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* A futuristic 2015 edition of ''USA Today'' ([[Hill Valley (Back to the Future)|Hill Valley]] edition) is seen in the film ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989). As a tribute to the movie, the newspaper ran a recreation of the front page, featuring the exact headlines portrayed in the movie (except for a piece mentioning a future [[state visit]] by "Queen [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]]", the Princess having [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|died in 1997]]), on October 22, 2015, when the protagonist [[Marty McFly]] (played by [[Michael J. Fox]]) travels to October 21, 2015, and reads the following day's edition of the paper.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fans race to get 'Back to the Future' paper | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/22/back-to-the-future-newspaper-success/74418826/ | first=Lindsay | last=Deutsch | newspaper=USA Today | publisher=[[Gannett]] | date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://qz.com/529772/this-is-the-cover-of-usa-today-on-back-to-the-future-day/ | title=This is the cover of USA Today for "Back to the Future" day | first=Adam | last=Epstein | work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] | date=October 21, 2015}}</ref>

* A 1991 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ("[[Homer Defined]]") featured a parody of the paper ("U.S. of A. News"), whose lead story was "#2 is #1", in reference to pencils. Lisa criticizes the paper's blandness, but Homer retorts that "Hey, this is the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell the truth, that everything is just fine."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-02-06-usatoday_x.htm | title=1 brush with fame for USA Today | work=USA Today | date=February 7, 2003}}</ref>

* The 1990 film ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' featured a parody "Mars Today" newspaper in the film's Mars setting.

* The 2004 [[mockumentary]] film ''[[C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America]]'', directed by [[Kevin Willmott]], featured a parody of the newspaper titled ''CSA Today'', in the film's fictional [[alternate history]] setting that the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] had won the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite AV media|title=C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America|medium=Film|location=United States|year=2004|publisher=Hodcarrier Films/IFC Films}}</ref>