Referenced in
BC's Quest for Tires (1983) (VG)
- similar titles Quest for Fires/Quest for Fire
Le bourreau des coeurs (1983)
- Poster partially visible (masked by a camera) on the set of the TV game "Le roi du cinéma".
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Lonely Passion of Brian Moore (1986)
"Saturday Night Live: Paul Simon/Linda Ronstadt (#13.8)" (1987)
- referenced in Succinctly Speaking
Missing Link (1988)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (#4.20)" (1991)
- Servo: It's the cast of Quest for fire.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993)
- Joel: "Looks like 'The Grifters' meets 'Quest for Fire.'"
Eight Days a Week (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Undead (#9.6)" (1997)
- Mike: She's all the way back to Quest for Fire Time.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998) (TV)
- referenced in Succinctly Speaking
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
- Mentioned in article interview with Ron
Ice Age (2002)
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002) (TV)
- makes a reference to Quest for Fire in the stand-up
"South Park: Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society (#6.10)" (2002)
- The boys act primitive around Bebe and her boobs, and Stan begins to refer breats as "Atar", in Quest for Fire, "Atar" means fire.
The Real Thing (2002)
- Reference to title in dialogue
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (2005) (TV)
- Mentioned on Succingctly speaking
Night at the Museum (2006)
- Ben Stiller's line re cavemen seeking quest for fire is a title of a 1981 20th Century Fox film
"The Andromeda Strain" (2008)
- Leila guesses it during her game.
"Psych: Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central (#3.13)" (2009)
- Shawn says that he and Gus were watching their bi-annual Rae Dawn Chong marathon. Lassiter asks if they watched Quest for Fire.
Featured in
The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982) (TV)
- documentary about that film
Precious Images (1986)
The Gate (1987)
- Playing on the kid's TV.
"I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003)
- Reviewing things of the 1980's
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
- it started the third installment
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