Alternative Media

This page reflects alternative media that has referenced Vassar.

Cartoons

Podcasts

The Paul F. Tompkins-hosted improvisation show Spontaneanation features an improvised story each week. Episode 58, “Rented Cabin in the Mountains”, featuring Jason Mantzoukas, makes a few Vassar jokes (which start at about the 40:00 mark).

Video Games

Metal Gear Solid—In this highly popular game series, when the player saves his game he has a brief interaction with, according to Wikipedia, a “Chinese-American data analyst [who invented the player’s] wireless communication system, the codec radio, as well as the Soliton Radar, which detects the positions and field of vision of nearby enemy soldiers…[She] provides him with advice through Chinese proverbs, as well as quotations from Western authors.” Thanks to Michael Weissbluth for the tip.

Comedy

Stephen Colbert’s book America Again throws a Vassar joke into a section on acing an interview question.

Comics

The Order (2008) #5

In a Marvel comic series following the Civil War story (which was a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe), there is an initiative to place a superhero team in each state of the United States. The fifth comic opens with an introduction to Kate Kildare, who handled PR for the group. (Thanks to David Lumb for spotting this.)

The New Champion of Shazam (2022-2023) #1 & 3

This limited comic series features hero Mary Marvel, sister of Captain Marvel, heading to Vassar as a freshman before being waylaid to save her family in Philadelphia. Several pages take place at Vassar, including a lovely rendering of the library.