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  • The fanbase of Martin O'Donnell was named, "The Marty Army" as a joke at Marty's expense by Matt Soell and Max Hoberman.
  • On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart remarked in regards to US Army's readiness after being engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan that "the only armies we have left are Kiss and Salvation and they don't get along too well".
  • On That Metal Show, Don Jamison said, "They've got an army that's very powerful. I think the Kiss Army's in Iraq right now".
  • In Season 1 of the popular TV series The Mighty Boosh, Vince is often seen wearing a Kiss Army patch on his sleeve.
  • Referenced multiple times in the film Detroit Rock City.
  • In the online web-comic 'Erfworld', the most elite soldiers under the employ of Warlord Stanley the Tool are referred to as the 'Knights in Stanley's Service', which obviously abbreviates to Kiss. The reference is further reinforced by their black, white and silver warpaint (imitating Kiss's style), black leather 'armor' and are all equipped with axes. (Again, a nod to Gene Simmons, whose bass guitar is modeled to look like a literal axe.) also during the 35th anniversary Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley phoned in to the radio station and members of The Kiss Army surrounded the radio station.
  • On the season 3 episode of The Big Bang Theory, "The Gothowitz Deviation", Penny asks Howard "Did the Kiss Army repeal don't ask don't tell?".
  • In Two and a Half Men, Jake asks his step-father Herb if he has ever been in the army to which the response was "No, but I was in the Kiss Army"

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