Helvetica Spot-the-Ref

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Miseri spends inordinate amount of time putting in references, so it would be a pity not to write down the stuff we notice:

  • Helvetica and Geneva are fonts, of course
  • The Pervenches are the kids from Narnia, complete with disappearance into wardrobe
  • Louise Beauclair (the barber's wife) and her downstairs neighbor (Mme L'Amour, the baker's wife) are from Sweeney Todd
  • Lucille (the vampire) is eventually buried in a tomb with Wilhelmina Murray
  • Lucille also attacks Camilla Karnstein, in a reversal of Carmilla (and note we also have a Laura)
  • Sir Galahad Locksley's name is at least three refs (Tennyson's Sir Galahad (he's a poet); Locksley, for Robin of Locksley; and Gilderoy Lockhart)
  • Obviously we have a Scarlet Pimpernel thing going on with rescuing folks from Bois-Franc, but there haven't been any explicit refs as far as I've noticed
  • Maria von Pinn and some students are from The Sound of Music, and her surname is undoubtedly a reference to Von Pinn from Girl Genius
  • Adelheid Sessemann is from Heidi
  • Dupin is (I assume, though there's no evidence besides his name and nationality) Auguste Dupin
  • Cujo the Alsatian is of course Cujo, and despite being named for this fictitious monastery, the Alsatian is a real-world breed better known as the German Shepherd
  • St. Alsace is (I assume) referencing Alsace, a region with similar geography to Helvetica.