Talk:The Catcher in the Rye in popular culture

Submarine
Just thought I'd let you chaps know that Catcher in the Rye is mentioned in the film Submarine. 90.198.95.181 (talk) 04:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Curious as to why no mention of SouthPark episode The Tales of Scrotie McBoogerballs that mentions Catcher in the Rye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NJplaintext (talk • contribs) 23:23, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Taking out a line
Killing Caulfield have become more prominent in pop culture starting the mid-2005

Not only does this line not make much sense it also sounds like advertisement (seeing as how there's a link to the band's website directly after it). I'm taking it out. Levid37 18:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

What about that movie "Finding Forester" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.71.39.54 (talk • contribs)


 * What about it? –Pomte 23:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

"Chasing Holden"
A movie released in 2001 with this description - "Neil Lawrence (Qualls) is sent to a boarding school by his father. During his first couple days, he meets T.J. (Blanchard) who he falls in love with. After being assigned a paper on Holden Caufield, the main character in J.D. Salinger's "Catcher In The Rye", Neil decided to go on a journey to meet J.D. who he feels has played a huge role in his life. Then Neil & T.J. decide to cut class to take a journey to New York City which leads to more turns then they both could have imagined in which both their lives are changed forever".

I feel it has a place on this page but I'm not the one to put it up, just wanted to alert someone to it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 166.102.176.94 (talk) 20:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

I can't believe that the Stephen King short story "Rage" and the movie "Igby Goes Down" weren't included. They are both shameless Catcher rip-offs Hooperxxx 01:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sources are needed for such claims. –Pomte 21:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

"Shoeless Joe"
Ray Kinsella's book has more to do with the author J.D. Salinger himself, who appears as a character in the novel, but I would think that it would deserve a reference on this page.

The Pursuit of Happyness
Nevermind, trying to delete my comment.

Cursedperfection (talk • contribs) 19:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

"The Official Preppy Handbook"
Catcher is cited as reading material for preppies in The Official Preppy Handbook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.192.125 (talk) 04:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Do you have the page number (of this publication?) and is there more context than just an item in a list? –Pomte 21:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Comic strips
Shouldn't this article contain a reference, at least, to comic strip Frazz, in which one of the main charachers is markedly inspired by Holden Caulfield? (I don't know many English language comics, maybe there are more...)--129.192.97.6 (talk) 08:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC) (Sorry for not being registered... Sooner or later...)
 * Added. –Pomte 08:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Man, you're lightning fast! :) Thanks!--129.192.97.6 (talk) 08:27, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

There should also be a reference to the comic St._Swithin's_Day_(comics), where "We first meet the lead character, a teenager (who is not given a name in the story) shoplifting a copy of Catcher in the Rye from a London bookshop. His reason for stealing the book is not clear beyond him saying they can find it in his pocket "when this is all over".". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.71.98.83 (talk) 12:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Added. –Pomte 12:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

"Here's to Life"
The Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution's song "Here's to Life" on their EP A Call to Arms contains the lyrics "Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine, we go drinking from time to time, and I find: it gets harder every time ... Hey there Salinger what did you do, just when the world was looking to you, to write anything that meant anything, you told us you were through. And it's been years since you passed away, but I see no plaque and I see no grave, and I can't help believing, you wanted it that way."

Streetlight Manifesto's song "Here's to Life" mentions Holden Caulfield and J.D. Salinger. Should these be merged? The songs are written and sung by the same lead singer who is known more for the band Streetlight Manifesto.Clockwrist (talk) 03:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Ghost in the Shell
Laughing Man (or the kid pretending to be laughing man) was talking to Makoto in the library, and he quoted the book while pointing out that someone had wrote the word 'fuck' on the banister. - NemFX (talk) 04:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this what you mean:
 * In another episode, the Major tells The Laughing Man, "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one," a quote that, while originally said by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel (and cited as such), was repeated to Holden by Mr. Antolini (a fact that, curiously enough, was not mentioned).
 * –Pomte 12:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The Laughing Man references Catcher in the Rye all the time, even calling people phonies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.161.130 (talk) 21:17, 26 October 2011 (UTC) This should be mentioned in the article. I know it's already on here at the end but it is a reference in popular culture so it should be at least linked to here. 184.241.12.162 (talk) 20:42, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Simpsons
I look at the references to "phonies" on the simpsons but personally i disagree that they are related to "Catcher in the Rye" Phil Nolte (talk) 12:04, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Based on if this is sufficient, maybe too "The Parking Space" episode from season 3 of Seinfeld where a guy Mike doesn't like Jerry for being a phoney but from the episode, Mike is a bigger phoney. I was watching that episode last night.Phil Nolte (talk) 13:35, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

six degrees of separation by John Guare
Major reference to Catcher in the Rye by the character Paul played by Will Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Separation_(film) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.4.135.235 (talk) 08:50, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Big list of trivia
Anyone else think this is absolutely horrendous? I think all the passing references should be removed. They have absolutely zero substance. Half of this article is now a list of pop culture references. Is this the model for Wikipedia articles now because many I have come across list every single Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Robot Chicken reference. It's no wonder people consider these lists to be 'nerd trivia'. RadioEverleigh (talk) 18:09, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Threw it on the Ground, by Lonely Island, should be in the Music References
In this song, Andy Samberg refers to actors as Hollywood phonies, and seems to act in an irrationally rebellious manner just like Holden — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.150.199 (talk) 00:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Contribution deleted
A reference this humble reader has made some weeks ago in Television section was removed under the charge of Unreferenced or inadequately referenced content, which totally baffles me. Here's the reference


 * South Park episode The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs makes particular reference to the The Catcher in the Rye and shows that its once controversial use of vocabulary has no impact among young readers nowadays.

So I ask with the utmost politeness: what is wrong with it?

Curious as to why no mention of SouthPark episode The Tales of Scrotie McBoogerballs that mentions Catcher in the Rye.

me too... Engranaje (talk) 04:01, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

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Venture Bros reference
Notable perhaps because it references the "connection" to assassinations. Somebody asks an aspiring stalker "where's your copy of catcher in the rye?". 199.7.159.116 (talk) 05:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)