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==In popular culture== * Any pair of individuals of different sizes has come to be known as a "Mutt and Jeff". * In the TV series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' [[Mark Greene]] and [[Susan Lewis]] were referred to several times as "Mutt and Jeff" of Emergency Medicine by [[Doug Ross]]. * Mutt and Jeff, Texas, was a small community located at the intersection of [[Texas State Highway 37|State Highway 37]] and [[Farm to Market Road 14]], near [[Big Sandy Creek (Sabine River)|Big Sandy Creek]], six miles from [[Winnsboro, Texas|Winnsboro]]. The town was so named in the 1920s because of two area merchants, who reminded locals of the comic strip characters. The population decreased during the 1930s, and Mutt and Jeff, Texas, was abandoned by the early 1960s.<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrmar "Jenkins, Rachel"]. Texas State Historical Association: ''[[The Handbook of Texas Online]]''.</ref> * The "[[good cop/bad cop]]" police interrogation tactic is also called "Mutt and Jeff".<ref name =phrase/> * In [[rhyming slang]], "mutton" is used as a shortening of "Mutt'n'Jeff", meaning "deaf".<ref name =phrase>The Phrase Finder. [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/252125.html "Mutt and Jeff"]</ref> * In [[Frank Henenlotter]]'s ''[[Frankenhooker]]'', when Jeffrey Franken is going through various body parts, he refers to two mismatched breasts as "Mutt and Jeff". * In the TV series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''{{'}} pilot, Bookhouse Boy biker Joey Paulson says to the fellow biker sitting next to him at The Roadhouse, "Scotty, Mutt and Jeff just crawled in" when Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson enter the bar. * In [[Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]'' stage musical, Mutt and Jeff are referred to by name as examples of great friends. * In a ''[[Gasoline Alley (comic strip)|Gasoline Alley]]'' sequence begun on October 19, 2015, Mutt telephones Walt Wallet with news regarding Jeff. * [[Paul Brickhill]] (in ''[[The Dam Busters (book)|The Dam Busters]]'') referred to two test pilots as Mutt and Jeff. * In the 2002 ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Helter Shelter (The Simpsons)|Helter Shelter]]", in which the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] participate in a reality television game show in which they live in a [[Victorian house]] and have access to items available only in 1895, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] laments having access only to ''Mutt and Jeff'' comic books and is quoted as saying, "This has been the worst week of my life. I miss my toys and my video games. Mutt and Jeff comics are NOT funny! They're gay, I get it!".<ref>TV.com accessed 7/22/09 {{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/helter-shelter/episode/129860/trivia.html |title=The Simpsons: Helter Shelter Trivia and Quotes on TV.com |access-date=2016-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504010953/http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/helter-shelter/episode/129860/trivia.html |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''Mutt and Jeff'' was not created until 1907. * Mutt and Jeff, better known in Spanish as Eneas and Benitín, are mentioned in the song "Día de Enero" (English: "January Day") by Colombian singer [[Shakira]] in her sixth studio album ''[[Fijación Oral 1]]''. * In the 1973 film ''[[The Sting]]'', [[Robert Redford]]'s character Johnny Hooker refers to the mark's bodyguards as "Mutt and Jeff". * In the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'', Mutt and Jeff are referred to in the song "We Got Annie". * In [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]'s book ''[[New York 2140]]'', the chapters concerning the characters Jeff Rosen and Ralph Muttchopf are titled "Mutt and Jeff". * In the 2020 ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode "Ghandi Mulholland in: Plastic Doesn't Get Cancer", Mutt (voiced by [[Matthew Senreich]]) and Jeff (voiced by [[Seth Green]]) are erased from existence after becoming too obscure. * In [[American Horror Story|American Horror Story]]'s 2018 season [[American Horror Story: Apocalypse|Apocalypse]], the end of times is engineered by Satanist [[tech bro|tech bros]] Mutt Nutter and Jeff Pfister.
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