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References

Giant (1956)
 -  When Kruger is covered in oil, he screams, "I'm rich! I'm rich! It's like James Dean in Giant!"
North by Northwest (1959)
 -  Visual reference to the crop-dusting sequence.
Mean Streets (1973)
 -  We see Fowler in a red-lit bar during the montage of post-war experiences, remniscent of the red-lit bar scenes of Mean Streets, including of course one in which a Vietnam veteran is welcomed home.
Taxi Driver (1976)
 -  In the picture sent to Swoff by his girlfriend, behind her there is the poster of "Taxi Driver" on the wall.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 -  A soldier quotes Darth Vader while wearing a gas mask.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
 -  Chris Cooper, when briefing the sniper team on their mission says, "This is not Rambo time."
Metroid (1986) (VG)
 -  On the airplane to Saudi Arabia Swoff jokes with another Marine about sitting at home and trying to beat Metroid.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
 -  When Swoff snaps on furgus, he is telling him to repeat the line from full metal jacket, that gomer pyle recites, before killing hartman, and himself.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
 -  Poster is seen.
Cool as Ice (1991)
 -  The line "Drop the zero and get with the hero" is also said in Cool as Ice by Vanilla Ice.
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
 -  First outdoor sniper training scene, J. Foxx calls out "Chavez," and the camouflaged sniper appears. Same name/scene in "Clear and Present Danger"
Tank Girl (1995)
 -  The first shots of Jeeps driving through the desert features the same instrumentation as the first shot of Tank Girl riding through the desert in the film.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000) (V)
 -  A soldier is listening to the soundtrack from the video

Referenced in

Background (2006) (V)
 -  on-set experience from the film
Jarhead Diaries (2006) (V)
 -  Title referenced.
Semper Fi (2006) (V)
 -  Title referenced.
"Saturday Night Live: Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes (#31.11)" (2006)
 -  Referenced during the pirate convention and Peter Sarsgaard's SARS Guards
"Gilmore Girls: The Long Morrow (#7.1)" (2006)
 -  Lorelai recalls going to see the film with Luke.
"Saturday Night Live: Hugh Laurie/Kanye West (#34.11)" (2008)
 -  Mentioned by Kanye West
"At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
 -  Mentioned in a review of Revolutionary Road as another film directed by Sam Mendes.

Features

The Deer Hunter (1978)
 -  few seconds shown on a TV screen
Apocalypse Now (1979)
 -  the Marines "sing" along with the Ride of the Valkyries scene
"CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" (1981)
 -  clip involving Gulf War shown briefly

Featured in

"HBO First Look: Jarhead (#12.24)" (2005)
 -  clips
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
"The Culture Show: (2009-08-05)" (2009)
 -  Clip shown.

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