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See also: [[Yowie]], the Australian equivalent.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Ranma
== [[Comedy]] ==
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* Bigfoot "guest starred" in more than one episode of ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''.
** This Bigfoot was actually a robot built by aliens hiding in the woods to scare people away.
** ''Bigfoot and Wildboy'' was a recurring segment in the 1970s children's program ''[[The Krofft Supershow]]'', and a [[Spin
*** Likely the inspiration for ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'' episode below.
* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', the second Doctor has dealt with robots disguised as Yeti. (As well as, briefly, a real Yeti.)
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* Bigfoot and other North American fuzzy walkers appear in several episodes of ''[[Lost Tapes]]''.
* "Big Guy" of ''[[Sanctuary]]'' is of the Bigfoot abnormal classification.
* ''[[The Goodies (TV)|The Goodies]]'' did an episode spoofing [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''Mysterious World''. Tim Brooke-Taylor & Co go into the Canadian Rockies in search of mysterious creatures, only to find that Graham Garden is faking their existence (including the inevitable spoof on the Patterson-Gimlin Film, which is given away by the zipper that Graham has to undo to take a piss). Eventually one of Tim's feet swells up to enormous size due to him constantly walking around steep slopes, and he has to flee into the wild (wearing a furry coat to keep himself warm) to prevent everyone who sees him [[Die Laughing|laughing themselves to death]] over the sight of his Big Foot.
* Humourously averted in ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]''. While the existence of many supernatural and paranormal creatures is never questioned, Bigfoot is stated outright to be a legend. In the one episode where they start to suspect they've found Bigfoot it actually turns out to be a giant Teddy Bear created by a cursed wishing well.
* Norg, [[The Scrappy]] of ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'' is a hilariously inept Yeti, whose one shining moment was being unwittingly spotted by the heroes while walking in a manner very similar to the Patterson film (se [[Real Life]] below).
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* ''[[Uncharted]] 2'' has its own take on the Yeti legend: they're actually residents of Shambhala dressed in giant fur suits to scare off anyone daring enough to search for the hidden valley in the first place. The reason it's effective is because {{spoiler|drinking the sap from the Tree of Life}} has made them superhumanly fast and strong, as well as giving them a [[Healing Factor]] that makes them [[Immune to Bullets]] the first couple of times you meet them.
* [[Nethack]] has both Sasquatch and Yeti. Due to them being bigfeet, they [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|deal more damage by kicking should the player turn into one.]]
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' introduces Sasquatches in the "Undead Nightmare" expansion, including a special mission to hunt them. {{spoiler|The last one talks to you, [[What the Hell, Hero?|bawling you out for killing his peaceful vegetarian brethren]], leaving him the [[Last of His Kind]]. Afterwards, you can choose to let him go or shoot him as you wish.}}
* The ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'' [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Snover Snover] and [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Abomasnow especially] '''Aboma'''snow are arguably based on the Yeti, with a dose of being [[When Trees Attack|pine trees]].
* Some of the enemies in the video game version of Disney's ''[[Atlantis the Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' appear to be snowball-throwing Yetis.
* The Shamblers in the original ''[[Quake]]'' are eyeless Abominable Snowmen with large claws that shoot lightning.
* ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!'' has the fifth boss, an abominable snowbug. Other yetis appear in the fifth stage as hazards that would try to grab Bug and squeeze him like a toy.
* ''[[Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (Video Game)|Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' has "the Stillwater Giant" which is basically the same thing, down to an obviously hoaxed pelt on display in Tarant.
* ''[[Alpiner (Video Game)|Alpiner]]'' has the Abominable Snowman as the final obstacle before reaching the top of Mt. Everest; strangely enough, it's on skis. You just need to dodge it.
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* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' has a [[Hidden Elf Village|hidden village]] of Bigfeet. Their leader's name is [[Mooks|Mook.]]
* The Yeti of ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]'' are all "chap" and "old boy" and have that sort of stereotypical sensibility about them.
** They also [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punched out Cthulhu]]. ''Literally''.
*** Less punch out, more ''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|wrestling]]''.
* [http://www.theprincessplanet.com/2005/06/01/bigfoot-3/ This strip] of ''[[The Princess Planet]]''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'' has a bored Candace and her grandparents (and her grandmother's crazy twin sister who [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|lives in a closet]]) pretending to be Bigfoot to scare her brothers. It works. And then the monster is revealed to be Grandpa and all is good. ''Or is it?''
* Bigfoot appears in an episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''; the episode ends with a parody/homage to the Patterson film mentioned above. This was made all the funnier by the fact that in the Futuramaverse, Bigfoot is considered a silly superstition. It's surreal when you see robots, mutants, and aliens scoff at the idea of a bigfoot.
** Did we mention that said episode ("Spanish Fry") had the Omicron Persei VIII aliens Lrrr and Ndnd [[Squick|getting off]] on said beast's existence and [[Fetish Fuel|having mad, passionate sex]] ''right in front of him?''
*** Bigfoot nods approvingly to said scene....before walking off....happily.
* ''[[Monsters, Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'' has a scene where the banished heroes meet their fellow exile, now known as the <s> Adorable</s> <s> Agreeable</s> Abominable Snowman in Nepal. There's an offhand reference to Bigfoot, who was supposedly friends with the Yeti in the past, and was also banished (basically implying that [[All Myths Are True|every monster myth originated from the monster dimension]]). Nessie is mentioned as being an exiled monster as well.
** When this scene is redone for the closing credits of ''[[Cars]]'', the Abominable Snowman is reimagined as a snowplow rather than a monster truck.
* ''[[Jonny Quest (Animation)|Jonny Quest]]'' TOS episode "Monster in the Monastery". A group of Yeti threatening a small village turn out to be enemy agents in costumes. At the end of the episode all of the agents are found dead, killed by a real Yeti.
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** There was also the yeti who turned out to be a scientist dressed as yeti to scare away snow leopard poachers. {{spoiler|The head monk on the other hand...}}
** The 80s revamp of the series had a twenty-or-so feet tall viking warrior yeti preserved alive in a glacier.
* The Abominable Snow Monster/Bumble from ''[[Rudolph the Red
* In a Christmas episode of ''[[American Dragon Jake Long (Animation)|American Dragon Jake Long]]'' Jake and his friends try to get a baby Sasquatch back to his family before various enemies find it first.
* Bigfoot shows up in ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''.
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** And in one episode, Beast is mistaken for Bigfoot by hunters and scientists when he takes a class on a nature retreat.
* Sasquatch showed up in an episode of ''[[Nightmare Ned]]'', where he convinces the Tooth Fairy to let Ned try [[Chess With Death]] for his teeth.
* Nickelodeon's ''[[Ka Blam! (Animation)|Ka Blam]]!'' has Mr. B. Foot, a stage hand who just happens to be a sasquatch. He spends most of his time lounging around on the job and beating up [[Butt Monkey|Henry]]. Although he'll [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|never hurt June.]]
* Skips from ''[[Regular Show (Animation)|Regular Show]]'' is a Yeti, and one of the few sensible characters on the show.
* On ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Homer is mistaken for Bigfoot after stumbling around a forest covered in mud and ranting incoherently. To add insult to injury, after he's captured, scientists are unable to determine whether he is "a below-average human or a brilliant beast."
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