Editing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (section)

=== In popular culture ===
The film's title has entered the English language as an idiomatic expression. Typically used when describing something thoroughly, the respective phrases refer to upsides, downsides, and the parts that could, or should have been done better, but were not.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knls.org/English/trascripts/idiom004.htm#THE%20GOOD, |title=KNLS Tutorial Idioms |access-date=22 August 2017|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924015813/http://www.knls.org/English/trascripts/idiom004.htm#THE%20GOOD, |archive-date=24 September 2008}}</ref>

[[Quentin Tarantino]] paid homage to the film's climactic [[Mexican standoff|stand-off scene]] in his 1992 film ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''.<ref name="bbc.com"/>

The film was novelised in 1967 by Joe Millard as part of the "Dollars Western" series based on the "Man with No Name". The South Korean western movie ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'' (2008) is inspired by the film, with much of its plot and character elements borrowed from Leone's film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Good_v__the_Bad_v__the_Weird.php |title=''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' |author=Kim Jee-woon (김지운) |work=HanCinema |access-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917204354/http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Good_v__the_Bad_v__the_Weird.php|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In his introduction to the 2003 revised edition of his novel ''[[The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger]]'', [[Stephen King]] said the film was a primary influence for the ''Dark Tower'' series, with Eastwood's character inspiring the creation of King's protagonist, [[Roland Deschain]].<ref name="GSRE">{{cite book |last=King |first=Stephen |title=The Gunslinger: Revised and Expanded Edition |publisher=Signet Fiction |location=Toronto |year=2003 |pages=xxii |isbn=0-451-21084-0 |no-pp=true}}</ref>

In 1975, [[Willie Colón]] with [[Yomo Toro]] and [[Hector Lavoe]], released an album titled ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Willie Colón album)|The Good, the Bad, the Ugly]]''. The album cover featured the three in cowboy attire.<ref>Howard J. Blumenthal ''The World Music CD Listener's Guide'' 1998 p.37</ref>

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