Heavy Metal, As Seen On TV (Or Movies, Media, etc)

(excluding interviews, documentaries, etc)

The information on this page is fully up to date, as of: December, 2011

It has been partially updated, as of: December, 2021

"Joy Of Sex" (Movie 1984) - Near the start of this National Lampoon movie, Alan Holt is getting ready for school and when he goes to get a book you can see an issue of Heavy Metal in the pile. It's the May 1982 issue. There's also a continuity error as the previous shot shows the June 1983 issue instead.

"Clerks" (Movie 1994) - About 1/3 into the movie, the clerks are talking about annoying customers. In the video store, behind one customer is a copy of Heavy Metal: The Movie VHS. Which is interesting because Clerks was made in 1994, but the official VHS didn't legally come out until 1996.

"Higher Learning" (Movie 1995) - Near the start of this movie, in Remy's room, he is hanging up posters, including a Luis Royo Heavy Metal poster.

"Address Unknown" (Movie 2001) - Near the end of the movie, in Eunok's room, the American soldier sets his gun down on a Fall 2000 issue of Heavy Metal. Which is an error, as this story is supposed to be taking place in 1970.

"The Venture Bros." (TV 2004 Season 1, Episode 11, "Past Tense") - This episode includes the character Mike Sorayama and his "Lesliebot" robots. Half way through the episode, Mike asks Dr. Venture, "Notice anything familiar about them?" In which Dr. Venture responds, "Yeah, I had that issue of Heavy Metal too." He is referring to the cover of November 1980 by Hajime Sorayama, which looks like the Lesliebots. Because of this similarity, the episode was held back from being re-aired for nearly a year due to legal concern. However, it did return with a "thank you" credit added for Hajime Sorayama.

"Heavy Metal Versus Dominator" (Online 2005) - A 12 minute animated short of Dominator, featuring characters from the Heavy Metal movies, mostly from Heavy Metal 2000.

"Fun With Dick And Jane" (Movie 2005) - When Dick goes into the first victims variety store, the clerk is reading the August 2000 "Femme Fatales" magazine with an ad on the back cover for Heavy Metal 2000 action figures.

"Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny" (Movie 2006) - Near the start of the movie in young JB's room, there is a poster of Heavy Metal: The Movie, that his father (Meat Loaf) rips off the wall.

"Teeth" (Movie 2007) - Near the start of the movie, in Brad's room, there is a poster of the Heavy Metal story Fistful Of Blood. In addiction, there are two other posters of illustrations that were also used as Heavy Metal covers. One poster is the one that was used for January 1992, and the other poster is the illustration used for March 2001.

"South Park" (TV 2008 Season 12, Episode 03, "Major Boobage") - This episode includes an homage to the 1981 Heavy Metal movie.

"Step Brothers" (Movie 2008) - In the brothers room, there is a poster of Heavy Metal: The Movie.

"(500) Days Of Summer" (Movie 2009) - In the video & record store near the end of the movie, there is a DVD of Heavy Metal: The Movie on the top shelf to the far left.

"21 Jump Street" (Movie 2012) - About an hour into the movie, there's a movie poster, along with someone wearing a May 1995 cover t-shirt.

"Tesla Roadster" (SpaceX Test Flight 2018) - A dummy payload testing out SpaceX's Falcon-Heavy rocket, using a 2010 Tesla Roadster car, with a spacesuit in the driver's seat, very similar to the image of the Soft Landing segment of the 1981 movie.

"The Strokes: At The Door" (Music Video, 2020) - Inspired by various 1980's films, including Heavy Metal.

"The Boulet Brothers' Dragula" (TV 2021 Season 4, Episode 04, "Monsters of Rock") - Heavy Metal magazine is mentioned in this episode, as the prize for the winner to be featured in.