Dodgers: By the way, I still hate you. X2: And I hate you, old friend. I hate you.
Dodgers [After dropping the Disappearo Device out of the ship]: Not good! Long John Silver: Oh no, me boyo! It's much worse than that!
Commander X2 [Regarding the Disappearo Device]: You couldn't life it anyway. It's made of the dense material inside a collapsed star. Captain Dodgers: You mean, like what's inside Liza Minnelli?
Long John Silver: You ain't seen the last of me, Steel -Eyed Billy! (closes hatch and jettisons himself into deep space in his pod) Captain Dodgers: That's Duck Dodgers, to you. Cadet: Hurry, Captain Dodgers!
DD: I can't believe you ran out of pirate songs. Cadet: I didn't. It's one of my favorites.
(Cadet singing) X-2: He knows that many songs? DD: You should have seen him at the Christmas party ...
X-2: Nothing disables a giant space monkey faster than an atomic wedgie.
DD: I am a stinking, pus-oozing, worthless parasite! Ha ha! I have bested you in the eating of filth!
The title is a play on the pirate quote "Shiver me timbers!"
The pirate captain is called Long John Silver the 23rd, and is an obvious reference to the pirate in Treasure Island, Long John Silver. Dodgers even comments that the name "Long John Silver" is copyrighted, but the copyright had long since expired as the book was written in 1881. This is also why there are so many re-editions of Treasure Island, there are no loyalties to pay on it; including another futuristic rendition of the story: Disney's Treasure Planet.
This episode is "Chapter: 26.34".
Fred and Barney (The Flintstones) make a brief appearance.
Martian dispatching pirate X2's defeat of a sword-wielding martial-artist enemy using a gun is a homage to a similar scene in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', an Indiana Jones film.
n/a: The Love Boat
The music for the cruise line -- particularly before it's boarded -- is based on the music from The Love Boat. The couples Cadet and Dodgers meet are parodies of how the couples are presented on The Love Boat as well. Also, notice how Porky points his fingers after he serves some drinks -- it's just like how Isaac from the show served his drinks!
Captain Richards: Yes, my lady. That is, unless we hit an iceberg.
The Luxuria is clearly a reference to the luxury ship RMS Titanic, which sunk when it hit an iceberg in 1912. The opening shots and narration are also similar to the 1997 James Cameron movie about that ill-fated ship.
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