Editing David Farragut (section)

==In popular culture ==
* A "Commodore Farragut", who is clearly based on David Farragut, appears in [[Jules Verne]]'s 1870 novel ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]''.
* In the 1943 film ''[[The More the Merrier]]'', [[Charles Coburn]] views the famous quote on a statue, and uses the phrase as a motto; it drives the plot forward.
* Farragut is played by actor [[Scott Brady]] in the feature film ''[[Yankee Buccaneer]]'' (1952)
* Among his last acting roles, [[Ronald Reagan]] played Farragut in the 1965 episode "The Battle of San Francisco Bay" of the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] [[Western (genre)|western]] [[television series]], ''[[Death Valley Days]]''. The episode focuses on the 1856 [[San Francisco Vigilance Committee]]. [[June Dayton]] was cast in the episode as Farragut's second wife, Virginia.
* Farragut is mentioned in ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' episode "The Night of the Kraken", although he does not appear. At the climax, the story's villains try to destroy Farragut's ship with a [[naval mine]], but are foiled by the series' heroes.
* In her 2010 spoken-word debut, Olivia Hedrick released a track "How I love thee Mister Farragut"
* In the video game ''The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion'', there is a Fort Farragut.
*There have been a number of [[spacecraft in Star Trek|spacecraft in ''Star Trek'']] bearing the name USS ''Farragut'' as background or secondary character vessels. This includes a starship and entire starship class as mentioned in the ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' series as one of the earliest assignment postings of [[James T Kirk]]. Other starships bearing the name ''Farragut'' include the ''Nebula''-class starship that rescued the crew of the USS ''Enterprise''-D at the end of ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''. This ship was later mentioned as destroyed in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Nor the Battle to the Strong]]." Another starship named USS ''Farragut'' of the ''Excelsior'' class was mentioned in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode [[Chrysalis (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Chrysalis]]. A starship named USS ''Farragut'' was also mentioned in the [[Star Trek (2009 film)|2009 ''Star Trek'' film]] as the initial assignment posting for then cadet [[Nyota Uhura]].
*The science fiction [[John Kippax#Venturer Twelve series|''Venturer Twelve'' series]] features an Admiral Farragut in command of Earth's Space Navy in the far future.

'''Damn the torpedoes'''
* In season 4 episode 13 of [[M*A*S*H]] entitled "Soldier of the Month", Hawkeye asks the question, "What famous Civil War hero said, 'Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!'?" Klinger replied, "Tugarraf", which is Farragut backwards.
* The album ''[[Damn the Torpedoes (album)|Damn the Torpedoes]]'' by [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] is named after David Farragut's famous quote.
* The album ''[[MDFMK]]'' by [[MDFMK]] contains a song entitled "Damn the Torpedoes".
* In the comedy film ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', [[Tim Allen]]'s character says "Never give up! Never surrender! Damn the [[resonance]] cannons! Full speed ahead!"