Editing Zeppelin (section)

==Cultural influences==
Zeppelins have been an inspiration to music, cinematography and literature. The 1930 movie [[Hell's Angels (film)|''Hell's Angels'']], directed by [[Howard Hughes]], features an unsuccessful Zeppelin raid on [[London]] during [[World War I]]. In 1934, the calypsonian [[Attila the Hun (calypsonian)|Attila the Hun]] recorded "Graf Zeppelin", commemorating the airship's visit to Trinidad.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=Norm|title=Review: Foreign Music|journal=Journal of American Folklore |publisher=American Folklore Society, Volume 103, Issue 409, July–September 1990|pages=348–352|quote=Raymond Quevedo (Atilla the Hun) and Hubert Raphael Charles (The Lion) to travel to New York to make recordings. From that session comes Atilla's "Graf Zeppelin,"|jstor=541516|doi=10.2307/541516|volume=103}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ttentonline.com/press-release/by-calypso-our-stories-are-told |title=By Calypso Our Stories Are Told |publisher=Trinidad & Tobago Entertainment Company |date=27 October 2010 |quote=In Graf Zeppelin Atilla sang, "One Sunday Morning ... because the Graff Zeppelin which had come to pay a visit to Trinidad". |access-date=9 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204172715/http://www.ttentonline.com/press-release/by-calypso-our-stories-are-told |archive-date=4 February 2013 }}</ref>

Zeppelins are often featured in [[alternate history]] and [[parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universe]] fiction. They feature prominently in the popular fantasy novels of the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' trilogy and ''[[The Book of Dust]]'' series by [[Philip Pullman]]. In the American science fiction series, ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', Zeppelins are a notable historical idiosyncrasy that helps differentiate the series' two [[parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universes]], also used in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the episodes "[[The Rise of the Cybermen]]" and "[[The Age of Steel]]" when the [[TARDIS]] crashes in an alternate reality where Britain is a '[[People's Republic]]' and Pete Tyler, [[Rose Tyler]]'s father, is alive and is a wealthy inventor.<ref name=latimesevil>Hanson, Andrew. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/05/pinkner-and-wyman-the-evil-geniuses-behind-fringe.html "Pinkner and Wyman: the Evil Geniuses behind ''Fringe''."] ''Los Angeles Times,'' 20 May 2010. Retrieved: 17 June 2011.</ref> They are also seen in the alternate reality 1939 plot line in the film ''[[Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]]'', and have an iconic association with the [[steampunk]] subcultural movement in broader terms. In 1989, Japanese animator Miyazaki released ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', which features a Zeppelin as a plot element. A Zeppelin was used in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', when Jones and his father try to escape from Germany.

In 1968, English rock band [[Led Zeppelin]] chose their name after [[Keith Moon]], drummer of [[The Who]], told guitarist [[Jimmy Page]] that his idea to create a band would "go down like a lead balloon."{{refn|Other versions have said The Who bassist Entwistle made the comment.|group=N}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Grimes |first=A. C. |date=2020-03-31 |title=The Truth About How Led Zeppelin Got Their Name |url=https://www.grunge.com/198062/the-truth-about-how-led-zeppelin-got-their-name/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Grunge |language=en-US}}</ref> Page's manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] suggested changing the spelling of "Lead" to "Led" to avoid mispronunciation. "Balloon" was replaced with "Zeppelin" as Jimmy Page saw it as a symbol of "the perfect combination of heavy and light, combustibility and grace."{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} For the group's [[Led Zeppelin (album)|self-titled debut album]], Page suggested the group use a picture of the ''Hindenburg'' crashing in [[New Jersey]] in 1937, much to Countess Eva von Zeppelin's disgust. Von Zeppelin tried to sue the group for using her family name, but the case was eventually dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kemp |first=Sam |date=2022-02-21 |title=The Danish countess who made Led Zeppelin change their name |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/danish-countess-forced-led-zeppelin-to-change-their-name-for-one-night-only/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Far Out Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />