Mr. Clean - Cultural References

Cultural References

• In the Lost episode "The Hunting Party", "Mr. Clean" is one of Sawyer's nicknames for John Locke, a bald muscular character portrayed by Terry O'Quinn.
• In The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets an Elephant", Homer pours a bottle of "Mr. Cleanser" into a puddle in the basement and begins scrubbing, ignoring the warning to only use the product in a well-ventilated area. The resultant fumes cause him to hallucinate and imagine the various mascots from a selection of household cleaning products coming to life. The mascots then begin to brutally attack Homer and Mr. Cleanser, identical to Mr. Clean right down to having the correct skin colour (as opposed to the usual yellow skin of characters in the series), angrily informs Homer in a German accent "I...must...destroy you!"
• In the production of 'Grease', Mr Clean is mentioned in the alma mator parody song, sung by the t-birds. the songs states, "If Mr Clean, Rydell, had seen Rydell, he'd just turn green and disappear!"
• "make mrproper" is a command in the Linux kernel build system, used to "clean up" all files from past builds and restore the build directory to its original clean state. The reason "make mrproper" is used instead of "make mrclean" is because Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, was familiar with the name "Mr. Proper" as this is the brand widely known in Europe.
• The Cleaner: An agent that closely resembles Mr. Clean in The Venture Bros. episode "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part II)". He is hired to clean up crime scenes with his weapon of choice, a pair of cleaning sprayers filled with acid that melts anything it touches (and leaves a pleasant odor that smells faintly of lemons).
• Mr. Clean is one of the most famous songs of the band Millencolin.
• Mr. Clean's first name was the subject of a $250,000 question on an episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
• Mr. Clean is mentioned in Oasis' 1994 song Shakermaker.