The two main characters, Edgar Portsnell and Allan Twilight, as well as the family are named after Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe | Poe | Lovi Poe | Amos Poe | Fernando Poe, Jr. | Edgar Allan Poe's | Marshall Poe | Edgar Allan Poe (Maryland attorney general) | Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet | Poe (singer) | The Death of Poe (film) | The Death of Poe | Ted Poe | John Poe (prospector) | John Poe | Eliza Poe |