References in Film, TV and Video Games
- The original version of the song is heard in the 1999 film Runaway Bride, and appears on the soundtrack. Early in the movie Richard Gere's character Ike Graham describes several mythological 'Maneaters' in a newspaper column, and then cites one human one, Julia Roberts's Maggie Carpenter, who's left multiple men standing at the altar.
- In the season one Scrubs episode "My Bed Banter and Beyond," Dr. Cox tells a psychologist that his wife is "a man-eater. And I'm not talking about the 'whoa-whoa, here she comes' kind."
- In 2009, the song appeared on the "Ballad Of Gay Tony" episode of the video game, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, as a part of the Vice City FM radio station.
- The North American release of Ys I and II Chronicles features a reference to Maneater at the start of Ys I.
- In the Beavis and Butthead episode "Sign Here," the duo watches the music video.
- In 2012, The song was used by Google as part of their advertisement campaign for their products, specifically the collaborative feature in Google Docs. The 30 second video purports to show Hall & Oates writing the lyrics for the song, and constantly editing each other's work until they settle on the final version.
- In the "A Brown Thanksgiving" episode of The Cleveland Show Hall & Oates sing it after appearing as an angel and devil on Cleveland's shoulders.
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