Gone Girl Allusions and Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• Simone de Beauvoir (21.121)
• Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles (36.23, 38.20)
• Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes (38.20)
• Dante, The Inferno (16.23)
• O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi (3.48)
• Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (5.2)
• Eugene O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh (41.4)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (21.121)
• Mark Twain (15.61, 15.64, 21.121, 39.43)
• Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn (10.32, 15.48, 15.55, 18.8)
• Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer (2.17, 15.48, 15.52)
• Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (38.10)

Historical References

• 2008 Financial Crisis (3.13)
• Son of Sam (15.78)
• Gettysburg Address (15.138)

Pop Culture References

• M*A*S*H (1.23)
• Genesis, "Invisible Touch" (1.24)
• Liza Minnelli (2.6)
• Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out" (2.8)
• Noel Coward (10.20)
• Larry Williams, "Bony Moronie" (11.84, 23.35
• The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (12.14)
• Alfred Hitchcock (21.84)
• Miami Vice (29.9)
• Madness, "That's the Way to Do It" (31.53)
• Punch and Judy (31.67)
• Oliver! (Broadway Musical), "As Long As He Needs Me" (36.29)
• Night Ranger, "Sister Christian" (37.112)
• Mark Hamill (44.4)
• Hugh Grant (and that sordid business from 1995) (45.5)
• Butthole Surfers (49.4, 49.36)

Nick's Movie References

• The Getaway (2.8)
• The Sure Thing (2.17)
• The Graduate (19.41)
• The Big Sleep (19.84)
• Double Indemnity (19.84)
• The Godfather (37.2)
• The Godfather Part II (37.112)
• The Last of the Mohicans (movie) (40.26)
• Love Finds Andy Hardy (59.37)
• Annie Hall (59.43)