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Tommy (1975)

Referenced in 

Saturday Night Live: Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (1981)
Mentioned on Weekend Update
Return to Oz (1985)
Murphy Brown: Altered States (1995)
Title reference
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
It is referenced.
Horror Business (2005)
It is mentioned in a newspaper article.
Roll Call: Looking Back on Hill Street Blues (2006)
Michael Warren refers to Charles Haid's role in this film
Beerfest (2006)
Scene where Barry wakes up naked next to a partially eaten deer
Lost: Further Instructions (2006)
Before Locke ingests his homemade drugs, Charlie jokes about him "turning into a prehistoric ape", which is what happens after homemade drugs are ingested in Altered States.
The Making of 'World Trade Center' (2006)
mentioned once
House M.D.: House's Head (2008)
House asks Thirteen if she has ever seen Altered States. And as House is putting himself in the sensory deprovation tank, he jokingly asks her to check if he regresses when he comes out of the tank.
Psych: Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central (2009)
Shawn emerges after hiding underwater in a locker room jacuzzi, then asks the football players present if they've seen Altered States.
Bad Movie Beatdown: Darkness Falls (2009)
The treatment in this film is compared to what is applied in Darkness Falls.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead (2011)
Dr. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) asked from Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) if she have seen the movie Altered States. There was a case of a dead body floating inside the tank full of liquid.
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Duncan says, "It was like 'Altered States.'"

Featured in 

Watchmen (2009)
On Veidt's TV monitor board, showing the seven-eyed goat-head Christ
Nova ScienceNow: Where Did We Come From? (2011)
clips are shown during the profile of Andre Fenton who cites the film as inspiration
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012)
Clips seen and discussed

Spoofed in 

Simon (1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Kamillions (1990)
South Park: Tsst (2006)
The second part of the transformation (when Cartman's body shifts from different forms and he is banging against the walls in a hallway) is a parody of the movie Altered States.

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