Aquaman - in Other Media

In Other Media

Aquaman has appeared in multiple cartoon series, such as The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Super Friends, and Justice League as well as a live action version appearing in the TV series Smallville. He was also scheduled to be featured in his own series by Al Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of Smallville, but only a pilot episode was created.

In Marvel Comics' JLA pastiche Squadron Supreme, the character Amphibian, a mutant man named Kingsley Rice, is based on Aquaman. His body adapts to the sea by growing more fish-like at increased depths. In the Supreme Power revamp by J. Michael Straczynski, the Amphibian character is female, mute, and obviously non-human, with blue skin, fins, quill-like spines, and no obvious hair.

A fictional Aquaman movie played a central role in the second season and part of the third season of the HBO show Entourage, where the series central character earned great fame due to the critical success of the movie, directed by James Cameron.

In 2003, Cartoon Network Latin America aired the spoof series The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour that starred Aquaman as an easily irritated children's television show host and the Legion of Doom as his bankrupt villains.

Aquaman has also been referenced in several episodes of The Big Bang Theory, as have Flash, Green Lantern and Batman. Rajesh regretted having to dress up as him for a new years costume party, because Aquaman "sucks."

Aquaman is parodied by Jeff Dunham by his character Melvin who says he has the same powers as SpongeBob SquarePants.

Aquaman is the subject of an award-winning song by Filk music artists Ookla the Mok (band). The song, "Arthur Curry", appears on their 1997 album Less Than Art, and was awarded a Pegasus Award for Best Comic Book Song in 2004.

Aquaman is also featured in the song "Aquaman's Lament" by Mark Aaron James, on the album Just a Satel-lite.

A parody of Aquaman appears in season 7 episode 4 "Baby Not on Board" of Family Guy. In this episode, Aquaman helplessly watches from the ocean as a man attacks a woman on the beach. He yells empty threats and throws a starfish at the man but cannot intervene, as his powers are limited to the water only. He again appeared in the series in season 8 episode 18, "Quagmire's Dad".

The character of Mermaid Man in the television show SpongeBob SquarePants is dressed like Aquaman.