John Munch: Difference between revisions

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==== As a main character: ====

* ''[[Homicide Life On the Street]]''

* ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]''

* ''[[Law and Order SVU]]''

==== As a guest star: ====

* ''[[The X Files]]'' - As the Baltimore cop interrogating the future [[The Lone Gunmen|Lone Gunmen]]. There's also a hilarious scene in SVU where a reporter refers to Munch and Novak as Mulder and Scully. So...

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' - As the Baltimore cop interrogating the future [[The Lone Gunmen|Lone Gunmen]]. There's also a hilarious scene in SVU where a reporter refers to Munch and Novak as Mulder and Scully. So...

** Not only that but in one episode of ''Homicide'', Munch mentions that a character is probably watching ''The X-Files''.

* ''[[Law ~~and~~ Order ~~(TV)~~|Law and Order]]''

* ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]''

** Munch's appearance on the original Law and Order as part of a Homicide cross-over is partly what got him the job on SVU. Belzer originally pitched to Dick Wolf that Munch join Law and Order as Briscoe's new partner. The role had been filled, so Wolf transplanted Munch to SVU instead.

* The Beat

* ''[[Law ~~and~~ Order Trial By Jury ~~(TV)~~|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]''

* ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]''

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'' (credited [[Character As Himself|as himself]]), as a "[[Paper-Thin Disguise|Professor of Scrapbooking]]"

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' (credited [[Character as Himself|as himself]]), as a "[[Paper-Thin Disguise|Professor of Scrapbooking]]"

* ''[[The Wire]]'' (ironically, former Baltimore Police Department detective Jay Landsman, the real-life inspiration for Munch, plays a recurring role).

** It should also be pointed out that Landsman, playing Lieutenant Mello, was actually in the scene. As was Clark Johnson, formerly Munch's fellow ''[[Homicide Life On the Street|Homicide]]'' castmate.

** It should also be pointed out that Landsman, playing Lieutenant Mello, was actually in the scene. As was Clark Johnson, formerly Munch's fellow ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street|Homicide]]'' castmate.

*** If that's not enough, ''[[The Wire]]'' has a character named Jay Landsman who was also inspired by the real Jay Landsman, and was played by yet a third actor.

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (the skit, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5121VjLwqZM Special Letters Unit]", a spoof of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'', is the one time the character is not played by Richard Belzer.

** This puppet returns in [[Elmopalooza]] as the 'Richard Belzer stunt puppet', accompanied by Belzer himself.

* And then there's the character's appearance in the French version of ''[[Law and Order Criminal Intent]]'', which is what tipped the character into a trope-on-his-own territory.

* And then there's the character's appearance in the French version of ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'', which is what tipped the character into a trope-on-his-own territory.

* And he's now gotten a subtle [[Shout Out]] in London police drama ''[[Luther]]'' -- "Send the details to Detective Munch in Special Victims Unit, New York." [[Celebrity Paradox|Munch might get a surprise]] if he met the eponymous British cop face to face though, since he's the absolute ''spit'' of Stringer Bell from ''[[The Wire]]''...

* And he's now gotten a subtle [[Shout-Out]] in London police drama ''[[Luther]]'' -- "Send the details to Detective Munch in Special Victims Unit, New York." [[Celebrity Paradox|Munch might get a surprise]] if he met the eponymous British cop face to face though, since he's the absolute ''spit'' of Stringer Bell from ''[[The Wire]]''...

* In the book ''I Am Not A Cop'', by Richard Belzer, Richard Belzer is mistaken for John Munch, and asked to help solve a case.

** A joke book about [[Stupid Crooks|stupid criminals]] recounted a story about a robber who stumbled into a taping of ''Homicide'' and surrendered to John Munch.

*** Which is actually true. I heard it from the horse's mouth (well, in an interview with him on Youtube). However, the reports that he testified in court is just a rumour.

* In an episode of ''[[~~30 Rock (TV)|~~30 Rock]]'', Belzer and Ice-T show up as their L&O:SVU characters for a joke. It's more than just an incidental cameo because it's clearly not a real episode of SVU.

* In an episode of ''[[30 Rock]]'', Belzer and Ice-T show up as their L&O:SVU characters for a joke. It's more than just an incidental cameo because it's clearly not a real episode of SVU.

* Pete Munch, supposedly John's father, is an astronaut who appears in the "Minions of the Moon" backup in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. III, Century: 1969]]''. Like John he is a conspiracy theorist but since this world of the League he's actually probably right about most of his ramblings.