In Popular Culture
- The Hanson Brother characters inspired Canadian rock / punk band Nomeansno to create an alter-ego band The Hanson Brothers, playing Ramones-style songs about girls, hockey and beer.
- The Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League have a trio of long-haired, horn-rimmed-glasses-wearing guys who do "ice maintenance" during the official time-outs at home games named The Mullet Brothers, who are patterned after the Hansons.
- It was mentioned in the 2005 documentary Forever Hardcore by Pro Wrestler Scott "Raven" Levy that the idea for the Stable known as The Dudleys was inspired by the Hanson Brothers from Slapshot after he and Dean Malenko watched the movie one night in Florida.
- At the June 2011 NHL Awards, the Hanson Brothers appeared in a spoof sketch based on the popular television series Pawn Stars, in which they try to sell the Stanley Cup to proprietor Rick Harrison at his pawn shop.
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