Green Finger | |
Series 02, Episode 12 | |
Airdate | 17 March 2008 |
Previous | Spy Plane |
Next | Asteroid Attack |
Green Finger is episode 12 of Series 2.
Synopsis[]
When crazed plants attack anti-green targets, Blane goes solo, but it's unclear whether his boy power is enough to weed out this enemy.
Trivia[]
- References to the spy genre.
- ”Green Finger” -- The title is a reference to the James Bond novel and film “Goldfinger”.
- ”High School Spy Movie” -- Sydney Barbour references “From Russia with Love”.
- ”Mission: Incredible”
- “Spy Game” -- in “What, Micah Worry?” Micah Simms must expose a traitor who is a friend of the United States president.
- The title is a reference to “Mission: Impossible”.
- The theft is similar to the first “Mission: Impossible” film and several of the “Mission: Impossible” series episodes.
- The method used to expose Janus as a KORPS agent is similar to the storylines seen in “Mission: Impossible” when the Impossible Missions Force needed to convince someone that a trusted advisor had changed loyalties.
- ”Moontaker” -- The title is a reference to the James Bond novel and film “Moonraker”
- ”Mrs King - License to Spy” -- The title is a reference to a license to kill.
- ”Old School” -- The episode is a parody of 1960’s spy films.
- ”Revenge is Sweet”
- The mission to steal the antidote is similar to “Mission: Impossible”, where the team would have been disavowed if caught.
- In “Mission: Impossible II” Hunt destroys the virus and retrieves the antidote. Both storylines involve increasing the price of a chemical.
- ”The Others” -- James Blonde is parody of James Bond. There is a reference to ”Doctor No”.
- ”We Need to Talk About KORTEX” -- Stella Knight is seen reading the James Bond novel “The Spy Who Loved Me”.
- Charlie Darwin's name is a reference to the 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin.
- First time Blane was on a solo mission.