Nature Boy McGregor's character, Christian. Some of the film's premise was based on the lyrics, in particular the opening lines. The closing lyric, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" is used throughout the film. While reviewing "Moulin Rouge!", Erickson noted that "[by] itself, ['Nature Boy'] redeems the wonderful idea behind Luhrmann's flawed but often wonderful movie." The song was performed by Rodrigo Santoro in the film "Heleno" (2012), during the radio interview when he asks if he could sing a song for his wife and son. Cole's version was again played at the
A Boy Named Sue Big Mob" and "Save This Lady." In the "Dexter's Laboratory" episode '"A Boy Named Sue", Mandark recalls through his infancy and early childhood when his Hippie parents named him Susan and how he discovered his manhood by science. The Stone Temple Pilots' song "Crackerman" references "A Boy Named Sue" in the second verse. Wyrd Miniatures a hobby company, produces a male Outcast model named Sue for their Malifaux miniature skirmish game. Chad Stokes Urmston references "A Boy Named Sue" in his 2014 song "Our Lives, Our Time". He sings: "At least we got our bodies, we all a boy named