Roman Holiday - Tributes and References in Popular Culture

Tributes and References in Popular Culture

• At least two different orchid cultivars share this name, Epc. Joseph Romans 'Roman Holiday' and Blc. Empress Worsley 'Roman Holiday'.
• The "Mouth of Truth" scene was shown in the 2006 film You, Me and Dupree, with Dupree stating that the trick always gets him even though he knows it's coming. The joke is also used in the film Only You and the 2007 film National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The scene was replicated in many Indian language films, the noteworthy being director Venus Balu's Tamil blockbuster May Madham, which was a loose adaptation of the film itself.
• In the Japanese anime series .hack//Sign, the character Tsukasa reenacts the "Mouth of Truth" scene, and comments that his mother was fond of the movie.
• In the Japanese anime movie Paprika, the chaotic dreams of Detective Toshimi Konakawa are represented by quickly changing film scenes, one of which is the iconic fight at the dance with government agents from the film.
• In the Japanese anime series Strike Witches (Season 2), the movie is heavily referenced over the course of the episode "My Romagna", including the "Mouth of Truth" scene.
• In 2011 Korean romantic-comedy drama, My Princess, the female and male leads, Lee Seol and Park Hae Young, both are watching Roman Holiday outside of her pension house with the "Mouth of Truth" scene appear in the background. It is shown in the second episode of the drama.
• Post-Hardcore band, Every Time I Die, has a song named after the film on their album New Junk Aesthetic.
• Both the film and the two starring actors make appearances (the film being only mentioned) in Rick Riordan's book, The Mark of Athena, when Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase go to Rome so she can finish the quest given to her by her mother's Roman form.