of electronic music, pop, rock and punk, took a pseudonym in honor of the white whale - Moby.
In the Danish cartoon Samson and Sally (1984), Moby Dick is
a semi-mythical character for the whales who is believed to one day return to save the ocean from humans. The main character of the cartoon is also a white sperm whale.
Led Zeppelin wrote the instrumental song "Moby Dick".
Funeral doom metal band Ahab uses imagery from the book.
the television series "The X-Files", the character of the television series Dana Scully, in a conversation with her father, addresses him: "Happy sailing, Ahab!"