Open Up and Say... Ahh! - in Other Media

In Other Media

• "Nothin' but a Good Time" is featured in the following films:
  • Grind, when the characters are in Sweet Lou's truck, Sweet Lou puts in a CD containing the song.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith, when John Smith (Brad Pitt) listens to it while driving through the desert in a dune buggy. The song is also on the official soundtrack of the movie.
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, when Harold and Kumar attend the "Girls Girls, Girls" whorehouse.
  • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, when a young Connor Mead enters a party in a flashback, carrying a copy of the album with him.
  • Yogi Bear, on the radio at the lake when they are about to blow the fireworks, before the party gets destroyed.

• "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is featured in the following films and television shows:
  • Beerfest, when the rest of Team USA is remembering their fallen teammate Landfill.
  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, as Bill & Ted's answer to the question "What is the meaning of life?", they recite the chorus of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" to demonstrate their suitability to enter Heaven.
  • Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, when honoring the fallen gigolos.
  • 500 Days of Summer, in a karaoke lounge Tom's friend McKenzie sings this.
  • "Yes Dear", when the main characters meet Bret Michaels. They party at his house for one of the character's birthdays and at the end, Michaels sings "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as he serves breakfast to the family as a reference to a joke made earlier about catering to the crew of A Letter from Death Row.
  • South Park, in the episode "Guitar Queer-O" while Kyle is playing at the local bowling alley and drinking Fresca to ease the pain of his breakup-up with former Guitar Hero teammate Stan.
  • The O.C., in the episode "The Rager" while playing at the jukebox, Julie Cooper is singing with Lance.

• Both songs appear in the "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" episode from The Simpsons: first, Otto plays "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" to propose to his girlfriend Becky; later at their wedding ceremony, a Poison cover band named Cyanide appears playing "Nothin' But a Good Time", to which Becky reacts negatively, making Otto leave her.

• "Nothin' but a Good Time" is a playable track in the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (listed incorrectly as "Ain't Nothin' but a Good Time"), and the 2009 game Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. It was also downloadable content for Rock Band 3 along with two other Poison songs. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is also featured in Band Hero.