Editing Takoma Park, Maryland (section)

==In popular culture==
* Takoma Park is identified as a location in the video game ''[[Fallout 3]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where is and How Do I get to Takoma Park? - Fallout 3 Answers for Xbox 360 – GameFAQs |url=https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/939933-fallout-3/answers/14688-where-is-and-how-do-i-get-to-takoma-park |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022194102/https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/939933-fallout-3/answers/14688-where-is-and-how-do-i-get-to-takoma-park |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=www.GameFAQs.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Takoma Park is cited in the production of the play, ''Native Gardens'', by [[Karen Zacarias]]  at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. from September 15 – October 22, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=Theatre Review: 'Native Gardens' at Arena Stage – Maryland Theatre Guide |url=http://mdtheatreguide.com/2017/09/theatre-review-native-gardens-at-arena-stage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021004322/http://mdtheatreguide.com/2017/09/theatre-review-native-gardens-at-arena-stage/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=MdTheatreGuide.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* The movie ''[[American Milkshake]]'' was set and filmed in Takoma Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrix |first=Steve |date=September 3, 2013 |title=Movie 'American Milkshake,' made in Takoma Park, gives residents a taste of stardom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/movie-made-in-takoma-park-gives-residents-a-taste-of-stardom/2013/08/30/04c53e2c-10e5-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102103354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/movie-made-in-takoma-park-gives-residents-a-taste-of-stardom/2013/08/30/04c53e2c-10e5-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |via=www.washingtonpost.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* "Takoma Park"<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Texas by Fred Smith on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/texas/291069203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111012717/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/texas/id291069203 |archive-date=November 11, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=apple.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> is a song on the album ''Texas'' by [[Iain Campbell Smith]] (a.k.a. Fred Smith), described as "a comic portrait of a soft left suburb on the outskirts of Washington DC, with Glockenspiel solo."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas |url=http://www.fredsmith.com.au/albums/texas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003912/http://www.fredsmith.com.au/albums/texas/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.FredSmith.com.au |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* "The Ballad of Sammie Abbott" <ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2005 |title=Food For The Long Haul by Jesse Palidofsky on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/mn/album/food-for-the-long-haul/151711818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115025721/https://itunes.apple.com/mn/album/food-for-the-long-haul/id151711818 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=apple.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> is a song in praise of Takoma Park's former mayor (1980–85) on the album ''Food for the Long Haul'' by Jesse Palidofsky from Azalea City Recording.
* Takoma Park is the location for the HQ of the protagonists in ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'', a television spinoff of the ''[[X-Files]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lone Gunmen Pilot – 1AEB79 |url=http://www.insidethex.co.uk/transcrp/tlg179.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012105912/http://www.insidethex.co.uk/transcrp/tlg179.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |website=www.InsideTheX.co.uk |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Takoma Park is featured in Atlas Obscura articles on "Herlong the Carved Dragon"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herlong the Carved Dragon |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/herlong-the-carved-dragon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010613/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/herlong-the-carved-dragon |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=Atlas Obscura |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and "Roscoe the Rooster."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rooster Perpetually Crossing the Road |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roscoe-the-rooster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010431/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roscoe-the-rooster |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=Atlas Obscura |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Roscoe the Rooster is the subject of a poem, "Roscoe Magnus",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spring For Poetry In Takoma Park 2010 |url=http://www.ftpml.org/poetry/spring2010_locations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090008/http://www.ftpml.org/poetry/spring2010_locations.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=www.FTPML.org |df=mdy-all}}</ref> authored by "Anonymous, 2nd century BCE, Trans. from Latin by Merrill Leffler." Merrill Leffler is Takoma Park's Poet Laureate Emeritus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Merrill Leffler to mentor Takoma's poetic voice – Takoma Voice |url=http://takomavoice.com/2011/08/04/merrill-leffler-to-mentor-takomas-poetic-voice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703014207/http://takomavoice.com/2011/08/04/merrill-leffler-to-mentor-takomas-poetic-voice/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017 |website=TakomaVoice.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* ''[[Bridge to Terabithia (novel)|Bridge to Terabithia]]'', a children's novel by [[Katherine Paterson]], winner of the Newbery Medal, was inspired by an event in Takoma Park.<ref>{{Cite news | work = takoma.com |title= Lisa Hill and the Bridge to Terabithia | first = Diana | last = Kohn|url=http://www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2005/06/features_takomaarchives0605.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013145702/http://www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2005/06/features_takomaarchives0605.html |archive-date=2011-10-13}}</ref>
* Takoma Park is the setting for a number of the novels of [[Allison Leotta]].<ref>''e.g.'', Leotta, Allison, ''Discretion'', Simon and Schuster, 2012, p. 41.</ref>
* Takoma Park is referred to in ''[[The Night Gardener]]'' by [[George Pelecanos]].<ref>see Pelecanos, George, ''The Night Gardener'', Little Brown and Company, 2006</ref>
* Takoma Park is a location cited in the NBC television series, ''[[The Blacklist (TV Series)|The Blacklist]]'', Season 1, Episode 7 and Season 2, Episode 13.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Script: 2:13 The Deer Hunter |url=https://www.blacklistdeclassified.net/2015/03/02/213-the-deer-hunter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114042003/https://blacklistdeclassified.net/2015/03/02/213-the-deer-hunter/ |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=blacklistdeclassified.net |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*Takoma Park is described in the 2017 memoir by Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, ''The Deepest South I've Gotten.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suzanne Rhodenbaugh |url=http://www.suzannerhodenbaugh.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817095705/http://www.suzannerhodenbaugh.com/ |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>