Other Appearances
The fictional version of King that appears in The Dark Tower discusses Annie Wilkes.
Annie Wilkes is mentioned in Kim Newman's novella, The Other Side of Midnight. Set in his alternate history crossover Anno Dracula series, it is mentioned that she was the murderer of John Lennon, telling the press that she loved him but that he had to die for splitting up the Beatles.
Kathy Bates reprises her role as Annie Wilkes in a 2008 commercial for DirecTV, with the setting being the infamous scene where she cripples Paul Sheldon.
In the Family Guy episode "Three Kings", which parodies works by Stephen King, Wilkes' role is taken by Stewie Griffin.
An episode of the Comedy Central cartoon series Drawn Together, is a reference to the novel. In the episode Wooldoor Sockbat suffers an injury after Princess Clara tries to drown him, and she takes care of Wooldoor until he heals. She soon becomes addicted to the attention and admiration she receives as Wooldoor's caretaker, and so tries to keep him sick by giving him chemicals such as toilet soap and cleaning water; she finally breaks Wooldoor's ankles with a piece of wood and a sledgehammer.
French and Saunders parodied Misery with Dawn French in Bates' role. She holds her comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, captive in her home in the woods until she writes her a decent script. When Saunders eventually escapes it takes a lot to kill French, reflecting the number of injuries Annie Wilkes endured while Paul Sheldon was escaping in the film.
Annie Wilkes is also mentioned as an in-joke in the 2011 TV movie adaptation of King's novel Bag of Bones, starring Pierce Brosnan as Mike Noonan. The comment is made by his wife Jo, played by Annabeth Gish, as a man shows up with multiple books of Mike's to sign at a book-signing for his newest released novel. The man asks that they be signed to "Your Best Friend Jimmy, with 'Best' underscored". Jo was excusing herself to go buy lunch across the street when she whispers the comment to Mike.
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