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A dam too far
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The host of the nature show host that Norb is
watching is "Stew Gurken".
This name is heard
again later on in the episode "Salmon Sez",
as it is the name of
the news reporter.
Born to be beavers/Up all night
·
Gregg Berger (Bill Licking) does not appear in
the credits for this episode.
Gift Hoarse
·
This is the first time we see Dag's muscular
beaver outfit.
·
In this episode, Norbert's model train set makes
realistic railroad sound
effects
(Such as diesel horns, wheel clicks, squealing brakes, etc.)
However, a few later episodes with the
train set just have the train
making
"regular" toy train sounds.
Salmon sez
·
According to Daggett, "spawn" means
"Smashing Property And Womping Norb.
·
More of a Nitpick: Daggett says, when he first
hears the salmon smashing
against
the dam, that the badgers are throwing rocks at the dam agene.
Badgers
have never thrown anything at the dam.
Deranged Ranger
·
The term "Underground resistance
movement" usually refers to a secret organization
to
resist an oppressive government, however, Norb and the others literally go
into
underground tunnels.
Muscular Beaver
·
This is the first episode in which Barry Bear
speaks.
Fish dips
·
The episode "Fish Dips", contains
various references to both
Jaws
and Moby Dick:
Norbert
calling Daggett "Captain A-Dag" and Daggett's peg tail.
Enter the Daggett
·
At the start of "Enter the Daggett",
Norb's nose is painted red.
·
When Dag and Norb are building the space dam,
the metallic black rectangle
floating
through space looks like the monolith from Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece,
2001:
A Space Odyssey.
·
Also, there is a scene in 2001 where a ship is
flying through space and
"The Blue
Danube" is playing the background, just like in this scene.
Stinky toe
·
First appearance of Scientist #1 (aka.
Government Scientist Guy #1) and Pete.
Fancy prance
·
Full Metal Jacket: R. Lee Ermey plays a
near-identical role to his character
in
"Full Metal Jacket": an abusive, belittling Drill-Sergeant who has a
habit
of
calling people 'maggots'.
The Bing that wouldn’t leave
·
The guest star list for this episode is reused
from "Fancy Prance" with the
Bing
credit replacing the Sgt. Goonther credit.
·
The animals that pass the Bing party are
uncredited.
You promised:
·
According to Norbert in "You
Promised", breaking a Super Solemn Beaver Promise
results
in being banished to the highest mountain in an itchy sweater.
This could mean either
two mountains. Norbert could be banished to
the highest mountain
in
the highest mountain
in the world.
I think since beavers
live in
to
Bummer of Love
·
In 'Bummer of Love', when Treeflower and Norbert
are saying how they feel
as
if they've known each other their entire lives
·
The music playing in the background is the
instrumental solo from
‘The
Who's’ "Won't Get Fooled Again".
·
As a way to get past the bouncer Dag desguises
himself as one of the Beatles in one scene.
·
Pond Festival: The music festival that plants
itself upon the Beaver's house seems to be a
parody of
·
The title of this episode, "Bummer of Love",
is a take-off of the Summer of Love,
that
summer from the late 1960's.
·
First appearence of Treeflower.
Tree's company
·
Dag throws a wild party in a gigantorous
sombraro-wearing "party cow" perched in the
top
of a tree. Ever wonder where the cow came from? At the beginning of the
episode,
as the mail truck approaches the dam,
you see a "Moochas Gracias for the Milk" billboard
with a very large
sombraro-wearing cow protruding from the sign.
The next time you see
the billboard is when Norbie is looking for Dag.
Something's missing
from the sign.
Notice the very large
hole in the billboard where there used to be a cow.
·
The title is a pun off the sitcom "Three's
Company".
Guess Who's Stumping to Dinner
·
The title is a pun of the 1967 film "Guess
Who's Coming to Dinner".
Beaver fever
·
Norbert is also playing a citar just like George
Harrison.
·
There are many references to the Beatles in this
episode.
·
Norbert holding a press confrence in him pajamas
is a reference to John Lennon and
Yoko
Ono holding a confrence in bed to promote peace.
·
A sign in a crowd says "Is Daggett
Dead?" This is a reference to the Paul is
Dead
rumors that surface c.1969.
·
"Bever Fever" is very similar to the
Powerpuff Girls episode "Meet the Beat-alls"
and
the Simpsons episode "Homer's Babershop Quartet" because they are all
parodies
of
the Beatles' career.
·
Daggett: We're bigger than sliced bread!
This is a reference to
what John Lennon said during a press conference,
"We're bigger
than Jesus Christ!" This led to the burning of Beatles memorabilia
and boycotting of the
Fab 4.
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Daggett saying he's bigger than sliced bread,
the Beaver's records being burned,
and
Daggett's apology is a reference to John Lennon's 1966 comment about being
bigger
than Jesus, the public's reaction to it and his apology. The Bark album is
a
reference to the White Album.
Same time last week
·
Norbert: I'll bop you into last week.
·
The plot of "Same Time Last Week" is
pretty similar to the movie Groundhog Day where
the
main character has to relive the same day over and over again. Instead of a
day,
Daggett
relives the same week over and over again.
Fakin' It
·
Near the end of "Fakin' It", where
Daggett makes Norb think he's about to die,
listen
to the Gregorian lamenters chanting in the background. At one point,
they
chant what sounds like the lyrics to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
·
Bill Licking and his show Nobility of the Wild
are probably references to
Nigel
Marvin andhis show Mutual of Omaha's
·
First appearance of El Grapadura.
Stump Looks For His Roots
·
The cook shows Norb and Dag a school out the
window that was built by Stump.
You
hear a buzzing noise in this scene and Dag cries out "There's a giant
fly
attacking the school!" The cook quickly smashes the fly with a piece of
chewed gum.
Problem
is we never actually SEE the fly on the window. That buzzing noise comes from
NOWHERE!
Tree of Hearts
·
At the beginning of "Tree of Hearts",
Norbert reads a letter announcing the
birth
of Richard Horvitz's son, Jake Eliot Horvitz. Richard Horvitz is the actor who
provides
the voice for Daggett.
Dag for Night
·
The Not-Too-Friendly Creature who appears at the
very end of the episode
to thank Dag and Norb
sounds just like the actor Christopher Walken.
·
When Dag first activates his robot version of
the Not-So-Friendly-Creature,
he yells "It's
ALIVE!", the famous quote from Frankenstein.
·
A take-off on Day For Night, a 1973 film about
all the chaos that occurs when
making
a motion picture.
·
The Not-Too-Friendly Creature from the Off-White
Puddle Who Will Eat You:
The title of the
unfinished Oxnard Montalvo film found in "Dag For Night"
is a reference to the
classic horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
·
Bing: Quick, use the Ionic Transducer
Wave-Motion Non-Violent Weapony-Thing!
The "wave
motion" part of the name of the device used in Norb and Dag's movie
in "Dag For
Night" is most likely a reference to the Wave Motion Gun,
the secret weapon of
the Argo in the TV show Star Blazers (or Space Battleship Yamato,
as it was called back
in
Another one bits the musk
·
When Norbert and Daggett are spreading their
musk across the country,
their
journey begins in
·
The title is a parody of the song "Another
one bites the dust."
Unbarryble
·
In the beginning of "Un-Barry-Able",
the Beavers are watching Barry on a channel
called
"Empty-V". "Empty-V" is a spoof on the music channel, MTV.
The
host of "Empty-V" is Kurt Taylor, a play on the name of the host of
MTV at
the
time, Kurt Loder.
The mighty knot-head
·
Beverly Garland is the voice of the main raccoon
princess in "The Mighty Knothead".
Ms.
Garland was the pretty blonde step-mother in My Three Sons.
Pond Scum
·
The voice of Pond Scum is Michael McKean, a very
famous actor who played Lenny
(with
sidekick Squiggy) in Laverne & Shirley, one of the musicians in
This
is Spinal Tap, and one of the hoodlums in Grease.
·
"Pond Scum" reflects a bit of the
chicken race from Grease and also
Rebel
Without a Cause.
·
Some of the familiar music from Grease can be
heard in this episode as Norbie goes bad.
·
Daggett: ...Heck's Angel
When Daggett goes
after Norbert on his water bicycle thing,
he calls himself
"Heck's Angel".
This might be a
reference to the "Hell's Angels", a motorcycle group.
Coincidently, after
Daggett says he is "Heck's Angel",
Big Rabbit says that
"He hasn't got a prayer." This must be a religious pun.
·
There are actually several refences to science
fiction in "Pond Scum".
After the pond scum
first possesses Norbert before releasing the mad bull,
Norbert
sort of does an impression of Captain Kirk from Star Trek which he
sometimes
actually does.
After
the pond scum possesses Norbert completely, his eyes glow.
This may be a reference
to Stargate: SG-1 where a person's eyes glow after they
are possessed by an
evil parasite called a Goa'uld.
When Daggett tries to
block Norbert from leaving the kitchen, his mouth opens,
tongue comes out, and
the pond scum is on it. This in similar to the face-grabbing
thing from Alien
(movie).
Friends, Romans, Beavers
·
the screen widens (like in movies) when they
enter the Colluseum,
and
goes back to normal when they leave it near the end.
·
Also, the end scene where the guy is playing the
violin is a reference
to
Nero who played the violin while
·
Title: Friends, Romans, Beavers!
A take-off of the
famous quote from Mark Antony's funeral speech from Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar:
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
(Act III, Scene 2,
Lines 77-78).
Big Round Sticky Fish Thingy
·
TV: Sturgeon
In "Big Round
Sticky Fish Thingy", the Beavers see on TV that the big round sticky
fish thingy they found
is expensive caviar.
The TV says that the
fish thingy is prized by rich people who eat weird things.
Apparently, they are
making fun of rich people who eat caviar and other exotic foods.
Zooing time
·
Since Dag chewed up
that Dag and Norb
don't live in
·
Dag's ambition to free the other animals and his
costume that he wears later on in is
lifted straight out of
the movie Braveheart starring Mel Gibson.
Utter Nonsense:
·
Never aired on Nicktoons TV.
Endangered Species
·
Never aired on Nicktoons TV.
The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up!
·
Reference to the movie "The Day the Earth
Stood Still".
·
Narrator: A story that made absolutely no sense.
If the alien could bring the
monsters
to life through that man servant guy, why did he need the beavers?
It's
so messed up, that not even I, the narrator, could make any sense of it.
I
read the script, twice. Well, I skimmed it on the bus. But where are the
pictures?
You
can't read without pictures! Forget it... Send in more planes!
·
Examples of the lack of imagination from
General:
Bogey down! Bogey down! Quick, shoot the little missile-thingies
at
it and make it go away!
Dumbwaiters
·
When Dag and Norb open up the suitcase full of
rubber masks,
you
can see one of them is Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold!
·
Daggett
can't pronounce anything in French.
Daggett mispronounces
everything that's in French probably as making fun of
how complicated French
is.
·
Daggett calls the chef in the wheelchair
"Dr. Strangechef".
This is a reference to
the movie Dr. Strangelove who is also confined to a wheel chair.
Sans-a-Pelt
·
Norb says that people are putting the Christmas
decorations up earlier every year.
Then, an announcer
states that there are 173 shopping days left 'til Christmas.
That would mean it was
June 22!
·
At the end of "Sans-a-Pelt," it turns
out that the crowd Daggett was singing to was
really
there for a Nude Car Show.
If you insisters
·
This episode marks the first appearances of
Chelsea and Stacy, the Brother's sisters.
·
The episode "If You Insisters"
features Mitch Schauer's real-life daughters providing
the
voices for Norb and Dag's younger sisters.
·
We find out the name of Dag and Norb's dad, it's
Leonard.
But we never find out
the mom's name! Not now, not ever, through the rest of the series.
Ally oops
·
This episode marks the first appearances of
Leverta Lutz, Lady of the Lanes.
·
Two versions of "Alley Oops!" exist.
In the original version, when Dag said,
"You
Stink!", Norb responded, "Oh, shut up, Dag!" An anonymous viewer
complained
about
hearing "shut up" way too much on the show.
Now, when this episode
runs in syndication, Norb says, "Shush up, Stupid",
in response to Dag.
Whats eating you
·
Throughout "Whats Eating You?",
especially the mine car scene, Norbert's eyes
turn
yellow.
Omega beaver
·
In the beginning of the episode when Daggett is
in the closet,
in
the back round you can see the same 7 ball from the episode "Lumberjack's
Delight".
·
Norb's dream is a parody of the classic Mickey
Mouse cartoons.
·
EC Comics is a rip-off of DC Comics, who make
Batman and Superman.
·
Norbert: You've been burned by the cruelest burn
of all! The comic book advertisement
that only the Thane of
Doofusville and the King of Doofland hereafter would believe!
The bit at the end of Norb's mini-diatribe here is a reference to the William
Shakespeare
play Macbeth,
where the witches greet Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 3 with "Hail Macbeth,
Thane of Glamis! Hail
Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor! Hail Macbeth, thou shall be king hereafter!"
·
Daggett: Ever since I became... THE LAST BEAVER
ON EARTH!
The title of this cartoon is a parody of The Omega Man, a science
fiction film about
Robert
Neville, a doctor who is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war who
fights off a small
army of technology-hating mutants known as "The Family".
Bite this!
·
Daggett: “b-b-b-baby you aint seen nothin’yet
bed biter!”
This is a take off
from the song ‘Mr. Right Now’ by the ‘Povertyneck Hillbillies’.
Spooky Spoots
·
Scientist #1's ID card says "Government
Scientist Guy #1"
·
Also visible on the crossword: the clue that
Daggett cites actually reads
"A
p*ssed-off aquatic rodent", rather than his more family-friendly version,
uncensored
(according to Don Del Grande, at any rate).
·
If you look at the crossword book Dag is reading,
ob the regit-hand page is
a
small paragraph. It's quite blurry and hard to read when trying to view it VHS,
but
I managed to make out a few words.
I
saw on the top line "If you can read this" and "I am very
impressed" on the
Second
line, and I can also see the word DVD- possibly referring to the fact
that
the text will be readable if the show ever gets a DVD release
(which
I hope it will).
·
At
the end of "Spooky Spoots", the Scientists are trapped in the TV by
the ghosts.
This
seems to be an imitation of the movie Poltergeist where someone is
trapped in a TV.
·
In "Spooky Spoots" after the
Scientists arrive, the ghosts tell Norbert and Daggett to
"Get
rid of these goons" with strawberry jelly on the wall.
This
is probably imitating blood appearing on a wall from a scary movie
(The
Exorcist or one of those).
Up all Night 2
·
In ‘Up All Night II: Up All Day,’ Norbert and
Daggett wake up in that SAME futuristic
world
from ‘Up All Night’, but it's overpopulated by sheep, and Norb and Dag are
OLD
Beavers, since they slept.
·
In the beginning, The description of the episode
rolls up screen. This is a spoof
of
"Star Wars", which the description of the movie rolls up screen.
Sang 'Em High
·
Play on the title of a movie called Hang 'Em
High
Moronathon Man
- Barry rolls a log Daggett is on backwards.
The log rolls down, a splash is heard, and orange drops fly into the air.
But when we see Daggett, he is sitting
in a mud puddle.
- Moron-a-thon Man: A play on the title of a movie called Marathon Man.
The legend of
Kid-Friendly
- In the segment "Legend of Kid Friendly", country legend Waylon Jennings
(the spelling above is wrong in the Guest Stars credit, R.I.P.) supplies his
musical talents for the episode as the narrator/singer.
- "The Legend of Kid Friendly" is an explicit parody of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns,
with some very general (and some very specific) references to Leone's films.
Some of the more explicit ones
include:
The creaking windmill throughout the episode is taken directly from the opening
scene of
Once Upon A Time In The West.
A variation of "Farewell To Cheyenne", from the OUATITW soundtrack,
plays throughout the episode.
Kid Friendly refers to Norbert at one point as "Blondie",
the nickname for Clint Eastwood's character in
The Good, The Bad, and the
Ugly.
The exaggerated gunshot noises used throughout all of Leone's films are
used frequently in the episode.
A song similar to the Overture from "A Fistful of Dollars" plays at
several points.
The "three-way" showdown at the end recalls the climaxes of both
For A Few Dollars More and
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
The trademark Sergio Leone close-ups are used throughout the episode.
At one point, Norb says to Dag "Yes way, Dag 'em high...", a
reference to
Hang 'Em High (1968).
Along with the general Western plotline, these are just some of the more
specific references.
- Kid
Friendly's true form is similar to that of The Terminator.
Everything from the infrared vision and red eye (similar to T-800) to how he melds
himself back together (just like T-1000) is taken mostly from Terminator II: Judgment Day.
Tough love
- Whilst Norb is mourning with Bing in "Tough Love", they watch a film called
"An Affair to Forget". This is an obvious spoof of the 1957 film
"An Affair to Remember" starring Cary Grant.
Pass it on
- Norbert has a habit of calling Daggett "brother" in different languages in
different episodes…
In "Pass It On" he called Daggett "hermano", which means "brother" in Spanish.
His exact words were "Okay,
hermano, I'll say it again.
Look at the episode "Euro Beavers" for French version.
- In "Pass It On", when El Grapadura speaks to Dr. Daggett during Norb's
part of the story, the subtitles are in Korean.
- Through "Pass It On", Treeflower's clothes change. They are as follows:
A flannel shirt, a cowgirl, a police officer, a Native American, and an airplane pilot.
In "Pass It On", Treeflower's part of the story is an obvious take-off of Japanese cartoons,
especially earlier "limited animation" shows and films, especially "Gatchaman"
(Battle of the Planets/G-Force), "Tetsuwan Atoma" (Astro Boy),
and most noticeably "Project A-Ko".
- During Barry's story, Norb and Treeflower compete with Dag in a dance-off,
and do the Riverdance.
- During Barry's version of the story, his ship is called the "S.S. Positraction".
Positraction is a generic trademark for LSD.
- This whole episode, "Pass It On", is one cultural reference after another.
Norbert's part of the story resembles the 007 Spy Movies. Barry's story
resembles some sort of 1970's Movie thing.
Bing's story is like some sort of manic, Saturday morning cartoon.
Trukee's story is just an excuse to tell a story
about parking a truck. Stump's story is some sort of dramatic, MacBeth-ish, Scottish thing.
Treeflower's story is Japanese anime. Daggett just says "The End".
Pack your Dag’s
- Norberts middle name is Foster, but in this episode, Daggett referred to Norbert
as ‘Norbert B. Beaver’ (in an angry ‘fed up’ tone).
At this time, people may mistake this as the first letter of Norberts middle name,
However, under the circumstances, Daggett had just been slammed by a door
And is breathless as a result, and stutters Norbert’s last name.
Norbert has been referred to as ‘Norbert Beaver’ earlier in the episode, which
Proves this point.
Muscular
beaver
- Treeflower gives herself the superhero name "Goody Good Gal", the same name that Muscular Beaver
(Daggett) gave her when he appointed her as his sidekick in "Muscular Beaver 3".
Daggy dearest
- The weatherman on the TV is a caricature of Mitch, the Creator of the show.
The puppet in his hand is a caricature of Michael Gerard, the Co-Producer of the show.
HOWEVER: Dee Bradley Baker, the guest starring voice for Mongoose, actually did the voice part of
the weatherman as well, who is supposedly the caricature of Mitch.
This doesn’t really make any sense, but it does look very much like Mitch, so case closed.
- You can see in animated cameraman when Norb opens the mirror in the bathroom,
He also appears in “Kandid creatures” as the camera man for Bill Lickings show.
- The idea of Daggett, a boy, having a baby is similar to the plot of the movies The Rabbit Test and Junior.
Dag’s list
- "Dag's List" is a sort of take-off on Schindler's List,
- especially the scene where Norb pays a visit to Barry
and Barry wants to know if he's on "the list".
I am Not an
Animal I'm Scientist #1
- Norb:
What have I done?
These lines followed by Norb falling onto a dynamite plunger are a direct homage to the ending of the
1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai.
- Dr.
Strangelove:
In "I am Not an Animal I'm Scientist #1", Scientist #1's giant, evil hand with a mind of its own is an
homage the title character from the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, who suffered a similar predicament.
- The title of "El Grapadura y El Castor Malo" is Spanish for "The Stapler and the Bad Beaver".
The Loogie Hawk's
- According to Norbert, the Loogie Hawk's migration route is from the North Pole to the meat lockers of Tulsa,
Oklahoma's industrial west side.
Oh brother
- Towards
the end of the episode, Byron's computer says these words:
"A brother is the person whom you grew up with and who looooooooves you.
ERROR! ERROR! My mind is
going..." with the voice warping slightly during the last few words.
This is a clear homage to "2001: A Space Odyssey", in which the
computer Hal also utters
"My mind is going"
whilst 'dying'.
Kreature komforts
- In the beginning, Daggett is playing a video game. If you look closely, the lumberjack in the video game
is the same lumberjack from "Lumberjack's Delight."
Das spoot
- A take-off of the title of a submarine movie called Das Boot.
- Daggett:
What if we're attacked by a puma or the Swedish Navy?
Daggett says in "Das Spoot" what if their attacked by the Swedish Navy.
Sweden is a neutral country so they wouldn't really attack.
Shell or high water
- In
"Shell or High Water" both Norb and Dag say they love one
another.
Dagski and Norb
- They didn't scrap the episode. It aired in the UK and Canada. The scene where the beavers pretend to use
their fingers as guns is not in the episode (I have a copy on tape). It was either cut out, or never animated.
There IS a scene however in this episode where the Beavers use jelly doughnuts as guns,
that could have been what replaced the original "finger-gun" sequence.
- From what I understand, someone or a group of people thought that the "Dagski and Norb"
segment promoted gun violence, since in one of the scenes the two brothers pretended to have guns
(they just used their hands to form the shape of guns, as to many young children do when play
"Cops and Robbers"). I believe Nick tried to edit it out, but they ultimately just scrapped the episode instead.
This episode was originally scheduled to be broadcast on December 30, 1999 on the Nickelodeon Station.
It never happened. Instead it went to Nicktoons TV. As did many
other Beaver episodes.
- In Dagski and Norb it opens up and says "Nick not @ Nite" which is a reference to "Nick @ Nite".
- Title: An ode to the 1970s cop series, Starsky and Hutch.
Soccer I Hardly Knew Him
- We learn that Dag's middle name is "Doofus".
- Norbert:
Walt Whitless....
At the end of "Soccer, I Hardly Knew Him", Norbert calls the now peaceful Daggett "Walt Whitless".
This is a reference to Walt Whitmore, a 19th century transcendentalist philosopher who created the
doctrine of civil disobedience.
- Daggett's overuse of the British slang interjection "Bloomin'" is obviously making fun of the British.
Nice and lonely
- Bing:
...Except for Cuba. They have this weirdo embargo thing so they can't buy
my book.
Bing says in "Nice and Lonely" that no one in Cuba can buy his book because of an embargo.
This is a reference to the embargo President Bush declared on Cuba.
Euro beaver
- In the segment "Euro Beavers", the group BABA is seen. BABA is a parody of the Swedish
dance/pop quartet ABBA. Everything from the matching outfits to the lineup
(two guys, two girls, who look very much like the original members) are shown.
Home loners
- When Daggett enters the closet in "Home Loners", he is still half hairless, burned, and bandaged.
When we see him in the closet, he is back to his normal self.
Slap happy
- When Dag presses on his Dad's stomach trying to make a poo sound, their Dad shouts out
"DAG!" Dag pops up saying, "Yes." When this happens, his eyes are white.
Dag's eyes are actually yellow.
- Norb: “Dag, I can't believe my own ears, that look like fins on my back”.
Finger Lickin' Goofs
- Reference to the slogan of KFC: Finger Lickin' Good.
- Towards the end of "Finger Lickin' Goofs", when Norbert says that they've learned a valuable lesson,
Daggett calls him "Wally". Wally was one of the characters on Leave It To Beaver.
Strange allure
- Daggett tells the famous "Will I still be able to play a violin?" joke after he reenters the dam.
Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow
- Norbert calls Daggett, while sliding on the floor with squeegees, "Wayne Dagsky".
This is a reference to Wayne Gretzky, a very famous hockey player.
Three Dag Night
- The episode title is a takeoff on the musical group Three Dog Night.
- The E-Z Clone Oven is a take-off of the common children's toy, the E-Z Bake Oven.
Chocolate up to experience
- Norbert:
Tighten the Hugenot ...
When Norbert is putting together his Louis XIV hair-drying harpsicord, he says he has to tighten a "Hugenot".
A Hugenot was 16th century French Protestant common to the time of Louis XIV.
Norbert uses the word as if it were like "wingnut".
Dag in the mirror
- We find out Norbert's middle name is Foster.
- When Norbert is looking at the magazines featuring Daggett, his arms are brown.
They're normally yellow.
Fat chance
- Daggett:
Don't cry for me, Norbertina:
When Norbert and Daggett return home after their second unsuccessful try to fatten Daggett up,
Daggett dramatically say’s to Norbert, "Don't cry for me, Norbertina!".
This is in reference to the song: "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" best-known song from
the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
Madonna recorded the song in 1996 for the film version of Evita, in which she starred.
Canucks Amuck
- The
title is a parody of the Looney Tune episode title "Duck Amuck"
- Norb:
You can tell by the way that I say, "eh," I'm from Canada!
The Go Back to Canada song is a parody of Stayin' Alive by the Be Gees.
Yak in the Sack
- The title is a reference to "The Cat in the Hat", but the whole episode is a tribute to the works of Dr. Seuss.
Driving Misses Daggett
- Reference to the 1989 movie "Driving Miss Daisie"
Moby Dopes:
- The title is a pun of the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.
The Mom from U.N.C.L.E.
- Reference
to the TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.".
- The first shot of the space station, at the end of the forward array, has an old-satellite-shaped
object with the label "Spoot-Nik", a reference to the first man-made satellite Sputnik.
- The opening sequence for this episode is a parody of the opening to a James Bond film.
It's a Spootiful Life
- Norb's
film: Citizen Norb
Citizen Norb is scene-for-scene an exact copy of the opening sequence of Citizen Kane by
Orson Welles, except that instead of "Rosebud", Norbert says "Spoot", and that the beavers'
dam is inside the snowglobe.
- Reference to the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
Van-tastic Voyage
- When
Dag says "Yeh, into the pointy-weasel, that's me...th-the
pointy-weasel, yeh,"
he talks and sounds uncannily like Dustin Hoffman's autistic character Raymond in
the 1988 film
"Rain Man".
- Title and basic plot are homage to the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage".
The Posei-Dam Adventure
- The story and title for this episode are homage’s to the 1972 movie
"The Poseidon Adventure" starring Gene Hackman.
The Big Frog
- Dag takes a pair of scissors and snips off some of Norb's long hair which (needless to say) ticks Norb off.
Norb then grabs a wig to cover up the portion of hair that Dag cut off, but a few seconds later we see
Norb take off the wig and his hair is magically restored!
- Whilst Norb is flipping through the channels in The Big Frog, he comes across a black and white film
with 2 bunnies standing on the runway of an airport, a spoof of the famous final scene from Casablanca.
All in the Colony
- The Termite-Queen's lair with all the eggs is an homage to the Alien Queen's lair in the 1986 movie "Aliens".
- Title: A reference to All in the Family, a show that aired from 1971-1979.
Deck Poops
- The Pack Rats who steal the Beavers' dam are based on "The Rat Pack", a famous group of
entertainers from the 1950's and 60's. Rikki the Vermin, the bigger, white-haired rate is based
on Frank Sinatra; Manicoti, the red-nosed rat always seen with a 'drink' is based on Dean Martin;
and Ratatat, the darker-coloured rat in the pink shirt is based on Sammy Davis, Jr.
Beave-Master
- Spoof of anime Rave Master, in which the main protagonist Haru Glory wields a huge sword called
DECA-Force and collects Rave Stones to give it different power-ups.
