References to the Metal Gear series in other works

The has been referenced several other fictional works. This article lists some of these references.

Comics

 * FoxTrot: Jason mentions in a Christmas season Sunday strip that he attempted to ask for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for Christmas, although he never did and was considering asking for it again. When asked if it was because it was beyond his age range by his friend Marcus, Jason explained it was actually because when he asked his father, Roger Fox for the game, he misinterpreted his request, and instead bought him four solid metal gears, and implied that this was a common trend due to receiving a Walk the Line CD when he asked for cash in the past.

TV Shows

 * South Park: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes was referenced in the Black Friday Trilogy.
 * Supergirl: The episode Manhunter, which delved into J'onn J'honns' backstory, featured Kara's adopted father encountering J'onn within a jungle environment that resembled Dremuchij, Tselinoyarsk from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Video games

 * Batman: Arkham Knight: Aside from several of the game mechanics from the Arkham series being derived in part from Metal Gear, one of the Joker game over sequences has Joker (who is a post-mortem hallucination induced by Batman due to Feat Gas exposure) putting his hand over his ear in the same way as the Codec and yelling "Bats" in much the same way as the series' Game Over sequence.
 * Final Fantasy X-2: When encountering a Snake-type enemy, Rikku, who has a massive fear of snakes, will recite the game over sequence from the franchise.
 * Final Fantasy XV: In the DLC story Episode Prompto, the titular character is forced to infiltrate an arctic facility within Niflheim and eventually has to take out his creator as well as a doomsday weapon while escaping on a jetski in the climax with a female ally, similar to Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.
 * Metroid: Other M: Commander Adam Malkovich will sometimes recite the franchise's game over sequence if Samus ends up killed. The Colonel character in the ending of the game bears a slight resemblance to Roy Campbell from Metal Gear, albeit with a bald head. In addition, Samus's relationship with Adam in that game was reminiscent of The Boss and Naked Snake's relationship in Snake Eater.
 * Silent Scope 2: Dark Sihlouette: Snake's Revenge was directly referenced in this game.