• hansolo@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Oh no, it’s actually an example of the ridiculousness of TV crossovers. Maybe 90% or more of the connections are subtle nods by writers or directors to other shows to be funny. I think a couple are just re-using the same props for invented products. Very rarely are they intentional.

    Yoyodyne just as a funny, not real aerospace company name, gets used in Star Trek as a typically non-visible text on panels. I first heard of it from The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonsai. I’ll sure the books by Pynchon were influential sci-fi read by people working on those, and no one ever thought it would be used for some 400+ show/movie crossover list.

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      2 months ago

      I mean that’s true for a lot of crossovers, even the ones where an actual character shows up. Tommy may be nonsense, but it’s fun to see what you can link up.