Editing University of Notre Dame (section)

==In popular culture==
The University of Notre Dame is the setting of several works of fiction, as well as the alma mater of some fictional characters.<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=Notre Dame=pop culture powerhouse |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-red-0103-notre-dame-pop-culture-gallery-photogallery.html |website=chicagotribune.com |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref> In mid-20th century America, it became "perhaps the most popular symbol of Catholicism" as noted by ''The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture'':
{{blockquote|By combining religion, ethnicity, masculinity, and athletics into a potent mixture of an aggressive and uniquely Catholic gospel of athletics, Notre Dame football became the emblematic program that represented American Catholic self-identity.<ref>{{cite book |editor=John C. Lyden |editor2=Eric Michael Mazur |title=The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJesBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT618 |year=2015 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=426 |isbn=9781317531050}}</ref>}}

===Film===
*''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'' is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1016 |website=catalog.afi.com |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref>
*The "Win one for the Gipper" speech was parodied in the 1980 film ''[[Airplane!]]'' when, with the "Victory March" rising to a crescendo in the background, Dr. Rumak (played by [[Leslie Nielsen]]) urged reluctant pilot Ted Striker (played by [[Robert Hays]]) to "win just one for the Zipper", Striker's war buddy George Zipp. The "Victory March" also plays during the film's credits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of win this one for the gipper {{!}} Dictionary.com |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/win-this-one-for-the-gipper |website=www.dictionary.com |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Phinizy |first1=Coles |title=WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1979/09/17/823975/knute-rockne-part-2-win-one-for-the-gipper-was-that-famed-line-attributed-to-george-gipp-a-real-deathbed-request-or-just-a-rockne-ploy |website=Vault |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rudy (film)|''Rudy'']] is a 1993 account of the life of [[Rudy Ruettiger|Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger]], who harbored dreams of playing football at Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Bryan |title=Rudy Ruettiger on 'Rudy' at 25: Stop asking if that Notre Dame jersey scene really happened |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/08/27/rudy-ruettiger-notre-dame-jersey-scene-real/1088808002/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=October 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

===Television===
*President [[Josiah Bartlet]] from the show ''[[The West Wing]]'' is a Notre Dame graduate and First Lady [[Abigail Bartlet]] attended [[Saint Mary's College (Indiana)|Saint Mary's College]]. [[Danny Concannon]], a member of the White House press corps, is also a graduate of Notre Dame. Actor [[Martin Sheen]] specifically asked that his character be a Notre Dame alumnus due to the Catholicism shared by both the actor and the character.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/10/13/west-wing-cast-martin-sheen-anniversary/16153423/ |title=15 years later: 'West Wing' cast members, producer reflect on political show |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definitive History Of The West Wing |url=https://www.empireonline.com/westwing |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Empire Online}}</ref>

===Other media===
*One of the music videos for the song "[[This Too Shall Pass (OK Go song)|This Too Shall Pass]]" by [[OK Go]] was created in collaboration with the [[Band of the Fighting Irish|University of Notre Dame Marching Band]] and was shot on the university campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShieldSquare Captcha |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/ok-go/this-too-shall-pass |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.songfacts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OK Go offer an anthem for 2020, with marching band |url=http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2020/11/02/ok-go-offer-an-anthem-for-2020-with-the-help-of-a-marching-band |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref>