Psych is one of my favourite shows nowadays, and there are several reasons to love it.
One, of course is the way both Shawn and Gus call each other in the different episodes; that´s why I´ve done the complete list of Shawn and Gus Nicknames on Psych. And another big reason is the whole bunch of pop references in Psych.
And that´s my new project, I´m doing the whole list of Pop References Quotes of Psych in every episode.
Here I start with season one.
Complete list of Psych Pop References in Season One
Psych S01E01 Pilot Pop References:
Gus: Oh, jail is no fun, I can tell you that much
Thrift Store Guy: Oh you´ve been in jail before?
Gus: Once. In Monopoly
Shawn: I´ll be Back
Psych S01E02 Spelling Bee Pop References:
Shawn: Not bad? It´s like the Park Hyatt for poodles
Spelling Bee Narrator: Even Dan Quayle could spell that
Psych S01E03 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace Pop References:
Lassiter: I will throw every book I can find into you
Shawn: What if you find the Bible? You gonna throw that too? Seems a like sacrilegious to me, don´t you think?
Shawn: Lassiter has this insane idea that this is an elaborate heist, like the one on Ocean´s Eleven or Thomas Crown or the one where they kill Donald Sutherland in the first ten minutes… remake
Gus: I just had a lap dance with Patrick Swayze
Shawn: Think happy thoughts: Perfect clouds, Mac & Cheese, Lou Diamond Phillips
Shawn: I´ve already picked the song I´m gonna sing at the altar
Gus: Really?
Shawn: Do you still like Ted Nugent?
Psych S01E04 Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets Pop References:
Raylene: A man with several hats
Gus: Doesn´t like his haircut
Raylene: I loved that book
Shawn: Don´t say Meredith Baxter Birney
Shawn: She´s a charming woman? Who are you? Jane Austen?
Shawn: If we work together
Juliet: And how do we do that?
Shawn: Well, first we dress up as mosketeers and make a very special pact
Shawn: Gus, you are attracted to dangerous women. It happens: Joan Jett for example, Penny Marshall, Grace Jones, the girl who played Pinky Tuscadero
Psych S01E05 9 Lives Pop References:
Shawn: I dazzle and I stretch, I dazzle and I stretch
Shawn: It´s not like I took his Sports Illustrated
Shawn: The guy could be the drummer of The Cure
Psych S01E06 Weekend Warriors Pop References:
Gus: History Channel
Shawn: ESPN Gus, Chanel 206. I´m begging you
Lassiter; Don´t you think I didn´t see you trying to throw M&M´s in the injured soldiers mouths
Shawn: First of all, those were Skittles and they have a rainbow of flavours
Shawn: Gus, I thought you´d never ask
Shawn: Actually I´ve been promoted. I´m Captain Crunch now
Shawn: I was thinking Denzel
Gus: Denzel? As in Denzel Washington?
Psych S01E07 Who Ya Gonna Call Pop References:
Shawn: I´ve been sent here by the spirit of Pete Rose
Lassiter: Pete Rose isn´t dead
Shawn: I got that from Poltergeist… or Poltergeist II… Gremlims? No, it wasn´t Gremlims
Shawn: We wanted to call it “Le Petit Louvre” but apparently the art snobs in France think they have a monopoly on all things Louvre. We also tried Louvre II, Louvre Junior and Night Gallery. Nothing cleared
Girl: He said his name was get this: Martin Brody
Shawn: Roy Scheider´s character from Jaws?
Girl: Yes, how did you know?
Shawn: I´ve seen Jaws
Shawn: The flying Nun in the other thing. The TV Movie
Gus: Smokey and the Bandit?
Shawn: Yes dude, Smokey and the Bandit, yes. What does it have to do with multiple personalities?
Gus: You asked
Shawn: I asked a real question. You should´ve given me a real answer not a random guess
Gus: Ok, fine. Hooper
Shawn: Hooper?
Gus: Hooper
Shawn: Hooper was a stunt man. I don´t even think Sally Field was in Hooper. Who are you thinking of?
Gus: You know…
Shawn: Terry Bradshaw
Gus: Yes. Is it Norma Rae
Shawn: No, but that would´ve made that movie way cooler
Psych S01E08: Shawn Vs The Red Phantom Pop References:
Shawn: Who are you kidding? I pulled you out of a Starbucks
Shawn: Where is he? Chocolate Columbo
Gus: Tri-Con
George Takei was on the episode as George Takei
Shawn: Do you think you can have a convention without Captain Chejov?
Gus: Sulu, jackass
Guy in Con: Are you a psychic like professor X?
Gus: Professor X was a telepath not a psychic
Shawn: This place is trashed
Gus: Maybe Johnny Depp stopped by
Shawn: How about that lame-o who´s dating Kate Moss?
Gus: He´s british, so nobody knows who he is
Shawn: Alright he´s out. Steven Dorff he´s always solid… oh Keith Moon
Shawn: Since you turned into Urkel, and you turned into Jay Brady, Tina Yothers… there´s not an exact character match for her
Shawn: Karaoke with George tonight
Gus: That´s a Star Trek fantasy coming true
Psych S01E09 Forget Me Not Pop References:
Gus: He has abs like Bruce Lee
Shawn: It makes it an episode of “When animals attack: Santa Barbara”
Shawn: Simba, I´m your father
Gus: I don´t think Mufasa said that
Shawn: Mufasa, Vader, Rappaport, they were all James Earl Jones
Lassiter: Of course he´s here. We saw him get in, Sherlock
Psych S01E10 From the Earth to Starbucks Pop References:
Shawn: See, you are already in character. like Don Cheadle
Shawn: Like when Keinecke needed Danny Zukko, and you can be Travolta in the analogy
Gus: Heard about Pluto? That´s messed up
Shawn: Comet. It´s what they named that cleaning solution after. I know it may stink when you leave it in the sink. But boy oh boy does it clean!
Shawn: I´m getting something… it´s Prince… no, no, the artist formerly known as Prince.
Shawn: wrong again it´s Prince after he was the artist formerly known as Prince
Psych S01E11 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, oops He´s Dead Pop References:
Shawn: This is like In the Heat of the Night. Which means I´m Carroll O´Connor
Gus: No, that means you are Rod Steiger; that way I´m Sidney Poitier
Shawn: Where are they?
Henry: Who?
Shawn: The Queer Eye guys
Gus: How would I know?
Henry: Carson and Jai, and the guy with the glasses
Gus: Uh, the one who cooks fish
Lassiter: What does that mean
Jules: H&K means Hugs and Kisses
Lassiter: Not that
Shawn: Ok, come on, let´s go Simon Cowell
Shawn: As a matter of fact Lego wants to sponsor me
Henry: John Wayne, Rio Bravo. Bath
Shawn: Do you know he takes bubbles baths
Gus: So does John Wayne
Shawn: Name all the Bee Gees
Psych S01E12 Cloudy… WIth a Chance of Murder Pop References
Shawn: Did you see it? It was a parking ticket line, not a Space Mountain. Hardly worth it. Plus I don´t wait in lines
Dr Hornstock: My firm doesn´t really believes in…
Shawn: Winning?
Dr Hornstock: No
Shawn: Mermaids?
Dr Hornstock: No
Shawn: The Minotaur
Dr Hornstock: Me
Gus: Don´t you ever watch Law & Order?
Psych S01E13 Game, Set, Muuuurder Pop References
Shawn: You can´t throw out my Whitesnake t-shirt
Gus: This is my Airwolf wing jacket
Shawn: I work in the Mono-Theo-Huxtable drug. It´s for a pancake reactive function
Shawn: Homina, Homina, Homina, Homina, Ricky, Enrique, Geraldo, Menudo, Richie
Shawn: I guess I took a wrong turn and ended up in Twilight Zone
Psych S01E14 Poker? I Barely Know You – Pop References:
Shawn: Gus, you´ve seen Lost Boys 14 times, what´s the rule?
Shawn: Everyone who gets up at this hour looks like hell; probable exceptions Matt Lauer and Diane Lane
Shawn: What did Wesley Snipes say on Passenger 57: “Always bet on black”
Psych S01E15 Scary Sherry: Bianca´s Toast Pop References:
Henry: Knock yourself out Lando
Frat Girl to Gus: Did you really played Bud on the Cosby Show?
Shawn: This is Silence of The Lambs, which means we are both Scott Glenn
Psych S02E01 American Duos – Pop References:
The whole episode is a parody of American Idol
Shawn: What´s with the Michael Jackson outfit? That´s two years old!
Gus: I got scared
Shawn: You were supposed to be Billy Ocean.
Why would Michael Jackson sing with Roland Orzabal?
Gus: Why would Billy Ocean sing with Roland Orzabal
Shawn: Cause he´s awesome. Now you are going to moonwalk to Shout
Shawn and Gus as Shawnstar and Gus TT Showbiz sing Take on Me from A-HA
Shawn: Those A-Ha guys were Norwegian. They didn´t even know what they were singing
Jules: What are you planning to sing for round two?
Shawn: Yankee Rose, David Lee Roth
Emilina: Everybody hates Nigel
Lassiter: Yeah and Everybody Loves Raymond
Shawn: I´m not a RainMan Gus
Gus: You sing like RainMan
Lassiter: We found Prints (sounds like Prince)
Shawn: Was he on a little red Corvette?
Gus: Under the cherry moon?
Lassiter: Finger Prints
Emilina to Lassiter: Mr Bean, thank God it´s you
Jules: The way Hall and Oates needed it
Shawn: She can be like Keyser Soze
Gus: With one shoe
Emilina: Come on Count Chuckula, I know you are there
Zapato: I got mail adressed to Geraldo, Ricky Martin, and that guy from El Pollo Loco Comercial
Shawn and Gus sing as Shawn Spencestar and Gus TT Showbiz Shout from Tears for Fears, as Roland Orzabal and Michael Jackson
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PS: I also completed the list of pop references in Psych season two quotes.
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