Editing Morro Bay, California (section)

==In popular culture==
*Morro Bay served as the primary setting for [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar's]] 2016 film ''[[Finding Dory]]'', in which it was revealed that Dory's childhood home was the Marine Life Institute, known as "The Jewel of Morro Bay, California".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article71935332.html|title=Disney's 'Finding Dory' movie has Morro Bay connection|work=sanluisobispo.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksby.com/story/31740234/locals-react-to-finding-dory-connection-to-the-central-coast|title=Locals react to 'Finding Dory' connection to the Central Coast|first=Brooke|last=Martell|work=ksby.com|access-date=March 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083240/http://www.ksby.com/story/31740234/locals-react-to-finding-dory-connection-to-the-central-coast|archive-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The 2002 film ''[[Murder by Numbers]]'' was filmed on the Morro Bay Embarcadero, as well as in Los Osos and San Luis Obispo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article180921211.html|title=Ryan Gosling movie shot in SLO county|work=sanluisobispo.com|access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref>
*The track scenes in the 1982 film ''[[Personal Best (film)|Personal Best]]'' were filmed at [[Morro Bay High School]], with other filming throughout San Luis Obispo County.
*Morro Bay provides the setting for episode five, season four of television drama series ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]'' (2018).
*A fictionalized version of Morro Bay, known as Night City, serves as the main setting of the RPG series ''[[Cyberpunk (role-playing game)|Cyberpunk]]''.
*Paleto Bay, a community in the video game [[Grand Theft Auto V]], was heavily based on Morro Bay.