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Altered States
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References
Tommy (1975)
Referenced in
"Saturday Night Live: Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (#6.13)" (1981)
 -  Mentioned on Weekend Update
Return to Oz (1985)
Tetsuo (1989)
"Murphy Brown: Altered States (#8.1)" (1995)
 -  Title reference
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Terror from the Year 5000 (#9.7)" (1997)
 -  "In Alterted States"
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Roll Call: Looking Back on Hill Street Blues (2006) (V)
 -  Michael Warren refers to Charles Haid's role in this film
Beerfest (2006)
 -  Scene where Barry wakes up naked next to a partially eaten deer
"Lost: Further Instructions (#3.3)" (2006)
 -  Before Locke ingests his homemade drugs, Charlie jokes about him "turning into a prehistoric ape", which is what happens after homemade drugs are ingested in Altered States.
The Making of 'World Trade Center' (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"House M.D.: House's Head (#4.15)" (2008)
 -  House asks Thirteen if she has ever seen Altered States. And as House is putting himself in the sensory deprovation tank, he jokingly asks her to check if he regresses when he comes out of the tank.
"Psych: Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central (#3.13)" (2009)
 -  Shawn emerges after hiding underwater in a locker room jacuzzi, then asks the football players present if they've seen Altered States.
Featured in
The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991) (TV)
Watchmen (2009)
 -  On Veidt's TV monitor board, showing the seven-eyed goat-head Christ
Spoofed in
Simon (1980)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Ghost Busters (1984)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Kamillions (1989)
"South Park: Tsst (#10.7)" (2006)
 -  The second part of the transformation (when Cartman's body shifts from different forms and he is banging against the walls in a hallway) is a parody of the movie Altered States.

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