Shooting References in Tv and Movies
King of the Hill- Mike Judge told the story of a letter he received regarding the King of the Hill episode “Wings of the Dope”, in which a protagonist’s deceased boyfriend visits her in the form of an angel. The episode premiered on May 4, 1999, two weeks after the shooting, and the fan who wrote to Judge had been inside the school during it; she credited the episode with helping her allow herself to grieve a friend of hers she was in love with and, during the shooting, decided to finally tell only to find out later that he was one of the shooters (because of this she had been pressured to repress her feelings)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Postponed after they were to air soon after the shootings. The first was the episode “Earshot”. Though the episode had to do with school violence, there is a scene reminiscent of the University of Texas at Austin’s shooting. Also “Graduation Day, Part Two” was delayed by almost two months after the shootings because of the scene where the students are wielding weapons. It was only aired after The WB received “thousands of letters demanding that the finale be aired
Family guy- in the episode “Brian and Stewie” Brian and Stewie are trapped in a safe and when Stewie questions Brian about his owning of a Gun, Stewie says "You are spewing all that liberal Crap about stricter gun laws, you cried after Columbine.” In another episode, “ Road to Rupert” Stewie and Brian arrive in Colorado where there is a sign that says “Colorado, more than just Kobe and Columbine”. It references the infamous alleged rape case of the NBA star Kobe Bryant, and the Columbine High School shooting.
Law and Order- The episode “School Daze” was based on the massacre at Columbine High School.
Family Guy- In the episode “Trading Places" Peter is pretending to be a high school student. He wears a black trench coat and holds a shotgun saying he wants to get back at the popular kids who ignored him. When Lois tells him he’s a normal high school student, Peter calls someone named Lance, trying to tell him "it” was off, but Lance starts shooting anyway. This is another reference to Columbine because if Peter went along with it, there would be two gunmen.
One Tree Hill- episode “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept” was partially based on the massacre
Generation Kill- after a marine kills two Iraqi children another marine refers to him as a ‘Dylan Klebold wannabe’.


















