John Updike was enough of a cultural presence that he was referenced in at least two episodes of “The Simpsons.” And now, five years after his death, his presence is still strong enough that the Pulitzer Prize-winning author turned up on a new animated Adult Swim series produced by Warner Bros.

In “The End,” Episode 1 from Season 1 of Mike Tyson Mysteries, an adult parody of the Scooby-Doo! mysteries, John Updike appears as a chupacabra attended to by a pigeon and contemplated by a centaur. “You can learn a lot” from his writing, the talking pigeon says. “Like sex.” To which the centaur responds, “Bird sex?”

Since Updike turns up dead, you could say it’s in bad taste. But that’s what Adult Swim series are all about. The complete episode can be viewed online on YouTube.