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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
*The title of the comic story is a reference to the American television mystery series ''{{W|Murder, She Wrote}}''.
 
*The title of the comic story is a reference to the American television mystery series ''{{W|Murder, She Wrote}}''.
*The entire story and style is a parody of the Japanese animated series ''{{W|Death Note}}''. This includes some specific references, including a box of "Mell-O" (referencing the character Mello from Death Note) and a bag of "EAT IT!" potato chips (referencing an infamous scene from the English dub of Death Note) on the kitchen table in one panel.
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*The entire story and style is a parody of the Japanese series ''{{W|Death Note}}''. This includes some specific references, including a box of "Mell-O" (referencing the character Mello from Death Note) and a bag of "EAT IT!" potato chips (referencing an infamous scene from the English dub of the Death Note anime) on the kitchen table in one panel.
  
 
[[Category:Cultural references]]
 
[[Category:Cultural references]]

Revision as of 17:18, February 19, 2017

References/Trivia


Cultural references

  • The title of the comic story is a reference to the American television mystery series Murder, She Wrote.
  • The entire story and style is a parody of the Japanese series Death Note. This includes some specific references, including a box of "Mell-O" (referencing the character Mello from Death Note) and a bag of "EAT IT!" potato chips (referencing an infamous scene from the English dub of the Death Note anime) on the kitchen table in one panel.