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Post by rollingskull on Aug 12, 2005 5:18:10 GMT
Hello.
I've noticed that Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb are... homages to the... shall we say... flamboyant?... villains, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, from the goofy old Bond flick Diamonds are Forever. This is probably old, but I was just wondering if many of the other villains or characters are inspired from other sources.
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Post by SAVE_US.WBTC on Aug 12, 2005 6:27:24 GMT
I so wanna see Diamonds are Forever, especially now that I know my favorite villains are based on those characters. I'm a huge Bond fan and just got up to that point, but unfortunately, that's the only Bond movie my video store doesn't have.
Heel President Jimmy was a nod to Darth Vader in SNOWING, so by that logic, we can say that Father represented Palpatine in PRESIDENT. Robin Food pretty much speaks for itself, as do Count Spankulot and Stickybeard. Henrich also has some qualities of Belloq from Indiana Jones, except that Belloq was French, not German. Froggy from KNOT represented Gollum in LOTR.
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Post by getmepower on Aug 12, 2005 18:23:01 GMT
Well, the force by Chad was inspired by the New York Jets, as the Yugioh hair kid resembles the hair itself and so is the kid who has the clothes like Satoshi from Pocket Monsters.
~Nismo
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Post by rollingskull on Aug 12, 2005 22:09:38 GMT
Diamonds are Forever is cheesy (It should be on AMC as part of their Bond marathon every weekday. Keep an eye out, they got a few movies before they hit it.). And Wink and Fibb are carbon copies of the mannerisms of Wint and Kidd, except for the bits about the two... holding hands.
Yeah, good ol' Heinie seemed very Indiana Jonesian, but I really don't see Belloq in him.
Numbuh 5's dad is clearly Bill Cosby (He's even a doctor). Though he isn't a villain.
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 13, 2005 1:42:15 GMT
The Delightful Children may be based on the creepy kids in Village of the Damned. I've heard Children of the Corn as well, but I don't know what that's about.
Operation ARCHIVE is a really obvious parody (lampoon?) of the Second Renaissance in the Animatrix.
In REPORT, Numbuh One's story parodies video games, Numbuh Two's story parodies comic book heros, Superman in particular, Numbuh Four's story parodies Dragonball Z, and I'm not sure about the girls' stories.
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Post by helenalala on Aug 13, 2005 6:45:05 GMT
Shwoo: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town and gets all the children to murder every adult in town, and then they worship a evil god thing that lives in the cornfield, and kill themselves once they reach 19. (Stephen King novel) In other words nothing like the Delightfull Children.  I dont really know any 'insperations' that i can think of, besides Henriech and Augustus Gloop.  |
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Post by phantasma on Aug 13, 2005 6:50:28 GMT
In REPORT, Numbuh One's story parodies video games, Numbuh Two's story parodies comic book heros, Superman in particular, Numbuh Four's story parodies Dragonball Z, and I'm not sure about the girls' stories. Im pretty sure Numbuh Three's is a parody of Chalk Zone, and for some reason Numbuh Five's reminds me oddly enough of The Pink Panther.  |
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 13, 2005 6:56:51 GMT
I heard that Numbuh Five's story was a parody of the Off-Beats, a series by Mo Willems. If it was a series, I know nothing about it other then the name and the director.
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Post by thuhjesheekuh on Aug 13, 2005 18:49:53 GMT
The Delightful Children may be based on the creepy kids in Village of the Damned. I could see that. Those kids were super creepy, but they had special mind-control powers, which we have yet to see in the DCFDTL. The giant rainbow monkey from Op: H.U.G.S. was pretty obviously a King-Kong parody. Mostly it has to do with the giant monkey thing. The nerd-zombies from U.N.C.O.O.L. could have come from any number of zombie movies/games, but I personally think Resident Evil because they put the coin on the zombie storyline. TVTome claims it is a nod to Captain Underpants and the Assault of the Extremely Naughty Lunch Ladies and the Equally Evil Zombie Nerds from Outer Space, but I wouldn't know because I never read Captain Underpants. |
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Post by rollingskull on Aug 13, 2005 20:55:45 GMT
Oh, and Moosc from the tie episode is a DEFINITE nod to the coolest RPG character of all time Minsc of Baldur's Gate. "Where Moosc goes, ties get the butt-kicking!"
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Post by phantasma on Aug 13, 2005 21:05:32 GMT
Oh, and Moosc from the tie episode is a DEFINITE nod to the coolest RPG character of all time Minsc of Baldur's Gate. "Where Moosc goes, ties get the butt-kicking!" That doesn't make much sence... [Or am I just stupid... As usual?) |
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Post by SAVE_US.WBTC on Aug 13, 2005 21:17:14 GMT
I wouldn't have gotten that either, but I think Mr. W's a huge fan of Baldur's Gate, so that would make sense.
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Post by rollingskull on Aug 14, 2005 6:27:41 GMT
Well, they have the same voice actor. And they're both into dealing out buttkicking, mentioning themselves in third person... etc.
Minsc: "Butt-kicking for goodness!"
Moosc: "Where Moosc goes, ties get the butt-kicking!"
Granted, Moosc doesn't have a giant mutant space hamster, but I think he is similar to Minsc in the way Wink and Fibb are similar to Wint and Kidd.
Plus, Numbuh 1's admiration of him (Something about being the only cool adult he has ever met) fits in with... well, everyone who played BG's admiration of Minsc.
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Post by hoagiegal1970 on Aug 14, 2005 19:29:20 GMT
Robin Food and Little Juan are "homages" to Errol Flynn and Sammy Davis Jr. (i. e. the Rat Pack and the Candy Man song, which I THINK came out the year the old "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" came out...)
Mr. Lincoln's voice and those silly sweaters he wears are takeoffs on Bill Cosby and "The Cosby Show".
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