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Sylvester Stallone, Tony Burton, and Burt Young in Rocky IV (1985)

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Rocky IV

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Edited from

    • Rocky (1976)

      Some short clips are shown during the montage of flashbacks when Rocky is driving the car
    • Rocky II: La Revanche (1979)

      Some short clips are shown during the montage of flashbacks when Rocky is driving the car
    • Rocky III : L'Œil du tigre (1982)

      Some short clips are shown during the montage of flashbacks when Rocky is driving the car. In addition, the fight with Clubber Lang from and the final scene also from Rocky III both appear in the cold open.

Edited into

    • Rocky V (1990)

      The fight with Drago is shown at the beginning while black and white stills also from Rocky IV appear in the end credits montage.
    • Rocky Balboa (2006)

      clip of Rocky fighting Captain Ivan Drago
    • Rocky IV: Rocky Vs. Drago (TV Special 2021)

      An alternate cut of the movie, using much of the same film material

Featured in

    • "At the Movies" Young Sherlock Holmes/Fool for Love/Rocky IV/The Official Story (TV Episode 1985)

      Reviewed; clips shown.
    • James Brown: Living in America (Music Video 1985)

      clips shown
    • Precious Images (Short 1986)

    • "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" Colorizing: Hollywood's New Vandalism (TV Episode 1986)

      A scene in the boxing ring is shown next to a similar scene in "Raging Bull" (1980) to illustrate the impact of color versus black-and-white.
    • Chilsu wa Mansu (1988)

      Chilsu and Jina go see the movie on a date.

Features

    • Rocky (1976)

Followed by

    • Rocky V (1990)

    • Rocky Balboa (2006)

    • Creed : L'Héritage de Rocky Balboa (2015)

    • Creed II (2018)

    • Creed III (2023)

Follows

    • Rocky (1976)

    • Rocky II: La Revanche (1979)

    • Rocky III : L'Œil du tigre (1982)

Referenced in

    • "Madame's Place" Intimate and Embarrassing (TV Episode 1982)

      Bernadette remarks, "Sly Stallone has just finished his script for Rocky 4, and he's preparing outlines for Rockys 5-12.
    • "Bay City Blues" Rocky IV-Eyes (TV Episode 1984)

      Title reference.
    • "Saturday Night Live" Ed Begley Jr/Billy Squier (TV Episode 1984)

      Gary Kroeger mentions the inevitable fourth sequel during Saturday Night News.
    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Alan King/Vlasta Krsek (TV Episode 1985)

      Johnny Carson comments on the movie
    • "Saturday Night Live" Teri Garr/Dream Academy/The Cult (TV Episode 1985)

      Title mentioned during Weekend Update

Spin-off

    • Rocky Legends (Video Game 2002)

Spoofed in

    • Rocky VI (Short 1986)

    • "You Can't Do That on Television" Enemies and Paranoia (TV Episode 1986)

      When Adam is made to wrestle.
    • "Clair de lune" Symphony in Knocked Flat (TV Episode 1986)

      The final boxing match between David and a Russian mirrors the Balboa-Drago-fight. The Rocky anthem can be heard and there's a Stallone look-alike cheering David on.
    • "Round the Bend!" Episode #1.3 (TV Episode 1989)

      Spoofed as Ricky VII.
    • The Smelly Mystery: Little Monster Private Eye (Video Game 1997)

      One of the two robot toys said "I must break you!" in a Russian accent.

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