"Trailer Failure" Conan, Real Steel, and Final Destination 5 (TV Episode 2011)
movie trailer is reviewed"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #20.5 (TV Episode 2011)
a clip from the film starring Hugh Jackman is shown"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #20.11 (TV Episode 2011)
a clip from the film starring Evangeline Lilly is shown"Ebert Presents: At the Movies" Episode #2.12 (TV Episode 2011)
clips are shown as Christy Lemire and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky review the filmReal Steel: Making of Metal Valley (Video 2012)
Clips, cast and performances, production, sets/locations and period elements, visual design and camerawork, and costumes
"Midnight Screenings" Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (TV Episode 2011)
Mentioned as one of the trailers shown before Pirates 4, though it's referred to as "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.""The Nostalgia Chick" Kate and Leopold (TV Episode 2011)
Nella wonders what the next Hugh Jackman movie will be besides this one."Saturday Night Live" Ben Stiller/Foster the People (TV Episode 2011)
Referenced among the "Fox and Friends" corrections"Bum Reviews" Real Steel (TV Episode 2011)
movie is reviewed"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #20.16 (TV Episode 2011)
Jay mentions that the film was #1 at the box office this weekend
Metropolis (1927)
If you look at the ring girl in the final fight, she is dressed as a very close approximation of the famous robot from the silent film "Metropolis".Rocky IV (1985)
"Anything that he sees, he kills!"Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots (Video Game 2000)
In a nod to the iconic game "Rock'em, Sock'em, Robots", during the Atom/Zeus fight, Mashido assumes manual control of Zeus and grabs two simple joysticks and moves them back and forth operating Zeus exactly as done in the game.
Real Steel (Video Game 2011)
"Mad" Real Veal/Celebrity Wife Swamp (TV Episode 2012)
Real Veal is a spoof of this movie."Robot Chicken" Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves (TV Episode 2012)
parody skit"Baal Veer" The Boxing Match (TV Episode 2014)
The special gloves used by Ronnie are controlled by his boxing coach just like in shadow mode the robot replicates the Hugh Jackman's move"Baal Veer" Episode #1.439 (TV Episode 2014)
The special gloves used by Ronnie are controlled by his boxing coach just like in shadow mode the robot replicates the Hugh Jackman's move"Baal Veer" Bhayankar Pari Shares Her Plan (TV Episode 2014)
The special gloves used by Ronnie are controlled by his boxing coach just like in shadow mode the robot replicates the Hugh Jackman's move
Real Steel (TV Series)
"The Twilight Zone" Steel (TV Episode 1963)