- Prop Recycling: The Rocket Man suit would be reused by Commando Cody in Radar Men from the Moon and Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, and Larry Martin in Zombies Of The Stratosphere, leading to the assumption that they were all Rocket Man even though that character only exists in this film serial.
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- Scenes from this movie are Gag Dubbed in J-Men Forever, where the hero Rocket Jock constantly grumbles about the practical difficulties of using a Jet Pack.
- In Misery, Anne Wilkes uses Rocket Man as an example during her rant on the subject of Cliffhanger Copout, though the cliffhanger she describes doesn't quite fit those in the serial.
- Star Trek: Voyager had Captain Proton (a holodeck program that's an Affectionate Parody of Republic scifi serials) wearing the leather jacket with Jet Pack and chest-mounted controls, though not the silly helmet.
- In Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space, Gneelix calls Captain Proton the Queen of the Rocket Men until Proton corrects him.
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