Followed by
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
The Return of Superfly (1990)
Referenced in
"Sanford and Son: Wine, Women and Aunt Esther (#3.13)" (1973)
- Fred shows off the Super Fly suit he's wearing to the party.
Truck Turner (1974)
"Saturday Night Live: Rod Stewart (#7.1)" (1981)
- Title mentioned by Raheem Abdul Mohammed on SNL Newsbreak
New Jack City (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon (#4.4)" (1991)
- "Super Fly?"
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
"Married with Children: Cheese, Cues, and Blood (#6.4)" (1991)
- Jefferson in a pimp outfit is called "Super Fly".
Trespass (1992)
Menace II Society (1993)
So Wrong They're Right (1995)
- Soundtrack mentioned
The Cable Guy (1996)
- The Cable Guy enters an upscale restaurant to Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman", dressed in 70's fashion, complete with oversized sunglasses and a fake mustache reminiscent of Priest's from "Superfly".
The Embalmer (1996)
- a VHS of it is sitting on the guys desk
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
Gridlock'd (1997)
Playboy: The Story of X (1998) (V)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Academy of Robots' Choice Awards Special (1998) (TV)
- Mike: Oh heavens, it's my Super Fly fro pick.
Bulworth (1998)
"Intimate Portrait: Pam Grier" (1999)
"Everybody Loves Raymond: Robert's Date (#3.15)" (1999)
- Raymond associates this film with the Robert's clothes.
Shrek (2001)
Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira (2001)
Doggystyle (2001) (V)
- rapper named Soopafly dresses like a pimp
Naked Movie (2002)
- mentioned in dialogue
Showtime (2002)
Undercover Brother (2002)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002) (TV)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- mentioned in documentary
Shi bu di tou (2004)
- girl wearing Super Fly shirt (written in same font as used in movie title)
Fronterz (2004)
- "Brother like me is Superfly." (song lyrics)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV)
- This film's poster is shown to illustrate the seventies
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
"Veronica Mars: Credit Where Credit's Due (#1.2)" (2004)
- "Where you off to, Superfly?"
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)
- At a costume party one guy tells another guy he's dressed as "Superfly" and the other guy, a kid, doesn't understand who "Superfly" is.
A New Wave (2007)
- "Super Fly suit"
"The Office: Traveling Salesmen (#3.12)" (2007)
- Mentioned by Michael
"House M.D.: Top Secret (#3.16)" (2007)
- 'Super Fly' title song plays at the end of the episode
Charlie Bartlett (2007)
- mentioned in lyrics
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: K&R: Part 3 (#1.21)" (2007)
- Boyle refers to Simon as "Super Fly" after seeing his outburst on television.
Bill (2007)
- "I'm Superfly" (song lyrics)
"The Boondocks: Tom, Sarah and Usher (#2.2)" (2007)
- Sarah calls Tom "Superfly"
American Gangster (2007)
- Mentioned once.
"20 to 1: Crazy Customs (#6.5)" (2008)
- A poster from this movie is shown when a segment on the afro mentions that it mushroomed in popularity with the emergence of "blaxploitation" films.
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Big Bird (#4.8)" (2008)
- the narrator says that getting kissed by Kelly made him feel like Superfly
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
- the title track is played at a party
Featured in
Bulworth (1998)
Baadasssss Cinema (2002) (TV)
- clips shown
Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)
- Clips shown.
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)
- clips
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
- Memorial Tribute: Ron O'Neal
"SexTV: Shafted: The Story of Blaxploitation Cinema (#8.18)" (2006)
- Clip from the movie is used in this doc about blaxploitation cinema.
"I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
- clips; discussed
Spoofed in
"Sanford and Son: Superflyer (#3.8)" (1973)
- The title of this episode is a spoof on the film's title.
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
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