Movie connections for
Gidget (1959) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
"Gidget" (1965)
Gidget Grows Up (1969) (TV)
Gidget Gets Married (1972) (TV)
"The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection" (1972)
Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985) (TV)
"The New Gidget" (1986)

Referenced in

"The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Third One from the Left (#3.14)" (1964)
 -  Sally refers to Joan as Gidget
Puberty Blues (1981)
 -  A male surfer yells, "G'day Gidget!", at Debbie and Sue as they carry a surfboard.
Café Flesh (1982)
 -  Lana is called "some Gidget who needs a cold shower to cool down"
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
 -  David Duchovny's character mentions it.
Airborne (1993)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Wild World of Batwoman (#6.15)" (1993)
 -  When Rat Fink is fighting with one of the Bat Girls someone says 'when Gidget meets Zorro'.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
"The Nanny: The Hockey Show (#3.22)" (1996)
 -  Niles mentioned the character by name.
"The Nanny: Samson, He Denied Her (#4.17)" (1997)
 -  Brighton mentions the title character by name.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Thing That Couldn't Die (#9.5)" (1997)
 -  "Gidget have you made a deal with the horned one"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Agent for H.A.R.M. (#9.15)" (1997)
 -  Tom: "Look at her Gidget baby room."
Strike! (1998)
Bikiniland (1999)
These Old Broads (2001) (TV)
 -  Debbie Reynolds is mockingly called Gidget at one point
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Beach Blanket Bizarro (#5.17)" (2001)
 -  Sabrina at the motel while checking-in, sees the beach people and says "...some kind of Gidget convention going on here." Also, Beachdoggie's name is a parody of the name "Moondoggie".
Shallow Hal (2001)
 -  reference to the "Big Kahuna"
"Gilmore Girls: That'll Do, Pig (#3.10)" (2003)
 -  Francie refers to Paris and Jaime as "Gidget and Moondoggie."
"Gilmore Girls: Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist (#4.17)" (2004)
 -  Paris jokes about dating Moondoggie.
Beyond the Sea (2004)
 -  mentioned
The Holiday (2006)
 -  the Gidget Collection is one of the DVDs on Amanda's shelf
"The Girls Next Door: Surf's Up (#4.12)" (2008)
 -  Bridget compares the beach party she is organizing to "Gidget"

Featured in

Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing (1996) (TV)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000) (TV)
Riding Giants (2004)
 -  Excerpt; introduced by narrator
Cadillac Records (2008)
 -  footage used

Spoofed in

Psycho Beach Party (2000)
 -  Direct inspiration for main character

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