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=== Other media === {{More citations needed|date=August 2016}} * ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #338β342, a comics series published by [[Marvel Comics]]: Writer [[D. G. Chichester]] learned during a brief break from the series that he was to be replaced. For the five issues he was obligated to write, Chichester demanded an Alan Smithee credit. * ''Team X 2000'', a one-shot comic published by Marvel Comics, is credited to two writers. One being Sean Ruffner, the other being credited as "A. Smithee," is also believed to be D.G. Chichester. * ''[[Strontium Dog]]'', a [[2000 AD (comics)|2000AD]] comic strip: In 1996, writer [[Peter Hogan]] was dropped from the series and his episodes rewritten, and demanded that his name be removed from the credits. * ''Marine Sharpshooter 4'', a [[first-person shooter]] game, had Alan Smithee listed as the Art Director.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/marine-sharpshooter-4/credits |title=Marine Sharpshooter 4 (2008) Windows credits |publisher=MobyGames |date=July 28, 2008 |access-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112165331/http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/marine-sharpshooter-4/credits |url-status=live }}</ref> * Alan Smithee was credited as the director and included in the title of three [[Pornographic film|adult movies]] in the early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=AlanSmithee/gender=d/Alan-Smithee.htm |title=Alan Smithee - Porn Director |publisher=Internet Adult Film Database |access-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723235256/http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid%3Dalansmithee/gender%3Dd/alan-smithee.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2010}}</ref> * A comical teaser for the video game ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Metal Gear Solid 4]]'' shown at E3 2005 has a director's chair labeled "Alan Smithee" as the director of the name before falls off, being replaced by co-writer Shuyo Murata's name as Murata sits on the chair. The chair was ultimately changed again to display [[Hideo Kojima]]'s name as Solid Snake sits on it however. This is a reference to Kojima's negative attitude towards directing the series and how he felt he had to keep directing it in spite of this. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://metagearsolid.org/reports_mgs4_kojimaVSmgs4.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2024-04-22 |archive-date=2024-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422032659/https://metagearsolid.org/reports_mgs4_kojimaVSmgs4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * In the loose-leaf 1990s run of ''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe]]'', the art for [[Elasti-Girl]] is partially credited to Alan Smithee. * ''[[Equinox (1993 video game)|Equinox]]'', a video game released by [[Sony Imagesoft]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1993, credits Alan Smithee as director. * The series premiere of ''[[Anatole (TV series)|Anatole]]'', "Anatole's Parisian Adventure", credits Alan Smithee as the writer. * ''[[NHL Hitz 2003]]'', a 2002 video game released by [[Midway Games|Midway]] for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]] and [[GameCube]], credits Alan Smithee as the color commentator. * 2007 Issue of Inside Tennis magazine in place of the usual Art Director spot of the masthead. * In the making-of documentary about the production and release of ''[[12 Monkeys]]'', director [[Terry Gilliam]] draws a [[doodle]] illustrating his frustration at unexpectedly poor [[test screening]] surveys, then decides the drawing is not up to his usual standards and so signs it 'Alan Smithee', explaining the history of the name as he does so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inverse.com/entertainment/12-monkeys-oral-history|title=The oral history of 12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam's time travel masterpiece|access-date=2021-10-09|archive-date=2021-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009130034/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/12-monkeys-oral-history|url-status=live}}</ref> * In the game ''[[Fire Emblem Heroes]]'', the artist for the Mythic Hero Elimine is credited as "Alan Smithee". *''The Elusive David Agnew'', a mockumentary included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', is credited as having been directed by "Allen Smithee".<ref>{{IMDb title|1266555|The Elusive David Agnew}}.</ref> This use of the pseudonym is in reference to "David Agnew" itself being a pseudonym under which ''Doctor Who'' producer [[Graham Williams (television producer)|Graham Williams]] and script editor [[Anthony Read]] were credited for their writing work on ''The Invasion of Time''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7587/doctor-who-invasion-of-time-dvd-review|title=Doctor Who - Invasion Of Time DVD review|website=Den of Geek|date=21 April 2008|access-date=8 April 2023|archive-date=14 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714042118/https://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7587/doctor-who-invasion-of-time-dvd-review|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
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