Appearances in Other Media
Bluto appears in the Robot Chicken episode "The Sack" voiced by Dave Coulier. In a segment that parodies the Popeye cartoons in the style of It's a Wonderful Life, Popeye and Bluto have opened up a bank together in shot that would show what the world would look like without Wimpy.
The Bluto/Brutus name debate has become a topic of interest on The Rick Emerson radio program.
Bluto (along with Popeye and Olive Oyl) was going to have a cameo appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but the rights to the characters could not be obtained in time.
Bluto is the main antagonist in the Popeye-themed ride Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, found at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
Bluto is referenced in BBC mockumentary The Office as a nickname for David Brent given to him by some of his colleagues, to which he takes offence.
Bluto appears alongside Olive and Popeye in a 1990 public service announcement showing the problems of coastal pollution. A lazy Bluto couldn't care less about protocol for handling waste at sea, laughing as he directly dumps trash off the stern of his boat. Olive is shocked to see the birds and sea creatures caught in Bluto’s garbage, so Popeye punches out Bluto and cleans up the floating trash. Popeye remarks to the viewer that there is plenty more trash than Bluto's in the ocean and "I can't do it all meself, ya know!"
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