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Trivial Pursuit has been referenced in many films and television episodes. In an episode of Seinfeld titled The Bubble Boy, George Constanza gets into a physical altercation over the answer to a Trivial Pursuit question.
In "Petarded," an episode of Family Guy, the Griffin family chooses Trivial Pursuit as one of their games for a family game night. Because of Peter's stupidity, Lois secretly draws his trivia questions from the Preschool version of the game instead of the normal version. As a result, Peter wins the game and believes he is a genius.
In an episode of Corner Gas, Brent and Hank try to convince Lacey they have never heard of Trivial Pursuit. She believes them and even gets the game from her home and brings it to the Ruby to show Brent and Hank before they tell her it was just a prank.
In "Panickin'," an episode of Absolutely Fabulous, Edina tries to take Saffy's Trivial Pursuit game into her Panic Room. Saffron takes it back from her, and later, when Edina and Patsy are trapped in the Panic Room, they play Trivial Pursuit with Saffy via the security camera system.
In the song "I'm Cute" on the show Animaniacs, Dot Warner claims that she is "the answer to one of the questions on Trivial Pursuit for 'Who's the most cute?'".
The game will play a major part in the upcoming American television situation comedy The Goodwin Games, in which the main characters are given a customized version that was created by their late father as part of an inheritance they stand to receive if they get the questions right.
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