In popular culture

See also: List of fiction set in Oregon

Shanghaied in Astoria is a musical about Astoria's history that has been performed in Astoria every year since 1984.^[54]
Astoria was the setting of the 1985 film The Goonies, which was filmed on location. Other movies filmed in Astoria include Short Circuit, The Black Stallion, Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Benji the Hunted, The Ring Two, Into the Wild, The Guardian and Cthulhu.^{[55][56][57][58]}
The early 1960s television series Route 66 filmed the episode entitled "One Tiger to a Hill"^[59] in Astoria; it was broadcast on September 21, 1962.
Pop punk band The Ataris' fourth album was titled So Long, Astoria as an allusion to The Goonies. A song of the same title is the album's first track. The album's back cover features news clippings from Astoria, including a picture of the port's water tower from a 2002 article on its demolition.^[60]

Warships named Astoria

USS Astoria
(CA-34)

Two US Navy Cruisers were named USS Astoria: A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (CA-34) and a Cleveland-class light cruiser (CL-90). The former was lost in combat in August 1942 at the World War II Pacific Ocean Battle of Savo Island,^[61] and the latter was scrapped in 1971 after being removed from active duty in 1949.^[62]