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Forbidden Planet (1956) More at IMDbPro »

Version of
The Tempest (1908)
The Tempest (1911)
The Tempest (1939) (TV)
Yellow Sky (1948)
"BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Tempest (#7.42)" (1956)
"Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Tempest (#9.4)" (1960)
The Tempest (1960) (TV)
"BBC Play of the Month: The Tempest (#3.8)" (1968)
The Tempest (1979)
The Tempest (1980) (V)
The Tempest (1980) (TV)
Tempest (1982)
The Tempest (1983) (V)
The Tempest (1986) (V)
Resan till Melonia (1989)
Prospero's Books (1991)
"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: The Tempest (#1.2)" (1992)
Stormen (1998) (TV)
The Tempest (1998) (TV)
The Tempest (2010/II)
Remade as
Forbidden Planet (2010)
Referenced in
"Future Fantastic: Immortals (#1.9)" (????)
 -  Poster shown.
The Invisible Boy (1957)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
 -  Re-use of costumes and weapons
The Blob (1958)
"The Twilight Zone: One for the Angels (#1.2)" (1959)
 -  Lou holds a Robby the Robot toy at the beginning of the episode.
Uchu Kaisoku-sen (1961)
 -  A toy Robbie the Robot appears in the film
"The Twilight Zone: The Rip Van Winkle Caper (#2.24)" (1961)
 -  vehicle seen at end of episode
Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
Kiss Me Quick! (1964)
Monsters Crash the Pajama Party (1965)
"The Monkees: Monkees Watch Their Feet (#2.17)" (1968)
 -  Duplicate Micky calls himself Robbie The Robot
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 -  From "Science Fiction Double Feature": "Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet"
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
"Mork & Mindy: Dr. Morkenstein (#2.5)" (1979)
 -  Robby the robot appears in this episode.
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
 -  JT mentions "Monsters From the ID"
Gremlins (1984)
Creature (1985)
Explorers (1985)
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
 -  Danny asks the cinema manager if he is going to show this again
Cherry 2000 (1987)
 -  Robby the Robot appears.
"Cheers: Yacht of Fools (#6.16)" (1988)
 -  Frasier mentions "Forbidden Planet" being better than "E.T.".
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Hard Hunted (1992)
 -  The nuclear trigger is called a "klystron relay", which is a piece of hardware in the Krell laboratories.
Matinee (1993)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV)
"ReBoot: Talent Night (#1.11)" (1995)
 -  "Certainly sir, will 64 gallons be sufficient?" - Robot Binome
Congo (1995)
"The Simpsons: Homer's Phobia (#8.15)" (1997)
 -  The store has the original Robbie the Robot, a character from this film.
"Showbiz Today: (1997-07-28)" (1997)
 -  Referenced in Sci FI con report
Event Horizon (1997)
RocketMan (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion of the Neptune Men (#9.19)" (1997)
 -  Crow: Robby the Robot in a depressing cameo.
Free Enterprise (1998)
 -  Mentioned by Robert in toy store.
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999) (TV)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
 -  Lizzie is transformed into an updated computer-graphic version of the "monster of the id"
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Bob Came from Outer Space (2000) (V)
 -  Referenced in dialog/visuals
"Futurama: The Day the Earth Stood Stupid (#3.7)" (2001)
 -  Robbie the robot is used in a diagram.
The Making of 'Killer Klowns' (2001) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Alien Evolution (2001) (TV)
Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)
 -  dialogue
The Time Machine (2002)
"Futurama: The Why of Fry (#5.8)" (2003)
 -  Robbie the robot is the diagram of a robot used by the Nibblonians when explaining about delta brain waves.
Daai zek lou (2003)
 -  the evil self
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
"Six Feet Under: Parallel Play (#4.3)" (2004)
 -  A poster for the film hangs on the wall in Arthur's room.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG)
 -  Para-Medic mentions the film during her codec conversations with Snake.
Guy X (2005)
 -  mentioned in newspaper film review
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
 -  Andy has a magnet on his refrigerator thats a miniature movie poster for the film.
Serenity (2005)
 -  Registration number on a wrecked ship
Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares (2005)
 -  Movie poster seen during Robert Lesser interview.
Mammoth (2006) (TV)
 -  The mad scientist mentions Robby the Robt, a character from the older film.
"The Big Bang Theory: Pilot (#1.1)" (2007)
 -  a poster for it is on the wall in Leonard and Sheldon's apartment
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Spaceballs: The Animated Series: Grand Theft Starship (#1.2)" (2008)
 -  Robbie the Robot is one of Skroob's advisors
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) (V)
 -  Robby the Robot is the Wongs' butler.
"Jeopardy!: (#26.29)" (2009)
 -  Subject of a $2,000 clue in the category "Other Planets in Movies"
Featured in
A Look at the World of SOYLENT GREEN (1973)
Halloween (1978)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Electric Dreams (1984)
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
 -  Daryl is watching 'Forbidden Planet' on TV while he speaks to Turtle using the walkie-talkie.
Precious Images (1986)
"Svengoolie: Forbidden Planet" (1995)
 -  This film is featured in this episode.
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
Hollywood Aliens & Monsters (1997) (TV)
The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story (1999) (V)
 -  part of the trailer for this film is shown
"Ultimate Sci-Fi Top 10" (2004)
 -  Clips are shown
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) (TV)
 -  Excerpt shown
Firewall (2006)
 -  Airs on TV set
Halloween (2007)
 -  On TV.
Spoofed in
"Honey West: The Fun-Fun Killer (#1.25)" (1966)
 -  Anne Francis appears once again with a man-size robot.
H.O.T.S. (1979)
Gremlins (1984)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Anal Planet (1994) (V)
 -  Premise, characters, adapted to porn.
The Chubbchubbs! (2002)
 -  Robbie the Robot is dancing in the bar.
Spaceman on Earth (2009)
 -  The sidekick is a robot loosely based off the robot in this film. There is a dark alien castle that has modern architecture loosely influenced from the film.

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