The most common parodies that occur in movies are the sayings from The Three Stooges. For instance, in the movie "Ice Age," Sid imitates Curly's laugh -- "Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk." The phrase "Certainly!" in a high-pitched tone the way Curly says it is also mimicked in many movies such as by Timon in the "The Lion King." The Three Stooges parodied Disney movies, too. One of their first shows was "Snow White and the Three Stooges." Mel Brooks also employs phrases from The Three Stooges in his films such as "Young Frankenstein."
In the movie "Lethal Weapon" starring Mel Gibson, his character Riggs references The Three Stooges several times and even does impressions. For instance, he breaks into a Curly act to distract drug sellers and then places them under arrest. In the sequel "Lethal Weapon 2," Riggs does a version of "Eeny meeny miny mo," mimicking Curley, before he shoots the bad guys in the aquarium.
The head slapping and sayings were also used in the comedy "Hungover," in which three men bicker after they cannot remember what happened at a bachelor party. The actors are even hit by Mr. T after they steal his tiger.
In the movie "Short Circuit," the robot Johnny number 5 programs the other robots to act like The Three Stooges and mimics Curly.
Curly, Larry and Mo squabbled constantly during their films, slapping each other over the head and calling each other names. This can be seen in several other movies. In "Zoolander," the male models squabble and smack each other on the head. "City Slickers" draws on The Stooges comedy "Goofs and Saddles" as three out-of-towners squabble while attending a cattle ranch in the west. In "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," three droids squabble during the podrace like the three stooges. In "Grease," three of the members of the T-Birds give each other face slaps and eye pokes.
Moe often uses an eye-gouging gag on Curly during the films. The eye-gouging gag has been used in "The Mummy," by Rick O'Connell on one of the mummy swordsmen similar to the scene in "The Three Stooges, We Want Our Mummy." In "There's Something About Mary," Ben Stiller tries to eye-gouge the dog unsuccessfully.