In Popular Culture
In Horse Feathers, Thelma Todd falls off a boat and asks Groucho Marx to throw her a life saver. He pulls a roll of the candy out of his pocket and tosses her one.
In Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Latrine saves the Sheriff of Rottingham's life using a "magic pill" (a Life Saver) after he is stabbed by Robin Hood.
In the NTSC version of Croc 2, the player buys different coloured Gummi Savers to use as a means to get to higher places by jumping on them. Gummi Savers were one of the sponsors of the game.
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