History Trivia / TheCatcherInTheRye

** ''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 or taken verbatim from titles of classical literature).

** ''Franchise/D4DJ'': The four-person DJ unit Lyrical Lily has a song called "The Catcher in the Rhyme".

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/JDSalinger came to regret writing and publishing the novel, not least for its success putting him in the public eye.

** 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.

* ReferencedBy: In ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'', both the play and movie, Paul claims his stolen thesis is about the MisaimedFandom towards Salinger's novel.

* CreatorBacklash: Salinger came to regret writing and publishing the novel, not least for its success putting him in the public eye.
* LoonyFan:
** Music/JohnLennon's murderer Mark David Chapman loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent, and dark than it necessarily is.
** John Hinckley, Jr., who tried to kill UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Mark Chapman.
** Robert John Bardo, who shot and killed actress Rebecca Schaeffer, was also carrying a copy of the novel when he committed the murder, and threw it on a rooftop as he fled. However, he insists that this was a coincidence, and that he was not trying to emulate Chapman.
** More recently, Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter in the Virginia Tech Massacre, sent videos to news agencies in between the two bouts of murdering. One of these videos included a rant of how he related to ''The Catcher in the Rye''.
** It got to the point that the Creator/MelGibson blockbuster ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' made it a plot point that government-trained assassins were brainwashed into buying copies of ''The Catcher in the Rye'' as a tracking method. It's become ''that'' ubiquitous.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: JD Salinger had been approached about a live-action version of ''The Catcher in the Rye'' 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.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A film adaptation has been proposed dozens of times, all of which were personally turned down by Salinger himself, largely out [[DisownedAdaptation his disappointment]] at the 1949 film ''My Foolish Heart'' ([[AdaptationDecay loosely based]] on his short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"). Creator/RalphBakshi wrote a personal letter to Salinger proposing that he purchase the rights and make it into an animated film with live-action bookends. Salinger told Bakshi that he didn't feel that the novel was fit for ''any'' other medium.

** John Hinckley, Jr., who tried to kill UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Mark Chapman. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.

** Music/JohnLennon's murderer Mark David Chapman loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent and dark than it necessarily is.
** John Hinkley Jr., who tried to kill UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Mark Chapman. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.

** It got to the point that the Mel Gibson blockbuster ConspiracyTheory made it a plot point that government-trained assassins were brainwashed into buying copies of "Catcher In The Rye" as a tracking method. It's become THAT ubiquitous.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This has been proposed for a film adaptation dozens of times, all of which were personally turned down by Salinger. Creator/RalphBakshi wrote a personal letter to Salinger proposing that he purchase the rights and make it into an animated film with live-action bookends. Salinger told Bakshi that he didn't feel that the novel was fit for ''any'' other medium.

** [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed John Lennon's assassin]] loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent and dark than it necessarily is. John Hinkley Jr., who tried to kill Reagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Lennon's assassin. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.
** Robert John Bardo, who shot and killed actress Rebecca Schaeffer, was also carrying a copy of the novel when he committed the murder, and threw it on a rooftop as he fled. However, he insists that this was a coincidence, and that he was not trying to emulate Lennon's assassin.

** Robert John Bardo, who shot and killed actress Rebecca Schaeffer, was also carrying a copy of the novel when he committed the murder, and threw it on a rooftop as he fled. However, he insists that this was a coincidence, and that he was not trying to emulate Chapman.

** John Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent and dark than it necessarily is. John Hinkley Jr., who tried to kill Reagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Lennon's assassin. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.

** More recently, Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter in the VTECH Massacre, sent videos to news agencies in between the two bouts of murdering. One of these videos included a rant of how he related to Catcher In The Rye.

** John Lennon's assassin loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent and dark than it necessarily is. John Hinkley Jr., who tried to kill Reagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Lennon's assassin. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This has been proposed for a film adaptation dozens of times, all of which were personally turned down by Salinger. RalphBakshi wrote a personal letter to Salinger proposing that he purchase the rights and make it into an animated film with live-action bookends. Salinger told Bakshi that he didn't feel that the novel was fit for ''any'' other medium.

* LoonyFan: John Lennon's assassin loved this book and claimed to use it as an inspiration for committing the murder. Whilst this certainly helped the already considerable controversy surrounding the book, it also meant that many later readers approached the work expecting it to be more brutal, violent and dark than it necessarily is. John Hinkley Jr., who tried to kill Reagan, had a copy in his hotel room. He's been reported to be obsessed with it, but that might just be in confusion with Lennon's assassin. It doesn't help that ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' featured the link between the two assassins and the book as a plot point.