Appearances in Pop Culture

Movies

• A 1979 Camaro is owned by Jefferson in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Spicoli takes it on a joyride with Jefferson's little brother, but loses control in the process and crashes.
• In 2 Fast 2 Furious, Brian Paul Walker races (and defeats) a 1969 Yenko Camaro on the street in a race "for pink slips".
• In the movie At Close Range, a 1969 Camaro is one of the cars that Brad Whitewood, Sr. Christopher Walken drives.
• In the movie A Walk to Remember, Landon Carter (played by Shane West) runs from the police and crashes a 1967 SS in the beginning of the movie. Several scenes later in the movie show Carter working to repair the car.
• The vehicle mode of the character [Bumblebee] in Transformers with its "custom -faded paint",offers itself at the used car lot where Sam buys it.Later in the movie,the '77 copies a 5th Gen and continues the story as the "New" Bumblebee
• The movie "Heat",with Robert DeNiro,Al Pacino and Val Kilmer got a true Camaro-lover to supply 4 different Camaros. Seen in the movie include: A yellow 71-74,black 3rd Gen and two 4th Gens,one white and one teal.
• A fourth generation Camaro police interceptor was driven by John Cena in the movie The Marine
• In the movie Pretty Woman, when Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are driving the Lotus, a 1968 Camaro convertible can be seen cruising alongside.
• In the movie Better Off Dead, John Cusack's character Lane Meyer restores and drives a black 1967 Camaro.
• Brad Pitt "borrows" a convertible 4th Gen ,parked at the airport,in Fight Club
• The super-funny movie "Super Troopers" features a hugger orange 3rd Gen
• Enjoy the Pro-Street Black 69 that rips as the criminals escape from Jimmy Fallon in the opening scenes of "Taxi" (with Queen Latifah)...and the black 4th Gen that later dies as Jimmy demands traffic stop for his Police Emergency
• "Demolition Man" has a small cameo from the Red Camaro Prototype (aka The California Camaro)
• "Kuffs",a great movie with Christian Slater,shows a black 91-92 Z,driven by the bad guy

Television

• A Camaro is featured in the opening scene of the very first episode of The OC, in which Trey and Ryan are trying to steal one.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. proudly shows us his Intimidator SS during an episode of MTV Cribs (also owns an orange 2nd gen,and TBC,his sister,a 69 Pacecar)
• During many episodes of Seinfeld,a two-tone 3rd Gen is seen parked in front of Jerry's building
• In one of the last seasons of The X-Files,a 4th Gen convertible is driven away by the alien as Garbage's "I'm only happy when it rains" plays at the end
• Forza Challenge,aired on Speed,pitted a 69 against 5 other cars.
• Seen rotting away in the tall grass on jackstands,was a 3rd Gen depicted in front of Nelson's house in The Simpsons (with props to Apu,who once owned a flaming chicken on-the-hood too)
• In the Canadian "Teen" Show, "Degrassi-The Next Generation", Paige borrows her brothers two-tone 3rd gen 'vert in the episode titled "I Want Candy"

Music

• The 1985 Dead Milkmen song "Bitchin' Camaro" playfully discusses the car as a metaphor for freedom from responsibility.
• The Camaro is featured in the music video of the song "Shoulder Lean" by Young Dro.
• A '67 Camaro was used for Metallica's "I Disappear" video.
• Tragically,a 2nd gen Camaro dies in the video from Madonna, "What it feels like for a girl"
• EPMD's album cover for "Unfinished Business" boasts' a cool black IROC
• T.I. has a yellow 1st Gen in the video for "Top Back",but the real cameo comes from the silver concept Camaro,seen probably for the first time as product placement in the media
• A classic song,written by Luc Plamondon and sung by Steve Fiset,hits the airwaves of Quebec radios,in the 70"s. "Les Chemins D'Ete" (The roads of Summertime) also known as "Dans ma Camaro" (In my Camaro) hears Steve sing "When summertime comes back,we both will take off in my blue Camaro,with the open sky"
• The Ramones did a song called "Go Lil' Camaro" with the last lines of the lyrics being "Girls cars sun fun, Good times for everyone"
• Kings of Leon had the song "Camaro" "She look so cool in her new Camaro..."
• Weezer put out the song "Yellow Camaro" - "...Right on, Yellow Camaro, Yellow Camaro..."