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* [[The Eighties]] -- And how!
* [[Fun With Acronyms]] -- Though never mentioned in the series, this troper is convinced that the evil corporation '''Fu'''sion '''C'''orporation of '''K'''ansas has an acronym.
* [[
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] -- Ronnie Craven (played by Bob Peck) aka [[Jurassic Park|Muldoon]]. Other characters are played by actors who you may recognise from ''[[Dune]]'', ''[[Sharpe]]'', ''Gormenghast'' and ''[[Blake's Seven
** Joe Don Baker of [[James Bond]] fame turns up too.
* [[Knight Templar]]: According to the writer, Jerry Grogan was intended to represent the original Knights Templar.
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* [[Storming the Castle]] -- Craven and Jedburgh infiltrate the mine/storage facility ... [[Crazy Awesome|and stop half way to enjoy a three course dinner with fine wine, cigars and classical music]].
** Jedburgh also manages a one-man infiltration of a high-security conference - unleashing sheer chaos with nothing more than {{spoiler|two bars of stolen plutonium}} and a screw-the-lot-of-you attitude, inspired by {{spoiler|his imminent death from radiation poisoning}}.
* [[Shout
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] -- is there any incidental music in this series which doesn't hint of a looming apocalypse?
* [[Take That]] -- the Strategic Defense Initiative - or something that sounds rather like it - gets a fairly thorough rhetorical blast ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|well, flash, actually]]) from Jedburgh.
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