Kitt - KITT in Other Media

KITT in Other Media

• In The Simpsons episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", KITT is featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Television and TV titled "Things that shouldn't talk... but do". It was then later animated in the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" as a film segment intended to cheer Homer up while experiencing a mid-life crisis.
• KITT was referenced in the Futurama episode "The Honking", where his windscreen wipers were used as components in Project Satan, an experiment to create an evil car (When other characters commented that KITT wasn't evil, it was explained that his windscreen wipers were, although this apparently didn't come up much in the show).
• Both KITT and Michael were featured in Robot Chicken. When Michael goes to a fancy restaurant with a date, he lets the valet park KITT, who instead takes him for a joy ride and seriously damages him, a parody of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Later when Michael finds out KITT is dead he says: "Meh! He's just a car." KITT and Michael enter a street race including The General Lee, Dominic Toretto, The Batmobile and various other vehicles. The Knight Rider theme is set to the race and KITT is killed after he turbo boosts into a wall. KITT tells Michael "... I can only use my Turbo Boost once per episode". In "P.S., Yes That Way', Michael "Turbo Boosts" (flatulates) much to KITT's annoyance.
• KITT appeared in a AT&T television commercial with other robotic entertainment stars as Robby the Robot, WOPR, and Rosie the Robot Maid. In April 2010, a television advert for the UK car maintenance chain 'Kwik-Fit' featured KITT, voiced by Daniels. The advert depicted KITT undergoing brake maintenance, with one wheel removed. In October 2011, KITT was featured in a television advert for Müller, again voiced by Daniels. The adverted depicted KITT receiving a parking ticket.
• For the Halloween episode, KITT transforms into a Warriors in Pink Special Edition Mustang in support of October being breast cancer awareness month (This episode was supposed to be aired in October).
• In the 2006 film The Benchwarmers, Jon Lovitz's character owned and drove KITT, attempting a peel out in a Pizza Hut parking lot. This car was the same car that also appeared on the Nick & Jessica show and was later sold to the ill-fated billionaire Andrew Kissel. Even though he never took possession of the car it was auctioned off as part of his estate by Patrick Gill. Lambros Vassiliou, a close friend of George Barris is now the current owner.
• KITT accompanied Hasselhoff when he performed onstage, singing one of his songs at Disneyland in 1985, with various Disney characters behind him as his band.
• KITT was reunited with Hasselhoff in a season 1 episode of the variety show/talent show America's Got Talent, on which Hasselhoff was a judge. Burlesque dancer Michelle L'amour brought a replica of KITT onto center stage while strip-dancing to a remix of the Knight Rider theme. The following evening, Hasselhoff incorporated the KITT replica into his musical performance of "Jump in My Car" on stage.
• On MythBusters Adam and Jamie tested whether KITT could in fact drive up the ramp into the mobile garage or whether upon hitting the ramp he would instantly accelerate into the truck and through the wall. Adam was able to drive a 3rd generation Camaro (which shares the same GM F platform used on the Firebird and Trans Am) at 55 mph up the ramp into a moving truck and Jamie drove the car down from a truck.
• KITT made an appearance with David Hasselhoff on the April 12, 2010 edition of WWE Raw. Hasselhoff was there as guest host, and drove out in KITT, and in a later backstage segment, when Hasselhoff made the match for John Cena vs David Otunga, KITT predicted that Cena would beat his opponent in an estimate of 22 seconds.
• KITT appeared on stage and sang a duet with Nick Lachey during the one hour special, The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour. David Hasselhoff drives the only right hand drive KITT replica built in his music video "Jump in My Car" since the video was shot in Sydney, Australia, with the car coming from Victoria, Australia.
• In the game Burnout Paradise, the "Carson GT Nighthawk", is a drivable vehicle and can be purchased in the Legendary Cars pack. It features a hidden wing in the back and has two famous LED lights from the rear and the front of the grille, also the interior is identical to that of the 1982 KITT. When the blue sensors are activated, it makes the same noise as KITT's scanner.
• KITT appears in the music video for "Un'Altra Come Te" by Italian pop duo Bloom 06. Throughout the video, the car chases after a woman in the desert, and at the end, he kills her.
• In season 5 episode 8 of the CW's Supernatural "Changing Channels" one of the main characters, Sam voices KITT while being driven by older brother, Dean.

Various toy versions of KITT were released and produced solid profits. Among the more notable of the Knight Rider memorabilia includes the remote controlled KITT, the Knight Rider lunch box, and the deluxe version of KITT. The deluxe model of KITT, sold by Kenner Toys and dubbed the "Knight 2000 Voice Car", spoke electronically (actual voice of William Daniels), featured a detailed interior and a Michael Knight action figure. ERTL released die-cast toys of KITT in three different sizes — the common miniature sized model, a 'medium' sized model, and a large sized model. These toys featured red reflective holograms on the nose to represent the scanner. Also in late 2004, 1/18 scale die-cast models of KITT and KARR were produced from ERTL complete with detailed interior and light up moving scanner just like in the series. In September 2006, Hitari, a UK based company that produces remote control toy cars, released the Knight Rider KITT remote control car in 1/15 scale complete with the working red scanner lights, KITT's voice from the TV show and the car's turbine engine sound with the "cylon" scanner sound effect.