Psych/Trivia: Difference between revisions

* [[Actor Allusion]]: In Season 1, Episode 11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead" Shawn and crew end up speed dating and Shawn's first date is played by Teryl Rothery, who played the character of Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1. In the episode she says that she was raised on a farm and had a pet goat named "Cassy." "Cassy" is the name of the alien girl she adopted on Stargate as Dr. Fraiser.

** During the episode "65 Million Years Off", Shawn can't remember the name of [[Holes|that movie with Sigourney Weaver where they dig all the holes]], in which Gus played Sam the Onion man. Gus can't remember either.

'''Gus:''' ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Aliens?]]'' }}

** Also, heaven help us if the writers manage to cram in a ''[[The West Wing|West Wing]]'' reference.

** In "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead," Shawn realizes that Gus wasn't given credit for his help in [[Continuity Nod|finding the dinosaur skeleton]] on display at the museum. His response? "Oh man, Gus is gonna have an aneurysm when he finds out. And [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|not the]] [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|funny kind]], either."

** In "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" Shawn is fighting a martial artist(long story) and he tries to use the [[The Karate Kid|Crane Kick]], along with the accompanying quote.

** The whole episode "Dual Spires" is made of shout-outs to Twin Peaks. A brief list: It features the Log Lady (one of the strange themes and original [[Framing Device]] of [[Twin Peaks]]) a murder victim named Paula Merral (an anagram of "Laura Palmer", the young woman whose murder touched off Twin Peaks' story) who was known to run wild and was found wrapped in plastic next to a body of water. The opening theme is redone to sound like Twin Peaks'. The town is so small it appears on maps in parentheses. And then there's the final scene, which is nothing but Twin Peaks moments performed by Psych actors.

*** Far more directly, the guest stars are largely castmembers from Twin Peaks, including Dana Ashbrook (Bobby Briggs in the original, Bob Barker in the Psych episode), Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne/Maudette Hornsby), Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer/Dr. Gooden), and Lenny von Dohlen (Harold Smith/Sheriff Jackson).