In Popular Culture
In a Christmas 2006 episode of MADtv, a fictional spin-off of the Tickle Me Elmo was called "Tickle Me Emo", who has Emo saying different emo sayings, cries & whines, and says "I hate you!" three times. The Sesame Street franchise logo was parodied as "Depress-A-Me Street" on the box.
In a MADtv episode, CLOPS a GI Joe complains that Tickle Me Elmo and Power Ranger Toys are costing him his job.
In the Futurama Movie Into the Wild Green Yonder there is a toy called "Tickle Me Bender" which is a toy version of Bender. If you tickle it. It will giggle and tell you to "quit touching junk"
In Sam & Max: Ice Station Santa Game, there's a parody of Tickle Me Elmo called "Torture Me Elmer" which appears both in Santa's Workshop and in the C.O.P.S's car minigame Pimp Le Car Challenge, which objective was to drive over or shoot a certain number of said dolls. Each time they get hit they'll scream, moan or say different tormenting phrases such as "Not face".
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