History Recap / CastleS6E15SmellsLikeTeenSpirit

* BookSafe: Madison stores her ill-gotten loot, a million dollars in negotiable bearer bonds, inside ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', knowing no one's going to check it out, especially not in the original Russian.
* CallBack: Castle and Beckett pick "In My Veins" by Andrew Belle to be their wedding song - the same song that plays in the scene when Beckett realized she wanted Castle in "Always".
* DaddysLittleVillain: Madison and her friends were a criminal gang, breaking in to people's homes to steal small, expensive items and get some cash. She then forces Lucas to use his tech equipment to scare Chen into fleeing the country. The girl who killed her wanted out but Madison wouldn't let her, hence the murder, and makes it look like she was halfway across town when it happened by taking advantage of the video Madison forced Lucas to make.

** The burglary ring Madison was running is compared to ''Film/TheBlingRing''.
* TheStarscream: Kris, one of Madison's circle of "bitch" friends murdered her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere because she wanted out of the stealing ring]], but Madison wouldn't let her.

* DaddysLittleVillain: Madison and her friends were a criminal gang, breaking in to people's homes to steal small, expensive items and get some cash. She then forces Justin to use his tech equipment to scare Chen into fleeing the country. The girl who killed her wanted out but Madison wouldn't let her, hence the murder, so she also forces Justin.

* DaddysLittleVillain: Madison and her friends were a criminal gang, breaking in to people's homes to steal small, expensive items and get some cash. The girl who killed her wanted out but Madison wouldn't let her, hence the murder. She then finds a guy to take the fall by scaring him using Jordan's tech equipment to scare Chen into fleeing the country.

* NoodleIncident: Castle got in trouble with the principal for sneaking a cow onto the school roof, forcing Duncan to hire a crane to remove it. While his cohorts were all in trouble with him, Castle was the only one who got expelled. To this day, Dunnan has been haunted by the question "how did they get a ''cow?''" (Castle says they knew a guy.

** Also to [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Nirvana]] in the episode title, which shares its name with arguably their most famous song.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Turns out Lucas did the cafeteria incident because he wanted the girls to stop bullying Jordan. When she learns about this, she is so grateful to him that she asks him to dance with her at prom.

* ShoutOut: Castle makes many to ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' and its author Creator/StephenKing, even mentioning that King won't believe that he's encountered a real-life Carrie.

* TheStarscream: Kris, one of Madison's circle of "bitch" friends murdered her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere possibly]] because she didn't want to be killed by the ruthless gang members that Madison stole the bearer bonds from.

* AgentScully: From the outset, Beckett is adamant in her refutation of telekinesis where [[AgentMulder Ryan and Castle are more open]], going as far as to directly accuse the "telekinetic" doctor of being a charlatan. [[spoiler: As in previous episodes with a supernatural twist, it is left ambiguous whether or not there is a rational explanation.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jordan fell for Lucas because he was the only who protected her from Madison and her group.

* NoodleIncident: Castle got in trouble with the principal for sneaking a cow onto the school roof, forcing Duncan to hire a crane to remove it. While his cohorts were all in trouble with him, Castle was the only one who got expelled. To this day, Dunnan has been haunted by the question "how did they get a ''cow?''"

* AgentScully: From the outset, Beckett is adamant in her refutation of telekinesis where [[AgentMulder Ryan and Castle are more open]], going as far as to directly accuse the "telekinetic" doctor of being a charlatan. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted,]] as there is indeed a rational explanation.]]

Castle and Beckett are called in when two teenage girls witness a friend being killed by telekinesis during a video call.

* AlphaBitch: Madison was a nasty piece of work who bullied and stole from her classmates.

* DeanBitterman: Castle has a bad history with Principal Duncan. See NoodleIncident below.
* NomDeMom: Despite knowing Castle changed his surname, Duncan prefers to call him his mother's maiden name.
* NoodleIncident: Castle got in trouble with the principal for sneaking a cow onto the school roof, forcing Duncan to hire a crane to remove it. While his cohorts were all in trouble with him, Castle was the only one who got expelled. To this day, Duncan has been haunted by the question "how did they get a ''cow?''"

* TheStarscream: One of Madison's circle of friends murdered her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere possibly]] because she didn't want to be killed by the ruthless gang members that Madison stole the bearer bonds from.

* ShoutOut: Castle makes many to ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' and its author.

* AlphaBitch: Madison was a nasty piece of work who bullies her classmates and steals from them.

* DeanBitterman: Castle has a bad history with Principal Duncan.

* NoodleIncident: Castle got in trouble with the principal for sneaking in a cow.
* ParentalAbandonment: Jordan lost her parents in an accident and is raised by her aunt.
* ShoutOut: Literature/{{Carrie}}
* TheStarscream: One of Madison's closest friends murdered her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere possibly]] because she didn't want to be killed by ruthless gang members Madison stole the bearer bonds from.
* SuperGullible: Lucas banked on everyone's gullibility to make them believe his special effects are psychic.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jordan fell for Lucas who protected her from Madison and her group.

* TheStarscream: One of Madison's closest friends murdered her possibly because she didn't want to be killed by the gang boss Madison stole bearer bonds from.

* TheStarscream: One of Madison's closest friends killed her possibly because she didn't want to be killed by the mob boss Madison stole from.

* ShoutOut: [[Literature/Carrie Carrie]]

* AssholeVictim: Madison was a nasty piece of work who bullies her classmates and steals from them.

* ShoutOut: [[Film/Carrie Carrie]]
* TheStarscream: One of Madison's closest friends killed her possibly because she didn't want to be killed by the mob boss Madison stole from.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violent Protective Boyfriend]]: Jordan makes a potential suspect her boyfriend after he protected her from the bullies.

* TheStarScream: One of the victim's closest friends killed her so that she won't have to do her crime ring.

* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violent Protective Boyfriend]]: The suspect makes a boyfriend after he protected her from bullies.