Veronica Mars

Season 3

Welcome Wagon

1. When Dr. Landry (Patrick Fabian) looks at Veronica (Kristen Bell) and says "Who are you going to send to prison for the rest of his natural born days?", she looks at the Grad Assistant Tim Foyle. Foyle is played by James Jordan, who in the previous season had played "Lucky", the janitor she has arrested for stalking one of her friends.
2. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) and her dad are looking at the pictures from New York, they disagree over whether the picture in front of the ornate doors is of the Empire State Building or the Chrysler building. The number "405" is shown, which makes Veronica's dad correct, it is the Chrysler building, which is located at 405 Lexington Avenue. The Empire State building's address is 350 5th Avenue.
3. The shirt Veronica (Kristen Bell) gives Piz (Chris Lowell) to wear (which belonged to Duncan) is seen on both Logan (Jason Dohring) and Duncan (Teddy Dunn) in episode 2.6, Veronica Mars: Rat Saw God (2005).
4. Veronica (Kristen Bell) begins using the word "frak" during this episode after she hears a self-professed Battlestar Galactica (2004) fan say it. Battlestar Galactica characters use the word "frak" as a curse word.
5. Veronica's (Kristen Bell) new Saturn has the same 6BLA504 plates her Le Baron used to have.
6. Many people mistakenly assume Donald Fagin (Joshua Harto), the ringleader who tries to sell Piz' (Chris Lowell) stolen guitar, is named for the villainous character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. This is partly correct, although Dickens never gave Fagin a first name in that novel. It's predominantly an homage to Donald Fagen, one half of the great musical duo Steely Dan as well as a brilliant solo artist.
7. This is the first season premiere to not contain any flashbacks to help tell the story or let the viewer know what happened over the summer.
8. Logan (Jason Dohring) refers to Beaver (Kyle Gallner) having jumped from the roof of the Neptune Grand Hotel in episode 2.22, Veronica Mars: Not Pictured (2006), as "Greg Louganising." Greg Louganis is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform.
9. Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb - who doesn't actually appear in this episode) and Tina Majorino (Mac) are promoted to series regulars from this episode. Julie Gonzalo (Parker) and Chris Lowell (Piz) also join the cast as series regulars.
10. Stunned that Piz (Chris Lowell) would leave everything he owns in an unlocked car on campus, Veronica (Kristen Bell) asks if he's from Brigadoon. Brigadoon is a musical & is a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day a century, magically cut off from the rest of the world to preserve it from change.
11. The Hearst serial rapist, last seen in episode 2.16 Veronica Mars: The Rapes of Graff (2006), is still at large on the Hearst campus.
12. Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino) drops a bug into Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) briefcase without his knowledge. In episode 2.11 Veronica Mars: Donut Run (2006), he tried this same trick on Veronica (Kristen Bell) but she didn't fall for it.
13. This episode featured the new opening credits for the first time. Instead of the traditional clip package, images of the characters were played over a slower, re-mixed version of the theme song.
14. When trying to convince Keith (Enrico Colantoni) to work a case with him, Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino) says, "Wonder Twin powers activate!" and holds his fist out toward Keith. This is a reference to the Hanna-Barbera/DC Comics extraterrestrial twin brother and sister superhero duo who initiate their individual powers by invoking that phrase and touching fists.
15. The band Veronica (Kristen Bell) goes to see, credited as 'The Unwashed' are actually a Towson, Maryland band called Four Fifty One who perform a song from their self-titled EP called "Socks and Shoes".
16. Veronica (Kristen Bell) mentions a photo of Keith (Enrico Colantoni) stuffing his face full of cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery. The bakery is a famous New York landmark that has been mentioned in numerous other shows such as Sex and the City (1998), Prime (2005), and the Saturday Night Live (1975) digital skit "Lazy Sunday".
17. This episode marks the final appearance of Charisma Carpenter as Kendall Casablancas.
18. This is the second time Brigadoon is mentioned in the series, the first time being in episode 1.5, Veronica Mars: You Think You Know Somebody (2004).
19. This episode marks the introduction of the character Parker Lee, played by Julie Gonzalo. She appeared in 20 episodes in total.
20. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
21. This episode marks the introduction of the character Professor Hank Landry, played by Patrick Fabian. He appeared in 8 episodes in total.
22. Beginning September 26, 2006, one week before the official air date of this episode, it was broadcast over the web in it's entirety, without commercials.
23. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) and Mac (Tina Majorino) meet on the quad, Mac references an "M-R-S degree". An M-R-S degree is a somewhat derogatory slang term for a degree you won't use acquired while looking for a husband in college. It spells out the letters in Mrs., implying that a woman is just trying to meet a guy who will take care of her.
24. This episode marks the introduction of the character Tim Foyle, played by James Jordan. He appeared in 6 episodes in total.
25. This episode marks the introduction of the character Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski, played by Chris Lowell. He appeared in 20 episodes in total.
26. During season 2, Veronica being in the running for the Kane Scholarship was mentioned and used as a plot point multiple times. Veronica had stated she wanted to leave Neptune to go to college. Season 3 begins with Veronica enrolled at Hearst and no explanation as to why. It can be assumed that Veronica's GPA was lowered when she chose to walk out of a final exam in order to hear the reading of the verdict in the court case against Aaron Echolls near the end of season 2.
27. The character of Donald Fagin (Joshua Harto) is a reference to the character Fagin in 'Oliver Twist.' Like the Charles Dickens character, Donald Fagin runs a ring of juvenile thieves.
28. The episode had an estimated audience size of 3.27 million US viewers when it first aired.
29. Despite being credited, Francis Capra (Weevil) and Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb) do not appear in this episode.
30. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
31. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Kendall Casablancas, played by Charisma Carpenter. She appeared in 12 episodes in total.

My Big Fat Greek Rush Week

1. The sociology experiment that Logan (Jason Dohring) & Wallace participate in is modeled after the infamous Stanford prison experiment, although in the original, the experiment got a lot more out of hand and was suspended after just six days.
2. The county Keith (Enrico Colantoni) finds after walking through the desert is called Kretchmer County. It is named after John T. Kretchmer, the director of this episode as well as many previous episodes
3. Writer Phil Klemmer was the writer who originally who wanted to use the Stanford Prison Experiment in an episode, but the episode ended up going to Diane Ruggiero-Wright.
4. Dan Castellaneta plays a professor named Dr. Kinny in this episode. In one scene he gives another character a dressing down to which that character exclaims, D'oh!" This is the catch phrase of Castellaneta's best-known character, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons (1989).
5. The title of this episode references the film, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).
6. The Sheriff's office that Keith (Enrico Colantoni) finds after wandering in the desert has a sign indicating it's for Kretchmer County. John T. Kretchmer is a director for the show, and directed this episode.
7. Dick (Ryan Hansen), confused that Veronica (Kristen Bell) is rushing a sorority refers to an alternate reality where "Bizarro-Dick" is a "killjoy." This is a reference to Bizarro World (also known as Htrae--"Earth" spelled backwards), the DC Comics universe in which society is ruled by the Bizarro Code requiring that everything be done the opposite of how Earth would do it. The sitcom Seinfeld (1989) popularized the phrase ""Bizarro World" in episode 8.3 Seinfeld: The Bizarro Jerry (1996), to mean a situation which is weirdly inverted or the opposite of expectations.
8. The prison guard experiment done in is this episode is similar to an experiment by the same name done in the Stanford university. There have also been couple of movies based on this experiment - The Experiment (2001) & The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015).
9. When Logan (Jason Dohring) is entering the class by the end of the episode and is supposedly naked, it can clearly be seen that he's wearing shorts or boxers.
10. The line, "You had me at 'secret room'" is a reference to the movie Jerry Maguire (1996), which included the iconic line, "You had me at hello."
11. This episode had a viewership of approximately 2.96 million viewers when it first aired.
12. Schoolhouse Rock! (1973) was a series of short musical cartoons that aired during Saturday morning children's programming that taught grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics concepts.
13. Despite being credited, Francis Capra (Weevil) and Chris Lowell (Piz) do not appear in this episode.

Wichita Linebacker

1. Like normal newspapers, college newspapers are awarded most of the same First Amendment freedoms so therefore, Veronica (Kristen Bell) does have the right to protect her source. Had the Dean, played by Ed Begley Jr., actually expelled her on those grounds, she would've won a freedom of speech case against the college easily.
2. Viewed close-up, the body of the text of the Lampoon article is just lorem ipsum--scrambled Latin placeholder text commonly used in graphic design to demonstrate graphic design and layout without distracting content.
3. This episode marks the introduction of the character Cyrus O'Dell, played by Ed Begley Jr.. He appeared in 6 episodes in total.
4. Wichita Linebacker is a reference to 'Wichita Lineman' sung by Glen Campbell.
5. Coach Fry's, played by Alan F. Smith, first name is Dwight. Dwight Frye was an actor who played many iconic characters in Universal horror films, including Renfield from the original 1931 film Dracula (1931).
6. When Kurt (Armie Hammer) attacks Larry (Erik Eidem), shouting "Where's the playbook, Larry? You're entering a world of pain", this is one of several references throughout the series to the movie The Big Lebowski (1998).
7. The football game in this episode is against Sonoma State. The real Sonoma State, located in Rohnert Park, California, does not have a football team.
8. Writers John Enbom & Phil Klemmer originally wanted to title this episode "Friday Night Sleights," until Rob Thomas told them that colleges don't play football on Fridays.
9. This episode marks the introduction of the character Mercer Hayes, played by Ryan Devlin. He appeared in 5 episodes in total.
10. This episode had a viewership of approximately 3.12 million viewers when it first aired.
11. Despite being credited, Percy Daggs III (Wallace), Tina Majorino (Mac), Julie Gonzalo (Parker), and Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb) do not appear in this episode.
12. Ryan Devlin (Mercer Hayes) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick (2014), an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1 (2018), and a Party Down (2009) episode, Party Down: Investors Dinner (2009). Rob Thomas created all four shows.
13. Veronica (Kristen Bell) is reading a newspaper dated Monday September 18, 2006 at the beginning of the episode. This episode first aired Tuesday October 17, 2006.
14. Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also appeared on Party Down (2009), in episode 1.3, Party Down: Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar (2009), of Party Down (2009) as Bruce Nesbitt. Both shows are the creation of Rob Thomas.
15. Veronica (Kristen Bell) mentions to the dean that she's a freshman and just recently figured out where Waldo was, in reference to Where's Waldo.

Charlie Don't Surf

1. Veronica's (Kristen Bell) line, "Hey! Careful, man, there's a beverage here!" is another of many references in the series to the movie, The Big Lebowski (1998).
2. The title of this episode references a line spoken in the film Apocalypse Now (1979) by Colonel Kilgore, the "Charlie" in question being the Viet Cong. "Charlie Don't Surf" is also the title of a song from The Clash's album, "Sandinista!".
3. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) opens the door to Logan (Jason Dohring) he asks, "Were you expecting Sidney Poitier?" Sidney Poitier is the father of Sydney Tamiia Poitier, who played Mallory Dent in season one.
4. Keith is confronted to have posed as Adrian Monk. Adrian Monk, played by Tony Shalhoub, is the main character of the TV show Monk (2002). Adrian Monk, much like Keith, is a former detective who is now working as a private investigator. Furthermore Enrico Colantoni (Keith) had a one episode guest role on Monk.
5. Veronica (Kristen Bell) discusses her own rape with Parker (Julie Gonzalo) at Shelly Pomroy's (Melissa Hoover) end of the year party, telling her it took place in the summer of 2004. In episode 1.20 Veronica Mars: M.A.D. (2005) however, we are told the party was held on December 7, 2003.
6. Enrico Colantoni (Keith) appeared in Just Shoot Me! (1997) with Laura San Giacomo (Harmony Chase) who appears in 3 episodes of Veronica Mars.
7. This episode had an estimated audience of 3.33 million viewers when it was first aired.
8. Despite being credited, Chris Lowell (Piz), Tina Majorino (Mac), Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb), and Francis Capra (Weevil) do not appear in this episode.
9. Tina Majorino (Mac) filmed scenes for this episode, but they were deleted. In the scenes, Mac is in Wallace's (Percy Daggs III) class and is visibly uncomfortable with one of the students in the class. While studying together, Wallace puts his arm around her, and she stiffens, telling him "It's not you." Later, Wallace confronts the student from their class, only to discover that the boy's interest in Mac is platonic, wanting to reunite with her as they used to go to computer camp together. In the final scene, Mac references that another student from her Comm class makes her uncomfortable. Wallace quietly realises that all of these events are due to the aftermath of her relationship with Cassidy Casablancas (Kyle Gallner).
10. Logan's half-brother, Charlie, is introduced in this episode. The character initially pretending to be him, Norman Phipps, is portrayed by Matt Czuchry. Czuchry played Rory's boyfriend, also named "Logan", on Gilmore Girls.

President Evil

1. Veronica (Kristen Bell) and Logan (Jason Dohring) are dressed as the members of the band The White Stripes for Halloween. Veronica dressed as Meg White and Logan as Jack White.
2. In the episode, Daran Norris - Cliff McCormack - pretends to be a voice-over actor. In actuality, Norris has done numerous voiceover roles, including parts in Transformers Prime (2010) and Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003), as well as playing Batman in DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse (2010) and J. Jonah Jameson in The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008).
3. After arresting Weevil (Francis Capra), Sheriff Lamb (Michael Muhney) looks at Logan (Jason Dohring) and says over his police car loudspeaker "Hey good looking, we'll be back to pick you up later!," a line from a once-ubiquitous "Mr. Microphone" TV commercial from 1979.
4. Veronica (Kristen Bell) and the robbers quote the character Tony Montana from the film Scarface (1983) as played by Al Pacino.
5. This episode marks the introduction of the character Mindy O'Dell, played by Jaime Ray Newman. She appeared in 8 episodes in total.
6. The title of this episode, President Evil, is a reference to the zombie video game Resident Evil.
7. The idea of robbers wearing masks of ex-Presidents was also used in the film Point Break (1991).
8. The episode had an estimated audience of 2.70 million viewers when it first aired.
9. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
10. Ryan Devlin (Mercer Hayes) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick (2014), an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1 (2018), and a Party Down (2009) episode, Party Down: Investors Dinner (2009). Rob Thomas created all four shows.
11. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) & Jason Dohring (Logan) also worked together on the iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Eat a Knievel (2017). Rob Thomas created both shows.
12. Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also appeared on Party Down (2009), in episode 1.3, Party Down: Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar (2009), of Party Down (2009) as Bruce Nesbitt. Both shows are the creation of Rob Thomas.
13. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
14. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Eat a Knievel (2017). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
15. Kristen Bell and Blake Shields both plays on the series Heroes (2006).
16. Mercer Hayes' (Ryan Devlin) Halloween costume is as Alex from the film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange (1971). A possible foreshadowing.

Hi, Infidelity

1. The internet based plagiarism detection service used to detect plagiarism at Hearst College is similar to TurnItIn dot com, a plagiarism site universities and colleges around the world use to detect cheating on papers and reports. The site Max uses to search for Veronica's paper, www dot universitysavior dot com, is fictitious and the domain is owned by and redirects to Warner Bros.
2. Enrico Colantoni and Laura San Giacomo previously starred together on Just Shoot Me! (1997)
3. Patrick Fabian (Hank Landry) & Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also worked together on five episodes of Better Call Saul (2015) as Howard Hamlin & Clifford Main respectively.
4. At the bowling alley, a sign that reads "Wednesday: THE BIG LEBOWLSKI" can be seen. This is another of many references to the movie, The Big Lebowski (1998) in this series.
5. The title of this episode, "Hi, Infidelity" is a reference to Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity, and later a film (High Fidelity (2000)) starring John Cusack. It also refers to the extramarital affairs between Harmony Chase (Laura San Giacomo) & Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) and Hank Landry (Patrick Fabian) & Mindy O'Dell (Jaime Ray Newman).
6. The episode had an estimated audience of 2.87 million viewers when it first aired.
7. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
8. Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also appeared on Party Down (2009), in episode 1.3, Party Down: Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar (2009), of Party Down (2009) as Bruce Nesbitt. Both shows are the creation of Rob Thomas.
9. Ryan Devlin (Mercer Hayes) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick (2014), an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1 (2018), and a Party Down (2009) episode, Party Down: Investors Dinner (2009). Rob Thomas created all four shows.
10. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) & Jason Dohring (Logan) also worked together on iZombie (2015).
11. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Eat a Knievel (2017). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
12. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.

Of Vice and Men

1. Michael Cera, who played Dean in episode 2.16, Veronica Mars: The Rapes of Graff (2006), was originally going to be the serial rapist until scheduling conflicts prevented him from returning to the show.
2. In this episode, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) breaks up with Harmony Chase (Laura San Giacomo) because Veronica (Kristen Bell) doesn't approve of the relationship. It's the second time he ends a relationship in order to please his daughter. The first time was in episode 1.5, Veronica Mars: You Think You Know Somebody (2004), when he broke up with Rebecca James (Paula Marshall), Neptune High School's guidance counselor.
3. Amanda Walsh, who plays Meryl, was a finalist for the role of Parker.
4. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) wakes up in the dorm and steps over Piz, who's sleeping on the floor, he asks her for an egg sandwich. She looks at him and Meryl (Amanda Walsh) and asks "Orange Whip?" This is a reference to John Candy's character in The Blues Brothers (1980) when he does the same thing at the concert.
5. Meryl's (Amanda Walsh) theory about Sully (Michael Grant Terry) accidentally inventing a "laser that can kill people from space" is a reference to the 1985 movie Real Genius (1985) starring Val Kilmer.
6. Sheriff Lamb's (Michael Muhney) line "No Touching!" references Arrested Development (2003).
7. This episode had an estimated audience of 2.69 million viewers when it first aired.
8. The episode's title is a play on "Of Mice and Men", a book by John Steinbeck.
9. Enrico Colantoni and Laura San Giacomo previously starred together on Just Shoot Me! (1997)
10. Ryan Devlin (Mercer Hayes) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick (2014), an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1 (2018), and a Party Down (2009) episode, Party Down: Investors Dinner (2009). Rob Thomas created all four shows.
11. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
12. Paula Marshall & Enrico Colantoni also worked together on episodes 6.10 Just Shoot Me!: Nina Van Mom (2002) & 6.11 Just Shoot Me!: Nina Van Grandma (2002) of Just Shoot Me! (1997).
13. Michael Grant Terry, who plays Sully, was also on Bones (2005). In Bones, there is also a recurring character who also has the name Sully.
14. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) is found by Logan (Jason Dohring) by her car drugged and with part of her head shaved with some blood spots on her skull, you can tell that the perpetrator did not use a clipper guard. For the other girls that were drugged, attacked and shaved, their heads are not shaved closely that you see spots of blood on their skulls, but left about quarter inch of hair - meaning the perpetrator used a clipper guard.
15. This is the second time Veronica (Kristen Bell) has been drugged by GHB. The first time was at Shelly Pomeroy's (Melissa Hoover) party.

Lord of the Pi's

1. The character of Selma Hearst Rose is played by real-life Hearst family heiress Patricia Hearst. Although in the show, the source of the fictionalized "Hearst" family's fortune is a chain of retail stores instead of the publishing empire owned by Patty Hearst's grandfather William Randolph Hearst, this episode contains several references to the real Hearst and her family history. Selma asks Keith Mars if he knows how it feels to be at the center of a national scandal, just as Patty was during her kidnapping, brainwashing, and crimes. Selma's husband is named Budd Rose, a reversal of the key phrase from Citizen Kane (1941) (based on William Randolph Hearst's life). And Patty Hearst's character being named "Selma" is even an oblique reference to her own name, "Patty," since "Patty and Selma" are the names of Marge's two constantly paired sisters on The Simpsons (1989) (Veronica also mentions Simpsons characters Mr. Burns and Smithers during this episode).
2. After jumping the wall at the Hearst Mansion, Veronica (Kristen Bell) makes a sound effect reminiscent of The Bionic Woman (1976).
3. Veronica's (Kristen Bell) line "She always gets the replay, never tilts at all" is a reference to a near identical line in The Who's song "Pinball Wizard".
4. A same sex kiss was originally planned to happen between Selma (Patricia Hearst and Hallie (Keri Lynn Pratt), but The CW would not allow it and provided no explanation. Controversy rose since both UPN and The WB, when they were separate networks, allowed same sex kissing. A possible theory raised was that it was due to the differences in the characters' ages.
5. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) described her father and herself as "Ryan" and "Tatum" she's referring to Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal.
6. The episode title is a reference to the novel Lord of the Flies and the Pi Sigma fraternity.
7. The wheelchair-bound Budd (Charles Shaughnessy) having a servant named Brandt is one of several references the series has made to The Big Lebowski (1998).
8. In reference to Patricia Hearst's guest appearance as Selma, creator Rob Thomas said, "She is playing a character close to herself. She's playing the granddaughter of Hearst College's founder, who in our world is a railroad baron rather than a publishing baron. It'll be similar, but she is not literally playing Patty Hearst."
9. In "Lord of the Pi's" there are clear references to "The Big Lebowski." The scenes of Keith looking at the awards on the wall, being told by the assistant not to touch them, and being led to a room to talk to a wheelchair-bound man about his missing wife closely mirror the movie. Veronica is clearly a fan of "The Big Lebowski," since she quotes it often throughout the series.
10. This episode had a viewership of approximately 2.57 million viewers when it first aired. It was the lowest rated episode of the season to date.
11. Veronica's comment through the gates, "The park is closed. The walrus out front should have told you." is a reference to the movie "Vacation" with Chevy Chase.
12. Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also appeared on Party Down (2009), in episode 1.3, Party Down: Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar (2009), of Party Down (2009) as Bruce Nesbitt. Both shows are the creation of Rob Thomas.
13. Patricia Hearst's guest appearance in this previous episode, along with the guard-prisoner experiment and Moe's (Andrew McClain) remark about "it changes you" in the next episode, was a reference to Stockholm syndrome.

Spit & Eggs

1. A photograph indicates that Mercer (Ryan Devlin) and Moe (Andrew McClain) were past participants in the guard-prisoner sociology experiment like the one presented in episode 3.2, Veronica Mars: My Big Fat Greek Rush Week (2006).
2. The title of the episode refers to what is splattered all over Dean O'Dell's (Ed Begley Jr.) car after he announces that the Greeks will remain on campus.
3. Patricia Hearst's guest appearance in the previous episode along with the guard-prisoner experiment and Moe's (Andrew McClain) remark about "it changes you" was a reference to Stockholm syndrome.
4. Mac (Tina Majorino) appears in this episode after having last appeared seven episodes ago in episode 3.2, Veronica Mars: My Big Fat Greek Rush Week (2006).
5. In this episode, Parker (Julie Gonzalo) is surprised that Veronica (Kristen Bell) wants to take a bunch of the coasters that test drinks for date rape drugs. So Veronica answers: "I suddenly find myself with free time and in need of a project". She said something similar to Wallace in episode 2.12 Veronica Mars: Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle (2006), when she agreed to help Wallace (Percy Daggs III) with his problem with Rashard (B.J. Britt): "My boyfriend just fled the country with his dead ex-girlfriend's baby. I need a project."
6. On the coaster given to see if drinks have been drugged, you can see the logo CW. The CW is the network of Veronica Mars.
7. This episode marked a record for third season ratings with 3.44 million viewers.
8. Patrick Fabian (Hank Landry) & Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also worked together on five episodes of Better Call Saul (2015) as Howard Hamlin & Clifford Main respectively.
9. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
10. Ryan Devlin (Mercer Hayes) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick (2014), an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1 (2018), and a Party Down (2009) episode, Party Down: Investors Dinner (2009). Rob Thomas created all four shows.
11. Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also appeared on Party Down (2009), in episode 1.3, Party Down: Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar (2009), of Party Down (2009) as Bruce Nesbitt. Both shows are the creation of Rob Thomas.
12. Moe (Andrew McClain) drugging Veronica makes this the third time Veronica (Kristen Bell) unknowingly ingests GHB. The first time was at Shelly Pomroy's (Melissa Hoover) party and the second time was in episode 3.7 Veronica Mars: Of Vice and Men (2006), when she had her hair shaved.
13. Mercer (Ryan Devlin) being the rapist was foreshadowed in episode 3.5, Veronica Mars: President Evil (2006), when he dressed up as Alex from A Clockwork Orange (1971).
14. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Mercer Hayes, played by Ryan Devlin. He appeared in 5 episodes in total.

Show Me the Monkey

1. Oscar/25, the monkey, is played by Katie, the same animal known as Marcel in the TV show Friends (1994).
2. The character of Ed Argent (Chip Joslin) was originally supposed to be Ted Nugent. When they couldn't get him, the writers changed the name and added a reference to the '70s band Argent.
3. The song that Veronica (Kristen Bell) plays to show that the room is Canadian is "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies , who are a Canadian rock group.
4. This episode is set as six weeks after the previous episode, Veronica Mars: Spit & Eggs (2006).
5. The episode's title is a play on the quote "Show me the Money!" from Jerry Maguire (1996).
6. This episode scored an approximate audience of 3.29 million viewers when it first aired.
7. The character of Ed Argent (Chip Joslin) is a play on controversial rocker Ted Nugent.
8. The title comes from a short spoof of the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire (1996) in which the main characters are played by chimpanzees.
9. This episode references the Marvel superhero, The Hulk.
10. The episode references Wikipedia when Veronica (Kristen Bell) looks up the origins of the color manila.
11. The character who is eventually revealed to have stolen the monkey from the lab is named "Gil Thomas Pardy". When rendered as Gil T. Pardy, his name is a homonym for the words "guilty party," which reveals his culpability from his first introduction.
12. While breaking the case, Veronica makes a quip about the shredded magazine, once pieced together, showing "Nearly Naked Ladies", another reference to Barenaked Ladies.

Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves

1. Veronica (Kristen Bell) makes a reference to the film American Beauty (1999) when mentioning the beauty of a plastic bag flying around when Max (Adam Rose) tells her about the night he spent with Chelsea and what they talked about.
2. The film Logan (Jason Dohring) & Veronica (Kristen Bell) watched while waiting for the escort to arrive was Sense and Sensibility (1995), based on a novel by Jane Austen.
3. The episode contains several references to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004). Number Six, the Cylons, Cylon Raiders, "frak", and "so say we all" are mentioned.
4. The episode title is a play on "Gypsys [sic], Tramps, and Thieves," a song by Cher.
5. The episode scored approximately 2.74 million viewers.
6. Despite being credited, Piz (Chris Lowell), Mac (Tina Majorino), Wallace (Percy Daggs III), and Parker (Julie Gonzalo) do not appear in this episode.
7. Poughkeepsie is a city in New York.
8. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.

There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill

1. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) goes undercover at the Pastor's office and says she's pregnant she uses the name Hester. Hester Prynne is the main character of The Scarlet Letter (1995). She is shunned for having an affair and becoming pregnant.
2. Veronica's (Kristen Bell) comment that witnessing Madison's (Amanda Noret) birthday has reminded her to get a birthday gift for Mac (Tina Majorino) is a callback to episode 1.11 Veronica Mars: Silence of the Lamb (2005). In that episode, Veronica discovered that after Madison and Mac were born only days apart in the same hospital, they were accidentally switched and sent home with the other's parents.
3. The promo for this episode was edited together to mislead the audience that Veronica (Kristen Bell) was pregnant.
4. Veronica (Kristen Bell) finds out the time of O'Dell's (Ed Begley Jr.) murder after a witness says he watched Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993) at 2:30am. The episode title is Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Explode (1996), and is the 20th episode. It was also written by Rob Thomas.
5. The title of this episode is a pun on a line from "The Morning After" sung by Maureen McGovern. "The Morning After" is the theme from The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
6. Even though we don't get a close look at Madison's mother (Amanda Noret), we can clearly see that it's not the same mother we met in 1.11 Veronica Mars: Silence of the Lamb (2005).
7. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) is using Tim Foyle's (James Jordan) computer, we can see his links history. While the majority of the mentioned sites are fake, some of them aren't. The legitimate sites include ASC - The American Society of Criminology, Books Beyond Borders, Green Apple, Inc., t r u t h o u t and Apple - Movie Trailers. "The Smoking Nun" is an obvious parody of the site The Smoking Gun (link), and "ZowiePedia" of Wikipedia.
8. When Keith (Enrico Colantoni) and Veronica (Kristen Bell) go to the Good Word Press Keith introduces them as Carson and Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew is a fictional book series about a teenage girl detective, and Carson Drew was her father.
9. Dick (Ryan Hansen) pursues Nadia Fisano (Amy Scott), who had earlier told him her name is Nadia Comaneci - the name of a famous Romanian gymnast.
10. Tim Foyle's (James Jordan) password is "DickTracy and his computer background is a shadow of Sherlock Holmes holding a pipe.
11. Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Explode (1996), which is referenced, was written by series creator Rob Thomas.
12. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
13. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Madison Sinclair, played by Amanda Noret. She appeared in 10 episodes in total.
14. A quote appears on Bonnie's (Carlee Avers) dorm board: "Complacent Reasoning establishes unrealistic reasoning" by Tom...(last name not shown).

Postgame Mortem

1. When Dick (Ryan Hansen) asks Logan (Jason Dohring), "You know a good lawyer?", Logan answers, "I know... a lawyer" as a reference to Cliff McCormack (Daran Norris). Veronica (Kristen Bell) and Wallace (Percy Daggs III) had the same exact exchange in episode 2.12, Veronica Mars: Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle (2006) when he was in trouble with a hit-and-run.
2. When Logan (Jason Dohring) says Amy's is the best ice cream in town it's a reference to Amy's Ice Cream in Austin, TX where Rob Thomas used to live.
3. The book Veronica (Kristen Bell) gives to Josh (Jonathan Chase) is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It about an innocent man sentenced to lifetime in prison.
4. The video game Logan (Jason Dohring) and Heather (Juliette Goglia) play throughout the episode is Mario Kart: Double Dash for the Nintendo GameCube. However, the game can't be played via the internet, as Logan insinuates at the end of the episode.
5. Jonathan Chase (Josh) is the third main cast member from the TV show One on One (2001) to guest star on Veronica Mars. The previous two were Robert Ri'chard (Mason) in Veronica Mars: President Evil (2006), Veronica Mars: Hi, Infidelity (2006), this episode, and Veronica Mars: Mars, Bars (2007); and Kyla Pratt (Georgia) in Veronica Mars: The Wrath of Con (2004).
6. Heather (Juliette Goglia) dedicates Nick Lachey's song "What's Left of Me" to Veronica (Kristen Bell) on Logan's (Jason Dohring) behalf in hopes of reuniting her and Logan.
7. The title is a reference to a postmortem which has to do with time following death.
8. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Eat a Knievel (2017). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
9. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) & Jason Dohring (Logan) also worked together on iZombie (2015)

Mars, Bars

1. When Wallace comes to pick Veronica up after Sheriff Lamb lets her out of prison, Lamb asks Wallace where he has seen him before. Wallace reminds Lamb of their interaction in the pilot episode, in which Lamb told Wallace to "go see the Wizard and ask him for some guts;" when Lamb asks Wallace if he ever did that, Wallace responds, "yeah--he said to let you know you're the only sheriff in America who he considers a true Friend of Dorothy." Although Wallace's response is a continuation of the The Wizard of Oz (1939) theme of the interchange, it is also a reference to the fact that "Friend of Dorothy" is a mid-twentieth-century euphemism for a gay person. Although the term was originally a sub rosa way for gay people (mostly men) to refer to each other without letting straight people know they were discussing homosexuality, it is now fairly well-known among straight people as well (for example, see the "quotes" section for Clueless (1995)).
2. When Keith comes to visit Veronica in jail, her hand-drawn "tattoo" is briefly visible: it is a cartoon unicorn with a banner reading "Thug Life" over it. "Thug Life" was the name of the hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur and others; it was also the text of one of his most prominent and famous tattoos. Shakur devised a "backronym" for the term: "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody."
3. The title of this episode is a pun on Mars Bar chocolate.
4. Hank Landry (Patrick Fabian) and Mindy O'Dell (Jaime Ray Newman)'s alibi is watching the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). The movie includes a cameo by Richard Grieco. Grieco plays Steve Botando in this episode. Joel Silver was one of the producers of both Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Veronica Mars.
5. Logan (Jason Dohring) has intimate knowledge of positions in the Kamasutra
6. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a degenerative neurological disease. It related to, although not caused by, Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy (BSE), or "mad cow disease."
7. The Kama Sutra position that the members of the scavenger hunt must demonstrate is not in fact the "Congress of the Cow as stated in the episode.
8. A plot point is made about basketball (Clippers) games pushing the regular programming back. In many markets, network programming is bumped back several hours to accommodate sporting events.
9. Bronson mentions he's "not a strong swimmer", an allusion to the SNL "Male Synchronized Swimmers Sketch".
10. Jonathan Chase (Josh) is the third main cast member from the TV show One on One (2001) to guest star on Veronica Mars. The previous two were Robert Ri'chard (Mason) in Veronica Mars: President Evil (2006), Veronica Mars: Hi, Infidelity (2006), Veronica Mars: Postgame Mortem (2007), and this episode]; and Kyla Pratt (Georgia) in Veronica Mars: The Wrath of Con (2004).
11. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) & Jason Dohring (Logan) also worked together on iZombie (2015).
12. Robert Ri'chard (Mason) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Eat a Knievel (2017). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
13. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
14. This episode marks the final appearance in the series of Michael Muhney as Sheriff Lamb.

Papa's Cabin

1. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) and Tim (James Jordan) go to meet the boy whose number was on the pre-paid cell phone, they introduce themselves as Miss Crockett and Mr. Tubbs, respectively. This is a reference to the Miami Vice (1984) characters James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs.
2. Patrick Fabian (Hank Landry) & Ed Begley Jr. (Cyrus O'Dell) also worked together on five episodes of Better Call Saul (2015) as Howard Hamlin & Clifford Main respectively.
3. Keith (Enrico Colantoni) uses Mozilla Firefox when searching for Papa's Cabin in the Sheriff's office.
4. James Jordan plays Tim Foyle in this episode. In season two, in the episodes 2.18 Veronica Mars: I Am God (2006), 2.20 Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006), and 2.21 Veronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky (2006), he played a different character, Lucky.
5. This episode provides an explanation for Landry's (Patrick Fabian) supposed alibi. While being interrogated by Keith (Enrico Colantoni), Landry reveals his alibi to be a brunette woman to whom he gave a cigarette after leaving a convenience store. He then asks Tim (James Jordan) to find this alibi. Tim coerces a stripper who works across the street from the store to pose as the alibi by impersonating Landry and threatening to use his position on the Juvenile Probation Board to place her son in foster care. He then helps Veronica in exposing the alibi as a fraud. Veronica (Kristen Bell) believes Tim contrived a dubious alibi for Landry to "be sure he'd go down." Tim would be fortuitously discovering a potential alibi with ties to the location and to Landry sufficient for blackmail while at the same time subverting Veronica's efforts to find Landry's (possibly genuine) alibi.
6. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Cyrus O'Dell, played by Ed Begley Jr.. He appeared in 6 episodes in total.
7. It is revealed that Mindy O'Dell (Jaime Ray Newman) was the unknown person who visited Cyrus (Ed Begley Jr.) on the night he died.
8. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Tim Foyle, played by James Jordan. He appeared in 6 episodes in total.
9. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Mindy O'Dell, played by Jaime Ray Newman. She appeared in 8 episodes in total.
10. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Professor Hank Landry, played by Patrick Fabian. He appeared in 8 episodes in total.

Un-American Graffiti

1. Veronica (Kristen Bell) quotes from Pulp Fiction (1994) when aiming the paintball gun at the vandals: "Say 'what' again, I dare you. I double dare you" and "Check out the big brain on Brad!"
2. Piz (Chris Lowell) describes the film The Room (2003) to Wallace (Percy Daggs III) while walking down the hall in their dorm, saying "It's like the new Rocky Horror. Now at one point, people throw plastic spoons at the screen.... You have to check it out. It'll... it'll change your life."
3. Veronica (Kristen Bell) addresses one of the kids as Towelie. Towelie is a character from South Park (1997) who smokes large amounts of marijuana.
4. When confronting dumbfounded juvenile delinquents with a paint ball gun Veronica channels Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction (1994), repeating his remark to a likewise dumbfounded Brett: "Say 'what' again. I dare you. I double dare you!" Of course Veronica does not recite the maternal-expletive at the end of Jules' original speech.
5. When Veronica says she'll go to Parker's party "if [she] must" and Mac replies "you must, you must!", this is a reference to the lines spoken by Gene Wilder (Jim) and Cleavon Little (Bart), in the 1974 movie Blazing Saddles (1974).
6. Veronica (Kristen Bell) makes a reference to the space elevator mentioned in episode 2.20, Veronica Mars: Look Who's Stalking (2006)..
7. The title of this episode is a play on words from the George Lucas film American Graffiti (1973).
8. Dick's MySpace quote of "The Dude Abides" is a quote from the (often referenced in the series) movie The Big Lebowski (1998).
9. Television Without Pity gave this episode a C+ which is the worst grade the series ever received on the site.
10. This episode had 2.4 million viewers when it first aired.
11. The video game the four boys are playing before Veronica (Kristen Bell) shoots their TV with a paintball gun is "Gears of War" for the Xbox 360, a third-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic future.
12. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
13. Piz (Chris Lowell) misses a Yo La Tengo concert so he can go to Parker's (Julie Gonzalo) party.
14. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Van Clemmons, played by Duane Daniels. He appeared in 15 episodes in total.

Debasement Tapes

1. Mac (Tina Majorino) says she wants to find and kill the creator of ultimate frisbee. Executive producer Joel Silver was one of the creators.
2. Paul Rudd's character, Desmond Fellows, wears a shirt that says "RENTAL" near the end of the episode. This shirt was worn by Frank Zappa in a famous photo from 1968. Desmond also wears a shirt that says "WORKING CLASS HERO," an altered design (reversed colors) of a shirt worn in 1977 by John Lennon.
3. Kristen Bell (Veronica) & Paul Rudd (Desmond Fellows) also worked together on Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) as Sarah Marshall and Chuck respectively.
4. The title of the episode is a reference to the Bob Dylan album titled "The Basement Tapes", or possibly to the 1992 Biff Bang Pow album of the same name.
5. Desmond (Paul Rudd) performs his show at a club called Liberty Lunch, a reference to a now-defunct venue in Austin, Texas, where series creator Rob Thomas used to reside.
6. Women whom Desmond Fellows (Paul Rudd) claims to have bedded include Rose McGowan, Drew Barrymore, and Jennifer Love Hewitt ("twice").
7. The orange disc held by Bronson (Michael Mitchell) is a A Clockwork Orange (1971) disc, the official disc of Princeton University's Men's and Women's Ultimate Teams.
8. Keith (Enrico Colantoni) and Leo (Max Greenfield) are staking out the sports store and Keith calls Sacks (Brandon Hillock) to report a robbery in progress. The store is not being robbed, but burgled. Burglary is when a building is entered with the purpose of stealing; robbery is when force is used to take something from a person.
9. Keith (Enrico Colantoni) references several The Beatles songs in this episode, including "Hey Jude" and "Get Back". Veronica (Kristen Bell) walks in and tells Keith to "Let it Be", a reference to another Beatles song.
10. This episode had 1.95 million viewers when it first aired.
11. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
12. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
13. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Danny Boyd, played by Taylor Sheridan. He appeared in 5 episodes in total.

I Know What You'll Do Next Summer

1. The charity Invisible Children is mentioned various times. Invisible Children is in fact a real charity providing aid to war-affected children and supported by Ryan Hansen and his wife. Hansen, Kristen Bell, and Jason Dohring can often be seen on the show wearing the Invisible Children bracelet. At the end of the episode after the credits, Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, and Ryan Hansen ask for the viewers' support of the charity.
2. When Veronica (Kristen Bell) presses the re-dial button on Apollo's (Nelsan Ellis) phone to find out who he was talking to, a girl on the other end answers "Silver Pictures". Silver Pictures is the production company for VM created by Joel Silver, who, of course, is the executive producer of the show.
3. The deputies Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) gives assignments to at the beginning of the episode, "Kitsis and Horowitz", are named after screenwriters Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, at the time best known for their work on the TV shows Popular (1999), Felicity (1998) and Birds of Prey (2002).
4. The episode title references the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
5. In this episode, which features one of Nelsan Ellis's first onscreen performances, Ellis plays a Ugandan former child soldier. One of Nelsan Ellis's final onscreen performances was in the Elementary episode "Moving Targets" (which aired only two months before Ellis's death); that also contained a subplot about a Ugandan former child soldier.
6. This episode incorporates the non-profit organisation Invisible Children which was founded by Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole. Invisible Children (2006) is also the title of the documentary by the organisation founders. Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas Jr.) is the brother-in-law of Invisible Children founder Jason Russell.
7. Invisible Children founder and filmmaker Jason Russell can be seen in the background of the scene where Veronica (Kristen Bell) visits the job fair at the start of the episode, and the scene where Wallace (Percy Daggs III) visits the Invisible Children booth at the end of the episode.
8. Mac (Tina Majorino) makes reference to being stuck in an endless loop like in the movie Groundhog Day (1993), in which Bill Murray's character, Phil, must relive the same day over and over again.
9. Adam Rose (Max) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
10. David Starzyk (Richard Casablancas) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Real Dead Housewife of Seattle (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
11. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
12. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Cliff McCormack, played by Daran Norris. He appeared in 17 episodes in total.
13. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Deputy Jerry Sacks, played by Brandon Hillock. He appeared in 29 episodes in total.
14. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Richard Casablancas, played by David Starzyk. He appeared in 3 episodes in total.
15. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Liam Fitzpatrick, played by Rodney Rowland. He appeared in 7 episodes in total.
16. Veronica (Kristen Bell) got a 95 on her PI exam. Keith (Enrico Colantoni) got a 97.

Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down

1. Piz (Chris Lowell) makes a crack impugning the virtue of Rob Thomas, referring to the Matchbox Twenty lead singer. The creator of Veronica Mars (2004) is also named Rob Thomas.
2. The episode title is a play on Hasbro's Weeble toys catchphrase, "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down."
3. Veronica (Kristen Bell) refers to the nefarious college fraudsters as the Injustice League, a DC Comics supervillain team.
4. On DVD releases, the episode is called just "Weevils Wobble."
5. Guest stars Patrick Fischler (Russell Marchant) and Lauren Bowles (Karin Mackay) have been married since 2005.
6. Tangie Ambrose is reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand in the food court. The book was published in 1957.
7. Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
8. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Vinnie Van Lowe, played by Ken Marino. He appeared in 10 episodes in total.

The Bitch Is Back

1. Despite being dead for the entire run of Veronica Mars, Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried) makes an appearance in some way, shape, or form in each Season Finale.
2. A painting of Duncan Kane (Teddy Dunn), as well as his deceased sister Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried), can be seen in the Kane residence, as a homage to their characters.
3. This is the only episode in Season Three in which Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb) isn't credited.
4. A theatrical film version of "Veronica Mars" was released 7 years after this series pilot aired - Veronica Mars (2014)
5. In September 2018 Kristen Bell confirmed on Instagram that the series, Veronica Mars (2004), was being revived. An entire season of eight episodes will air in 2019. The season will centre on a serial killer who is threatening Neptune's tourism industry by targeting spring breakers.
6. This episode is just one of two not to feature the opening credits or the theme song "We Used to be Friends", the other episode being 1.22, Veronica Mars: Leave It to Beaver (2005).
7. This episode gets its title from the popular Elton John song of the same name.
8. When Dick (Ryan Hansen) shows the e-mail of the video, the FWD is "EMISSION TO MARS", reference of the film Mission to Mars (2000).
9. In the episode of Heroes (2006) emtitled Heroes: Chapter Seven 'Eris Quod Sum' (2008), the character Lyle Bennet, played by Randall Bentley, tells his sister Claire (Hayden Panettiere), "Bitch is back," when referring to Elle, a character portrayed by Kristen Bell.
10. Brian R. Norris (Lout #1) also appeared in an iZombie (2015) episode, iZombie: Some Like It Hot Mess (2017). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
11. Veronica (Kristen Bell) ends the show where it started, as the social outcast of the school.
12. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Leo D'Amato, played by Max Greenfield. He appeared in 11 episodes in total.
13. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Jake Kane, played by Kyle Secor. He appeared in 10 episodes in total.
14. This episode marks the final appearance of the character Clarence Wiedman, played by Christopher B. Duncan. He appeared in 9 episodes in total.