Editing Major-General's Song (section)

===Film references===
[[File:Modern Major General, Bab.png|thumb|upright|The Major-General carries an encyclopedia in this [[Bab Ballads|"Bab"]] drawing by [[W. S. Gilbert]].]]
''[[The Pirate Movie]]'', a 1982 modern musical parody of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', features many songs from the opera, including this song. Contemporary references were introduced, as when the Major-General adds to the song "Man, I'm older than [[The Beatles]], but I'm younger than [[The Rolling Stones]]." In the 1983 film ''[[Never Cry Wolf (film)|Never Cry Wolf]]'', the hero sings the song.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1959&dat=19831108&id=i30hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r4oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3763,892491 |title=Call of the Wild, Section 3 (Arts) |newspaper=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]] |date=8 November 1983 |pages=1, 10 |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> Similarly, in the 2001 time-travel comedy ''[[Kate & Leopold]]'', Leopold sings the song; however, the scene is anachronistic in that ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' premiered in 1879, ''after'' Leopold had already left his own time of 1876.<ref>Bradley (2005), p. 12</ref> The lead characters of the 2015 film ''[[Those People]]'' sing along to the song in duelling fashion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=''Those People'': Provincetown Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/people-provincetown-review-804625 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 June 2015 |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> A nonsense [[pastiche]] of the song in the 2017 film ''[[Despicable Me 3]]'', sung by [[Minions (Despicable Me)|Minions]], was termed "amusing"<ref>Marsh, Calum. [https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/resistance-is-futile-why-the-ubiquity-of-the-minions-cannot-and-will-never-be-contained "Resistance is futile: Why the ubiquity of the Minions cannot (and will never) be contained"], ''[[National Post]]'', 29 June 2017</ref> and "the film’s finest moment";<ref>Prigge, Matt. [https://www.metro.us/despicable-me-3-finds-a-loopy-series-finally-running-out-of-gas "''Despicable Me 3'' finds a loopy series finally running out of gas"], ''Metro'', 26 June 2017</ref> it was uploaded to YouTube by [[Illumination (company)|Illumination Entertainment]] as a singalong challenge, which has garnered more than 19 million views as of 2023.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwgTtwJHoWQ "#DespicableMeChallenge – In Theaters June 30"], YouTube, [[Illumination Entertainment]], 4 July 2019</ref>