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4x10 - Coup By Clam

To Scorpius
J: Hit the road, Space Invader.
Space Invaders is a classic arcade/video game.

J: So, Doc Snot commed ahead giving us the go ahead.
Ok, I get it, the doctor just stuck a probe up John's nose (very reminiscent of "Total Recall" by the way) but still, way gross.

Dr Tumii: Did you enjoy the repast?
J: Well, it's the first thing I've had in a while that doesn't taste like chicken. Kinda reminds me of a big bowl of Alpo I once ate.
Alpo is a brand of dog food.

J: Every time Sputnik pulls a face I get major league cramps. Is this a side-effect of the Day-Glo clams?

• To "pull a face" is to grimace or distort your face muscles in some way
• I knew we couldn't get through an episode without a baseball reference. Major league is professional baseball.
• Day-Glo is is a trademarked brand name for fluorescent colors.

J: Damn, this place could use some air-con.
Air-con, air conditioning

D'Argo is experiencing Noranti's "intense pleasure"
J: D, think about baseball, math -- isosceles triangle ... rusty razor blades, gravel...
John is attempting to distract D'Argo. Some men try to distract themselves by thinking of other things during sex to make things last longer.

Noranti loses her "moment" and D'Argo heads back to the ship with the antidote.
J: I'm afraid the boy may be ruined for life.
A: I'm almost jealous
This cracked me up. I love how Aeryn is turning the tables on John. For most of the first 2 seasons, John has pursued Aeryn, he's been the flirty one--now it's Aeryn's turn.

Dr. Tumii: Ah, I believe the mollusks have arrived.
J: Arrived in less than 30 minutes, don't forget to tip the driver.
Dominos pizza used to advertise that they would deliver your pizza in 30 minutes or less or it was free.

Dr. Tumii: To cure you I need Qatal mollusks, and I can no longer get them.
J: Why? Credit problems?

Dr. Tumii: Females are oppressed here, but there is a resistance movement planning a violent coup to seize power.
J: Girl power, so what?

J: So you use [Qatal mollusks] for extortion and they use them for coup by clam.
This is one of a very few times the title of the episode is actually spoken in the episode. So far, I can only think of "A Human Reaction" and the subtitles for "Self-Inflicted Wounds."

A: Sikozu, we have a mission.
J: I'm happy to go.
A: "Jirl power!"
R: Huh?
J: Girl, "girl power" Would you quit speaking English.
Introducing the all new Spice Girls, Peacekeeper Spice and Sputnik Spice. Girl Power, yeah!!!

R: Crichton, I think the girls are in trouble.
J: That's brilliant, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous literary character ever created. He was also the first private detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories were written my Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Rygel tries to convince John they need to dress in drag to infiltrate the club
J: I am not going as Maid Marian!
Maid Marian is a character from Robin Hood. The costume John ends up wearing does look a bit medieval.

Rygel and John enter the club dressed as women
R: We need to blend in.
J: Blend in?!? When we got here the clock stopped. We couldn't blend in on Butt-Ugly Night.
It's a cliché that an ugly person's face can stop a clock. Clubs sometimes have theme nights where certain groups are let in free or at a discounted rate.

John, Sikozu, Rygel, and Aeryn are sitting around the table holding hands as part of the cure
J: Put your hands together and feel the power. Yeah! Out with the evil spirits. Give me your hand, Ryg.
Amen! I need a witness, come and give testimony, Brother Rygel.