I guess one knows that his/her favorite show has become part of main-stream culture when it starts being referenced by other shows. This is a list of other shows/movies/etc. that mention/reference the X-Files - and in doing so make that X-Files reference an inside-joke within their own show.

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Television	Listings of televisions shows that have somehow referenced or refered to the X-Files.
Songs	Songs that mention (or were written in tribute to) the X-Files, Mulder, Scully, David Duchovny, or Gillian Anderson.
Books	Famous and not-so-famous authors alike have taken to using the X-Files as a pop-culture reference for anything weird and unexplained. See the list that we have uncovered so far.
Comic Strips & Comic Books	(my personal favorite) Contains many links to comic strips that reference the X-Files.
Movies & Miscellaneous	X-Files mentions in movies, computer games, holiday cards, and many other places you never would have thought of.
Advertising, Magazines, & Newspapers	Weird advertising campaigns, and publications such as Mad Magazine and Dave Barry's column.

Author's note: I know that there are probably many more, particularly from shows that air outside of the US. As always, I am open to updates and corrections. Please send updates to my e-mail address at the bottom of this page.