Benway is a reference to a character from Naked Lunch.

The song makes several references to the Naked Lunch including the song title itself.

Dr. Benway is a character from Naked Lunch.

There is a hospital scene in Dark City an where Dr. Benway and Mr. Lee are paged which is a reference to two characters in Naked Lunch. It is also a copy of the idea in Repo Man.

The movie is a fictional account of the writing of the Naked Lunch novel, but is not directly based on the book itself.

There is a hospital scene in Repo Man where Dr. Benway and Mr. Lee are paged which is a reference to two characters in Naked Lunch.

The band, Steely Dan, took their name from the name of a strap-on dildo mentioned in the Naked Lunch (Steely Dan III from Yokohama).

Naked Lunch is one of Charlie's 12 favorite books that his teacher assigns him to read.