Followed by
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
The Munsters' Revenge (1981) (TV)
"The Munsters Today" (1988)
Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV)
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996) (TV)
Version of
"The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: The Mini-Munsters" (1973)
Spin off
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996) (TV)
Referenced in
"Saturday Night Live: Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic (#11.18)" (1986)
- Damon Wayans mentions Herman Munster during his stand-up
The Lost Boys (1987)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989) (V)
"Saturday Night Live: Dolly Parton (#14.17)" (1989)
- Mentioned on Sprockets
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster (#2.3)" (1989)
- Joel: "Hey, it looks just like the front of the Munsters' house."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Hand (#2.5)" (1989)
- "1313 Mockingbird Lane, this is the place"
Blobermouth (1990)
Rockula (1990)
- An appearance of the Munstermobile.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Rocket Attack U.S.A. (#3.5)" (1990)
- "1313 Mockingbird Lane"
"Roseanne: Dream Lover (#3.10)" (1990)
- Roseanne remarks that D.J.'s role-model is Eddie Munster.
Hudson Hawk (1991)
The Boneyard (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (#4.6)" (1991)
- "Eddie Munster!
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (#4.20)" (1991)
- Servo: (as Grandpa) Hoiman, Hoiman, you get me outta this chair.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Gila Monster (#5.2)" (1992)
- the theme song is hummed several times
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Magic Sword (#5.11)" (1992)
- Crow: (a dragon appears) Spot, no!
"The Ben Stiller Show: With Colin Quinn (#1.5)" (1992)
- Ben mentions Eddie Munster.
Al Lewis in the Flesh (1993)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993)
- Mentioned by Crow
"Red Dwarf: Legion (#6.2)" (1993)
- Reference to Herman Munster
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Beginning of the End (#6.17)" (1993)
- Herman!
"Roseanne: The Driver's Seat (#6.11)" (1993)
- The cop reviewing the description of the juvenile that stole the family car reads "... resembling Eddie Munster".
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Village of the Giants (#6.23)" (1994)
- Servo: (as Grandpa) Hoiman, Hoiman!
"The Nanny: The Strike (#2.13)" (1994)
- Niles refers to Kyle as a munster.
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Wedding Show (Psyche!) (#5.18)" (1995)
- Ashley calls herself "the Marilyn Munster of the family."
"The Nanny: A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (#2.23)" (1995)
- Fran mentions the characters, Lily and Herman, by name.
Oh, cielos (1995)
"The Nanny: Franny and the Professor (#3.2)" (1995)
- Fran mentions the show by name.
"The Nanny: Dope Diamond (#3.3)" (1995)
- Fran mentions the character, Lily Munster, in reference to the grey streak in Maxwell's hair.
Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV)
Generation X (1996) (TV)
- One of the Gen X kids gives his name as Eddie Munster to the cops
Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
"Saturday Night Live: John Goodman/Jewel (#22.19)" (1997)
- Referenced during the monologue
Half Baked (1998)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch of Satan (#10.8)" (1998)
- "I miss my Eddie Munster widow's peak"
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998) (TV)
"The Nanny: The Yummy Mummy (#6.13)" (1999)
- Fran mentions the character, Herman Munster.
"Saturday Night Live: Gwyneth Paltrow/Barenaked Ladies (#24.12)" (1999)
- referenced in Biography skit
Beautiful People (1999)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Final Justice (#11.8)" (1999)
- Crow: "You're going to Grandpa's laboratory, Herman."
Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (1999)
- a guy is called Eddie Munster
The Haunting (1999)
"The Simpsons: Beyond Blunderdome (#11.1)" (1999)
- The Munster Mobile is featured at the Movie Cars Museum
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
- Al Lewis is also introduced as Grandpa Munster when he is interviewed
My First Mister (2001)
These Old Broads (2001) (TV)
- the old broads refer to each other as mrs munster
Mein Bruder, der Vampir (2001)
Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal' (2002) (V)
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) (TV)
Barbershop (2002)
GhostWatcher (2002)
- a girl is dressed as Lily Munster at a costume party
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003) (TV)
- the munsters car is second choice to the Batmobile
"Six Feet Under: Making Love Work (#3.6)" (2003)
- Rico refers to the Fishers as "the Munsters."
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003) (TV)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
- dialogue
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
- One of the kids asks if the Munsters sold them the new house.
This Land (2004)
- During the black-and-white Frankenstein scene, the lyrics refer to John Kerry as "Herman Munster."
Comic Book: The Movie (2004) (V)
Citizen Shane (2004)
- Shane mentions a drawing of Herman Munster.
"The Sopranos: Rat Pack (#5.2)" (2004)
- Tony B makes a "Grandpa Munster" comment about Paulie's hair.
Bikini a Go Go (2004) (V)
- On the telephone answering machine, the address of two characters is given as "1313 Mockingbird Lane," which was the Munsters' address on the TV series.
Surge of Power (2004)
- Butch Patrick is introduced as Eddie Munster from this show
SideFX (2005)
- a girl is dressed as Lily Munster
An Audience with Joe Pasquale (2005) (TV)
- Referenced by name
"Extras: Ben Stiller (#1.1)" (2005)
- Maggie says a man's orphopedic shoe reminds her of Herman Munster from this show.
"Jeopardy!: (#22.60)" (2005)
- referenced in clue and correct response in "Say Cheese!" category
Art School Confidential (2006)
- at the halloween party, the theme song to the tv show "the munsters" is playing
"Bones: The Man in the Morgue (#1.19)" (2006)
- Booth calls Brennan Lily Munster
Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': The Characters (2006) (V)
- mentioned once
The Pumpkin Karver (2006)
- "Who played Herman Munster on The Munsters?"
Hot Fuzz (2007)
- The Munsters theme song is the ringtone of a cell phone.
Next (2007)
- one of the slot machines is themed after this tv show
"The Simpsons: Crook and Ladder (#18.19)" (2007)
- One of the firefighters hopes Burns gives them the complete Munsters DVD set
"Tripping the Rift: Skankenstein (#3.1)" (2007)
- Gus mentions Lily Munster by name
Tripping the Rift: The Movie (2008) (V)
- Lily Munster mentioned
Lymelife (2008)
- Mentioned in dialogue by Scott.
"The Girls Next Door: Fangs for the Mammaries (#5.15)" (2009)
- a fake newspaper front page regarding Kendra's car being stolen also has two headlines mentioning the series
"Psych: He Dead (#4.2)" (2009)
- Gus says that a street address mentioned by Shawn is actually that of the Munsters.
"The Girls Next Door: Deja View (#6.10)" (2009)
- Jolie and her husband went to a costume party as Lily and Herman Munster
Featured in
Weird Science (1985)
- shown on TV during the party
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
For Love or Money (1993)
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
- Leo watches an episode of this TV show from his hospital bed.
Monster Mania (1997) (TV)
- Clips included
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
- Clip shown.
Half Baked (1998)
Primary Colors (1998)
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003) (TV)
- Shown during Award nomination
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)
- Showing Sitcom
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Man About Town (2006)
- Jimmy watches it on TV
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the English Teacher (#4.4)" (2008)
- Mr. Omar watches the show along with Drew and Tonya
Spoofed in
The Jack Benny Hour (1965) (TV)
"The Ben Stiller Show: Pilot (#1.1)" (1992)
- Stiller plays a grown-up Eddie Munster as a stalker in "Cape Munster"
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI (#12.1)" (2000)
- Opening to episode is a parody of this show. The music sounds very similar and all the members of the family are re-cast as members of the family in this show (Homer as Herman, etc).
"George Lopez: Leave It to Lopez (#4.5)" (2004)
- One of George's dreams.
"Chappelle's Show: (#3.3)" (2006)
- a race-oriented version of the show
This Ain't the Munsters XXX (2008) (V)
- porn spoof of TV series
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