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'''Outside references''' are deliberately inserted references to The Vampire Diaries Universe from TV shows, movies, and other outside sources.

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===''{{w|10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)|Ten Things I Hate About You}}''===
* In 1x02 Kat said: "I'm not skipping home to scribble in my journal that maybe you're a vampire!!" <br> <small>(July 14, 2009)</small>

===''{{w|30 Rock}}''===
* In 5x18 Liz said: "Maybe something with vampires? Everything has vampires nowadays. Have you seen the Twilight movies, or '''Vampire Diaries'''? <br> <small>(March 24, 2011)</small>

===''{{w|90210 (TV series)|90210}}''===
* In 4x11 Liam hired a model to play a vampire because his daughter loves "The Vampire Diaries". <br> <small>(November 29, 2011)</small>

===''{{w|Class (2016 TV series)|Class}}''===
*In 1x01 Charlie said: "Or The Vampire Diaries" during a conversation referencing tv shows that contain groups of young protagonists protecting small towns from supernatural threats. Ram asked: "You watch Vampire Diaries?" Charlie replied: "Everyone is very attractive" to which Ram conceded: "Yes it is true" <br> <small>(March 7, 2017) </small>

==={{w|Gossip Girl}}===
* In 3x18 Eliot said: "I love Dorota. We're tight now. We talked about "'''The Vampire Diaries'''" in the elevator on Friday." <br> <small>(April 12, 2010)</small>

==={{w|Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn}}===
*In the special Valentine's Day episode, Ivy said: "If [[Ian Somerhalder]] could continue filming [[Season Five|Season 5]] of Vampire Diaries after his breakup with [[Nina Dobrev]], you can do this", to which Clayface says that [that season] "was some of his finest work". <br> <small>(February 9, 2023)</small>

===[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1880898/ Military Academy]===
* In 3x13, Ceca describes one of the guys she likes as: "dark and somber, like Damon from "'''The Vampire Diaries'''"." <br> <small>(May 21, 2017)</small>

===''{{w|New Girl}}''===
* In 1x13 Schmidt said: "It's one of my desert island books. Along with Machiavelli's "The Prince", "Freak" by John Leguizamo, any of the scripts from the [[Season One|first season]] of "'''Vampire Diaries'''..." <br> <small>(February 2, 2012)</small>
**In the same episode [[Stephen Amell]] ([[Brady]]) [[Cast Crossovers|appears]].
**In the same episode {{w|Ryan Kwanten}} appears, known for the role of Jason Stackhouse in {{w|True Blood}}, another vampire series which aired at the same time.

===''{{w|Rush Hour (American TV series)|Rush Hour}}''===
* In 1x06 while being undercover: "Some high praise for The Vampire Diaries, so I might have to check that out." <br> <small>(May 5, 2016)</small>

===''{{w|Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural}}''===
* In 4x17, the first two suicides in the office building are by men named Ian and Paul. <br> <small>(March 26, 2009)</small>
**It can be argued that the episode aired six months before the premiere of the Vampire Diaries, so this might be a coincidence, rather than a reference.
*In 6x05, which is a vampire parody, while Dean and Sam are searching the room a toy [[crow]] appears.<br> <small>(October 22, 2010)</small>

===''{{w|Superstore (TV series)|Superstore}}''===
* In 2x10 Sandra said: Did anyone watch "Vampire Diaries" last night? Damien's really gotten out of control."<br> <small>(January 12, 2017)</small>
* In 2x12 a guy said to Sandra: Does your husband or boyfriend like "Vampire Diaries" as much as you do?"<br> <small>(February 2, 2017)</small>

===''{{w|Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf}}''===
[[File:Teenwolf-tvd.jpg|thumb|250px]]
* In 1x02 on the shirts of the lacrosse team there is MFH written on them. A reference to [[Mystic Falls High School|Mystic Falls High]]. <br> <small>(June 6, 2011)</small>


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===''{{w|The Big Bang Theory}}''===
* In 12x01, Penny says that she's mad about canceling The Vampire Diaries.<br> <small>(September 24, 2018)</small>

===''{{w|The Good Wife}}''===
[[File:The Good Wife - The Vampire Diaries reference|thumb|250px|right]]
* In 4x19 Kalinda mentions Vampire Diaries fan-fiction (about [[Elena and Damon|Delena]]) while Diane has no clue what is she talking about. <br> <small>(March 21, 2013)</small>
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===''{{w|The Simpsons}}''===
[[File:The_Simpsons-legacies.png|thumb|300px|Top left screen, third row]]
* In 30x08 ''[[Legacies]]'' title card is among the hundreds of TV shows shown on the screens. <br> <small>(November 25, 2018)</small>
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|-|Books=
===''Amour Amour''===
*The pairing of Elena and Damon have been referred in this novel written by Krista Ritchie-''"He's not the Clyde to my Bonnie or the Damon to my Elena."''
===''The Lost Herondale''===
* ''"Sexiest is definitely Drusilla, though if you ask a girl, she'll probably say Damon Salvatore..."'' Simon shrugged.

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===''{{w|Vampires Suck|Vampires Suck (2009)}}''===
[[File:TVD-VampiresSuck.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The professor showing the class ''The Vampire Diaries'' book]]
* In the movie the biology class is reading [[The Vampire Diaries (novel series)|The Vampire Diaries novels]].
**Also, [[Arielle Kebbel]] ([[‎Lexi Branson]]) and [[Season Two Co-Stars#Brave New World|BJ Britt]] ([[Carter]]) [[Cast Crossovers|appear]] as the vampires Rachel and Antoine respectively. 
===''{{w|Next to Me (film)|Next to Me (2015)}}''===
*In a Serbian film, the class was talking among themselves about the TV shows, when a guy mentions that "[[Kevin Williamson|the guy]] who worked on "Dawson's Creek" worked til recently on "The Vampire Diaries" as well".
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==See also==

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[[Category:The Vampire Diaries (series)]]
[[Category:Episodes stuff]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Legacies (series)]]