29 Times Teen Shows Referenced — And Sometimes Totally Dissed — Another Teen Show
BuzzFeed
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A while back, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their favorite times teen shows referenced other teen shows. Here are some of their responses!
Note: Not all submissions were from Community users.
1.When Hannah Montana had Miley guest-star on a zombie show, and it was clearly a Buffy the Vampire Slayer ripoff:
Disney Channel
2.When Miles and Lara were watching The O.C. on Looking for Alaska:
Hulu
3.When Rory name-dropped evil Buffy vampire couple Spike and Drusilla on Gilmore Girls:
The WB
4.When the One Tree Hill pilot referenced Joey and Dawson from Dawson's Creek:
The WB
5.When Greek made this reference to an iconic line from Beverly Hills, 90210:
Freeform / Fox
6.When Gossip Girl had Kristen Bell and Rachel Bilson cameo and low-key shaded their casting in The O.C. and Veronica Mars when they were in their 20s:
The CW / UPN / Fox
7.When the US version of Skins used Gossip Girl as an insult (which was especially funny seeing as the character who said the line would appear on Gossip Girl the next year):
MTV
8.And when the UK version of Skins also name-dropped Gossip Girl...as well as Hannah Montana:
E4
9.When Blair dissed Rory from Gilmore Girls on Gossip Girl:
Suggested by copperboomgigi
10.When Camille practiced for a Degrassi audition on Big Time Rush:
Suggested by kellymartinez
11.When Lorelai shaded Rory's love of Saved by the Bell on Gilmore Girls:
Suggested by copperboomgigi
12.When Nathan's kidnapper made a very accurate reference to Chuck from Gossip Girl on One Tree Hill, which was kind of funny considering they were on the same network.
Suggested by kponte914
13.When Jane suggested they "Glee" Dan's book up a bit on Gossip Girl, which honestly, I would've loved to see (musical episode, anyone?):
The CW
14.When Shane dissed Lauren and Glee in equal measure on Faking It:
MTV
15.When Gilmore Girls paid homage to an iconic moment from The O.C.:
Suggested by khableguild
16.When Caroline called Rebekah Buffy the vampire (an obvious reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer) on The Vampire Diaries:
The CW
17.And when Damon made a similar reference, calling Elena Buffy as she trained to fight vampires:
Suggested by joanneb447c2e55a
18.When Gilmore Girls referenced Chad Michael Murray's role on One Tree Hill when he gave the reason for his character leaving:
Suggested by kbozymow7
19.And when it did the same thing with Adam Brody, who left to star on The O.C.:
Suggested by kbozymow7
20.When Greek made this wonderful Gossip Girl reference that I now plan to use at a future fancy party:
ABC Family
21.When Spike was watching Dawson's Creek on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and had some opinions:
Suggested by tionnahobgood
22.When Buffy referenced the other classic teen drama of the time, Dawson's Creek, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Suggested by tionnahobgood
23.When Haley imitated Joey from Dawson's Creek on One Tree Hill:
The CW
24.When Cappie asked a valid question about Gilmore Girls on Greek:
ABC Family
25.When Ashleigh called Casey an iconic Dawson's Creek character after she couldn't choose between two guys on Greek:
Suggested by kladue11
26.When Brittany expressed her love for One Tree Hill on Glee:
Suggested by mercedesamd91
27.When Blair Waldorf, queen bee extraordinaire, proved she had seen the teeny bopper hit Hannah Montana:
Suggested by valby1
28.When Scream made some good points about A from Pretty Little Liars:
MTV
29.And finally, when Awkward. made this reference to Glee and also used a Blair Witch Project play on words that was also the name of an episode of Gossip Girl.
MTV