References in Pop Culture

References to Growing Pains in popular culture.  

References in Pop Culture

Beavis and Butt-Head

Season	5
Episode	32
Title	Beavis, Can You Spare a Dime?
Context	Mentioned in dialogue

BH90210

Season	1
Episode	4
Title	The Table Read
Context	Jennie Garth mentions her role as Denise but mistakenly states she was credited as blonde girl.

Chicago Hope

Season	3
Episode	18
Title	Growing Pains
Context	Title reference

Chuck

Season	1
Episode	7
Title	Chuck Versus the Alma Mater
Context	Referenced in Lester's and Morgan's "Fingers of Fury" trivia game

Season	3
Episode	8
Title	Chuck Versus the Fake Name
Context	Ellie says that Chuck's first crush was on Mrs. Seaver, "the mom from Growing Pains."

The Comeback

Season	2
Episode	3
Title	Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees
Context	Valerie mentions appearing on the show.

Entourage

Season	5
Episode	8
Title	First Class Jerk
Context	Turtle mentions that Leonardo DiCaprio, did not appear in any reunion shows.

Family Guy

Season	4
Episode	5
Title	The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
Context	Mayor Adam West talks about his favorite Growing Pains episode.

Season	4
Episode	18
Title	The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
Context	Kirk Cameron visits the First United Church of the Fonz, founded by Peter Griffin, to convert members of the congregation to Christianity. Peter initially thought he came to convert people to the Church of Mike Seaver. And someone says "well, he was on Growing Pains"

Season	7
Episode	11
Title	Not All Dogs Go To Heaven
Context	Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke and Jeremy Miller appear to convince Brian to convert from an atheist to Christianity.

Season	7
Episode	15
Title	Three Kings
Context	Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland sing the opening theme to the show, "As Long As We Got Each Other".

Season	14
Episode	11
Title	The Peanut Butter Kid
Context	Brian uses the troubled lives of former child actors to convince Stewie to give up acting including Andrew Koenig, who died an early death.

Season	14
Episode	14
Title	Underage Peter
Context	Brian wonders if the park that he and Peter are drinking in is where Boner died.

Fuller House

Season	5
Episode	16
Title	The Nearlywed Game
Context	Jimmy Gibbler mentions Growing Pains as part of an answer during the Nearlywed game.

The Golden Girls

Season	2
Episode	7
Title	Family Affair
Context	Dorothy mentions that "Alan Thicke has a hit TV series".

The Goldbergs

Season	4
Episode	15
Title	So Swayze It's Crazy
Context	Boner mentioned

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Season	1
Episode	1
Title	The Presentation
Context	Alan Thicke and Marc Curry talk about Growing Pains at the start.

Home Improvement

Season	2
Episode	4
Title	Groin Pains
Context	Title reference

Joey

Season	2
Episode	7
Title	Joey and the Poker
Context	"Is Growing Pains hanging in some museum I don't know about?"

Jon and Jen Are Married

Season	1
Episode	6
Title	Growing Pains
Context	Title reference

Just Shoot Me

Season	3
Episode	4
Title	Nina Sees Red: Part 2
Context	Red - "The saucy girl from Growing Pains" Dennis - "Ooh I like her" Red - "She's good she's always understated" Red - "You're the saucy girl from Growing Pains!"

Married With Children

Season	6
Episode	17
Title	The Egg and I
Context	Al: "Wouldn't mind doing an episode or two of 'Growing Pains' or something, but I don't want to be on ABC!"

Season	8
Episode	7
Title	Take My Wife, Please
Context	An episode of Growing Pains is announced to be on DTV (Death Television).

The New Normal

Season	1
Episode	7
Title	The Godparent Trap
Context	Rocky mentions the show.

Raising Hope

Season	2
Episode	8
Title	Bro-gurt
Context	Burt thinks that James Cameron is "that kid from Growing Pains."

Roundhouse

Season	1
Episode	6
Title	TV on Trial
Context	Mentioned in the "Don't Make Me Give It Up" rap.

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Season	1
Episode	18
Title	Wedding Plans
Context	Kelly says she's watched every episode of "Growing Pains."

Scrubs

Season	2
Episode	6
Title	My Big Brother
Context	Mentioned by J.D.

Season	7
Episode	5
Title	My Growing Pains
Context	Title reference

Speechless

Season	1
Episode	5
Title	H-A-L-- HALLOWEEN
Context	Mentioned by Jimmy

Step by Step

Season	2
Episode	14
Title	Happy Birthday, Baby
Context	Mentioned in dialogue

The Girls Next Door

Season	2
Episode	15
Title	We Can Work It Out
Context	Julie McCullough is introduced as being from Growing Pains.

Two and a Half Men

Season	8
Episode	6
Title	Twanging Your Magic Clanger
Context	Michelle answers a trivia question at the cinema, of which TV show jumpstarted this actor's movie career, in this case Leonardo DiCaprio.

You're the Worst

Season	2
Episode	12
Title	Other Things You Could Be Doing
Context	Sam Dresden mentions "Boner from Growing Pains".

Movies

• Stay Tuned (1992)
• S.F.W (1994) - captives sing the theme song
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
• Nobody's Watching (2006)
• Peter Pandrew (2015)