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==In popular culture== * The song "Looking for Lot 49" by [[The Jazz Butcher]] alludes to the novel in its title and theme of postal services.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-11-05|title=Pynchon Music: The Jazz Butcher|url=http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/sl-music-jazz-butcher/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Modern Word|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Radiohead]] allude to the novel in the name of their online merchandise shop and mailing list, W.A.S.T.E.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer.com/2017/06/radiohead-o-k-computer-rolling-stone-pitchfork/|title=How Radiohead's 'O.K. Computer' Predicted Our Age of Acceleration|first=Justin|last=Joffe|date=June 19, 2017|website=[[The New York Observer|Observer]]}}</ref> * The song "The Crying of Lot G" by [[Yo La Tengo]] is an allusion to the novel.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-11|title=Pynchon Music: Yo La Tengo|url=http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/sl-music-yola/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Modern Word|language=en-US}}</ref> * The song "Radio Zero" by [[Poster Children|The Poster Children]] mentions "Radio KCUF" in the lyrics. They also used W.A.S.T.E. and the post-horn on their first cassette.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-09-11|title=Pynchon Music: Poster Children|url=http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/sl-music-poster-children/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Modern Word|language=en-US}}</ref> * In the [[William Gibson]] novel ''[[Count Zero]]'' (1986), the multinational corporation Maas Neotek is named in honor of Oedipa Maas.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Grimstad|first=Paul C.|title='Creative Distortion' in ''Count Zero'' and ''Nova Express''|journal=Journal of Modern Literature|volume=27|number=4|date=Summer 2004|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/179164|url-access=subscription}}</ref> * The sample configuration file for [[GNU]]'s [[Wget]] uses proxy.yoyodyne.com as a placeholder for the proxy setting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Sample-Wgetrc.html |title=Sample Wgetrc β GNU Wget 1.13.4 Manual |publisher=[[GNU]].org |access-date=2013-08-17}}</ref> * ''The Phone Company'' (tpc.int), established by [[Carl Malamud]] and [[Marshall Rose]] in 1991, used the post horn of the Trystero guild as its logo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mundi.net/cartography/Palace/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824235554/http://www.mundi.net/cartography/Palace/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |title=Memory Palaces |author=Carl Malamud |author-link=Carl Malamud |website=Mappa Mundi |publisher=media.org}}</ref> * A [[Google]] [[smartphone app]] for the third annual [[Treefort Music Fest]] (a [[QR Code]] scanner in the guise of a nominal [[secret decoder ring]]) prominently features the Trystero muted horn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appshopper.com/games/treefort-decoder |title=Treefort Decoder (Games) |publisher=App Shopper |date=2014-03-14 |access-date=2017-01-18}}</ref> * The title of the 2018 AMC-TV series ''[[Lodge 49]]'' alludes to the novel.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/lodge-49-reviewed-channelling-pynchon-to-capture-californias-high-hopes-and-deep-loss|title=''Lodge 49'', Reviewed: Channelling Pynchon to Capture California's High Hopes and Deep Loss|date=August 6, 2018|first=Troy|last=Patterson|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/arts/television/review-lodge-49-wyatt-russell.html|title=Review: ''Lodge 49'', Where Beautiful Losers Join the Club|first=James|last=Poniewozik|date=August 3, 2018|work=The New York Times}}</ref> * The [[public art]] installation called the San Jose Semaphore, on top of the [[Adobe World Headquarters]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], contained a riddle between 2006 and 2007 which, when solved, resulted in the text of the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Jose Semaphore {{!}} Adobe |url=https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/visit-us/sj-semaphore.html |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.adobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Snesrud |first=Mark |last2=Mayo |first2=Bob |date=2007-08-20 |title=Decoding the San Jose Semaphore |url=https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/sjsemaphore/pdf/decoding.pdf}}</ref> * The anime film ''[[Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space]]'' (2002) bases part of its plot about a religious cult becoming a mail-order monopoly and intergalactic power on the novel's Tristero.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tatsumi |first=Takayuki |title=Full Metal Apache |url=https://archive.org/details/fullmetalapachet0000tats |url-access=registration |publisher=Duke University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/fullmetalapachet0000tats/page/19 19] |year=2006 |isbn=0-8223-3774-6}}</ref> * In the movie ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984), Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems is the name of a supposed defense contractor that is really a front for a group of red Lectroid aliens, all of whom are named John.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=Pynchon Film: Buckaroo Banzai|url=http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/sl-film-bb/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Modern Word|language=en-US}}</ref> * In ''[[The O.C.]]'' episode "The L.A.", [[Paris Hilton]] reveals that she is working on a thesis on Pynchon. Another character responds, saying he has only read "The Crying of Lot 49".<ref>{{cite web|date=2007-03-28|title=the O.C. Paris Hilton|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiswvYR2HQ|access-date=2022-02-18|website=YouTube|language=en-US}}</ref> * In the sixth book 'The Ersatz Elevator' of ''The Series of Unfortunate Events'', Lot 49 of the auction featured a collection of rare stamps, referencing Pynchon's novel.<ref>[[The Ersatz Elevator]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}} * The title and lyrics of the song "San Narciso" by [[Faded Paper Figures]] refer to the fictional city featured in the novel.<ref>{{cite web|date=2023-01-16 |title=San Narciso Faded Paper Figures Lyrics Genius|url=https://genius.com/Faded-paper-figures-san-narciso-lyrics|access-date=2023-01-16|website=Genius|language=en-US}}</ref> * The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[In the Cards]]" features a [[Willie Mays]] baseball card being sold at an auction, where it is listed as Lot 49. * The ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]" mirrors parts of the plot of the novel, and features Pynchon portraying himself.
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