Editing Marvin the Paranoid Android (section)

===Outside the ''Hitchhiker's'' universe===
In the episode "Sibling Tsunami" of the animated series ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', when asked what's wrong, XJ-7, a chronically depressed robot character, replied: "The usual, life, the universe, everything", a reference not only to Marvin, but the "[[Ultimate Question|Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything]]", a central tenet of the series' storyline (as well as the title of the third book).{{fact|date=December 2023}}

British alternative rock group [[Radiohead]] named "[[Paranoid Android]]", the lead single from their 1997 album ''[[OK Computer]]'', after Marvin. "Paranoid Android" frequently appears on lists of greatest songs of all time and has been described as "possibly the most acclaimed song from the most acclaimed album of all time."<ref name="Greene Greene 2020 v014">{{cite magazine | last=Greene | first=Andy | title=500 Greatest Albums: Radiohead's Futuristic Breakthrough 'OK Computer' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=2020-09-24 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/500-greatest-albums-radiohead-ok-computer-1059469/ | access-date=2023-08-20}}</ref><ref name="Nast 2017 l807">{{cite web | title=Radiohead: OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | website=Pitchfork | date=2017-06-22 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/radiohead-ok-computer-oknotok-1997-2017/ | access-date=2023-08-20}}</ref>

Marvin's origins (including those of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, and the HitchHikers handheld device) are referenced in the 2008 radio series ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (radio serial)|The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]''. In episode 4, Dirk Gently phones his friend Richard McDuff, who now works for a new startup, Sirius Cybernetics. Occasionally, background noises of electronic groans and air pistons can be heard. At the end of the phone call, the electronic voice of Stephen Moore says "Richard, I think we might have a problem with these diodes."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f07g9 | publisher=[[BBC]] | location=UK | work=[[BBC Radio 4]] Programmes | title=Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, Episode 4 | access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref>

Marvin appeared and was declared the winner in the Q-series episode "Quests: Part II" of the panel game show [[QI]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Marvin the Paranoid Android Comes to QI | author=QI | author-link=QI | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bmh_A3Zvic | website=[[YouTube]] | date=7 May 2022 | access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref>