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A gigantic compendium of parody images can be found [http://www.squidoo.com/american-gothic here].
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* In ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', the couple appear briefly in the opening credits.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Gridlock", The couple in the Motorway at the start of the episode are based on the farming couple in the American Gothic, both having identical hairstyles, glasses and fashions.
* A million dollar question was answered correctly related to the painting on the American version of the popular game show ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]''. Nancy Christy, a high school teacher, correctly answered this question and won the million dollars, as she remembered that the man in the painting was based on Grant Wood's dentist.
* In one episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', during a Halloween party at Drew's workplace, a male and female employee both dressed up as the respective subjects in the famous painting, complete with an oversized picture frame attached to their bodies.
* In an episode of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', Drew and Ryan did this pose during a game of Props when their prop was a vaguely pitchfork looking thing.
* In ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', Ares copies the pose with Gabrielle (Old Ares had a farm).
* In the ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life On Deck]]'' episode "Mulch Ado About Nothing," Cody's re-creation of the Mulch Festival for Bailey includes a couple of passengers posing as the couple from the painting. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Cody:
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* The opening sequence of [[King of the Hill]] ends with this (plus Bobby).
* In the ''[[The Backyardigans]]'' episode "Newsflash", the first shot we see of Pablo and Tyrone at their farm (unintentionally?) resembles the "American Gothic" painting.
* The Apple family has a ponified version of this painting hung up on a wall in their house in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
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