Editing Mountain Dew (section)

==In popular culture==
The [[computer worm]] [[Code Red (computer worm)|Code Red]] was named because the person who discovered the worm was drinking this version of Mountain Dew at the time.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cybereason.com/blog/what-is-code-red-worm | title=What is Code Red | access-date=26 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826200232/https://www.cybereason.com/blog/what-is-code-red-worm | archive-date=26 August 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the musical ''[[Be More Chill (musical)|Be More Chill]]'', green Mountain Dew activates the "squip", a tiny super-computer in a pill that tells the user what to do, in order to help them achieve their goals. Mountain Dew Red shuts them off. In the musical, it is said that this is the reason for Mountain Dew Red being discontinued.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/theater/review-in-be-more-chill-a-nerd-finds-popularity-in-a-sci-fi-pill.html|title=Review: In 'Be More Chill,' a Nerd Finds Popularity in a Sci-Fi Pill|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=2015-06-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319175745/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/theater/review-in-be-more-chill-a-nerd-finds-popularity-in-a-sci-fi-pill.html|archive-date=19 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bakar (musician)|Bakar]]’s song "[[Hell N Back]]" includes the lyric “ She liked petty crimes, she had green eyes like Mountain Dew.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Bakar-hell-n-back-lyrics|accessdate=February 20, 2025|title=Hell N Back by Bakar (lyrics)}}</ref> [[Sabrina Carpenter]]'s 2024 hit song ''[[Espresso (song)|Espresso]]'' included the lyric "I know I Mountain Dew it for ya".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genius.com/Sabrina-carpenter-espresso-lyrics | title=Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso }}</ref>