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** The leader of the futuristic League is named Dr. Tomorrow. |
** The leader of the futuristic League is named Dr. Tomorrow. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: Apparently this universe never heard of [ |
* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: Apparently this universe never heard of [[wikipedia:Rochechr(27)s limit|the Roche Limit.]] Possibly justified, as we don't really know how [[A Wizard Did It|the Gravity Engine]] works. |
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* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Averted. It's specifically stated that turning off the engine won't fix the problem. It has to be reversed. |
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Averted. It's specifically stated that turning off the engine won't fix the problem. It has to be reversed. |
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* [[Oblivious Janitor Cut]]: At least until the Mercury Men zap him. |
* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Jack has to do this to the Gravity Engine - with Edward's help - to put the moon back in its proper orbit. |
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Jack has to do this to the Gravity Engine - with Edward's help - to put the moon back in its proper orbit. |
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* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The story is set in the mid-[[The Seventies|Seventies]]. But the lighting - and the monsters - looks like ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' ([[The Sixties]]), Edward's and Grace's outfits look [[The Fifties|Fifties]]-ish, and Jack's outfit evokes [[The Thirties]]. And it mixes [[Diesel Punk]], [[Raygun Gothic]], Atomic Punk, horror and other genres seamlessly. |
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* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Mercury Men's main weapon. |
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Mercury Men's main weapon. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: A visual one in Episode six, where Dr. Tomorrow [[The Outer Limits|controls the transmission]]. |
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** In Episode 10, Edward gets a package from "[[Buck Rogers]]" (Yaeger) full of ''Lumiére'' bullets. |
** In Episode 10, Edward gets a package from "[[Buck Rogers]]" (Yaeger) full of ''Lumiére'' bullets. |
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** The two named league agents are [[The Right Stuff|Yaeger and Glenn]]. |
** The two named league agents are [[The Right Stuff|Yaeger and Glenn]]. |
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* [[White Collar Worker]]: Edward. |
* [[White Collar Worker]]: Edward. |
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* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Captain Video]]'' meets ''[[The Outer Limits]]''. |
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Captain Video]]'' meets ''[[The Outer Limits]]''. |
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* [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me]]: Words to this effect are said by Edward, several times. |
* [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: Words to this effect are said by Edward, several times. |
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