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** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', of which Turner was not fond at all. The Eco-villains produce a parody during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also this particular advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far.
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** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', of which Turner was not fond at all.''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''. The Eco-villains produce a parody during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also this particular advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far. Turner infamously hated the show, to the point of making a thinly-veiled rant against it in a 1995 speech to Congress.
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** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', of which Turner was not fond at all. The Eco-villains produce a parody during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also this particular advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: When the team arrives, Nukem unsuccessfully tries to blast them.
-->'''Skumm''': Haven't you ever heard of target practice?
-->'''Skumm''': Haven't you ever heard of target practice?
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** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', of which is one of the programs the Turner was not fond at all. The Eco-villains produce a parody of during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also the this particular advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far.
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Annoyed by Fred Lerner's green TV, the eco-villains launch "Operation Sweeps Week", a hostile takeover of the studio, with plans to give the viewing public the more violent and pollution-friendly fare they supposedly want. Unfortunately for them, the viewing public includes the Planeteers, who launch a swift counterattack.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AuthorAvatar: Eco-conscious TV tycoon Fred Lerner is clearly the in-universe version of Creator/TedTurner.
* IsThisThingStillOn: As the villains' stolen TV station returns from commercial, they're still bickering over the microphone. MAL has to poke his monitor in to tell them that they're live.
* MyLittlePanzer: One of the advertisements the eco-villains launch is for action figures (Soldier Sam and His Sadistic Slammers) that will damage anything that moves in the house.
* ShoutOut: The Planeteers dress in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' attire while getting into the studio.
* TakeThat:
** A particularly bizarre one; one of the low-brow programs the Eco-Villains put on is a studio pro wrestling show akin to the ones Ted Turner relied on for viewership in the 80s and 90s. Given that Ted Turner at the time owned Wrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling and had repeatedly rebuffed efforts from Turner executives to remove pro wrestling, it's either tone-deaf or a rather subtle form of SelfDeprecation.
** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', which is one of the programs the Eco-villains produce a parody of during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also the advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Dr. Blight calls Mr. Lerner "Freddy boy" as she and the others invade the studio and Duke Nukem calls him "pal" while damaging most of the TV monitors.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Creator/TedTurner avatar Fred Lerner proposes making a series about the central pollution-fighting hero team. Wheeler replies, "It has a nice ring to it."
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AuthorAvatar: Eco-conscious TV tycoon Fred Lerner is clearly the in-universe version of Creator/TedTurner.
* IsThisThingStillOn: As the villains' stolen TV station returns from commercial, they're still bickering over the microphone. MAL has to poke his monitor in to tell them that they're live.
* MyLittlePanzer: One of the advertisements the eco-villains launch is for action figures (Soldier Sam and His Sadistic Slammers) that will damage anything that moves in the house.
* ShoutOut: The Planeteers dress in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' attire while getting into the studio.
* TakeThat:
** A particularly bizarre one; one of the low-brow programs the Eco-Villains put on is a studio pro wrestling show akin to the ones Ted Turner relied on for viewership in the 80s and 90s. Given that Ted Turner at the time owned Wrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling and had repeatedly rebuffed efforts from Turner executives to remove pro wrestling, it's either tone-deaf or a rather subtle form of SelfDeprecation.
** The episode also launches an attack at ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', which is one of the programs the Eco-villains produce a parody of during "Operation Sweeps Week." It's also the advertisement that causes [[CommanderContrarian Wheeler]] to comment that the programming has gone too far.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Dr. Blight calls Mr. Lerner "Freddy boy" as she and the others invade the studio and Duke Nukem calls him "pal" while damaging most of the TV monitors.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Creator/TedTurner avatar Fred Lerner proposes making a series about the central pollution-fighting hero team. Wheeler replies, "It has a nice ring to it."
