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"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #19.54 (TV Episode 2010)
a clip from the film starring Mark Wahlberg is shown"Conan" How the Grinch Stole Innocence (TV Episode 2010)
Conan O'Brien introduces actress Amy Adams and mentions and shows a clip of this movie"Conan" Hairdryer: 1, Frosty: 0 (TV Episode 2010)
Conan O'Brien introduces actor Mark Wahlberg and mentions and shows a clip of this movie"CBS News Roundup" Episode dated 16 December 2010 (TV Episode 2010)
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"Hollywood's Top Ten" Best Fights (TV Episode 2010)
Reason for the show to review the best fight movies"Hollywood's Top Ten" Mark Wahlberg Movies (TV Episode 2010)
Lynda says it is coming out this week"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #19.52 (TV Episode 2010)
Jay Leno says that the film is one of several films about people rather than special effects coming out soon"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #19.53 (TV Episode 2010)
Jay mentions that Mark Wahlberg from the film will be on next week"CBS News Roundup" Episode dated 16 December 2010 (TV Episode 2010)
A.O. Scott critiques The Fighter
Belle Epoque (1992)
Micky and Charlene's first date is at a movie theater playing Belle Epoque.High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (TV Movie 1995)
Multiple characters watch a recreated version of this documentary called "Crack in America", with Christian Bale as real-life documentary subject Dicky Eklund.
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #19.82 (TV Episode 2011)
an altered clip from the film is shown"How It Should Have Ended" The Best Picture Summary 2011 (TV Episode 2011)
Best Picture parody"Days of Our Lives" Episode #1.11621 (TV Episode 2011)
A fantasy sequence parodies the movie."How I Met Your Mother" Bass Player Wanted (TV Episode 2013)
Robin tells Lily to beat up Marshpillow the same technique Dicky teaches Micky ("Head Body, Head Body") in the movie The Fighter