In Popular Culture
- The baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver's nickname.
- The character also appeared in a comic book for six issues in 1957 from Pines Comics, with some stories drawn by Ralph Bakshi.
- Tom Terrific appeared in a few Wonder Books, an imitation of Little Golden Books.
- Crabby Appleton was the name of a rock group, which used the character's image on a 1971 album, ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
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