 Plot elements from G&S operas entered subsequent musicals; for example, 1937's "Me and My Girl" features a portrait gallery of ancestors that, like the portraits in "Ruddigore", come alive to remind their descendant of his duty.The "Matter Patter" trio is used (with some changed lyrics) in Papp's Broadway production of "The Pirates of Penzance", and the tune of the song is used as "The Speed Test" in the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie".It is also sung in a season 5 episode of "Spitting Image" where Labour leader Neil Kinnock is portrayed singing a self-parody to the tune.