Referenced By / The Little Rascals

Comic Book

• The Legends of the Dead Earth tie-in annual for Guy Gardner: Warrior includes one story about kid versions of Guy and his friends, in which the credits box gives all the creators familiar nicknames like Beau "Spanky" Smith and David "Alfalfa" Brewer.
• Two issues of the Anthology Comic Marvel 2099 Unlimited included a strip about a gang of kids called "R-Gang".
• Wonder Woman (2006): Darla, a Domestic Abuse survivor and volunteer at a women's shelter which helps hide and provide for abuse victims, was named in universe for the Rascals character since her father was a fan of the films growing up.

Literature

• Captain Underpants: The two main boys' last names, Beard and Hutchins, came from child actors Matthew 'Stymie' Beard and Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins.

Live-Action TV

• Married... with Children:
  • In "And Baby Makes Money", Al's recently departed Uncle was named Stymie. As Bud and Kelly misname him Buckwheat and Spanky, Al eventually settles on calling him Uncle Gang.
  • In "The Egg and I", Al quips to a returning Steve, who on the run from the law, that Alfalfa would have been a good actor to play him in the movie of his life.
• Muppets Tonight: In the first episode, one of the shows listed on the KMUP lineup is The Little Rat-Skulls.

Music

• There was a 1960s singing group called Spanky and Our Gang, which derived its name from lead singer Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane's facial resemblance to George "Spanky" McFarland (as well as their similar surnames).

Web Video

• The Angry Video Game Nerd: In his review of the Dennis the Menace SNES game, the poster for the 1994 The Little Rascals movie is shown when the Nerd mentions that the movie the game is based on was one of several movies about mischevious young boys made following the success of Home Alone.

Western Animation

• Family Guy: The third segment of "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1", titled Lil' Griffins, is a parody of the series.
• The Simpsons:
  • In "Marge vs. the Monorail", Mayor Quimby asks Leonard Nimoy whether he was one of the Little Rascals.
  • In "Homer the Smithers", Marge is surprised at Homer getting up at 4:30 and reminds him that The Little Rascals isn't on until 6:00. Homer tells her he's aware and that he programmed the VCR to record it.
  • In "Radioactive Man", Moe reveals that he used to be one of the Little Rascals, named "Stinky", until he killed the original Alfalfa.
  • In "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", the familiar theme music plays when Bart and his friends walk through a fence. In addition, Milhouse is dressed as Alfalfa, and a dog resembling Pete the Pup follows them.
  • In "The Musk Who Fell to Earth", Kent Brockman reports that the last of the Little Rascals has died.
  • One episode has a character eating a cereal named Alfalfa Bits.
• An episode of SpongeBob SquarePants is titled "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club", named for the He-Man Woman Haters Club.