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==In popular culture==

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''D&D'' grew in popularity through the late 1970s and 1980s. Numerous games, films, and cultural references based on ''D&D'' or ''D&D''-like fantasies, characters or adventures have been ubiquitous since the end of the 1970s. ''D&D'' players are (sometimes pejoratively) portrayed as the epitome of [[geek]]dom,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/001575.html|title=Dungeons & Dragons—30 Years and Going Strong|last=Currell|first=Latasha|date=2004|website=The Golden Gate Press Online|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430154922/http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/001575.html|archive-date=April 30, 2011}}</ref> and have become the basis of much geek and gamer humor and satire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theonion.com/bill-gates-grants-self-18-dexterity-20-charisma-1819564339|title=Bill Gates Grants Self 18 Dexterity, 20 Charisma|date=June 18, 1997|website=The Onion|language=en-us|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728002558/https://www.theonion.com/bill-gates-grants-self-18-dexterity-20-charisma-1819564339|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gilsdorf|first=Ethan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/books/dungeons-dragons.html|title=In a Chaotic World, Dungeons & Dragons Is Resurgent|date=November 13, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 25, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312203911/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/books/dungeons-dragons.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the release of 5th edition, actual play web series and podcasts such as ''[[Critical Role]]'', ''[[Dimension 20]]'', and ''[[The Adventure Zone]]'', among many others, have experienced a growth in viewership and popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sowa |first=Alex |date=2020-06-14 |title=Dungeons & Dragons: How Actual-Play Shows Are Boosting LGBTQ Representation |url=https://www.cbr.com/dungeons-dragons-actual-play-shows-boosting-lgbtq-representation/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629012953/https://www.cbr.com/dungeons-dragons-actual-play-shows-boosting-lgbtq-representation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, viewers on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] and YouTube spent over 150 million hours watching ''D&D'' gameplay in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |title=How Critical Role helped spark a Dungeons & Dragons renaissance |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/14/critical-role-helped-spark-a-dungeons-dragons-renaissance.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=CNBC |date=March 14, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812013515/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/14/critical-role-helped-spark-a-dungeons-dragons-renaissance.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Dungeons & Dragons in popular culture#Players|Famous ''D&D'' players]] include Pulitzer Prize-winning author [[Junot Díaz]], professional basketball player [[Tim Duncan]], comedian [[Stephen Colbert]], and actors [[Vin Diesel]] and [[Robin Williams]].<ref>{{cite book
 |author1=Manson, Marilyn |author2=Strauss, Neil | title=The Long Hard Road Out of Hell | page=26
 | publisher=HarperCollins | year=1999 | isbn=0-06-098746-4 }}</ref><ref>Diesel, Colbert, Lillard: Tonjes; Interview with Charles Ryan on the 2005 Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day</ref><ref>Diesel, Williams, Moby, Lillard, Colbert: Shanafelt; The growing chic of geek</ref><ref>Briggs; Duncan's unusual hobby and more unusual request</ref><ref>Diesel contributed the introduction, and both Colbert and Wheaton page personal reflections to Johnson, ''et al.''; ''30 Years of Adventure''</ref> ''D&D'' and its fans have been the subject of spoof films, including ''[[The Gamers: Dorkness Rising]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Clyde|title=When Dungeons & Dragons Set Off a 'Moral Panic'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html|access-date=April 18, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418005220/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html|archive-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>