Linn-Baker and Perfect Strangers are referenced in the HBO TV series The Leftovers, which takes place after a fictional global event called the "Sudden Departure," the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people, 2% of the world's population. Within the show, the entire cast of Perfect Strangers has departed — except for Linn-Baker, who, it turns out, has faked his own departure. Linn-Baker appears, as a fictional version of himself, in The Leftovers season 2, episode 1, "Axis Mundi" and season 3, episode 2, "Don't Be Ridiculous," titled based on the Perfect Strangers' catchphrase.)