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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', SEELE keeps in contact with NERV via monolith-like objects.
* In episode 13 of ''[[
* The way the Machine Emperor tablets are placed on earth in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]] look similar to the monoliths. They also look like the Ka tablets from the original [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], which also tended to look like this.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* A parody of ''2001'' (including the Monolith) appears in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' episode 38.
* The last Comedy Central episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', ''[[Laserblast]]'', ended with Dr. Forrester re-enacting the scene where an old David Bowman reaches toward the Monolith before being reborn as a Starchild; Forrester reaches for a monolithic VHS tape labeled "The Worst Movie Ever Made".
* ''[[One Foot In The
== [[Music]] ==
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* [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=364 This] ''[[The Noob]]'' strip.
* In Kris Straub's comic ''[[Starslip]]'', the members of the Consortium all have their brains transferred into monoliths.
* ''[[Cross Time Cafe]]'' actually has it as a [[Recurring Character]], nicknamed Rocky.▼
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* On New Year's Day of 2010, a similar monolith (this one made of wood and fiberboard) [http://www.examiner.com/x-23103-Denver-Zombie-Examiner~y2010m1d2-2010-Monolith-appears-on-New-Years-Eve appeared behind Denver, Colorado's Museum of Nature and Science], with a tag reading "All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there." Unlike the Seattle Monolith, though, [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3248701 the perpetrators documented their efforts].
* The University of Hawaii at Manoa's physics and astronomy building has a sculpture out in front of it, a massive metal slab with the 1:4:9 ratio. For the first year it was in place, it emitted an electronically generated pulsing sound, until people started complaining of headaches.
▲* ''One Foot In The Grace'' parodied the "monkey discovering tools" scene, with a new fridge as the monolith, and the styrofoam packing formers at the bones being smashed by the elderly protagonist.
▲* ''[[Cross Time Cafe]]'' actually has it as a [[Recurring Character]], nicknamed Rocky.
▲* The way the Machine Emperor tablets are placed on earth in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]] look similar to the monoliths. They also look like the Ka tablets from the original [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], which also tended to look like this. <!-- game or anime? -->
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