8x07 Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
originally posted on April 25, 2015
SHAWN
Goes to crime scene where there are food trucks
Proprietor of his favorite truck is killed
Frequents Macho Taco
Dreams of running through a field, riding a tandem and getting massages with Gus and tacos
Wants to go undercover with a truck
Had mad cow’s disease
Tells Marlowe she’s as big as a house
Learned all about babies from watching romantic comedies like Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno
Go undercover in a food truck “Mash and Grab”
The truck offers ice cream jerky, white meat drumsticks, pork tarts, Froot Loop quesadillas, chicken-fried Skittles peanut butter & jelly, gumball soup, pudding ribs, Snickers burrito
Only printed 5 menus
Ate all the Froot Loops
Samples food from other trucks while investigating (spits out the healthy stuff)
Takes plate of samples from Mexican restaurant
Gives free samples of Thanksgiving balls - all the ingredients of a Thanksgiving dinner rolled together and deep-fried
Gets “D” in surprise inspection
Sex with Joy was great
Chokes on his own taco
Goes to Henry for help with cleaning truck
Still has stuff in his room
Gets held up at the truck
Sleeps in the truck
Learns that the proprietors pay protection money to the 108s gang that controls the area
Suspects the health inspector
Took Gus’ Teddy Ruxpin when they were kids and blamed someone else
Finds the dead body of the gym owner
Hides Marlowe in the truck
Approaches Vita with Gus and Lassiter
Wants Henry to be happy
Takes customers at the hospital
Flashes back to seeing Henry and Maddie having sex
Packs up his old bedroom
Jumps on the bed and falls back into the wall making a large hole
Escapes out the bedroom window
Gives Lassiter and Marlowe’s baby one of his old stuffed toys
GUS
Goes to crime scene where there are food trucks
Proprietor of his favorite truck is killed
Frequents Macho Taco
Dreams of running through a field, riding a tandem and getting massages with Gus and tacos
Wants to go undercover with a truck
Had mad cow’s disease
Wants to know why Lassiter is being so agreeable
Rubs Marlowe’s belly
Learned all about babies from watching romantic comedies like Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno
Go undercover in a food truck “Mash and Grab”
Has trouble parking the truck and knocks over the shrine to Mauricio
The truck offers ice cream jerky, white meat drumsticks, pork tarts, Froot Loop quesadillas, chicken-fried Skittles peanut butter & jelly, gumball soup, pudding ribs, Snickers burrito
Only printed 5 menus
Ate all the cheese
Samples food from other trucks while investigating (spits out the healthy stuff)
Likes prairie balls
Takes plate of samples from Mexican restaurant
Gives free samples of Thanksgiving balls - all the ingredients of a Thanksgiving dinner rolled together and deep-fried
Gets “D” in surprise inspection
Never had a “D” in his life
Goes to Henry for help with cleaning truck
Gets held up at the truck
Sleeps in the truck
Learns that the proprietors are paying protection money to the gang that controls the area
Has a white guy voice
Had a Teddy Ruxpin as a kid until Shawn took it
Goes around the yard sale taking back the things Shawn had taken from him
Finds the dead body of the gym owner
Hides Marlowe in the truck
Tells Lassiter the baby’s not supposed to be in the front seat facing forward
Approaches Vita with Shawn and Lassiter
Drank all the warm soda
Passes out after seeing Marlowe as she goes into labor
Takes hospital customers
Takes the stuffed toy from the baby because it was his
LASSITER
Thinks food trucks are borderline anarchist - calls them “roach coaches”
Raged a quiet war against food trucks for 1½ years - they’re like Caligula with a little less fornication
Alienated the operators by fining them
Is too busy to keep up his usual disdain for Shawn and Gus
Calls Marlowe “sweetie-kins” and “bunny face”
Threatens Gus with broken fingers if he doesn’t remove his hands from Marlowe’s belly
Is not prepared for the baby
Goes to parenting classes with Marlowe
Carries a baby doll to practice but dropped it a few times
He writes notes on the doll and then tosses it to Buzz
Has doll strapped in a car seat and it only took him 45 minutes (he did it wrong by having it in the front seat facing forward)
Approaches Vita with Shawn and Gus
Drives the food truck and calls for a police escort when Marlowe goes into labor
Buys Henry’s house (offered $30,000 more than Henry would have accepted)
It’s a girl! Lilly Nora
Brings the baby to the station
Being the house where Shawn was raised was almost a deal-breaker
Thanks Shawn after the baby smiles
MARLOWE
Shows up at the station
Is 8 months pregnant
Is not prepared for the baby
Goes to parenting classes with Lassiter
Left the practice doll in the dryer
Has a craving for a Froot Loop quesadilla
Goes into labor inside the truck brought on by the fried food
Has the baby in the truck, delivered by Henry
It’s a girl! Lilly Nora
HENRY
Doesn’t have time to help Shawn
Once made an entire Thanksgiving dinner on a grill made from an oil barrel
Painted the porch
Planted gardenias
Took down the fish tchotchkes from the mantle
Made cookies
Is selling the house and showing to potential buyers in an hour
Says “It’s time”
Has accepted an offer on the house
Is selling Shawn’s things at a yard sale
Belonged to a gym
Comes to explain things to Shawn
Hides with Marlowe in the back of the truck
Wants to start new
Sold the house to Lassiter and Marlowe
Delivers Marlowe’s baby in the back of the truck
Never let Shawn jump on the bed or climb out the window
BUZZ
Likes Shawn and Gus’s food
Tracks down the only “smokey” in the area
Scares the baby
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
Conflicting ideas. If you know and have a still, please share
CATCHPHRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 3 Series: 36)
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 18)
ALLUSIONS
“It's like the who's who of food trucks.” - Who’s Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world. Published annually since 1849, and as of 2015 in its 168th edition, it lists people who have an impact on British life, according to its editors. Entries include judges, civil servants, politicians and notable figures from academia, sport and the arts. Each entry in Who's Who is authored by the subject who is invited by the editors to fill in a questionnaire. Entries typically include full names, dates of birth, career details, club memberships, education, professional qualifications, publications, recreations and contact details.
India Are We (India Arie) - is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq86e4Fhja0
Meat and Mrs. Jones (“Me and Mrs. Jones”) - is a 1972 soul song written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert, and originally recorded by Billy Paul. It describes an extramarital affair between a man and his lover, Mrs. Jones. It has been covered by Michael Bublé, among others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOTdt9Bovkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3A0cH2CZ0
“Do not go all Sean Penn in Mystic River on me.” - Mystic River is a 2003 American mystery drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQaTV_lBuk
“They're like Caligula with a little less fornication.” - Caligula is a biographical film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse. Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFqbilFIb4
“Well, Lassie, looks like you dug yourself a hole from Holes-sized hole with these guys.” - Holes is a 2003 American comedy-drama adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar (who also wrote the screenplay), with Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats IV and also starring Khleo Thomas, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Arquette, Dulé Hill, Rick Fox, and Henry Winkler. A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MORKTUz6l9o
“Plus, we've both had mad cow disease.” - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease (encephalopathy) in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. The disease may be most easily transmitted to human beings by eating food contaminated with the brain, spinal cord or digestive tract of infected carcasses. However, the infectious agent, although most highly concentrated in nervous tissue, can be found in virtually all tissues throughout the body, including blood. In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD)
“Are you selling Amway?” - Amway (short for American Way) is an American company using a multi-level marketing model to sell a variety of products, primarily in the health, beauty, and home care markets. Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos. Based in Ada, Michigan, the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of $11.3 billion for 2012, the seventh consecutive year of growth for the company. Its product lines include home care products, personal care products, jewelry, electronics, Nutrilite dietary supplements, water purifiers, air purifiers, insurance, and cosmetics. Amway conducts business through a number of affiliated companies in more than a hundred countries and territories around the world. Amway was ranked No.114 among the largest global retailers by Deloitte in 2006, and No.25 among the largest private companies in the United States by Forbes in 2012, but has been frequently subject to investigation as a pyramid scheme or fraud
“Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno.” - Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. The film stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a slacker and a just-promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzgS1U8DpU “Baby Mama” is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard and Steve Martin. A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtG3D2xTgic “Juno” is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuN0Z65sp5c
“Except for the film What to Expect When You're Expecting.” - What to Expect When You’re Expecting is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Kirk Jones from a screenplay by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach and based on the pregnancy guide of the same name. Follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpnMkGGd_rQ
“The best lessons come from Rosemary's Baby.” - Rosemary’s Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The cast includes Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy, Maurice Evans, Sidney Blackmer, and Charles Grodin (in his first film appearance). It was produced by William Castle. Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her husband may have made a pact with their eccentric neighbors, believing he may have promised them the child to be used as a human sacrifice in their occult rituals in exchange for success in his acting career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewtQsgN5uo
“If Baby Lassiter comes out with Beelzebub eyes, think about what's best for the world.” - Beelzebub is a contemporary name for the devil. In later Christian and Biblical sources, he is referred to as another name for the devil. In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic views on Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".
“Cowboys & Aliens?” - Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American-Canadian science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw (Craig), a wealthy cattleman (Ford), and a mysterious traveler (Wilde) who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. The screenplay was written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on a screen story by the latter two along with Steve Oedekerk. The film was produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Kurtzman, Orci and Rosenberg, with Steven Spielberg and Favreau serving as executive producers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1FgvPnUWQ
“Lincoln, and vampires?” - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name. The novel's author, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the screenplay with Simon Kinberg. Benjamin Walker stars as the title character with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas. The real-life figure Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), is portrayed in the novel and the film as having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. The film was produced by Tim Burton, Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. Filming began in Louisiana in March 2011 and the film was released in 3D on June 20, 2012 in the United Kingdom and June 22, 2012 in the United States. The movie received mixed reviews, praising the action sequences and originality, but criticized for its overly serious tone, overuse of CGI, and pacing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo
“Kanye and Jesus?” - "Jesus Walks" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West. It was released on May 25, 2004 as the fourth single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song is built around a sample of "Walk with Me" as performed by the ARC Choir. "Jesus Walks" was acclaimed by music critics, who praised its compelling sonic atmosphere and boldness in its open embrace of faith. It was met by widespread commercial recognition, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming West's fourth consecutive top twenty hit in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AyHupByuU
“All right, well, yo, let me get that Froot Loop quesadilla.” - Froot Loops is a brand of sweetened, fruit-flavored breakfast cereal produced by Kellogg's and sold in many countries. The cereal pieces are ring-shaped (hence "loops") and come in a variety of bright colors and a blend of fruit flavors (hence "froot"). However, there is no actual fruit in Froot Loops, they are only fruit-flavoured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjxc_avrkos
“You're gonna give this joker a chicken-fried Skittles PB&J.” - Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a division of Mars, Inc. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, and natural and artificial flavours. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavour collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry. Skittles were first made commercially in 1974 by a British company. They were first introduced in North America in 1979 as an import confectionery. In 1982, domestic production of Skittles began in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqfB1jDkMw The peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or PB&J, is a sandwich, popular in North America, that includes a layer of peanut butter and either jelly or jam on bread, commonly between two slices of bread, but sometimes eaten open-faced or with one slice folded over. A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before high school graduation
“Those are prairie balls.” - Prairie Balls (aka “Rocky Mountain Oysters”) is a term for a dish made of bull, pig or sheep testicles. The organs are often deep-fried after being peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat. This delicacy is most often served as an appetizer with a cocktail sauce dip.
“It is an entire meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, string beans, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and an Andes mint rolled into a ball, battered, and deep-fried.” - Andes Chocolate Mints are small rectangular candies consisting of one mint-green layer sandwiched in between two chocolate-brown layers. The candies are usually wrapped in green foil imprinted with the company's logo, the word Andes written amidst a drawing of snow-capped peaks. First launched in 1950, they are produced by Tootsie Roll Industries and made in Delavan, Wisconsin.
“Okay, Big Country, we're gonna move on before you go boots-to-chest on my boy here.” - Big Country is a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the early 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. The band's music was most recognisable for the sounds it infused with Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar driven sound to evoke the inspirational spirit of bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1032u_big-country-in-a-big-country_music
“If you change your mind, we've also got deep-fried Splenda balls.” - Splenda is the commercial name and registered trademark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener derived from sugar, owned by the British company Tate & Lyle and American company Johnson & Johnson. Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, in 1976. Tate & Lyle subsequently developed sucralose-based Splenda products in partnership with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Nutritionals LLC.
“No fish tchotchkes on the mantle and a plate of cookies on the coffee table.” - A tchotchke is a small bauble or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar large events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".
“I'm talking about gumball soup and pudding ribs and Snickers burrito in a bowl.” - Gumballs are bubble gum in the shape of balls with a brightly colored outer shell. It was usually dispensed from a machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYghCaXSRo (I think mine was Popeye) Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate. Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion. In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. More recently, Snickers Marathon branded energy bars have been sold in some markets.
“Smokey in Friday.” - Friday is a 1995 American stoner buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray in his directorial debut, and starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tiny 'Zeus' Lister Jr., and John Witherspoon. The film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones and Smokey, who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 PM that night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxduMVVnrvU
“Smokey from The PJs.” - The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Cabrini-Green Housing Projects in Chicago. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company and Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tMr5yEwM0
“Smokey Robinson.” - Smokey Robinson is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the stage to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year, later scoring Top 10 solo hits such as "Cruisin'" (1979), "Being With You" (1981) and "Just to See Her" (1987). Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwkZrj2VT4
“Krav maga.” - Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel that consists of a wide combination of techniques sourced from Aikido, Boxing, Judo and Wrestling along with realistic fight training Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extremely efficient and brutal counter-attacks.
Corbin Bleu (Luther) - Corbin Bleu is an American actor, model, dancer, producer and singer-songwriter of Jamaican-Italian heritage. He performed in the High School Musical film series, the Discovery Kids drama series Flight 29 Down, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!. His first lead role was in the film Catch That Kid (2004). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az7dWrK2U48&index=14&list=RDoZ-mL4Nu-LI
“Any kid who's seen A Bug's Life knows how it works.” - A Bug’s Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stanton, the film involves a misfit ant, Flik, who is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers. Flik recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljk2YJ53_WI
“Man, nobody asked you to weigh in, Benetton!” - Benetton Group S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ˌbenetˈton]) is a global fashion brand, based in Ponzano Veneto, Italy. The name comes from the Benetton family who founded the company in 1965. Benetton has a network of about 6,000 stores in the main international markets. The stores generate a total turnover of 1.6 billion euros (2013). The company's core business remains their clothing lines: United Colors of Benetton, Undercolors of Benetton, Sisley, and Playlife. Their products include womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, and underwear, and they have expanded into perfumes, stationery, eyewear, and travel bags. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnoSZ3zZ4pM
“I got my money's worth from my kickboxing class.” - Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from Karate, Muay Thai, and Western boxing. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport. Japanese kickboxing originated in the 1960s, with competitions held since then. American kickboxing originated in the 1970s and was brought to prominence in September 1974, when the Professional Karate Association (PKA) held the first World Championships. Historically, kickboxing can be considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles. This approach became increasingly popular since the 1970s, and since the 1990s, kickboxing has contributed to the emergence of mixed martial arts via further hybridization with ground fighting techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Folk wrestling.
“How much for the Mr. Potato Head?” - Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato, which can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. These parts usually include ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. The toy was invented and developed by George Lerner in 1949, and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television and has remained in production since its debut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEU6REoXsio
“Is that my Teddy Ruxpin in there?” - Teddy Ruxpin was an animatronic children's toy, in the form of a talking bear. The bear's mouth and eyes moved while "reading" stories which were played on an audio tape cassette deck built into its back. It was created by Ken Forsse with later assistance by Larry Larsen and John Davies, and the first version of the toy was designed by the firm RKS Design. Later versions would use a digital cartridge in place of a cassette. At the peak of his popularity, Teddy Ruxpin became the best-selling toy of 1985 and 1986.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EshrR-xk2E
Thundercats (Gus grabs one at the yard sale) - Thundercats is an American animated series based on a group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The show was created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf and animated by Japanese animation studio, Pacific Animation Corporation. The characters were originally featured in an animated TV series named ThunderCats, running from 1985 to 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE
“It also has Brad Dourif hair, which is beyond unsettling.” - Brad Dourif is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which brought him Golden Globe- and BAFTA Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Charles Lee Ray/Chucky (both live-action and voiceover) in the Child's Play franchise, Deputy Clinton Pell in Mississippi Burning, Younger Brother in Ragtime, Piter De Vries in David Lynch's Dune, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings, and Doc Cochran in Deadwood, for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination.
“Do we need to get practice social services down here?” - Child Protective Services (CPS) is the name of a governmental agency in many states of the United States that responds to reports of child abuse or neglect. Some states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as "Department of Children & Family Services" (DCFS). CPS is also known by the name of "Department of Social Services" (DSS) or simply "Social Services."
Mouth of the Border (South of the Border) - In the United States this refers to Mexico. There is also a rest stop and roadside attraction on Interstate 95 and US Highway 301/501 between Dillon, South Carolina, and Rowland, North Carolina. It is so named because it is just south of the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. The rest area contains restaurants, gas stations, and a motel, as well as a small amusement park, shopping and fireworks. Its mascot is Pedro, an arguably racist caricature of a Mexican bandido.
“I don't know anything about delivering a baby.” - An updated paraphrasing of a famous quote from the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclBvVXsA5s (about 30 seconds in)
“Dad, Dad, Dad, a National Geographic special is playing out on the floor of our food truck.” - National Geographic, formerly The National Geographic Magazine, is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its thick square-bound glossy format with a yellow rectangular border and its extensive use of dramatic photographs
CONTINUITY
Gus has trouble parking the truck and making turns in tight spaces (2x16 "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead")
“The house that my mother and father were arrested in?” (2x10 "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy")
“The house where my father was hiding in the basement while my mother was out betting on horses?” (3x09 "Christmas Joy")
“The house where you slept with my sister?” (3x09 "Christmas Joy")
Dobson (2x04 "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds", 2x08 “Rob-a-By Baby”, 3x09 “Christmas Joy”, 3x12 “Earth, Wind and Wait for It”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”, 5x14 “The Polarizing Express”, 6x02 “Last Night Gus”, 7x07 “Deez Nups”, 7x09 “Juliet Wears the Pantsuit”, 7x14 “No Trout About It”, 7x15-16 “Psych: The Musical”)
Lassiter being there when Vick’s baby was born (1x08 "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom")
“I almost died last year” (6x16 "Santabarbaratown")
Shawn flashes back to walking in on Henry and Maddie having sex (7x02 "Juliet Takes a Luvvah")
SHAWN
Goes to crime scene where there are food trucks
Proprietor of his favorite truck is killed
Frequents Macho Taco
Dreams of running through a field, riding a tandem and getting massages with Gus and tacos
Wants to go undercover with a truck
Had mad cow’s disease
Tells Marlowe she’s as big as a house
Learned all about babies from watching romantic comedies like Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno
Go undercover in a food truck “Mash and Grab”
The truck offers ice cream jerky, white meat drumsticks, pork tarts, Froot Loop quesadillas, chicken-fried Skittles peanut butter & jelly, gumball soup, pudding ribs, Snickers burrito
Only printed 5 menus
Ate all the Froot Loops
Samples food from other trucks while investigating (spits out the healthy stuff)
Takes plate of samples from Mexican restaurant
Gives free samples of Thanksgiving balls - all the ingredients of a Thanksgiving dinner rolled together and deep-fried
Gets “D” in surprise inspection
Sex with Joy was great
Chokes on his own taco
Goes to Henry for help with cleaning truck
Still has stuff in his room
Gets held up at the truck
Sleeps in the truck
Learns that the proprietors pay protection money to the 108s gang that controls the area
Suspects the health inspector
Took Gus’ Teddy Ruxpin when they were kids and blamed someone else
Finds the dead body of the gym owner
Hides Marlowe in the truck
Approaches Vita with Gus and Lassiter
Wants Henry to be happy
Takes customers at the hospital
Flashes back to seeing Henry and Maddie having sex
Packs up his old bedroom
Jumps on the bed and falls back into the wall making a large hole
Escapes out the bedroom window
Gives Lassiter and Marlowe’s baby one of his old stuffed toys
GUS
Goes to crime scene where there are food trucks
Proprietor of his favorite truck is killed
Frequents Macho Taco
Dreams of running through a field, riding a tandem and getting massages with Gus and tacos
Wants to go undercover with a truck
Had mad cow’s disease
Wants to know why Lassiter is being so agreeable
Rubs Marlowe’s belly
Learned all about babies from watching romantic comedies like Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno
Go undercover in a food truck “Mash and Grab”
Has trouble parking the truck and knocks over the shrine to Mauricio
The truck offers ice cream jerky, white meat drumsticks, pork tarts, Froot Loop quesadillas, chicken-fried Skittles peanut butter & jelly, gumball soup, pudding ribs, Snickers burrito
Only printed 5 menus
Ate all the cheese
Samples food from other trucks while investigating (spits out the healthy stuff)
Likes prairie balls
Takes plate of samples from Mexican restaurant
Gives free samples of Thanksgiving balls - all the ingredients of a Thanksgiving dinner rolled together and deep-fried
Gets “D” in surprise inspection
Never had a “D” in his life
Goes to Henry for help with cleaning truck
Gets held up at the truck
Sleeps in the truck
Learns that the proprietors are paying protection money to the gang that controls the area
Has a white guy voice
Had a Teddy Ruxpin as a kid until Shawn took it
Goes around the yard sale taking back the things Shawn had taken from him
Finds the dead body of the gym owner
Hides Marlowe in the truck
Tells Lassiter the baby’s not supposed to be in the front seat facing forward
Approaches Vita with Shawn and Lassiter
Drank all the warm soda
Passes out after seeing Marlowe as she goes into labor
Takes hospital customers
Takes the stuffed toy from the baby because it was his
LASSITER
Thinks food trucks are borderline anarchist - calls them “roach coaches”
Raged a quiet war against food trucks for 1½ years - they’re like Caligula with a little less fornication
Alienated the operators by fining them
Is too busy to keep up his usual disdain for Shawn and Gus
Calls Marlowe “sweetie-kins” and “bunny face”
Threatens Gus with broken fingers if he doesn’t remove his hands from Marlowe’s belly
Is not prepared for the baby
Goes to parenting classes with Marlowe
Carries a baby doll to practice but dropped it a few times
He writes notes on the doll and then tosses it to Buzz
Has doll strapped in a car seat and it only took him 45 minutes (he did it wrong by having it in the front seat facing forward)
Approaches Vita with Shawn and Gus
Drives the food truck and calls for a police escort when Marlowe goes into labor
Buys Henry’s house (offered $30,000 more than Henry would have accepted)
It’s a girl! Lilly Nora
Brings the baby to the station
Being the house where Shawn was raised was almost a deal-breaker
Thanks Shawn after the baby smiles
MARLOWE
Shows up at the station
Is 8 months pregnant
Is not prepared for the baby
Goes to parenting classes with Lassiter
Left the practice doll in the dryer
Has a craving for a Froot Loop quesadilla
Goes into labor inside the truck brought on by the fried food
Has the baby in the truck, delivered by Henry
It’s a girl! Lilly Nora
HENRY
Doesn’t have time to help Shawn
Once made an entire Thanksgiving dinner on a grill made from an oil barrel
Painted the porch
Planted gardenias
Took down the fish tchotchkes from the mantle
Made cookies
Is selling the house and showing to potential buyers in an hour
Says “It’s time”
Has accepted an offer on the house
Is selling Shawn’s things at a yard sale
Belonged to a gym
Comes to explain things to Shawn
Hides with Marlowe in the back of the truck
Wants to start new
Sold the house to Lassiter and Marlowe
Delivers Marlowe’s baby in the back of the truck
Never let Shawn jump on the bed or climb out the window
BUZZ
Likes Shawn and Gus’s food
Tracks down the only “smokey” in the area
Scares the baby
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
Conflicting ideas. If you know and have a still, please share
CATCHPHRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 3 Series: 36)
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 18)
ALLUSIONS
“It's like the who's who of food trucks.” - Who’s Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world. Published annually since 1849, and as of 2015 in its 168th edition, it lists people who have an impact on British life, according to its editors. Entries include judges, civil servants, politicians and notable figures from academia, sport and the arts. Each entry in Who's Who is authored by the subject who is invited by the editors to fill in a questionnaire. Entries typically include full names, dates of birth, career details, club memberships, education, professional qualifications, publications, recreations and contact details.
India Are We (India Arie) - is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq86e4Fhja0
Meat and Mrs. Jones (“Me and Mrs. Jones”) - is a 1972 soul song written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert, and originally recorded by Billy Paul. It describes an extramarital affair between a man and his lover, Mrs. Jones. It has been covered by Michael Bublé, among others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOTdt9Bovkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3A0cH2CZ0
“Do not go all Sean Penn in Mystic River on me.” - Mystic River is a 2003 American mystery drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQaTV_lBuk
“They're like Caligula with a little less fornication.” - Caligula is a biographical film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse. Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFqbilFIb4
“Well, Lassie, looks like you dug yourself a hole from Holes-sized hole with these guys.” - Holes is a 2003 American comedy-drama adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar (who also wrote the screenplay), with Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats IV and also starring Khleo Thomas, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Arquette, Dulé Hill, Rick Fox, and Henry Winkler. A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MORKTUz6l9o
“Plus, we've both had mad cow disease.” - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease (encephalopathy) in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. The disease may be most easily transmitted to human beings by eating food contaminated with the brain, spinal cord or digestive tract of infected carcasses. However, the infectious agent, although most highly concentrated in nervous tissue, can be found in virtually all tissues throughout the body, including blood. In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD)
“Are you selling Amway?” - Amway (short for American Way) is an American company using a multi-level marketing model to sell a variety of products, primarily in the health, beauty, and home care markets. Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos. Based in Ada, Michigan, the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of $11.3 billion for 2012, the seventh consecutive year of growth for the company. Its product lines include home care products, personal care products, jewelry, electronics, Nutrilite dietary supplements, water purifiers, air purifiers, insurance, and cosmetics. Amway conducts business through a number of affiliated companies in more than a hundred countries and territories around the world. Amway was ranked No.114 among the largest global retailers by Deloitte in 2006, and No.25 among the largest private companies in the United States by Forbes in 2012, but has been frequently subject to investigation as a pyramid scheme or fraud
“Knocked Up, Baby Mama and Juno.” - Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. The film stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a slacker and a just-promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzgS1U8DpU “Baby Mama” is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard and Steve Martin. A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtG3D2xTgic “Juno” is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuN0Z65sp5c
“Except for the film What to Expect When You're Expecting.” - What to Expect When You’re Expecting is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Kirk Jones from a screenplay by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach and based on the pregnancy guide of the same name. Follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpnMkGGd_rQ
“The best lessons come from Rosemary's Baby.” - Rosemary’s Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The cast includes Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy, Maurice Evans, Sidney Blackmer, and Charles Grodin (in his first film appearance). It was produced by William Castle. Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her husband may have made a pact with their eccentric neighbors, believing he may have promised them the child to be used as a human sacrifice in their occult rituals in exchange for success in his acting career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewtQsgN5uo
“If Baby Lassiter comes out with Beelzebub eyes, think about what's best for the world.” - Beelzebub is a contemporary name for the devil. In later Christian and Biblical sources, he is referred to as another name for the devil. In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic views on Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".
“Cowboys & Aliens?” - Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American-Canadian science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw (Craig), a wealthy cattleman (Ford), and a mysterious traveler (Wilde) who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. The screenplay was written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on a screen story by the latter two along with Steve Oedekerk. The film was produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Kurtzman, Orci and Rosenberg, with Steven Spielberg and Favreau serving as executive producers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1FgvPnUWQ
“Lincoln, and vampires?” - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name. The novel's author, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the screenplay with Simon Kinberg. Benjamin Walker stars as the title character with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas. The real-life figure Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), is portrayed in the novel and the film as having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. The film was produced by Tim Burton, Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. Filming began in Louisiana in March 2011 and the film was released in 3D on June 20, 2012 in the United Kingdom and June 22, 2012 in the United States. The movie received mixed reviews, praising the action sequences and originality, but criticized for its overly serious tone, overuse of CGI, and pacing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo
“Kanye and Jesus?” - "Jesus Walks" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West. It was released on May 25, 2004 as the fourth single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song is built around a sample of "Walk with Me" as performed by the ARC Choir. "Jesus Walks" was acclaimed by music critics, who praised its compelling sonic atmosphere and boldness in its open embrace of faith. It was met by widespread commercial recognition, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming West's fourth consecutive top twenty hit in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AyHupByuU
“All right, well, yo, let me get that Froot Loop quesadilla.” - Froot Loops is a brand of sweetened, fruit-flavored breakfast cereal produced by Kellogg's and sold in many countries. The cereal pieces are ring-shaped (hence "loops") and come in a variety of bright colors and a blend of fruit flavors (hence "froot"). However, there is no actual fruit in Froot Loops, they are only fruit-flavoured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjxc_avrkos
“You're gonna give this joker a chicken-fried Skittles PB&J.” - Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a division of Mars, Inc. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, and natural and artificial flavours. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavour collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry. Skittles were first made commercially in 1974 by a British company. They were first introduced in North America in 1979 as an import confectionery. In 1982, domestic production of Skittles began in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqfB1jDkMw The peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or PB&J, is a sandwich, popular in North America, that includes a layer of peanut butter and either jelly or jam on bread, commonly between two slices of bread, but sometimes eaten open-faced or with one slice folded over. A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before high school graduation
“Those are prairie balls.” - Prairie Balls (aka “Rocky Mountain Oysters”) is a term for a dish made of bull, pig or sheep testicles. The organs are often deep-fried after being peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat. This delicacy is most often served as an appetizer with a cocktail sauce dip.
“It is an entire meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, string beans, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and an Andes mint rolled into a ball, battered, and deep-fried.” - Andes Chocolate Mints are small rectangular candies consisting of one mint-green layer sandwiched in between two chocolate-brown layers. The candies are usually wrapped in green foil imprinted with the company's logo, the word Andes written amidst a drawing of snow-capped peaks. First launched in 1950, they are produced by Tootsie Roll Industries and made in Delavan, Wisconsin.
“Okay, Big Country, we're gonna move on before you go boots-to-chest on my boy here.” - Big Country is a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the early 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. The band's music was most recognisable for the sounds it infused with Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar driven sound to evoke the inspirational spirit of bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1032u_big-country-in-a-big-country_music
“If you change your mind, we've also got deep-fried Splenda balls.” - Splenda is the commercial name and registered trademark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener derived from sugar, owned by the British company Tate & Lyle and American company Johnson & Johnson. Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, in 1976. Tate & Lyle subsequently developed sucralose-based Splenda products in partnership with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Nutritionals LLC.
“No fish tchotchkes on the mantle and a plate of cookies on the coffee table.” - A tchotchke is a small bauble or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar large events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".
“I'm talking about gumball soup and pudding ribs and Snickers burrito in a bowl.” - Gumballs are bubble gum in the shape of balls with a brightly colored outer shell. It was usually dispensed from a machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYghCaXSRo (I think mine was Popeye) Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate. Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion. In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. More recently, Snickers Marathon branded energy bars have been sold in some markets.
“Smokey in Friday.” - Friday is a 1995 American stoner buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray in his directorial debut, and starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tiny 'Zeus' Lister Jr., and John Witherspoon. The film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones and Smokey, who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 PM that night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxduMVVnrvU
“Smokey from The PJs.” - The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Cabrini-Green Housing Projects in Chicago. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company and Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tMr5yEwM0
“Smokey Robinson.” - Smokey Robinson is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the stage to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year, later scoring Top 10 solo hits such as "Cruisin'" (1979), "Being With You" (1981) and "Just to See Her" (1987). Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwkZrj2VT4
“Krav maga.” - Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel that consists of a wide combination of techniques sourced from Aikido, Boxing, Judo and Wrestling along with realistic fight training Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extremely efficient and brutal counter-attacks.
Corbin Bleu (Luther) - Corbin Bleu is an American actor, model, dancer, producer and singer-songwriter of Jamaican-Italian heritage. He performed in the High School Musical film series, the Discovery Kids drama series Flight 29 Down, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!. His first lead role was in the film Catch That Kid (2004). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az7dWrK2U48&index=14&list=RDoZ-mL4Nu-LI
“Any kid who's seen A Bug's Life knows how it works.” - A Bug’s Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stanton, the film involves a misfit ant, Flik, who is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers. Flik recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljk2YJ53_WI
“Man, nobody asked you to weigh in, Benetton!” - Benetton Group S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ˌbenetˈton]) is a global fashion brand, based in Ponzano Veneto, Italy. The name comes from the Benetton family who founded the company in 1965. Benetton has a network of about 6,000 stores in the main international markets. The stores generate a total turnover of 1.6 billion euros (2013). The company's core business remains their clothing lines: United Colors of Benetton, Undercolors of Benetton, Sisley, and Playlife. Their products include womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, and underwear, and they have expanded into perfumes, stationery, eyewear, and travel bags. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnoSZ3zZ4pM
“I got my money's worth from my kickboxing class.” - Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from Karate, Muay Thai, and Western boxing. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport. Japanese kickboxing originated in the 1960s, with competitions held since then. American kickboxing originated in the 1970s and was brought to prominence in September 1974, when the Professional Karate Association (PKA) held the first World Championships. Historically, kickboxing can be considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles. This approach became increasingly popular since the 1970s, and since the 1990s, kickboxing has contributed to the emergence of mixed martial arts via further hybridization with ground fighting techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Folk wrestling.
“How much for the Mr. Potato Head?” - Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato, which can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. These parts usually include ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. The toy was invented and developed by George Lerner in 1949, and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television and has remained in production since its debut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEU6REoXsio
“Is that my Teddy Ruxpin in there?” - Teddy Ruxpin was an animatronic children's toy, in the form of a talking bear. The bear's mouth and eyes moved while "reading" stories which were played on an audio tape cassette deck built into its back. It was created by Ken Forsse with later assistance by Larry Larsen and John Davies, and the first version of the toy was designed by the firm RKS Design. Later versions would use a digital cartridge in place of a cassette. At the peak of his popularity, Teddy Ruxpin became the best-selling toy of 1985 and 1986.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EshrR-xk2E
Thundercats (Gus grabs one at the yard sale) - Thundercats is an American animated series based on a group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The show was created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf and animated by Japanese animation studio, Pacific Animation Corporation. The characters were originally featured in an animated TV series named ThunderCats, running from 1985 to 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE
“It also has Brad Dourif hair, which is beyond unsettling.” - Brad Dourif is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which brought him Golden Globe- and BAFTA Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Charles Lee Ray/Chucky (both live-action and voiceover) in the Child's Play franchise, Deputy Clinton Pell in Mississippi Burning, Younger Brother in Ragtime, Piter De Vries in David Lynch's Dune, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings, and Doc Cochran in Deadwood, for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination.
“Do we need to get practice social services down here?” - Child Protective Services (CPS) is the name of a governmental agency in many states of the United States that responds to reports of child abuse or neglect. Some states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as "Department of Children & Family Services" (DCFS). CPS is also known by the name of "Department of Social Services" (DSS) or simply "Social Services."
Mouth of the Border (South of the Border) - In the United States this refers to Mexico. There is also a rest stop and roadside attraction on Interstate 95 and US Highway 301/501 between Dillon, South Carolina, and Rowland, North Carolina. It is so named because it is just south of the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. The rest area contains restaurants, gas stations, and a motel, as well as a small amusement park, shopping and fireworks. Its mascot is Pedro, an arguably racist caricature of a Mexican bandido.
“I don't know anything about delivering a baby.” - An updated paraphrasing of a famous quote from the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclBvVXsA5s (about 30 seconds in)
“Dad, Dad, Dad, a National Geographic special is playing out on the floor of our food truck.” - National Geographic, formerly The National Geographic Magazine, is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its thick square-bound glossy format with a yellow rectangular border and its extensive use of dramatic photographs
CONTINUITY
Gus has trouble parking the truck and making turns in tight spaces (2x16 "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead")
“The house that my mother and father were arrested in?” (2x10 "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy")
“The house where my father was hiding in the basement while my mother was out betting on horses?” (3x09 "Christmas Joy")
“The house where you slept with my sister?” (3x09 "Christmas Joy")
Dobson (2x04 "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds", 2x08 “Rob-a-By Baby”, 3x09 “Christmas Joy”, 3x12 “Earth, Wind and Wait for It”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”, 5x14 “The Polarizing Express”, 6x02 “Last Night Gus”, 7x07 “Deez Nups”, 7x09 “Juliet Wears the Pantsuit”, 7x14 “No Trout About It”, 7x15-16 “Psych: The Musical”)
Lassiter being there when Vick’s baby was born (1x08 "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom")
“I almost died last year” (6x16 "Santabarbaratown")
Shawn flashes back to walking in on Henry and Maddie having sex (7x02 "Juliet Takes a Luvvah")