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[[File:beatles_-_abbey_road_4470.jpg|link=The Beatles (Musicband)|frame|Company MARCH! One! Two! One! Two!]]
 
The cover for [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]' album ''Abbey Road'' is an image that is instantly recognizable. Four people (usually), belonging to the same group, cross a road single file. If the author is really [[Shown Their Work|showing his work]], the leader will be in white, and the person second from back will be walking barefoot and out of step with the others.
 
Often used as a cover or poster. Expect [[Long Runners|long-running bands]] to use it sometime in their career.
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And for the live web cam feed of Abbey Road [http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing go here] to see people disrupt traffic for their own personal recreation.
 
[[Sgt. Pepper's Shout Out]] is another trope based on parodies of [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Music)|a specific Beatles album cover]].
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== Advertising ==
* Seen in an American Express commercial with Jerry Seinfeld touring England.
* [[Utah]] Transit Authority used a cartoon version of this to advertise a family pass where four people ride for the same price. They also used ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' imagery for the same campaign.
 
 
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* The cover art for ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'''s original soundtrack.
* An illustration from ''[[Genshiken]]'' which was used as the cover image for the season 1 DVD set (in the US, at least).
* One is featured, along with a [[Reference Overdosed|barrage of other music references]], in the music video "Help! We are Angels" from ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''. In this instance, [[Iron Butt Monkey|Chuck]] gets flattened by the white Volkswagen.
* [http://www.animeyume.com/tenchi_muyo/tmabbeyroad.jpg This] back cover for a ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' soundtrack CD (which was entitled ''Meet The Tenchi Muyo!'' and featured several other Beatles cover pastiches).
* Referenced in ''[[K-On!]]!!'' (season 2) episode 27, when Mio fantasizes about a trip to England—the land of Rock Bands! (Apparently Mio really is a Classic Rock fan).
** Now that the [[The Movie|upcoming movie]] has them going to England, this will, of course, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrO23wIzDtM actually happen.]
 
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== Comic Books ==
* This [http://connect.in.com/jovial/photos-hamster-jovial-03-0800-9d05726aefc49cac.html Hamster Jovial picture] by [[Gotlib]].
* [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/1013/88234-5066-106126-1-x-men-unlimited_super.jpg The cover] for ''[[X -Men|X-Men Unlimted]]'' issue #30. This one plays with the "Paul is Dead" symbolism. Nightcrawler (in John's position), a devout Christian, is wearing Lennon's white suit as the preacher, Storm (in Ringo's place) in her black costume as the mourner, Colossus (Paul) is barefoot and out of step, playing the part of the corpse (Colossus had previously [[Heroic Sacrifice|given his life to stop the spread of the Legacy Virus]], but He got better), and Wolverine (George) takes the role of the gravedigger.
 
 
== Fan Art ==
* [http://davca.deviantart.com/art/My-little-Abbey-Road-263217460 This] fan pic adds the [[A Worldwide Punomenon|mane]] cast from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' to the original cover.
 
 
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* Appears in the [[Lindsay Lohan]] version of ''[[The Parent Trap]]''.
** Taken a step further because "Here Comes the Sun" is playing in the background.
* Eric Idle's [[Mockumentary]] about a [[Fake Band]] with a career that very much mirrored [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]' history, ''[[The Rutles]]: All You Need Is Cash'', gave us the album ''Shabby Road''. While Paul was barefoot on the original cover, Stig (who is actually a stand-in for [[George Harrison]]) is not wearing pants on the joke cover.
* The actual crossing pops up in ''[[Get Him to The Greek]]''.
 
 
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'' had ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Road Sesame Road]''.
* This appears in the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''In His Life: The John Lennon Story'', before the Beatles go auditioning on Abbey Road Studios. The most justifiable example of this page, apart from ''Paul Is Live''.
* The ''[[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]]'' episode "Aaron Carter's Coming to Town" has Lizzie, Miranda, Gordo, and Matt cross a crosswalk in conspicuous to the studio where Aaron Carter is recording a music video. Everyone is out of step with each other and Gordo in the front isn't wearing white, but Miranda is third in line and barefoot (she had taken her shoes off because [[Loony Fan|she was walking on ground Aaron Carter had walked on]]).
* This was the promotional poster for one ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'' season,season 8, with Grissom in the white suit. It led to speculation he might die that season, but his departure came the next season, season 9.
* Used in the ''[[The Young Ones]]'' episode "Boring" (season 1, episode 3).
* ''[[Big Time Rush (TV)|Big Time Rush]]'' did this for their movie. Carlos gets excited that they get to sing a Beatles song, and Logan doesn't believe so...until he's the one who notices that they just crossed Abbey Road. Kendall is wearing white, Logan is somewhat barefoot (he's in a dog costume), Carlos is in black and James brings up the rear in dark blue.
 
 
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* The original was [[Paul McCartney]]'s idea. Photographer Iain Macmillan spent ten minutes snapping only six photos as the band walked back and forth across the street a few times, and the fifth was selected because it was the only one where they were mostly in step with each other. The crossing was [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/abbey-road-crossing-steps-into-safer-future-2167516.html designated a Grade II English Heritage Listed building] in 2010.
* The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] repeated the image for their ''Abbey Road'' EP. Being the Chili Peppers, they did so wearing only the wang-covering gym socks.
* The cover of the soundtrack to ''[[VVVVVV (Video Game)|VVVVVV]]'', ''[http://www.souleye.se/pppppp PPPPPP]'', has the V-men crossing the road... upside down, of course.
* The cover of the [[Paul McCartney]] album ''Paul Is Live'' showed an older Paul walking a dog through the crossing, digitally edited into the famous 1969 photo in place of [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]. It contains visual [[Take That|Take Thats]] against the Paul Is Dead rumors sparked in part by the ''Abbey Road'' cover:
** The white Volkswagen's number plate, which originally read in part "281F" (misread as "28IF" and interpreted as "Paul would be ''28 if'' he were still alive"), was changed to "51IS", as in "He ''is'' still alive, and he ''is 51''."
** He's wearing shoes and his left leg is forward. (It was suggested that being barefoot and out of step [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|was symbolic]]. If anything has symbolic value, it's the fact that the cover depicts the Beatles walking ''away'' from Abbey Road Studios.)
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== Web Originals ==
* This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axb2sHpGwHQ Flash-animated video] for [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] "Come Together" features the Beatles as they appeared on the Abbey Road cover(John in white, George in denim, Ringo in black and Paul barefoot), and even references the zebra crossing on the cover. The video was made for beatles.com, and is quite well-made.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' did it in the Beatles parody "Homer's Barbershop Quartet". One of the records Homer shows to Bart and Lisa, titled "[[Bigger Than Jesus]]" (a [[Shout -Out]] to another bit of Beatles lore). Homer's barbershop quartet (including a barefoot Barney) is even ''walking on water''.
** And the cover to November 2002's ''[http://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-Rolling-Special-Collectors-Postcard/dp/B001JKSGTW Rolling Stone]''.
* In the ''[[Total Drama Action]]'' special, four of the guys had formed a band, The Drama Brothers. During their segment, the ''Abbey Road'' image appears briefly.
** And in the intro to ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'', Leshawna and Noah are walking over the Abbey Road Crossing.
* One of the many variations of the intro song of ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' had Yakko, Wakko and Dot walking on a road à la ''Abbey Road''. "''Penny laney...''"
* One of ''four'' Beatles album cover parodies seen briefly in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Meet The Beat Alls"<ref>The other three being ''Please Please Me'', ''With/Meet The Beatles'', and ''A Hard Day's Night''</ref>.
* ''[[The Bremen Avenue Experience (Animation)|The Bremen Avenue Experience]]'' did this during a [[Music Video]] that contained multiple [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]] to British pop culture.
* One of the records released by [[El Tigre]]'s mother Maria during her stint as a mariachi singer. It featured Manny, Maria, and a goat.
 
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