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==In popular culture== ===Early television and film references=== An early "[[popular culture|pop culture]]" reference to the Cure is found in the eleventh episode of [[BBC2]]'s anarchic [[alternative comedy]] series ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', from 1984. The series featured regular cameo performances from British rock and pop groups of the period, such as [[MotΓΆrhead]], [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], and [[Madness (band)|Madness]]. As the episode's title "[[Sick (The Young Ones)|Sick]]" suggests, all four of the main characters (Vyvyan, Rick, Neil and Mike) are ill, prompting Vyvyan to send Mike to the pharmacy for medicine. Neil remarks: "I hope Mike hurries back with the cure!" to which Vyvyan replies, "No Neil, Neil, it's madness this week."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0752261/quotes |title=Memorable quotes for "The Young Ones Sick" (1984) |work=IMDb |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> The band Madness then performs a musical cameo. Rock biographers Bowler and Dray note that increasing popular interest in the Cure in America during the mid-late 1980s became "a pat shorthand for TV and film writers to indicate mixed up children β the [[Steve Martin]] film ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' uses a bedroom poster of Robert to underline the point that 'this adolescent is confused and miserable'".<ref>Bowler, Dave, and Bryan Dray. ''The Cure β Faith'', (1995), Sidgwick & Jackson, pp. 126β127; {{ISBN|0-283-06229-0}}</ref> ===''Edward Scissorhands'' and influence on Tim Burton (1988β2012)=== {{Main|Tim Burton}} In 1988, a ''Spin'' magazine interview with Smith reported that "the director of ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''" [Tim Burton] had asked Smith to make an appearance in a film.<ref name="Spin, March 1988">Balfour, Brad, "Cure All", ''Spin'', March 1988.</ref> The Cure's keyboardist [[Roger O'Donnell]] has since said that during recording of the ''Disintegration'' album (1988β89), Burton approached the group about providing the soundtrack to the 1990 film ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'', and even sent them the script.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/01/12/robert-smith-cure-alice-wonderland-very-good-advice |title=The Cure's Robert Smith contributes rare solo song to 'Alice in Wonderland' soundtrack |work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]] |access-date=28 September 2014 |date=2010-01-13}}</ref> In a 1991 article discussing inspirations behind the look of the film's title character, ''Entertainment Weekly'' (citing Burton and costume designer [[Colleen Atwood]]) reported that "the character's retro hair and penchant for leather clearly draw on punks like the Cure's Robert Smith".<ref>Benatar, Giselle & Benjamin Svetsky. [https://ew.com/article/1991/01/11/edward-scissorhands-look/ "Scissorhandsome"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', 11 January 1991; retrieved 19 October 2012.</ref> Burton is a self-proclaimed fan of the Cure<ref name="Burton Wants Cure">Rogers, Georgie. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20090226_the_cure.shtml "Burton wants Cure"], 26 February 2009; retrieved 19 October 2012.</ref> and his sartorial style has been likened to that of Smith.<ref>Cawein, P. Elizabeth. [http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/blur-and-libertines-talk-reunions-robert-smith-in-the-running-for-mighty-boosh-film-more-from-the-nme-shockwave-awards "Blur And Libertines Talk Reunions, Robert Smith In The Running For Mighty Boosh Film + More From The NME Shockwave Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721020851/http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/blur-and-libertines-talk-reunions-robert-smith-in-the-running-for-mighty-boosh-film-more-from-the-nme-shockwave-awards |date=21 July 2015 }}, ''Fader'', 26 February 2009: "It was also a big night for The Cure, with the band taking home the award for Godlike Genius (presented by Tim Burton, for no other discernable reason than that he looks eerily like Robert Smith)..."; retrieved 27 October 2012.</ref><ref>Collis, Clark. [http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/12/alice-in-wonderland-soundtrack "'Alice in Wonderland' soundtrack details revealed: Robert Smith, Pete Wentz, and Franz Ferdinand to contribute tracks"]; 12 January 2010: "The soundtrack ... features contributions from Burton hair-a-like Robert Smith..."; retrieved 27 October 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/05/tim-burton-seeking-johnny-depp.php |title=Tim Burton Seeking Johnny Depp-Sized Monster Suit |publisher=Iwatchstuff.com |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> In 1996, Smith confirmed to French magazine ''[[TΓ©lΓ©rama]]'' that Burton had approached the Cure about a number of collaborations, and regularly kept in touch with the group about each of his latest film projects, but that they had thus far always been too busy either touring or recording to contribute.<ref>Jarno, Stephane & Frederic Peguillan, ''[[TΓ©lΓ©rama]]'', 24 April 1996.</ref> Burton asked Smith to score the soundtrack for ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' (1999), but Smith said that "they were postponing it so much that I got involved with [the Cure's album] ''[[Bloodflowers]]'' and let it aside".<ref>Vianna, Luciano, "Bloodflower opens up The Cure's wounds", ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (Brazil), 10 January 2000. [http://www.chainofflowers.com/folha2000.htm English transcript at Chainofflowers.com].</ref> In 2009 Burton presented Smith with the [[List of NME Award winners#Shockwaves NME Awards 2009|Shockwaves NME Godlike Genius Award]], saying that when he was "chained to a desk" and "fucking depressed" during his time as a young animator for [[Disney]], "this music was the only thing that saved me. I just want to thank you for inspiring me."<ref name="Cure proclaimed Godlike Geniuses">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-cure/43044 |title=The Cure proclaimed Godlike Geniuses by Tim Burton |date=25 February 2009 |work=NME.COM |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> Shortly after the award ceremony, Burton again reiterated to [[BBC 6 Music]] his long-standing admiration for the Cure, and his desire to collaborate with them.<ref name="Burton Wants Cure"/> Smith said that Burton presenting the Godlike Genius award "makes it all that more special".<ref name="Cure proclaimed Godlike Geniuses"/> Smith has since contributed music to Burton's ''Almost Alice'' and ''Frankenweenie Unleashed!'' album projects (''See β [[#More guest vocals, plus solo cover versions: 2010β2021|guest vocals + solo cover versions]]''). ===''The Sandman'' (1989β1996)=== {{Main|Dream (character)}} [[Neil Gaiman]], author and creator of [[Vertigo Comics]]' ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' (1989β1996), based the appearance of his [[Dream (comics)|lead character]] partly on that of Smith.<ref>{{cite web |first=Peter |last=Sanderson |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/02/12/comics-in-context-72-f-o-g?page=4 |title=Comics in Context #72: F. O. G. |date=February 11, 2005 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> Other illustrators of the character over the course of the series' run have also drawn influence from other popular musicians; [[Sam Kieth]], for instance, describes his rendering of the Sandman character as the "[[David Bowie]]/guy-from-the-Cure" version, and said that the Robert Smith look of the character was "really heavily championed" by Gaiman and [[DC Comics]] editor [[Karen Berger]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Joseph |last1=McCabe |first2=Sophia |last2=Quach |title=Hanging Out With the Dream King: conversations with Neil Gaiman and his collaborators |publisher=[[Fantagraphics]] |location=New York City |date=2004 |pages=59β60 |isbn=978-1-56097-617-2}}</ref> [[Mike Dringenberg]], on the other hand, compared Kieth's Sandman to [[Ronnie Wood|Ron Wood]] and [[Keith Richards]] of the [[Rolling Stones]], and asserts "my version ... was more like [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] or Robert Smith."<ref>McCabe & Quach (2004) p. 76</ref> Conversely, [[Kelley Jones]], who illustrated the ''Dream Country'' and ''Season of Mists'' (volumes 3 & 4 in the series), said he "just hated the Cure" and thus based his own version of the character on the angular gestures and facial features of [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] front-man [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] instead.<ref>McCabe & Quach (2004) p. 92</ref> Gaiman said that early conceptual sketches for the character by Leigh Baulch and [[Dave McKean]] drew influence from Bowie's [[Aladdin Sane]] persona, and [[Bono]] from [[U2]].<ref>Gaiman, Neil, [http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/FAQs/Comics "Neil Gaiman β FAQ β Comics"]; retrieved 19 October 2012.</ref> Cure posters were also "known to creep into the background of some of the sandman stories" and Smith told fans that he was flattered by Gaiman's reference, and thought ''The Sandman'' was "a brilliant series".<ref name="Cure News 10"/> ===''The Crow'' (1989β1994)=== {{Main|The Crow}} Smith's lyrics, as well as those of [[Joy Division]]'s [[Ian Curtis]], were quoted and referenced extensively throughout [[James O'Barr]]'s comic book series ''[[The Crow]]'', which, like Gaiman's ''Sandman'', also first appeared on shelves in 1989. One issue of ''The Crow'' dedicated an entire page to reprinting the lyrics from the Cure song "[[The Hanging Garden (song)|The Hanging Garden]]", and O'Barr said that he was listening a lot to the Cure's early albums such as ''Seventeen Seconds'' and ''Faith'' while he was writing the story. O'Barr has downplayed the influence of Robert Smith on the main character [[Eric Draven]]'s physical appearance, saying that "the idea that the look has been inspired by him has really been overblown" and that the visual aspect of the character owed more to [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] and [[Iggy Pop]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Arlene R. |last=Weiss |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2011/10/04/interview-with-the-crow-author-artist-musician-james-obarr-let-the-picture-tell-the-story |title=Let The Picture Tell The Story" (Interview With "The Crow" Author, Artist, Musician James O'Barr) |magazine=Guitar International |date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031141605/http://guitarinternational.com/2011/10/04/interview-with-the-crow-author-artist-musician-james-obarr-let-the-picture-tell-the-story/ |archive-date=31 October 2012 |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> Smith said that the song "Burn", the Cure's contribution to the [[The Crow (1994 film)|1994 film adaptation]]'s [[The Crow (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], was deliberately written and performed in the style of "The Hanging Garden".<ref>"Questions & Answers", ''Cure News 15'', September 1994.</ref> ===Other comic book and fan fiction references=== [[Garth Ennis]]'s ''Muzak Killer'' stories for ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD Comics]]'' from 1991 also contain visual references in the form of characters resembling Robert Smith,<ref>Shirley, Ian, ''Can Rock & Roll Save the World?: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics'', (2005), S.A.F. Publishing, p. 132; {{ISBN|0-946719-80-2}}.</ref><ref>Wolk, Douglas, [http://dreddreviews.blogspot.co.nz/2012_03_01_archive.html "Dredd Reckoning: Every Judge Dredd book, reviewed"], 25 March 2012; retrieved 19 October 2012.</ref> and again, Smith himself is a self-professed fan of ''2000 AD''. [[Revolutionary Comics]] produced a biographical comic book on the Cure in 1991 as Issue No. 30 of ''Rock n Roll Comics'' series, and the following year ''[[Personality Comics]]'' produced their own Cure biography in the form of ''Music Comics 4: The Cure''. Ian Shirley, author of ''Can Rock & Roll Save the World?: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics'', considers the fact "that the Cure have spawned two biographical comics ... just shows the impact that Robert Smith and his Goth chic had upon America in the 1990s".<ref>{{cite book |first=Ian |last=Shirley |title=Can Rock & Roll Save the World?: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics |date=2005 |publisher=S.A.F. Publishing |location=Dumfries, Scotland |page=74 |isbn=0-946719-80-2}}</ref> In the 1980s, the Japanese music magazine ''8-beat Gag'' published a series of caricatures of western artists by [[manga]] artist Atsuko Shima; Robert Smith had his own edition, and figured on the cover.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.post-punk.com/the-cures-robert-smith-david-sylvian-and-other-new-wave-icons-in-bizarre-japanese-manga/ |title=The Cure's Robert Smith, David Sylvian, and other New-Wave icons in bizarre Japanese Manga |date=January 29, 2018 |work=Post-Punk.com |access-date=2018-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Gothic horror]] and [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy]] writer [[Poppy Z. Brite]], in his vampire novel ''[[Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite novel)|Lost Souls]]'' (1992), uses a poster of Robert Smith on a bedroom wall as a sexual prop during a [[homoerotic]] encounter between two of his characters, Laine and Nothing. Colin Raff of the ''[[New York Press]]'' described "Poppy Z. Brite's enthusiastic appraisal of Robert Smith's mouth in her (sic) depiction of a fictional blowjob" as "an example of the unfortunate habit of many fiction writers (especially since the 1980s) to invoke pop stars and their lyrics with un-ironic [''sic''] reverence, resulting in prose about as reflective as voyeuristic journalism, bad porn and bumperstickers".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Colin |last=Raff |url=http://nypress.com/a-post-mortem-on-gothic-four-hundred-years-of-excess-horror-evil-and-ruin |title=A post-mortem on Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin |magazine=[[New York Press]] |date=October 3, 2000 |access-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618120722/http://nypress.com/a-post-mortem-on-gothic-four-hundred-years-of-excess-horror-evil-and-ruin/ |archive-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> ===Television parodies and cameos: 1990β1993=== In television comedy programs during the early 1990s, Smith was sometimes the subject of [[Parody|lampooning]]. MTV's ''Half Hour of Comedy Hour'' (1990β1991), featured a mock episode of ''[[This Old House]]'' in which a parody of Smith's ''Disintegration''-era persona is seen asking building contractors to leave his house in a semi-demolished state to retain the sense of "[[urban decay]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-J75sp6bcI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/5-J75sp6bcI |archive-date=2021-10-30 |title="Robert Smith of The Cure on "This Old House" |work=YouTube |date=7 March 2009 |access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]'' (1992) poked fun at Smith's attempts to use lighter pop music to "show his happier side", by presenting a series of sketches in which Smith (played by [[Robert Newman (comedian)|Rob Newman]]) performs comedic novelty songs "[[The Laughing Policeman (song)|The Laughing Policeman]]", "[[Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport]]", "[[Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)|Ernie]]", "Crash Bang Wallop", the theme to the children's programme ''[[Play Away]]'', and the WWI soldiers' "Chinese crackers in your arsehole" parody version of the patriotic anthem "[[Rule, Britannia!]]". Newman portrayed Smith dolefully wailing the lyrics over a backdrop of gloomy Cure-styled mope-rock. Another of the series' regular characters, [[The Mary Whitehouse Experience#Parodies|Edward Colanderhands]], appears in one episode as a member of the Cure's audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itvPVd6fwwM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/itvPVd6fwwM |archive-date=2021-10-30 |title=The Mary Whitehouse Experience β The Cure |work=YouTube |date=6 April 2011 |access-date=4 August 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Another sketch on ''The Mary Whitehouse Experience'' revolved around "Ray: a man afflicted with a sarcastic tone of voice", also portrayed by Newman, and presented in the style of a [[Medical history|medical case history]]. Ray's catchphrase was "oh no, what a personal disaster". In the series' final episode, Ray is given a copy of the Cure's ''Disintegration'' LP as a present, and is so overwhelmed that he can no longer speak in a sarcastic tone, and spontaneously begins speaking [[Flemish dialects|Flemish]]. In the closing scene, Ray has a chance meeting with the real Robert Smith in a cameo appearance, who punches Ray in the face and declares "oh no, what a personal disaster".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyujQctZ9hw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/PyujQctZ9hw |archive-date=2021-10-30 |title=The Cure β The Mary Whitehouse Experience (Part 2) |work=YouTube |date=29 June 2006 |access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Rob Newman and [[David Baddiel]]'s live comedy video, ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience#History Today|History Today]]'' (1992), also features Newman's Robert Smith character, singing the children's songs "[[Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes]]" and "[[I'm a Little Teapot]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rPpjctNlk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/t2rPpjctNlk |archive-date=2021-10-30 |title=History Today β Robert Smith Parody |work=YouTube |date=27 September 2006 |access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Smith later made another cameo in the comedy duo's spin-off series ''[[Newman and Baddiel in Pieces]]'' (1993). In a scene where David Baddiel fantasizes about his own funeral, Smith appears graveside, saying: "I've never been this miserable. I always preferred him to the other one" before leading a [[conga]] of mourners in party-hats around the graveyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5h2HaYraEY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/Z5h2HaYraEY |archive-date=2021-10-30 |title=The Cure β Newman and Baddiel TV sketch (1993) |work=YouTube |date=10 March 2006 |access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ===''Career Girls'' (1997)=== [[Mike Leigh]]'s 1997 film ''[[Career Girls]]'' depicts the reunion of two women who formerly shared both a flat and a love of the Cure as teenagers in the 1980s, featuring the band's music and imagery throughout. Smith was invited by Leigh to the premiere, which Smith described as "one of the weirdest afternoons of my life ... There's one bit in the film when they see a poster for '[[The 13th]]', the first single from [[Wild Mood Swings|the last album]], and she says to her friend, 'Are they still releasing records?' And I thought that was really unfair -'The unchanging man in the changing world.'"<ref>Stevenson, Jane, "Surviving The Cure", ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', November 2001.</ref> ===''South Park: Mecha-Streisand'' (1998)=== In 1998, Smith voiced an animated version of himself in "[[Mecha-Streisand]]", an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', in which he battles "[[Mechagodzilla|Mecha]] [[Barbra Streisand]]" in "a battle of [[Godzilla]] vs. [[Mothra]] scale"<ref name="never Enough">{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Apter |title=Never Enough: The Story of The Cure |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London, England |date=2009 |pages=282β3 |isbn=978-1-84772-739-8}}</ref> that completely destroys the town of South Park. Streisand is portrayed as a "calculating, self-centered, egotistical bitch" who wants to conquer the world with an ancient artifact accidentally discovered by [[Eric Cartman]], known as the "Diamond of Pantheos". After film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] and actor [[Sidney Poitier]] transform into [[kaiju]] creatures (based on [[Ultraman]] and [[Gamera]], respectively) to battle Mecha-Streisand, yet ultimately fail to defeat the beast, Robert Smith enters, confident he can defeat Mecha-Streisand, with the help of the boys. To battle Mecha-Streisand, the boys help Smith transform into "Smithra", who has the ability of "robot punch", and ultimately defeats the monster by taking it by the tail and hurling it into space. He offers to "[[roshambo]]" Cartman to get his [[Walkie-Talkie]] back, and immediately kicks Cartman in the groin, causing him to drop the walkie-talkie. At the end of the episode, as Smith walks off into the sunset, [[Kyle Broflovski]] calls out, "''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'' is the best album ever!" and Cartman adds, "Robert Smith kicks ass!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/2is3yp/south-park-disintegration-rules |title=''Disintegration Rules''|date=19 February 1998 }}</ref> To date, he is one of only a few celebrities to be portrayed in a universally positive way on the show. At the time, the episode brought ''South Park'' its highest ratings to date, with approximately 3,208,000 viewers; about 40,000 more than tuned into [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Prime Time Live]]''. [[Comedy Central]]'s debut screening in February 1998 marked the first time a cable station had beaten one of the [[Big Three television networks]] during prime time viewing,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chainofflowers.com/feb98.htm |title=''Chain of Flowers'' News Archive: February 1998 |website=Chainofflowers.com |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> and "Robert Smith Kicks Ass" T-shirts were reportedly "doing a healthy trade among Cure fans" soon afterwards.<ref name="never Enough"/> Smith later described the impact of the episode on his nieces and nephews to [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]: "Being in ''South Park'' has made a huge impact on their lives. Now that I'm a cartoon character I'm fully accepted into their world."<ref>Malins, Steve, "Robert Smith β Cash For Questions", ''Q'', February 2000.</ref> He told Belgian magazine ''Humo'': {{cquote|When my nephews had seen that, they worshipped me, but [kept] asking: What is a disintegration, uncle Bob? I simply answered it was something I had made a long time ago. Still funny how everything I do β travel, experiencing so many things, having interesting meetings, making good-selling records β means nothing to them while since my appearance in ''South Park'' I'm immortal and famous to them .... Bastards.<ref>Simonart, Serge, "The Bats in the head of Robert 'THE CURE' Smith are ok", ''Humo'', 23 February 2000.</ref>}} Interviewed by [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]'s [[Brian Molko]] for ''Les Inrockuptibles'' magazine, Smith said that ''South Park'' creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] sent him the script, but deliberately left some portions blank "to keep the surprise". He said, "They didn't want anybody to know, they wanted to shock. When I saw myself, I found it surrealistic."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Molko |author-link=Brian Molko |title=A Cure ouvert |magazine=Les Inrockuptibles |date=November 2001}}</ref> In another interview set up by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Smith told [[Fall Out Boy]] bassist [[Pete Wentz]] that the "''Disintegration'' is the best album ever!" scene was one of his "greatest moments in life"<ref name="Idol Chatter"/> and described the process: {{cquote|I stayed up all night and went into this radio station and recorded my words down a phone line. I had no idea what it was all about. I had one of them on the other end of the line directing me, saying, "Please sound more like Robert Smith. Come on!" About six months later I saw it and I was completely thrown by what they had done with it.<ref name="Idol Chatter">{{cite magazine |first=Gilbert |last=Cruz |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562674_3,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122131258/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562674_3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2013 |title=Idol Chatter |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref>}} ===''The Mighty Boosh: Nanageddon'' (2004)=== In 2004, in an episode of the BBC surreal comedy series ''[[The Mighty Boosh (TV series)|The Mighty Boosh]]'', "Nanageddon" (Series 2, episode 11), the character [[Vince Noir]] offers [[Howard Moon]] the opportunity to spend the evening with two [[Gothic subculture|goth]] girls, on the condition that he [[Gothic fashion|dresses like a goth]]. Vince produces a can of "Goth Juice", described as "the most powerful hairspray known to man, made from the tears of Robert Smith". In the same episode, [[List of recurring The Mighty Boosh characters#The Moon|the Moon]] sings "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Love Cats]]" over the credits. On the same night that Smith was presented with the Godlike Genius Award by Tim Burton at the ''Shockwaves NME Awards'', ''The Mighty Boosh'' also won "Best TV Comedy". Asked by NME.com backstage after the ceremony if there were any plans for more pop-star cameos in ''The Mighty Boosh'', series co-creator and co-star [[Noel Fielding]] replied, "We're trying to get hold of Robert Smith for the film β I want him to be my uncle. That would be great!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-mighty-boosh/43065 |title=Noel Fielding: 'I want Robert Smith to play my uncle in 'The Mighty Boosh' film' |date=26 February 2009 |work=NME.COM |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> ===''This Must Be the Place'' (2011)=== The look of Cheyenne (played by [[Sean Penn]]), the main character in director [[Paolo Sorrentino]]'s 2011 film ''[[This Must Be the Place (film)|This Must Be the Place]]'', is inspired by Smith's appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/040739.pdf |title=English press kit This Must Be The Place |publisher=Festival-cannes.com |access-date=9 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807000536/http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/040739.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2012}}</ref>
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