2x18 - A Clockwork Nebari

The title of this episode is a reference to the Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange, the plot of which, described by Internet Movie Database, is - the adventures of a young man who loved a bit of the old ultra-violence, went to jail, was brainwashed and came out cured, or was he? Hmmm

J: Pilot, I'm bringing Miss Kitty back from the OK Corral. Is there any word on Aeryn or Doc Rygel yet?
Alright....there are two movie reference here....the Miss Kitty reference is for Gunsmoke and the OK Corral and Doc Rygel references are for Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the OK Corral, I picked my favorite Wyatt movie....Tombstone

J: Hell, you must be the top of the hundred thousand dollar pyramid, because they're gonna mind-cleanse Aeryn and Rygel just to get on board.
One Hundred Thousand Dollar Pyramid was popular game show in the US...you can probably still view it on the game show cable channel...who knows.

J: When you first came on board, Elvis had you in cuffs dragging you back to Nebari Prime. Now we got Debra Harry doing the same thing. That makes you the "it" girl.
This is a reference to Debra Harry of the rock group Blondie. Here's a link to a pic that shows the resemblance. "It girl" is a reference to Clara Bow, a silent film star who starred in the movie It and was labeled the "it" girl thereafter. It ... is a phrase used often in media now, even including the women of Farscape being named by Entertainment Weekly as "It Sci-Fi Babes." Thanks so a site fan who wrote in about Clara Bow.

J: Chiana, everybody else on board has been mind-cleansed. D'Argo's probably in the spin cycle right now.
The spin cycle is the end of a clothes washing cycle where the machine quickly spins the water out of the clothes

Varla: It is either mind-cleansing or death.
J: Hey, isn't that against your Nebari prime directive?
Star Trek....all members of the United Federation of Planets were guided by the Prime Directive...

J: No, Pilot. I'm here to tell you that the Nebari are a bunch of geeks! And their damn mind-cleansing doesn't work on
Momma Crichtons baby boy! John Crichton! Astronaut! Master of the universe! Ah! (Pause.) Pilot, it's me.
P: But...how?
J: I don't know. They gave me the full monty.
The "Full Monty" is British slang for being naked. There is a hilarious UK movie made about a bunch of regular, out-of-work men who decide to strip to make extra money....surprisingly enough, it's called the Full Monty. We've had a site fan write in and tell us that "full monty" was originally a slang term for "the full distance, the whole lot," not necessarily to "being naked." However, the thought of John naked.....hmmm.

Varla: Will that affect the safety and speed of this ship?
J: Shyeah! It'd totally screw the pooch, babe!
"Screw the pooch" means to mess something up

J: Cool. It's for the greater good! She's gonna gitcha-gitcha-gitcha-gitcha!
"One way or the other....I'm gonna find ya...I'm gonna gitcha gitcha gitcha gitcha" - Great song by Blondie

J: (to Rygel) Don't eat so much, though. You'll Belushie-out, cat.
I believe this is a reference to John Belushi...a member of the Saturday Night Live cast and one half of the famous Blues Brothers skit.

J: Oh, Rygel! Where are you my little husky? I have a stick for you! (Whistles.) Where are you boy? (Hears a farting sound from a box on a shelf.) Oh my. Eenie, meenie, miney, moe!
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe is a popular children's rhyme...used for making choices. With each word you move back and forth between your two choices and in the end, the rhyme chooses for you. Here's how it goes:

Eenie, meenie, miney moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe,
If he hollars make his pay,
Fifty dollars every day.
My mother told me to pick the very best one and you are not it.

J: It's gonna be more real than real. It's gonna be super, 3-D, smell-o-vision in sense-around, but you have to do your part.
C: Okay

J: Bitchin', man.
R: Bitchin'.
All right...Rygel's gettin' the hang of it.