"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #20.23 (TV Episode 2011)
a clip from the film starring John Cho and Kal Penn is shown"WatchMojo" Top 10 Hilarious Slow Motion Movie Scenes (TV Episode 2014)
Egg Fight gets an honorable mention."WatchMojo" Top 10 Funniest Movie Quotes of the 2010s (TV Episode 2016)
Santa Claus Is Real gets an honorable mention.
A Christmas Story (1983)
The movie is played on the TVMadea's Family Reunion (2006)
Watched on TVNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Video Game 2010)
The game can be seen playing on a TV set at the party
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam (Video 2008)
"Ebert Presents: At the Movies" Episode #2.16 (TV Episode 2011)
Christy Lemire mentions that the film was not screened for critics in time for them to review it"Conan" A Man for All Flu Seasons (TV Episode 2011)
Title mentioned during 'Obvious Spoilers' segment of Conan's Video Blog"Diminishing Returns" The Mask (Podcast Episode 2019)
Discussed.The Last Blockbuster (2020)
DVD case is shown.Hot Mess Holiday (TV Movie 2021)
Kal Penn mentions having been on a trilogy of adventures.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
One of the weed bags are called "It's a weedful life"A Christmas Story (1983)
Towards the end of the movie, Harold gets something of his stuck to a pole, much like Flick except he got his tongue stuck to the pole.The Karate Kid (1984)
"Which Karate Kid?"Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
The Christmas Tree salesmen were named Lamar and Latrell. There was a Lamar Latrell in 'Revenge of the Nerds'SpaceCamp (1986)
WaffleBot proclaims that he and Kumar are "friends . . . .forever," mimicking Jinx the robot's declaration to Max (Joaquin Phoenix).
The Terminator (1984)
When Wafflebot is rescuing Harold and Kumar, we see an electronic robot's perspective screen reminiscent of that seen by the T800.Platoon (1986)
In Platoon a soldier is shot and holding his arms to the sky in slow motion. In A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Harold's aid does the same thing while being egged on.A Very Brady Christmas (TV Movie 1988)
Title parody.