The Monkey Wrench Gang - References in Other Media

References in Other Media

  • "Monkeywrenchers" conduct sabotage against loggers in The X-Files season 1 episode "Darkness Falls"
  • One of the sets of terrorists Jack Bauer battled in 24 Declassified: Cat's Claw was an eco-terrorist group named and based on "The Monkey Wrench Gang."
  • The novel, author and Monkey Wrench Gang are mentioned in Carl Hiaasen's novel Scat.
  • A documentary of the LA Lakers featured Luke Walton with a copy of the book, which was given to him by Phil Jackson on the Lakers team plane.
  • In his book Screw Unto Others, George Hayduke states that Edward Abbey was his mentor, and mentions The Monkey Wrench Gang as the origin of the term monkeywrenching. Hayduke says The Monkey Wrench Gang inspired environmentalist David Foreman to help create Earth First!.

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