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=== References to ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'': ===
* The [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]] [[Filk Song]] "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
* The Mariner appears as a character in ''[[Keys to Thethe Kingdom]]'' by Garth Nix.
* ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'' has an extended comparison between River and the albatross.
{{quote| '''Mal''': Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.}}
* At the end of ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', Marco compares Jake's survivor guilt to "the Ancient Mariner and his albatross".
* One ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch has a carnival vendor who has an albatross around his neck--because he's selling them.
* ''[[Dirk GentlysGently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' uses this as a major plot point.
* The original ''[[Frankenstein (Literaturenovel)|Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] references the poem several times. At one point the narrator even explicitly says:
{{quote| "I am going to unexplored regions, to 'the land of mist and snow'; but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the 'Ancient Mariner.'"}}
* Referenced a couple of times in ''[[Welkin Weasels]]''.
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: It's "nor any drop to drink", not "and not a drop to drink".
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Life-in-Death has "locks [as] yellow as gold"
* [[Chess Withwith Death]]: Actually, dice with death: Death and Life-In-Death gamble with dice, and Death wins the crew, while Life-In-Death wins the Mariner, and gives him a [[Fate Worse Than Death]].
* [[Common Meter]]: Throughout. If you want to make sure you can never take the poem seriously again, try singing it to "Yankee Doodle". Or the theme from ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]''.
* [[Did You Die?]]: After the Mariner describes how everyone on his ship died, the Wedding-Guest interrupts the story with "I fear thee, ancient Mariner!" and has to be reassured that the Mariner did not die.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The events of the poem occur because the Mariner kills an albatross.
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* [[Ocean Madness]]: The entire poem is a description of this.
* [[The Penance]]: The Mariner wears the dead albatross around his neck and is compelled to tell his story in order to atone for killing it.
* [[Redemption in Thethe Rain]]: The day after the Mariner's curse is lifted, a tremendous rainstorm appears, and he stands in it, gulping down the water, so happy he believes he died and is in paradise.
* [[Rule of Three]]: "There is an Ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of three..."
* [[Signature Line]]: "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink."
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