Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 22

Veronica:I don't know if I like the idea of you running around a place full of armed, drunk businessmen.

Keith:That's why I rarely go to Texas.



Another dig at Vice President Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot one of his hunting companions while hunting on Dubya's Texas ranch.

When Dick Casablancas says to Veronica to "put on your dancing shoes, Mars, 'cause tonight we're gonna upchuck the boogie to the rhythm of the boogity beat," he uses a line from Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight".

Kendall: No, no, hold that position. Norman Rockwell wants to come in and paint you two.

A popular 20th century American painter most famous for his work on cover illustrations, Norman Rockwell was also commissioned to paint the portraits of several U.S. Presidents and other dignitaries.

Veronica: And pepper spray. For if we run into that Trump character.

Donald Trump is a billionaire business executive who primarily deals with real estate. He has gained notoriety with his reality series, The Apprentice, where he acts as the main judge deciding who will get a job in his firm. Incidentally, Big Dick Casablancas and (to an extent) Cassidy were also real estate moguls.

Dick: I think he took Ghost World up to his room.

Ghost World is a set of comics stories by Daniel Clowes, usually presented as a graphic novel. It centers around the day-to-day life of Enid and Rebecca, two cynical, intelligent teenage girls who have recently graduated high school and spent their days wandering around their unnamed city criticizing pop culture and the people they encounter while wondering what they're going to do with the rest of their lives.

Veronica: Vagabond shoes and all.

"These vagabond shoes" is part of a line from the song "New York, New York", first sung by Liza Minnelli for the 1977 eponymous film by Martin Scorsese but made famous by Frank Sinatra in his 1979 recording.

Veronica: Calls himself Little Orphan Annie.

Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie is a comic strip that first appeared on August 5, 1924. The title, suggested by an editor at the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, is inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie". The strip went on to inspire radio plays, a Broadway musical and at least three motion pictures.

When Mac asks Veronica if she has any advice for her on her first night in a hotel with Cassidy, Veronica tells her "close your eyes and think of England."

That's reputedly the advice given by Queen Victoria to her daughter on the event of her nuptials. This phrase is also believed to originate from the 1912 journal of Lady Hillingdon when speaking of having relations with her husband. It is commonly used as advice given to women when confronted with the inevitability of sexual intercourse.

Woody is watching a TV show from the '80s called The Dukes of Hazzard. This show was about a couple of 'good old boy' cousins who got into campy adventures driving a souped up Dodge Charger called the General Lee. They were constantly the targets of silly and unsuccessful schemes by the crooked sheriff in town, Boss Hogg.

When Veronica walks across the stage, she tells her principal "Stay cool, Mr. C." This is a reference to Fonzie from Happy Days who used to call Howard Cunningham Mr. C. and was, of course, eternally concerned with all things "cool".

Keith says that he checked Google Earth to find where Woody is staying. Google Earth is a feature of the Google search engine that combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to allow users to view virtually any point on earth.

Woody Goodman is using the alias 'Mr. Underhill' at the lodge where he's hiding out. Underhill is the name Frodo Baggins used in the book The Fellowship of the Ring when he was first beginning his long journey to dispose of the one ring. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first book in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.

In Veronica's dream, Keith tells her that Otis is locked up in a cell. This is a comment from The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was a local drunk that would lock himself up to sober up before going home to his wife.