He ended each episode with a short Robot Wars themed poem.

The third Gumby episode, " Robot Rumpus ", made a successful debut on the Howdy Doody Show in August 1956.

* On the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken, the episode " Sausage Fest " showed a parody of the X-Men being killed by a Sentinel, and Professor X then recruiting the cast of the Police Academy films to replace them.

The series has also been parodied, including an episode of The Powerpuff Girls which features the Mayor of Townsville playing a spoof of Ocarina of Time, and a season 3 episode of Robot Chicken, in which a skit based on The Legend of Zelda references aspects of the series, including the existence of multiple Links, Triforce, Rupees and rescuing Princess Zelda.

** Jenny Calendar, starting with the episode " I Robot, You Jane "

* In the 1995 science fiction series The Outer Limits, in the remake of the " I, Robot " episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named " Rossum Hall Robotics.

*" Junk in the Trunk ", an episode of the television series Robot Chicken

The episode reflects the ideas created in such works as Bicentennial Man and Asimov's Robot series ( which introduced the Three Laws Of Robotics ).

The first screen adaptation of an Asimov robot stories was the third episode of the British television series Out of This World based on " Little Lost Robot " ( 1962 ).

More directly, the Gill-man appeared in the Robot Chicken episode " Shoe ", voiced by Seth Green.

He appears in the " Laff-a-Munich " skit in the Robot Chicken episode " Ban on the Fun ".

Later robot designs by his principal designer Robert Kinoshita, such as Robot B-9 of Lost in Space, moved smoothly on motorized treads ( Robby appears opposite Robot B-9 in Lost in Space episode # 20 " War of the Robots ".

* The Thin Man ( 1958 )-season 1 episode " Robot Client ", original aired February 28, 1958

* The Gale Storm Show ( 1958 )-season 3 episode " Robot from Inner Space ", first aired December 13, 1958

* 2012: The Simpsons-Robots ( 1 episode, " Them, Robot ")

Speedy briefly appears in a Robot Chicken episode: " Werewolf VS Unicorn " when he penetrates Sylvester's fence.

* During one episode of the animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot, Jenny fights hopping vampires.

* In the Futurama episode " The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings ", the Robot Devil sings at one point " I will marry her now and confine her to Hell, How droll!

In the episode " Sibling Tsunami " of the animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot, when asked what's wrong, XJ-7, a chronically depressed robot character replied, " The usual, life, the universe, everything " a reference not only to Marvin, but the " Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything " a central tenet of the series ' storyline ( as well as the title of the third book ).

Little Orphan Annie was also parodied in an episode of the stop-motion television series Robot Chicken in which Little Orphan Annie fails to grasp the true meaning of a hard knock life when a fellow orphan shows that their lives are relatively decent compared to orphans around the world.

Bluto appears in the Robot Chicken episode " The Sack " voiced by Dave Coulier.

Ackbar was prominently featured in a sketch during Robot Chicken: Star Wars, a 2007 episode of the stop motion animated television series Robot Chicken dedicated entirely to Star Wars parodies.

* In an episode of Duckman, a fight between Duckman and King Chicken crashes through a college classroom where Ajax was earlier giving a presentation on onomatopoeia.

At the opening of the episode, after a rocket shoots down the Iron Chicken, Major Clanger kicks a door to make it work, and his first words are " Oh, sod it ; the bloody thing ’ s stuck again ".

* The season seven episode " Fun on a Bun " of the animated science fiction comedy Futurama includes two original songs by the band plus a cover version of " The Chicken Dance ".

He has also appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch (" Lock Out ") for LoadingReadyRun ( and a reprise of the same the following year in CommodoreHustle 4 ), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.

Films and programs which refer to dummies that are alive include, Magic ( 1978 film ), Child's Play ( 1988 film ), Dead of Night, Devil Doll, Dead Silence, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Goosebumps ( TV series ), Seinfeld ( the episode The Chicken Roaster ), " ALF " ( the episode I'm Your Puppet "), and The Twilight Zone.

In the Medicinal Fried Chicken episode of South Park, Randy Marsh wants to get a prescription for medicinal marijuana before the Ziggy Marley concert in Denver.

* There are two references in the episode " Wayne the Zebra ": A Chicken Run-style chicken is rejected during the auditions ( with Bad Bob making a comment regarding the recent popularity of chickens, referring to the film's success ), and Bad Bob consults the Aardman book Cracking Animation ( ISBN 0-500-28168-8, published in the US as Creating 3-D Animation ).

The Chicken Cannon became a popular segment early in the TV show's run, but kept being used every episode for years, becoming predictable and often repeating the same jokes.

In the final episode, four couples ( Dr. Stein / Dana Reynard, Duckman / Honey, King Chicken / Bernice, Cornfed / Beverly ) got married – the last three in a joint ceremony no less.

McDowell has lent his voice to Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After, the Superman villain Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series, Mad Mod in Teen Titans, Merlyn in DC Showcase: Green Arrow, Arkady Duvall ( son of Ra's Al Ghul ) in Batman: The Animated Series and as the voice of a Death Star commander in a Robot Chicken episode parodying Star Wars.

A fourth-season episode of the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken parodies Babar, depicting the human citizens of the kingdom rising up in a revolution.

As revealed in the season-one episode " The Day Smart Turned Chicken ," his first name is Thaddeus, but it is rarely used.

* Bizarro appears in the The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians episode " The Bizarro Super Powers Team " voiced by Danny Dark.

* Bizarro appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode " Ultimatum " voiced by George Newbern.

In another episode, Superman states that Bizarro " looks like someone threw up in an ice cube tray ," and makes an additional, more vulgar comparison to Kryptonite as he, Flash and Wonder Woman are comparing ' reverse villains '.

Bizzaro Kai is not listed in the credits for this episode as his other three counterparts are, and Bizzaro Zane is spelled the original way (" Bizarro ").

In the episode " The Bizarro Jerry ", George can be seen styling his hair based on an Andy Sipowicz ( Dennis Franz ) poster.

* Krypto appeared as a simple puppy on Krypton in the first episode of the 1990s Superman: The Animated Series, " The Last Son of Krypton: Part 1 ", although he is not named. Also of note, in the Superman animated series episode " Bizarro's World ", Bizarro enters the Fortress of Solitude and releases a number of alien animals kept there, including a violent reptilian creature which Bizarro considers to be his " Krypto ", and both became fond of each other.

In one episode Mr. Kltpzyxm, a Bizarro Mxyzptlk is created, who promptly speeds off to turn Bizarro world into a beautiful planet like Earth, much to Bizarro's horror.

* In the Justice League Unlimited episode " The Doomsday Sanction ," it is revealed that in this series, Doomsday is actually an altered clone of Superman ( similar to Bizarro ), genetically engineered by Project Cadmus to be Superman's superior and indoctrinated into hating him.

* Tim DeKay, actor, Co-star of White Collar ; also played Clayton " Jonesy " Jones in the HBO series Carnivàle and " Bizarro Jerry " in an episode of Seinfeld

During the episode " Persona ", a severely weakened Brainiac hides in the district posing as a homeless man until he is visited by Bizarro ( who asks for assistance against the returning Clark Kent ).

* TCB, an acronym for " taking care of business ", used in the Seinfeld episode " The Bizarro Jerry "

" In one episode, for example, a salesman is doing a brisk trade selling Bizarro bonds: " Guaranteed to lose money for you ".

* In the Superman: The Animated Series episode " Bizarro's World ", Bizarro finds the Fortress of Solitude where he interacts with Brainiac and discovers his " origin ".

In a followup episode, " Little Big Head Man ", Bizarro had populated his world with mannequins he made of boulders and twigs, and pretended to " protect " the populace.

The concept of " Bizarro World " is a fundamental element in " The Bizarro Jerry ", the 137th episode of American sitcom Seinfeld.

* In the Buffy Season 2 episode " Reptile Boy ", Cordelia tells Xander Harris that his being accepted into a fraternity of rich and powerful men would only happen " in the Bizarro World.

Buffy Summers also referenced " Bizarro World " in the season 6 episode " Gone.