Don't Name It/Trivia

Trivia associated with Don't Name It.

• Shout-Out: "Don't name it", "Once you name it, you get attached to it", "Put that thing back where it came from or so help me!", and "It's a work in progress; it's gonna get better" are all lines from Monsters, Inc.
  • Karkat tells Nepeta that everything is proceeding "according to keikaku", then clarifies that "Keikaku means plan" in the Dark Gods' tongue--a reference to a notorious Death Note fansub.
  • The establishing shot of the Land of Carve and Rumors features graffiti reading "Red leader, standing by. Red Dead Virgo, standing by," and so on. The entire exchange is a reference to the comments below this piece ^{[dead link]} of Homestuck fanart.
    • At least until the website changed its format, erasing all the previous comments. There's new ones though.
  • Terezi's lusus is Mu Shoo Fuqeen, a tiny dragon. They also have a very lucky chirpbeast named Ping. And, according to preview art Calamity has posted, Terezi's ancestor was Conscript Huamulan.
  • While pestering Dave, Rose is shown playing a tabletop version of Angry Birds. Dave also mentions getting into an old cartoon series about ponies, leading to the exchange:

TG: eeyup
TT: I just read that in Big MacIntosh's voice
TG: that was the point >B)

• • During Belen's introduction, John mentions that she's been teaching Dave airbending.
  • When John is playing around in the bathtub, the "monster" is named NOS'YARGCKID.