Editing Duck Soup (1933 film) (section)

===Influence===
The United States [[Library of Congress]] has added ''Duck Soup'' to the National Film Registry,<ref name="registry">[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Movies/NFR-Titles.html List of National Film Registry (1988–2003).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012093512/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Movies/NFR-Titles.html |date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> and the film was included in both the original (1998) broadcast of [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies]] and [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|the 2007 update]].<ref>American Film Institute [http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf "Citizen Kane Stands the Test of Time"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070405/http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf |date=August 11, 2011 }}</ref>

Another testament to ''Duck Soup''{{'}}s legacy is its influence on [[Woody Allen]]'s films. Near the end of Allen's ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986), a chance screening of ''Duck Soup'' convinces Allen's character that life is still worth living, and he abandons his suicidal impulses.<ref name="filmsite"/> His earlier ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' (1971), a film chronicling the humorous rise of an unlikely dictator, has been dubbed a "spiritual sequel to ''Duck Soup''."<ref>[http://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=5247 Welcome to Emanuel Levy – Bananas]</ref>

''Duck Soup'' is also frequently cited as a major influence on the comedic side of [[The Beatles]],<ref>"[http://www.thebeatles.com/story-tags/help?page=2&store=us Help!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811131603/http://www.thebeatles.com/story-tags/help?page=2&store=us |date=August 11, 2018 }}" ''thebeatles.com''. Retrieved 11 August 2018.</ref><ref>Sokol, T., "[https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/the-beatles/248034/the-beatles-help-movie-is-more-influential-than-you-think The Beatles' Help Movie is More Influential Than You Think]", ''denofgeek.com''. Retrieved 11 August 2018.</ref><ref>"[https://www.raptisrarebooks.com/product/the-beatles-signed-photograph/ The Beatles – signed photograph]", ''raptisrarebooks.com''. Retrieved 11 August 2018.</ref> and The Beatles themselves admitted that it was an inspiration for their film ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''<ref>{{cite book |title=Shout!: The true story of The Beatles |page=[https://archive.org/details/shoutbeatlesinth00phil_1/page/261 261] |isbn=0-552-11961-X |year=1982 |last=Norman |first=Phillip |publisher=Corgi |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/shoutbeatlesinth00phil_1/page/261 }}</ref>

The film has influenced [[animation]] as well, with homages appearing in various animated television series. It was spoofed in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' as the full-episode sketch "[[List of Animaniacs episodes|King Yakko]]". One specific gag from the original, the constant singing of the Freedonian national anthem, was spoofed in particular with a [[Perry Como]] caricature. Groucho's entrance in the film was borrowed in another ''Animaniacs'' cartoon, "[[List of Animaniacs episodes|The Three Muska-Warners]]".<ref>[[Maurice LaMarche]], [[Tom Ruegger]], ''et al.''. (2006). ''Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: Volume 2. Special Features: The Writers Flipped They Have No Script.'' [DVD]. [[Warner Home Video]].</ref>

The film also inspired parts of [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]'s 2012 film ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtop.com/541/2869390/The-Dictator-demands-we-taste-the-duck-soup|title='The Dictator' demands we taste the 'duck soup'|last=Fraley|first=Jason|publisher=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP]]|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> A critic for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' noted that "Admiral General Aladeen and Rufus T. Firefly share the same bloodline, representing a more generalized contempt for world leaders of any stripe, whether they don a 'supreme beard' or a greasepaint moustache."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-dictator-1798172829|title=Review: The Dictator |last=Scott|first=Tobias|newspaper=The A.V. Club|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> The ''[[Nashville Scene]]'' considered the film to be "an echo here of that funniest of xenophobe-baiting funnies, ''Duck Soup''."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/the-dictators-too-gentle-but-sacha-baron-cohen-may-have-duck-soup-in-him-yet/Content?oid=2872519/|title=The Dictator's too gentle, but Sacha Baron Cohen may have Duck Soup in him yet|last=Wilson|first=Scott|newspaper=[[Nashville Scene]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' claimed that Baron Cohen's film "dodges soothing convention and ultimately merits comparisons to The Marx Brothers' ''Duck Soup'' and Charlie Chaplin's ''The Great Dictator''."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-dictator-20120516#ixzz1xVivoCm2|title=The Dictator: Movie Review|last=Travers|first=Peter|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203195227/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-dictator-20120516#ixzz1xVivoCm2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The company [[FASA]], which publishes [[role-playing game]]s, derives its name from an imaginary Freedonian version of [[NASA]], the "Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatwouldthesmartpartydo.com/2020/01/31/lou-prosperi-interview|title=What Would the Smart Party Do? Episode 117 – Lou Prosperi Interview|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref>