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.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
The 2013 entry to the Assassin's Creed franchise offers an assassination contract titled "Tomb Raiders."

Hitman: Absolution
In the 2012 game, Hitman: Absolution, in the mission "Birdie's Gift" there is a brand of accessories known as "Croft" which includes, ammo bags and shooting mats.

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, which is also published 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 there is a running gag involvinh the character of Nicole McAllister, who becomes progressively more scantily clad as the game goes on, until she is only wearing a cropped tank tap, short shorts and boots, resembling Lara's South Pacific Outfit from Tomb Raider: III. As well as this she wears a similar jacket to the one Lara wore in Tomb Raider II when she is in snowy areas. Nicole is playable by using a cheat code.

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, which had been postponed several times until it finally reached stores on 1st July 2003.

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.

Robot Chicken
The show Robot Chicken has had two allusions to Lara Croft. The first being in the sketch "Spring of the Drowned Girl" in which the Nerd character imagines himself cosplaying as Lara Croft in a scenario in which he's transformed into a woman. The second was a parody of Tomb Raider itself, in which Lara traverses a tomb filled with mummies and various other monsthers which she promptly kills, despite the monsters being friendly and welcoming of her, the sketch ends with Lara shooting comedienne Tracy Ullman.

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.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
In the video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, the game's sixteenth chapter "The Brother's Drake", revolves around protagonist Nathan Drake and his brother Sam breaking into a secluded manor filled with countless priceless artifacts. The house is owned by an elderly British explorer named Evelyn, who appears to be a tribute to Lara Croft as a magazine can be found in her house, showing her at a young age, with a cover line reading "The Treasure of Xian." Which is a direct reference to Tomb Raider II.

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 checkpoint.