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** The leader of the futuristic League is named Dr. Tomorrow.
* [[My Girl Back Home]]: Jack confides in Edward that he has a girl back home in Fairborn, Ohio. The Battery threatens her life later on.
* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: Apparently this universe never heard of [
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Averted. It's specifically stated that turning off the engine won't fix the problem. It has to be reversed.
* [[Oblivious Janitor Cut]]: At least until the Mercury Men zap him.
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* [[Raygun Gothic]]: Much of the serial evokes this genre. The hero himself, Jack Yaeger, is dressed as a typical Raygun Gothic pilot: Bomber jacket, flight cap and goggles, jodhpurs and jackboots, and carrying a raygun.
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Jack has to do this to the Gravity Engine - with Edward's help - to put the moon back in its proper orbit.
* [[Schizo
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Mercury Men's main weapon.
* [[Shout
** In Episode 10, Edward gets a package from "[[Buck Rogers]]" (Yaeger) full of ''Lumiére'' bullets.
** The two named league agents are [[The Right Stuff|Yaeger and Glenn]].
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* [[White Collar Worker]]: Edward.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Captain Video]]'' meets ''[[The Outer Limits]]''.
* [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: Words to this effect are said by Edward, several times.
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