Happy Feet is a popular film created by George Miller, and has been referenced in popular culture numerous times. Several of these references are from other Warner Bros. movies and shows from another networks.
Television[]
MAD[]
Mumble as a Green Lantern
In Season 2, Episode 1 (27) RiOa, Mumble appears as he was picked by Blu to be part of the team of flightless birds.
He also appears as a cameo in Season 4, Episode 18 (96) Does Someone Have to GOa, when he is with the Green Lanterns, when they are asked which of their teammates should be fired.
ER[]
In the episode "Lights Out" Returning from the video store, Sarah says she didn't like "Happy Feet" and Mike responds that everyone likes "Happy Feet".
It Takes Two[]
In Episode #2.2, Daniel Kowalski and Kate Ceberano perform the song "I Wish" from the movie Happy Feet.
My Gym Partner's a Monkey[]
A penguin tap-dancing was seen in the crowd.
Films[]
Happy Feet in the middle square
The Simpsons Movie[]
In The Simpsons Movie when Homer is playing a arcade game "Grand Theft Walrus", a penguin that is doing "Happy Feet" was killed by a walrus.
The Muppets[]
The Muppet Penguins dancing to "Happy Feet".
In the final parody trailer for The Muppets (2011), the film is spoofed with Kermit singing "Happy Feet" while the Penguins dance to the song.
Note: The song "Happy Feet" is named before the movie with the same name in 2006.
Meet the Spartans[]
- "I'll shove my happy foot in yo' ass, cracka!"
- ―Happy Feet to Leonidas
In the spoof film Meet the Spartans, there is a character named "Happy Feet" that is a gangsta penguin and a minor villain of the film. Later, Leonidas grabs a harpoon inside some glass that has a sign that says "In Case of Penguin Attack Break Glass" and harpoons the penguin, killing him.
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers[]
During the song "Flip, Flap and Fly", a dinosaur egg hatch with tap-dancing feet, a reference to Mumble hatching with tap-dancing feet in the first film.
Surf's Up[]
After the camera crew asks Cody Maverick if he has any special talents, he replies "You mean like singing and dancing?", a reference to all the singing and dancing penguins in Happy Feet. Later on when Glen is giving an interview to the film crew a rockhopper penguin passes the camera chasing an egg, this is a reference to Memphis dropping Mumble's egg in the first film.
License to Wed[]
The quote "Be gone, demon-fish!" becomes "Be gone, demon-spirit".
Robin's Wish[]
Archive footage of Robin Williams being interviewed in a behind the scenes of Happy Feet Two was shown.
Video Games[]
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction[]
In the game Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, there is a skill point named "Happy Feat", which is a reference to the movie Happy Feet. To obtain it, the player has to get nine penguins to dance at the same time. To do this, use the Transmorpher on a large group of enemies to turn them into penguins, and then use the Groovitron to make them dance.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
In Grand Theft Auto V, there is a clothing store named "Hippy Feet" located on Hawick Avenue and Power Street in Hawick, Los Santos. It is unknown what Hippy Feet sells, although it could possibly be footwear. Hippy Feet is inaccessible and plays no role in the storyline whatsoever. The name could be a reference to the movie Happy Feet.