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==In other media== ===Television=== * A "Plastic Man" pilot was planned first by [[Hal Seeger]] Productions,<ref>Plastic Man #2, Jan–Feb 1967, letters page. "[A Plastic Man TV show] pilot film was written by amiable Arnie Drake and made by Hal Seeger Productions... Negotiations with networks and sponsors are under way..."</ref> then by [[Filmation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aquamanshrine.net/2008/05/aquaman-meets-blackhawks.html?m=1 |title=The Aquaman Shrine: Aquaman Meets The Blackhawks? |date=2008-05-20 |access-date=2016-11-22 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130220727/http://www.aquamanshrine.net/2008/05/aquaman-meets-blackhawks.html?m=1 |archive-date=2014-01-30}}</ref> though neither came to pass.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * Plastic Man makes a cameo appearance in the ''[[Super Friends (1973 TV series)|Super Friends]]'' episode "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.", voiced by [[Norman Alden]]. * Plastic Man appears in the animated series ''[[The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show]]'', voiced by [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]].<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946–1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool |url-access=registration |access-date=1 April 2020 |page=[https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/223 223]}}</ref> This version is an operative of an unnamed covert agency partnered with a bumbling Hawaiian sidekick named Hula-Hula, his girlfriend Penny, and eventually his son [[Offspring (character)|Baby Plas]]. Additionally, Mark Taylor portrays Plastic Man in live action as host for the syndicated version of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Super '70s and '80s: "The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show"—Mark Taylor (Plastic Man—live action) |url=https://www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-plastic-man-comedy.html |access-date=2024-11-06}}</ref> * [[Warner Bros. Animation]] and [[Cartoon Network]] commissioned a ''Plastic Man'' [[television pilot]], "Puddle Trouble", in 2006, produced by Andy Suriano and [[Tom Kenny]], with the latter also providing Plastic Man's voice, and designed and storyboarded by Stephen DeStefano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/tom-kenny-59920|title=Tom Kenny|first=Will|last=Harris|website=Avclub.com|date=4 August 2011 |access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://forevergeek.com/comics/plastic_man_animated_series_pilot_episode.php Forevergeek.com: "Plastic Man Animated Series Pilot Episode"] (fan site; no date) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021021532/http://forevergeek.com/comics/plastic_man_animated_series_pilot_episode.php |date=October 21, 2006}}</ref> However, Cartoon Network decided not to pick up ''Plastic Man'' as a series and has never aired the episode. "Puddle Trouble" was later released on the ''Plastic Man: The Complete Collection'' DVD set.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40553/plastic-man-the-complete-collection/|title = DVD Talk}}</ref> * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081118053426/http://www.newsarama.com/tv/080725-comiccon-brave-bold-panel.html Holmes, Gordon. "SDCC '08 – ''Brave and the Bold'' Animated Panel"], Newsarama.com, 25 July 2008</ref><ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Plastic Man Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Plastic-Man/ |access-date=December 1, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version was originally an underling of [[Kite Man]] who lived in a suburban home with his family. While joining Kite Man for a heist, [[Batman]] intervened, inadvertently caused the accident that turned O'Brian into Plastic Man, and helped him become a superhero. Additionally, an [[Earth-Three]] counterpart of Plastic Man named '''Rubber Man''' makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "Deep Cover for Batman!" as a member of the [[Crime Syndicate|Injustice Syndicate]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * Plastic Man makes non-speaking cameo appearances in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]''.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a member of the Justice League. * Plastic Man appears in the ''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'' segment "That's What Super Friends Are For", voiced by [[Dana Snyder]]. * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Robot Chicken]]''. * Plastic Man appears in the ''[[DC Nation Shorts]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny. * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Justice League Action]]'', voiced again by Dana Snyder.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=July 21, 2016 |title=SDCC 2016: JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION Panel |url=http://www.newsarama.com/30236-sdcc-2016-justice-league-action-panel.html |access-date=November 22, 2016 |website=Newsarama.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722120733/http://www.newsarama.com/30236-sdcc-2016-justice-league-action-panel.html |archive-date=2016-07-22 }}</ref><ref name="btva" /> This version is a member of the Justice League. * Eel O'Brien appears in ''[[Batman: Caped Crusader]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a news reporter. ===Film=== * Warner Bros. Pictures began development on a film centered around Plastic Man in the early 1990s, with [[Amblin Entertainment]] producing and [[Bryan Spicer]] directing.<ref name="Plastic Man_90s">{{cite news|author=Army Archerd|url= https://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/spielberg-parks-jurassic-under-sked-budget-1117862089/|title=Spielberg parks 'Jurassic' under sked, budget|date=1992-11-30|access-date=2014-10-12}}</ref> [[The Wachowskis]] wrote the [[screenplay]] in 1995.<ref name="Plastic Man_Wachowskis">{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/preview/1808492632 |title=Plastic Man |date=2003-11-06 |access-date=2007-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224182814/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/preview/1808492632/ |archive-date=2007-02-24}}</ref> Director [[Mick Garris]] claims in a commentary of [[Sleepwalkers (1992 film)|''Sleepwalkers'']] that he was also being eyed to direct the proposed film.<ref>{{cite interview|title=Sleepwalkers Commentary|publisher=[[Shout! Factory]]|date=October 8, 2024}}</ref> * Plastic Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny.<ref name="btva" /> * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny.<ref name="btva" /> * [[Kevin Smith]] stated at [[Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo]] that he met with [[Geoff Johns]] and pitched an animated ''Plastic Man'' film that he wrote for DC,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmicbooknews.com/kevin-smith-pitched-wrote-plastic-man-animated-movie|title=KEVIN SMITH PITCHED & WROTE PLASTIC MAN ANIMATED MOVIE|date=April 30, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> with [[Jim Parsons]] voicing the titular character, before the film was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/kevin-smith-plastic-man-movie-script-jim-parsons/|title=Kevin Smith Wrote An Unmade Plastic Man Movie Starring Jim Parsons|website=Screen Rant|last=Fink|first=Richard|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022}}</ref> * In December 2018, development for a new Plastic Man film was announced, with Amanda Idoko writing the screenplay and [[Robert Shaye]] as executive producer.<ref name="PlasticMan.movie">{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-dc-plastic-man-movie/|title=Warner Bros and DC to Develop 'Plastic Man' Movie|website=The Wrap|last=Gonzalez|first=Umberto|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> In December 2020, it was reported that Cat Vasko was hired to rewrite Idoko's screenplay while the project is being reworked into a female-centered film.<ref name="PlasticMan.movie_update">{{Cite web|title=Cat Vasko to Pen Female-Starring Plastic Man Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=4 December 2020|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cat-vasko-to-pen-female-starring-plastic-man-movie-exclusive}}</ref> * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny.<ref name="btva" /> * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go! To the Movies]]'', voiced by Joey Cappabianca.<ref name="btva" /> * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Injustice (2021 film)|Injustice]]'', voiced by [[Oliver Hudson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=2021-07-21 |title=DC's ''Injustice'' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/injustice-gods-among-us-movie-dc-1234985568/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> ===Video games=== * Plastic Man appears as a playable character in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame]]'', voiced again by Tom Kenny. * Plastic Man appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 8, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> * Plastic Man appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', voiced by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Luke |date=12 November 2014 |title=''Lego Batman 3'' Credits Hint at ''Lego Jurassic World'' |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/13/lego-batman-3-credits-hint-at-lego-jurassic-world |access-date=9 March 2015 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> * Plastic Man appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego DC Super-Villains]]'', voiced by [[J. P. Karliak]]. ===Miscellaneous=== * Plastic Man appears in the April 19, 1999 issue of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', which included a biography of Jack Cole by [[Art Spiegelman]]. Two years later, this would be included in the latter and [[Chip Kidd]]'s book ''Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits''. * Plastic Man appears in the ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us (comics)|Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' prequel comic.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} He speaks out against Superman's altered ethics following the Metropolis bombing, but does not get physically involved until Superman arrests his son, [[Offspring (character)|Luke]]. After rescuing Luke, among other inmates, from the Regime's underwater prison, Plastic Man encourages them to fight against Superman.<ref>''Injustice: Gods Among Us- Year Four Annual'' #1 (December 2015)</ref> * Plastic Man makes a cameo appearance in the ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'' episode "Welcome to Super Hero High" as a graduate of the eponymous school.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * Plastic Man appears in the ''[[Injustice 2 (comics)|Injustice 2]]'' prequel comic as a member of Batman's Justice League Task Force.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} * Plastic Man appears in ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' #499, and a parody "Plastic Sam" appears in ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' (comic book format) #14.
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