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== In popular culture == The ''[[Columbo]]'' episode titled "[[Columbo (season 4)|Troubled Waters]]" (1974β1975) features amyl nitrite inhaled by the antagonist Hayden Danziger β played by [[Robert Vaughn]] β to help him feign a heart attack for his alibi. However, the episode consistently refers to the substance incorrectly as amyl nitrate.<ref name="20.">{{cite web |title=Episode review: Columbo Troubled Waters |url=https://columbophile.com/2018/09/29/episode-review-columbo-troubled-waters/ |website=Columbophile blog |date=29 September 2018 |access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref> The 1978 [[Derek Jarman]] film ''[[Jubilee (1978 film)|Jubilee]]'' features a character named Amyl Nitrate (a misspelled reference to amyl nitrite). The title of the 1993 song "[[Animal Nitrate]]" by English band [[Suede (band)|Suede]] is a pun on amyl nitrite, referencing its recreational use, although singer [[Brett Anderson]] has said the song has more to do with other drugs like [[MDMA|ecstasy]] and cocaine.<ref name="NME">{{cite journal |last=Mulvey |first=John |title=Latter-Day Nitrate Fever |journal=NME |date=20 February 1993 |pages=24}}</ref> In the 1999 film ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'', the character Chloe, a terminally ill woman, mentions having a collection of amyl nitrite while openly discussing her unfulfilled desires at a cancer support group. The punk band [[Amyl and the Sniffers]] reference recreational use of amyl nitrite in their name.<ref>{{cite news |date=2019-05-14 |title=Amyl and The Sniffers: 'It's just charmingly violent powerful fun' |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48177077 |access-date=2023-12-02}}</ref> The [[Hunter S. Thompson]] book ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' sees amyl nitrite as one of the many drugs Raoul Duke packs for the trip to [[Las Vegas]], taking about two dozen ampules of it with him and usually justifying its usage by him and [[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Dr. Gonzo]] to other people around them by claiming it is for [[angina]]. In Season 1, Episode 9 of ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', "[[Spaghetti Western and Meatballs]]", Gene guesses amyl nitrite for the A in the ABS program near the end of the episode.
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