List of references to Lost in popular culture

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With the popularity of the ABC television drama Lost, references to the series and elements from its story have appeared in numerous parody and popular culture usage.

Contents 1 In the news 2 On television 3 On the Internet 4 In print 5 In music 6 References

[edit] In the news

• After the episode "Numbers" aired on March 2, 2005, numerous people used the eponymous figures as lottery entries. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, within three days, the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players. ^[1] Likewise, in the same period, over 200 people in Michigan alone used the sequence for the Mega Millions lottery^[2] and by October, thousands had tried them for the multi-state Powerball lottery.^[3][4]

[edit] On television

• The February 26th 2005 episode of FOX's sketch show MADtv featured an early spoof of Lost which parodied some of the mythological elements, and included an appearance by Survivor's Jeff Probst.
• On the series Veronica Mars, a fortune cookie bearing the numbers as "lottery picks" was shown as a "shout out" to writer friends of that show's creator, Rob Thomas. ^[5]
• In the South Park episode "Bloody Mary", the boys are anxious to get home from a karate class in time to watch "the season finale of Lost."
• The American Dad episode "Stan of Arabia" includes Stan saying that he hopes that Lost will be available to watch in Saudi Arabia because he never misses it: "Just because we're in Saudi Arabia doesn't mean it's not Wednesday!"
• In the Family Guy episode "Petergeist", Peter and Lois watch Lost along with Statler and Waldorf, who are sitting in a balcony. They comment that the show has the right name because they "couldn't follow any of it" and burst into laughter.
• In the Will & Grace episode "A Little Christmas Queer," Jack says of Grace, "It's like that show Lost: once you find out what's in the hatch, it's less interesting."
• In the "Boys and Girls" episode of the second season of the American version of The Office, Dwight compares meeting the warehouse employees with the crash survivors meeting the "Others".
• In the Avid Merrion: American Sicko special of Bo' Selecta! there are two short parodies of Lost featuring rubber-face versions of Hurley and Charlie.
• In the "Initiation" episode of the third season of The Office, Dwight quizzes Ryan with the question "What is the Dharma Initiative?"
• In the "The Return" episode of The Office, Andy mentions Lost when talking about his plan for "T.G.I. Wednesday".
• In Episode 37 of Duel Masters (the English dub), a character remarks about the time he let loose some polar bears on a deserted tropical island.
• On the May 10, 2006 airing of Jeopardy!, the $1600 clue under TV numbers was "4 8 15 16 23 & 42 are numbers inexplicably tied to characters on this show".^[6]
• In the Venture Brothers episode Fallen Arches, a prostitute fleeing from The Monarch in the depths of his cocoon opens a door to find "the polar bear from Lost."
  

  

  Drawn Together mimics the Lost title sequence.
• The ending of the Drawn Together episode "Lost in Parking Space, Part One" features the show's logo floating toward the viewer at the angle, mimicking the way the opening title is presented in Lost.
• On the October 4, 2006 episode of The Daily Show, a depiction of the main characters of the second season of Lost was used satirically to represent the demographics of the United States.
• An episode of The Soup showed a humorous advertising, saying that the people missing the latest episodes were pathetic and would never "catch up"[1]. Another one showed a clip of "Every Man for Himself" in which Ben kills a rabbit in front of Sawyer.
• The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, began with the comedian appearing in parodies of various television shows, one of which was Lost.
• In Hollyoaks, a number of references have been made to Lost, including characters holding DVD cases, and mentioning staying home to watch the show.

[edit] On the Internet

• A blog by fictional character Dwight Schrute of The Office (US version) describing his theories on Lost appeared in January 2006.^[7]
• The March 28, 2006 episode of the machinima comedy series The Strangerhood parodies Lost with several references.^[8]
• The game, Adventure Quest had an event that involved a place called "the Hatch", similar to the Hatch in LOST. Inside was a mural like that painted by Desmond in the Hatch.
• Toothpaste for Dinner referenced Lost on November 3, 2006 in a drawing titled "work reflects tv and tv reflects work," in which one of the two figures turns down an invitation to lunch, saying that he has to "stay here in the hatch and type numbers into the computer."
• The popular web comic Penny-Arcade had a strip dedicated to the idea that the writers were out of their minds.
• In a strip from Ctrl+Alt+Del, Ethan buys his airplane ticket from Oceanic Airlines, whose logo looks exactly like the logo from the Lost company. More recently in a strip parodying Command and Conquer 3 a character says "We also need to get off this island! 'The Others' are coming!"
• A RiffTrax commentary was recorded for the Pilot Episode
• The popular sketch comedy group Olde English has a sketch entitled "Writers of Lost" in which they joke at many of the plot ideas, such as the use of flashbacks.

[edit] In print

• "Lots", a spoof of Lost, was in the May 2005 issue of MAD Magazine.
• A DC Comics cover for Catwoman issue #51 (March 2006) shows the numbers as a sequence in the title character's police mugshot. ^[9]
• In March 2006, the nationally syndicated comic strip Monty featured a parody of Lost in which the title character is shipwrecked on the island, meets the survivors, and discovers that the Others are actually the castaways from Gilligan's Island.^[10]
• In issue #6 (June 2006) of Marvel's The Thing, the numbers are a detonation code to a bomb set by The Trapster.^[11]
• In issue 18 of 52 Ralph Dibny is told by Detective Chimp that they figured out the end of Lost.^{[citation needed]}
• In Ultimate Extinction, Ultimate Captain Marvel lists "New episodes of Lost" as one of the reasons he likes humanity.^{[citation needed]}
• In issue 2.4 of Runaways, Victor Mancha's cell phone message tells his friends that if it's Wednesday, call back when Lost is over.^{[citation needed]}
• Newspaper comic strips Adam @ Home and Over the Hedge have both referenced LOST in several strips.^{[citation needed]}
• An issue of Australian Mad Magazine parodied the promotional poster for Lost: Season one by replacing the crash survivors in the foreground with the 2005 Australian cricket test squad, saying they had "lost the ashes".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] In music

• The Canadian punk/rock group Moneen features a song on their album The Red Tree entitled "Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do", a reference to the Lost character John Locke and his catchphrase.
• On their 2006 self-titled album, Seattle rock band Gatsbys American Dream have a song titled "You All Everybody" (referencing the fictional DriveShaft hit) and another one titled "Station 5: The Pearl".
• On their 2006 album Still Searching the band Senses Fail have a song titled "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" (An episode from the first season)
• Mike Portnoy, drummer for Dream Theater, features various numbers on his drum kit throughout their 2006 live DVD, Score, alluding to the show's mysterious number system.

[edit] References

Lost
Production:	DVD releases | Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Soundtrack
Main characters:	Ana Lucia | Ben | Boone | Charlie | Claire | Desmond | Hurley | Jack | Jin | Juliet | Kate Libby | Locke | Michael | Mr. Eko | Nikki | Paulo | Sawyer | Sayid | Shannon | Sun | Walt
Supporting characters:	Alex | Bernard | Christian | Cindy | Ethan | The Others | Pickett | Rose | Rousseau | Tom
Organizations:	DHARMA Initiative | Hanso Foundation | Oceanic Airlines
Elements:	Crossover list | DHARMA Initiative stations | Flight 815 | Mythology | Thematic motifs
Miscellaneous:	Gary Troup | In popular culture | Lost Experience | Rachel Blake | Video game