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References 

The A-Team (1983)
Underground tunnel guard: "It's a win, man ! We've got to meet the A-Team !"
Repo Man (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The communicators that the guards use are the P.K.E. meters from the earlier film.

Referenced in 

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1991)
Bart's X-ray specs allow him to see aliens.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Godzilla vs. Megalon (1991)
Crow: "I have come here to chew sushi and kick butt, and I'm all out of sushi."
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Clint, in a twist on the famous bubble gum line, says, "I only came here to do two things tonight: drink some beer and kick some ass. Looks like we're almost out of beer."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Outlaw (1993)
Referenced by Crow
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (1993)
Santa: "I'm here to eat candy canes and kick ass. And I'm all out of candy canes."
Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
The Matrix (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
A kid at the theme park wears a "They Live" T-shirt.
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
Aliens create illusory reality to enslave mankind, and are polluting the Earth's atmosphere to make it like their own planet's.
Will & Grace: Ben? Her? (2000)
Grace tells Jack, "Do whatever you want, 'cause today I'm handing out lollipops and ass whoopings, and I'm all out of lollipops."
Corpses Are Forever (2003)
One character says, "You remember that John Carpenter movie, 'They Live'?", then describes the final scene.
Retarded Animal Babies (2003)
Animal babies finds sunglasses that allow them to see aliens.
Spartan (2004)
An officer in Spartan: "I've got two things for you boys. That's a stiff dick and bubble gum. And guess what: I'm all out of bubble gum."
Lightning Bug (2004)
The Fangoria magazine mentions the film.
Freddy VS Ghostbusters (2004)
The bubble gum line is quoted.
Horror Business (2005)
DVD case is shown.
Guitar Hero (2005)
Axel Steel's profile spoofs the bubble gum line.
The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Simpsons (2007)
James mentions that one of the enemies resembles the monsters in "They Live".
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 (2007)
Roddy Piper says "I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, but im all out of bubblegum".
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)
Open reference by a character.
WWE Legends of WrestleMania (2009)
Jerry Lawler says that Roddy Piper told him that he was gonna "chew bubblegum and kick butt, but he was all out of bubblegum"
MythBusters: Bottle Bash (2010)
"Mr Hyneman says it's time to bash some heads in and chew some gum. And he's fresh out of gum."
The IT Crowd: The Final Countdown (2010)
Moss's line concerning his drinking milk and kicking ass and him "having just run out of milk".
Midnight Movie Review: Halloween Horror Top 25, nr. 7: Cigarette Burns (2010)
In overview on John Carpenter's career.
Special Collector's Edition: Masters del universo (2011)
Meg Foster movie mentioned
Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
On-screen captions during the opening credits, "It's Time To Kick Ass And Chew Bubble Cum..." "And I'm All Outta Gum."
Live Free or Die Hard (Project 12, 8/12) (2011)
Imagery from the film appears in this short
Breaking In: The Contra Club (2012)
Veronica quotes a line from the movie

Features 

Featured in 

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
Excerpts appear in the film.
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)
John Carpenter mentions it. Also, footage of this movie is shown.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Monsters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (2009)
Footage shown during the Wrestlers Turned Actors segment
Obscurus Lupa Presents: Hell Comes to Frogtown (2012)
Lupa states how she dislikes this movie

Spoofed in 

South Park: Cripple Fight (2001)
The cripple fight between Timmy and Jimmy is a parody of the fight between Nada and Frank.
Retarded Animal Babies (2003)
Episode RAB12 parodies the movie.
Family Guy: No Chris Left Behind (2007)
The fight between Peter and the giant chicken spoofs the long fight between Nada and Frank.
The Neighbor and the Beer (2011)
The tagline spoofs Roddy Piper's character, Nada's famous line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

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