Leonard Cohen in popular culture

Leonard Cohen has had some references in popular culture.

Movies

 * Everybody Knows, along with a cover version was played in the 1990 film Pump Up The Volume
 * A cover version of Hallelujah was played in the 2001 film Shrek
 * So Long Marianne was played in the 2009 film Pirate Radio

Miscellaneous
Rugrats character Susie Carmichael's mother has the same initials as Leonard Cohen, i.e. Lucy Carmichael, so its likely the creators of the Rugrats wanted to have some Leonard Cohen references in cartoons.

Nirvana's 1994 song Penniroyal Tea refers to some "afterworld" about Leonard Cohen.

In late 2014 and 2015, a YTMND user named Suzanne made all sorts of YTMND sites that posted Goatse every time Leonard Cohen was mentioned in the title, and has even spammed the phrase "Leonard Cohen is a Goatse addict" in an attempt to create a weird meme involving shock sites. This would create all sorts of controversy on YTMND at that time, but much of it would disappear by late 2015 when Suzanne deleted all her YTMND sites as a panic response toward the controversy.

Later on, an unofficial maxi single for the song Suzanne would be released to feature old remix versions of Leonard Cohen's song Suzanne with Goatse-esque album art.