Raggedy Ann is sometimes used by national sororities as a mascot: The current incarnation of Delta Gamma's official mascot, the Hannah Doll, is a Raggedy Ann doll, and Ann also is one of the unofficial mascots of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. "Ophia" (Raggedy Ann) is also the national mascot of Omega Phi Alpha.
Raggedy Ann and Andy are also the mascots of the Lockheart Social Club, founded in 1938, of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi.
Gruelle's home town, Arcola, Illinois, is home to the annual Raggedy Ann & Andy Festival, as well as the Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum.Ragdoll Productions' old logo was a Raggary Anne-Andy-like doll over a yellow sun, with a candle, that was removed in 1991.
Cynthiana, Ky. has also adopted Raggedy Ann for an annual festival. It is held the third Saturday of April every year with dolls, books, Raggedy Ann collectibles, booths, children's activities, and museum displays. The connection of Raggedy Ann with Cynthiana is by way of Johnny Gruelle's father, the artist Richard Gruelle, who was born there.
Different media around the world also have paid tribute to the doll characters. The Japanese video game company Hudson Entertainment created a character based on Raggedy Ann in its Xbox Live Bomberman game called
Raggedy Bomb.
She appears in two episodes of
South Park: Pinkeye and Imaginationland.
Raggedy Ann and Andy have appeared in several episodes of Family Guy, including Something, Something, Something, Dark Side.
In the
Parks and Recreation episode Greg Pikitis, Ann Perkins (played by Rashida Jones) dresses up as Raggedy Ann for a Halloween party at her house. She tells Ron Swanson (played by Nick Offerman), who is also present at the party, that Raggedy Ann was one of her favorite books as a kid.
Raggedy Andy appears in the Roger Rabbit short
Tummy Trouble as a doll in Baby Herman's room.
Raggedy Ann was presented as an original musical at New York State Theatre Institute in the 1980s
On March 27, 2002, Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
In October 1986, Raggedy Ann, The Musical Adventure, starring Ivy Austin, opened on Broadway at The Nederlander Theater.
Her name appears in a Nicki Minaj verse in a remix of the track Lemonade by southern rapper Gucci Mane.In July 2010, the character is referenced in the fifth episode of
Hot in Cleveland. After Betty White's character Elka dyes her hair bright red, Jane Leeves's character Joy calls her Raggedy Ann.
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