Buzz Aldrin - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Aldrin has been portrayed by:

• Cliff Robertson in Return to Earth (1976)
• Himself in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
• Himself in The Simpsons (1994)
• Larry Williams in Apollo 13 (1995)
• Xander Berkeley in Apollo 11 (1996)
• Bryan Cranston in From the Earth to the Moon (1998) and Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
• James Marsters in Moonshot (2009)
• Himself and John Anderson in the 30 Rock episode, "The Moms" (2010)
• Mariano Etcheverry in Apollo 11, un pas en fals? (2010)
• Nicolás Gutiérrez in Shoot for the Moon (2011)
• Himself and Cory Tucker in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Himself in Futurama (2011)
• Ken Arnold in Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Hugh Davidson (voice) in the Mad episode, "Garfield of Dreams / I Hate My Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2012)
• Paul-Henri Campbell poetry book Space Race features a complete cycle on the Apollo program and a five part piece on Buzz Aldrin. (2012)
• Himself in season 6, episode 5 of The Big Bang Theory In a video clip Raj sends to Howard (2012)

Monty Python's Flying Circus series 2, episode 4 (episode 17 overall), was entitled "The Buzz Aldrin Show (or: An Apology)" and aired 20 October 1970. Aldrin is referred to in dialogue, and the closing credits scroll over his NASA portrait. The episode includes the sketch, "How to Recognize a Mason", mocking Freemasonry, but makes no mention of Aldrin's Masonic membership and activities.

Pixar character Buzz Lightyear's name was inspired by Aldrin. Aldrin acknowledged the tribute when he pulled a Buzz Lightyear doll out during a speech at NASA, to rapturous cheers; a clip of this can be found on the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD. Aldrin did not, however, receive any endorsement fees for the use of his first name.

Buzz Aldrin voiced a minor character, the Stargazer, in the epilogue scene of Mass Effect 3.

Jarle Bernhoft named a song after Aldrin in his sophomore album, Solidarity Breaks, in 2010.