Trivia and In-Jokes
About the Story:
I had a meme going
on in my LiveJournal in which the
people on my Friends List could pick one of my fandoms and request a
drabble/not-quite-short (because I can’t write anything remotely short) story
from me. Unfortunately, only V
participated. She requested Back to the Future with a Halloween theme, so
I decided to write AL’s first Halloween with Doc and Marty. I was going to have
Doc and Marty dress up as each other, but
V already did that
and I wanted Einstein to be Doc.
Story:
Four months: AL met Doc in June of 1983.
No one having Halloween decorations up: In the movies, no one has any decorations up even though it starts five or six days before Halloween. V had her own take on why that was and I kind of borrowed it. Sort of.
What Doc and Marty do on Halloween: This is what V said they do and it seems appropriate for the pair.
Halloween being a unicorn’s birthday: That’d be Blind Spot. His birthday is October 31st.
“See? Einstein wants to dress up.”: It’s an homage to the Eighth Doctor’s line in the audio Shada about K9 [not] wanting to go back to Earth: “You see, Romana? K9 wants to go.”
“If you were a dachshund, I’d get you a hotdog bun.”: This is a joke because I’ve always wanted to dress up my dachshund, Itchie, as a hotdog. Unfortunately, I never could afford it.
People you admire theme: This is from V’s “Come as your hero” themed party story.
Lisa’s costume: If you haven’t figured it out (and if you aren’t a Classic Doctor Who fan, then you wouldn’t), she’s dressed as the Sixth Doctor from Doctor Who. He’s the incarnation of the Doctor she’d gotten separated from before meeting Doc. The quote she says he said in “The Twin Dilemma”.
