History ShoutOut / TheSopranosWarner

* At the first pub they go to, the girls mention ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' when trying to pin down the barman's accent.

* Chell has a box of Scottish Bluebell matches.

* Sergeant [=McPherson=] drives a Land Rover.

* Orla quips about cleaning "[[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans The Last of The [=McDonald's=]]]" from her retainer.

* Orla quips about cleaning "[[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans The Last of The [[=McDonald's=]]]]" from her retainer.

* The main page quote, said by Orla as the girls are changing in the bathroom at UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}, is a reference to the Evangelical counsels, the values cited by Jesus in [[Literature/TheBible the Gospels]] as the virtues one needs to cultivate in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and are frequently associated with the vows taken by those who've taken holy orders (e.g. priests and nuns).

* Between them, the girls have a mixture of Nike, Head and Adidas schoolbags.

* Chell walks her dog Selwyn on Battleship Hill, a RealLife Oban landmark.

* Fionnula shares an anecdote about a guy from the Port known as "The Argonaut", prompting one of the others to mention the [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts film]] that's "[[TakeThat all shitey special effects.]]"

* At UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}, Kylah gets a "scorching-looking black coffee". The infamous ''Liebeck vs [=McDonald=]'s Restaurants'' hot coffee [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants case]] a couple of years prior to the publication of the book.

* Daddy Patrick is described as being "down in [[DavyJones Davy Jones’s locker]]". His boat called the ''Eilean Shona'', a reference to an island in Loch Moidart.

*** The ''Film/{{Jaws}} soundtrack

* Kylah owns a Miss Selfridge skirt that she ordered from a catalogue.

* At UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}, Kylah gets a "scorching-looking black coffee". The infamous ''Liebeck vs McDonald's Restaurants'' hot coffee [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants case]] a couple of years prior to the publication of the book.

* At Franchise/{{McDonalds}}, Kylah gets a "scorching-looking black coffee". The infamous ''Liebeck vs McDonald's Restaurants'' hot coffee [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants case]] a couple of years prior to the publication of the book.

* At Franchise/McDonalds, Kylah gets a "scorching-looking black coffee". The infamous ''Liebeck vs McDonald's Restaurants'' hot coffee [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants case]] a couple of years prior to the publication of the book.

* Jamie Prenter's parents own a Nissan Datsun.

* Chell walks her dog Selwyn on Battleship Hill, a RealLife Oban landmark.

* Buzz has a telly in his garden, where a young Chell sees Buzz's pal Snorkel watching ''Series/{{Panorama}}''.

* Daddy Patrick is described as being "down in [[DavyJones Davy Jones’s locker]]".

* Kay dishes out a box of Cadbury's Roses on the coach. Kylah takes one saying she's "always partial to a Rosey, specially [[Music/TheStoneRoses Ian Brown]]".

* Kylah wears a pair of Converse All Stars to her first meetup with the band.

* Spimmy claims that he wanted Kylah to join the band because he heard her singing "Glencoe" in Gaelic at the Gaelic League.

* Kay dishes out a box of Cadbury's Roses on the coach. Kylah takes one saying she's "always partial to a Rosey, specially Music/TheStoneRoses Ian Brown]]".

* Kay dishes out a box of Cadbury's Roses on the coach. Kylah takes one saying she's "always partial to a Rosey, specially Music/TheStoneRoses Ian Brown".

-- >"I like Kate Moss’s tits, but I can’t stand all that Calvin Klein shite that comes with her."

** Kylah reckons that the rest of the band got the idea to write a pretentious acoustic guitar prelude by reading about it in Magazine/NME.

*** Frank Sinatra
*** Nat King Cole

*** James Bond Themes
*** The Jaws soundtrack

* Spimmy tries to impress Kylah by playing "The Man with the Golden Gun" on his Fender copy.

* The pupils at the school use Gaelic League pins as earrings.

* Kylah is a fan of The Cocteau Twins, particularly Elizabeth Fraser’s voice.
* Kylah takes "Wheels of Fire" by Music/{{Cream}} for the coach journey specifically because [[EpicRocking its length]] will prevent anyone else putting anything on that she doesn’t approval.
* Kylah cites Pamela Anderson as an example of someone who’s had breast implants. She’s aware of the fact that Pamela is married to the drummer from Music/MotleyCrue, but doesn’t bother bringing it up in conversation.