Media Timeline: The Millennium
This timeline documents all real world entities attested in the Scream Roleplay Universe, focusing on the early 21st century, up to the SRU’s “present” in 2016.
By its very definition, this is an index of information you do not really need, but may be fun to know regardless. Like the other timelines in this category, you will find extensive footnotes describing how these people, objects, and creative works factor into the ongoing story.
Custom Ink
Online retailer specializing in custom merchandise, founded by Marc Katz, in McLean, Virginia.1 2 3
“Just Another Day in Paradise”
Country song, rec. Phil Vassar; appears on his self-titled debut album.7 8
The Wide Window
Children’s novel, writ. Daniel Handler, pseud. Lemony Snicket. Third installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events.9
Sir John Gielgud dies
Sir John Gielgud, actor and theatre director, dies, aged 96, in Buckinghamshire, England.10
“Teenage Dirtbag”
Alternative pop rock song, rec. Wheatus; appears on their self-titled debut album.11 12
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Young adult fantasy novel, writ. J.K. Rowling. Fourth installment in the Harry Potter series.13
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Police procedural created by Anthony E. Zuiker; aired on CBS. First installment in the CSI franchise.16
The Princess Diaries
Coming-of-age teen comedy film, dir. Garry Marshall. Loosely based on the novel of the same name, writ. Meg Cabot (2000).18
My Chemical Romance
Alternative rock band, founded by vocalist Gerard Way (24), after witnessing the 9/11 terror attacks.24
Complaints and Grievances
Stand-up special performed by George Carlin; rec. at the Beacon Theatre, New York City. Features a bit on “Parents of Honor Students”.25
New Orleans Pelicans
Basketball team based in New Orleans; established as the New Orleans Hornets.27
Kingdom Hearts
Action roleplaying video game blending Final Fantasy characters with figures from the Disney Animated Canon; dir. Tetsuya Nomura. First installment in the Kingdom Heartsseries.28 29
Spider-Man
Superhero film dir. Sam Raimi; based on the Marvel Comics character. Stars Tobey Maguire (26) as the titular hero.30
Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones
Space opera, dir. George Lucas. Fifth installment in the Star Warsfilm franchise.31 32
“Graveyard Shift”
Episode 36 of SpongeBob SquarePants pits SpongeBob and Squidward against an urban legend that has seemingly become real.34
“Swing, Swing”
Emo pop song, rec. the All-American Rejects; appears on the band’s self-titled debut album.37
A Christmas Visitor
Made-for-television Christmas film, dir. Christopher Leitch; airs on the Hallmark Channel. First of the unofficial “Hallmark Christmas Movie” series of holiday films.38
Call of Duty
First-person shooter video game, dev. Infinity Ward. First installment in the Call of Duty game franchise.42
Squarespace
Website building and hosting company founded by Anthony Casalena, in College Park, Maryland.44
The Passion of the Christ
Biblical epic, dir. Mel Gibson; based on the Gospel accounts of the arrest and death of Jesus Christ.49
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
Reality television series presented by Cesar Millan; aired on National Geographic.62
Fabulous Secret Powers
Internet meme mixing footage from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) with 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” (1993); created by Jay Allen, alias slackcircus.72
The Huffington Post
Progressive news website founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Jonah Peretti, and Andrew Breitbart in New York City.73
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Travel and culinary documentary series, presented by Anthony Bourdain (49); aired on the Travel Channel.76
High School Musical
Made-for-television romantic comedy musical, dir. Kenny Ortega; stars Zac Efron (28); aired on the Disney Channel. First installment in the High School Musical film franchise.77
The Real Housewives of Orange County
Reality television series created by Scott Dunlop; aired on Bravo. First series in The Real Housewives franchise.78 79
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Action film, dir. Justin Lin. Third installment in the Fast & Furious film franchise.84
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Young adult fantasy novel, writ. J.K. Rowling. Seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series.87
Superbad
Coming-of-age teen buddy comedy, dir. Greg Mottola; co-written and starring Seth Rogen (25).88
SoundCloud
Audio streaming service founded by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in Stockholm, Sweden.89
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Action-adventure video game, dir. Amy Hennig. First installment in the Uncharted franchise.91
Taken
Action-thriller film, dir. Pierre Morel and starring Liam Neeson (55). First installment in the Taken film franchise.93
Arthur C. Clarke dies
Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer, undersea explorer, and television host, dies, aged 90, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.95
Iron Man
Superhero film, dir. John Favreau; based on the comic book character of the same name. First installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe multimedia franchise.97 98
Bernie Madoff is arrested
Bernie Madoff (70) is arrested by federal authorities on charges of stock and securities fraud in what transpires to be the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.99
The Tea Party
Fiscally conservative political movement within the American Republican Party; launched via a conference call with conservative activists.103
16 and Pregnant
Reality television series highlighting teen mothers, created by Lauren Dolgen; aired on MTV.107
Pretty Little Liars
Teen drama mystery series, developed by I. Marlene King; aired on ABC Family. Adapted from the book series of the same name, writ. Sara Shepard (2006).109
“Goodbye, Dear Friend”
Indie rock song, rec. Deer Tick; appears on the album The Black Dirt Sessions.110
One Direction
Boy band comprised of contestants on British singing competition The X-Factor. Members include Liam Payne (16).111
The Walking Dead
Post-apocalyptic horror series, developed by Frank Darabont; aired on AMC. Adapted from the comic book series of the same name; writ. Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard (2003).118 119 120
Other Desert Cities
Dramatic stageplay, writ. Jon Robin Baitz; premieres Off-Broadway, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City.121 122
Elizabeth Taylor dies
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actress, dies of congestive heart failure, aged 79, in Los Angeles, California.123
Game of Thrones
Fantasy drama series, created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss; aired on HBO. Adapted from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, writ. George R.R. Martin (1996).124 125
X-Men: First Class
Superhero movie dir. Matthew Vaughn. Fifth installment in the X-Men film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. Cast includes Kevin Bacon (52).127
Teen Wolf
Supernatural teen drama series created by Jeff Davis; aired on MTV. Loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name.128
Winnie the Pooh
Animated musical comedy, dir. Stephen Anderson and Don Hall; based on the characters created by A.A. Milne (1926). Part of Walt Disney Pictures’ Winnie the Pooh media franchise.129
“We Found Love”
Dance pop song, rec. Rihanna, feat. Calvin Harris; appears on the album Talk That Talk.131
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Action-adventure game, dir. Amy Hennig and Justin Richmond. Third installment in the Unchartedfranchise.132
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Action roleplaying video game, developed by Bethesda Game Studios, dir. Todd Howard. Fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls franchise.133 134 135
DraftKings
Online gambling service founded by Jason Robins, Matt Kalish, and Paul Liberman, in Boston, Massachusetts.138
Don Cornelius dies
Don Cornelius, television host and producer, dies by suicide, aged 75, in Los Angeles, California.140
Whitney Houston dies
Whitney Houston, singer, actress, and producer, dies by drowning, aged 48, in Beverly Hills, California.
“Are You Happy Now?”
Episode 169 of SpongeBob SquarePants features Squidward Tentacles putting his head into the oven as if intending to commit suicide.141
Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That
Oklahoma City resident Kimberly “Sweet Brown” Wilkins escapes a fire in her apartment complex and proceeds to give an eccentric recounting of the incident to local news outlet KFOR-TV. The clip is uploaded to YouTube and becomes a viral sensation.142
Masks on General Hospital
On General Hospital, Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan) is revealed to have been impersonated by the villainous Cesar Faison (Anders Hove) in a mask.144
Pitch Perfect
Comic film dir. Jason Moore; loosely adapted from Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory, writ. Mickey Rapkin (2008).145
Johnny Football
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (20) applies for a registered trademark for his college nickname “Johnny Football”.147
The Great Gatsby
Historical drama film dir. Baz Luhrmann; based on the novel of the same name, writ. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925). Stars Tobey Maguire (37) as Nick Carroway.148
Creamy Nude
On The Young and the Restless, Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) is pushed down the stairs, entering a year-long coma.152
American Horror Story: Coven
Third season of horror anthology American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk; aired on FX.153 154
Bianca del Rio
Sixth season premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The cast includes Louisiana native Bianca del Rio.156
Southern Justice
Reality television series following the exploits of Sheriff’s departments in the Appalachian Mountains of the Southern United States; aired on the National Geographic Channel.158
Outlander
Historical fantasy series dev. Ronald D. Moore; adapted from the novel series, writ. Diana Gabaldon (1991 – ); aired on Starz.160
Super Smash Bros. 4
Crossover platform fighter video game, dev. Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. Fourth installment in the Super Smash Bros. video game franchise.162
American Sniper
Biographical war drama, dir. Clint Eastwood; loosely adapted from the memoir of the same name, writ. Chris Kyle (2012).163
Maxine’s “juices”
On Days of Our Lives, Maxine Landis (Aloma Wright) gives Paul Narita some “juices” to help him recover after he donates more blood than is advisable to save his stabbed secret ex-lover Sonny Kiriakis.165
Pac-Man 256
Mobile “endless runner” video game, dev. Hipster Whale and Bandai Namco Studios. Part of the Pac-Man video game franchise.169
Karnak
Comic book miniseries featuring the titular Inhuman; writ. Warren Ellis (47), art by Jorge Zaffino; published by Marvel Comics.170
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
First-person shooter video game, dev. Treyarch. Features a co-op mode that pits players against zombie Nazis. Part of the Call of Duty game franchise.171
The Revenant
Western action film, dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu; adapted from Michael Punke’s novel of the same name (2002); stars Leonardo DiCaprio (41).172
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Superhero film, dir. Zack Snyder; adapted from the DC Comics characters created by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Bill Finger, and Bob Kane; stars Ben Affleck (43) as one of the titular superheroes.173 174
Ratchet & Clank
Animated science fiction comedy film, dir. Kevin Munroe; based on the video game series of the same name, dev. Insomniac Games (2002).176
- Vol. I- Chapter 4: Piper printed her business cards on Custom Ink. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Piper invokes the Custom Ink slogan when Eliza sarcastically suggests they get tee shirts made to commemorate surviving a Ghostface attack. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Epilogue: Brooke wonders if Eliza made her new business cards in Custom Ink. Liz is offended, as ladies of their station use Papyrus. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Audrey drinks Vitaminwater with her lunch. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Noah tells Stavo that, for all he knows, his interest in detective work “is just a phase […] like Digimon and The Sims”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 3: Tina worries that she left her Spanx behind when she moved to Lakewood. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Brooke wryly remarks “Just another day in Paradise” as she and Stavo search for the Tupelo drug lab. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 2: Stavo later deploys the same line on Brooke, when they realize Deanna has gotten a call from Ghostface. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 10: Deanna reminds Tina that she can shoot her. Tina retorts: “I can whistle with crackers in my mouth! You think you’re special?” The hyper-specific talent is shared by Aunt Josephine’s dead husband Ike Anwhistle. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Micah’s cat is named “Gielgud”, after the thespian. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Ted’s ayahuasca trip finds him starring as the titular dirtbag in this song’s music video. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: The song remains on Ted’s mind the next day, when he tells his mother he feels like “mold”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 3: Riley apologizes to Noah for not defending him from Nina and the others more often, joking that her passiveness was similar to being under the Imperius Curse. She makes a similar comment to Brooke later, but it goes over her head. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Terrance calls Bridget “Coyote Ugly”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Noah refers to “pranksters” Haley and Aaron as “team Jackass”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 27: Rachel has doubts in the investigative powers of CSI: St. Mary’s, as concerns investigating wrongdoing done to her. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 10: Tina puts on a pair of Happy Bunny lounge pants after escaping the hospital. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Brooke glibly wonders if Jake’s “discovered I’m the Princess of Genovia and you’ve been keeping it secret all this time”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Noah claims that the computers in the school library still run Windows XP. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: Noah calls Ghostface a “clearance rack Creeper” during his struggle with the killer at Brooke’s house. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Terrance warns Tracy that their friendship is over if she hooks up with anyone who considers Maroon 5 a band. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 1: Referring to the “in-crowd”, Audrey wonders if Emma’s joined the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Gel Tips”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Eli privately dubs Maggie and Joanne “the Sisterhood of the Sedentary Mom Jeans”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Micah tells Terrance he has no position insulting Bridget’s hair, and offers to lend him a time machine, so he “can get back to that MCR concert in ’06.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Terrance calls the security guard at the Smith plant a “simple-minded prick” as in, “Fuck you, Dad! You simple-minded prick.” ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 29: The 1975 is a fixture of the Grindhouse’s curated “Grindhouse Groove” playlist. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 30: Will is represented in Jake’s contacts by a picture of him in a Pelicans hat, which Jake forced onto him “for the meme”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 4: Noah tells Piper he used Custom Ink to make a logo tee with a “Keyblade wearing Yeti” on it. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Frustrated with Stavo’s badgering, Noah throws his PS4 controller across Level Down, knocking over a life-size replica of Sora’s Kingdom Key. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Branson is disappointed but unsurprised that many of his students riffed more off the recent Gatsby film than the novel in their papers, but took unique offense to Colin referring to Nick Carroway as “Spider-Man”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Noah tells Jamie that if you give the people what they want every time, you end up with “Yoda and Christopher Lee sword fighting”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Roger Lipinski announcing “I love honesty” at a press conference invokes Chancellor Palpatine’s equally disingenuous “I love democracy”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Observing the “MURDER HIGH” graffiti on the school wall, Brooke remarks G.W. High must have their own Banksy. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 2: When investigating Zach’s abduction, the group searches the men’s restroom at the park. A disgusted Micah notes that the walls “actually ooze green slime”. In this episode, Squidward mistakenly believes that the Krusty Krab’s walls oozing green slime is one of the three omens heralding the arrival of the Hashslinging Slasher, though he quickly remembers that the walls “always do that”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 2/Season 1 AU: The answer to Ghostface’s first question to Nina: “What movie has you dying seven days after watching a video?” ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: A guest at Brooke’s Halloween party mistakes her Madonna costume for Samara. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: This song is Terrance’s ringtone. ↩︎
- Legendarium- So This is Christmas: Moved by Jake’s Christmas present, Brooke admits she’s wary of her sentiment coming off as “Hallmark Christmas movie cheese”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Will tells Emma and Kieran he knows his explanations for what he’s been up to are “some Da Vinci Code shit”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 5: Piper started Autopsy of a Crime as a WordPress blog. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 4: Tony discovers the Wicked soundtrack in Micah’s car. Micah calls it a “classic of musical theater”. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 3: Micah accuses Carl of parading through the crisis created by Terrance’s murder as cavalierly as if it were a Call of Duty campaign. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 1: Harold takes his leave with an “Arigato”, prompting Teague to observe “So goes the last samurai”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: The Autopsy of a Crime podcast is sponsored by Squarespace. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 9: Gemma learned about her parents’ trip to Singapore by stalking her mother’s Facebook. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 27: Pamela bemoans the barrage of probing questions she’s gotten on Facebook, thanks to the kissing video. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Noah does some digital detective work, tracing Aaron’s online footprint through his Facebook account. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Maggie’s surprise candidacy announcement goes locally viral on Facebook. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 10: Tina ruefully declares “I sure am glad I Passion of the Christ’ed myself up these stairs”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 13: Noah considers whether Robert Winters killed himself, his wife, his daughter, and her boyfriend with a Rube Goldberg Device but quickly rules the theory out. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Noah doesn’t know how his friends can expect him to go back to “movies and quips and TV Tropes and formulas and structure and the goddamn Monomythic Cycle” in the wake of Riley’s death. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Noah invokes the ‘Never Split the Party’ and ‘Schmuck Bait’ tropes during the adventure at GASLIGHT. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Noah struggles to explain the ‘Despair Event Horizon’ trope to Zach. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Noah lampshades the murders beginning and ending with a party at Brooke’s house, citing the ‘Bookends’ trope. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: Noah taunts Ghostface during his struggle with the killer, admitting that, since it’s the last act, he’s past his expiration date, as the Plucky Comic Relief. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1: Audrey tells Noah that if he waits outside while she and Jamie check the Zenith’s fuse box, he can avoid the Schmuck Bait. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Noah identifies reddit user Chiaroscuro Concord to Audrey by remarking: “Remember the New Guy?”, in this case, Stavo. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4 | Vol. II- Chapter 6: Noah calls Deb Klein a “Red Shirt”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Noah refers to the ayahuasca trip they all took at Bridget’s party as a “Mushroom Samba”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Tina wonders if Lawrence of Arabia is “the one with the guy and the zombies”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Stavo is wary of burying Seth at the Lakewood Estates development site. Brooke exasperatedly wonders if they should pull up local Yelp reviews to better make up their minds. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 1: Deanna is less than charmed by Carl’s rapport with Lunar, telling him not to “spend too much time playing dog whisperer”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Noah tells Teague nothing he can do to him is worse than what he wants to do to himself, since he’s seen every Saw movie multiple times. Teague bluntly reminds Noah he’s killed several people, which settles the contest quickly enough. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 28: Kieran uses Maps for navigation as he and Deanna walk home from their first day at GW High. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: The infamous Kissing Video that forced Audrey and Rachel out of the closet was uploaded to YouTube by Nina. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 5: Noah tries to show Riley the Fabulous Secret Powers meme on YouTube, but the algorithm has already pushed the kissing video to the top of his feed. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 10: The night the kissing video is uploaded, Rachel doomscrolls through the comments section. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 26: Teague tries to show Theodora the kissing video on YouTube, but she has to sit through a Doritos ad first. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Greg tells Eliza he can’t just take the video of Emma punching her off YouTube, as it doesn’t violate community guidelines. Eliza, seeing the swastikas under “suggested videos” is unimpressed. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 29: Nina corrects Emma: content is “posted” to Instagram but “uploaded” to YouTube. This error apparently drives Tyler crazy. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 30: Noah plays “What’s Up?” on YouTube on his way back from school. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 5: Noah owns a custom graphic tee inspired by “Fabulous Secret Powers”. Describing the meme to Riley, Noah misidentifies Skeletor’s lyric: “And he prays” as “And heat rays”, a common mondegreen. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Before confronting Stavo, Noah asks Audrey to make sure their story is sold to “an independent platform” as he doesn’t want “HuffPo making money off my sacrifice”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Brooke assures Stavo she can find a frame for his sketch of her, courtesy of “some enterprising housewife” on Etsy. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Noah discovers the Lakewood Thrasher is grooming catspaws and patsies on a subreddit dedicated to the Lakewood Slasher. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Noah refutes Emma’s claim that he had reservations about attending Bridget’s party: “I’m Anthony Bourdain, Em: No Reserv…” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: After Terrance christens him “Efron”, a rueful Micah tells Bridget he only saw “that movie” once and “the only character I empathized with was the metrosexual blond dude”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: Zach tries to apologize to Bridget for the argument he and Jake got into over Brooke. Bridget is nonplussed: “This is better than Real Housewives.” ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 4: Ghostface makes his case for sparing Tracy’s life, telling her she has “enough hatred to power the Bravo network for ten seasons and two spin-offs”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Stavo unflatteringly compares Micah to a “human Twitter account” during their first meeting. Micah retorts he doesn’t even use Twitter. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: Stacy was listening to a Spotify playlist when she first saw the kissing video. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 2: Not impressed with the playlist Jake put together for her Big Beautiful Bash, Brooke pulls up Miley Cyrus on Spotify for her and Emma’s benefit. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 24: Noah bemoans the death of the “decentralized Internet”, telling Riley “give me lolcats or give me death”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 10: Theodora wonders if she should tell Jamie “That her father’s decided to play Fast and Furious: Lakewood Drift”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 26: Teague, a veteran of the first Gulf War, tells Theodora he “didn’t spend my glorious youth taking potshots at Saddam’s sand sweepers so any yacko with a badge can treat a public high school like the Wild West.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Audrey rues that most people view her as a “Tumblr SJW”. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 3: Noah refers to his plan to convince his mother to leave town for her own protection as “Hermione Grangering”, alluding to Hermione wiping her parents’ memories and sending them to Australia to protect them from the Death Eaters. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Noah tries to break the news to Audrey that (he thinks) they kissed when they were drugged. He claims the news isn’t “super bad”, and nervously regrets accidently invoking the name of this movie. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 29: Nina reminds Emma that Audrey dropped her “quicker than a frat boy drops a SoundCloud”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Lorraine reflects that a parking garage would be a good place for a murder, recalling there’d been “at least one horrible movie” with that premise. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Noah, bummed that Jake got to Clark’s sawed-off shotgun before he could, declares “everyone knows the sawed-off is ideal for close encounters with hostiles”, admitting under Brooke’s scrutiny that he got this notion from Uncharted. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 18: Brooke tells Seth the local police couldn’t even find a lost dog, and advises him to check Nextdoor if he doesn’t believe her. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: Noah blames himself for Jamie’s abduction, since he “never stopped to think that they never kidnap Liam Neeson in those movies; they kidnap his daughter, so he can feel bad about it and go nuts trying to get her back”. ↩︎
- Vol. II: Maxine Miller, the head nurse at Lakewood General, is named and modeled after Maxine Landis. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Noah believes that Bridget throwing a party when a murderer is on the loose tempts fate on a cosmic scale and that “Arthur C. Clarke levels of despair” await her guests. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 24: Audrey bristles at the assumption she’s a lesbian. Noah reminds her she kissed a girl and wonders if she didn’t like it. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Noah complains the “the movies” would never include a villain like Kang because “normies […] don’t get time travel and they bitch whenever it’s used in anything”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Dragged into a comic book discussion against her will, Brooke claims she prefers Marvel to DC, because the movies are “like a male modeling catalog, and I really can’t stand Ben Affleck”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Eliza tells Brooke her planned Halloween party distraction “is the most transparent bullshit since Bernie Madoff played Wall Street.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Micah takes Tracy for “one of those girls who watched an episode of Drag Race and started talking our slang”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Micah tells Stavo he’d “sooner turn on my heel and sashay the hell away” from him. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Zach tells Brooke he thought her Madonna Halloween costume was “the girl from the movie” with “the buttons”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1: Quinn describes Lipinski’s politics as “Independent on paper, but Tea Party in policy.” ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 19: Clark suggests Stacy and Brock may have been killed by a classmate. Teague paraphrases Doc Campbell: “That’s a scary thought. But a man in your position’s got to think it.” ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 4: On his theory that Will’s disappearance is connected to the murders, Noah paraphrases Doc Campbell to Riley: “Well, it’s a scary thought, but people in our position have got to…” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: When Ryan and Zach resolve to explore the mysterious catacombs under St. Mary’s orphanage, Ryan notes that “There’s no version of this that ends well,” quoting Danny Brooks, who was also referring to the exploration of newly discovered underground tunnels. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Aleks jokes that if Brooke isn’t careful with Jake, she might end up on 16 and Pregnant. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Audrey reminds Brooke that hurt people hurt people, noting she’s surely seen the sentiment expressed on a Pinterest board somewhere. Brooke icily informs her she prefers Instagram. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Noah considers the name “Lakewood Eyes” something out of Pretty Little Liars. Brooke finds it amusing he’s aware of the show. ↩︎
- All Screamed Out- Obituaries: Terrance Smith’s funerary song. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 2: Brooke and Nina are both Directioners. Brooke tells Emma she “surrendered” Liam to to Nina early in their friendship. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 6: Amanda tries to boost Audrey’s spirits after she’s been forced out of the closet. Audrey warns her not to tell her “It gets better”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: Stacy was scrolling Insta on the night of her murder. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 2: Emma thinks of something profound and wonders where she read it before realizing it more likely came from her Insta feed. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Audrey reminds Brooke that hurt people hurt people, noting she’s surely seen the sentiment expressed on a Pinterest board somewhere. Brooke icily informs her she prefers Instagram. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 29: Nina corrects Emma: content is “posted” to Instagram but “uploaded” to YouTube. This error apparently drives Tyler crazy. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Noah traces Haley’s social media footprint through her Instagram account. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Eliza derisively calls Richard Steele “the Walking Dead” in reference to his particularly gruesome experience. Piper doesn’t find her wit amusing. ↩︎
- Vol. III and The Final Retreat: Deanna calls Carl “Coral”, invoking Rick’s memetic pronunciation of his son name. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 2: Noah had assumed “Coral” was Carl’s real name. When he’s informed it’s a nickname, he seems to get the reference, but Deanna cuts him off before he can explain it. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Micah tells Ted that the repertory theater he belongs to recently staged a production of this play. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 3: To avoid admitting that he spent the afternoon modeling for Stavo, Micah tells his mother he was rehearsing for Other Desert Cities at the repertory theater. Phyllis recalls they’d already done the play, but Micah claims it’s a revival. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Maggie laughs, noticing for the first time that journalist Eliza Taylor is technically “Liz Taylor”. Clark doesn’t get it. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Riley refers to the fantasy novels with the name of their television adaptation. Noah casually corrects her that she means A Song of Ice and Fire. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Audrey writes her distress message to Noah in High Valyrian, which he identifies as being from A Song of Ice and Fire. When Brooke is confused, he cites Game of Thrones. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Dismayed at the crowd of reporters waiting for his press conference, Quinn exclaims “What is this? The fucking Voice?” ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: Stacy recognizes Kevin Bacon as “the guy from X-Men“. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: A frustrated Zach tries to explain his Teen Wolf costume is based on the “real one, with the guy from Back to the Future”, implicitly affirming it’s not this one. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Wrapping Branson’s body, Stavo and Brooke exchange similar banter to Rabbit and Piglet. Stavo: “Can you knot?” Brooke: “I very much can knot.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Brooke decides Noah makes less in a week at Level Down than she does in two days of teaching Quinn how to use his campaign’s Snapchat account. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 5: Brooke recites the “diamond ring” verse of “Hush, Little Baby” and Jake quips “Yellow diamonds in the light.” ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Eliza accuses Quinn of scrubbing Gemma’s records in return for her cooperation. Quinn incredulously paraphrases Sully, asking what kind of “Black Ops bullshit” she thinks he’s part of. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 5: A dejected Noah teaches a dejected Jake how to play Skyrim, inadvertently missing his “date” with Riley in the process. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: Jake proves he remembers his Skyrim lessons, reassuring Noah he’s been putting points into “sneak”, as he advised, before going into the mayoral mansion to rescue Brooke. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: After being unwittingly caught up in the case of the hapless Ellen’s stolen car and kidnapped boyfriend, Noah reflects that he’s gotten mired down in a particularly bad Skyrim side quest. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: In response to Ted’s comment about the unfunniness of Adam Sandler’s movies, Brooke dryly notes they’re “one unfortunate Al Pacino cameo away from an absolute clusterfudge”, alluding to Pacino’s role, as himself, in this film. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Noah’s laptop screensaver is a slideshow of picturesque Minecraft landscapes. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: By cracking into Seth’s phone, Noah gains access to the English teacher’s DraftKings account, among other things. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 24: Leslie attempts unsuccessfully to invite the just-outed Audrey to the GSA’s screening of this film. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 3: Piper tells Eliza her podcast audience is comprised of “all ages and persuasions”. Eliza, unimpressed, wonders if she should call her “Don Cornelius”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: In English class, the well-meaning Zach compares the gruesome suicide of Sylvia Plath to a scene of Squidward sticking his head in the oven. Audrey is aghast, but Noah concedes there are similarities. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Tina declares “Oh, Lord Jesus, it’s a fire!” when she realizes the Lipinski farm is ablaze. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Audrey hears the mass notification heralding the new Ghostface’s first kill and has a brief thought that this “better not be another stupid Vine”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Emma bemoans to Noah and Audrey that Kieran seems like a different person. Noah wonders if he is a different person, saying that his grandmother watches GH, and describing a storyline where a man impersonated another character by wearing a mask. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: Stacy selects Pitch Perfect for her ill-fated movie night with Brock. He’s not super enthused at the choice. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Bridget wonders what perversions Terrance thinks about late at night, and he names this band. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 7: “Johnny Football” is Brooke’s persistent nickname for Zach, ripped from the then-contemporaneous Cleveland Browns quarterback. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Branson is disappointed but unsurprised that many of his students riffed more off the recent Gatsby film than the novel in their papers, but took unique offense to Colin referring to Nick Carroway as “Spider-Man”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 2: Brooke plays “We Can’t Stop” for her and Emma, lipsyncing along and using the “We can screw who we want” lyric as an excuse to toast the recently outed Audrey. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Noah compares the prologues of the Song of Ice and Fire novels to that of The Last of Us, noting they both introduce POV characters who get killed at the end. He argues The Last of Us’s use of this device is more impactful because of player interactivity. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: As the gang prepares to rescue Will, Noah suggests they “craft” weapons. Brooke wonders what video game inspired the idea, and he meekly admits it was The Last of Us. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Brooke’s preferred shade of lipstick is “creamy nude”, the same lipstick Phyllis was wearing during this storyline. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 10: Eliza bursts into the storage unit to rescue Quinn, right on the heels of escaping the death trap he’d abandoned her in. She quotes Madison Montgomery: “Bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Tina likewise uses this line on Quinn when she breaks out of the hospital to confront him. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 31: Tyler discovers Gemma’s gutted his PS4 in her search for the Maddox flashdrive. She casually informs him she found five spider eggs inside. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Micah tells Terrance “Not today, Satan,” a snappy declaration popularized by Bianca on her season of Drag Race. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Brooke is hesitant to sit next to Stavo at church, since “the Rotary Club was the original Shade Room”. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 3: Noah disarms Carl and holds his own gun on him: “Not so tough now, huh, Southern Justice?” ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: The ringleader of the Tupelo cartel is also named Mickey Diamond. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 8: Paula gives Clark a confused account of the premise of the first Outlander novel and, as an afterthought, adds that “it’s a TV show now too”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Jake has an Xbox in his room. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 1: Brooke calls Noah’s Labor Day party “Super Smashing Brothers Day”. Noah tersely provides the franchise’s real name. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Brooke declines to bring a gun from Clark’s safe to rescue Will: “I have enough faith in my own daintiness to know I’m not pulling off any American Sniper shots.” ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 17: Seth Branson reads this book before his first period class. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Maxine gossips with her colleagues about offering a distraught Ted some “juices” in a nod to her Salem counterpart’s actions in this episode. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 2: Brooke toasts the recently forcibly outed Audrey with a “#LoveWins”. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Prologue: Stacy was watching Sense8 shortly before her murder. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 30: Jake blasts “Hotline Bling” in his Behemoth. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 7: Noah plays Pac-Man 256 while Jake futilely attempts to break down the door to GASLIGHT. ↩︎
- The Story so Far, Vol. I: Chapter 1, Scene 25: Derek tells Colin about this then-upcoming series, figuring Colin might be interested, given Ellis’s previous work on Moon Knight. Colin bluntly informs him nobody cares about the Inhumans. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: A depressed Noah plays an unidentified video game with “undead fascist” antagonists. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1: Audrey, Noah, and Jamie choose this film for their “last hurrah” private screening at the Zenith. Noah insists they play the movie with the sound off, believing it will enhance the experience. Jamie is skeptical of Noah’s claim that Leo’s performance will finally net him an Oscar. ↩︎
- Vol. II– Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: In an attempt to ingratiate herself with the awkward Ted, who declares he prefers Marvel to DC, Brooke tells him she can’t stand Ben Affleck, alluding to his role as Batman in this then-just released superhero blockbuster. Noah resents the film being mentioned in his presence. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Teague promises Jamie he’ll keep her safe and paraphrases Batman to himself: “Tell me, Mr. Killer. Do you bleed? You will by the time I get my hands on you.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: Micah deduces Noah didn’t come to the Zenith “to be the only person watching Elvis & Nixon”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: Noah wonders if Leslie’s protest at the Zenith Theater is a boycott of this movie. ↩︎