Power Glove - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

The electro/hip-hop group Hyper Crush's first released EP entitled "The Arcade" makes several references to the "Nintendo Power Glove."

• The Power Glove was prominently shown off in the Nintendo-produced film The Wizard, memorably wielded by antagonist Lucas Barton (Jackey Vinson), whose ironic smug boast, "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad," became an internet meme years later. Mutant Reviewers from Hell noted that:

"…the Power Glove was an odd controller for the NES that required you to wear a huge glove that really did very little, but the movie treats it with such awe, such holy reverence that all of the witnesses to its mighty power are left speechless. That is, until Lucas gives us one of the film's most memorable lines: 'I love the Power Glove. It's so bad!'"

• In the sixth A Nightmare on Elm Street film, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Freddy Krueger is seen controlling and trying to kill Spencer with a video game similar to the NES. The controller is unplugged, and Freddy uses his version of the Power Glove as a replacement.

• In the revived series of The Electric Company, Prankster Manny Spamboni is often seen sporting a Power Glove and using it to activate various gadgets of his.

• Speed metal band Powerglove are named after the Nintendo accessory. Their music consists mainly of old video game songs translated into a fast-paced metal fashion. The band displays an original Power glove at the conclusion of their set.

• In a few episodes of the Smosh video series, the character Teleporting Fat Guy sports a Power Glove to teleport and even travel through time. Teleporting Fat Guy claims that Bart Reynolds (A parody of Burt Reynolds) stole the Power Glove off him and somehow he got it back.

• The Regular Show episode "Video Game Wizard" revolved around a parody of the Power Glove, called the "Maximum Glove". Furthering the parody, the product's tagline is "It's so bad." The title and basic plot of the episode are a reference to The Wizard, which prominently featured the Power Glove.

• The band Neon Indian used a Power Glove as an instrument in their track "Terminally Chill".

• In the song "Cutsman" by the Nintendocore band HORSE the band, the quote "I love the power glove, it's so bad" can be heard at the very end of the song.

• Seattle EDM producer/DJ Jeremy Jones makes music under the name Powermitten, wearing shiny spandex suits and platform boots, and wearing a Power Glove. He even has a song named after the Power Glove called "Put yo glove up".