Mr. Pibb in popular culture

The carbonated soft drink Pibb Xtra (previously sold as Mr. Pibb) has appeared many times in popular culture.
*Mr. PiBB is mentioned several times throughout the series American Dad as it is Stan Smith's favorite drink. It is a big part of the sub-plot in the episode "A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial", where Stan and Francine try to save the original Mr. Pibb drink from being discontinued. Eventually they meet a man named Mr. Pibb (voiced by Peter Graves) who introduces them to Pibb Xtra. In another episode, Stan pays a family of illegal immigrants working for him in watered-down Mr. Pibb.
* On an episode of the g4 channel's Code Monkeys, Character "Black Steve" says the he is sponsored by the Mr. Pibb company, and then says, "Drink Mr. Pibb, its refreshing and doesn't pretend to be a doctor, unlike other drinks" referring to Dr Pepper. A similar statement was made by Francine in the save Mr. Pibb episode of American Dad mentioned in the previous paragraph.
*Mr. PiBB was also in an episode of King of the Hill, where Dale fills Hank's lawnmower with the soft drink instead of gasoline.
*On December 17, 2005, the "Lazy Sunday" sketch on Saturday Night Live included the line "Mr. Pibb + Red Vines equal CRAZY DELICIOUS," rapped by Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell.
*Mr. PiBB is featured on a Family Guy episode where Peter Griffin tells of his living with Superman. A flashback follows leading to Peter asking Superman to go to the grocery store as they have run out of Mr. PiBB and Cheez-Its.
*In the Yes, Dear episode "Worst in Show", Greg is excited to find a Mr. Pibb machine at the veterinarian's office.
*In the 2007 Two and a Half Men episode "Large Birds, Spiders and Mom", Alan reveals that in junior high he had been stuffed into a locker for five hours after having had three Mr. Pibbs at lunch.
*Mr. PiBB is spoken about in the movie Slither, Jack MacReady goes off in a tantrum screaming about the circumstances and how there is no Mr. PiBB. It's the only "Coke" he likes.
*Mr. PiBB is also referenced in the movie S.W.A.T.
*In the Scrubs episode "My Long Goodbye", Elliot Reid tells a story of a quiz she took in school about Mt. Dew's original name, and gives Carla a piece of trivia about Mr. Pibb, claiming it was originally called Señor Brown Water.
*In the movie Zoom, Tim Allen (or Zoom) nicknamed the Zenith Program's robotic assistant Mr. PiBB, after the cola drink.
*On KLZR KLZR Lazer 105.9FM in Lawrence, KS, Disc-Jockey Matthew "Zac D" Creed interrupted his night show shift to announce that the vending machine at the station had run out of Mr. Pibb, resulting in over 25 12-packs being delivered to the station steps by listeners before the end of his shift.
*In the Simpsons episode "Homer Alone", Selma and Patty babysit Lisa and Bart and offer them a choice of beverages including "Clamato, Mr. Pibb, and soy milk".
**Also in the episode "Mayored to the Mob", when a woman comes up to "Comic Book Guy" and asks how much she can get for water damaged "Little Lo Los". Comic Book Guy tells her that the damage is not from water, but from diet Mr. PiBB.
*In the Venture Bros episode "Return to Spider-Skull Island", Dr. Byron Orpheus futilely attempts to order Mr. PiBB, among several other obscure beverages, at a roadside diner.
*In one of Mitch Hedberg's jokes, he refers to Mr. PiBB as a "poor imitation of Dr Pepper", because the "dude didn’t even get his degree.”
*During the 1993 Nascar Winston Cup season, it was an associate sponsor to Hut Stricklin's Ford Thunderbird.
*Jimmy Spencer won his 2 Winston Cup races in the McDonalds/Mr. Pibb Thunderbird and there was a giant Mr. Pibb can in victory lane. Oddly enough it was at a time when many McDonalds in the south were switching from Mr. Pibb to Dr. Pepper.
*Mr. PiBB was also the name of a character in four skits featured on the 2004 Adam Sandler album Shhh...Don't Tell.
*The drink is mentioned in the song 'An idea for a movie' on The Vandals Album, Hitler Bad, Vandals Good. The Lyric is, "I've got an idea for a movie, and it goes like this, Check it out, it's about about a boy who gets his finger caught in a bottle of Mr. Pibb.
*Mr. PiBB is mentioned in the comic strip 'The Knight Life' on November 18, 2008, when "Perpetually Pregnant Peggy" names all of her kids after soft drinks. One was named Mr. Pibb because when looking for him, he's "always the hardest to find."

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