Moby-Dick (1851) written by Melville, Herman

Bowman compares the movements of Poole's lifeless (still alive?) body as it is dragged into space with those of Captain Ahab when he was lashed to the great white whale in Moby-Dick (Chapter 25).

While the crew discusses how bad the Discovery smells with all the spoiled food on board, Curnow mentions that it's a bit romantic. "I've only got to close my eyes and I feel I'm back on an old-time whaling ship. Can you imagine what the Pequod must have smelled like?" The Pequod was the ship in Moby Dick.

One of the creations of Aurora McAuley of the Society of Creative Anachronisms is a life-sized Moby Dick (Chapter 11).

This is listed as one of Jobs' favorite books.

Peggy tells her sister, "I was right. There is only on book about Moby-Dick.".

Jay gives Manny advice about being a salesman, telling him that a good salesman goes after Moby-Dick in a rowboat and remembers to bring the tartar sauce.

Referring to Guerillmo, Captain Till tells Celia that "he is a whale, and I love whales. I'm fucking Ahab."

Dexter refers to the large white temporary morgue set up to hold all of Dexter's victims as his "white whale" - his Moby-Dick.

Alan reads this book.

Since no one will take him to the library, Brick has discovered the internet. He tells his parents that he searched the internet for "Moby-Dick, the hard edition" and was surprised with the search results.

When Jimmy and Frank decide to confront their childhood bully, Sabrina tells Jimmy, "You need to vanquish your beast like 'Beowulf'! 'Moby-Dick'? 'Revenge of the Nerds'?".

The battle between Homer and General Sherman is also reminiscent of Captain Ahab's battle with the white whale Moby-Dick in the novel Moby-Dick.

When the attorney Gonzo is freaking out in the bathtub, Duke is holding the shower curtain bar like a harpoon and says, "Don't fuck with me now. I'm Ahab". Ahab is the ship captain from Moby Dick.

This is one of the books the iPad shows. The iPad mini shows "Gone Fishing" in response.

This is the second book Ryan Hall listens to on his training run.

This entire commercial revolves around the book Moby-Dick and characters and themes in it.

The tow truck driver's name is Ahab like the sea captain from the book, and he is chasing his "white whale", the white Audi Quattro.