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Trivia

Random, sometimes, pointless trivia about various Nancy Drew games! If you have anymore, let us know here!

{Secrets Can Kill.}

  • Try calling the following numbers:

    1. 555-1204 (Aunt Eloise's Home)

    2. 555-JAKE (5253)

    3. 555-HULK (4855)

    4. 555-TONY (8665)

    5. 555-JUDO (5836)

    6. 555-DRUG (3784)

    7. 555-2700 (Maxine's)

    8. 1-800-432-JOIN (5646)

  • All of the songs on the jukebox in the diner have something to do with the case. Especially: Bye Bye Jake, Big Girls don't Die, Murder on My Mind, and Jake the Knife. Each song is also a spin-off of a popular 50's song. For example, Long Tall Nancy instead of Long Tall Sally by Little Richard.

  • There is some Ned's Mustard in the diner.

  • Read the titles of the books in the library carefully. One book, for example, is called "Who to Believe?" and is written by Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of Mildred Benson, writer of the original yellow hardcover ND mysteries.

  • The brand of the jukebox is "werdycnan," which is Nancy Drew spelled backwards

  • On one of the billboards, there is a picture of the cover of Natural Enemies, a book in the Nancy Drew Files.

  • You are able to switch inventory items through different saved games if you are holding it when you load another game. This is an easy way to literally skip the entire game and beat it in under six minutes. 

  • On one of the library shelves, there is a book entitled "The Vampire Diairies: Behind the Scenes." The Vampire Diaries was an earlier game made by HerInteractive.

{Secrets Can Kill Remastered.}

  • Look at the bulletin board to the right of the library doors. Zoom in on the message left there, but look above it at the Pharaohmovie poster. Megan Gaiser from HerInteractive gives the movie five stars. Megan Gaiser is the CEO of HerInteractive.

  • The bulletin board to the left of the Student Union has a poster on it for the "Campfire Diaries," a play on words with HerInteractive's first computer game, The Vampire Diaries.

  • On the same bulletin board as the "Campfire Diaries," zoom in on the secret message. Above it is written, "filler text. Hello, I'm a computer. Blahh. There is a secret code below this text that you should really look at, woooo hoooo. I need some filler, sorry." Looks like the artist(s) had a tough time coming up with some extra filler text.

  • On the bulletin board in the Student Union there are photos of the covers of two original Nancy Drew Yellow Hardcovers: #9 and #14, The Sign of the Twisted Candles and The Whispering Statue.

  • Call the numbers listed for the original Secrets Can Kill (see above). Same numbers, different results. Also try George: 523-555-2583 and Bess: 523-555-8733.

  • On the shelf left of the television is a book containing the names of the characters from The Captive Curse.

  • The card catalog reveals that Sonny Joon, an unseen character that appears throughout the series, has written a book on aliens called "Are We Alone in the Universe?". The book can also be found on the shelf, although Nancy can't select it.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

{Stay Tuned for Danger.}

  • According to her file in Dwayne's office, Mattie Jensen is a lizard wrangler. Odd.

  • Look at the bottom of the script by the chair in Mattie's house. On the other side of the page that's turned over, it says "Help Me Nancy."

  • 1999 Broadway is the address for WWB Studios. 1999 is the year Stay Tuned for Danger was released.

  • In Lillian's room, the castor oil in her drawer is called "Riedl's Finest Castor Oil." Robert Riedl is on the credits of the game under "game design."

  • Read Lillian's Anger Management book. It's not about anger control; it's about Nancy Drew!

  • In the prop room mailbox, there is a letter that gives references to many of the original yellow hardcover Nancy Drew series such as The Spider Sapphire Mystery and others.

  • The clock in the prop room has a crescent moon on it, giving it an appearance similar to Josiah Crowley's clock in the book Secret of the Old Clock.

  • There is a mug with a Her Interactive logo by the sink in Rick's dressing room.

  • When you read the file in Milllie's trash on the computer, it mentions Blackmoor Mansion.

  • One of the scripts in Mattie's dressing room is written by "Roy G. Biv," a pneumonic device taught to children to help them remember the colors of the rainbow.

  • There is a rolodex in Lillian's office. One of the business cards is for "Ms. Terri Gaime". This, when said aloud, sounds like "mystery game"!

  • The sound-effects board in the control room is called "ND Sound F/X".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Message in a Haunted Mansion.}

  • Rose's fire insurance provider is located on Chicago Avenue. On the bottom of the letter the name "Helen O'Leary" is seen. Underneath her signature is HL/cow. This is a reference to the Great Chicago Fire, which began when Helen O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern in the barn

  • You can play the tambourine in Abby's trunk.

  • A library book entitled The History of the Piano was written by Melody McKehr, which sounds like "Melody Maker."

  • Read the Mysterious Story Book in the attic. Anything seem familliar?

  • In Abby's room, there is a book titled "Fortune Telling: for Business Popularity." It's punlished by Her Ineractive,

  • A reference is made to The Sign of the Twisted Candles, number 9 in the original Nancy Drew yellow hardcover series, in this game. In the drawer where Rose's fire insurance papers are kept are two twisted candles!

  • In MHM there is a portrait of a woman in pink where she blinks her eyes. The picture is on the side of the staircase in the main entrance that does not creak. If you walk up this side, stop where you can see part of the picture and also part of the second floor. If you wait a couple seconds the woman blinks.

  • The clothes in Nancy's suitcase all have 'ND' on the tag, as if it were the brandname.

  • There is a mug with a Her Interactive logo on the dining room table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Treasure in the Royal Tower.}

  • Everything listed on the hotel menu has to do with mystery or suspense.

  • The voicemail person in this game is the same woman who played the operator in CAR.
    » All of the above submitted by Fruitcake

  • Press [ctrl]-V any time during the game.

  • The "Hotchkiss" bomb was invented during WWI, and was a gun that was timed to shoot through the propellors of planes. Any connection to our beloved Professor?

  • Ned's telephone number spells 555-HELP! George's spells 555-CLUE. And Bess' is 555-HINT.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{The Final Scene.}

  • Click on the magician game after you've won the flash paper.

  • See if you can find two mugs with the Her Interactive logo on them in the women's dressing room.

  • In the projector room, there is a poster near the sink, that advertises a museum called "Grevin". Grevin is a real wax museum in Paris!

  • Maya's press pass number is the same as Owen Spayder's (Stay Tuned for Danger)!

  • The advertisements in the hallways are nods to real plays:

    • William Shaker's The Merchant of Milo - William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

    • William Shaker's King Liam - William Shakespeare's King Lear

    • Rogers & Cumberstum's Nebraska! - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

    • Lemond Birchstein's Wonderful City - Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town

    • Brigadain - Brigadoon

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    At the end of the game, the Weird Wacky World magazine states: "Mysterious threats signed with a scarlet hand!" This is a preview of the next game in the series, (Secret of the Scarlet Hand)

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

{Secret of the Scarlet Hand.}

  • Call Poppy Dada (1-605-555-3197) before you view her number on Henrik's disk. Also call her back after you speak with her about the jade carving.

  • Look at the plaques to the left and right of Joanna's office. Some of the names are very interesting!

  • Joanna sometimes says goodbye with the phrase semper ubi sub ubi. This literally means "Always where under where" in Latin.

  • The Dada movement, started at the beginning of WWI, was composed of artists who wanted to randomize their selection of medium (materials; pencil, crayon, etc.) on canvas. They also wanted to use new medium that no one had ever used before. Sounds like Poppy Dada, right?
    Click here to read more about Dadaism.

  • Check out the names of the donors to the museum to either side of Joanna's office. Some of them are: Ayu N.D. Bayou (Are you in the bayou?), Stiney Mcgruff (From a headstone in DOG that read MCGRUFF), Yoshi Piffenpaff (Also from a headstone in DOG that read PIFFENPAFF), Marquis De Falcone (I wonder if he has any relation to Nicolas Falcone of FIN?)

  • This is the first game in the series to feature: a trailer for the next game at the end, the Hardy Boys, albeit, only as voices over the phone, the chocolate bar "Koko Kringles", and "Krolmeister" as a brand name.

  • In Sonny Joon's notebook, he mentions a website where you can get walkthroughs for Nancy Drew Games.

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    All the metro stops Nancy can get off at are actual metro stops in Washington, D.C.

     

  • Nancy's wallpaper on her laptop is a picture of her dog, Togo.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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{Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake.}

  • There is a North American bird called the Red Knot. 

  • When turning the letters on Waldo Mathias' grave, you can spell "Sulky".

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{The Haunted Carousel.}

 

  • Take a look at the newspaper article hanging on the wall in Joy's office. The author is Dill E. Dally, which sounds like "dilly dally

  • Pick up the hotel phone before looking at the room service menu.

  • When you first enter the park and Harlan tells you to go into the whale, click to the right, where the turnstiles are.

  • When Ingrid gives you the engneering handbook, pay close attention to who it's edited by.

  • Look at the TV in Nancy's hotel room. It says "Fony" (as in "phony") instead of Sony

  • In CAR, look at Nancy's home number. 3739 translates into DREW!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{Danger on Deception Island.}

  • There is a real Deception Island among the South Shetland Islands.

  • Voice actor Jonah von Spreecken plays the parts of Andy Jason andCasey Porterfield - two very different parts. He also plays Shorty (SHA), Hugh Penvellyn (CUR), Harlan Bishop (CAR), and other parts.

  • In the Hot Kettle, there is a book on sea monsters. Look carefully at who it's written by.

  • If you make a mistake while kayaking, like going past the channel markers, or if you ride your bike without a helmet and crash, the newspaper that pops up says "Deception Siland" instead of Island.

  • Sometimes when you put a crab back, after putting it in your basket (when you're collecting a male dungeness crab at the beginning), Nancy will say "Allez bye-bye!" Jacques Brunais (TRT) and Heather McKay (DAN) have also been known to use this phrase when bidding you goodbye.

  • Snake Horse Harbor, the setting for this game may have to do with the Chinese symbols and animals on Message in a Haunted Mansion. The animals in that game (in order) had the snake followed by the horse.

  • Clicking on the fish from the beach 30 times could result in a prize.

  • When the player is exploring the tunnels, they can open and close the hardware store door seven times to see something.

  • Sometimes when there is a crab in your basket and you click it Nancy will say "Fight the Power, little one". "Fight the power" was the catchphrase of Nicholas Falcone in The Final Scene

 

 

 

 

{Secret of Shadow Ranch.}

  • At the end of Dirk's first letter to Frances you can find the letters 9 12 15 22 5 25 15 and 21. If you replace each number with the letter of the alphabet with which it corresponds, it spells "I love you."

  • A few of the books in the Rawley's collection reference famous works. For example, "The Capes of Wrath" references John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and "All Cooped Up on the Western Front" is a reference to All Quiet on the Western Frontby Erich Maria Remarque.

  • On the second and third days, you can pick the veggies before Shorty asks you to.

  • While snooping in Shorty's things on day two, call anyone, then look at what you need to and back up. Shorty will not be there!

  • Towards the end of the game, after you have collected the last round of vegetables for Shorty, and no longer have the basket, you will see that it is not hanging on the nail next to the rooster thermometer. If you then go up to the door of the chicken coop, turn around and face the house, it is still gone. If you then approach the house, you will see it appears. If you go even closer, the basket will disappear again.

  • Take a good look a Shorty's mineral deposit map. It has mine names referencing Secret of the Scarlet Hand (I.E. Sonny Joon (incorrectly spelled Sunny June) Ridge, Rutherford Peak, and Kringle Mountain).

  • At the end of the game during the letter part/epilogue, there is a picture of Nancy, Bess and George riding horses. Their faces are obscured by Dave's fingers. This is because Nancy's face is never seen in any of the games. Her body is shown in Secret of the Scarlet Hand, and she takes a picture of herself in Shadow at the Water's Edge, but it comes out blurry.

  • Charleena Purcell will be shown in person in Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, but you can only call her in this game. If you try to mention it to her in Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, she won't remember you.

  • If you don't trick the culprit in time, they will come out at you and make a reference to The Shining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{The Curse of Blackmoor Manor.}

  • Jane claims that Nicholina, a member of her family tree, died as an infant. Yet she was born in 1448 and died in 1501, indicating that she actually lived for 53 years.

  • If you feed Loulou a poisonous cake, you might hear a reference to the 1941 Orson Welles movie Citizen Kane, in which newspaper reporters attempt to discover the meaning behind a newspaper manager's dying word: "Rosebud."

  • Click on "Marianne" on Jane's family tree. Jane will tell you that she was "shipwrecked on this deserted island with a whole bunch of yahoos." This is a reference to 1960's TV show Gilligan's Island.

  • Click on "Peter" on Jane's family tree and you will hear about Peter's wooden leg and wolf trouble. This is a reference to children's story Peter and the Wolf.

  • Voice actress Lani Minella plays the part of Nancy Drew and Loulou the parrot.

  • Look carefully at the dried up well. Is there an image of a hamster head in the grate?

  • Look at the columns during the ritual. When the lights are turned back on, they are different.

  • While Nancy is reading the letter to Ned, be sure to check out the bottom right-hand corner of the newspaper article about Linda's marriage.

  • When exiting Jane's door, wait a while. The right gargoyle's eyes sometimes move

  • Loulou sometimes says, "Pay no attention to the bird behind the curtain." This line was taken from The Wizard of Oz, when the wizard says, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

  • On the wall in Jane's room there is a poster for Verdi's opera AIDA. This opera was the inspiration for the broadway musical Aida, which was closing around the time this game was released.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{The Curse of Blackmoor Manor.}

  • Jane claims that Nicholina, a member of her family tree, died as an infant. Yet she was born in 1448 and died in 1501, indicating that she actually lived for 53 years.

  • If you feed Loulou a poisonous cake, you might hear a reference to the 1941 Orson Welles movie Citizen Kane, in which newspaper reporters attempt to discover the meaning behind a newspaper manager's dying word: "Rosebud."

  • Click on "Marianne" on Jane's family tree. Jane will tell you that she was "shipwrecked on this deserted island with a whole bunch of yahoos." This is a reference to 1960's TV show Gilligan's Island.

  • Click on "Peter" on Jane's family tree and you will hear about Peter's wooden leg and wolf trouble. This is a reference to children's story Peter and the Wolf.

  • Voice actress Lani Minella plays the part of Nancy Drew and Loulou the parrot.

  • Look carefully at the dried up well. Is there an image of a hamster head in the grate?

  • Look at the columns during the ritual. When the lights are turned back on, they are different.

  • While Nancy is reading the letter to Ned, be sure to check out the bottom right-hand corner of the newspaper article about Linda's marriage.

  • When exiting Jane's door, wait a while. The right gargoyle's eyes sometimes move

  • Loulou sometimes says, "Pay no attention to the bird behind the curtain." This line was taken from The Wizard of Oz, when the wizard says, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

  • On the wall in Jane's room there is a poster for Verdi's opera AIDA. This opera was the inspiration for the broadway musical Aida, which was closing around the time this game was released.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{Secret of the Old Clock.}

  • Press the "H" key any time while driving to honk the horn of Nancy's car!

  • A portrait of Edward Stratemeyer can be seen along the staircase in the Inn. Stratemeyer wrote Secret of the Old Clock under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

  • Audrey and Seymour are names from Little Shop of Horrors, a 1960 comedy film about a plant that feeds on humans.

  • Some of the people you deliver telegrams to give you the answers to some of Mr. Topham's quiz questions. For example:
    Seymour at Blenheim Nursey: Big Cheese
    Alice at Camp Avondale: Dry Up
    The Vaches Dairy Guy: All Wet
    Rebecca at Sunnybrook Farm: Double Cross
    Miss Jakowski at Titusville Telco: Doll Up.

  • There are some 75s hidden in this game in honor of Nancy Drew's 75th anniversary. How many can you find?

  • When fishing, bait the hook with a minnow and throw it to the right of the rocks for a surprise.

  • Mystery at Lilac Inn is number four in the original Nancy Drew books. Lilac Inn in this game was taken from that book.

  • You can win a total of five toy ponies from the golf course in these colors: red, blue, green, cyan, and purple with pink polka dots.

  • When fishing, bait the hook with worms and throw it into the reeds for another surprise.

  • When you've discovered the passageway behind Emily's room, the "Ballad of Brigitte" from the Curse of Blackmoor Manor is playing.

  • When you are delivering a telegram to "Counselor Ed," look at the telegram in your inventory. It says, "Counselor Ned" on it.

  • Watch Mr. Topham's owl clock. The eyes move!

  • In the Secret of the Old Clock when you have to spend 25 cents on four toys for the Orphanage at the General Store, you should see a poster that says: M. Benson Aviation. Does that sound too familliar? Well M. Benson stands for Mildred Benson, otherwise known as the ghostwriter for the Nancy Drew books.... Carolyn Keene.

  • In the game, there is a place called Lowood Academy. This is featured in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

  • In Secret of the Old Clock there is a hotel called "Deer Mountain Resort". That same hotel is in the book The Haunted Bridge

  • There is a town in Florida with the name of Titusville.

  • When delivering telegrams, one of the places you can go is Sunnybrook Farm, a little girl name Rebecca will come and take the telegram, that is a reference to the book Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

  • This is the only Nancy Drew game that does not take place in the Present day.

  • Dr. Aikerman, Margaret Judson, Mrs. Brownell and Betsy Howard at the Deer Mountain Resort are characters from the Nancy Drew novel, The Haunted Bridge.

  • The carousel horse in the Josiah's house is one of the horses that were sold in The Haunted Carousel.

  • Richard Topham said he has ESP, Abby from Message in a Haunted Mansion also has ESP.

  • Jim Archer is the name of Helen Corning's husband in the Nancy Drew books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon.}

  • On the front cover on the box of this game, there are seven 13s hidden. Can you find them all?

  • There is a mystery author with the last name of Baldacci. This could be where Her Interactive got the name "Balducci."

  • A show called Ghost Whisperer was created by a man named John Gray. John Grey, in this game, is a ghost hunter.

  • This is the first game that has a different magnifying glass.

  • It is also the first game where Nancy has a different handwriting in her journal and task list.

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{Danger by Design.}

  • Take a look at the Ichi-Do book for sale at Pont Neuf. It seems the library book was recently checked out to "B. Lee" and "C. Norris." Hmm... Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris perhaps?

  • When you enter the Pont Neuf subway, you can see the Nancy Drew silhouette and a sign advertising Koko Kringles in the background.

  • Wondering why the doorknob to the windmill is in the middle of the door? In Paris, most doorknobs are, in fact, in the center.

  • Police sirens heard in the background of the game are distinctly different from those heard in the US. They are real European sirens.

  • While Nancy is running up the stairs to her room in the demo, if you look on the sofa/couch next to her bed, you will see that Mr. Woogle Wogel isn’t there

  • Dieter von Schwesterkrank's last name literally means "sistersick" in German.

  • When you are playing Model Match in Jane Penvellyn's (character from Curse of Blackmoor Manor) Game Portal, at first you see that the person who currently has the highest score is LettyD. That is a reference to Leticia Drake (Mrs. Drake) from the Curse of Blackmoor Manor.

  • The woman who sends Noisette information on the M380 machine is Rose Penvellyn from Curse of Blackmoor Manor.

  • The picture with the obituary Dieter left behind is a picture of the Carolyn Keene, Mildred Wirt Benson. So Noisette Tornade is "portrayed" by Mildred Benson.

  • Emily Griffen of Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake sends Minette an e-mail.

  • This is the first Nancy Drew game that offers two possible endings. If Nancy tells Minette that Heather wrote one of the threatening letters, the designer will fire Heather. If you choose not to tell, Nancy is rewarded-she gets to appear in a fashion show at the end of the game!

  • When designing the fashion outfits, the cowboy boots are described, saying that they will remind the client of "Shadow Ranch" from The Secret of Shadow Ranch.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{Creature of Kapu Cave.}

  • Many of the employees on Dr. Craven's PDA are actually Her Interactive employees. Look for: K. Ulmer (Kris), R. Riedl (Robert), M. Gaiser (Megan), J. Hayashi (John), D. Larsen (Donovan), M. Paganini (Mike), A. Ludwick (Anne), and R. Klee (Rob). M. Kuahiwinui (Maylene) was a consultant Her Interactive hired for information on Hawai'i.

  • At the main menu, go to "options," then "User Interface." You can change the green bar at the bottom of the screen to other styles.

  • The Hardy Boys look different from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon due to them hiring new artists for the games. 

  • This is the first game in the series in which the player can control someone other than Nancy with the exception of playing as Frank Hardy for a small part in Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon

  • Dr, Quigley's voice is almost similar to actress Fran Drescher. 

  • When Dr. Quigley meets you, she says "Nancy Drew, I presume?" in almost exactly the same way that Joanna Riggs from Secret of the Scarlet Hand does in the opening scene. This is also a reference to a famous quote by David Livingstone.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{White Wolf of Icicle Creek.}

  • Carl Jenkins' phone number spells 555-SLIP and the Faringdale's phone number spells 555-SICK.

  • Guadalupe's nickname, "Lupe," is apropos, as the Latin word for wolf is lupus.

  • Did you notice that certain phone numbers spell words? For example: Tino's number is 312-555-JERK (hey, if the shoe fits...). The avalanche patrol's is 555-BOOM. The hospital's number is 555-HURT, Lou's is 555-BONE, and Chantal's is 555-CASH

  • Did you know that the Fox and Geese game was inspired by a game described in the book Little House on Rocky Ridge?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

{Legend of the Crystal Skull.}

  • Bruno Bolet's crypt indicates that he died in 2007, the same year CRY was released

  • Eat Koko Kringle bars until something happens...

  • Among the list of people Dr. Bolet buried is Luda Kris, a reference to rapper Ludacris.

 

{Phantom of Venice.}

  • In one of Helena's postcards, she mentions "Nena" and "99 Luftbaloons." Nena is a German singer and one of her songs is 99 Luftbaloons.

  • 'Samantha Quick' was suggested as Nancy's stage name in The Final Scene.

  • The name Nancy receives while dancing at the nightclub, Punchy LaRue, is the name of the person who formerly voiced Bess Marvin. 

  • The name Nancy receives while dancing at the nightclub, Punchy LaRue, is the name of the person who formerly voiced Bess Marvin. 

  • While also talking to Margherita, she makes a reference to the flowers near where she is sunbathing. She says Prudence Rutherford got them at the Hilihili Research Center in Hawaii. The Hilihili Research Center is one of the places in The Creature of Kapu Cave.

  • The binary code in Fango's office translates to "I love cute little fuzzy animals."

  • When entering the bathroom at the 'ca, one of Nancy's phrases is, "Fight the Shower!" This is a reference to The Final Scene.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{The Haunting of Castle Malloy.}

  • The Hydroponics book in the library is written by Aggie Culture (which sounds like "agriculture").

  • The Zoopraxiscope book in the library is written by Cap Y. Bara (which sounds like "capybara," a pig-sized amphibious rodent that lives in South America).

  • The Ersatz Quidnuncs book in the library is written by Aru Dight (which sounds like "erudite," a word meaning intelligent or well-read).

  • When creating the seating plan, some of the other guests are actually the names of characters from other Nancy Drew games. Jane and Linda are from Curse of Blackmoor Manor, Rose is from Message in a Haunted Mansion, Lori and John are from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Heather is from Danger By Design, Taylor is from Secret of the Scarlet Hand, and Henry is from Legend of the Crystal Skull.

  • When you look through the picture of Kit and Kyler by the fireplace, the background is the Rialto Market, a place where Nancy can sell flowers in The Phantom of Venice.

  • The book Kyler is reading looks just like Marie Antionette's journal in Treasure in the Royal Tower.

  • The sign inside the desk in the tower says Waverly Academy for Girls. Warnings at Waverly Academy is the twenty-first game and takes place at an all-girls school which several Nancy Drew characters attended.

  • The fortunes Nancy receives from the machine in the main hall make references to several other games. The first, "I see the sea in your future", is a sly hint at Ransom of the Seven Ships, the next Nancy Drew adventure. One reads "Fight the power!", a catchphrase from The Final Scene. Another says, "What card am I looking at?", which was featured in a puzzle in Secret of the Old Clock. Another one reads "BALDO!", a nickname of the federal agent mentioned in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Ransom of the Seven Ships.}

  • This is the first game where you meet Bess and George in person.

  • In the lobby, you meet Coucou, which is actually the great granddaughter of LouLou, the bird from Curse of Blackmoor Manor. 

  • If you find pieces of paper in the bottles while sailing, they will be automatically pieced together to form a passage from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, the one just before the raven appears. Certain letters in red will tell you to go to and dive to one of the sunken ships where the sharks are, and, using the metal detector from Johnny Rolle, you will find an Easter egg. This is also a reference of the next game,Warnings at Waverly Academy, as Corine mentions that she is a Poe fan, as well as Leela having the missing Poe book, "The Black Cat and Other Stories", which includes "The Raven" and other works, as well as the pendulum challenge, a reference of "The Pit and The Pendulum.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Warnings at Waverly Academy.}

  • Look at the subtitle of the "Science Can Be Fun" book in the cellar. It reads: "though odds are you'll find this book exceedingly tedious." The author is Dr. D. Troit, which sounds like Detroit.

  • If you enter the bathroom, Nancy will sometimes make random references to previous games, such as "What was the deal with all those glass eyes?" from Legend of the Crystal Skull, "Not nice, Dwayne. Not nice at all." from Stay Tuned for Danger/Ransom of the Seven Ships and "Coucou want fruit." from Ransom of the Seven Ships.

  • On top of Mel's dresser next to her sampler is a goth version of the doll Naughty Tina from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon.

  • The final puzzle Nancy solves after facing the culprit is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum".

  • If you look up Bill Kessler from The White Wolf of Icicle Creek in the library catalog, you will find that he wrote a book about fish

  • When wandering around the upstairs hallway, Mel can be heard practicing cello from her bedroom. The three pieces she is playing are Cello Suite #1: 1st Movement- Prelude, Cello Suite #1: 4th Movement- Sarabande, and Cello Suite #3: 6th Movement- Gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites.

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{Trail of the Twister.}

  • If you call Nancy's cell phone number you will hear her answering machine.

  • A can of soup in Ma & Pa's is labeled "Broth of Khan," a reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

  • Look carefully at the magazine showing the culprit's photo at the end of the game. You will see an article entitled: "Don't have time to shave? Try sandblasting!"

  • Take a look at the blue graph paper in front of the siren chart in the living room. The sticky note on the right says, "This is really just a note on the right."

  • If you eat several pieces of candy in a row, the screen will turn green.

  • If you turn on the TV, you might see screenshots from past Nancy Drew games.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    When you ask Frosty about the disaster kit, he mentions Lori Girard. Lori is a character from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

{Shadow at the Water's Edge.}

  • Read the copy of Savannah's book in Yumi's apartment. You'll see information about General "Franklin Nickerson." Is he any relation to Ned?

  • The ending to the game varies depending on what the player decides to do when Nancy catches the culprit.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

{The Captive Curse.}

  • The outtakes reference two films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Young Frankenstein.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{Alibi in Ashes.}

  • Alexei's last name is misspelled in the credits.

  • The Lickie Loo lollipops have misspelled "thousands" on their packaging.

  • When Ned first talks to Dierdre she says: "Ned! How's it going?" Ned responds with: "Hi Dierdre. I'm fine." Dierdre then says: "You certainly is." She should, grammatically, say, "You certainly are."

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{The Deadly Device.}

  • Deirdre mentions Occam's Razor, which isn't a device for removing unwanted hair. This philosophical principle states that the simplest plausible explanation for any phenomenon should be preferred.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

{Ghost of Thornton Hall.}

  • None yet!

{The Silent Spy.}

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{The Shattered Medallion.}

  • None yet!

{Labyrinth of Lies.}

  • None yet!

{Sea of Darkness.}

  • None yet!

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