Cultural references in The Most Amazing Life

This is a **list of cultural references made in *The Most Amazing Life.***

**Note:** These lists include both Instagram and Facebook comic strips.

## *Breaking Bad*

*Breaking Bad* is a crime-themed show and has a spin-off called *Better Call Saul*

 August 14, 2023

## Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a football team by the NFL and began in 1960.

## *Cars*

*Cars* is a CGI animated series produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first movie came out in 2006.

## CCM

CCM is a Canadian ice hockey brand that was founded in 1899.

 June 9, 2021

## Champion (sportswear)

Champion is a sportswear company founded in 1919. In the beginning of 2020, it became trending once again, whereas Under Armour became less trending.

## *Diary of a Wimpy Kid*

*Diary of a Wimpy Kid* is a novel series created by Jeff Kinney. It revolves around the anti-hero, Greg Heffley, and his troubles such as family and middle school. The first book was published in 2007.

 July 30, 2022 |  | Sonny humiliates Presley by saying Manny Heffley's catchphrase, "Bubby!"

## *Fortnite*

*Fortnite* was a video game developed by Epic Games and was released in 2017.

## *Garfield*

*Garfield* is a comic strip about an orange cat who loves eating and sleeping, and hates diets and Mondays with his cartoonist owner and their dog Odie. It is the world's most syndicated newspaper comic strip. *Garfield* has been going on since June 19, 1978.

## *Life in Hell*

*Life in Hell* was a comic created by Matt Groening from 1977-2012.

### References in *The Most Amazing Life*

An angry figure shadow will appear, this was very common in the Instagram series, confronting the culprit, who says, "I swear I (insert crime here)." This first occurred on August 17, 2020. This is an allusion to the shadow rabbit gag.

## Marvel

*Marvel* is a comic series. It began in 1939, and is now a division of The Walt Disney Company.

## Nike

Nike is a sportswear brand since 1962. It is the most popular in the world.

### Characters

Presley Cerda wears an orange Nike t shirt.

Mark wears black Nike tube socks.

Richie wears blue Nike enhanced shorts and blue Nike sneakers.

Nate wears black Nike tube socks.

## *Plants vs. Zombies*

*Plants vs. Zombies* is a video game franchise that started in 2009. It has many spinoffs and two sequels as well. The latest installment was *Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville* in 2019.

## *Rocko's Modern Life*

*Rocko's Modern Life* is a Nicktoon about a wallaby named Rocko and his friends Heffer, Filburt, and dog Spunky. It first aired September 18, 1993 and last aired November 24, 1996. There was a Netflix special on August 9, 2019.

## *SpongeBob SquarePants*

*SpongeBob SquarePants* is an animated kids series created by Stephen Hillenburg that started in 1999. After Hillenburg died in 2018, there were two spin-offs made, *Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years* and *The Patrick Star Show*.

 June 20, 2022

## The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band in the 1960s that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

## *The Simpsons*

*The Simpsons* is the longest primetime animated sitcom created by Matt Groening in 1989 (although it debuted in *The Tracey Ullman* show as shorts in 1987). It is about a dysfunctional family named the Simpsons. *The Simpsons* is a major influence on *The Most Amazing Life*.

 October 9, 2020
 July 14, 2022 |  | Uncle Lee says "D'oh!"

## Star Wars

Star Wars is a franchise that has been going on since 1977 by George Lucas.

## Under Armour

Under Armour is a clothing brand since 1996.

### Characters

Mark wears an Under Armour "NEVER BACK DOWN" t shirt.

Ryan wears an Under Armour Americana t shirt.

Richie wears a white Under Armour Americana t shirt.

## Vyond

Vyond, also formerly as Go!Animate is an animation platform launched in 2007. Most Vyond videos revolve among characters (especially the infamous Caillou) doing something bad, and getting grounded for a nearly-infinite amount of time.

### Characters

Daillou is based off the Vyond Caillou.

Daillou's father is based off Vyond Boris.

### Comic strips

 October 4, 2022 |  | Presley, Josh, and Aiden go to the Daillou Gets Grounded parade, and Presley is forced to take his sister.

## *Wayside School*

*Wayside School* is a children's short-story novel by Louis Sachar, which was 4 books, 2 spin-offs, and a cartoon. The first installment was *Sideways Stories from Wayside School*, which was published January 1, 1978. The latest installment was *Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom*, which was published March 3, 2020.