as a result of these innovations, "fritz" was selected by "time out" magazine as the 42nd greatest animated film, ranked at number 51 on the online film critics society's list of the top 100 greatest animated films of all time, and was placed at number 56 on channel 4's list of the "100 greatest cartoons". footage from the film was edited into the music video for guru's 2007 song "state of clarity".