Pop culture references

Many videos in the lonelygirl15 series contain explicit references to popular culture. This page attempts to document those references.

References to books

Bree getting some new material for her videos.

• Daniel Returns, and More Interesting Factoids (Yay!) contains a references to Professor Calculus, a character in the Belgian Comic books, "The Adventures of Tintin."
• Proving Science Wrong! contains a reference to "The Tolstoy Principle" which is actually called The Anna Karenina Principle, and is a reference to Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel."
• Still At Daniel's contains a references to the book Gulliver's Travels.
• Happy Thanksgiving contains a reference to Oliver Twist.
• Happy Thanksgiving, The Cowboy, and Quitting The Sauce contain references to Bruce Wayne (Batman's secret identity).
• Time To Grow Up contains a reference to Tweedledee and Tweedledum from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
• Oh, The Places You'll Go is a reference to the Dr. Seuss book of the same name.
• I'm Here To Help contains a reference to Cliff Sawyer and the "other-dimensional world of Khom'ad" from a book by Henry Kuttner called "The Well of the Worlds".

References to movies

The Great Wall of Jonas.

• Warwalking contains references to the Mathew Broderick movie, WarGames.
• Roadtrip contains a reference to a flux capacitor from the movie Back to the Future.
• Purple Monkey Returns contains a reference to the movie Point Break.
• 45 Seconds contains a reference to the Zapruder film.
• For The Ladies contains references to Can't Buy Me Love.
• Sleepover contains a reference to a scene in the movie "It Happened One Night" (1934).
• Storm The Castle contains a reference to The Princess Bride.
• Interrogation 101 and School's Out contain references to Reservoir Dogs.
• Flesh Wound is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The camera work and dialogue may also be a reference to Reservoir Dogs.
• Spring Break Sucks contains a reference to The Matrix via Jonas's shirt.
• Spanglish is a reference to a movie of the same name, starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni and Spanish actress Paz Vega.
• Rockin' the Boat contains a reference to The Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields.
• In We Have A Plan, Spencer uses a lightsaber.
• In Mission Alpha, Jonas references The Karate Kid, a martial-arts movie about an "underdog."

References to music

Sarah knows what boys like.

• My Name Is Jonas is a reference to a popular Weezer song of the same title.
• Sleepover contains references to The Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood," and The Sugarhill Gang song "Rapper's Delight".
• Truth Or Dare and Storm The Castle contain references to Jimi Hendrix's death.
• Bree Is Crazy compares Gemma to Posh Spice.
• Losing My Religion is a reference to the R.E.M. song of the same name.
• Blog Girl contains a reference to the Pink Floyd album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
• I Know What Boys Like is a reference to the 1982 song "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses.
• Like A Virgin is a reference to the popular song by Madonna of the same name.
• Sweating Bullets may be a reference to a song by thrash metal band Megadeth.
• Going Back to Cali is a reference to two Hip-Hop songs: the 1988 single by LL Cool J, and the 1997 track by The Notorious B.I.G.

References to television

Jonas shows off his "crib".

• Bree The Cookie Monster is likely a reference to the Cookie Monster of the childen's show Sesame Street.
• Where's Daniel? contains a reference to Carmen Sandiego which was a short-lived game-show as well as a long-running series of educational games.
• An Awkward Silence contains a references to Vicky Pollard, a fictional character from the BBC TV and radio show Little Britain played by Matt Lucas.
• My Name Is Jonas contains a reference to Max Headroom.
• The Anti-Cribs is a reference to the popular MTV show, Cribs.
• For The Ladies contains a reference to Gilligan's Island.
• Hug It Out is a reference to a popular quote from the TV show Entourage.
• In No Trespassing, Daniel refers to Taylor as "S-M-R-T," a reference to the episode of The Simpsons, "Homer Goes to College".
• Mr. Park Ranger may be a reference to Yogi Bear's name for his "nemesis," Ranger Smith.
• In Rockin' the Boat, Sarah is seen wearing a Grim shirt from the show "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy."
• In Dude Back Off, Sarah compares herself to Mrs. Cleaver from Leave It To Beaver.
• In Going Back to Cali, Taylor refers to her mother's short shorts as Daisy Dukes.
• In Mission Alpha, Spencer says "Kick it up a notch!", which is a reference to the catchphrase of popular TV chef, Emeril Lagasse.

Other references

Gemma's version of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

• Nut Kills Man contains a reference to the popular game Rock, Paper, Scissors.
• Ransacked! contains a reference to the Rubik's Cube.
• Bree And I Hooked Up contains a reference to the "walk of shame," commonly practiced by college students the morning after an embarrassing hookup.
• Sorry Jonas contains a reference to the French Resistance in WWII.
• Hungover's video tags contain references to the Super Bowl.
• Valentine's Day Massacre contains references to the popular female empowerment term "girl power" and the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
• OUT OF THE BUNKER!!! contains a reference to the slogan "Don't Mess with Texas," the litter prevention campaign that has been educating Texans about litter prevention since 1986.
• In Deep Throat, Daniel refers to TCC as Deep Throat, the secret source who leaked information about the Watergate scandal to the press. In We Have A Plan, Spencer also refers to TCC as "Deep Throat."
• In We Have A Plan, Spencer compares himself to Edward Bond in Dark World.

Wikipedia also has an article about Pop culture.