When Kim and Ron leave the theater in this episode, Kim says "You and me...on a date?", and Ron says "It could happen". This is a clue into the future events on season four where they are a couple.
During the pan at the beginning of the rumble between Oliver's robot and the Kimmunicator, you can see Ned appear twice. Both have the exact same animation and body positions. The one of the left is the brunette Ned with an orange Bueno Nacho uniform shirt and dark pants; the one on the right is blond Ned with light blue shirt and brown pants. Both are wearing the management tie with the correct colors.
Three of the Robot Rumble club members have been seen before (or will be soon). Ned (Assistant Manager from Bueno Nacho), Justine Flaner (from the upcoming episode Partners) and the unnamed girl in blue from Middleton High (who is in almost scene that requires background extras).
Fen's skin has a definite greenish cast in the final scenes in the magnet room that it didn't have before.
When we first see that the subway train is actually Ron and Rufus with the Kimmunicator, it shows that the light is coming out of the center of the bullhorn. Later, the light is being beemed out of the Kimmunicator screen.
When Ron says "Seemingly coming out of a date movie - together," the bottom of his shirt is red.
During Ron's "If someone didn't know that we were just best friends..." ramble outside the theater, Kim's mouth and nose seem to "droop" a bit as she closes her eyes, as if a cel overlay of her expression had slipped. Her nose moves from between her eyes to across her left eye.
Larry picks up the helmet-thingy from the curb before he goes in to the Robot Rumble, but it wasn't there in the wide shot as Larry, Kim and Ron pull up to that area.
When Kim, Larry and Ron are riding down the elevator-thing to the Robot Rumble, Kim changes positions between the moment of the long shot and the close-up of her and Larry. (During the long shot, she is facing towards him. In the close-up, she is facing away from him.)
When Ron and Kim walk out of the elevator, the bottom of Ron's shirt turns red.
As Kim, Ron and Larry go down the elevator, Kim is talking but her mouth doesn't move.
Where was Rufus' skeleton when Ron passed through the X-ray machine?
During the Robot Battle, when Wade is controlling the robot, why would Wade need both the keyboard and the joystick to just move the robot? The robot isn't doing anything but moving so Wade's key pushing would be pointless.
Wade appears on the screen, yet when the movie is being shown there are several little scratches and dark spots, which would indicate a projector.
Near the end of the episode, Ron takes a ticket from Lamar which is covered with sweat. This couldn't logically have happened, since the ticket seems to come out of a mechanical dispenser, which a person wouldn't touch.
The lighting in the Robot Rumble area must have been especially dark or rather unusual, like a filter, because Kim's normally green eyes appear brown during those scenes.
Kim: (grabbing Ron) C'mon...Casano-duh!
Kim: Ron, I'm gonna say something that I've never said to you before: You're thinking too much!
Kim: You and me… on a (smiles) date? Ron: It could happen. (nervously) I mean… I'm not saying… that we would. But, if someone… didn't know… that we were just… best friends, and saw us together. At the feel-good film of the year! Conclusions may be drawn.
Kim: What did you do, buy a ticket to every movie? Ron: (defensively) Nooooo, that would be stupid!
Ron: Blonde with wild man, so by the rules.
Ron: Girls are big on grudges. Kim: Says who? Ron: The rules.
Kim: Ron, are you going to live in fear because of these rules that exist only in your head? Ron: (Slight Pause) Shyah!
Zita: May I help you? Ron: Me es e ticket... uh... Monique: Mr. Smooth makes his move.
Ron (surprised, seeing Zita in the ticket window): That is very much not Lamar.
Ron: What kind of chance do I have with a girl like that anyway? Kim (to Monique): Honest opinion or best friend fudge? Monique: Fudge it, girl.
Animation Production by: Starburst Animation Co., Ltd
Brainiac: The computer voice for the space center security devixes is voiced by Corey Burton, who voiced Brainiac in the WB/DC Animated Universe. The security device voice is very similar to his Brainiac performance.
X-ray Machine: The X-ray machine Ron does the leg thing with is almost identical to the one in the Herge comic book "The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon". The two policemen in the series (Thompson and Tompson) split up to look for a "criminal". One Thompson, instead of finding a criminal, almost got scared to death by a "skeleton". The other Thompson doesn't believe him, and goes down the hallway... and sees the skeleton! What they are unaware of is that they are looking at each other through an X-ray - Thompson #1 was looking at Thompson #2 through the X-ray (who was standing in front of a "screen"), and goes back to tell Thompson #2. Thompson #2 then goes back (alone) to check it out, while Thompson #1 stands in front of the "screen". Thompson #1 then sees Thompson #1 through the X-ray.
Frankenstein: Vivian's first two initials (VF) match Victor Frankenstein's initials. Victor Frankenstein is a character in Mary Shelley's book, "Frankenstein", which was made into a movie. Just like Vivian, Frankenstein created his own living being, but his monster wasn't a robot, whilst Vivian's creation (Oliver) was.
Disneyland: The scene where the train headlight heads straight in Kim's direction references the train collision scene at the end of the Disneyland attraction "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride".
Ron: "My Little Puppy 2; Puppy's Pride" "My Little Puppy 2; Puppy's Pride" is a combined reference of My Little Pony and Pound Puppies, two cartoons based on toy-lines from the 1980's.
Ron: Changed my mind, thought I'd catch "Meeting Cute" instead "Meeting Cute" is a writers' slang for the scene in a story where the protagonist meets their love interest.
Ron: Changed my mind, thought I'd catch "Meeting Cute" instead "Meeting Cute" was the title for an early episode of Matt Groening's comic strip "Life in Hell." That particular strip also dealt with a loser (Binky the rabbit) trying to work up the courage (and constantly saying he didn't have a chance) to ask out a cute girl rabbit (Sheba).
Batman Beyond Zita's name is a reference to "The Zeta Project." This was "Batman Beyond" spinoff that aired on the WB where Will Friedle (Ron) starred as the voice of Batman (who he voiced regularly on the orginal series).
Brazil: The Robot Rumbles' personnel identification machine is very similar to a security device used in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" (though the one in "Brazil" looked more like an eyeball)
Schwarzenegger #3: Oliver's unmasking: Oliver is very similar to Stan Winston's T-800 endoskeletons (though definitely less evil looking).
Schwarzenegger #2: Robot pursuit scene The robot climbing on the back of the railcar mirrors the mental hospital escape scene in Terminator 2 where the T-1000 climbs up the back of the police car that John and Sarah Connor are escaping in.
Schwarzenegger #1: X-ray machine at Space Center Last seen in a security checkpoint in "Total Recall" (1990).
2001: A Space Odyssey: When Mr. Dr. Possible talks about an artificial intelligence for a top-secret Jupiter mission, this is a reference the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL-9000 is the intelligent computer aboard a spacecraft headed for Jupiter. While the mission is not top secret, the true purpose is.
The Wrong Trousers: The robotic legs that run amok in Fen's lab are a reference to the 1993 Nick Park claymation film "The Wrong Trousers" featuring the characters Wallace (the master) and Gromit (his dog).
Battle Bots: The robot fighting thing is a reference to the TV show "Battle Bots." A show which features robot fighting.
S 4 : Ep 23
Aired 9/7/07 (22:49)
S 4 : Ep 22
Aired 9/7/07 (22:52)
S 4 : Ep 21
Aired 9/1/07 (22:48)
S 4 : Ep 20
Aired 8/12/07 (22:51)
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