* An episode of ''Muppets Tonight'' contained a performance by "Nine Inch Snails," an unpunctual musical group of snails dressed in "goth" apparel.
* In ''The Simpsons'' episode "Homerpalooza," Homer says, "Now here are some of your no name bands: Sonic Youth? Nine Inch ''Nails?''"
*In an Episode episode of ''Clarissa Explains It All'' the title character says she has an opinion for everything, like "how loud to play the new Nine Inch Nails album."*In the first episode of 'Gossip Girl,' the main character's mother was caught having sex with Trent by the main character's love interest's father. When the mother tells the father "in your dreams," he replies with "Well you are in my dreams, Lily. One in particular that recurs involves finding you in the back of a Nine Inch Nails bus with your shoes, and your earrings, and... Trent Reznor. Oh! That happened."
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