Brave New World

Brave New World is the second episode of the Second Season and the twenty-fourth episode in the series.

Summary
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Main Cast

 * Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
 * Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
 * Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
 * Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
 * Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (credit only)
 * Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett
 * Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman (credit only)

Guest Cast

 * Taylor Kinney as Mason Lockwood
 * Susan Walters as Carol Lockwood
 * BJ Britt as Carter

Trivia
General Behind The Scenes
 * Antagonist: Damon
 * This is the first episode since History Repeating to feature Damon as the main antagonist.
 * This episode is Caroline-centric.
 * Caroline becomes the second main female character to turn into a vampire, after Vicki.
 * Vicki is mentioned by Damon. She was last seen in Haunted.
 * Stefan jokes about the Lockwood's being werewolves in this episode. It is later confirmed that they are indeed part of the werewolf gene lineage.
 * This episode had 3.04 million viewers in USA.
 * The series finale of NBC's TV show Heroes had the same name. It also involves a carnival.
 * Katherine, Jenna and Alaric don't appear in this episode.
 * Mason meets Stefan in this episode.

Cultural References

 * When Stefan arm wrestles Mason and loses he tells Damon that Mason and Tyler could be Ninja Turtles. This is a reference to the 1980s franchise, who were a band of humanoid turtles that fought crime.
 * is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1932. The title is derived from Shakespeare's.
 * Jacob is character in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga
 * Bart and Homer are characters in The Simpsons.

Quotes

 * : I'm human and I have to do human stuff, otherwise I'll go crazy.


 * : We have to make Caroline proud or she will kill us.


 * : I was killed by a vampire and brought back by a magic ring. How do you move forward from that?


 * : Is there a pattern? Like, once a month, only at night?


 * : Aren't you worried that one day all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back? I mean surely they do talk.
 * : I'm just happy that's a, um, a blood bag and not a sorority girl supplying your dinner.


 * : The ring toss is out of Bart and Homer dolls and "Team Jacob" Ts.

: Or no, zombies, werewolves. : No comedic timing at all.
 * : Maybe they're ninja turtles.

Caroline of all people will not make it as a vampire. Her mother's a vampire hunter. Guys, come on, we all know how this story ends, so let's just flip to the last chapter and …
 * : Need I remind you of a tragic little story of a girl named Vicki Donovan.


 * : Nothing about my life is normal. My best friend is a witch, boyfriend's a vampire and I have a doppelgänger who's hell-bent on destroying all of us.


 * : My father hated vampires too. Same reason your dad did. Only it was 1864. People knew how to whittle.