Talk:Golden Gate Bridge in popular culture

"Damaged/destroyed" section?
Considering how often it happens in pop culture, it might be useful to have a subsection of instances where the bridge is either damaged or destroyed. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisMD123 (talk • contribs) 23:52, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Removed conflict
I noticed a large portion of what was on the article was removed because most of it wasn't sourced. I would readd this information myself, but it would probably get removed again. So just in case, I'll just put the info regarding the Golden Gate Bridge in popular culture here.

Books

 * Amazing Grace, a novel by Danielle Steel, in which an earthquake destroys the bridge.
 * The Golden Gate, a novel by Alistair MacLean in which a kidnapping is staged on the bridge.
 * Bombs Away, an alternate history novel in the Hot War Series by Harry Turtledove where the Korean War escalates into World War III, the bridge collapsed into the San Francisco Bay when the Soviet Union dropped an atomic bomb on San Francisco on the morning of March 2, 1951. Over a year later in the novel Armistice, the remains of the collapsed bridge still blocked the bay, preventing water traffic from entering or exiting it.
 * Small Steps, a novel by Louis Sachar, in which the protagonist (Armpit) goes for a walk on the bridge with international pop star Kaira DeLeon.

Films
It has featured in the following movies:
 * The Abyss - Threatened by a tsunami in the 1993 special edition
 * The Age of Adaline (2015) - Adaline's husband works on the construction of the bridge and perishes in an accident at the beginning of the film
 * Ant-Man (2015)
 * A View to a Kill (1985) - Final confrontation between James Bond and the main villain Max Zorin.
 * Basic Instinct (1992)
 * The Battle in Outer Space (1959) Destroyed by space torpedoes.
 * Bicentennial Man (1999) - Seen expanded in the future (circa 2200s) with a two-tiered roadway added.
 * Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
 * The Birds (1963)
 * The Black Bird (1975)
 * The Book of Eli (2010)-seen deserted and damaged after a nuclear war
 * Boys and Girls (2000)
 * Brainstorm (1983) - During presentation sequence.
 * The Circle (2017)
 * The Core (2003) - Destroyed by unfiltered sunlight
 * Dark Passage (1947)
 * Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - Jeep drives across in an early opening scene. Koba along with two other apes are seen climbing across the bridge twice.
 * The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) – The bridge is shown when San Francisco loses its electricity.
 * Dirty Harry (1971)
 * Escape from Alcatraz (1978)
 * Flight of the Navigator (1986)
 * Foul Play (1978)
 * Ground Zero (1973) - Terrorist places nuclear device on tower.
 * Godzilla (2014) - During the evacuation of San Francisco, the central span of the bridge is destroyed by Godzilla as he had a confrontaion with the U.S. military.
 * s Again (1974) – Herbie drives along the cables of the bridge.
 * High Anxiety (1977)
 * Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
 * Hulk (2003)
 * Innerspace (1987)
 * Inside Out (2015) - When Riley and her family arrive in San Francisco, they cross the bridge.
 * The Internship (2013)
 * Interview with the Vampire (1994)
 * It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) - Part of the bridge is destroyed by a giant octopus.
 * Just Like Heaven (2005) - Driven over
 * The Lone Ranger (2013) - depicted in its 1936 mid-construction state in the opening scene, although the film labels the scene as "San Francisco, 1933".
 * Love Aaj Kal (2009)
 * The Love Bug (1969)
 * Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009) - A large portion of the bridge is bitten off by a giant shark.
 * Meteor Storm (2010) - Destroyed by meteor fragments
 * Milk (2008)
 * Ghost Protocol (2011) - Seen at the end, together with the rest of SF.
 * Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) – A monster/alien robot fight takes place at the bridge and it later collapses.
 * Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) - Mrs. Doubtfire and his children ride bikes in Crissy Field with the bridge in the backdrop.
 * Murder by Death (1976)
 * National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) – Shown as one of the postcards during the opening credits.
 * On the Beach (1959) - seen deserted after a nuclear war
 * Pacific Rim (2013) - The entire bridge, along with cities across the San Francisco bay, is destroyed by kaiju, giant interdimensional sea monsters, which emerge from a portal in the Pacific ocean to attack humanity.
 * The Presidio (1988)
 * The Parent Trap (1998)
 * The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) – Is seen in some background scenes.
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Seen in 1936 as Indiana Jones flies out of San Francisco.
 * Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - The climatic final battle takes place on the bridge, later the middle part of the bridge was shown in smoke due to the helicopter accident earlier in the film.
 * The Room (2003)
 * The Rock (1996)
 * San Andreas (2015) - Shown in aerial shots of San Francisco; and later when a cargo ship riding on a tsunami wave slices the bridge in half, destroying the central span. Later in the ending, an American flag is shown raised from the towers (the only parts of the ruined bridge still standing) as a symbol of hope and renewal.
 * Skyline (2010) - Threatened by an alien spacecraft in TV promos
 * The Social Network (2010) - Sean tells Mark the story of Roy Raymond jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge during the club scene
 * Star Trek (2009) - Seen intact in year 2258
 * Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - Set in year 2273; in the Director's Cut version of the film, a brief shot shows that the bridge's roadway has been replaced with enclosed tubes.
 * Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - James T. Kirk and Spock ride a bus across the bridge to reach the Cetacean Institute in Sausalito. Upon returning to the year 2286, the Klingon Bird of Prey HMS Bounty barely misses crashing into the bridge and splashes down into the Bay.
 * Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) - In the background behind the Federation President's office.
 * Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - Location of Starfleet Command.
 * Sudden Impact (1983)
 * Superman: The Movie (1978) - A school bus nearly plummets off the damaged bridge during an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault and is rescued by Superman.
 * Terminator Genisys (2015) - Destroyed in a nuclear blast in the original timeline; is the scene of a confrontation that ends with the school bus being used as transport falls off the bridge. (The bridge scene pays homage to Superman: The Movie, see above)
 * Terminator Salvation (2009) – John Connor crosses a damaged version of the bridge on his way to Skynet.
 * Time After Time (1979)
 * The Towering Inferno (1974) - Helicopter flies over bridge in opening credits
 * 2012 (2009) – In the background when the cruise ship Genesis surges against the pier from an earthquake, although it is in the location of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
 * Vacation (2015)
 * Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) -Film partially shot in UC Berekeley and San Francisco
 * Vertigo (1958)
 * X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) – Magneto switches the position of the bridge so that it connects to Alcatraz, but the bridge is partially damaged and destroyed. At the end of the film, the bridge can be seen being rebuilt in its original location.
 * Zodiac (2007) - In the late 1960s during the Zodiac murders.
 * Sharknado: The 4th Awakens

Documentaries
It has been the subject of a 2006 documentary and a 2008-2010 documentary TV series:
 * The Bridge – a film about suicides from Golden Gate Bridge in 2004.
 * Life After People - A TV documentary series about what happens to the world if humanity suddenly disappears; the Golden Gate Bridge collapses after around 100 years due to corrosion in its support cables. After 200 years, only the towers remain intact.

Music

 * "California, Here I Come" - Al Jolson, in Bombo (musical) (1921)
 * "A Little Bit of Everything" - Dawes (band)
 * "Because Of You" – 98 Degrees – The music video for the song features the band on the bridge.
 * "Golden Gate Jumpers" – Cold War Kids
 * "Jumpers" – Sleater-Kinney
 * "Ocean Front Property" – George Strait
 * "Once in a Lifetime" - Keith Urban - music video features the bridge.
 * "Rambling On" – Procol Harum
 * "San Francisco" – Judy Garland
 * "Some Kind of Monster" – Metallica
 * "The Miracle" – Queen
 * "Weightless Again" – The Handsome Family
 * "Who's got it better?" – Bailey
 * "Gucci Gucci" - Kreayshawn

Television
It has also appeared in the opening credits (and/or episodes) in the following television series:
 * 10.5 (miniseries)-destroyed by a 9.2 earthquake
 * Angels in America
 * Charmed The top of one of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge was a frequent location in Charmed, and panoramas of the bridge were used in every episode as location establishing shots.
 * Eli Stone-destroyed by earthquake
 * The Doris Day Show (seen in the opening and closing sequences seasons 2-5)
 * Falcon Crest
 * Family Guy – seen in the episode "Passenger Fatty-Seven" (season 15)
 * Full House (seen in the opening credits)
 * Futurama – seen intact in the 3000s, but roadway removed to allow hovercars to glide along it
 * Half & Half
 * Hotel
 * Kindred: The Embraced
 * Journeyman (TV series)
 * Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
 * 'Monk'
 * My Sister Sam
 * Nash Bridges
 * Parks and Recreation – During the sixth-season finale, Leslie and Ben stand near the bridge to ponder if Leslie should take a job with the National Park Service.
 * Phyllis
 * Robotboy
 * Sliders – "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome," it is blue in color and known as the Azure Gate Bridge.
 * Stargate: Atlantis
 * ''Star Trek – Starfleet Command, the headquarters of Earth's military and space exploration authority, Starfleet, is located in San Francisco.
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation - seen in the background of establishing shots of Starfleet Command and Starfleet Academy.
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 * Star Trek: Voyager - bridge adapted to accommodate mass transit.
 * Star Trek: Enterprise
 * That's So Raven
 * The Streets of San Francisco
 * Too Close for Comfort (in one episode, Henry Rush is mistaken for a jumper when trying to get rid of several severely overdue library books by throwing them off the bridge).
 * The West Wing—The bridge is not seen on-screen; however, a potential terrorist attack against Fort Point, underneath the bridge, was a key plot point in the final episodes of the third season.
 * We Bare Bears

Video games
It has also appeared in the video games:


 * Asphalt 3 3d Street Rules
 * Ace Combat:Joint Assault
 * American Truck Simulator
 * Battletanx
 * Blockland
 * Blur
 * Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
 * Cities XL
 * Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
 * Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
 * Cruis'n USA
 * Defiance (video game)
 * Driver
 * Fallout 2
 * Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives
 * Fracture
 * Godzilla Unleashed
 * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - named the Gant Bridge in the game and it is seen in the city of San Fierro.
 * Homefront
 * ''Lego City Undercover
 * Mass Effect 3
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator X
 * Midtown Madness 2
 * Pilotwings 64
 * San Francisco Rush 2049
 * Sim City, various games
 * Star Trek Online
 * Rig'n'Roll
 * Vanquish
 * Vette!
 * Watch Dogs 2
 * Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

Other

 * KRON-TV, the former NBC/My Network TV affiliate used an animated version of the Golden Gate Bridge as their legal ID in the 1970s and 1980s.
 * NORAD Tracks Santa, the Golden Gate Bridge was a featured Santa Cam location for the 2002 tracking season.
 * A small-scale replica of the bridge was previously used at the main entry point of Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. The replica was replaced in the early 2010s by a small-scale model of the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge as part of the entrance plaza's transformation into a re-creation of Los Angeles' Buena Vista Street

--JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 19:54, 27 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Anyone who feels strongly enough about it can add “I Am The Golden Gate Bridge”, the 2007 debut album by Belgian stoner rock band Creature With The Atom Brain. Mr Larrington (talk) 01:55, 26 August 2022 (UTC)