References

The Menagerie Trilogy contains many references to real-life media, objects and locations. These references are listed here.

The Menagerie

 * Before going out to school, Logan Wilde eats a Pop-Tart.
 * In Logan's flashback, Jackson Wilde and him used a U-Haul to bring their stuff to Xanadu.
 * Logan compares Xanadu to his past life in Chicago before moving.
 * Logan mentions the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
 * Logan mentions the Chicago Bulls basketball team.
 * Logan mentions Charlie Parker.
 * Logan mentions the show MythBusters as one of his favorite shows.
 * Logan mentions the show The Amazing Race as one of his favorite shows.
 * Logan mentions that his friends were quipping South Park episodes, and that Jackson wouldn't let him watch the show.
 * When Logan overhears Zoe Kahn and Blue Merevy talking about SNAPA, he mistakes it for Snapple.
 * Buck says that the Jell-O is missing from the cafeteria kitchen.
 * Logan grabs a Gatorade when he comes back from school.
 * Abigail Hardy mailed postcards from Cheyenne, Wyoming, causing Jackson to move there.
 * When looking up "snappa", Logan uses Google.
 * Squorp is said to look like something on the cover of a book by Diana Wynne Jones.
 * One of the results when Logan looks up "snapa" is The School Nutrition Association of Pennsylvania.
 * Jasmin Sterling mentions The Hunger Games as a book she is reading. Zoe and Jasmin also talk about Gale and Peeta, who are characters from the same series.
 * Mooncrusher's mouth is said to look like that of a Muppet's.
 * Pelly's nest is as large as the Wheel of Fortune.
 * Logan references the Mob, also known as the American Mafia.
 * Zoe mentions Harry Potter as being one of Flurp's favorite book series.
 * The Very Hungry Caterpillar is painted on an archway in the library.
 * Olivia is painted on an archway in the library.
 * The Wild Things from Where the Wild Things Are are painted on an archway in the library.
 * A poster in the library shows winners of the Newberry and Caldecott Awards.
 * In the library, Flurp steals all of the books by J.K. Rowling.
 * Flurp changes her name from Hermione, a character in the Harry Potter series to Flurp, due to the name being more original.
 * Zoe uses Skype to talk to Ruby.
 * Clink bounces off the walls, reminding Logan of the Looney Toons.

Dragon On Trial

 * Keiko dresses up as Krystal from the StarFox video game series.

Krakens and Lies

 * Logan makes a reference to Elmer Fudd from the Looney Toons when he says "Be vewy, vewy quiet. We're hunting jackalopes."
 * The books Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, are mentioned.
 * Elsie mentions Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars.