| 1 | * CreatorBacklash: Creator/JDSalinger came to regret writing and publishing the novel, not least for its success putting him in the public eye and for overshadowing his other works, particular the Glass family. |
| 2 | * NoAdaptationsAllowed: Various film adaptations and even a theatrical adaptation have been proposed, but they have all been shot down. |
| 3 | * ReferencedBy: |
| 4 | ** In ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'', both the play and movie, Paul claims his stolen thesis is about the MisaimedFandom towards Salinger's novel. |
| 5 | ** In ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' Veronica and Betty discuss about Jughead, who is even called Holden Caulfield by Veronica, and the character is an {{Expy}} of the protagonist. |
| 6 | ** The Laughing Man in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' uses a quote from the novel as part of his SigilSpam. |
| 7 | ** ''Franchise/D4DJ'': The four-person DJ unit Lyrical Lily has a song called "The Catcher in the Rhyme" (in general, a lot of their song titles are derived from or taken verbatim from titles of classical literature). |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JDSalinger had been approached about a film adaptation over the years, always turning it down because [[DisownedAdaptation he didn't want a repeat]] of the 1949 film ''My Foolish Heart'' (loosely based on his short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"). When Creator/RalphBakshi offered to make it into an animated film with live-action bookends, Salinger told Bakshi that the novel wasn't fit for ''any'' other medium. |
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