In Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, Mara calls KZUK to request "I Wanna Be Sedated." He plays the version by the University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band. Later, he buys a Ramones T-shirt from Target.
The Angry Video Game Nerd's video on Game Boy peripherals ends with the Nerd quoting "I Wanna Be Sedated" while discussing the PediSedate, an unreleased device that would've administered anesthesia to children while they played video games.