The Outsiders/Headscratchers

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • How does Darry end up with his name while his brothers get Sodapop and Ponyboy?
    • One of their parents named Darry and the other parent named the other two?
      • No, it's because he was named after his father. He is, in fact, Darrel Shaynne Curtis, Jr.
    • Besides, who said stupid, way-out names for kids were the product of a rational person with a consistent approach to naming children?
  • How did Tom Waits get billing in the opening credits if he was only in one scene opening a door?