Use in Media
- "Cherry Bomb" appeared on the soundtracks of Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, RV, Dazed and Confused and Cherrybomb (film).
- "School Days" appeared in the 1999 film Detroit Rock City.
- In the teen drama The O.C., in the Season 3 episode "The Man of the Year," Marissa makes an entrance to "Cherry Bomb," while dressed in a provocative schoolgirl outfit, to Kaitlyn's boarding school.
- In the 2007 movie Juno, the main character mentions her three favorite bands, one of which is The Runaways.
- In the 2007 novel, Derby Girl, by Shauna Cross, Oliver is said to have a poster of Joan Jett "in her Runaways days". The band is also referenced in a chapter title.
- In the 2008 novel Lonely Werewolf Girl, by Martin Millar, the main character's favorite band is The Runaways.
- A cover version of "Cherry Bomb" is available for download in music videogame Rock Band. The song was re-recorded by Cherie Currie and Joan Jett in 2010 for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
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“The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity—much less dissent.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)