Abbott is accepted to Princeton Family Ties – "Young Republican" Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) spends the first two seasons of the series preparing to attend Princeton The Flintstones – in the 1961 episode entitled "Flintstone of Prinstone", Fred briefly attends Princeton's prehistoric counterpart, "Prinstone University", as a part-time student; in the 1964 episode "Cinderellastone", Fred's dream character also attended Prinstone The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – Princeton is Philip's alma mater; his son, Carlton, enrolls in Princeton by the final episode Gilmore Girls – Rory Gilmore is accepted into Princeton University The Girl Next Door – Eli is mentioned as having been accepted to Princeton Good in Bed, novel by Jennifer Weiner – protagonist Cannie Shapiro is a Princeton alumna In Her Shoes (1991), a novel by Jennifer Weiner – Rose Feller is a Princeton grad. Her younger sister Maggie camps out in a Princeton library Leatherheads – the character of Carter Rutherford is a star Princeton quarterback Left Behind series – character Cameron "Buck" Williams is a Princeton grad Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper – Calvin Morrison had been a theology student at Princeton, but dropped out to join the U.S. Army and fight in the Korean War; He later becomes an officer with the Pennsylvania State Police and transported to another time-line Mad Men – Paul Kinsey is a Princeton graduate (class of '55) and in "My Old Kentucky Home" (season 3, episode 3), Kinsey's classmate Jeffrey, a drug dealer, reminisces about the Tigertones a cappella group Mars Attacks! – President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is a Princeton alumnus The Mindy Project – the main character, Mindy Lahiri, attended Princeton Numb3rs – the characters of Charlie Eppes and Larry Fleinhardt are Princeton Alumni (Charlie graduated at the age of 16 and Larry at the age of 19) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement – Anne Hathaway's character has graduated from Princeton The Reluctant Fundamentalist, novel – the characters Changez and Erica are Princeton grads Risky Business – Tom Cruise's character gets into Princeton after an unconventional interview at his own home Rubber – one of the spectators ("film buff Ethan") appears wearing an orange-embroidered black baseball cap reading "PRINCETO" The Rule of Four, mystery novel – the protagonists are Princeton students and the Art Museum and its collections play a central role in the plot Salt – Angelina Jolie's character