Discussing the latter works, Vianu noted that they reminded one of Shakespeare's late romances, while Şerban Cioculescu believed them to have been indirectly inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

The manga and 1984 anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was indirectly inspired by the character in the Odyssey.

The sport and casual shoe brand Vans has similar models, Era and Slip-On, that are indirectly inspired by this type of shoe.

His first masterpiece, The Potato Eaters (Oil on Canvas, 1885), of Dutch land peasants, was indirectly inspired by the bad conditions for miners and families in the Borinage, but was not painted there.

The initial conception of this system was indirectly inspired by the Caracas Aerial Tramway (also known as the Mount Avila Gondola) which was designed primarily to carry passengers to a luxury hotel.

Arthur Kinoy has also suggested that the break-in may have been indirectly inspired by the Supreme Court's unanimous decision against the legality of warrantless wiretapping in United States v. U.S. District Court.

Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Princess Ida is indirectly inspired by Love's Labour's Lost.

Several institutions and companies, especially those involved in transport or insurance, were named after, or indirectly inspired by, Edward Lloyd or his (now defunct) coffee house:

Many of the core game mechanics of Vega Strike are indirectly inspired by Elite.

In addition, she was indirectly inspired by one of Bryan Konietzko's sisters.