Editing Men in black (section)

==In popular culture==

The 1976 [[Blue Öyster Cult]] song "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" contains the line: "Three men in black said, 'Don't report this.'" Their 1983 song "Take Me Away", about the singer's desire to leave Earth with "good guy" aliens, has the line: "The men in black, their lips are sealed."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.songfacts.com/facts/blue-oyster-cult/take-me-away| title = ShieldSquare Captcha}}</ref>

In 1979, British punk rock and new wave rock band [[The Stranglers]] recorded a song entitled "Meninblack" for their album ''[[The_Raven_(The_Stranglers_album)|The Raven]]'', released that year. In 1981, their concept album ''[[The Gospel According to the Meninblack]]'' featured alien visitations to Earth.<ref name=twomey>{{cite book |last1=Twomey |first1=Chris |title=The Stranglers - The Men They Love To Hate |date=1992 |publisher=EMI Records Ltd|pages=102–104}}</ref>

James T. Flocker's 1979 film ''[[The Alien Encounters]]'' included Men in Black who harass a UFO investigator portrayed by Augie Tribach.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Godzilla|first=Glitter|title=The Alien Encounters|url=http://www.outpost-zeta.com/2019/03/alien-encounters.html|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref>

The 1984 film ''[[The Brother from Another Planet]]'' features two Men in Black who try to capture the alien hero. One is played by the film's director, John Sayles.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEEDA143AF937A2575AC0A962948260 | title=Sayles's ''Brother'' | date= September 14, 1984| author= Vincent Canby| author-link= Vincent Canby| work=[[The New York Times]] | accessdate= 2010-08-13}}</ref>

The 1995 album ''[[Masquerade (Running Wild album)|Masquerade]]'' by German heavy metal band [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] has a song called "Men in Black". The song tells about a [[UFO]] sighting and the arrival of the Men In Black and the covering up of the sighting.

The 1997 science-fiction film ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men In Black]]'', starring [[Will Smith]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]], was loosely based on ''[[The Men in Black (comics)|The Men in Black]]'' [[comic book]] series created by [[Lowell Cunningham]] and [[Sandy Carruthers]].<ref name=hughes>{{cite book | author = David Hughes | title = Comic Book Movies | publisher = [[Virgin Books]] | year = 2003 | location = London | pages = 123–129 | isbn = 0-7535-0767-6}}</ref> Cunningham got the idea for the comic when he and a friend saw a black van on the street and his friend joked about government "men in black".<ref name=met>"Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'", ''Men in Black'' Blu-Ray</ref>

The video game franchise ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' features a character known as the G-Man, widely regarded as being inspired by urban legends associated with the men in black.

The Men in Black are featured in the 2000 video game ''[[Deus Ex (video game)|Deus Ex]]'' as agents of [[Majestic 12]]. 

In ''[[The X-Files (franchise)]]'' there are numerous instances of Men In Black references. The episode ''[[Jose Chung%27s From Outer Space]]'' has 2 characters, portrayed by [[Jesse Ventura]] and [[Alex Trebek]], among many other characters in the television series and movies.