Elon Musk in popular culture

Elon Musk has influenced or been referenced in many works of popular culture. He has also had multiple cameos.

Musk influenced Robert Downey Jr.'s film portrayal of Tony Stark.

Influence and cameos

Musk had a cameo in the 2010 film Iron Man 2, in which he gives a brief line to Tony Stark - played by Robert Downey Jr. - regarding an "electric jet."[1] Musk's persona reportedly helped Downey Jr. get into character for his role as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[2] Musk had a minor role in the 2013 film Machete Kills.[3]

In January 2015, Musk made a guest appearance playing himself on The Simpsons in an episode titled "The Musk Who Fell to Earth"; the episode poked fun at many of Musk's ideas.[4] In November 2015, Musk appeared in an episode of The Big Bang Theory, as himself volunteering at a soup kitchen with Wolowitz.[5][6] Musk also appeared as himself in a November 2017 of The Big Bang Theory spin-off prequel series Young Sheldon.[7]

Musk was featured in the 2015 environmental documentary Racing Extinction, in which a custom Tesla Model S was designed to help project images of critically endangered species onto public buildings, including the Empire State Building and the Vatican.[8] Musk also appeared in the Werner Herzog-directed documentary Lo and Behold (2016).[9]

In 2016, Musk voiced himself in several episodes of South Park including the episode "Members Only".[10][11] Later that year, Musk appeared as himself in the romantic comedy film Why Him? where he was briefly met by one of the main characters, Ned Flemming played by Bryan Cranston, in a bar at a party.[12] In December 2016, Robby in New Girl refers to saving a life, and when asked who, responds "Do you know who Elon Musk is?"[13] Also in 2016, Musk was referenced by Dr. Martin Stein on The CW time-travel TV show DC's Legends of Tomorrow.[14]

In October 2017, Musk was mentioned as being part of the shared Star Trek universe on the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery.[15] In February 2019, Musk co-hosted YouTuber PewDiePie's show "Meme Review" with Justin Roiland at the request of PewDiePie's fans.[16][17] In October of the same year, Musk voiced an alternate reality version of himself with tusks, known as "Elon Tusk", in the season four Rick and Morty episode "One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty".[18][19] Musk had a cameo appearance as an alien in Men in Black: International (2019).[20]

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