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Froot Loops was often featured on the television show All in the Family as a favorite cereal of Archie Bunker.
Froot Loops is also often mentioned on the television sitcom Two and a Half Men as Jake's favorite cereal, after Frankenberry.
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver called Sarah Palin a "Froot Loop" for criticizing the Obama administration's healthy eating initiatives.
In The Simpsons episode "Bart's Girlfriend", Bart says that Jessica Lovejoy's hair smells like Froot Loops, to which Lisa replies "Oh yeah? Well I eat Froot Loops for breakfast!"
This cereal was parodied on All That episode 14.
It was also parodied in Tiny Toons Adventures episode "Acme Cable TV" in a commercial for "Foot Loops" which featured Gogo Dodo (parodying Toucan Sam) trying to convince Shirley to eat them as an alternative to granola, without success.
Eddie Murphy referenced Froot Loops in his 1983 stand-up comedy routine "Delirious".
Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory was given this as his astronaut nickname by Michael Massimino during the 15th episode of the 5th Season of the Sitcom.
In the show Danny Phantom Danny is often seen calling Vlad Masters/Plasmius a "Fruit Loop".
In Big Brother USA's Season 14, houseguest Willie Hantz referenced Froot Loops in what has become one of the most remembered tirades in the show's history: "I'm not gonna be awkward. I'm a f***ing grown-ass man. And when I come in and get something to eat, I'm gonna f***ing sit down there and eat some f***ing food, Fruit Loops or whatever, cuz that's what I wanna do. And I'm gonna come out here and smoke and I don't give a f*** who's out here!"
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