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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-Wan|Gunny]] [[Stable Time Loop|stopped him]], or history would have gotten [[It Got Worse|much, much worse from there.]]
* 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]]'' 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...
* ''[[DuckTales]]'' 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.
* The Don Simpson-illustrated six-issue "Monster Comics" adaptation of ''[[King Kong]]'' was originally to include a scene wherein Kong, at the top of the Empire State Building, [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|encounters the Hindenburg flying overhead]]. He is described as becoming "instinctively enraged" by the Swastikas on it ("The symbol of Nazi tyranny!"), and punches it, causing it to crash. Simpson used photos of the actual crash for the panels depicting the Hindenburg's destruction. The scene, totaling two pages, was cut from the sixth and final issue of the comic after it was realized the scene was in poor taste. The deleted scene was included on separate "bonus pages" printed on green paper if you ordered all six issues from Simpson's website.
* ''[[Solatorobo]]'''s first level is aboard an airship named the Hindenburg. Of course, it crashes in [[Kill It with Fire|a ball of flames]], though this time, the culprit is Lares.
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' includes it in a montage of sports bloopers for whatever reason.
* Polly Perkins' telephoned report on the giant robot attack on New York in ''[[Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]]'' is clearly based in equal parts on Orson Welles' ''War of the Worlds'' broadcast and Herb Morrison's ''Hindenberg'' coverage. There's also mention of the ''Hindenberg III'' in Polly's article on the disappearance of Dr. Vargas.
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