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10 Surprising Twin Peaks References in Your Favorite Series

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10 Surprising Twin Peaks References in Your Favorite Series


It cannot be denied that Twin Peaks is a surreal cultural phenomenon. From introducing a new sinister nuance to the classic song Mairzy Doats After years of unease around the black and white chevron, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s heightened, dreamy nightmare permeated not only television but the language of pop culture for decades. Like all great art, it inspired many of its peers of the time as well as future writers and directors.




The essence of Twin Peaks is undeniably one of a kind and can never be quite replicated. Yet many of our favorite TV shows have paid homage to it. From tongue-in-cheek nods to episodes based entirely on the series, there’s a lot to love about these iconic tributes.


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There is no limit to the creativity of Twin Peaks homages. So while a children’s show might seem like an unexpected place to reference the dark, surreal nature of the show, it’s actually a great way to utilize the inherently dreamlike nature of children’s programming, while also giving a nod to the adults watching as well. And the puppets of Sesame Street have long been pros at incorporating more refined references into their shows.


In a Cookie Crumby Pictures segment, “Cookie of Oz,” the Cookie Monster experiences a The Wizard of Oz-inspired adventure. At one point he opens a red door instead of an emerald door and briefly sees the infamous red room of Twin PeaksThis is a pretty cool incorporation, given David Lynch’s long-standing admiration for The Wizard of Ozthe film often influencing many of its own visual cues and on-screen story elements, such as the imagery of red shoes on Audrey Horne and other characters throughout the film. Twin Peaks world.


9 The Simpsons are no strangers to Twin Peaks admiration

The Simpsons: Season 9, Episode 3, “Lisa’s Saxophone”

The Simpsons Twin Peaks

A quick and unique reference, the Twin Peaks The inclusion in “Lisa’s Sax” is brilliant. Homer Simpson, while a huge TV fan, isn’t exactly who you’d consider the target demographic for Twin PeaksThis dichotomy makes this brief scene even more striking.

In “Lisa’s Sax,” Homer observes a very deliberate Twin Peaks A scene on television shows a pale horse and the giant dancing under a red light. “Brilliant,” he says. “I have absolutely no idea what’s going on.”


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Saturday Night Live: Season 16, Episode 1, Hosted by Kyle MacLachlan

kyle maclachlan sketch on twin peaks in snl

When Agent Dale Cooper himself – Kyle MacLachlan – hosted the season 16 premiere of Saturday night live In 1990, they did not hesitate to Twin Peaks hype. MacLachlan took up the mantle of his Agent Cooper in a sketch parodying the hit series.

The sketch’s Cooper hilariously dictates his entire day before the sheriff arrives to announce that Laura Palmer’s murder has been solved – but Cooper isn’t quite ready to stop investigating, preaching the virtues of dark dreams over photographic evidence. Parodies of other main characters, including a disturbing Leland Palmer, a flirtatious Audrey Horne and an intense Nadine Hurley make memorable appearances. The sketch is made all the more immersive by the use of Angelo Badalamenti’s iconic music.


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The Simpsons: Season 7, Episode 1, “Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)”

The Simpsons Who Shot Mr. Burns Lisa Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks Season 2

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Twin Peaks The first season of the series ended on a cliffhanger: as he entered his hotel room, Agent Cooper was shot in the stomach. He lay on the floor, his fate and that of his killer unknown. The Simpsons ended their sixth season with a similar cliffhanger of Mr. Burns getting shot, they cleverly played straight into a Twin Peaks tribute.


Chief Wiggum works tirelessly on the investigation, replacing Agent Cooper’s obsession with “damn good coffee” with hot cream. After downing the cream, he falls asleep and experiences his own dream visions. In these dreams, he finds himself in the infamous Red Room, with Lisa Simpson acting as the man from another place, talking backwards, dancing, and playing cards.

6 Ruh Roh! The gang meets the man from another place

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Episode 46, “Stand and Deliver”

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Scooby in the Red Room of Twin Peaks

Cartoons and dream sequences go hand in hand once again. In what might be the most iconic reference to the horror films in the franchise, Scooby-Doo falls asleep and has a series of disturbing dreams.


After the detective enters the Red Room, the Man from Another Place comes dancing in, scaring Scooby with his backwards speech and cryptic references. Inside the Red Room, Scooby also learns new information about his ancestry, explaining why he can talk, and following Scooby’s instructions. Twin Peaks way of revealing truths through dreams.

The Scooby Gang stands in front of a haunted house in Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby-Doo and his gang attempt to solve spooky mysteries in the town of Crystal Cove, a place with a history of strange supernatural occurrences.

Casting
Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Gray Griffin, Mindy Cohn

Creator
Joe Ruby, Ken Spears and Mitch Watson

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Fringe: Season 2, Episode 20, “The Northwest Passage”

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The layers of Twin Peaks tradition goes deep Fringe. Starting with the title of this episode – “Northwest Passage” was also the original title of Twin Peaks in its pilot. This episode of Fringe works in a number of references to the series, including Peter Bishop’s trip to Washington and through the real-life town of Snoqualmie (one of the main filming locations for Twin Peaks), eat pie at a diner and team up with a local sheriff to investigate a missing girl, similar to solving the mystery of Laura Palmer.

Later, Fringe would sink even deeper into the atmosphere of Twin Peakseven suggesting that they both exist in the same world. In Season 3, Dr. Walter Bishop wears a pair of glasses that almost resemble those worn by Russ Tamblyn’s Dr. Lawrence Jacoby in Twin PeaksWalter even confirms that they were given to him by a colleague from his past: “a Dr. Jacoby from Washington State.”

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Fringe

An FBI agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son to rationalize a storm of unexplained phenomena.

Release date
September 9, 2008

Casting
Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown

Creator
JJ Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci


4 The “cows” are not what they seem in their twin beaks

Darkwing Duck: Episode 44, “Twin Beaks”

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Separate images from Twin Peaks episodes

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Once again, a children’s cartoon pays iconic homage. With an irresistible pun on the title (also seen in the entry below), Black-winged duck takes the kids on a fun and spooky journey into the surreal city. As they travel to the town of Twin Beaks, they encounter plenty of callbacks to the original series. Launchpad talks to a log, Binkie eats a “damn good” pie at a diner with a woman wearing an eyepatch, and “cows are not what they seem.”


As the investigation progresses, the mirrors fall into place. Twin PeaksThey walk through a forest and discover a dead Bushroot wrapped in a plastic bag, echoing Laura Palmer’s body “wrapped in plastic”. Darkwing has an intense dream vision that leads him to solve the case. Twin Peaks The current opening theme, “Falling (Instrumental)” by Angelo Badalamenti, is played when Darkwing arrives at Twin Beaks.

Darkwing Duck TV Series Poster

Black-winged duck

Release date
September 6, 1991

Casting
Jim Cummings, Terence McGovern, Christine Cavanaugh, Katie Leigh, Susan Tolsky, Dan Castallaneta, Frank Welker, Danny Mann

Seasons
3

3 Diane, I am now entering the town of Twin Beaks

Sesame Street: Episode 2822, “The Two Beaks of Monsterpiece Theater”

Sesame Street Twin Beaks


A second “Twin Beaks” is also an iconic moment in pop culture history. Once again at the center of a Lynchian nod, Cookie Monster enters the “damn good town” of Twin Beaks. Drawn by the mystery of why the town is named that way, he begins to investigate, even dictating “Diane” into his tape recorder.

He talks to a “Log Bird” and a “David Finch” throughout his stay. In the end, he decides it’s inconclusive, but he notices that all the locals seem to have two beaks, which is suspicious.

2 A perfect parody by a peer of the 1990 premiere

Northern Exposure: Season 1, Episode 5, “Russian Flu”

northern exposure, homage to the twin peaks near the waterfall


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When Northern exposure created just a few months after Twin Peaks In 1990, the series was immediately compared to David Lynch’s. Both were set in the remotest regions of the northwestern United States (Alaska and Washington State, respectively). Both series featured slightly eccentric characters in a very small town. Elements of surreality and mysticism, particularly through Native American legends, abounded. Although lighter than the strangeness of Twin Peakshe inhabited a similar dream realm.


The show’s writers were well aware of the comparisons, and wrote a light acknowledgement of the similarities into the show’s fifth episode. Toward the end of an episode that sees the town infected with a flu and experiencing immersive dreams, Dr. Joel Fleischman finds himself drawn into a brief Twin Peaks experience. Music reminiscent of jazzyTwin Peaks The soundtrack plays as the characters observe a waterfall that resembles Snoqualmie Falls behind the Great Northern. Holling offers him coffee and doughnuts, but Fleischman asks for cherry pie before noticing a lady carrying a log.

Northern Exposure TV series poster

Northern exposure

Release date
July 12, 1990

Casting
Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin, John Cullum

Seasons
6

Creator
Joshua Brand, John Falsey

1 The cinnamon you love is coming back into fashion

Psych: Season 5, Episode 12, “Dual Spires”


Perhaps the greatest Twin Peaks tribute of all time, Psychology “Dual Spires” contains 724 references to the iconic series. Co-written by the star and self-proclaimed Twin Peaks superfan James Roday Rodriguez, the episode encapsulates the surreality and dream of a very particular mystery in a very particular small town. The episode kicks off with quick callbacks to Twin Peaksincluding a camera panning past a chocolate bunny (“Diane, I’m holding a little box of chocolate bunnies in my hand.”), a news article about the silent curtains, Shawn and Gus receiving an email from me@underthenail.com, and even the show’s beloved theme song remade in the style of Angelo Badalamenti’s score and sung by Julee Cruise herself.


THE Psychology The duo are soon drawn into a surreal investigation to answer the question: who killed Paula Merral (an anagram of Laura Palmer)? They are quickly drawn into a surreal small town celebrating its annual cinnamon festival under strange circumstances. Along with hundreds of references—a character named Jack has lost the sight in one eye (a one-eyed Jack), Gus’ alter ego is “Lodge Blackman,” lingering shots of a ceiling fan, a photo of Paula’s prom queen, lots of pie and good cider—many actors from the original series guest star in the episode. Sherilynn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Dana Ashbrook, Robyn Lively, Lenny Von Dohlen, and Catherine Coulson all play Dual Spires residents, while Ray Wise, who had previously played an established character on the show, made an appearance, even his hair suddenly turning white to mirror his iconic role as Leland Palmer. And beyond the many, many references to Twin Peaks In itself, it’s the fact that this episode was written with such heart and reverence that makes it a very intelligent classic.


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