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* There's a few license plates in this one. The cop car reads THFFC, the truck reads, RLSFTTRCTN, [[Series/TheOffice THFFC]], and the car around the back reads NTHRRTH.[[Literature/TheRulesOfAttraction RLSFTTRCTN]].
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* The episode starts with Max trying to return Kate's copy of ''The October Country'' by Creator/RayBradbury to her.
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* There are multiple references to Film/{{Jaws}} in the swimming pool. Among them:
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** When both Max and Chloe are in the pool, Chloe will tease Max by humming the shark's {{Leitmotif}}. Max gets upset, claiming to still be terrified by the movie.
** If Max examines a toy shark on the side of the pool, she'll state "[[Film/Jaws2 Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water...]]"
** When both Max and Chloe are in the pool, Chloe will tease Max by humming the shark's {{Leitmotif}}. Max gets upset, claiming to still be terrified by the movie.
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* A man standing outside the Two Whales with some flyers has a name plate on the table that says [[Film/TheThing1982 R.J. MacReady]].
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* When Max is having trouble breaking into the principal's office, she calls Warren asking if he knows how to create some device that would open a locked door. Perhaps she's looking for a [[{{Earthbound}} Bad Key Machine]]?
* There's a red hunting hat in one of the offices in the game. If you click on it, Max will say "[[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Only a phony would wear a hat like that]]". Rather fitting, given her surname.
* There's a red hunting hat in one of the offices in the game. If you click on it, Max will say "[[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Only a phony would wear a hat like that]]". Rather fitting, given her surname.
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* There's a red hunting hat in one of According to David's file on her, Max uses the offices in online aliases Film/MadMax, Max Factor, and [[Series/DarkAngel Noir Angel]].
* Chloe and Max call thegame. If you click on it, Max will say "[[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Only bone they use to distract Frank's dog a phony would wear a hat like that]]". Rather fitting, given her surname.[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Snack]].
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* A man named Winston Smith went missing in Arcadia Bay back in Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
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** As of episode 3, there is a hat in the school's office Max describes as being something a "phony" would wear
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* When Max calls Warren, she tells him to "bubble-hearth" so they'll have time to talk. This refers to a patched-out ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' strategy which allows paladins to escape combat through a combination of Divine Shield and a Hearthstone.
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* [[Series/DoctorWho Amelia Pond]] apparently works at Arcadia Bay Cleaners as seen in [[http://i.imgur.com/sISgXd2.jpg this screenshot]]. [[JustForPun Who]] knew?
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* [[Series/DoctorWho Amelia Pond]] apparently works at Arcadia Bay Cleaners as seen in [[http://i.imgur.com/sISgXd2.jpg this screenshot]]. [[JustForPun Who]] knew?One of the locker room graffiti tags reads "[[Film/TheBigLebowski Rachel Abides]]".
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* When Max attempts to talk to Evan, he calls her [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]].
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* The old fisherman Max encounters outside the diner has a nameplate on his table that reads [[Film/TheThing1982 R.J. MacReady.]]
* The large boat in the junkyard is named "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Sleep Perchance I Dream]]"
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* At the beginning of the episode, Mr. Jefferson utters [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff "Bueller"]] when no one volunteers to answer one of his questions.
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* Max can comment on the disused look of an old bus emblazoned with "142," and it's one of the optional photos. [[Film/IntoTheWild Christopher McCandless lived and died in Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142.
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Because the developers at Dontnod Entertainment are insistent that we know the residents of Arcadia Bay are hip and with it, here are all the references in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''.
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* Like every story about a mysterious small town in America published after 1991, this game has several nods to ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the most blatant one being Rachel Amber, who is an {{Expy}} of Laura Palmer.
* The plot share many similarities to ''Film/DonnieDarko'', particularly the time travel aspect.
* Max shares a surname with [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye another angsty teen protagonist]].
** She also has poster in her room of "The Winger and the Cow", which looks almost exactly like the book cover of ''The Catcher in the Rye''.
* There's a pack of ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Mystic Enchantment]]'' cards in Max's drawer.
* "[[Film/{{Serenity}} I aim to misbehave]]" is a recurring graffiti slogan. As are "[[Series/TheXFiles Trust No One]]" and "[[Series/{{House}} Everybody Lies]]".
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[[folder: Episode 1]]
* Ms. Grant asks Max to sign a petition to keep David Madsen from installing security cameras, lest he bring the school back to Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
* In the girls dorm, Stella Hill in room 217 has written "[[Film/TheShining Redrum]]" on her noteboard. Max quips that she's never going in there.
* When examining Victoria's television, Max comments that she would like to use it to watch ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'', the ''Final Fantasy'' series being a Square Enix production.
* When she picks up the flash drive, Max's inner monologue takes on a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum-esque]] third-person tone and she calls it "precious".
* The cars in the parking lot and the one at Chloe's house all have license plates referencing TV shows. Going clockwise from the left: the brown car reads [[Series/ParksAndRecreation PRKSNRC]], the red car reads [[Series/TheWire THWR]], the orange truck reads [[Series/{{Carnivale}} CRNVL]], the white truck reads [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer BFFVMPRSLR]], Warren's car reads [[Series/TheXFiles THXFLS]], the red truck reads [[Series/TwilightZone TWLGHTZN]], the silver car reads [[Series/TheSopranos THSPRNS]], the RV reads [[Series/BreakingBad BRKBD]], the white car reads [[Series/BroadChurch BRDCHRCH]], Chloe's truck reads [[Series/TwinPeaks TWNPKS]], the faded red car reads [[Series/QuantumLeap QNTMLP]], the blue truck in the center reads [[Series/ThePractice THPRCTC]], the red truck in the center reads [[Series/SixFeetUnder SXFTNDR]], and the car in Chloe's garage reads [[Series/TrueDetective TRDTCTV]].
* When Max sits on the swings in Chloe's backyard, she remembers a conversation she and Chloe had in the past discussing what they wanted to do in the future. Chloe says that she'd like to be like [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]].
* Chloe says "[[Franchise/JamesBond I'm Price... Chloe Price.]]"
* Max can find a graffiti on the hidden side of the shack near the lighthouse, a bunch of strange symbols forming a pyramid, and comments "It makes me think about the wind" when looking at it. The symbols represent the characters in Alain Damasio's ''La Horde du Contrevent'', a critically-acclaimed French novel with very strong themes about the wind.
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* When watering her plant, Max says the water has "[[Film/{{Idiocracy}} electrolytes]]".
* Max suggests that Kate is in her [[Creator/HRGiger H.R. Giger period]] upon seeing Kate's recent drawings.
* Episode 2's license plates continue the reference trend, only with films. In the parking lot: the yellow truck reads [[Film/AnotherEarth NTHRRTH]], the light blue car reads [[Film/TheKilling THKLLNG]], the white truck reads [[Film/DonnieDarko DNNDRK]], the blue car reads [[Film/GroundhogDay GRNDGHD]], the orange car reads [[Film/TheFaculty THFLCT]], the white car around the back reads [[Film/{{Elephant}} LPHNT]]. Mr. Jefferson's car, seen in the credits, reads [[Series/TopOfTheLake TPFTHLK]].
* In the bathroom at Two Whales, someone has written "KATE MARSH [[Film/FullMetalJacket LOVE U LONG TIME]]". Max can also find "[[Series/TwinPeaks Fire Walk With Me]]" etched in the mirror as a photo op.
* At the diner, Chloe can say "Didn't you and [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]] already read me the Riot Act last night?"
* When guessing what's in Chloe's pockets, Max will say that her keychain is a robot panda, a reference to Jax from Dontnod's prior release, ''Videogame/RememberMe''.
* In her journal, Max references the infamous [[YourHeadASplode exploding head]] scene from ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' in regards to the headache caused by overusing her powers.
* Chloe and Max reenact the railroad scene from ''Film/StandByMe''.
* Warren welcomes Max to the lab with a cry of "[[Music/AbbeyRoad Maxwell Silver Hammer!]] Perfect timing!"
* Max will play the Igor to Warren's [[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Dr. Frankenstein]] in Episode 2, complete with obligatory shout-out.
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* Like every story about a mysterious small town in America published after 1991, this game has several nods to ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the most blatant one being Rachel Amber, who is an {{Expy}} of Laura Palmer.
* The plot share many similarities to ''Film/DonnieDarko'', particularly the time travel aspect.
* Max shares a surname with [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye another angsty teen protagonist]].
** She also has poster in her room of "The Winger and the Cow", which looks almost exactly like the book cover of ''The Catcher in the Rye''.
* There's a pack of ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Mystic Enchantment]]'' cards in Max's drawer.
* "[[Film/{{Serenity}} I aim to misbehave]]" is a recurring graffiti slogan. As are "[[Series/TheXFiles Trust No One]]" and "[[Series/{{House}} Everybody Lies]]".
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[[folder: Episode 1]]
* Ms. Grant asks Max to sign a petition to keep David Madsen from installing security cameras, lest he bring the school back to Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
* In the girls dorm, Stella Hill in room 217 has written "[[Film/TheShining Redrum]]" on her noteboard. Max quips that she's never going in there.
* When examining Victoria's television, Max comments that she would like to use it to watch ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'', the ''Final Fantasy'' series being a Square Enix production.
* When she picks up the flash drive, Max's inner monologue takes on a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum-esque]] third-person tone and she calls it "precious".
* The cars in the parking lot and the one at Chloe's house all have license plates referencing TV shows. Going clockwise from the left: the brown car reads [[Series/ParksAndRecreation PRKSNRC]], the red car reads [[Series/TheWire THWR]], the orange truck reads [[Series/{{Carnivale}} CRNVL]], the white truck reads [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer BFFVMPRSLR]], Warren's car reads [[Series/TheXFiles THXFLS]], the red truck reads [[Series/TwilightZone TWLGHTZN]], the silver car reads [[Series/TheSopranos THSPRNS]], the RV reads [[Series/BreakingBad BRKBD]], the white car reads [[Series/BroadChurch BRDCHRCH]], Chloe's truck reads [[Series/TwinPeaks TWNPKS]], the faded red car reads [[Series/QuantumLeap QNTMLP]], the blue truck in the center reads [[Series/ThePractice THPRCTC]], the red truck in the center reads [[Series/SixFeetUnder SXFTNDR]], and the car in Chloe's garage reads [[Series/TrueDetective TRDTCTV]].
* When Max sits on the swings in Chloe's backyard, she remembers a conversation she and Chloe had in the past discussing what they wanted to do in the future. Chloe says that she'd like to be like [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]].
* Chloe says "[[Franchise/JamesBond I'm Price... Chloe Price.]]"
* Max can find a graffiti on the hidden side of the shack near the lighthouse, a bunch of strange symbols forming a pyramid, and comments "It makes me think about the wind" when looking at it. The symbols represent the characters in Alain Damasio's ''La Horde du Contrevent'', a critically-acclaimed French novel with very strong themes about the wind.
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* When watering her plant, Max says the water has "[[Film/{{Idiocracy}} electrolytes]]".
* Max suggests that Kate is in her [[Creator/HRGiger H.R. Giger period]] upon seeing Kate's recent drawings.
* Episode 2's license plates continue the reference trend, only with films. In the parking lot: the yellow truck reads [[Film/AnotherEarth NTHRRTH]], the light blue car reads [[Film/TheKilling THKLLNG]], the white truck reads [[Film/DonnieDarko DNNDRK]], the blue car reads [[Film/GroundhogDay GRNDGHD]], the orange car reads [[Film/TheFaculty THFLCT]], the white car around the back reads [[Film/{{Elephant}} LPHNT]]. Mr. Jefferson's car, seen in the credits, reads [[Series/TopOfTheLake TPFTHLK]].
* In the bathroom at Two Whales, someone has written "KATE MARSH [[Film/FullMetalJacket LOVE U LONG TIME]]". Max can also find "[[Series/TwinPeaks Fire Walk With Me]]" etched in the mirror as a photo op.
* At the diner, Chloe can say "Didn't you and [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]] already read me the Riot Act last night?"
* When guessing what's in Chloe's pockets, Max will say that her keychain is a robot panda, a reference to Jax from Dontnod's prior release, ''Videogame/RememberMe''.
* In her journal, Max references the infamous [[YourHeadASplode exploding head]] scene from ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' in regards to the headache caused by overusing her powers.
* Chloe and Max reenact the railroad scene from ''Film/StandByMe''.
* Warren welcomes Max to the lab with a cry of "[[Music/AbbeyRoad Maxwell Silver Hammer!]] Perfect timing!"
* Max will play the Igor to Warren's [[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Dr. Frankenstein]] in Episode 2, complete with obligatory shout-out.
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