<Li> South Park episode "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" (2010) makes particular reference to The Catcher in the Rye and shows that its once - controversial use of vocabulary has no impact among young readers nowadays . It also references its connection towards the series of high - profile assassination attempts in the 1980s, with character Butters Stotch expressing a desire to kill John Lennon after reading the book until his father assures him that Lennon was already killed . </Li> <Ul> <Li> In the action - adventure game Bully (2006), the main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, shares a lot of traits with Holden Caulfield . </Li> <Li> In the game "Life is Strange" (2015), the protagonist, Max Caulfield, is named after Holden . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the action - adventure game Bully (2006), the main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, shares a lot of traits with Holden Caulfield . </Li> <Li> In the game "Life is Strange" (2015), the protagonist, Max Caulfield, is named after Holden . </Li>

Catcher in the rye impact on pop culture