- The first episode, "Peril in the PIts", is shown.
"I Love the '80s Strikes Back" 1986 (TV Episode 2003)
Clips from the television series are shown while the cast comment on it."WatchMojo" Top 10 Memorable TV Cartoon Characters of the 1980s (TV Episode 2016)
Rainbow Brite gets an honorable mention.Unicorn Store (2017)
Kit watches the show on TV."The Toys That Made Us" He-Man (TV Episode 2017)
clips shown
Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure (Video 1986)
Deception of a Generation (Video 1984)
The cartoon is discussed and a breakfast cereal is exhibited."Saturday Night Live" Ron Reagan/The Nelsons (TV Episode 1986)
Penn and Teller use a Rainbow Brite doll during their act"Your Mother Wouldn't Like It" Episode #2.3 (TV Episode 1986)
Rainbow Brite referenced during "Fluffy Land" musical number.Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
the "magicians assitant" is a "Rainbow Brite" dollThe Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Buddy Barrett has the lunchbox.
Rainbow Brite (TV Series 2014)
modern reboot
"Robot Chicken" Metal Militia (TV Episode 2006)
skit with a drunk Rainbow Brite"Robot Chicken" Rabbits on a Roller Coaster (TV Episode 2007)
"Follow the Light, Rainbow" spoof.Rainbow Brite: The True Saturday Morning Story (Short 2007)
The whole short is done as an E True Hollywood story seeing what the cartoon character did after her cartoon ended."Robot Chicken" Moesha Poppins (TV Episode 2007)
Spoofed in the faux Michael Moore documentary"Robot Chicken" No Country for Old Dogs (TV Episode 2011)
Rainbow Brite introduces Rainbow Dim.