Tina Fey's Netflix sitcom is crammed with weird references that might have gone over your head
7. Xanthippe
From: The whole series
What it means: Jacqueline’s daughter Xanthippe is named in honour of Socrates’ wife. In Xenophon’s Symposium he describes her as “the hardest to get along with of all the women there are,” and Socrates says he married her because “I know full well, if I can tolerate her spirit, I can with ease attach myself to every human being else.” A similar relationship is presented between the ultra-positive Kimmy and the grumpy teenage Xan.
8. “Mikey told me Shark Week is now a union holiday”
From: S2E11 – ‘Kimmy Meets a Celebrity!’
Who says it: Titus
What it means: In a memorable scene of 30 Rock, the uncontrollable comic Tracy Jordan tells NBC employee Kenneth: “Live every week like it’s Shark Week”. In Fey’s universe, it seems to have developed into a public holiday.
9. “Lumiere… Belle… Gaston!”
From: S1E7 – ‘Kimmy Goes To a Party!’
Who says it: Kimmy
What it means: While in a fancy restaurant with Titus, Kimmy pretends to speak French, but the only words she can say are names of Beauty and the Beast characters.
