"MTV US Top 20 Countdown" Episode dated 9 March 1984 (TV Episode 1984)
Ranked #07 in the Countdown1st Annual MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special 1984)
Wins for "Best Female Video" and nominated for "Video of the Year," "Best New Artist in a Video," "Best Concept Video," "Best Overall Performance in a Video" and "Viewer's Choice"Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV Movie 1987)
Music video clipsMTV Top 100 Videos of the 80s (TV Movie 1989)
Video is shownMTV's 10th Anniversary Special (TV Special 1991)
Music video clips
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
brief clip seen as Cyndi Lauper watches it on TV
"St. Elsewhere" Girls Just Want to Have Fun (TV Episode 1984)
Title reference."Xena: Warrior Princess" Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (TV Episode 1996)
title reference"Best of the Worst" V-World Matrix, the Amazing Bulk, and???? (TV Episode 2013)
Mike Stoklasa mentions it. Also, photograph is shown."The Orville" About a Girl (TV Episode 2017)
The simulated Mexican bandit dances to this song."Biography: WWE Legends" Wrestlemania 1 (TV Episode 2022)
A clip of this music video is shown.
A Night at the Opera (1935)
The ending when Cyndi's father opens the door and everyone falls out is an homage to the stateroom scene.World Without End (1956)
Poster on wall of Cyndi's bedroom
David Lee Roth: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Music Video 1984)
Video is spoofedSesame Street Presents the 80s (Short 2017)
The Two-Headed Monster portrayed Lauper, singing a spoof of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (as "Two Heads are Better Than One").