Simon (game) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • In the 2009 film Accidents Happen, Doug Post is playing Simon while lying in bed in his room, just before Billy Conway enters and talks him into sneaking out to visit Billy's brother Gene at the care center.
  • Simon appeared on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia in the episode "A Very Sunny Christmas", during which Mac finds the game in his closet and Charlie finds the game extremely difficult.
  • Simon appeared on an episode of Little Miss Gamer as her portable gaming system. It caused her to meet Tom Green and Blackwolf the Dragon Master.
  • Simon appears in American Dad episode The One That Got Away with the family becoming addicted to the game, playing it for days without moving.
  • Simon appears in the film CWACOM (2009). Flint, the main character, has to click the correct sequence on a Simon to get into his lab.
  • Simon appears in the Family Guy episode "Perfect Castaway", when Stewie plays the game and loses.
  • In a skit on Robot Chicken, Dick Cheney's heart is replaced with a Simon, in a parody of Iron Man.
  • In an episode of Dexter's Laboratory, a Simon game (labeled as "Simon Says") is used to gain entry to the laboratory.
  • There is a Simon game signed by Baer on permanent display at the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, Montana.
  • In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, a pair of quests in Blade's Edge Mountains require the participants to play a lifesize version of the game through six and eight sequences, respectively.
  • Simon appears in Channel 4's list of 100 Top Toys at number 72.
  • In the 1987 Run DMC music video "Christmas in Hollis" Santa Claus is using a converted Simon to determine who is naughty and who is nice.
  • The album cover of Queen's Hot Space was influenced by the Simon colors.
  • In an episode of Cougar Town, Laurie Keller is seen playing Simon and finds it extremely difficult.

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