In Popular Culture
- 2012 novel 'Julia Pastrana' written by Sandy Olson and Julian Fenech
- She was mentioned in the 1871 novel A Terrible Temptation by Charles Reade.
- Marco Ferreri's film The Ape Woman (1964) is based on her life story.
- Alternative rock band Ass Ponys named a song after Julia on their 1993 album Grim.
- In a 2004 episode of The Ricky Gervais Show on XFM, Karl Pilkington referenced the "Victorian Ape Woman" in the popular recurring section, "Monkey News".
- Norwegian pop singer Kaada named a song after Julia, on his 2006 album Music for Moviebikers.
- The 2009 album Ancient Greeks and Circus Freaks by Intercontinental Music Lab features the song "Ordinary Bones", on the subject of Julia Pastrana.
- The Image Comics published comic book Proof features a fictionalized account of Julia's history. The collected version of this story was released as the TPB "Julia" in July, 2010.
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