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* In the film ''[[Soldier]]'', Kurt Russell's character is a veteran of the Battle of Tannhauser Gate. This and several other details were meant to tie ''Soldier'' into the same [[The Verse|'verse]] as ''Blade Runner''. (The screenwriter, [[David Peoples]], was a co-writer of ''Blade Runner''.)
* A level in ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]'', spelled "Tenhauser Gate".
* In the classic ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Video Game)|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' [[Game Mod|total conversion]] ''The Gate'', the final level of episode 3, "Red Planet Blues," is named "Tanheuser Gate" [sic].
** In German, the "oi"-like sound can either be written "eu" or "äu". (The two dots over the "ä", in fact, originated as an abbreviation of an "e" following the letter.)
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Antimony is briefly seen reading a [[Fictional Document|book]] named ''Tannhauser Gate''.
* In ''Mobile Suit [[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', the battleship ''Minerva'''s [[Wave Motion Gun]] is named ''Tannhäuser''.
** Given that the ''Archangel'''s [[Wave Motion Gun]] based on the exact same technology is named ''Lohengrin'', this is probably [[Older Than They Think|a reference to Wagner]]. Moreso since the ''Archangel'' was built and introduced long prior to the ''Minerva''.
** There is also an episode named "Lohengrin Gate", which focuses on an [[The Federation|Earth Alliance]] base in a mountainous valley that uses an emplaced version of the Lohengrin to guard the one entrance.
* An episode of ''[[Babylon Five|Babylon 5]]'' features symbiotic slugs that preserve memories from long-dead races. One of them, just before dying, gives a speech about "The things I've seen" that is strongly reminiscent of Batty's speech.
* In the [[Fantasy World Map|space fantasy maps]] of [[Warhammer 40000]] references to the Tannhauser Gates are stuck in.
** Most famously the Cadian Gate, the only safe route out of the Eye of Terror and the site of the biggest and most horrendous space battles in existence.
* ''[[Gun BusterGunbuster]]'' has several pseudo-science and history shorts that detail the background of the series' universe. One of them concerns a physicist called Tanhauser who won the Nobel 5 years in a row for completely changing astrophysics. The "Tanhauser gate" appears to be what is currently known as a "wormhole's throat".
* ''[[The Noob]]'' riffs on Batty's final speech [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=6 here].
* ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]'' has a duplication/clone of Phil (in the episode with the Deadly Duplicator) give a parody of Baty's speech as he's being shoved into a woodchipper.
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)/And Another Thing|And Another Thing]]'', Wowbagger gives the original quote while ranting about [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|how much he wants to die]]. It was one of his favourite movies.
* Used by Owen Wilson as the titular character in ''[[Drillbit Taylor]]''.
* In the castle Neuschwanstein in Germany (the real life Disney castle) the rooms are designed around Wagner's operas. There is an huge ornately carved doorway leading to the Tannhäuser themed room. Quite possibly the closest [[Real Life]] Tannhauser Gate in existence.
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