Film - Live Action
- A Teddy Ruxpin doll can be seen at one point in Big.
- The film Brigsby Bear was inspired by the series, as it shares similar elements to the franchise, such as a bear protagonist going on adventures that involve magic and the bear suit being activated by a cassette tape.
- Camp Wedding has a posessed Teddy Ruxpin doll as a major plot point.
- In Ted, John says he wishes he had gotten a Teddy Ruxpin instead of Ted when angered at one point in the film.
Live Action TV
- In an episode of Bibleman, a character holds a Teddy Ruxpin toy.
- In Donkey Hodie, there is a fruit called the grumbleberry, similar to how the Teddy Ruxpin universe contains a fruit called the grundleberry.
- On an episode of Family Feud, a contestant answered the question "Name a famous Teddy" with "Teddy Ruxpin", but the answer wasn't on the board.
- In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "The Magic Sword", Joel screams "Teddy Ruxpin, no!".
- In an episode of Seinfeld, a VHS tape of "Tweeg Gets The Tweezles" is seen in a video store.
- In an episode of the fourth season of Stranger Things, the Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby toys can be seen.
- The 2 Broke Girls episode "And The Childhood Not Included" features a Teddy Ruxpin doll.
- The toy was brought in the 1986 episode of I Love The 80s, talking about the inherhent creepiness of the doll.
- An episode of The Toys That Built America called "80's Tech Toys'' was focused on the toy. It's noteworthy for having Fandom VIP Billy Tooma as an interviewee.
Radio
- In the Adventures in Odyssey episode "The Day After Christmas", a toy named Betty Buckskin is mentioned that is similar to Teddy Ruxpin. Doubles as an Actor Allusion, since Will Ryan, voice of Grubby, worked on Adventures in Odyssey.
Video Games
- Mama Tattletail from Tattletail not only has the same color scheme as Teddy Ruxpin, but it also plays cassettes like Teddy does.
Western Animation
- In The Cleveland Show episode "Turkey Pot Die", a character is called "Miss Teddy Suxpin".
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures featured a parody character in one episode called Eddie Bumpkin.