7x06 Cirque du Soul
originally posted April 15, 2015
SHAWN
Tries to do pull-ups in the office
Gets backstage passes for the circus to work a case
Has nicknames for Rachael: Rach, Ray-Ray, Chel, Professor Willard Dick Peter Johnson
Upset that Gus does “C’mon son” with Rachael
Has peed in a Mercedes
Gets High-5s from Max
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Doesn’t believe circus performers have souls
Wants to know the behind-the scene goings-on
Auditions as a yodeler while wearing Lederhosen
Comes home to find Lassiter and Marlowe “at home” in the kitchen
Uses JTT as an acronym
Not cool with Marlowe and Lassiter living with them
Takes Max back to the circus so he can recognize the performers he witnessed
Follows the circus performers
Realizes the performers are thieves
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Stole his father’s car on October 15, the day his mother left
Agrees to help the performers rescue Zola
Pretends to be with pest control while using a horrible accent. He later claims the character is from Iceland
Sprays chemical in the eyes of the bad guys
Hides in a porta-pottie
Promises never to jeopardize Gus’ relationship with Rachael again
Hugs Gus
Ready to use Gus as a human shield
Called and straightened things out with Rachael
Challenges Max to drink a jar of pickle juice for $5
GUS
Brings Rachael and Max to the office
Is having a “Big Boy Day” with Max
Offers to take Max to the Planetarium, aquarium, Old Sonora, Santa’s Year-Round Village and the Yerden Estate Tour
Doesn’t get High-5s from Max
Realizes they’re at the circus as part of an investigation
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Stutters an explanation to Rachael
Won’t be having “Big Boy Days” with Max for awhile
Wants to know the behind-the scene goings-on
Takes Max back to the circus so he can recognize the performers he witnessed
Follows the circus performers
Does not want Max involved in the case
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Rachael breaks up with him and he blames Shawn
Goes to the park to berate himself out loud
Knows Tito Jackson’s birthday
Has been Shawn’s one constant
Shows up to help when Shawn’s hiding in the porta-pottie
Hugs Shawn
Gets back together with Rachael after Shawn clears things
JULIET
Warned Lassiter about Ursula
Opens an official murder investigation
Offers to let Lassiter and Marlowe stay at the house until they figure something out
Walks in on Lassiter and Marlowe taking a bubble bath
Starts having doubts about the arrangement
Sits with Ursula and flatters her
Hooks Woody up with Ursula
LASSITER
Is waiting for Marlowe upon her release
Calls himself Marlowe’s “honey bear”
Takes Marlowe to parole office
A few years back hooked up with Ursula, the parole officer, after a mixer and never called back
Doesn’t think Ursula needs to know about his relationship with Marlowe
Can’t live with Marlowe at his apartment
Too worried to think about cases
Loads and unloads his gun in frustration
Makes spaghetti and Shawn and Juliet’s
Used Shawn’s robe after a shower
Takes a bubble bath with Marlowe
Gets engaged to Marlowe
They get a wedding planner
Asks Juliet to pee for Marlowe
Ursula thinks him a god amongst lovers
Brings Juliet flowers as a thank you for fixing things with Ursula
MARLOWE
Is released from prison
Believes Lassiter should have called Ursula back
Can live within a 15.7 mile radius
Can’t move in with Lassiter due to vindictive parole officer
Can’t have alcohol and can’t stay out past 10pm
Marlowe stays with Juliet and Shawn until the parole situation is worked out
Takes a bubble bath with Lassiter
Gets engaged to Lassiter
Gets a wedding planner
Has to give a urine sample for Ursula because of the champagne
HENRY
On his way to Psych to meet Shawn for lunch
Sat on a park bench and listened to Gus berate himself
Feels Shawn just might be afraid of losing Gus and that’s why he’s acting the way he is
WOODY
Has trouble reading social cues
Can’t read alive women anymore
Uses electricity in foreplay
Brings Juliet a huge bouquet of flowers to thank her for hooking him up with Ursula
RACHAEL
Worried that Max will have nightmares about clowns and circus freaks
Breaks up with Gus after he takes Max with them on investigation
Waiting at Psych for Gus
Takes Gus back after Shawn called to explain
MAX
High-fives Shawn but not Gus
Wants to go to the circus after turning down Gus’ ideas
Disappears at circus while Shawn and Gus argue
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Wants to know where circus performers go when they die
Witnessed killers putting makeup on a dead body
Wants to stay at the circus with Shawn
Follows the circus performers
Runs off while Shawn and Gus argue
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Waiting at Psych for Gus because he missed him
URSULA
Knows that Lassiter and Marlowe are a couple
Places restrictions on Marlowe’s parole: no alcohol, can’t stay out past 10pm and no co-habitation
Makes a surprise visit on Marlowe and Lassiter
Wants Marlowe to give a urine sample after seeing the champagne
Tells Juliet that Lassiter is a god among lovers because of his passion, stamina and passion
Can’t get that one night out of her mind
Gives her approval for Lassiter and Marlowe to move in together because Juliet hooked her up with Woody
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the dry erase board behind Woody during the autopsy review.
GUS DON’T BE…
In a twist, it’s “C’mon, Shawn, don’t be such a Filipino Steve Perry” uttered by Rachael
SHAWN ALIAS
Orenthal James Simpson
CATCHPHRASES
“Suck it” (episode: 1 series: 23)
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 12 Series: 18)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 53
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Irish
Icelandic (according to Shawn)
ALLUSIONS
“Cirque du Soul” - a play on Cirque du Soleil (pronounced: [siʁk dy sɔ.lɛj], "Circus of the Sun") is a Canadian entertainment company. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix
“Um, my psychic powers generally don't kick in until someone's been missing for 48 hours, unless, of course, that person is Eddie Murphy, from the movie 48 Hours, but sadly, I fear he's lost forever.” - Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 5th-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls. 48 Hours is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy (in his film debut and Golden Globe Award-nominated role) as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24XiqMIC6q8
“And remember, if you run out of things to talk about, you can never go wrong with Star Wars.” “The original or prequels?” - OK I could go on and on about this and ruffle feathers. George Lucas developed the plot through a number of drafts, finally settling on the plot of the first film. From this success, he created the other two stories. It was after creating a major plot twist, he realized he could revisit his original draft and deepen the characters and tie them to the first trilogy. The middle three were the first ones filmed and released. The original released in 1977 actually says “IV: A New Hope” in that now famous scrolling intro. It was followed by “The Empire Strikes Back” in 1980 and “Return of the Jedi” in 1983. In 1999 “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” was released followed by “Attack of the Clones” in 2002 and concluding in “Revenge of the Sith” 2005. Reactions to the original trilogy were positive, with the last film being considered the weakest, while the prequel trilogy received a more mixed reaction, with most of the praise being for the final film, according to most review aggregator websites. If you wish to read further, here’s the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
“Oh, Shawn, don't be such a Filipino Steve Perry.” - Steve Perry is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987 and 1995 to 1998. Perry had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WpsdC2-Cc
“He makes the Mercedes of port-o-potties, and I should know because I've peed in both.” - Mercedes is a German automobile manufacturer, a multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG. The brand is used for luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. The headquarters of Mercedes-Benz is in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with Audi and BMW, which are the best-selling luxury automakers in the world. A portable toilet, often referred to as a porta-potty, honey bucket (American English), Port-a-John (American English), or Portaloo (UK), ("Portaloo" is a UK and European Community registered trade mark) is a simple portable enclosure containing a chemical toilet (a toilet bowl filled with disinfectant instead of water), and is typically used as a temporary toilet for construction sites or large gatherings because of its durability and convenience. Most portable toilets have black open-front U-shaped toilet seats with a cover. They are often constructed out of lightweight molded plastic.
“The Gotti of potties” - John Gotti Jr. was an American mobster who became the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Operating out of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, Gotti quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce. While his peers avoided attracting attention, especially from the media, Gotti became known as the "The Dapper Don" for his expensive clothes and personality in front of news cameras. He was later given the nickname "The Teflon Don" after three high-profile trials in the 1980s resulted in his acquittal.
“He's the Don of the johns.” - A crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind, or Don is a person in charge of a criminal organization. A boss typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages.
“Sorry, O'Hara, I'm-- you know, I'm just too frustrated right now to care about what lowlife broke into what sign factory or how the ACLU is gonna take all the fun out of catching him.” -The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, lobbying, and community empowerment.
“Wow, I thought with Marlowe finally out of jail, you'd be on cloud nine.” - According to Merriam-Webster, cloud nine is “a feeling of well-being or elation -usually used with on ”.
“All up in the Kool-Aid.” - Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen. Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder. This powder was named Kool-Aid. Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953. Hastings still celebrates a yearly summer festival called Kool-Aid Days on the second weekend in August, in honor of their city's claim to fame. Kool-Aid is known as Nebraska's official soft drink. In popular culture, "Drinking the Kool-Aid" refers to the 1978 Jonestown Massacre; the phrase suggests that one has mindlessly adopted the dogma of a group or leader without fully understanding the ramifications or implications. At Jonestown, Jim Jones' followers followed him to the end: after visiting Congressman Leo Ryan was shot at the airstrip, all the Peoples Temple members drank from a metal vat containing a mixture of "Kool Aid", cyanide, and prescription drugs Valium, Phenergan, and chloral hydrate.
“Uh, Orenthal James Simpson. I know, I know. My folks were big fans of Hertz Rental Car.” - Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), also nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American football player, broadcaster, actor, and convicted felon currently incarcerated I"n Nevada. Simpson played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. He then played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a running back for 11 seasons, with the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and with the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979. In 1995, he was acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicized criminal trial, the People v. Simpson. In 1997, a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths; as of 2007 he had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment. He was a spokesman for the Hertz rental car company, in whose commercials he was depicted running through airports, as if to suggest he were back on the football field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1hnR3kLwo
“Jonathan Taylor Thomas is not an acronym, Shawn.” - Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is known for his roles as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, as the voice of the young Simba in Disney's The Lion King, and a guest role in an episode of Smallville.
“And I'm not a leprechaun.” - A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore. It is usually depicted as a little old man, wearing a coat and hat, who partakes in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, the leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom. Like other Irish fairies, leprechauns may be derived from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Leprechaun-like creatures rarely appear in Irish mythology and only became prominent in later folklore. Films, television cartoons and advertising have popularised a specific image of leprechauns which bears scant resemblance to anything found in the cycles of Irish folklore. Irish people can find the popularised image of a leprechaun to be little more than a series of stereotypes of the Irish.
“Is that your audition for To Catch a Predator?” - To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 13-15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. People were lured to meet with a decoy under the pretense of sexual contact and then confronted. Show host Chris Hansen clarified in an interview with NPR News that these subjects should be labeled as potential sexual predators, and not pedophiles. "Pedophiles have a very specific definition, people who are interested in prepubescent sex," he stated. The series premiered in November 2004, and featured 12 investigations in total held across the United States. The investigations were conducted as undercover sting operations with the help of online watchdog group Perverted-Justice. Since the third installment, law enforcement and other officials were also involved, leading to the arrests of most individuals caught. No new episodes have aired since December 2007.
“Leave him out here in the car, by himself, like a shih-tzu.” - Shih-tzu is a toy dog breed weighing 5-7.25 kilograms (11.0-16.0 lb) with long silky hair. The exact origins of the breed are unknown, but it is thought to have originated in Tibet and then been developed in China although various hypotheses exist. The name comes from the Chinese word for "lion dog" and is both singular and plural.
“Jules, don't be ridiculous. No one's gonna risk their lives for that much chewing gum.” - (in response to Juliet talking about tritium) Trident is a brand of sugar free chewing gum. It was introduced by Cadbury in the United Kingdom. In many other European countries, Trident is branded as Stimorol gum; it is generally the same as Trident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXqAyMhgc7I
“It's Tito Jackson's birthday.” - Tito Jackson is an American singer and guitarist and original member of The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons, who rose to fame in the late 1960s with the Motown label, later finding success under the Epic label in the 1970s and 1980s.
“That's more than Mikey left for Nicky in Swingers.” - Swingers is a 1996 comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival. Written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman, the movie starred Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and also featured performances by Ron Livingston and Heather Graham.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNOlh_zCf8
“Come with me if you want to live.” - Used in “The Terminator” franchise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xtKzyZPIdI
“She went all Halle Berry in Boomerang on a brother.” - Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), which made her the only woman of color to win a Best Actress Academy Award to date, as of 2016. Berry was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. She is also a Revlon spokesmodel. Before becoming an actress, she started modeling and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in films such as the comedy The Flintstones (1994), the political comedy-drama Bulworth (1998) and the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, among many other awards. Boomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Marcus Graham, a hotshot advertising executive who also happens to be an insatiable womanizer and male chauvinist. When he meets his new boss, Jacqueline Broyer (Robin Givens), Marcus discovers that she is essentially a female version of himself, and realizes he is receiving the same treatment that he delivers to others. The film features supporting performances by Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, and Martin Lawrence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzHiBNgsGY
CONTINUITY
The places Gus offers to take Max have been settings for previous cases. The planetarium (1x10 "From the Earth to the Starbucks"), the aquarium (3x10 "Six Feet Under the Sea") Old Sonora (4x03 "High Noon-ish"), Santa’s Year-Round Village (3x09 “Christmas Joy”) and the Yerden Estate Tour (6x10 "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger") I’m not sure how he planned to do that last one as he and Shawn were banned for life.
Juliet mentioned a shih-tzu when undercover at the sorority (1x15"Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast") OK, she was using it as a swear since she messed up her manicure.
Shawn stealing the car for a girl goes all the way back to 1x01 “Pilot” when he explains why he has a record. “Would it help at all if I told you that she had a bit of a reputation and I was 0 for... high school? Okay, fine. There were extenuating circumstances. The arresting officer was my father. He was trying to teach me a lesson.” We then see the actual moment in a flashback (3x01 “Ghosts). We finally learn what prompted the action as it was the day Maddie left and Shawn was lashing out.
Gus does his cool thumb/nose move - (2x05 “And Down the Stretch Comes Murder”, 2x14 "Dis-Lodged", 3x08 “Gus Walks into a Bank”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 5x07 “Ferry Tale”, 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)
SHAWN
Tries to do pull-ups in the office
Gets backstage passes for the circus to work a case
Has nicknames for Rachael: Rach, Ray-Ray, Chel, Professor Willard Dick Peter Johnson
Upset that Gus does “C’mon son” with Rachael
Has peed in a Mercedes
Gets High-5s from Max
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Doesn’t believe circus performers have souls
Wants to know the behind-the scene goings-on
Auditions as a yodeler while wearing Lederhosen
Comes home to find Lassiter and Marlowe “at home” in the kitchen
Uses JTT as an acronym
Not cool with Marlowe and Lassiter living with them
Takes Max back to the circus so he can recognize the performers he witnessed
Follows the circus performers
Realizes the performers are thieves
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Stole his father’s car on October 15, the day his mother left
Agrees to help the performers rescue Zola
Pretends to be with pest control while using a horrible accent. He later claims the character is from Iceland
Sprays chemical in the eyes of the bad guys
Hides in a porta-pottie
Promises never to jeopardize Gus’ relationship with Rachael again
Hugs Gus
Ready to use Gus as a human shield
Called and straightened things out with Rachael
Challenges Max to drink a jar of pickle juice for $5
GUS
Brings Rachael and Max to the office
Is having a “Big Boy Day” with Max
Offers to take Max to the Planetarium, aquarium, Old Sonora, Santa’s Year-Round Village and the Yerden Estate Tour
Doesn’t get High-5s from Max
Realizes they’re at the circus as part of an investigation
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Stutters an explanation to Rachael
Won’t be having “Big Boy Days” with Max for awhile
Wants to know the behind-the scene goings-on
Takes Max back to the circus so he can recognize the performers he witnessed
Follows the circus performers
Does not want Max involved in the case
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Rachael breaks up with him and he blames Shawn
Goes to the park to berate himself out loud
Knows Tito Jackson’s birthday
Has been Shawn’s one constant
Shows up to help when Shawn’s hiding in the porta-pottie
Hugs Shawn
Gets back together with Rachael after Shawn clears things
JULIET
Warned Lassiter about Ursula
Opens an official murder investigation
Offers to let Lassiter and Marlowe stay at the house until they figure something out
Walks in on Lassiter and Marlowe taking a bubble bath
Starts having doubts about the arrangement
Sits with Ursula and flatters her
Hooks Woody up with Ursula
LASSITER
Is waiting for Marlowe upon her release
Calls himself Marlowe’s “honey bear”
Takes Marlowe to parole office
A few years back hooked up with Ursula, the parole officer, after a mixer and never called back
Doesn’t think Ursula needs to know about his relationship with Marlowe
Can’t live with Marlowe at his apartment
Too worried to think about cases
Loads and unloads his gun in frustration
Makes spaghetti and Shawn and Juliet’s
Used Shawn’s robe after a shower
Takes a bubble bath with Marlowe
Gets engaged to Marlowe
They get a wedding planner
Asks Juliet to pee for Marlowe
Ursula thinks him a god amongst lovers
Brings Juliet flowers as a thank you for fixing things with Ursula
MARLOWE
Is released from prison
Believes Lassiter should have called Ursula back
Can live within a 15.7 mile radius
Can’t move in with Lassiter due to vindictive parole officer
Can’t have alcohol and can’t stay out past 10pm
Marlowe stays with Juliet and Shawn until the parole situation is worked out
Takes a bubble bath with Lassiter
Gets engaged to Lassiter
Gets a wedding planner
Has to give a urine sample for Ursula because of the champagne
HENRY
On his way to Psych to meet Shawn for lunch
Sat on a park bench and listened to Gus berate himself
Feels Shawn just might be afraid of losing Gus and that’s why he’s acting the way he is
WOODY
Has trouble reading social cues
Can’t read alive women anymore
Uses electricity in foreplay
Brings Juliet a huge bouquet of flowers to thank her for hooking him up with Ursula
RACHAEL
Worried that Max will have nightmares about clowns and circus freaks
Breaks up with Gus after he takes Max with them on investigation
Waiting at Psych for Gus
Takes Gus back after Shawn called to explain
MAX
High-fives Shawn but not Gus
Wants to go to the circus after turning down Gus’ ideas
Disappears at circus while Shawn and Gus argue
Performer misses a trapeze and falls right in front of him
Wants to know where circus performers go when they die
Witnessed killers putting makeup on a dead body
Wants to stay at the circus with Shawn
Follows the circus performers
Runs off while Shawn and Gus argue
Inside the building when the alarms go off and police arrive
Waiting at Psych for Gus because he missed him
URSULA
Knows that Lassiter and Marlowe are a couple
Places restrictions on Marlowe’s parole: no alcohol, can’t stay out past 10pm and no co-habitation
Makes a surprise visit on Marlowe and Lassiter
Wants Marlowe to give a urine sample after seeing the champagne
Tells Juliet that Lassiter is a god among lovers because of his passion, stamina and passion
Can’t get that one night out of her mind
Gives her approval for Lassiter and Marlowe to move in together because Juliet hooked her up with Woody
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the dry erase board behind Woody during the autopsy review.
GUS DON’T BE…
In a twist, it’s “C’mon, Shawn, don’t be such a Filipino Steve Perry” uttered by Rachael
SHAWN ALIAS
Orenthal James Simpson
CATCHPHRASES
“Suck it” (episode: 1 series: 23)
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 12 Series: 18)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 53
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Irish
Icelandic (according to Shawn)
ALLUSIONS
“Cirque du Soul” - a play on Cirque du Soleil (pronounced: [siʁk dy sɔ.lɛj], "Circus of the Sun") is a Canadian entertainment company. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix
“Um, my psychic powers generally don't kick in until someone's been missing for 48 hours, unless, of course, that person is Eddie Murphy, from the movie 48 Hours, but sadly, I fear he's lost forever.” - Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 5th-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls. 48 Hours is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy (in his film debut and Golden Globe Award-nominated role) as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24XiqMIC6q8
“And remember, if you run out of things to talk about, you can never go wrong with Star Wars.” “The original or prequels?” - OK I could go on and on about this and ruffle feathers. George Lucas developed the plot through a number of drafts, finally settling on the plot of the first film. From this success, he created the other two stories. It was after creating a major plot twist, he realized he could revisit his original draft and deepen the characters and tie them to the first trilogy. The middle three were the first ones filmed and released. The original released in 1977 actually says “IV: A New Hope” in that now famous scrolling intro. It was followed by “The Empire Strikes Back” in 1980 and “Return of the Jedi” in 1983. In 1999 “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” was released followed by “Attack of the Clones” in 2002 and concluding in “Revenge of the Sith” 2005. Reactions to the original trilogy were positive, with the last film being considered the weakest, while the prequel trilogy received a more mixed reaction, with most of the praise being for the final film, according to most review aggregator websites. If you wish to read further, here’s the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
“Oh, Shawn, don't be such a Filipino Steve Perry.” - Steve Perry is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987 and 1995 to 1998. Perry had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WpsdC2-Cc
“He makes the Mercedes of port-o-potties, and I should know because I've peed in both.” - Mercedes is a German automobile manufacturer, a multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG. The brand is used for luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. The headquarters of Mercedes-Benz is in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with Audi and BMW, which are the best-selling luxury automakers in the world. A portable toilet, often referred to as a porta-potty, honey bucket (American English), Port-a-John (American English), or Portaloo (UK), ("Portaloo" is a UK and European Community registered trade mark) is a simple portable enclosure containing a chemical toilet (a toilet bowl filled with disinfectant instead of water), and is typically used as a temporary toilet for construction sites or large gatherings because of its durability and convenience. Most portable toilets have black open-front U-shaped toilet seats with a cover. They are often constructed out of lightweight molded plastic.
“The Gotti of potties” - John Gotti Jr. was an American mobster who became the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Operating out of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, Gotti quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce. While his peers avoided attracting attention, especially from the media, Gotti became known as the "The Dapper Don" for his expensive clothes and personality in front of news cameras. He was later given the nickname "The Teflon Don" after three high-profile trials in the 1980s resulted in his acquittal.
“He's the Don of the johns.” - A crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind, or Don is a person in charge of a criminal organization. A boss typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages.
“Sorry, O'Hara, I'm-- you know, I'm just too frustrated right now to care about what lowlife broke into what sign factory or how the ACLU is gonna take all the fun out of catching him.” -The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, lobbying, and community empowerment.
“Wow, I thought with Marlowe finally out of jail, you'd be on cloud nine.” - According to Merriam-Webster, cloud nine is “a feeling of well-being or elation -usually used with on ”.
“All up in the Kool-Aid.” - Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen. Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder. This powder was named Kool-Aid. Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953. Hastings still celebrates a yearly summer festival called Kool-Aid Days on the second weekend in August, in honor of their city's claim to fame. Kool-Aid is known as Nebraska's official soft drink. In popular culture, "Drinking the Kool-Aid" refers to the 1978 Jonestown Massacre; the phrase suggests that one has mindlessly adopted the dogma of a group or leader without fully understanding the ramifications or implications. At Jonestown, Jim Jones' followers followed him to the end: after visiting Congressman Leo Ryan was shot at the airstrip, all the Peoples Temple members drank from a metal vat containing a mixture of "Kool Aid", cyanide, and prescription drugs Valium, Phenergan, and chloral hydrate.
“Uh, Orenthal James Simpson. I know, I know. My folks were big fans of Hertz Rental Car.” - Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), also nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American football player, broadcaster, actor, and convicted felon currently incarcerated I"n Nevada. Simpson played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. He then played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a running back for 11 seasons, with the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and with the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979. In 1995, he was acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicized criminal trial, the People v. Simpson. In 1997, a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths; as of 2007 he had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment. He was a spokesman for the Hertz rental car company, in whose commercials he was depicted running through airports, as if to suggest he were back on the football field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1hnR3kLwo
“Jonathan Taylor Thomas is not an acronym, Shawn.” - Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is known for his roles as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, as the voice of the young Simba in Disney's The Lion King, and a guest role in an episode of Smallville.
“And I'm not a leprechaun.” - A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore. It is usually depicted as a little old man, wearing a coat and hat, who partakes in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, the leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom. Like other Irish fairies, leprechauns may be derived from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Leprechaun-like creatures rarely appear in Irish mythology and only became prominent in later folklore. Films, television cartoons and advertising have popularised a specific image of leprechauns which bears scant resemblance to anything found in the cycles of Irish folklore. Irish people can find the popularised image of a leprechaun to be little more than a series of stereotypes of the Irish.
“Is that your audition for To Catch a Predator?” - To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 13-15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. People were lured to meet with a decoy under the pretense of sexual contact and then confronted. Show host Chris Hansen clarified in an interview with NPR News that these subjects should be labeled as potential sexual predators, and not pedophiles. "Pedophiles have a very specific definition, people who are interested in prepubescent sex," he stated. The series premiered in November 2004, and featured 12 investigations in total held across the United States. The investigations were conducted as undercover sting operations with the help of online watchdog group Perverted-Justice. Since the third installment, law enforcement and other officials were also involved, leading to the arrests of most individuals caught. No new episodes have aired since December 2007.
“Leave him out here in the car, by himself, like a shih-tzu.” - Shih-tzu is a toy dog breed weighing 5-7.25 kilograms (11.0-16.0 lb) with long silky hair. The exact origins of the breed are unknown, but it is thought to have originated in Tibet and then been developed in China although various hypotheses exist. The name comes from the Chinese word for "lion dog" and is both singular and plural.
“Jules, don't be ridiculous. No one's gonna risk their lives for that much chewing gum.” - (in response to Juliet talking about tritium) Trident is a brand of sugar free chewing gum. It was introduced by Cadbury in the United Kingdom. In many other European countries, Trident is branded as Stimorol gum; it is generally the same as Trident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXqAyMhgc7I
“It's Tito Jackson's birthday.” - Tito Jackson is an American singer and guitarist and original member of The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons, who rose to fame in the late 1960s with the Motown label, later finding success under the Epic label in the 1970s and 1980s.
“That's more than Mikey left for Nicky in Swingers.” - Swingers is a 1996 comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival. Written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman, the movie starred Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and also featured performances by Ron Livingston and Heather Graham.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNOlh_zCf8
“Come with me if you want to live.” - Used in “The Terminator” franchise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xtKzyZPIdI
“She went all Halle Berry in Boomerang on a brother.” - Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), which made her the only woman of color to win a Best Actress Academy Award to date, as of 2016. Berry was one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed. She is also a Revlon spokesmodel. Before becoming an actress, she started modeling and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in films such as the comedy The Flintstones (1994), the political comedy-drama Bulworth (1998) and the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, among many other awards. Boomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Marcus Graham, a hotshot advertising executive who also happens to be an insatiable womanizer and male chauvinist. When he meets his new boss, Jacqueline Broyer (Robin Givens), Marcus discovers that she is essentially a female version of himself, and realizes he is receiving the same treatment that he delivers to others. The film features supporting performances by Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, and Martin Lawrence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzHiBNgsGY
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The places Gus offers to take Max have been settings for previous cases. The planetarium (1x10 "From the Earth to the Starbucks"), the aquarium (3x10 "Six Feet Under the Sea") Old Sonora (4x03 "High Noon-ish"), Santa’s Year-Round Village (3x09 “Christmas Joy”) and the Yerden Estate Tour (6x10 "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger") I’m not sure how he planned to do that last one as he and Shawn were banned for life.
Juliet mentioned a shih-tzu when undercover at the sorority (1x15"Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast") OK, she was using it as a swear since she messed up her manicure.
Shawn stealing the car for a girl goes all the way back to 1x01 “Pilot” when he explains why he has a record. “Would it help at all if I told you that she had a bit of a reputation and I was 0 for... high school? Okay, fine. There were extenuating circumstances. The arresting officer was my father. He was trying to teach me a lesson.” We then see the actual moment in a flashback (3x01 “Ghosts). We finally learn what prompted the action as it was the day Maddie left and Shawn was lashing out.
Gus does his cool thumb/nose move - (2x05 “And Down the Stretch Comes Murder”, 2x14 "Dis-Lodged", 3x08 “Gus Walks into a Bank”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 5x07 “Ferry Tale”, 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)