As dedicated teen drama fans, we love whenever shows make references to past moments — it feels like everything is coming full circle.
Here are some of our favorites callbacks from teen dramas!
WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
Note: #14 contains mentions of suicide.
1. On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when The First appeared as Cassie and pretended Tara was there, using the same encouragement that Tara told Willow after Buffy's mom died:
2. On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when Dark Willow used the same phrase the vampire version of her used in "Doppelgängland":
3. On Teen Wolf, when Scott bit Liam and tried to use the same phrases Derek had said to Scott after biting him:
4. On Teen Wolf, when Hayden and Paige's deaths mirrored Allison's death in Scott's arms:
5. On Gossip Girl, when Jenny leaving town mirrored the scene from the pilot when Serena arrived in town — and then the show paid homage to the iconic moment AGAIN when Serena left town in the Season 5 finale:
6. On One Tree Hill, when the final scene of the finale paid homage to a scene at the start of the second episode:
7. On One Tree Hill, when Lucas told Peyton her art mattered after she was feeling discouraged, then Peyton told Lucas the same thing in Season 5:
8. On The Vampire Diaries, when Stefan and Damon's introduction was the same in both the pilot and the finale:
9. On The Vampire Diaries, when Elena asked Bonnie to float the feathers around them one last time, just like she did when she first revealed her magic to Elena:
10. On Pretty Little Liars, when the finale ended the same way the pilot started:
11. On Pretty Little Liars, when Emily found out Maya had been murdered, mirroring the moment when she found out Alison was dead:
12. On Glee, when Rachel performed "Don't Stop Believing" for her Funny Girl audition and imagined singing it with the original New Directions members — and also when the crew sang the song as a tribute to Finn and Mr. Shue in Season 5:
13. On Degrassi: Next Class, when Lola and Miles' hallway conversation in Season 3 perfectly paralleled Miles' monologue from Season 1:
14. On Degrassi: Next Class, when Maya's suicide attempt paralleled her boyfriend Cam's suicide on Degrassi: The Next Generation:
15. In the Veronica Mars movie, when Logan and Veronica called back to Logan's "I thought our story was epic" Season 2 speech:
16. On The O.C., during Marissa's death scene in Season 3, when they flash backed to Ryan carrying Marissa in the pilot and also in Season 1, Episode 7:
17. On The O.C., when Ryan and Seth hugged in the series finale — the only time they hugged on screen since the pilot:
18. On Elite, when Lu killing Polo in the Season 3 finale paralleled the scene where Polo killed Marina in the Season 1 finale:
19. On Ginny & Georgia, when Ginny and Marcus swapped lines from the pilot in Season 1, Episode 9:
20. On Riverdale, when Archie and Betty stared out their windows and fantasized about slow-dancing with each other, paralleling the dance they shared in the pilot:
21. And finally, on Shadowhunters, when Alec and Magnus called back to this familiar dialogue in an alternate universe episode:
