Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four is a superhero team most commonly comprised of Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961 for Marvel Comics, their adventures appear in hundreds of comic books, several cartoon adaptations, theatrical movies, merchandise, and other media.

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John Crichton quotes the Thing's catchphrase, "It's clobberin' time," in the Farscape novel Dark Side of the Sun.

Statler and Waldorf review the 2005 film in From the Balcony episode 2.

In the Farscape comic issue, "Leave It to Crichton," John Crichton tells Aeryn Sun that he has doubts about settling down in one place: "I mean, let's face it, we ain't exactly the white-picket-fence types. We're a lot closer to Reed and Sue Richards than Ward and June Cleaver."

Telly Monster, Abby Cadabby, and Elmo start off as the "Furry Three" in Sesame Street Episode 4218; they're later joined by Chris as the fourth member. When the episode was released on DVD as Iron Monster and Sesame Heroes, "The Furry 4" get the comic book treatment.

The Fantabulous Four appear at Numeric Con in Sesame Street Episode 4504.

The "Sesame Street Theater" at the Sesame Street Learn & Play features a poster for the film "Fantastic Five." A Number 5 in cape is depicted alongside the film's tagline, "With Great Numbers Come Great Equations" (referencing Spider-Man's motivational motto). The poster also states the film is a part of the "Numerical Cinematic Universe."

Fozzie Bear appeared as Ben Grimm/The Thing on a variant cover for Fantastic Four volume 8 #4 as part of Marvel's celebration of The Muppets' 70th anniversary in 2025.

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Cynthia Adler played Sue Storm and all female roles on The Fantastic Four (1975 radio series)
Jessica Alba played Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four (2005 film) and The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007 film)
Jamie Bell played Ben Grimm/The Thing in Fantastic Four (2015 film)
Corey Burton voiced Ted Gilbert's announcer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Dan Castellaneta played Mr. Kenny in Fantastic Four (2015 film)
Reg E. Cathey played Dr. Franklin Storm in Fantastic Four (2015 film)
Dick Clark played himself on the Fantastic Four episodes "The Origin of the Fantastic Four" pts. 1 & 2 (1994)
Michael Dorn voiced Gorgon on Fantastic Four (TV, 1994-1995)
Laurence Fishburne voiced Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007 film)
Mark Gatiss played Ted Gilbert in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Brad Garrett voiced Hydroman on two episodes of Fantastic Four (TV, 1995-1996)
Mark Hamill voiced Maximus the Mad and others on the animated Fantastic Four (TV, 1994-1996)
Ralph Ineson played Galactus in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Tony Jay voiced Galactus on Fantastic Four (TV, 1994-1996)
Stan Lee voiced himself on Fantastic Four (TV, 1994) and played Willie Lumpkin in The Fantastic Four (2005) and a wedding guest in The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007 film)
Natasha Lyonne played Rachel Rozman in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Maria Menounos played a nurse in Fantastic Four (2005)
Gene Moss played additional voices on The Fantastic Four (1978 animated series)
Gary Owens played himself in the Fantastic Four episodes "The Origin of the Fantastic Four" pts. 1 & 2 (TV, 1994)
Pedro Pascal played Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Hal Smith voiced episodic roles on the 1967 animated series (including Klaw twice) and the 1978 series
John Stephenson voiced Dr. Doom and Magneto on The Fantastic Four (1978 animated series)
Dick Tufeld voiced the opening narrator on The Fantastic Four (1978 animated series)
Ginny Tyler voiced Sue Richards on The Fantastic Four (1978 animated series)
John Vernon voiced Dr. Doom in the Fantastic Four episode "The Mask of Doom" pt. 1 (1994)
Frank Welker voiced H.E.R.B.I.E. on The Fantastic Four (1978 animated series)
Marv Wolfman wrote for Fantastic Four comic books (1978-1980)