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=== Comic Books ===
* In ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' #1 (2010 series), Lady Blackhawk (a time traveller from World War 2) doesn't get a reference to "[[Putting the Band Back Together]]". However, she has been in the present long enough to understand one to [[Twitter]].
* Agent 355 from ''[[Y: The Last Man|Y the Last ManMa]]'' never gets pop culture references; at the end, when Yorick brings up ''[[Moonlighting]]'' he explains what it is "before you ask". {{spoiler|In the [[Distant Finale]], set 60 years after the rest of the story, when Yorick asks his young clone, if he knew that [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] [[Book Ends|had a twin brother]], he asks: "Who's Elvis?"}}
 
=== Films -- Live-Action ===
* ''[[Zombieland]]''
** Little Rock doesn't know who [[Willie Nelson]] is, much to Tallahassee's horror. Or who [[Bill Murray]] is, ALSO to Tallahassee's horror.
** Or who [[Bill Murray]] is, ALSO to Tallahassee's horror.
{{quote|'''Little Rock:''' Who’s Bill Murray?
'''Tallahassee:''' Alright, I’ve never hit a kid before. I mean that’s like asking who Gandhi is.
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