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{{quote|"...in this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human; and those who saw it were amazed to find that it was as alive as the original"|Giorgio Vasari, Lives of The Artists (trans. George Bull)}}
 
Because the ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_lisa:Mona lisa|Mona Lisa]]'' is such a [[Picture Pastiche|famous piece of art]] ([[Small Reference Pools]] at work again), the painting in its entirety--or the lady-in-the-painting's enigmatic, not-quite-reaching-the-eyes coy smirk--show up quite a bit in [[Homage|Homages]], [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]], and outright parodies.
 
Has nothing to do with the [[Mona Lisa Smile (Film)|film of the same name]].
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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* Used a few times in Terry Gilliam's animations for ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' serial "The City of Death" the villain gets Leonardo to paint several copies of the Mona Lisa so he (the villain) could sell them multiple times to facilitate his evil plot. The Doctor foils this plan by writing "This Is A Fake" in felt tip on the boards Leonardo uses. Naturally, this means the one hanging in the Louvre also has "This Is A Fake" written under the painting, but the Doctor says that if people have to x-ray it to know if it's any good, they ''deserve'' to think it's a fake.
* Mona is taken out of her portrait so Alex can cheat on a test in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''. She ends up going back in wearing one of Harper's home made necklaces.
* She also comes out of her portrait in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. She [[And I Must Scream|traps people in paintings]] and searches for her "brother", another painting made using the same oils.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Rusty and Co (Webcomic)|Rusty and Co]]'' has a [http://rustyandco.com/comic/20/ painting] whose eyes followed you (for a good reason). It managed to confuse umber hulks. See also the next page.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-05-18 had] one alien guard who did [[Freak -Out]] seeing "undigested eyeballs in a [[Blob Monster|pile of poo]]" look like they follow him.
 
 
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