The 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" refers often to the Rota Fortunae concept, especially in its use of circles as a visual motif. In the TV series "Firefly" (2002), the main character, Malcolm Reynolds, says "The Wheel never stops turning, Badger" to which Badger replies "That only matters to the people on the rim". In the science fiction TV series "Farscape", the third-season episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds (Part 2): Wait for the Wheel" has main character Crichton mention that his grandmother told him that fate was like a wheel, alternately bringing fortunes up and down.