Editing Queequeg (section)

== Cultural references ==
[[File:Friedrich von Ledebur-Richard Basehart in Moby Dick.jpg|thumb|left|Austrian actor [[Friedrich von Ledebur]] as Queequeg in [[Moby Dick (1956 film)|the 1956 film adaptation]]]]
* [[Sam Baker (actor)|Sam Baker]]'s most memorable role was Queequeg in ''[[The Sea Beast (1926 film)|The Sea Beast]]'' (1926).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soister |first1=John T. |last2=Nicolella |first2=Henry |last3=Joyce |first3=Steve |title=American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajXwxJuYd5gC&pg=PA399 |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=31 January 2013 |page=399 |isbn=9780786487905}}</ref>
* A version of Queequeg appears as a character in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Eric|title=The Greatest Bookish Moments of Futurama|url=https://bookriot.com/2014/01/02/greatest-bookish-moments-futurama-2/|publisher=Bookriot|date=January 2, 2014|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>
* On ''[[The X-Files]]'', Special Agent [[Dana Scully]] named her dog Queequeg (last appearance Season 3 Episode 22) after the ''Moby-Dick'' character.<ref>{{cite web|last=Panos|first=Maggie|title=The X-Files: Can We Address That Queequeg Shout-Out on This Week's Episode?|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/X-Files-Queequeg-Reference-40035755|publisher=[[PopSugar]]|date=February 2, 2016|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> The name was also taken as an email handle by Scully. In Season 11 Episode 7, Scully tells a security company representative her password to reset her home alarm is Queequeg.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Liz Shannon|title='The X-Files' Review: 'Rm9sbG93ZXJz' Keeps It Simple and Silent for a Creatively Daring Episode|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/x-files-season-11-episode-7-rm9sbg93zxjz-review-no-dialogue-followers-base64-spoilers-1201934001/|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|date=February 28, 2018|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>
* Queequeg's is the name of a coffee chain in the video game universe of ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]''. Its supposed in-game rival chain is named Pequod's.<ref>[https://www.pcinvasion.com/coffee-wars-queequegs-and-pequods/ Coffee Wars: Queequeg's and Pequod's], PC Invasion</ref>
* An alien species called [[List of Star Wars species (U–Z)#Weequay|Weequay]] is introduced in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', whose denomination and physical appearance is a clear nod to Melville's Queequeg.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jennings|first=Dana|title=Much to Learn You Still Have: 8 Things You Might Not Know About Weequays|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/much-to-learn-weequays|publisher=[[StarWars.com]]|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>
* In the eleventh book of Lemony Snicket's ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', the main characters, the Baudelaires, board a submarine named the ''Queequeg'', operated by a crew who wear portraits of Herman Melville on their uniforms.
* In the South Korean indie horror gacha game ''[[Limbus Company]]'', one of the 12 playable characters is a young woman named Ishmael. Her backstory, like that of every protagonist in the game, mirrors that of her literary counterpart. Queequeg is an important figure in Ishmael's backstory, and is depicted as an intimidating, muscular woman who had taken Ishmael under her wing, and with whom Ishmael had formed a deeper bond.