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Okay, quiz time. To effectively market your video game console when it's struggling against two [[Nintendo Entertainment System|well-established]] [[Sega Genesis|competitors]], what would be the best course of action to take?

 

C. [[Insane Troll Logic|Throw caution to the wind and go all-out on one of your rivals with a series of comic book-styled propaganda and recycle the same two games within them as "proof" of your machine's superiority while introducing a laughable spokesman.]] }}

 

* [[Shout-Out]]: "Sleepwalker" takes its splash page almost straight from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'''s poster. Sardius is only too quick to point out that Tony is occupying Leia's position in the pose.

* [[Single Tear]]: A random boy's reaction when a Feka goon gloats about how he'll need to spend another $100 for the main Feka console in order to use his shiny new CD system.

* [[Small Reference Pools]]: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) [[Shoot Em Ups]] ''Gate of Thunder'' and ''Lords of Thunder'' as being the [[Killer App|Killer Apps]] of the TurboDuo. Even the most casual Sega owner could probably name more games than just ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' at the time.

* [[Stealth Parody]]: Interviews with real-life employees of NEC at the time, coupled with the downright ''bizarre'' direction "Sleepwalker" took, suggest that the artists and writers were using the comics to make fun of people in the company, as Jonathan Brandstetter ''really does'' exist. As does Tony, if he's the same person as Tony Ancona.