Movie connections for
Footloose (1984) More at IMDbPro »

Remade as

Footloose (2010)
 -  Reinvisioned as a musical

References

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
 -  Tractor chicken game--Ren tries to jump out but his foot is caught, just like Buzz
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Referenced in

"Alice: Footloose Mel (#9.7)" (1984)
 -  title reference
Summer Rental (1985)
Teen Wolf (1985)
 -  Footloose written on Stile's folder
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Hand (#2.5)" (1989)
 -  "No dancing? Is this Footloose?"
"Mad About You: Outbreak (#5.7)" (1996)
 -  Paul uses this movie as an example as he explains the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game
"Saturday Night Live: Matthew Perry/Oasis (#23.2)" (1997)
 -  mentioned on Celebrity Jeapardy
Hard Rain (1998)
"Friends: The One with the Fake Party (#4.16)" (1998)
 -  mentioned in party scene by joey to rachel
The Making of 'Tremors' (1998) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Just Shoot Me!: Puppetmaster (#3.7)" (1998)
 -  Dennis mentions it.
"Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray/Lucinda Williams (#24.14)" (1999)
 -  Bill Murray plugs Footloose the musical, mentions the film during monologue
"Will & Grace: Big Brother Is Coming: Part 2 (#1.15)" (1999)
 -  mentions it
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Future War (#11.4)" (1999)
 -  Mike: "In fact, everybody cut footloose."
Superstar (1999)
 -  referenced by title by Mary Catherine
Loser (2000)
"Gilmore Girls: The Breakup: Part 2 (#1.17)" (2001)
 -  Lorelai mentionned it
"Gilmore Girls: Dear Emily and Richard (#3.13)" (2003)
 -  It is among the DVDs that Lorelai buys for Emily.
"Gilmore Girls: Swan Song (#3.14)" (2003)
 -  Rory suggests that she and Lorelai watch Footloose again.
"Saturday Night Live: Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite (#28.14)" (2003)
 -  Mentioned on Weekend Update
"Gilmore Girls: Say Goodnight, Gracie (#3.20)" (2003)
 -  Rory compares Stars Hollow High's prom to the film.
"Still Standing: Still Partying (#1.22)" (2003)
 -  Linda says she brought Footloose
Riding in Vans with Boys (2003) (V)
"Frasier: Freudian Sleep (#11.14)" (2004)
 -  Referenced by name
"The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Footloser (#1.7)" (2005)
 -  title is similar/episode is about dancing
"My Name Is Earl: Monkeys in Space (#1.14)" (2006)
 -  Kyra Sedgwick is called "Footloose's wife"
"Gilmore Girls: I Get a Sidekick Out of You (#6.19)" (2006)
 -  Lorelai mentions the film in conversation with Mrs. Kim.
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Rejection (#2.1)" (2006)
 -  Chris plans to see the movie with a date
"How I Met Your Mother: Ted Mosby, Architect (#2.4)" (2006)
 -  Lily mentioned this movie
Totally Awesome (2006) (TV)
 -  when the principal tells laurie that dancing is illegal in their town, this is referening footloose
"30 Rock: Black Tie (#1.12)" (2007)
 -  Kenneth mentions it, saying "those evil kids won in the end"
"Veronica Mars: There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill (#3.12)" (2007)
 -  Veronica says "Bonnie is a preacher's daughter. How very Footloose."
"American Dad!: Four Little Words (#2.15)" (2007)
 -  mentioned
Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV)
 -  A brief mention of the movie is made
"Psych: And Down the Stretch Comes Murder (#2.5)" (2007)
 -  Gus mentions it.
"Wizards of Waverly Place: New Employee (#1.4)" (2007)
 -  Alex belittles her mother's taste in movie musicals, mistakenly combining Footloose with Grease
Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008) (TV)
 -  Burr jokes about the film
Take (2008/I)
 -  Jim asks Mary to make herself comfortable by "kicking off her Sunday shoes" - a quote from the film's title song.
"Psych: Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing (#3.11)" (2009)
 -  Shawn (confusing two films) says, "I was thinking of 'Footloose,' when the she-welder dances over the chair, with the water cascading down."
"Psych: Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central (#3.13)" (2009)
 -  Shawn says that the severed foot is talking to him and, when asked "What's it saying?", he replies, "Besides 'everyone cut loose'?"
"The Simpsons: How the Test Was Won (#20.11)" (2009)
 -  Principal Skinner rescinds the school's prohibition on dancing, and everyone dances to "Footloose".

Features

"The Brady Kids" (1972)

Featured in

"100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll" (2000)
 -  clips shown throughtout
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV)
 -  The song "Footloose" is #96 on the list.

Spoofed in

"3rd Rock from the Sun: Tricky Dick (#3.3)" (1997)
 -  The speech that Dick gives against Rock n Roll is very similar to the speech Reverend Shaw Moore gave in the movie Footloose. Both characters were played by John Lithgow.
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
The New Guy (2002)
"American Dad!: Stan of Arabia: Part 1 (#1.12)" (2005)
 -  After seeing the arabic singer killed by the guards, Stan says that it seem like "Footloose".
Totally Awesome (2006) (TV)
 -  dancing banned in town because kids danced and their feet became loose/now the school has "standarounds" instead
"American Dad!: Four Little Words (#2.15)" (2007)
 -  Dance sequence
Hot Rod (2007)
 -  When Rod goes to the woods, the song from a scene in Footloose comes on and Rod starts to mimic the type of dancing Kevin Bacon did and he is wearing the same clothes.

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