Followed by
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Nutty Professor III (2010)
Remake of
The Nutty Professor (1963)
References
Gojira (1954)
Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956)
"The Mike Douglas Show" (1961)
"Mister Ed" (1961)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
"Geraldo" (1987)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
More Winners: Mr Edmund (1990) (TV)
"The Montel Williams Show" (1991)
"Jenny Jones" (1991)
Basic Instinct (1992)
"Ricki Lake" (1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Something to Talk About (1995)
Referenced in
"Friends: The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends (#3.13)" (1997)
- Video poster seen in the video store
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
- Mentioned in film.
"The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven (#1.4)" (1999)
- Mentioned by Craven.
"Spin City: The Nutty Deputy Mayor (#3.14)" (1999)
- title reference
Shrek (2001)
- Donkey rants about climbing stairs like Buddy Love did
"Six Feet Under: An Open Book (#1.5)" (2001)
- Ruth tells Claire she's rented Runaway Bride and The Nutty Professor for them to watch together; later, Ruth complains about the excessive farting in an unseen video they're watching
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
"The Practice: Small Sacrifices (#7.7)" (2002)
- Open reference by a character
Return to Edge City (2005) (V)
- This title is referenced.
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
- Video seen
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008) (V)
- The Fatties movie within this movie is based on The Nutty Professor.
"The Office: Weight Loss (#5.1)" (2008)
- Michael dresses up as "Michael Klump" for his speech on obesity.
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Fast & Furious/Adventureland/Sugar (#1.6)" (2009)
- Ellen says 'Eddie Murphy would never just play one character' implying that he's played more than one character thus refrencing this film
"The Simpsons: Homer the Whopper (#21.1)" (2009)
- A movie poster for "Fat Suit," starring Eddie Murphy, can be seen.
Features
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Featured in
Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)
- Clips shown.
"Inside the Actors Studio: Dave Chappelle (#12.11)" (2006)
- clips
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Embarrassing Moments (#1.19)" (2007)
- clips featured to illustrate the most embarrassing moments in movies
Spoofs
King Kong (1933)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Gojira (1954)
The Birds (1963)
Rocky (1976)
- Sherman runs up the stairs and punches the air exactly like Rocky did
"The Richard Simmons Show" (1980)
Spoofed in
Date Movie (2006)
- After their wedding gets cancelled, Julia goes to her apartment and finds it overfilled with flowers and teddy bears and a banner with an apology, just like in The Nutty Professor.
"Robot Chicken: Endless Breadsticks (#3.6)" (2007)
- As part of the theatrical trailer for "Giant Fat Black Lady Who's Really a Black Man in a Really Big Fat Suit"
Tropic Thunder (2008)
- "The Fatties" is a spoof of Eddie Murphy's movie
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