 In a November 2017 interview with "Revolver", Morbid Angel guitarist Trey Azagthoth stated that the band's new album, "Kingdoms Disdained", is based on "Thundarr the Barbarian", 

There is also a band from New York called "Ookla the Mok".The series was referenced and was involved in the plot of the third season episode "One Watson, One Holmes" of the CBS television series "Elementary".In "Fairlady" #3, by Brian Schirmer and Claudia Balboni, the characters Dunkarr, the Barbarian, Ari and Oosk were inspired by the main characters in the series.