Rainbow Brite - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Digging to China 1998 film a Puppy Brite plush is seen in scenes where Evan Rachel Wood's character is in school for Show and Tell. The movie itself is based in the mid 1960's and not the 1980s.
• Rainbow Brite was mentioned in the Skye Sweetnam song "Hypocrite".
• A Rainbow Brite doll appeared in the music video "What U Do 2 Me" by Boomkat.
• In the episode "Prick Up Your Ears" on the cartoon series Family Guy, Peter attempts to give a sex ed demonstration with a bust of William Shakespeare and a Rainbow Brite doll.
• Rainbow Brite was recently parodied in four episodes of Robot Chicken:
  • In "Metal Militia," in a skit called "Game Over" Kelly Hu voiced Rainbow Brite while Breckin Meyer and Seth Green voiced Murky Dismal and Lurky.
  • In "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster", in a skit called "Follow the Light, Rainbow" Candace Bailey voiced Wisp while Seth Green voiced the Sphere of Light.
  • In "Moesha Poppins", in a skit called "Girl Toys" Adrianne Palicki voiced Rainbow Brite.
  • In "No Country For Old Dogs", in a skit called "Rainbow Dim" Mila Kunis voiced Rainbow Brite.
• Unlicensed, revealing Rainbow Brite and Patty O'Green costumes have become a popular item in adult novelty catalogs.
• Season 3 final of Reba called "Core Focus" where Barbra Jean believes Brock is still in love with Reba, Barbra Jean pounds on two dolls, pretending they are Brock and Reba. One of the dolls is a 2003 Red Butler doll.
• A reference to Rainbow Brite was made in The Order of the Stick.
• A talk show called The Soup did a skit in which the host (Joel McHale) is dressed as Rainbow Brite for a fake trailer for Rainbow Brite: The Movie.
• On an edition of WWE Raw, William Regal stated that WWE Diva Maria liked Rainbow Brite.
• Penny Arcade published a web comic parodying the sequel to American McGee's Alice. The comic features a racy version of Rainbow Brite and a menacing version of Twink.