Editing Hoosier (section)

==In popular culture==
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* Indiana native [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s book ''[[Cat's Cradle]]'' describes this identification as an example of a [[granfalloon]].  
*In the movie ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'' (starring [[Clint Eastwood]]), a shopkeeper states "I'm a Hoosier" to the disgust of an elderly customer.
* The [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[The Pacific (TV miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' refers to [[Private First Class|PFC]] Bill Smith by the nickname "Hoosier", as do the two Marine memoirs on which the series is based.
* [[Adam Savage]], host of the Discovery Channel series ''[[MythBusters]]'', often refers to co-host [[Jamie Hyneman]] as a Hoosier, the latter having been raised on a farm in Indiana, and attended Indiana University.<ref>{{cite magazine |publisher=College of Arts & Sciences, Indiana University |url=http://college.indiana.edu/magazine/winter2013/portrait.shtml |title=The Man Behind the Myth |author=Elisabeth Andrews |date=Winter 2013 |magazine=The College |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328163521/http://college.indiana.edu//magazine/winter2013/portrait.shtml |archive-date=2013-03-28 }}</ref>
*[[Serial killer]] [[Carl Panzram]]'s last words were reportedly, "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard!  I could kill 10 men while you're fooling around!"
*In the movie ''[[We're No Angels (1989 film)|We're No Angels]]'', [[Sean Penn]]'s character says when asked to wear work clothes as a disguise, "Whaddya think I am, a Hoosier or something?"
*In the book ''[[Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia]]'', gangster [[Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero]] uses Hoosier as an [[epithet]].{{vague|date=August 2017|reason=Is it clear whether he intended to evoke that state??}}
*''[[Hoosiers (film)|Hoosiers]]'', a 1986 sports film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship.
*The Frugal Hoosier is a fictional discount grocery store depicted in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'', based in the fictional Indiana town of Orson.
*In the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode "[[Soulmates (Parks and Recreation)|Soulmates]]," a fictional [[Online dating service|online dating site]] called "hoosiermate.com" was the main subject. The series is set in Indiana.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sepinwall |first1=Allan |title=Review: 'Parks and Recreation' - 'Soulmates': Me and you, Boo |url= https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/parks-and-recreation-soulmates-food-n-stuff/ |website=Uproxx |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702020737/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-soulmates-food-n-stuff |archive-date=2 July 2011 }}</ref>
* The [[United States Secret Service|US Secret Service]] has designated the [[Secret Service code name|code name]] "Hoosier" for former US Vice President, former Indiana Governor, and Indiana native [[Mike Pence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-secret-service-codenames/index.html |title=Here are the Secret Service codenames for Trump, Pence |first1=Eli |last1=Watkins |first2=Noah |last2=Gray |publisher=CNN |date=July 27, 2016 |access-date=March 22, 2017 |archive-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127062348/http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-secret-service-codenames/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On his podcast, retired [[Indianapolis Colts]] punter [[Pat McAfee]] defined the term as "a human who is willing to stand up in the face of adversity, chug two beers, and do anything he can to make America a better place. That's what a Hoosier is."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.podcastone.com/embed?progID=1031&pid=1725320|title=The Pat McAfee Show Podcast - PMS 018|date=April 13, 2017|website=Podcast One|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414080529/http://www.podcastone.com/embed?progID=1031&pid=1725320|archive-date=April 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1987, then-United States Senator [[Dan Quayle]] of Indiana requested of the [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary to redefine the term "Hoosier" to mean "someone who is smart, resourceful, skillful, a winner, unique and brilliant." The dictionary denied the request.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/06/dan-quayle-vs-merriam-webster/911741bc-8335-4fef-981e-1f024c9b775e/ |title=DAN QUAYLE VS. MERRIAM WEBSTER |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Paul |last=Dickson |date=6 November 1988 |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127054847/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/06/dan-quayle-vs-merriam-webster/911741bc-8335-4fef-981e-1f024c9b775e/ |url-status=live }}</ref>