Easter Eggs

Name	Summary
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Jules Verne's novel about the submarine Nautilus, and its various film adaptations.
Albert II	The rhesus monkey who in 1949 became the first mammal to survive the trip into space, though he died when his capsule's parachute failed on landing.
Alien	The film franchise home to the xenomorph, an alien predator whose blood is famously caustic/acidic.
Audrey Hepburn	The British actress and humanitarian known for films including Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and My Fair Lady.
Baby Yoda	Grogu, the tiny green foundling from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, known to the internet as Baby Yoda.
Back to the Future	The 1985 film about a teenager who travels back in time and has to fend off his own mother's romantic interest in him, referenced obliquely by Donut as "that time machine movie where the guy makes out with his mom" when she learns the sandcastle's door needs a lightning strike to open.
Bambi	Disney's 1942 animated feature about a young deer growing up in the forest.
Basket Case	The 1982 low-budget cult horror film about a man who carries his deformed twin brother around in a wicker basket.
Batman	DC Comics' caped and cowled vigilante of Gotham City.
Beanie Babies	The line of small, underfilled plush toys from Ty Inc. that fueled a nineteen-nineties collectibles craze.
Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter's 1986 action-comedy whose hero Jack Burton drives a rig nicknamed the Pork Chop Express.
Blade Runner	Ridley Scott's neo-noir science fiction film, known for its rain-slicked, neon-lit vision of a future city.
Braveheart	The 1995 historical war film starring and directed by Mel Gibson, known for its blue-painted warrior imagery.
Breaking Bad	The television drama about a chemistry teacher turned drug manufacturer, invoked by Donut's own rambling guess at how the Syndicate thought Carl pulled off Loita's death.
Call of Duty	The blockbuster military first-person shooter video game franchise.
Candy Crush	The mobile match-three puzzle game known for its exaggerated announcer voice-overs.
Carrie	Stephen King's novel and its film adaptations about a bullied telekinetic teenager drenched in pig's blood at her prom.
Cesta Punta	A real, fast-paced variant of jai alai played with a long curved wicker scoop called a cesta.
Charles Bronson	The American tough-guy actor best known for westerns and the Death Wish vigilante films.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Roald Dahl's novel, home to the gluttonous Augustus Gloop, who falls into and gets stuck in Wonka's chocolate river.
Charlie Bit My Finger	The 2007 viral YouTube video of a British toddler biting his older brother's finger.
Cheers	A sitcom that ran from 1982 to 1993, set in a Boston bar.
Child's Play	The horror film franchise about a killer doll possessed by a human soul. Donut's own read on Psamathe's split soul haunting the Lika doll head: a talking, murder-threatening head instead of Chucky's full body, but the same basic setup.
Chuck E. Cheese	The pizza-and-arcade chain's rodent mascot.
Comic Sans	The widely-mocked casual typeface bundled with Windows since the 1990s.
COPS and Judge Judy	The reality show COPS, which followed police officers on patrol, and the courtroom show Judge Judy, in which a former family court judge ruled on small claims cases.
Critters	The science-fiction horror film about small alien creatures that roll into balls and attack people.
Cthulhu	H.P. Lovecraft's tentacle-faced cosmic entity, the best-known figure from his Cthulhu Mythos.
David Attenborough	The British naturalist and broadcaster known for his hushed, reverent nature-documentary narration.
Death Wish	The 1974 Charles Bronson film about an architect turned street vigilante after an attack on his family.
Dimmu Borgir and Satyricon	Two real Norwegian black metal bands known for their theatrical corpse-paint imagery.
Dr. Phil	The real-world television personality and host of the long-running daytime talk show Dr. Phil, known for confronting guests about their problems on camera.
Dungeons & Dragons	The original tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, the template for dungeon crawls everywhere.
Elon Musk	The entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX, known for his outsized public profile and ego.
Eye of the Tiger	Survivor's 1982 hit song, Bautista's own losing guess for the alarm trap's song.
Fallout	The post-apocalyptic video game franchise.
Fifty Shades of Grey	E. L. James's best-selling erotic romance novel, the first book in a trilogy that went on to spawn a film series.
Footloose	The 1984 film about a teenager challenging a small town's ban on dancing.
Fraggle Rock	Jim Henson's puppet TV series about a community of small creatures living underground.
Frankenstein	Victor Frankenstein, the obsessive scientist from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel who stitches a creature together from salvaged body parts and jolts it to life.
Freddy Krueger	The clawed, dream-invading slasher villain of the Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise.
Friday the 13th	The slasher film franchise starring the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees.
Frogger	The 1981 arcade game about steering a frog across lanes of traffic and a river.
Fruit Ninja	The mobile game where players swipe to slice fruit flying across the screen.
Garfield	The long-running newspaper comic strip about a lasagna-loving, Monday-hating orange cat.
Gelfling	The elfin creature race from Jim Henson's film The Dark Crystal.
Geraldo and Al Capone's Vault	Geraldo Rivera's 1986 live TV special that spent two hours building up the opening of a vault beneath Al Capone's old Chicago hotel, only to find it empty, making it a lasting shorthand for a hyped-up letdown.
Ghostbusters	The film franchise about paranormal investigators who use specialized equipment to capture ghosts.
G.I. Joe	The military-themed toy and cartoon franchise, remembered here for a Native American character whose pet eagle is named Freedom.
Gilmore Girls	The television dramedy about fast-talking mother and daughter Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.
Godzilla	The Japanese giant-monster film franchise.
Gossip Girl	The CW teen drama about the private lives of Manhattan's elite prep-schoolers, narrated by an anonymous blogger.
Grand Theft Auto	The open-world video game series built around criminal activity and vehicle theft.
The Great Gerbil Black Death Theory	A real research finding, published in 2015, proposing that Asian great gerbils, not black rats, carried the plague-bearing fleas that drove the Black Death into Europe along the Silk Road.
Guardians of the Galaxy	The Marvel superhero film franchise whose team includes the tree-like Groot.
Hans Gruber	The villain of the film Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman.
Harambe	The Western lowland gorilla shot and killed by Cincinnati Zoo staff in 2016 after a child fell into his enclosure, whose death became a long-running internet meme.
Harry Potter	The book and film series about a boy wizard. Katia compares Psamathe's own soul split into two vessels to a horcrux, though in this case split only in half rather than several ways; Donut insists the whole franchise ripped off Chucky instead.
Hellboy	The comic-book demon hero and the title character of the Hellboy franchise.
Hellraiser	The horror film franchise known for its grotesque, mutilated Cenobite demons.
Hot Dog on a Stick	The real fast-food chain best known for its corn dogs and its workers' distinctive striped uniform hats.
IKEA	The Swedish flat-pack furniture retailer known for leaving buyers with mysterious leftover parts after assembly.
Indiana Jones	The adventuring archaeologist film franchise.
Inuyasha	The long-running anime series. Ghazi names it as the show he's partway through on his magical entertainment panel, one he only gets to watch two hours a day except during the Red Equinox.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	The science fiction story, filmed multiple times, about alien duplicates secretly replacing ordinary people.
The Invention of the Wheel	The real archaeological timeline in which Mesopotamia developed the wheel roughly five thousand years before it developed the flush toilet.
James Bond	The British spy film franchise built on Ian Fleming's secret agent 007, whose villains famously stroke cats in their laps.
Jane the Virgin	The telenovela-style romantic comedy-drama television series.
Janet Jackson	An American singer whose 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance ended in a widely publicized wardrobe malfunction.
Jean-Claude Van Damme	The Belgian martial artist and action movie star of the late eighties and nineties.
The Jerry Springer Show	A long-running American daytime talk show notorious for staged-feeling confrontations and rowdy studio audiences.
Jessica Rabbit	The sultry animated character from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Joe Camel	The old cigarette mascot, an anthropomorphic camel.
Johnny Quest	The 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon following boy adventurer Jonny Quest and his father, whose supporting cast included Hadji, a boy adopted off the streets of Calcutta.
Juan Gris	The early 20th-century Spanish Cubist painter known for fracturing faces and objects into angular, overlapping planes.
Jump Around	House of Pain's 1992 hit song, played by the specific alarm-trap banger sphere Carl builds and labels for distraction, used to draw Mrs. Ghazi's attention away from the boss chamber's ceiling.
Jurassic Park	The film franchise about a dinosaur theme park gone wrong, known for its iconic wrought-iron park entrance gate.
Kabaddi	A real contact sport native to South Asia in which raiders tag defenders while holding their breath and chanting.
The Kardashians	The real-world celebrity family famous for reality television and a sprawling licensed-merchandise empire.
Kickstart My Heart	Mötley Crüe's song, named by a Zockau alarm trap with its exact Billboard chart position and date.
Klingon	The constructed alien language spoken by the Klingon warrior race in the Star Trek franchise.
Knight Rider	The eighties television series about a crimefighter aided by his talking car, KITT.
Kool-Aid Man	The Kool-Aid brand's mascot, an anthropomorphic pitcher known for bursting through walls shouting 'Oh yeah!'
Kryptonite	The fictional mineral from Superman's home planet that saps his powers, used in the comics and films as the one substance capable of bringing him down.
Law & Order	The long-running crime procedural franchise following police investigations through to their courtroom prosecutions.
Lazarus	The biblical figure Jesus raised from the dead in the Gospel of John.
LazyTown	The Icelandic children's television show.
Leatherface	The chainsaw-wielding, mask-wearing villain of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror franchise.
LEGO	The Danish toy brand known for its interlocking plastic bricks, notorious for how much stepping on a loose one hurts.
Lil Pump	The rapper, known for bass-heavy trap music.
Little Bear	The animated children's television series based on Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear books.
Little Bo Peep	The nursery-rhyme shepherdess, known for carrying a hooked crook while tending her lost sheep.
Live, Laugh, Love	A ubiquitous home-decor slogan stitched, painted, or carved onto wall art and pillows, long since turned into a byword for suburban-mom kitsch.
Locomotive Breath	The 1971 Jethro Tull song built around the image of a runaway train and its brakeless, unstoppable engineer.
The Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic, home to the towering, tree-like Ents.
Louis L'Amour	The prolific American western novelist, best known for his Sackett family saga, an eighteen-book series following one frontier family across generations.
MacGyver	The 1985 action series about secret agent Angus MacGyver, known for solving problems with improvised gadgets.
Macho Man Randy Savage	The American professional wrestler and actor known as Macho Man Randy Savage.
Mack the Knife	The jazz standard, the alarm trap song heard blasting from the Grullo line's abyss cart.
Mad Max	The post-apocalyptic action film franchise. Carl compares the Dirigible Gnomes' mismatched, rusting flying machines to the cars in a Mad Max movie.
Magic: The Gathering	The long-running collectible trading-card game of dueling wizards.
Marked for Death	Steven Seagal's 1990 action film, invoked by name in the in-game skill of the same name's own description, which calls itself "not just Steven Seagal's magnum opus."
Martyrs	The unflinchingly brutal 2008 French horror film about torture and suffering.
Matlock	The long-running courtroom drama TV series, popular with older viewers, best known for reruns saturating daytime television.
The Matrix	The science fiction film in which characters instantly download skills like kung fu or helicopter piloting directly into their minds.
Mike Tyson	The retired American heavyweight boxer known for his ferocious punching power and colorful public persona.
Minecraft	The blocky sandbox survival game where players build and explore procedurally generated worlds.
Molly	Slang for MDMA.
Monchhichi	A Japanese plush toy franchise featuring monkey-like dolls.
Monster Energy	The heavily caffeinated energy drink brand.
Mother of All Bombs	The U.S. military's GBU-43/B bomb, officially named the Massive Ordnance Air Blast but nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs for its acronym and its size.
MythBusters	The long-running Discovery Channel show in which hosts tested urban legends and popular myths through hands-on experiments.
Nadya Suleman	An American woman who became a tabloid fixture in the late 2000s after giving birth to octuplets via IVF while already raising six other children.
Naruto	The long-running ninja anime and manga franchise.
Anaconda	A song by Nicki Minaj and Sir Mix-a-Lot, played during a Masquerade pet-show entrance.
Nurse Joy	The recurring pink-haired nurse character from the Pokémon franchise.
Oasis	The English rock band best known for 1990s hits like 'Wonderwall,' fronted by the perpetually feuding Gallagher brothers.
Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck's 1937 novella about two displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression.
Ouija Board	The trademarked talking board marketed as a way to communicate with spirits by spelling out messages through a moving pointer.
Pac-Man	The 1980 arcade game starring a ravenous yellow ball that chomps its way through mazes.
Paris Hilton	The American media personality and heiress known in the 2000s for carrying her chihuahua, Tinkerbell, as a fashion accessory.
Parkour, Jiu-jitsu, Stamp Collecting, and Kombucha Brewing	Four real-world hobbies named together as the Earth Hobby Potion's own example spread, from the physically impressive to the deliberately mundane.
Pathfinder	Paizo's tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, a spiritual successor to third-edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Paw Patrol	A scroll named Paw Patrol at the Masquerade prize counter, which Carl asks whether it is a kids' show.
Perry Mason	The long-running courtroom drama franchise about a defense attorney, known for its climactic witness-stand confessions. Donut compares Orren's interrogation of Carl to one of its episodes.
PETA and Steve Irwin	PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the real animal-rights organization, and Steve Irwin, the Australian wildlife conservationist and television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter, who died in 2006.
Physical	Olivia Newton-John's 1981 hit song, the actual alarm trap song Carl triggers, complete with its real number-one chart date.
Predator	The science-fiction action film franchise about human hunters confronting extraterrestrial Predators.
Pretty Woman	The 1990 romantic comedy known for its extravagant shopping-spree montage.
Punky Brewster	The 1980s sitcom about a scrappy, mismatched-outfit-wearing foster kid.
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering	The real international award recognizing groundbreaking achievements in engineering.
Rainbow Brite	The 1980s children's cartoon and toy franchise about a girl who commands a spectrum of color-named companions. Donut's own joke spells it "Rainbow Bright."
Rambo	The action-film series centered on the soldier John Rambo.
Riverdale	The CW drama that reimagines the Archie Comics characters as small-town teens entangled in murder and conspiracy.
Rock of Ages	Def Leppard's 1983 hit song, the Mindaro line cart's alarm trap song, which ends up nicknaming the cart itself for the rest of the rescue.
Say Anything	The 1989 romantic comedy remembered for its scene of a young man holding a boombox over his head outside his love interest's window.
Schiffli	A genuine, obscure real-world term for an industrial embroidery machine used to mass-produce patches.
Scooby-Doo	The long-running animated franchise about mystery-solving teenagers and their talking Great Dane.
Scutelliphily	A genuine, obscure real-world term for the hobby of collecting badges and patches.
Secret Agent Man	The 1966 spy-themed song, best known from the Johnny Rivers version.
Sesame Street	The long-running children's television show set on a fictional New York City street.
Sex and the City	The HBO series and its film spinoff. Donut asks Mordecai, with real excitement, whether he has the movie among his stored Earth films.
She-Hulk	Marvel Comics' Jennifer Walters, a green-skinned, muscular superhero, cousin to the Hulk.
Shrinky Dinks	The real craft toy of plastic sheets that shrink and thicken when baked in an oven.
Silent Bob	The mostly mute half of the Jay and Silent Bob duo recurring across Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films.
Skeletor	The skull-faced villain from the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise.
Slender Man	The tall, faceless horror figure that began as a 2009 internet creepypasta before spreading into games, comics, and film.
Sony	The Japanese electronics giant, maker of televisions and the universal remotes that go with them.
Space Jam	The 1996 live-action/animated film mixing basketball with Looney Tunes characters.
Spider-Man	The Marvel superhero. Carl's own comparison for lowering himself upside down onto the boss chamber's ceiling using his Sticky Feet ability.
Star Trek	The long-running science fiction franchise whose starships feature a holographic simulation room called the holodeck.
Star Wars	The space opera film franchise created by George Lucas, long treated as a defining touchstone of nerd fandom.
Stinger	Robert R. McCammon's 1988 horror novel, one of the pulpy paperbacks Carl carries in his inventory.
Stranger Things	The Netflix supernatural series whose early seasons killed off Barb, a background friend of the main cast, a death fans cited as proof that a show will cut a side character who overshadows its leads.
Super Mario	The named platform-game reference Louis uses to describe the castle tunnels.
Superman	The comic book superhero known for his blue and red costume and chest-emblazoned S shield.
Survivor	The long-running reality television competition that strands its contestants somewhere remote and votes them off one by one.
Tasmanian Devil	The Looney Tunes cartoon character who tears through scenes as a spinning, growling whirlwind.
Ted Bundy	The real American serial killer. Named as the opening half of the sour little joke printed on Carl's Enchanted Roll of Never-ending Duct Tape, betting the reader knows his name better than the woman named right after him.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The comic and cartoon franchise about four mutant turtle brothers trained in ninjutsu by the rat sensei Splinter.
The A-Team	The eighties action television series about a fugitive commando unit whose members included Face, B.A. Baracus, and Murdock.
The Anarchist Cookbook	William Powell's 1971 underground book of homemade weapons, explosives, and drugs, notorious for the anarchy circle-A symbol on its cover.
The Goonies	The 1985 adventure comedy about a group of kids hunting pirate treasure to save their neighborhood.
The Hobbit	J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel about the reluctant adventurer Bilbo Baggins.
The Incredible Hulk	The Marvel superhero who transforms into a giant green rage monster when provoked, famously destroying everything he's wearing except his pants.
The Jetsons	The mid-century animated sitcom about a space-age family surrounded by robotic, push-button conveniences.
The Last Unicorn	A movie the personal space's rescued children are watching; nothing about it beyond the title is shown on the page.
The Lion King	Disney's 1994 animated film about a young lion prince's journey to reclaim his father's throne.
The Little Mermaid	Disney's animated musical film about a mermaid princess who wants to live on land.
The Matrix	The film franchise in which humanity unknowingly lives inside a machine-run simulation.
The Muppets	The puppet variety franchise created by Jim Henson, distinct from Sesame Street despite sharing some of the same puppet performers.
The Running Man	The Stephen King novel, published under his Richard Bachman pen name and filmed in 1987, about a game show whose contestants are hunted and killed on live television.
The Stepford Wives	The film about suburban wives replaced with docile, robotic duplicates. Carl's own description for how flat and mechanical Zev's voice still sounds whenever she checks in over chat.
The Terminator	The sci-fi film franchise built around a nearly indestructible, self-healing cyborg assassin.
The Wizard of Oz	The 1939 film in which a wizard's grand magic turns out to be an ordinary man working machinery behind a curtain.
There's Something About Mary	The 1998 comedy film. Donut asks Mordecai if he has a copy, still annoyed she never saw the ending after Carl once switched the channel mid-movie.
ThunderCats	The 1980s animated series about a team of cat-like humanoid heroes exiled to Third Earth.
Thunderstruck	A song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
Tom and Jerry	The animated comedy franchise centered on a cat and mouse rivalry.
Toy Story	The 1995 Pixar film, the first fully computer-animated feature. One of the Earth movies Mordecai has stored for the manager screens in the party's personal space.
Up	The 2009 Pixar film about an old man's house lifted away by balloons. Never named outright; Carl only describes it as "that Pixar movie with the kid and the old dude in the flying house" while watching Commandant Kane's own balloon-borne building retreat.
Vesta Stoudt	The real Illinois ordnance plant worker credited with inventing duct tape during World War II after writing to President Roosevelt about a design flaw in ammunition box seals. Named as the second, less-famous half of the joke on Carl's Enchanted Roll of Never-ending Duct Tape.
The Vitruvian Man	Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen-and-ink drawing of a man inscribed within a circle and square, illustrating ideal human body proportions.
Walker, Texas Ranger	The television series about Texas Ranger Cordell Walker.
Walmart	The American big-box discount retail chain, one of the world's largest and most heavily supply-chain-optimized corporations.
The War of the Worlds	H.G. Wells' Martian invasion novel and its film adaptations, with their hovering alien war machines.
Wheel of Fortune	The long-running American game show where contestants spin a giant wheel and solve word puzzles for prizes, hosted for decades by Pat Sajak.
Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls's novel about a boy and his two coonhounds, Little Ann and Old Dan.
WKRP in Cincinnati	The 1970s-80s sitcom set at a struggling radio station.
Wolverine	The Marvel Comics/X-Men character best known for the retractable metal claws that erupt from his knuckles.
Wonder Woman	The DC Comics superheroine. Per Donut, Juice Box was doing a Wonder Woman impersonation before Carl and Donut's time out, not before the crawl started.
Wonderwall	Oasis's 1995 hit song, guessed at by Donut as the alarm trap's music before it plays.
Woody Harrelson	An American actor and musician, known for a long film and television career stretching back to the 1980s.
Xena: Warrior Princess	The 1990s syndicated fantasy adventure series following the warrior Xena as she works to atone for her violent past.
Yankee Doodle	A traditional American song whose title is used for a named party maneuver.
Zombieland	The 2009 zombie comedy film, referenced obliquely by Donut as "the zombie movie I liked, the one about Twinkies" after Gideon compares a god's face to Woody Harrelson.

20,000 Leagues Under the SeaReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 7 · recordsJules Verne's novel about the submarine Nautilus, and its various film adaptations.Albert IIReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 39 · recordsThe rhesus monkey who in 1949 became the first mammal to survive the trip into space, though he died when his capsule's parachute failed on landing.AlienReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 31 · recordsThe film franchise home to the xenomorph, an alien predator whose blood is famously caustic/acidic.Audrey HepburnReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 15 · recordsThe British actress and humanitarian known for films including Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and My Fair Lady.Baby YodaReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 18 · recordsGrogu, the tiny green foundling from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, known to the internet as Baby Yoda.Back to the FutureReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 20 · recordsThe 1985 film about a teenager who travels back in time and has to fend off his own mother's romantic interest in him, referenced obliquely by Donut as "that time machine movie where the guy makes out with his mom" when she learns the sandcastle's door needs a lightning strike to open.BambiReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 25 · recordsDisney's 1942 animated feature about a young deer growing up in the forest.Basket CaseReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 14 · recordsThe 1982 low-budget cult horror film about a man who carries his deformed twin brother around in a wicker basket.BatmanReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 6 · recordsDC Comics' caped and cowled vigilante of Gotham City.Beanie BabiesReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 18 · recordsThe line of small, underfilled plush toys from Ty Inc. that fueled a nineteen-nineties collectibles craze.Big Trouble in Little ChinaReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 26 · recordsJohn Carpenter's 1986 action-comedy whose hero Jack Burton drives a rig nicknamed the Pork Chop Express.Blade RunnerReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 15 · recordsRidley Scott's neo-noir science fiction film, known for its rain-slicked, neon-lit vision of a future city.BraveheartReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 11 · recordsThe 1995 historical war film starring and directed by Mel Gibson, known for its blue-painted warrior imagery.Breaking BadReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 19 · recordsThe television drama about a chemistry teacher turned drug manufacturer, invoked by Donut's own rambling guess at how the Syndicate thought Carl pulled off Loita's death.Call of DutyReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 8 · recordsThe blockbuster military first-person shooter video game franchise.Candy CrushReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 9 · recordsThe mobile match-three puzzle game known for its exaggerated announcer voice-overs.CarrieReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 25 · recordsStephen King's novel and its film adaptations about a bullied telekinetic teenager drenched in pig's blood at her prom.Cesta PuntaReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 5 · recordsA real, fast-paced variant of jai alai played with a long curved wicker scoop called a cesta.Charles BronsonReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 13 · recordsThe American tough-guy actor best known for westerns and the Death Wish vigilante films.Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 24 · recordsRoald Dahl's novel, home to the gluttonous Augustus Gloop, who falls into and gets stuck in Wonka's chocolate river.Charlie Bit My FingerReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 14 · recordsThe 2007 viral YouTube video of a British toddler biting his older brother's finger.CheersReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 34 · recordsA sitcom that ran from 1982 to 1993, set in a Boston bar.Child's PlayReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 24 · recordsThe horror film franchise about a killer doll possessed by a human soul. Donut's own read on Psamathe's split soul haunting the Lika doll head: a talking, murder-threatening head instead of Chucky's full body, but the same basic setup.Chuck E. CheeseReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe pizza-and-arcade chain's rodent mascot.Comic SansReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 15 · recordsThe widely-mocked casual typeface bundled with Windows since the 1990s.COPS and Judge JudyReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 36 · recordsThe reality show COPS, which followed police officers on patrol, and the courtroom show Judge Judy, in which a former family court judge ruled on small claims cases.CrittersReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 23 · recordsThe science-fiction horror film about small alien creatures that roll into balls and attack people.CthulhuReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 19 · recordsH.P. Lovecraft's tentacle-faced cosmic entity, the best-known figure from his Cthulhu Mythos.David AttenboroughReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 27 · recordsThe British naturalist and broadcaster known for his hushed, reverent nature-documentary narration.Death WishReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 13 · recordsThe 1974 Charles Bronson film about an architect turned street vigilante after an attack on his family.Dimmu Borgir and SatyriconReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 30 · recordsTwo real Norwegian black metal bands known for their theatrical corpse-paint imagery.Dr. PhilReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 7 · recordsThe real-world television personality and host of the long-running daytime talk show Dr. Phil, known for confronting guests about their problems on camera.Dungeons & DragonsReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 1 · recordsThe original tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, the template for dungeon crawls everywhere.Elon MuskReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 35 · recordsThe entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX, known for his outsized public profile and ego.Eye of the TigerReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 27 · recordsSurvivor's 1982 hit song, Bautista's own losing guess for the alarm trap's song.FalloutReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 13 · recordsThe post-apocalyptic video game franchise.Fifty Shades of GreyReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 7 · recordsE. L. James's best-selling erotic romance novel, the first book in a trilogy that went on to spawn a film series.FootlooseReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 10 · recordsThe 1984 film about a teenager challenging a small town's ban on dancing.Fraggle RockReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 20 · recordsJim Henson's puppet TV series about a community of small creatures living underground.FrankensteinReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 18 · recordsVictor Frankenstein, the obsessive scientist from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel who stitches a creature together from salvaged body parts and jolts it to life.Freddy KruegerReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 18 · recordsThe clawed, dream-invading slasher villain of the Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise.Friday the 13thReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 7 · recordsThe slasher film franchise starring the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees.FroggerReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 6 · recordsThe 1981 arcade game about steering a frog across lanes of traffic and a river.Fruit NinjaReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 17 · recordsThe mobile game where players swipe to slice fruit flying across the screen.GarfieldReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 13 · recordsThe long-running newspaper comic strip about a lasagna-loving, Monday-hating orange cat.GelflingReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 28 · recordsThe elfin creature race from Jim Henson's film The Dark Crystal.Geraldo and Al Capone's VaultReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 11 · recordsGeraldo Rivera's 1986 live TV special that spent two hours building up the opening of a vault beneath Al Capone's old Chicago hotel, only to find it empty, making it a lasting shorthand for a hyped-up letdown.GhostbustersReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 66 · recordsThe film franchise about paranormal investigators who use specialized equipment to capture ghosts.G.I. JoeReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe military-themed toy and cartoon franchise, remembered here for a Native American character whose pet eagle is named Freedom.Gilmore GirlsReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 15 · recordsThe television dramedy about fast-talking mother and daughter Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.GodzillaReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 14 · recordsThe Japanese giant-monster film franchise.Gossip GirlReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 36 · recordsThe CW teen drama about the private lives of Manhattan's elite prep-schoolers, narrated by an anonymous blogger.Grand Theft AutoReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 63 · recordsThe open-world video game series built around criminal activity and vehicle theft.The Great Gerbil Black Death TheoryReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 45 · recordsA real research finding, published in 2015, proposing that Asian great gerbils, not black rats, carried the plague-bearing fleas that drove the Black Death into Europe along the Silk Road.Guardians of the GalaxyReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 6 · recordsThe Marvel superhero film franchise whose team includes the tree-like Groot.Hans GruberReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 14 · recordsThe villain of the film Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman.HarambeReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 46 · recordsThe Western lowland gorilla shot and killed by Cincinnati Zoo staff in 2016 after a child fell into his enclosure, whose death became a long-running internet meme.Harry PotterReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 24 · recordsThe book and film series about a boy wizard. Katia compares Psamathe's own soul split into two vessels to a horcrux, though in this case split only in half rather than several ways; Donut insists the whole franchise ripped off Chucky instead.HellboyReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 60 · recordsThe comic-book demon hero and the title character of the Hellboy franchise.HellraiserReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 25 · recordsThe horror film franchise known for its grotesque, mutilated Cenobite demons.Hot Dog on a StickReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 15 · recordsThe real fast-food chain best known for its corn dogs and its workers' distinctive striped uniform hats.IKEAReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 18 · recordsThe Swedish flat-pack furniture retailer known for leaving buyers with mysterious leftover parts after assembly.Indiana JonesReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 1 · recordsThe adventuring archaeologist film franchise.InuyashaReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 21 · recordsThe long-running anime series. Ghazi names it as the show he's partway through on his magical entertainment panel, one he only gets to watch two hours a day except during the Red Equinox.Invasion of the Body SnatchersReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 7 · recordsThe science fiction story, filmed multiple times, about alien duplicates secretly replacing ordinary people.The Invention of the WheelReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 41 · recordsThe real archaeological timeline in which Mesopotamia developed the wheel roughly five thousand years before it developed the flush toilet.James BondReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 1 · recordsThe British spy film franchise built on Ian Fleming's secret agent 007, whose villains famously stroke cats in their laps.Jane the VirginReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 7 · recordsThe telenovela-style romantic comedy-drama television series.Janet JacksonReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 28 · recordsAn American singer whose 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance ended in a widely publicized wardrobe malfunction.Jean-Claude Van DammeReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 2 · recordsThe Belgian martial artist and action movie star of the late eighties and nineties.The Jerry Springer ShowReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 43 · recordsA long-running American daytime talk show notorious for staged-feeling confrontations and rowdy studio audiences.Jessica RabbitReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 3 · recordsThe sultry animated character from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.Joe CamelReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 1 · recordsThe old cigarette mascot, an anthropomorphic camel.Johnny QuestReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 13 · recordsThe 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon following boy adventurer Jonny Quest and his father, whose supporting cast included Hadji, a boy adopted off the streets of Calcutta.Juan GrisReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 21 · recordsThe early 20th-century Spanish Cubist painter known for fracturing faces and objects into angular, overlapping planes.Jump AroundReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 22 · recordsHouse of Pain's 1992 hit song, played by the specific alarm-trap banger sphere Carl builds and labels for distraction, used to draw Mrs. Ghazi's attention away from the boss chamber's ceiling.Jurassic ParkReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 17 · recordsThe film franchise about a dinosaur theme park gone wrong, known for its iconic wrought-iron park entrance gate.KabaddiReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 7 · recordsA real contact sport native to South Asia in which raiders tag defenders while holding their breath and chanting.The KardashiansReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 15 · recordsThe real-world celebrity family famous for reality television and a sprawling licensed-merchandise empire.Kickstart My HeartReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 5 · recordsMötley Crüe's song, named by a Zockau alarm trap with its exact Billboard chart position and date.KlingonReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 20 · recordsThe constructed alien language spoken by the Klingon warrior race in the Star Trek franchise.Knight RiderReal-World ReferenceReferencesince Book 1, Ch. 24 · recordsThe eighties television series about a crimefighter aided by his talking car, KITT.Kool-Aid ManReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 25 · recordsThe Kool-Aid brand's mascot, an anthropomorphic pitcher known for bursting through walls shouting 'Oh yeah!'KryptoniteReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 15 · recordsThe fictional mineral from Superman's home planet that saps his powers, used in the comics and films as the one substance capable of bringing him down.Law & OrderReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 20 · recordsThe long-running crime procedural franchise following police investigations through to their courtroom prosecutions.LazarusReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 8 · recordsThe biblical figure Jesus raised from the dead in the Gospel of John.LazyTownReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 6 · recordsThe Icelandic children's television show.LeatherfaceReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 27 · recordsThe chainsaw-wielding, mask-wearing villain of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror franchise.LEGOReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 41 · recordsThe Danish toy brand known for its interlocking plastic bricks, notorious for how much stepping on a loose one hurts.Lil PumpReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 22 · recordsThe rapper, known for bass-heavy trap music.Little BearReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 63 · recordsThe animated children's television series based on Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear books.Little Bo PeepReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 32 · recordsThe nursery-rhyme shepherdess, known for carrying a hooked crook while tending her lost sheep.Live, Laugh, LoveReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 33 · recordsA ubiquitous home-decor slogan stitched, painted, or carved onto wall art and pillows, long since turned into a byword for suburban-mom kitsch.Locomotive BreathReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 11 · recordsThe 1971 Jethro Tull song built around the image of a runaway train and its brakeless, unstoppable engineer.The Lord of the RingsReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 6 · recordsJ.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic, home to the towering, tree-like Ents.Louis L'AmourReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 5 · recordsThe prolific American western novelist, best known for his Sackett family saga, an eighteen-book series following one frontier family across generations.MacGyverReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 26 · recordsThe 1985 action series about secret agent Angus MacGyver, known for solving problems with improvised gadgets.Macho Man Randy SavageReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 15 · recordsThe American professional wrestler and actor known as Macho Man Randy Savage.Mack the KnifeReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 28 · recordsThe jazz standard, the alarm trap song heard blasting from the Grullo line's abyss cart.Mad MaxReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 2 · recordsThe post-apocalyptic action film franchise. Carl compares the Dirigible Gnomes' mismatched, rusting flying machines to the cars in a Mad Max movie.Magic: The GatheringReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 19 · recordsThe long-running collectible trading-card game of dueling wizards.Marked for DeathReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 19 · recordsSteven Seagal's 1990 action film, invoked by name in the in-game skill of the same name's own description, which calls itself "not just Steven Seagal's magnum opus."MartyrsReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 25 · recordsThe unflinchingly brutal 2008 French horror film about torture and suffering.MatlockReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 12 · recordsThe long-running courtroom drama TV series, popular with older viewers, best known for reruns saturating daytime television.The MatrixReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 4 · recordsThe science fiction film in which characters instantly download skills like kung fu or helicopter piloting directly into their minds.Mike TysonReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 45 · recordsThe retired American heavyweight boxer known for his ferocious punching power and colorful public persona.MinecraftReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 30 · recordsThe blocky sandbox survival game where players build and explore procedurally generated worlds.MollyReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 18 · recordsSlang for MDMA.MonchhichiReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 7 · recordsA Japanese plush toy franchise featuring monkey-like dolls.Monster EnergyReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 10 · recordsThe heavily caffeinated energy drink brand.Mother of All BombsReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 40 · recordsThe U.S. military's GBU-43/B bomb, officially named the Massive Ordnance Air Blast but nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs for its acronym and its size.MythBustersReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 40 · recordsThe long-running Discovery Channel show in which hosts tested urban legends and popular myths through hands-on experiments.Nadya SulemanReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 26 · recordsAn American woman who became a tabloid fixture in the late 2000s after giving birth to octuplets via IVF while already raising six other children.NarutoReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 13 · recordsThe long-running ninja anime and manga franchise.AnacondaReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 70 · recordsA song by Nicki Minaj and Sir Mix-a-Lot, played during a Masquerade pet-show entrance.Nurse JoyReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe recurring pink-haired nurse character from the Pokémon franchise.OasisReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 45 · recordsThe English rock band best known for 1990s hits like 'Wonderwall,' fronted by the perpetually feuding Gallagher brothers.Of Mice and MenReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 8 · recordsJohn Steinbeck's 1937 novella about two displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression.Ouija BoardReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 24 · recordsThe trademarked talking board marketed as a way to communicate with spirits by spelling out messages through a moving pointer.Pac-ManReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 21 · recordsThe 1980 arcade game starring a ravenous yellow ball that chomps its way through mazes.Paris HiltonReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 46 · recordsThe American media personality and heiress known in the 2000s for carrying her chihuahua, Tinkerbell, as a fashion accessory.Parkour, Jiu-jitsu, Stamp Collecting, and Kombucha BrewingReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 5 · recordsFour real-world hobbies named together as the Earth Hobby Potion's own example spread, from the physically impressive to the deliberately mundane.PathfinderReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 1 · recordsPaizo's tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, a spiritual successor to third-edition Dungeons & Dragons.Paw PatrolReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 69 · recordsA scroll named Paw Patrol at the Masquerade prize counter, which Carl asks whether it is a kids' show.Perry MasonReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 19 · recordsThe long-running courtroom drama franchise about a defense attorney, known for its climactic witness-stand confessions. Donut compares Orren's interrogation of Carl to one of its episodes.PETA and Steve IrwinReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 47 · recordsPETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the real animal-rights organization, and Steve Irwin, the Australian wildlife conservationist and television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter, who died in 2006.PhysicalReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 27 · recordsOlivia Newton-John's 1981 hit song, the actual alarm trap song Carl triggers, complete with its real number-one chart date.PredatorFilmsince Book 5, Ch. 33 · recordsThe science-fiction action film franchise about human hunters confronting extraterrestrial Predators.Pretty WomanReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 25 · recordsThe 1990 romantic comedy known for its extravagant shopping-spree montage.Punky BrewsterReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe 1980s sitcom about a scrappy, mismatched-outfit-wearing foster kid.Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 11 · recordsThe real international award recognizing groundbreaking achievements in engineering.Rainbow BriteReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 18 · recordsThe 1980s children's cartoon and toy franchise about a girl who commands a spectrum of color-named companions. Donut's own joke spells it "Rainbow Bright."RamboReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 52 · recordsThe action-film series centered on the soldier John Rambo.RiverdaleReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 36 · recordsThe CW drama that reimagines the Archie Comics characters as small-town teens entangled in murder and conspiracy.Rock of AgesReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 28 · recordsDef Leppard's 1983 hit song, the Mindaro line cart's alarm trap song, which ends up nicknaming the cart itself for the rest of the rescue.Say AnythingReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 34 · recordsThe 1989 romantic comedy remembered for its scene of a young man holding a boombox over his head outside his love interest's window.SchiffliReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 17 · recordsA genuine, obscure real-world term for an industrial embroidery machine used to mass-produce patches.Scooby-DooReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 19 · recordsThe long-running animated franchise about mystery-solving teenagers and their talking Great Dane.ScutelliphilyReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 5 · recordsA genuine, obscure real-world term for the hobby of collecting badges and patches.Secret Agent ManReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 19 · recordsThe 1966 spy-themed song, best known from the Johnny Rivers version.Sesame StreetReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe long-running children's television show set on a fictional New York City street.Sex and the CityReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 10 · recordsThe HBO series and its film spinoff. Donut asks Mordecai, with real excitement, whether he has the movie among his stored Earth films.She-HulkReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 15 · recordsMarvel Comics' Jennifer Walters, a green-skinned, muscular superhero, cousin to the Hulk.Shrinky DinksReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 9 · recordsThe real craft toy of plastic sheets that shrink and thicken when baked in an oven.Silent BobReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 22 · recordsThe mostly mute half of the Jay and Silent Bob duo recurring across Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films.SkeletorReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 7 · recordsThe skull-faced villain from the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise.Slender ManReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 4 · recordsThe tall, faceless horror figure that began as a 2009 internet creepypasta before spreading into games, comics, and film.SonyReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 4 · recordsThe Japanese electronics giant, maker of televisions and the universal remotes that go with them.Space JamReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 28 · recordsThe 1996 live-action/animated film mixing basketball with Looney Tunes characters.Spider-ManReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 22 · recordsThe Marvel superhero. Carl's own comparison for lowering himself upside down onto the boss chamber's ceiling using his Sticky Feet ability.Star TrekReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 28 · recordsThe long-running science fiction franchise whose starships feature a holographic simulation room called the holodeck.Star WarsReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 1 · recordsThe space opera film franchise created by George Lucas, long treated as a defining touchstone of nerd fandom.StingerReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 35 · recordsRobert R. McCammon's 1988 horror novel, one of the pulpy paperbacks Carl carries in his inventory.Stranger ThingsReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 12 · recordsThe Netflix supernatural series whose early seasons killed off Barb, a background friend of the main cast, a death fans cited as proof that a show will cut a side character who overshadows its leads.Super MarioReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 72 · recordsThe named platform-game reference Louis uses to describe the castle tunnels.SupermanReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 18 · recordsThe comic book superhero known for his blue and red costume and chest-emblazoned S shield.SurvivorReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 4 · recordsThe long-running reality television competition that strands its contestants somewhere remote and votes them off one by one.Tasmanian DevilReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 26 · recordsThe Looney Tunes cartoon character who tears through scenes as a spinning, growling whirlwind.Ted BundyReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 11 · recordsThe real American serial killer. Named as the opening half of the sour little joke printed on Carl's Enchanted Roll of Never-ending Duct Tape, betting the reader knows his name better than the woman named right after him.Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 2 · recordsThe comic and cartoon franchise about four mutant turtle brothers trained in ninjutsu by the rat sensei Splinter.The A-TeamReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 13 · recordsThe eighties action television series about a fugitive commando unit whose members included Face, B.A. Baracus, and Murdock.The Anarchist CookbookReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 7 · recordsWilliam Powell's 1971 underground book of homemade weapons, explosives, and drugs, notorious for the anarchy circle-A symbol on its cover.The GooniesReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 33 · recordsThe 1985 adventure comedy about a group of kids hunting pirate treasure to save their neighborhood.The HobbitReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 4 · recordsJ.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel about the reluctant adventurer Bilbo Baggins.The Incredible HulkReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 35 · recordsThe Marvel superhero who transforms into a giant green rage monster when provoked, famously destroying everything he's wearing except his pants.The JetsonsReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 19 · recordsThe mid-century animated sitcom about a space-age family surrounded by robotic, push-button conveniences.The Last UnicornReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 32 · recordsA movie the personal space's rescued children are watching; nothing about it beyond the title is shown on the page.The Lion KingReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 28 · recordsDisney's 1994 animated film about a young lion prince's journey to reclaim his father's throne.The Little MermaidReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 50 · recordsDisney's animated musical film about a mermaid princess who wants to live on land.The MatrixReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 2 · recordsThe film franchise in which humanity unknowingly lives inside a machine-run simulation.The MuppetsReferencesince Book 4, Ch. 5 · recordsThe puppet variety franchise created by Jim Henson, distinct from Sesame Street despite sharing some of the same puppet performers.The Running ManReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 4 · recordsThe Stephen King novel, published under his Richard Bachman pen name and filmed in 1987, about a game show whose contestants are hunted and killed on live television.The Stepford WivesReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 24 · recordsThe film about suburban wives replaced with docile, robotic duplicates. Carl's own description for how flat and mechanical Zev's voice still sounds whenever she checks in over chat.The TerminatorReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 9 · recordsThe sci-fi film franchise built around a nearly indestructible, self-healing cyborg assassin.The Wizard of OzReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 4 · recordsThe 1939 film in which a wizard's grand magic turns out to be an ordinary man working machinery behind a curtain.There's Something About MaryReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 10 · recordsThe 1998 comedy film. Donut asks Mordecai if he has a copy, still annoyed she never saw the ending after Carl once switched the channel mid-movie.ThunderCatsReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 23 · recordsThe 1980s animated series about a team of cat-like humanoid heroes exiled to Third Earth.ThunderstruckReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 76 · recordsA song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC.Tom and JerryReal-World Referencesince Book 5, Ch. 62 · recordsThe animated comedy franchise centered on a cat and mouse rivalry.Toy StoryReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 10 · recordsThe 1995 Pixar film, the first fully computer-animated feature. One of the Earth movies Mordecai has stored for the manager screens in the party's personal space.UpReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 12 · recordsThe 2009 Pixar film about an old man's house lifted away by balloons. Never named outright; Carl only describes it as "that Pixar movie with the kid and the old dude in the flying house" while watching Commandant Kane's own balloon-borne building retreat.Vesta StoudtReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 11 · recordsThe real Illinois ordnance plant worker credited with inventing duct tape during World War II after writing to President Roosevelt about a design flaw in ammunition box seals. Named as the second, less-famous half of the joke on Carl's Enchanted Roll of Never-ending Duct Tape.The Vitruvian ManReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 22 · recordsLeonardo da Vinci's famous pen-and-ink drawing of a man inscribed within a circle and square, illustrating ideal human body proportions.Walker, Texas RangerTelevisionsince Book 5, Ch. 15 · recordsThe television series about Texas Ranger Cordell Walker.WalmartReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 44 · recordsThe American big-box discount retail chain, one of the world's largest and most heavily supply-chain-optimized corporations.The War of the WorldsReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 14 · recordsH.G. Wells' Martian invasion novel and its film adaptations, with their hovering alien war machines.Wheel of FortuneReal-World Referencesince Book 1, Ch. 46 · recordsThe long-running American game show where contestants spin a giant wheel and solve word puzzles for prizes, hosted for decades by Pat Sajak.Where the Red Fern GrowsReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 29 · recordsWilson Rawls's novel about a boy and his two coonhounds, Little Ann and Old Dan.WKRP in CincinnatiReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 20 · recordsThe 1970s-80s sitcom set at a struggling radio station.WolverineReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 11 · recordsThe Marvel Comics/X-Men character best known for the retractable metal claws that erupt from his knuckles.Wonder WomanReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 21 · recordsThe DC Comics superheroine. Per Donut, Juice Box was doing a Wonder Woman impersonation before Carl and Donut's time out, not before the crawl started.WonderwallReal-World Referencesince Book 3, Ch. 27 · recordsOasis's 1995 hit song, guessed at by Donut as the alarm trap's music before it plays.Woody HarrelsonReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 34 · recordsAn American actor and musician, known for a long film and television career stretching back to the 1980s.Xena: Warrior PrincessReal-World Referencesince Book 2, Ch. 21 · recordsThe 1990s syndicated fantasy adventure series following the warrior Xena as she works to atone for her violent past.Yankee DoodleReferencesince Book 5, Ch. 10 · recordsA traditional American song whose title is used for a named party maneuver.ZombielandReal-World Referencesince Book 4, Ch. 34 · recordsThe 2009 zombie comedy film, referenced obliquely by Donut as "the zombie movie I liked, the one about Twinkies" after Gideon compares a god's face to Woody Harrelson.