In Popular Culture
The Quaker figure who adorns Quaker Oats' products packaging has been anonymously referred to as "the guy on the oatmeal box" in various episodes of Nickelodeon/Klasky-Csupo's Rugrats, in reference to one of Chuckie Finster's multifarious childhood phobias. Specifically, Chucky finds the man's hat to be scary.
The Quaker Oats Company is a sponsor of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club of MLS.
In the 2009 film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, the protagonist believes that the Quaker man is God.
In the fourth season episode "Love Means Having to Say You’re Sorry" of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, two pilgrims brought into the present by Sabrina's aunts are referred to by Sabrina as "Mr. and Mrs. Quaker Oats."
In Spanish speaking countries Quaker, pronounced "Kwa-Ker" is used to refer to oats.
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