Sea of Cubicles - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The comic strip Dilbert portrays a "cube farm" office. The television adaptation introduced the term chronic cubicle syndrome, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the effects of working in a cubicle for extended periods of time. The comic strip once featured a literal cube farmer.
  • Office Space is a film about programmers distressed by their jobs in a cubicle farm at a software firm.
  • Tron features a massive cube farm.
  • The Office television series from the UK featuring employees of Wernham-Hogg working in a mixture of desks and cubicles.
  • Thomas Anderson (Neo), the main character from The Matrix, works inside a cubicle that emphasizes his isolation from the world. A scene plays out in his office, amidst the cubicles.
  • The Drew Carey Show — Much of the show was set in the titular character's cubicle in the fictional Winfred-Lauder department store. The cubicle was a source of much of the show's humour; it was remarked that it was, in fact, invented by the store's founder after discovering it "only took three walls to make a man feel trapped".
  • "Cubicles", a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance
  • "Cubicle", a song by French band Rinôçérôse
  • The film Wanted's main character, Wesley Gibson, works in a cube farm until he becomes part of The Fraternity.

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