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Beginning of the episode
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- Servo, as Anguirus is seen in the shot
- Huh, Spiny Norman.
In the "Archaeology Today" episode of "Monty Python's
Flying Circus," the leader of the nefarious Piranha Gang has a
lingering fear of a giant hedgehog called Spiny Norman. Norman
subsequently made cameo appearances on other episodes.
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- Crow, as the movie's title is shown
- A film by Ingmar Bergman.
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) was a highly influential Swedish film
director. Some of his most famous films include 'The Seventh Seal'
(1957), 'Persona' (1966), and 'Cries and Whispers' (1973).
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- Servo, as Rokurou is playing on his water toy
- Huh. Okay, technologically advanced people, huh? Gimme a break! They
can make high-definition TV, but they can't make decent water toys!
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- Hiroshi
- Yeah, why not?
- Joel
- Why not? I'm high.
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- Hiroshi
- A quake?!
- Joel
- No, Quisp.
Quake and Quisp were two similar, "competing" breakfast
cereals made by The Quaker Oats Company in the 1960s. They were also
known for their animated television ads created by Jay Ward (of
"Rocky and Bullwinkle" fame).
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- Goro
- Roku-san!
- Joel, mishearing the name as "Roxanne"
- You don't have to put on the red dress!
A reference to the lyrics of the 1978 The Police song
"Roxanne": " Roxanne/ You don't have to put on the red
light/ "
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- Servo, as Rokurou, who is getting pulled into the water vortex
- Hey, this is better than the Dells!
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- Joel
- Try not to get sucked into the vortex of hell, Billy!
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- Hiroshi
- Hey, listen. It would be funny if the earthquake destroyed your robot!
- Joel
- Yeah, it would be funny if the earthquake killed your family!
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- Servo, as Hiroshi drives off
- Whoa!
- Crow
- Go, Speed Racer!
- Servo
- Heh, heh, there he goes!
- Crow and Servo, singing
- Mah-he go go, mah-he go go, mah-he go go go!
"Mach Go Go Go" was a 1967 Japanese anime series about the
adventures of a young race car driver and his friends and family. It
was later dubbed into English and aired in the United States under the
title "Speed Racer".
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- Crow, as Goro is working with a blowtorch
- Industry: creating a better world! Our most valuable resource? People!
He's a maniac, a maniac, and he's dancing like he's never danced
before! He's a steel town boy on a Saturday...
- Servo
- Shh.
- Joel, as camera pans up on Jet Jaguar
- They've just created Jennifer Beals.
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- Servo, as Barry White
- Oh, baby. Oh, when we see love and find love, make love, baby.
- Joel
- That's a good Barry White there.
- Servo, as Barry White
- Thank you.
Barry White (1944-2003) was an American romantic soul and disco singer
known for his signature gravelly bass voice.
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- Servo
- Boy, all this and they STILL can't get the Comedy Channel.
The Comedy Channel was a comedy-themed cable TV network that aired
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" following its original run on
KTMA in Minnesota. In 1991, it merged with a competing network, Ha!, to
become Comedy Central.
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- Rokurou
- Hey! Hey! Jet Jaguar!
- Crow
- Shane! Come back, Shane!
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- Ending song, "Gojira to Jetto Jagaa de Panchi Panchi Panchi" (Godzilla and Jet Jaguar, Punch Punch Punch) by Masato Shimon
- Hito ga tsukutta robotto dakedo/Jetto Jagaa Jetto Jagaa!/Yatta ze
Jagaa!/Yuke yuke heiwa o mamoru tame/Minna mo odoroku yuuki o
miseru/Gojira to Jagaa de panchi panchi panchi!/Naku na bokura mo
ganbarou
- "Translation" by Joel and the 'bots
- He jock it made of steel/Eats sushi from a pail/Jet Jaguar? Jet
Jaguar!/He mother never really love him/He crimefighting covers up a
basic insecurity/He dickey covers up an Adams apple the size of a
Toyota/He basically good-hearted but he'd like to smash that kid
against a rock/Knock! Knock! Knock!/ Who's there?/His head looks like
Jack Nicholson/Don't smile like that, it will stay that
way/YAHMMMAAHOAAHOAAAUGH!/Don't touch my bags if you please, Mr.
Customs Man.
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- Crow, to Servo, whose "flamethrower" is burning
- What manner of bot are you who can conjure flame without flint or
tinder?
Comes from a quote from the 1975 movie "Monty Python and the Holy
Grail": "What manner of man are you that can summon up fire
without flint or tinder?" It is spoken by King Arthur (Graham
Chapman) to Tim the Enchanter (John Cleese).
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- Frank, who is playing "Super Mario Bros."
- Hey, what is it--that Goomba just ate that little Mario guy! That's not
fair! I was getting all the extra...
- Dr. Forrester, interrupting
- Well, you can return to this world. Uh, hold down A and push Start.
- Frank
- What does it matter? He's dead! Dead, I tell you! DEAD! *sobbing*
- Dr. Forrester
- It's just a game, Frank. Push the button.
Goombas are the puny mushroom enemies from the Nintendo game
"Super Mario Bros." In the original game, after you get a
Game Over screen, you can hold the A button down and press the Start
button to begin at the world you were previously in.
