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* The Chinese most commonly used throughout the series is the most widely used dialect of Chinese - Mandarin - however, in "Out of Gas" the Chinese used over the Life Support Klaxon warning is the Cantonese dialect, a lesser-known dialect but still widely used (just to a smaller extent than Mandarin). |
* The Chinese most commonly used throughout the series is the most widely used dialect of Chinese - Mandarin - however, in "Out of Gas" the Chinese used over the Life Support Klaxon warning is the Cantonese dialect, a lesser-known dialect but still widely used (just to a smaller extent than Mandarin). |
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* The "Crazy Ivan" maneuver pulled by Wash in the pilot is inspired by a nearly-identical submarine maneuver. It was used during the early days of the Cold War by Russian submarines, in order to check the "baffle", the sonar dead zone directly behind the submarine; and given the name "Crazy Ivan" by US and allied submarine crews. The adoption of towed sonar arrays effectively ended the necessity for the "Crazy Ivan" maneuver. Referenced in its original context in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. |
* The "Crazy Ivan" maneuver pulled by Wash in the pilot is inspired by a nearly-identical submarine maneuver. It was used during the early days of the Cold War by Russian submarines, in order to check the "baffle", the sonar dead zone directly behind the submarine; and given the name "Crazy Ivan" by US and allied submarine crews. The adoption of towed sonar arrays effectively ended the necessity for the "Crazy Ivan" maneuver. Referenced in its original context in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. |
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* A bit of [[Hey It's That Guy]] / [[Retroactive Recognition]]. [[Zac Efron]] played young Simon. |
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