Taxidermy - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• In the TV series Scrubs, Janitor is revealed to be an amateur taxidermist, known to have stuffed animals within other animals, keeping an army of stuffed squirrels in his garage, and eventually having his license revoked for killing all the squirrels around Sacred Heart hospital. Also in Scrubs, JD and Turk have a taxidermied yellow Labrador ('Rowdy') which they bought at a yard sale, and they treat like it's still alive.
• In the TV series Heroes, Samson Gray, the father of Sylar, is a professional taxidermist (and also a retired villain himself). In the episode "Shades of Gray," he teaches his son how to kill and stuff a rabbit using his superpowers, while simultaneously explaining his philosophy using various hunting metaphors.
• The 2010 film "Dinner for Schmucks", Barry is a taxidermist
• In the 2010 British Film The Orgasm Diaries the female protagonist Noon taxiderms the songbirds she finds outside her door every morning.
• In Resident Evil 2, the police chief Brian Irons has a number of mounted animals in his office, and taxidermy was one of his biggest hobbies.
• In Jaws, Quint states that he knows a taxidermist who would have a heart attack if he saw Quint bring him a whole great white shark.
• Taxidermia is a 2006 Hungarian film which touches on the subject.
• In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Norman Bates's hobby is taxidermy.
• In the DLC for the 2010 video game, Heavy Rain, The antagonist is a psychopathic taxidermist, who stuffs human women, and refers to them as his "Collection"
• A commercial for Ojai Valley Taxidermy Company went viral on YouTube. It features the taxidermist Chuck Testa using stuffed animal skins as puppets. In this commercial, he says the phrase "nope, it's Chuck Testa," which has become an internet meme.