Film and Television
- In the second-season episode "The Host" of The X-Files, the episode's main antagonist, a mutant creature dubbed "Fluke-Man" is traced to a Russian freighter that was carrying radioactive sewage away from Chernobyl.
- On September 30, 2009, Destination Truth, a reality television series on Syfy, aired an episode that features a paranormal investigation located at the site.
- The 2012 horror film Chernobyl Diaries revolves around a group of college students who take an extreme tour into Prypiat, only to find themselves being stalked and hunted by a group of mysterious creatures.
- In the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the Autobots and NEST travel to Chernobyl to retrieve ancient Cybertronian technology (initially, they were supposed to discover the source of a radiation leak). However, once it was retrieved, Shockwave suddenly appeared and ravaged the plant in attempting to get to the technology.
- In 1995 Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed "On Your Mark", a music video for Japanese pop duo Chage & Aska. This was essentially an animated music video lasting almost seven minutes. The opening scene shows a clean, old-fashioned and apparently deserted small village which is dominated by a huge, asymmetrical version of the Chernobyl "sarcophagus." In an interview in "Animage" magazine in 1995, Miyazaki compared the sarcophagus in the video to Chernobyl, noting the survival of plant life.
- In the television series Millenium, the first season episode "Maranatha" sees the hero, Frank Black, tracking a Russian anti christ figure who caused the Chernobyl disaster.
- In the television series The Event, the character Thomas is said to have been responsible for the disaster at Chernobyl after attempting to transport the fuel rods from the site using alien technology.
- In the 2005 comedy film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, the character Deuce Bigalow meets Svetlana, a woman who was born in Chernobyl, and, as a result of the disaster, has a penis instead of a nose.
- In the 1994 film Naked starring David Thewlis, the eccentric protagonist Johnny quotes the Book of Revelation and remarks that the Russian translation of Chernobyl is 'wormwood.' This quote is also used as a sample in the 1997 album Orblivion.
- In Season 5 Episode 9 of the Simpsons, Homer and new colleague Mindy Simmons represent the Nuclear Power Plant at The National Energy convention in Capital City. Many passers-by are shouting at the nuclear power stand, culminating in one shouting "No more Chernobyls", prompting Homer to throw a brick at him.
- In Season 7 Episode 7 of the Simpsons ("King-Size Homer"), Homer receives a medal and the promise to be thin again by his boss Mr. Burns when he saves the town by "turning a potential Chernobyl into a mere Three Mile Island."
- In the British Sitcom Only Fools and Horses the disaster is referenced in the episode "The Sky's the Limit" Where Del quotes "You look as though you've just come back from a club 1830 trip to Chernobyl." where Rodney replies "Chernobyl pretty much describes my life at the moment."
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