Tolkien's works in popular media

Over the years, many visual and textual references have been made to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, or more often, Peter Jackson's film trilogy.

Movies

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

• Harry Lockhart, played by Robert Downey Jr., says: "Don't worry, I saw Lord of the Rings. I'm not going to end this 17 times." This is a reference to the many plot points that were tied up at the end of the third film.

Kronk's New Groove

• In one scene where Kronk gives a naked Rudy one of Yzma's Scam Youth Potions, he imitates the posture of Gollum, even saying "My Precious!".

Television

American Dad!

• In the episode "Escape from Pearl Bailey", a person yells "You shall not pass".
• In "Black Mystery Month", a pool of peanut butter consumes a dreaded object, much how the lava of Mount Doom consumed the One Ring in the third film.

Angel

• In "The Magic Bullet", Jasmine considers herself verbose, and then compares it to the prologue of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Babylon 5

• The God of the Underworld is called Morgoth.

The Big Bang Theory

• Leonard dresses as Frodo in "The Middle Earth Paradigm"

Bones

• In "The Man in the Morgue", Seeley Booth dismisses voodoo as "and then we just toss the ring into the molten river, and blah blah blah"; a reference to the end of the One Ring.

Danny Phantom

• In the season finale/TV film "Reality Trip", a fan at a convention yells "You shall not pass".

Dexter's Laboratory

• In the episode "D&DD" (a "Dungeons and Dragons"-themed episode), Dexter is forced to play Hodo, the Furry-footed Burrower", a Hobbit parody.

Doctor Who

• In "Last of the Time Lords", The Master refers to a speedily aged Tenth Doctor as "Gandalf".

Drawn Together

• In the episode "The One Wherein There Is A Big Twist", Clara puts on an invisibility ring.
• The ring returns in "The Other Cousin", where Foxxy hangs over the edge of a cliff, much like Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and asks Clara to give her her hand. Clara refuses, and takes the ring instead. Though the visual reference is to The Lord of the Rings, the lines are taken from Aladdin.
• In "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special", it is revealed that the parents of Xandir live in a Bag End-like house.

Fairly OddParents

• "Wishology" features several Tolkien and fantasy elements.

Family Guy

• In "All About Steve", an obsessed terrorist dresses as Frodo.
• In the episode "Sibling Rivalry", Stewie pushes the kid on the ground and says "Cry, cry like Sauron when he lost his contacts." The scene then shifts to a cutaway showing the Eye of Sauron frantically searching for his lost contact.
• In the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Quagmire falls in love with Joan, the maid. It his first idea of how love could be, they hold hands as Aragorn and Arwen did in the first film. Joan then speaks faux-Elvish (untanslatable: "Day univen hablendeth hal univen led hansed de-un, Quagmandir"), translated in the subtitles as a paraphrase of Arwen's words in that scene. Quagmir then answers "Denedain raydun habbledeth Mithrandir veon hellmisano", translated as his trademark phrase "Giggity". See on YouTube.
• In "Petergeist", Chris is thrown from his bedroom window into the clutches of a living tree. The scene eventually parodies the epic confrontation between Gandalf and Durin's Bane when Herbert the Creepy Old Pedophile shows up to save Chris. After uttering the line "You shall not pass!", he brakes open the ground with his walker and fights off the tree, until they fall in a pond.
• In "Baby Not on Board", Chris and his boss discuss the movies.

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

• The episode "Duchess of Wails" features a version of the Battle of Helm's Deep, in which the main characters Mac and Bloo attempt to storm Duchess back into Foster's Home. However, those inside refuse to take the obnoxious Duchess back, and fight out a battle. Several elements from Peter Jackson's adaptation are covered, including ladders, battering rams, quotes, and even a character sliding down a wall on a shield.
• In the episode "Race for Your Life, Mac and Bloo!", a sugar-rushed Mac calls an item of sugar "My Precious".

Friends

• In one episode, Ross and Chandler speak about a university friend, called "Gandalf, the Party Wizard)". When Joey asks why they call him Gandalf they reply "Didn't you read The Lord of the Rings in high-school?" to which they get "No, I had sex in high-school".

Fututama

• In the movie "Bender's Game", Bender comes up with the world "Cornwood", containing several Middle-earth like aspects. The map of Cornwood is actually one of Gondor and Mordor mirrored, where Mount Doom is replaced by the "Geysers of Gygax".

Gilmore Girls

• The Lord of the Rings is referenced in the episodes "Keg! Max!", "Scene in a Mall", "Swan Song" and "So... Let's Talk", among others.
• There is a Middle-earth-themed party in "The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles"

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

• The episode "Beasts and Barbarians", an overall homage ot Dungeons and Dragons, has a Gollum-like creature that riddles with Mandy: "What's black and blue and red all over?", so which Mandy answers "You if you don't give me that Ring, pronto!". The Ring can be used to rule an evil army.
• The episode "Here Thar Be Dwarves" spoofs the Council of Elrond.
• "Complete and Udder Chaos" features several references to the films.
• In "The Secret Decoder Ring", Billy thinks he is invisible after putting on a decoder ring.

My Parents Are Aliens

• In the episode "The Wedding", Josh refer to a wedding ring as "My precious".

The Office

• In The Alliance (US series), it is revealed that Dwight Schrute's passwords are "Frodo" and "Gollum".

One Tree Hill

• In "Pictures of You", Lucas does a Gollum impression.

Operation: Kids Next Door

• The episode "Operation K.N.O.T." features "Froggy McDougal", a Gollum-lookalike.

Robot Chicken

• The cast of Surreal Life become the Fellowship of the Ring in "A Piece of the Action".

Scrubs

• In the episode "My Old Man", Elliott does a Gollum-impression.

The Simpsons

• In the episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch", Gollum-parody "Cleanie" appears, voiced by Andy Serkis.
• The episode "Rome-Oh and Julie-Eh" spoofs the Battle of Pelennor Fields, the Battle of the Hornburg and also contains dialogue from Dáin Ironfoot's encounted with the messenger of Sauron.

South Park

• "Nurse Gollum" is a nurse with a conjoined twin fetus on her head.
• The episode The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers is a completely Tolkien-themed episode.
• In the episode "Go god go", the otters prepare for war in a similar fashion as the Rohirrim in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
• The episode "Imaginationland: Episode III" features a battle similar to the Battle of the Hornburg.
• In "Make Love, Not Warcraft", a statuette of Durin's Bane can be seen.
• Gandalf and Sauron appear in "Imaginationland".

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

• The episode "Lord of the Onion Rings" spoofs The Lord of the Rings.

SpongeBob SquarePants

• In the episode "Banned in Bikini Bottom", a banner reads "Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe".
• "Dunces and Dragons" features references to many fantasy series. The domain of the evil Plankton resembles Mordor, and his fortress Barad-dûr.

Stargate Atlantis

• Dr. Bill Lee is a Tolkien fan, and in the episode "Critical Mass", he uses the concept of the warning beacons of Gondor to explain how to relay a message to Atlantis.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• In the episode "Family Business", the Ferengi are shown to live in Hobbit-like houses.