| 100% | BEBOP | 5 | "Cowboy ___," popular anime series released in 1997 which follows the story of Spike Spiegel and Jet Black |
| 59% | POKEMON | 7 | Popular anime series released in 1997 which follows the life of Ash Ketchum |
| 53% | SAILOR | 6 | "___ Moon," popular anime series released in 1992 which follows the journey of Usagi Tsukino and Luna |
| 48% | ASTRO | 5 | "___ Boy," popular anime series released in 1963 which follows the adventures of a robotic boy |
| 48% | DRAGON | 6 | "___ Ball Z," popular anime series released in 1989 which follows the life of Goku |
| 47% | NEON | 4 | "___ Genesis Evangelion," popular anime series released in 1995 which follows the life of Shinji Ikari |
| 29% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 29% | AXL | 3 | 2018 sci-fi movie which follows the story of a boy and a robotic dog |
| 28% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
| 28% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 modern horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of Misty Wilmot |
| 28% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Monsters," 1999 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a former model |
| 27% | WESTSIDE | 8 | Story of the Jets and Sharks |
| 26% | GUYS | 4 | "___ and Dolls," musical based on Damon Runyon's short stories which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 26% | INACROWN | 8 | "You Should See Me ___," Billie Eilish song released in 2018 and the title of which was inspired by a scene from "Sherlock": 3 wds. |
| 26% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series in which 31-Across plays the 10th and 14th incarnations of the title character: 2 wds. |
| 25% | NAMATH | 6 | Jet popular in the 1960s and '70s |
| 25% | GANGS | 5 | The Jets and the Sharks, in "West Side Story" |
| 24% | RIFF | 4 | Leader of the Jets, in "West Side Story" |
| 24% | RAVEN | 5 | "The ___," gothic narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the story of the titular talking bird |
| 24% | DRAGONBALLZ | 11 | Japanese anime television series that follows the adventures of Goku and has been adapted on the big screen: 3 wds. |
| 24% | GANGS | 5 | The Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story," e.g. |
| 24% | RED | 3 | Color of Spike Bulldog's collar in the animated children's series, "Tom & Jerry" |
| 24% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |
| 24% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Star of the "Men in Black" movie series: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROTI | 4 | Type of unleavened bread popular in India and the Caribbean |
| 23% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 23% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Film based on the story of Max Stuart in which actor Ben Mendelsohn plays media mogul Rupert Murdoch: 3 wds. |
| 23% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Line that follows the opening syllables of 19-, 37-, and 42-Across, in a salty refrain |
| 23% | SHIRE | 5 | The region of Tolkien's Middle-earth in which Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live |
| 23% | ORCA | 4 | A kind of Killer Whale, which is Black and White in color |