Depictions
- In an episode of the FOX-TV animated series of King of the Hill, Big Tex is the focus of the 8th Season episode titled "Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon," which first aired April 25, 2004, Hank Hill is upset that the State Fair of Texas will not allow propane Bar-B-Que grills to be used. Luanne Platter, Hill's niece, decides to protest this by climbing inside Big Tex and staging a sit-in protest.
- The image of Big Tex and the statue's iconic stance is commonly used in regional advertising campaigns.
- The State Fair of Texas uses Big Tex in all marketing material, including the fair's website domain name (www.bigtex.com).
- In 2005 the State Fair of Texas created the Big Tex Choice Awards, an annual food competition between vendors of the fair. The trophy merges the Academy Award's Oscar body with an oversized Big Tex head.
- Big Tex is featured on the cover of the 1983 comic "The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas."
- The 1962 film State Fair was shot on location at the State Fair of Texas, and features shots of Big Tex and the fairgrounds.
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