The Middleman

The Clotharian Contamination Protocol

Season 1, Episode 11, Aired 8/25/08

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Infested by evil nanobots from outer space, Ida dupes The Middleman and Wendy into initiating a lockdown at Middleman HQ, in a Clotharian plot to destroy Earth's technology.

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Matt Keeslar

The Middleman
Natalie Morales (II)

Wendy Watson
Brit Morgan

Lacey Thornfield

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Another brilliant episode of staple sci-fi themes but with the middleman twist that makes this show so watchable. They even managed to get a Dr Who Reference in there (did ya miss it)!moreless

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By GallifreyanWho, Sep 10, 2008 Report Abuse

The aliens from the boyband episode come back again again to destroy the world, but this time it's the good ones, not the bad ones. Sick of earthlings being the peeking toms of the galaxy after one of the Voyager Probes snaps photos of one of their top secret facilities, they send nanobots to destroy all of our technology. The first to get infected is Ida, and she's one touch cookie to stop when she's working for the darkside. Can the middleman stop her in time? Is it right to get to close and personal with Ida and literally get inside her head? Watch and find out! As I say, keep your eyes peeled for that Dr Who reference, and from the old series too!!!moreless

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Trivia
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- Trivia: Wendy comments that Maximum Aldwin sounds "like Graham Chapman and [dresses] like a Vestal virgin". Graham Chapman is one of the six members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He played many roles on the show, mostly authority figures, and is best known for playing the Colonel, who interrupted many of the skits to insist that they stop because they were offensive. He also played King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Chapman passed away in 1989. Edit
- Trivia: Tyler mentions The Return of Bruno, Bruce Willis' 1987 debut album. The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Edit
- The term "nanobot" appears in dozens of science fiction films, television shows and novels. And yet somehow Wendy doesn't recognize the term despite her vast knowledge of science fiction trivia. Edit
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- The Clotharian writing ("Made in Clothar") is actually a public domain variant of the Aurabesh alphabet from Star Wars. Edit
- In The Middleman graphic novels, F.A.T.B.O.Y. (Federated Agents of Tyranny, Betrayal and Oppression's Yoke) is run by the villainous Kanimang Kang and Manservant Neville is his primary henchman. Edit
- Featured Music "Let's Get Ready to Crumble" by Russian Futurists Edit
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- Wendy: I'll be shredded... The Middleman: ... like a White House phone log. Edit
- Lacey: Look, I don't care what you say, you are going to that interview and I'm driving you there. Tyler: Lacey, I'm a musician. Lacey: And this is like Bono offering you a job. Noser: Bono, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz. Edit
- Tyler: Seriously, Dubbie, since you and I met, I've been writing like a song-nado. Wendy: A tornado made of songs? Tyler: You know it. Edit
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- Ida: It's what you get for being made out of meat! Referencing Terry Bisson's Nebula-nominated 1991 short story "They're Made Out of Meat" about two alien intelligences who visit Earth and are astonished to discover carbon-based life forms. It was adapted into a film in 2005. Edit
- The Godfather: Part II The scene with The Middleman strangling the Interrodroid with a coat hanger alludes to the scene in The Godfather: Part II (1974) where Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) has his bodyguard execute Johnny Ola (Dominic Chianese) in a similar manner. Edit
- Ida: Today John Wayne does not get to ride of into the sunset with Grace Kelly. The Middleman: That's Gary Cooper. Referencing High Noon (1952). The movie stars Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane, who finds himself forced to confront a gang of killers by himself when the town's folk refuse to help. Edit