Tomb Raider and Lara Croft in other media

Lara Croft has attained iconic status not only within gaming, but pop culture in general. This popularity has led to many appearances, references, homages and parodies in other media.

Hitman: Absolution
In the 2012 game, Hitman: Absolution, in the mission "Birdie's Gift" mats can be found around the shooting range with the brand "Croft".

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The 2017 movie, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, features the titular game Jumanji, taking on the form of a video game. The movie used video games and tropes as a point of humour, one which was the character of Ruby Roundhouse, played by Karen Gillan. The character design is heavily inspired by Lara Croft, baring closest resemblance to Lara's Outfit from Tomb Raider: Legend.

Life is Strange
In the adventure game Life is Strange, also created by Square Enix, there is a reference to a "Kroft Gallery", which is owned by a woman called "Amanda Kroft". There are several other references to the Tomb Raider Games.

Murdered: Soul Suspect
In the game Murdered: Soul Suspect, reading the minds of civilians may reveal them wondering. "What is that game with the woman who raids the tombs?"

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
In the vide game Pitfall: The Lost Expedition the character of Nicole McAllister becomes progressively more scantily clad as the game goes on, until she is only wearing a cropped tank tap, short shorts and boot. As well as this she wears a similar jacket to the one Lara wore in Tomb Raider II when she is in snowy areas.

Primal
In the video game Primal there is a cemetery on the world Artha where you can find a headstone inscribed with "R.I.P. Laura Cruft 2003". This may be a reference to The Angel of Darkness, whose release date had been postponed several times until it finally reached stores on July, 1st.

Ready Player One
Lara makes a brief appearance in the trailer for the 2018 film, Ready Player One, which features a virtual reality world that is comprised of all elements of pop culture including movies and video games.

Shadow Warrior
Lara Croft can be seen chained in a dungeon in the Shadow Warrior game. In the beta version of Shadow Warrior, Lara was in much rougher shape, and it was replaced with the classic look in the final game.

The Simpsons
Tomb Raider was parodied in The Simpsons comics, for a ministory dubbed "Storeroom Raider." in an issue of Bongo Comics' Simpsons Comics

Lara later made a cameo appearance in Issue #164. Homer is having a dream in which she suddenly approaches him and begins flirting with him. He asks her how to defeat Takamoto in Tomb Raider: Legend. Lara tells him that would be cheating.

Warehouse 13
In the second season of the show Warehouse 13, the character H.G. Wells wears a tank top and short shorts and boots, saying "I checked, this is what fashionable British archeologists are wearing nowadays." which ts retorted with "No, but it's what American filmmakers think fashionable British archeologists are wearing nowadays." The rest of the episode involves retrieving an artifact from a booby trapped riddled temple. Wells retrieves the artifact using acrobatics.

Wreck-It Ralph
While not appearing in person, the lead Character Ralph, sarcastically claims he is Lara Croft when he is stopped at a security check point.