oh, come on! You're gonna kill me because I had fake sex on graph paper with a girl who barely spoke to you in real life?"

[Krazzman]

There is a swedish(?) or other northlandic Gamers-esque movie... Avalestia or something like that. The female Protagonist loses her job because her boyfriend has to go to jail and then she gets a job at a FLGS and later joins their DnD game.

The webcomic pvp has some instances of the cast playing DnD.

In Deadpools game I belive he references it (or some of his insanity voices mention it in a low budget Zeldaesque-pathway).

Futurama has the G. Gygax episode where fry ends up in the year 2000 again.
As well as the special where they try to get hold of a radioactive/magic D12 that functions similar to the One Ring in the alternate Fantasy Universe they are sucked into.

[Zanos]

Borderlands 2 had an entire expansion pack based on D&D.

Spoilers for the main game contained in that link though, so tread carefully.

[Chaucer85]

There was an video-game RPG level in which the protagonist is shrunken down and used like a miniature in a dnd-like roleplaying game by several wizards, one of whom narrates the adventure as a GM, and others who argue throughout the level.

That one was Fable III. The creators obviously like to reference it a bit.

[Beleriphon]

The webcomic pvp has some instances of the cast playing DnD.

As does Penny Arcade, often. To the point that they have a series of comics dedicated to the game and Gabe becoming GM. Also Mike (Gabe's real life counterpart) has illustrated an actual D&D book.