List of references to The Vampire Diaries Universe in other media

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

• TV Shows
• Books
• Movies

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!!"
  (July 14, 2009)

30 Rock

• In 5x18 Liz said: "Maybe something with vampires? Everything has vampires nowadays. Have you seen the Twilight movies, or Vampire Diaries?
  (March 24, 2011)

90210

• In 4x11 Liam hired a model to play a vampire because his daughter loves "The Vampire Diaries".
  (November 29, 2011)

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"
  (March 7, 2017)

Gossip Girl

• In 3x18 Eliot said: "I love Dorota. We're tight now. We talked about "The Vampire Diaries" in the elevator on Friday."
  (April 12, 2010)

Harley Quinn

• In the special Valentine's Day episode, Ivy said: "If Ian Somerhalder could continue filming 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".
  (February 9, 2023)

Military Academy

• In 3x13, Ceca describes one of the guys she likes as: "dark and somber, like Damon from "The Vampire Diaries"."
  (May 21, 2017)

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 first season of "Vampire Diaries..."
  (February 2, 2012)
  • In the same episode Stephen Amell (Brady) appears.
  • In the same episode Ryan Kwanten appears, known for the role of Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, another vampire series which aired at the same time.

Rush Hour

• In 1x06 while being undercover: "Some high praise for The Vampire Diaries, so I might have to check that out."
  (May 5, 2016)

Supernatural

• In 4x17, the first two suicides in the office building are by men named Ian and Paul.
  (March 26, 2009)
  • 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.
  (October 22, 2010)

Superstore

• In 2x10 Sandra said: Did anyone watch "Vampire Diaries" last night? Damien's really gotten out of control."
  (January 12, 2017)
• In 2x12 a guy said to Sandra: Does your husband or boyfriend like "Vampire Diaries" as much as you do?"
  (February 2, 2017)

Teen Wolf

• In 1x02 on the shirts of the lacrosse team there is MFH written on them. A reference to Mystic Falls High.
  (June 6, 2011)

The Big Bang Theory

• In 12x01, Penny says that she's mad about canceling The Vampire Diaries.
  (September 24, 2018)

The Good Wife

The Good Wife - The Vampire Diaries reference

• In 4x19 Kalinda mentions Vampire Diaries fan-fiction (about Delena) while Diane has no clue what is she talking about.
  (March 21, 2013)

The Simpsons

Top left screen, third row

• In 30x08 Legacies title card is among the hundreds of TV shows shown on the screens.
  (November 25, 2018)

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.

Vampires Suck (2009)

The professor showing the class The Vampire Diaries book

• In the movie the biology class is reading The Vampire Diaries novels.
  • Also, Arielle Kebbel (‎Lexi Branson) and BJ Britt (Carter) appear as the vampires Rachel and Antoine respectively.

Next to Me (2015)

• In a Serbian film, the class was talking among themselves about the TV shows, when a guy mentions that "the guy who worked on "Dawson's Creek" worked til recently on "The Vampire Diaries" as well".