Editing Saturday Night Fever (section)

==In popular culture==

A television show based on the film was in development, at some point after the film's release. In 2024, [[David Letterman]] said that he was sent to an audition for the series.<ref>{{cite web |author1=World Wide Pants |title=Dave's Audition for "Saturday Night Fever" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c-eQIWUEBI |website=YouTube |access-date=26 November 2024 |date=26 November 2024}}</ref>

The 1980 comedy ''[[Airplane!]]'' by directors [[David Zucker|David]] & [[Jerry Zucker]] and [[Jim Abrahams]], included a flashback scene that directly parodied the dance competition scene at the disco in ''Saturday Night Fever''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |date=2021-08-22 |title=9 Classic Movies Referenced In Airplane! |url=https://screenrant.com/nine-classic-movies-referenced-airplane/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

In 2008, director [[Pablo Larraín]] made a film, ''[[Tony Manero (film)|Tony Manero]]'', about a Chilean dancer obsessed by the main character in ''Saturday Night Fever'' who tries to win a Tony Manero look-alike contest.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry|title=The Dictator and the Disco King|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/movies/05roht.html|access-date=February 5, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=July 2, 2009}}</ref>

On April 17, 2012, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] aired series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''{{'}}s episode 16, "[[Saturday Night Glee-ver]]", which pays tribute to the film and features various songs from its soundtrack (especially the songs performed by the [[Bee Gees]]), covered by the series' cast.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/glee-bee-gees-disco-songs_n_1423821.html | work=The Huffington Post | first=Chris | last=Harnick | title=WATCH: 'Glee' Goes Disco | date=April 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/04/17/glee-saturday-night-glee-ver-songs-bee-gees/ |title='Glee,' 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' Songs: Season 3, Episode 16 Includes Tribute to the Bee Gees |date=April 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629105940/http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/04/17/glee-saturday-night-glee-ver-songs-bee-gees/ |website=AOL |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] 2016 music video for their song "[[Go Robot]]" is heavily inspired by the film and recreates the opening scene and classic characters from the film who are portrayed by each band member.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/09/watch-the-new-red-hot-chili-peppers-music-video-go-robot.html | work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] | first=Devon | last=Ivie | title=Anthony Kiedis Makes a White-Painted Saturday Night Fever Homage in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Go Robot' Video | date=September 9, 2016}}</ref>

In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', a community-created taunt for the spy in July 2016. The spy's dance references Tony Monero's dancing to "You Should Be Dancin.'"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fortress|first1=Team|author-link1=Team Fortress 2|title=Disco Fever|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yF_IOHKbYw|website=youtube.com|format=video|language=en|publisher=[[Valve Corporation|Valve]]|date=July 7, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>

The 2018 film ''[[Ready Player One (film)|Ready Player One]]'' features a dance scene that references ''Saturday Night Fever'', particularly the red, yellow, and blue dance floor from the 2001 Odyssey night club in the film.<ref name="Warner">{{cite magazine |last1=Warner |first1=Kara |title='Ready Player One' 's Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke Spent 3 Weeks Learning That Disco Dance Number |url=https://people.com/movies/ready-player-ones-tye-sheridan-olivia-cooke-spent-3-weeks-learning-that-disco-dance-number/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>

In November 2023, [[Capital One]] began airing a holiday-themed commercial titled "Holiday Night Fever" which contained an homage to the opening scene of the movie. In the sixty second version, as the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" plays over the scene, [[Santa Claus]] (a heavily made-up John Travolta) struts down a street that has been mostly cleared of snow after a winter storm. He carries a can of "magical glitter paint"; buys two cookies (instead of pizza slices) at a walk-up window and asks "what happened to three?" (he was offered three slices in the movie); eats them stacked; then pauses at a shoe store window and compares his shoes to a pair of elven boots with a jingle bell on them; he flirts with a store clerk (Donna Pescow); buys a disco ball [[Christmas ornament]] for his [[sleigh]]; throws some of the glitter paint onto a [[Christmas tree]] that is set up on the sidewalk; then goes to a disco where he asks how his hair looks and dances on the illuminated floor.  The shorter version of the commercial was still being aired as of November 2024.