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Since the folkloric hero Paul Bunyan's first major appearance in print, the character has been utilized to promote a variety of products, locations, and services. The giant lumberjack's mass appeal has led him to become a recurring figure in entertainment and marketing, appearing in various incarnations throughout popular culture. ==Popular culture== * Bunyan is the subject of one chapter of the second volume of John Dos Passos's ''U.S.A.'' trilogy. * ''Paul Bunyan'' is an operetta composed of two acts and a prologue composed in 1941 by Benjamin Britten to libretto W. H. Auden. * Maddox Brothers and Rose recorded a song called "Paul Bunyan Love" in the 1950s. * Bunyan is featured in the 1958 Disney animated short ''Paul Bunyan'', as well as Disney's 1995 film ''Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill''. * He is mentioned in The Magnetic Fields song "Grand Canyon", from their album ''69 Love Songs''. * In the ''Simpsons'' episode "Simpsons Tall Tales", the story of Paul Bunyan is told, with Homer Simpson playing Bunyan. * Dr. McNinja features a disease called "Paul Bunyan's disease", which causes people to grow into axe-wielding giants. * In Professional Wrestling, a move in which a wrestler puts his opponents legs on either side of the ringpost, then pulls them, forcing the opponents' groin into the post, is sometimes called a "Paul Bunyan." * Paul Bunyan is the subject of a story featured in the "Big Boys Don't Cry" episode of ''The Puzzle Place'', in which, when Babe is so ill that Paul can't help him, he cries, eventually making the Great Salt Lake. * Paul Bunyan is an achievement in 2010 video game ''Civilization V'' that is given for chopping down the in-game forest 1000 times. * The 8th track of the album ''Danza IIII: Alpha and Omega'' by extreme metal band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is titled "Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox." * In the ''Phineas and Ferb'' episode "My Chariot Race", Norm The Minitar wore a Babe head attachment * In Marvel Comic's "Avengers" #10, (1960s) Immortus summons Paul Bunyan to fight the Executioner. * There is a Bugs Bunny episode called Lumber Jack-Rabbit that states that Bugs knew Paul Bunyan. * In the MMORPG ''Guild Wars 2'', there is a gathering axe called the Bun Yan Axe. * Paul Bunyan is the antagonist in the movie Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan. * Each year the two Universities, University of Michigan and Michigan State University play a football game, famously known as the "Battle For The Paul Bunyan Trophy". * A fictional version of the Paul Bunyan statue in Brainerd, Minnesota, is featured throughout the Coen brothers's 1996 film ''Fargo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Bunyan in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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