Elil - References To Watership Down

References To Watership Down

Watership Down has been referenced in other media.

• In Stephen King's novel The Stand, protagonist Stu Redman reads Watership Down non-stop for two days.
• In ABC TV's show Lost, one of the main characters, Sawyer, is shown several times reading the book.
• In the film Donnie Darko, the book and its film adaptation are viewed and discussed.
• In the Gundam metaseries, especially the manga Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans, the Titans test team use a rabbit in their logo and name their units after characters from the book.
• In The Vicar of Dibley BBC television series, "The Easter Bunny" episode.
• In the book The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal, Qwilleran tries several times to read Watership Down, but never gets past the first sentence.
• In the popular sitcom Lead Balloon, references are made to Watership Down when they describe the book without rabbits but people.
• In the Doug Worgul novel "Thin Blue Smoke", a mentally ill character named Warren regards Richard Adams as a prophet, and often speaks or writes in Lapine.
• In the Hillary Jordan novel “When She Woke”, the main characters reference the secret of Cowslip's warren in regards to their situation.