Western Animation
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series: Duke Nigel, the steampunk hero, is named Nigel Fortenberry after Nigel Thornberry.
- Robot Chicken: A sketch from "Zeb and Kevin Erotic Hot Tub Canvas" has Nigel Thornberry retooling his show for the Discovery Channel, with the resulting show being called The Wild Thornberrys: Wild as F***. The show features the Thornberry family skydiving naked in the intro sequence, then defending themselves from wild animals with flamethrowers, and eating live tarantulas. Lacey Chabert, Danielle Harris, and Jodi Carlisle reprised their respective roles as Eliza, Debbie, and Marianne.
- The Simpsons: In "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", The Wild Dingleberrys Movie shown to be playing at the Springfield Googolplex.
