Editing Dick Tracy (section)

==In popular culture==
* ''[[Fearless Fosdick]]'' is a long-running parody of Dick Tracy that appeared intermittently as a strip-within-a-strip in [[Al Capp]]'s satirical hillbilly comic strip, ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' (1934–1977).
* [[Gilbert Shelton]] parodied Dick Tracy as "Tricky Prickears" in his ''[[Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'' comic strips.
* The artist [[Jess Collins]] used an [[X-Acto]] knife and rubber cement to reassemble Gould's strip into ''Tricky Cad'' (an anagram of "Dick Tracy"). Gould threatened to sue if the ''Tricky Cad'' collages were published.<ref>[http://poemsandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/10/jess-collins-images-from-tricky-cad.html Poems and Poetics: ''Tricky Cad'']</ref>
* The [[United Productions of America|UPA]] version of Dick Tracy (though already having appeared in the [[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?|novel]]) was scheduled to appear as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2014/05/08/storyboards-reveal-what-marvin-acme-s-funeral-in-quot-who-framed-roger-rabbit-quot-would-have-looked-like.aspx|title = Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like| date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> However, in the final cut, Roger Rabbit impersonates him when he handcuffs himself to detective, Eddie Valiant.
* [[Daffy Duck]] parodied Dick Tracy as "Duck Twacy" in the 1946 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon ''[[The Great Piggy Bank Robbery]]''.
* Dick Tracy was parodied by the [[adult animation|adult animated]] [[stop motion]] [[sketch comedy]] TV show ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' in the season 3 episode "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster".
* Dick Tracy was parodied in 1990 in the Season 8 episode of ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'', as "Chip Tracy".
* A statue of Dick Tracy can be found in [[Naperville, Illinois]], on the city's riverwalk. It was erected in honor of longtime Naperville resident [[Dick Locher]], who worked as an assistant to [[Chester Gould]] and later drew the comic strip and created the storyline for it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dick Tracy Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=257047 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>