Outside references are deliberately inserted references to The Walking Dead from TV shows, movies, and other outside sources.
Advertising
| First Aired | Product | Length | Description | Screenshot |
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| October 11, 2011 | Bing | 106 seconds | The Walking Dead: Stagger-On Role Sweepstakes
An extra on the set of The Walking Dead, wants to date another extra, who turns out to be a zombie. They both search on Bing, for respectively 'Dating an actor' and 'Eating an actor'. |
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| 2012 | FX Channel 110 (South Africa) | 46 seconds | The Walking Dead: Washing Powder
A woman demonstrates how you can remove blood from clothes with Blast. |
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| 2012 | FX Channel 110 (South Africa) | 63 seconds | The Walking Dead: Lunch | 
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| 2013 | Time Warner Cable | 30 seconds 60 seconds(extended) |
Enjoy Better - Clean Up
A a suburban mom is doing housework washing a blood and gut ridden machete at the sink while talking on the phone about the day's schedule. She then heads to her daughter's room (who has "Don’t Open Dead Inside" spray painted on her door) where she is streaming The Walking Dead on her computer and reprimands her for tormenting the zombie she has chained in her room. The mom then heads to the hallway mopping up the mess made by Hannah. Then on to the family room as an arrow is shot through the head of a passing zombie where it lands into the wall with blood splatter. She looks disapprovingly and mentions that the walls were just painted. Daryl is contrite and although he looks absolutely adorable doing so, the mom tells him and her husband to clean up the mess of zombie bodies in the room. |
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| 2013 | Bright House Network | 3 minutes | Two employees from Bright House Network visits a house, in which Glenn, Maggie and Daryl are staying. | 
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| 2012 | Windows 8 | 30 seconds | A man, using Windows 8, dreams that a zombie apocalypse breaks out. | 
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| 2013 | Windows | 30 seconds | The scene starts out with a fan of The Walking Dead packing up to move to a new home and had a panic attack when a life-sized zombie cardboard standee that he mistook for a real walker fell on top of him. His delighted girlfriend (known in both commercials only by her screen name, ZombieBabe34) captured it all via video. | 
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| 2013 | Windows 8 | 30 seconds | 
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| 2013 | Dr. Pepper | 30 seconds | Always one of a Kind Fan Contest
Only one person can be the ultimate fan and travel to Los Angeles for the Walking Dead Season 4 premiere party. Enter to win the Walking Dead: Always one of a Kind Fan Contest. |
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| 2013 | Windows 8 | 30 seconds |
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| 2014 | Windows | 30 seconds | Use your Microsoft Tablet to plan the best zombie Walking Dead party/proposal ever. | 
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| 2014 | Windows | 30 seconds | A lot has happened with our zombie-loving couple this season, but it's not over yet. | 
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| 2014 | The Walking Dead Chop Shop | 30 seconds 45 seconds (extended) |
The Walking Dead Chop Shop Speech
A hardened veteran of the zombie apocalypse attributes his survival to living off the land and knowing how to fight. Of course it has nothing to do with the zombie death-machine that he drives. |
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| 2014 | Yeah! | 30 seconds 45 seconds (extended) |
Walking Dead star Michael Rooker is on the run, not from zombies, but in-laws. Fortunately he's got Yeah! TV to keep them occupied. | 
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| 2014 | Now TV | 30 seconds | NOW TV The Walking Dead CCTV Petrol Station Take-over
The Walking Dead CCTV footage shows petrol stations being swarmed with hungry zombies. |
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| 2014 | Dish Perks | 30 seconds | The Walking Dead Sweepstakes | 
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| 2014 | Microsoft Surface Pro 3 | 30 seconds | A couple looks like they are preparing for a zombie attack in their home, and using the tablet to look at budgets and "to do" lists. | 
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| 2014 | Microsoft Surface Pro 3 | 30 seconds | Microsoft Surface Survivors Promo: The Walking Dead
Trapped in a car with rain beating down, surrounded by panic and walkers; it's the nightmare we all fear: holiday shopping. Eliminate the fear this season by shopping online with a Microsoft Surface. |
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| 2015 | Microsoft Surface Pro 3 | 30 seconds | Microsoft Surface Attack Plan: The Walking Dead
A wife uses her Microsoft Surface Tablet to carefully orchestrate the perfect April Fools' prank, inspired by The Walking Dead, to play on her husband. |
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| 2015 | Halloween Horror Nights | 28 seconds | Just as a group of teens' arrival is announced over the intercom, a flight attendant staggers out of the gate. Not far behind him a horde of zombies bursts into the airport and make their way to the streets of Hollywood. Catch "The Walking Dead" at Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights. | 
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| 2015 | Sprint | 30 seconds | Watch as this guy tries to take a stroll through nature, ride the bus to work and get in a nightclub...all while lugging a zombie around. If you want to take AMC's The Walking Dead wherever you go, there's an easier way than what the guy's putting himself through. Sign up with Sprint for the best value in wireless and watch the hit show anytime, anywhere. | 
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| 2015 | T-Mobile | 30 seconds | T-Mobile is giving "Fear the Walking Dead" viewers the ability to see exclusive content through Shazam during the premiere. When a zombie from the show tries it out in her dressing room, she accidentally startles herself because she looks up from her phone and sees herself in full zombie makeup. | 
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TV Series
| Show | Episode | Aired on | Reference |
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| The Office | "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager" | May 12, 2011 | Dwight suggests giving Deangelo a zombie-survival kit, in case he wakes up from his coma in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, referring to Rick Grimes. |
| Entourage | "Out with a Bang" | July 31, 2011 | Ari intends to destroy a waiter's audition for sleeping with his wife. He tells his assistant Lloyd to ruin his chances of auditioning for multiple shows, listing The Walking Dead even if he only appears as a 'pus-faced zombie'. |
| Ugly Americans | "The Stalking Dead" | April 11, 2012 | The episode title is a reference to The Walking Dead. |
| Glee | "Swan Song" | December 6, 2012 | Brittany tells Sam that she has something important to ask him to which he responds that The Walking Dead isn't based on a true story, much to her surprise. |
| The Big Bang Theory | The Spoiler Alert Segmentation | February 7, 2013 | Sheldon and Leonard head to their apartment to catch up on The Walking Dead. Sheldon asks Leonard if he has seen the episode where Lori dies, accidentally spoiling it for Leonard. Leonard replies "No", and Sheldon counters with "Or maybe she doesn't, let's find out". |
| The Escape Hatch Identification | March 9, 2017 | Stuart rushes into Howard and Bernadette's room, holding a replica of Lucille, when he hears them screaming in the middle of the night after they are awoken by Raj. | |
| Saturday Night Live | Season 38, Episode 15 | March 2, 2013 | The episode featured a The Walking Dead skit, featuring Bill Hader as Daryl Dixon, Taran Killam as Rick Grimes, Nasim Pedrad as Carl Grimes and Kate McKinnon Maggie. |
| Season 40, Episode 17 | April 4, 2015 | Norman Reedus appears in character as Daryl Dixon during the Weekend Update section of the episode. | |
| Season 42, Episode 6 | November 12, 2016 | The episode featured a skit that parodied the closing moments of "Last Day on Earth". Host Dave Chappelle portrayed Negan Smith and several of his characters from Chappelle's Show were featured in the line-up in place of the survivors such as Tyrone Biggums, Chuck Taylor, Clayton Bigsby and Lil Jon. | |
| Conan | Season 3, Episode 67 | April 2, 2013 | This episode features a skit with Michael Rooker and Melissa McBride, as Merle Dixon and Carol Peletier respectively, invading the set of Conan, warning Conan O'Brien and the audience about walkers outside and asking if they can stay at the set for a while. However, they trouble Conan by shooting various members of the set including Andy Richter, a cameraman and Conan's basketball stunt double. They eventually leave when Conan says they are trying to do a "show", with Merle grabbing a female audience member by the hand and running out with her alongside Carol. |
| Season 4, Episode 44 | February 6, 2014 | This episode featured featured a cold open based on The Walking Dead with Conan made up as a walker. Conan strolls through the woods and comes across a shack, where Andy Richter is inside listening to music wearing headphones. Andy is oblivious to Conan busting down the shack door and approaching behind him. Andy screams upon seeing Conan and remarks that he isn't used to seeing Conan without his make-up and tells them that they have to get ready for the show, telling Conan to help himself to lunch before leaving. Conan opens the lunch plate, revealing it to be a human foot as he begins eating it. | |
| Season 9, Episode 70 | July 18, 2019 | Norman Reedus and Jeffrey Dean Morgan appear in the episode "cosplaying" as Daryl Dixon and Negan Smith. | |
| The Flash | Out of Time | March 17, 2015 | Caitlin tells Cisco that she will watch every episode of The Walking Dead with him in order to make him feel better when he becomes stressed over his suspicions of Dr. Wells. |
| The Runaway Dinosaur | May 10, 2016 | The episode's plot centers around Tony Woodward/Girder coming back to life as a zombie due to the miniaturized particle accelerator reactivating a part of his brain which leads Cisco to making a reference to The Walking Dead. | |
| Z Nation | Puppies and Kittens | September 12, 2014 | Hammond mentions to Garnett and Warren that an "ex-cop and some others taking shelter in a prison" told him about a camp set up by the National Guard, referencing Rick Grimes and his group taking shelter at the Prison. Later in the same episode, the ending scene of the episode shows Garnett and his group driving towards a city, mirroring the same shot of Rick heading towards Atlanta on a horse. |
| The Collector | October 30, 2015 | Dean mentions to Murphy that "some dirty guy with a crossbow" attempted to save the zombified George R.R. Martin at Comic-Con, a satirical reference to Daryl Dixon. | |
| Supernatural | Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell | March 9, 2017 | Dean Winchester comes back from a hunt carrying a baseball bat resembling Lucille and remarks that "Dad would love this thing". Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrayed John Winchester, the father of Dean and Sam. |
Film
| Title | Director | Release Date | Reference |
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| The Walking Deceased | Scott Dow | March 15, 2015 | A spoof of zombie films. A few characters are based on The Walking Dead characters - Sheriff Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Chris Lincoln (Carl Grimes) and Darnell (Daryl Dixon) |
Video Games
| Game | Developer | Release Date | Reference |
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| World of Warcraft | Blizzard | November 23, 2004 | A quest in the game is titled "The Walking Dead". |
| The Last of Us | Naughty Dog | June 14, 2013 | One of the houses that Joel, Ellie, and Bill come upon is almost identical to Clementine's house |
| In the suburbs, there is a message on a wall reading, "Don't Open, Infected Inside". This could be referencing the "Don't Open, Dead Inside" on the chained doors of Harrison Memorial Hospital. | |||
| Payday 2 | Overkill | August 13, 2013 | Lucille is featured in the game as a melee weapon. It was introduced after the announcement of Overkill's The Walking Dead, a game by the same developer. It's even missing chunk from the shot Carl Grimes fired at Negan in Issue 119. |
Books
| Title | Author | Release Date | Reference |
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| The Road | Cormac McCarthy | September 26, 2006 | In a flashback, while the protagonist and his wife discuss life and death, and she claims that they are "the walking dead in a horror film". |
Music
| Title | Artist | Release Date | Reference |
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| Rap God | Eminem | October 15, 2013 | "And I should not be woken, I'm the walkin' dead, but I'm just a talkin' head, a zombie floatin'." |
| Rockstar | Emily Kinney | December 9, 2014 | "Gonna marry a rockstar. And when he's touring 'round the world, I'll send him unreleased The Walking Dead episodes, so on the plane, he's not bored." |
| Supplies | Justin Timberlake | January 18, 2018 | "Cause I'll be the light when you can't see. I'll be the wood when you need heat. I'll be the generator, turn me on when you need electricity. Some shit start to go down, I'll be the one with the level head. The world could end now, baby, we'll be living in The Walking Dead." |
Walking Dead Video Games
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| Consoles | Telltale Series • Survival Instinct • Michonne • The Escapists • Saints & Sinners • Destinies • Streets of Survival |
| Collections | Ultimate Steam Bundle • Telltale Series Collection • Definitive Series |
| Online | Social Game • Left Behind • Atlanta Run • Chop Shop • Bridge Constructor • Pathways • Life • Vox • Betrayal • Empires • The Sandbox • Lands • Solve to Survive • Backstory Recreator • Story Builder |
| Mobile | Aftermath • Dead Yourself • Assault • Dead Reckoning • Pinball • No Man's Land • Road to Survival • All-Stars • March To War • Survivors • Our World • Casino Slots • Endless War • Match 3 Tales • Dead Run • Collect • Encounter • ZombiECards |
| Deluxe TV Games | Zombie Hunter • Battleground |
| Arcade | Pinball Machines • Arcade • Slot Machine |
| Companies | Skydance Interactive • Telltale Games |