Girl Scout cookies in popular culture

Girl Scout cookies are any of several varieties of cookies sold by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) as a fundraiser for their local Scout units. Parodies or satires of Scouting cookie sales are often used to give a flavor of Americana or Utopian suburban culture to scenes in films and TV shows.
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*The Addams Family (1991) (US): While running a lemonade stand of sorts, Wednesday and Pugsley have an encounter with a Girl Scout who is attempting to sell Girl Scout cookies. The Girl Scout asks about the lemonade, "Is it made from real lemons?" Regarding the cookies, Wednesday responds, "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"
*Over the Hedge (2006) (US): The foraging animals steal cookies from two "Trail Guide Gals." The cookies are so good and so popular, RJ claims, "they are hand-delivered by uniformed officers." Several parody names are mentioned in the scene, and more were included in the DVD release's image gallery, including: Skinny Mints, Love Handles, Neener Neeners, Piggy Backs, Red Rovers, Smackeroons, and Too-Da-Loos.
*Lawn Dogs (1998) (UK): A savage satire on middle-class American culture. The young girl heroine sets out in a Girl Scout-like uniform to sell cookies, but dumps them instead. Her parents are horrified that she might not win the cookie selling competition.
*The Pacifier (2005) (US): The younger daughter Lulu is a member of the Fireflies. She and her fellow Fireflies attempt to sell cookies in the Costco parking lot and get tormented by the boys from the Grizzlies troop.
*Troop Beverly Hills (1989) (US): When two troops compete at selling the most cookies, one troop gives a street performance of a pop song, complete with backup dancers.
*Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers (1989) (US): In an episode of Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers, Professor Nimnul is working on a project and someone knocks on the door; Nimnul is annoyed at the interruption and wonders if it's "little girls selling cookies".
*3rd Rock from the Sun (1996-2001) (US): In the episode "I Enjoy Being a Dick," Tommy mentions that his girlfriend August was a Girl Scout, but that she left Scouting because she felt the cookie selling verged on racketeering.
*Friends (1994-2004) (US): In the episode "The One where Rachel Quits," after Ross accidentally breaks a young girl's leg, he offers to make it up to her by selling her Girl Scout-esque cookies. The girl has to sell at least 400 boxes to go to Space Camp. The episode's themes mock both the prizes offered by troops for selling the cookies and the rising prices of the boxes in recent times.
*Friends (1994-2004) (US): In the episode "The One with Joey's Fridge," Ross has an illicit relationship with a student at the university where he works as a professor. Monica pokes fun at the age difference between Ross and his new love interest, saying to Ross: "You tell her I want my cookies early this year! Y’know, a box of Thin Mints and some Tag-a-Longs."
* Kim Possible (2002-2005, 2007) (US): "Pixie Scouts" are mentioned as selling both Pixie muffins and cookies. Kim Possible herself was once a Pixie Scout as a young girl.
* Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) (US): Tim Curry plays Mr. Jigsaw who poses as a "Wilderness Girl" selling cookies to get Sgt. Billy York (played by Whoopi Goldberg) to open the door.
* The Man Show (1999-2003) (US): The Man Show Boy dresses like a Girl Scout and attempts to sell cookies.
* Everybody Loves Raymond (2002) (US): In the episode "Cookies" Ray engages in fierce competition with the "Frontier Girl" Troop Leader and her daughter. A table war ensues in front of the best booth location in town, the local grocery mart.
* The Benchwarmers (2006) (US): Howie must go out of his dark bedroom to buy Richie's Girl Scout Cookies. He goes outside with his plastic sword and runs to get the cookies from the Scouts before 'the Evil Sun' will kill him.
* The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005-2007) (US): A con artist at the Tipton sells Carey, the doorman, and Mr. Moseby "Wilderness Girl Cookies" and stating "If I sell 15 more, I get a bicycle, and I've never had a bicycle before," thus referencing the prizes given by GSUSA for selling cookies. The fictional cookies featured in the episode have whimsical names such as Chippity-doo-das, Mint Marshmallow Mushies, and Low-Fat Lemon Loo-Loos.
* Holes: Mr. Sir makes constant references to Girl Scouts and selling cookies.
* Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) (US): The Mystery, Inc. gang gets trapped in the basement of creepy mansion after ringing its doorbell. To the delight of Scooby and Shaggy, also in the basement is a little girl selling cookies, who is later seen leaving without any cookies and a wad of cash. Also trapped is a door-to-door evangelist, who asks the gang, "Have you heard the good news?" to which Scooby replies, "Yeah! There's cookies!"
*Johnny Bravo Little Suzie tries to convince Johnny to buy Girl Scout cookies in a Dr. Seuss style episode.
*Will & Grace In the 2000 episode, "Ben, Her?," Jack tells Karen that he needs to talk to her about a business proposition, and Karen says, "Put me down for 2 boxes of the Thin Mints."
*The Fairly OddParents In a 2004 episode, "Just the Two of Us," Mark Chang is in front of The White House and says he is an alien who will take over Earth. After all six of his tentacles were handcuffed by security, he exclaims "I mean, a harmless Girl Scout! Who wants cookies?"
*The Cookout The security guard (played by Queen Latifah) finds a Girl Scout near the guardhouse. She yells at the girl, asks her for some cookies and sends her away, telling her not to come back until she gets some Thin Mints.
*Sonny With A Chance (2009) (UD) In the episode, "Cookie Monsters," when Zora is challenged by her archrival Dakota Condor-the spoiled daughter of the studio head-to sell a record number of Blossom Scout cookies, she enlists Sonny to help her. In response Dakota convinces Chad to help her set the record.
*"Johnny Test" (2009) The episode, "Join the Johnny Scouts," is centered around Johnny trying to sell enough Girl Scout-esque cookies to win a bike. The episode's theme mocks the prizes offered by troops for selling the cookies.
*"Phineas & Ferb" (2009) Milly, Katie, and Gretchen, 3 of Isabella's Fireisde Girl scout troop, are seen selling cupcakes.
*"iCarly" (2008) Spencer helps a little girl sell Sunshine Girl's "fudge balls".
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*Homestar Runner: In Strong Bad Email 185, "Nightlife," Homestar sleepwalks into Club Technochocolate mumbling to Strong Bad about having "more badges than you". He then explains: "Because I sold more Thin Mints than you."
*Homestar Runner In the Strong Bad Email "Rough Copy," Strong Bad mentions that he and The Cheat were suing Strong Sad in custody of his "Not-so-thin Mints" on the day The Cheat threw water balloons at him.
*iCarly In a webisode of "Wake Up, Spencer!" Sam offers to sell Spencer imaginary Squirrel Scout cookies, to which he replies, "I didn't know squirrels sold cookies."

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