Remade as
Soylent Green (2012)
References
No Blade of Grass (1970)
- Food, Violence and Rioting
Referenced in
Linda Lovelace for President (1975)
- "Soylent Greenlawn" is painted on a pulpit.
Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki (1981)
- factory produces food made of men
Hardware (1990)
- Direct reference on dead mother with child in leash.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Sidehackers (#3.2)" (1990)
- Crow: "Soylent Green is made from people!"
"The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie (#4.6)" (1992)
- Soylent green is being sold at the cinema in the future.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: I Accuse My Parents (#6.7)" (1993)
- Crow: "Soylent Green is made from people!"
System Shock (1994) (VG)
- "Soylent green filtration control" access panel on maintenance level
Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996) (TV)
- Mentioned by girl thrown out of the dance club.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (#1.5)" (1997)
- Is referenced in the dialogue: "At least you don't have to eat your Soylent Green"
"NewsRadio: Space (#3.24)" (1997)
- Bill does ad for Soylent Green
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Parts: The Clonus Horror (#9.11)" (1997)
- Crow: "He's jumped right into the Soylent Green factory!"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)
- Mike: Ortega taco shells are made from people!
Face/Off (1997)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997) (VG)
- In "Oddworld" Abe discovers the Rupture Farms food company are going to make food products out of his own people.
Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) (VG)
- Bob the iguana salesman in The Hub sells "special" iguana bits, which are made of people
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time Chasers (#9.21)" (1997)
- Tom: "You're gonna give me all your Soylent Green, man."
Pi (1998)
"NewsRadio: Look Who's Talking (#4.10)" (1998)
- Bill: "If this were Logan's Run, I'd be Soylent Green by now."
Free Enterprise (1998)
- Robert quotes this film to the bartender.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
"The Simpsons: Bart to the Future (#11.17)" (2000)
- (6. minute) Homer offers corn-flakes labeled Soylent Green. Ralph states it's made of people...
Deus Ex (2000) (VG)
- Chocolate bars in the game are called "Choc-o-lent Dream" when viewed in the player's inventory.
"Family Guy: E. Peterbus Unum (#2.18)" (2000)
- Someone says "It's made out of people!" as a joke about his food he brought to the party which is quoting the famous line from this film.
"Futurama: The Day the Earth Stood Stupid (#3.7)" (2001)
- A Soylent Chow kiosk at the pet talent show.
"Angel: Carpe Noctem (#3.4)" (2001)
- Angel and Fred go to a double feature of Soylent Green and The Omega Man.
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001) (VG)
"Futurama: Roswell That Ends Well (#4.1)" (2001)
- The Professor asks for some "Soylent" food.
Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)
- dialogue
"Futurama: 30% Iron Chef (#4.11)" (2002)
- The principle ingredient for use on the chef show is soylent green, a fake food item invented by this movie.
Minority Report (2002)
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)
"Tripping the Rift: All for None (#2.6)" (2004)
- The crew is seen having Soylent Green for breakfast
"Saturday Night Live: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey/G-Unit (#29.10)" (2004)
- Referenced in M-TV Future
"Tripping the Rift: God Is Our Pilot (#1.1)" (2004)
- Referenced on Eat Meat billboard
Destroy All Humans! (2005) (VG)
- A character mentions Soylent Green during gameplay
"Jeopardy!: (#22.186)" (2006)
- correct response in "AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes" category
Pop Skull (2007)
- In Jeff's room there is a poster from "Soylent Green" hanging on the wall
"Kyle XY: House of Cards (#2.10)" (2007)
- Declan spray paints "Madacorp is People" on a door; referencing the famous line from Soylent Green.
Oliver Twink (2007) (V)
- The "Gruel de jour" is Soylent Green
Zak McKracken Between Time and Space (2008) (VG)
- A green box in the Artifical Hair Bros. Store is named "Soilent Green Hairgel"
"Life on Mars: My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi (#1.3)" (2008)
- Ray says he's thinking of going to see it
Moon (2009)
- In the galley (in Moon), the shelf is marked 'Soylent'.
"The Jay Leno Show: (#1.31)" (2009)
- Jay refers to a restaurant ad as presenting a Sicilian version of "Soylent Green"
Dead Air (2009)
- Mentioned in dialogue
Features
Computer Space (1971) (VG)
- It appeared in that movie. Used in that movie.
Featured in
A Look at the World of SOYLENT GREEN (1973)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005) (TV)
- The quote "Soylent Green is people!" is #77 on the list.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-07)" (2008)
- Clips of thie film were show during a tribute to Charlton Heston.
Spoofed in
"The Ben Stiller Show: A Few Good Scouts (#1.12)" (1993)
- Spoofed in the "T.J. O'Pootertoot" segment, including the line "Pooterballs are made out of people!"
"Saturday Night Live: John Goodman/Mary J. Blige (#18.15)" (1993)
- Spoofed as Soylend White, Teas and Cow pies
"Rocko's Modern Life: The High-Five of Doom/Fly Burgers (#4.8)" (1996)
- Heffer says, "Chewey Chicken is people! Chewey Chicken is people!! Chewey Chicken is people!!!" in "The High-Five of Doom".
Xenogears (1998) (VG)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
"Futurama: Fry and the Slurm Factory (#2.4)" (1999)
- Leela says there is a soft drink made from people called "Soylent Cola" which spoofs the concept of soylent green from this movie.
"The X Files: Hollywood A.D. (#7.19)" (2000)
- Subtle and funny: the "vegetarian zombie" roaming the set screaming "The people are made out of turkey!"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doublemeat Palace (#6.12)" (2002)
- Buffy runs out to the sitting area of the Doublemeat Palace and claims that the food is people.
"Kim Possible: Number One (#1.7)" (2002)
- The name of the scientist that Kim is tasked to protect is Sylvan Green, a play on the name of the movie "Soylent Green".
"Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Back to the Present (#2.6)" (2004)
- Phil's line in the cafeteria "the Mediterranean wrap is people!"
"Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation P.I.N.K.-E.Y.E./Operation K.A.S.T.L.E. (#3.7)" (2004)
- "Operation: P.I.N.K.-E.Y.E." is a parody of this movie
"The Simpsons: Million Dollar Abie (#17.16)" (2006)
- The "assisted suicide room" Abe Simpson is put in, with the circular shape, centrally located chair, movie screen and music, is a reference to the one Edward G Robinson is put in in Soylent Green.
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