Pulp Fiction Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-26 · 23 entries checked · 5 flagged · 13 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 8 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Marcellus Wallace — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section claims Marcellus Wallace speaks multiple times earlier in the film, including his opening scene with Jules and Vincent. This is incorrect: Marcellus Wallace does not appear in the opening scene with Jules and Vincent; that scene is i

Marcellus Wallace — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section states the character was named after the Marquis de Sade, as confirmed by Quentin Tarantino. This is false: Tarantino has stated the name was inspired by the boxer Marcellus Clay (Muhammad Ali), not the Marquis de Sade.

Zed — Zed is not a pawn shop owner; Maynard is the proprietor of the pawn shop, while Zed is his partner.

Vincent Vega's Death — Butch does not find Vincent sitting on the toilet; Vincent is sitting on the toilet with the bathroom door closed, and Butch shoots him through the door after Vincent opens it slightly. Butch does not see Vincent sitting defenseless before shooting.

Jack Rabbit Slims Visit — Mia overdoses on heroin from Vincent's coat pocket, but in the film she mistakes Vincent's heroin for cocaine and snorts it from a baggie she finds in his jacket pocket, not from a baggie that falls out after he leaves the room.

Jack Rabbit Slims Visit — The waitresses dressed as specific 1950s Hollywood icons, but the film shows waitresses dressed as Marilyn Monroe, Mamie Van Doren, and Jayne Mansfield, not Jane Russell.

Butch Coolidge's Apartment — The gold watch was not hidden by Captain Koons while a POW in Vietnam; it was kept by him and later given to Butch as a child, but the hiding under the floorboards occurs when Butch is an adult, not by Koons.

Butch Coolidge's Apartment — Hitmen Vincent and Jules do not visit Butch's apartment in the film; Vincent and Jules are sent to retrieve Marsellus's briefcase from Brett, not to find Butch. The hitman who visits Butch's apartment is Vincent alone, after Butch has already left.

Brett Apartment Raid — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded

Marsellus Wallace Captured — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded

Winston Wolf's Suit — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded

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