In Popular Culture
- The St. Paul Saints, an independent minor-league baseball team in St. Paul, Minnesota known for unique and sometimes over-the-top promotions, announced that it would give away 2,500 bobblehead dolls dressed as the Count at its May 23, 2009 game. However, instead of the Count's regular head, this doll's head featured Al Franken on one side and Norm Coleman on the other, and was called "Count von Re-Count"—referring to the extraordinarily prolonged recount and legal battle surrounding the 2008 U.S. Senate election between the two men. The team made further jabs at the election during the game.
- Australian rugby league football international Anthony Minichiello has been nicknamed 'The Count' due to his striking resemblance to the character.
- Dave Chapelle has compared the Count to a pimp in his standup routines.
- The multimedia artist Neil Cicierega (recording as Lemon Demon) released a faux-censored version of one of the Count's Sesame Street songs, in which bleeping out the word "count" induces a comedic off-color effect on adult listeners.
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