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* In ''[[Brave New World]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]], a [[dystopia]]n novel set in a [[World State in Brave New World|World State]] which controls reproduction, women wear the "Malthusian belt", containing "the regulation supply of contraceptives".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huxley|first1=Aldous|title=Brave New World|url=https://opentextbc.ca/englishliterature/chapter/brave-new-world-chapter-three/|date=1932|publisher=Harper & Brothers|isbn=978-0-06-085052-4|location=New York}}</ref>
* In the musical ''[[Urinetown]]'', written by [[Greg Kotis]] and [[Mark Hollmann]], the characters live in a society in which a fee must be paid in order to urinate, for a drought has made water incredibly scarce. A revolution starts with a "pee for free" agenda. At the end of the show, the revolution wins but the characters end up dying because water was not being conserved, unlike when the 'pee fee' was in place. The penultimate line is "Hail Malthus!"
*In the film ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'', the main villain called [[Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Thanos]] appears to be motivated by Malthusian views about population growth, and commits universal mass genocide known as [[The Blip]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/avengers-infinity-war-thanos-the-malthusian-purple-dude-is-the-best-villain-of-mcu-1732007.html|title=Avengers: Infinity War-Thanos, the Malthusian Purple Dude is the Best Villain of MCU|work=News18|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-review/558983/|title='Avengers: Infinity War' Is an Extraordinary Juggling Act|last=Orr|first=Christopher|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref>
* In ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles 2]]'', one of the games antagonists, Amalthus, is inspired by Malthus.
* In the song ''rät'' by [[Penelope Scott]], Malthus is referenced in the verse "I bit the apple 'cuz I trusted you, But it tastes like Thomas Malthus".
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