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* [[Nazi Germany]] - The ''Hindenburg'' bore prominent swastikas, Plus, many of the people involved with the ''Hindenburg'' were, of course, Nazis. Its first flights involved dropping leaflets to urge people to vote for Hitler for chancellor. However, manager Hugo Eckener, head of the Zeppelin company and longtime captain of the ''Graf Zeppelin'', was an outspoken anti-Nazi. In fact he quickly named the airship "Hindenburg" after Germany's then-president, before the Nazis could name it the "Adolph Hitler."
* [[Newsreel]] - Most people at the time saw the silent footage from the video cameras, or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47x9q5-C2k something like this]. Morrison's audio recording was only dubbed onto these films many years later.
* [[Oh, the Humanity!]]! - Morrison's emotional broadcast recording actually included the words "all the humanities, all the passengers". Humanity was a known Morrison-ism for any large group of people.
* [[Starship Luxurious]] - Although actually making very efficient use of space, the ''Hindenburg'' could definitely impress fans and passengers as the 30s version of this.
* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]] - The Germans had not had any trouble with hydrogen in airships before, and believed they were taking adequate safety precautions. The ''Hindenburg'' had been flying back and forth for over a year with no problems. More significantly, the ''Graf Zeppelin'' had been flying for over a decade, and none of the other 120 airships built by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (it was called "LZ-''129''" for a reason) had spontaneously combusted.
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* ''The Hindenburg'' was a 1975 film about its last flight, with its plot centered around a fictional conspiracy to destroy the airship.
* The [[Internet Movie Database]] lists at least five documentary TV shows about the airship.
* [[The Pendragon Adventure]] actually has a take on how the incident really happened in its third book, The Never War: a fireworks rocket was shot at the Hindenburg, setting it on fire. In the story, [[The Hero|Bobby]] actually considered the possibility of knocking the rocket aside and changing history. Thankfully, [[The Obi
* Parodied on [[Family Guy]]:
{{quote| '''Peter:''' To the Hindenpeter!}}
* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Barney takes the controls of the Duff Beer blimp and crashes it in a spectacular fireball, causing nearby Kent Brockman to exclaim "Oh the humanity!"
* An episode of [[The Critic]] featured characters traveling Hindenburg Airlines, whose motto is "Oh The Humanity!"
* ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' introduced the Ghost/Flying-type, Drifloon, and its evolution, Drifblim, styled after a child's balloon and a hot air balloon, respectively. The [[Black Humor|joke]] of [[Hello, Insert Name Here|naming]] one "Hindenburg" was fairly obvious and commonly done, thanks in part to them learning Explosion and having an Ability whose Japanese name is ''Detonation''. Then the fifth generation of games, whose region is based on an American location (New York City and [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|New Jersey]]) for the first time gave these Pokémon an Ability exclusive to them that grants a [[Status Buff]] [[Power At a Price|while]] [[Standard Status Effects|Burned]]. Oh yeah, and in this generation Drifblim now [[Black Comedy|learns Explosion at level]] 56<ref>The Hindenburg Disaster occurred on May 6th</ref>, instead of 51...
* [[Duck Tales]] managed to combine this airship with the Titanic in one episode.
* In a speculative [[Superman]] comic in which Superman is involved in the [[War of the Worlds]], Lois Lane is reporting on the Martian invasion by telephone: "They set the train on fire! All those people! ''The humanity!''" Since this takes place in 1938, Lois may actually be thought of as quoting Morrison.
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