Gleaming the Cube who gets kids to try an incredibly hard trick called the "Monster Cookie Pinwheel". When asked by the skaters what a Monster Cookie Pinwheel is, Skater McGee replies with, "A monster cookie pinwheel is when you skate up to a locomotives cow catch, you 360 punk buster to the second car, do a lemonade hand stand on the third car, a whipping-post ollie to the fourth car, a demon stomper on the fifth car, and a gleaming the cube off the sixth car, before dismounting the train." A reference to "gleaming the cube" was also made in season 3 of
Gleaming the Cube the Netflix original series "" makes a word-play reference to the film. Episode four is titled "Greening the Cube." The film is referenced in the dialogue in "The Lego Batman Movie". Professional skateboarder Stevie Williams has stated in an online interview that Slater's character in the film was his first skateboarding influence. Skateboarding figure Tony Hawk, in a 2008 interview with Slater, revealed that he is continually asked if Slater actually skated in the film. Hawk has remained in contact with Slater well beyond the production of the film. Gleaming the Cube Gleaming the Cube (also known as A Brother's