History Series / TheBionicWoman

* NotSoDifferent: In "Doomsday is Tomorrow", ALEX 7000 says this of himself (a supercomputer with a near-human personality) and Jamie (a cyborg).

* MundaneUtility: Most episodes featured Jaime using her bionics to make some mundane household chore or activity easier. The term "pocket bionics" was coined by creator Kenneth Johnson to describe these humanizing moments (although to be fair Steve Austin had been shown engaging in "pocket bionics" since the start of his series, too). This is used as both a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} in Jaime's first meeting with her unruly class... when she slowly rips a phone book in half in front of them. The kids behave from that point on.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Oscar to the sheep-herding nuns in "Sister Jaime" who are blocking his way: [[IncrediblyLamePun "You've got to get the flock out of here!"]][[note]]Given the abundance of swearing in the blooper reels from this series, there is little doubt that the double entendre was recognized.[[/note]].

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and [[ResignedToTheCall reluctantly]] -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: [[MrExposition a briefing from Oscar]], a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context), and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations [[CursedWithAwesome and not care much]]. Her adventures are [[LighterAndSofter down-to-earth and less violent]] than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' are a spoof of the [[RoboticReveal lifelike androids]] on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}.

* InstantSedation: One of the only real weaknesses Jaime has throughout the series is that she can be susceptible to a tranquilizer injection, being drugged by a laced drink or drugged with chloroform.

A trio of reunion movies with ''Six Mill'' were aired between 1987-94. The second introduced a next-gen bionic woman played by a [[RetroactiveRecognition pre-fame]] Creator/SandraBullock as a {{backdoor pilot}} for a {{revival}} which never got made. There were rumors of new movie or TV series based on ''Bionic Woman'', including a cable series which would have starred Creator/JenniferAniston, and an InNameOnly re-imagining in which the title was simply a ''metaphor'' and the lead character had no powers at all.

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Six Mill''. Steve Austin (Creator/LeeMajors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that he is a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor astronaut son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers. But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

During the final season, an attempt was made to shake things up things by saddling Jaime with a "Bionic Dog" named Max, a German shepherd who is one of the early successes of bionic program. He was scheduled to be put down when he was suspected to have an age-related variant of bionic rejection before Jaime intervened when she discovered that his erratic behavior was actually a severe pyrophobia due to nearly getting killed in a lab fire when he was younger.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and [[ResignedToTheCall reluctantly]] -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: [[MrExposition a briefing from Oscar]], a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context), and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations [[CursedWithAwesome and not care much]]. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' are a spoof of the [[RoboticReveal lifelike androids]] on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context), and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations and not care much. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}.

...[[FirstLawOfResurrection until the Nielsen ratings come in]]. What Steve didn't know is that over the summer hiatus of re-runs, Jaime ''didn't'' die on the operating table, but was saved at the last second by "cryogenic therapy," but at a price: no memory of Steve. Viewer response to Jaime was so positive that ABC ordered the producers of ''Six Mill'' to revamp the third season opener to make room for a two-parter {{retcon}}ning Jamie's death. On very short notice, the network commissioned a spin-off for January 1976.

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Six Mill''. Steve Austin (Creator/LeeMajors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that he is a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor astronaut son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner). But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Six Mill''. Steve Austin (Creator/LeeMajors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that he is a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor astronaut son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers. But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context), and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Lindsay Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations and not care much. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}.

During the final season, an attempt was made to shake things up things by saddling Jaime with a "Bionic Dog" named Max, a German shepherd who is one of the early successes of bionic program. He was scheduled to be put down before Jaime intervened.

* NotableOriginalMusic: "Sweet Jaime" (sung by Lee Majors)

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Million Dollar Man''. Steve Austin (Creator/LeeMajors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that he is a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor astronaut son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers. But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

...[[FirstLawOfResurrection until the Nielsen ratings come in]]. What Steve didn't know is that over the summer hiatus of re-runs, Jaime ''didn't'' die on the operating table, but was saved at the last second by "cryogenic therapy," but at a price: no memory of Steve. Viewer response to Jaime was so positive that ABC ordered the producers of ''Six Mil'' to revamp the third season opener to make room for a two-parter {{retcon}}ning Jamie's death. On very short notice, the network commissioned a spin-off for January 1976.

During the final season, an attempt were made to shake things up things by saddling Jaime with a "Bionic Dog" named Max, a German shepherd who is one of the early successes of bionic program. He was scheduled to be put down before Jaime intervened.

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Million Dollar Man''. Steve Austin (Lee Majors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that he is a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor astronaut son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers. But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

Jaime is an AscendedExtra from a '75 episode of ''Million Dollar Man''. Steve Austin (Lee Majors) returns to his hometown of Ojai, California, to buy a ranch. Completely unaware that their astronaut son is now a cyborg, Steve's parents do what any parents would do with their confirmed bachelor son: they try and hook him up with his {{old flame}}, tennis pro Jaime Sommers. But tragedy strikes when, while skydiving with Steve, Jaime's parachute fails and she is fatally-injured. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss Oscar (Richard Anderson) to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and ear. Steve and Jamie rekindle their relationship, but her body starts rejecting the bionics, and after a ''Bride of Frankenstein'' freak-out, she flat-lines.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context) to keep the kids' attention, and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Lindsay Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations and not care much. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}.

A trio of reunion movies with ''Six Mill'' were aired between 1987-94. The second ointroduced a next-gen bionic woman played by a [[RetroactiveRecognition pre-fame]] Creator/SandraBullock as a {{backdoor pilot}} for a {{revival}} which never got made. There were rumors of new movie or TV series based on ''Bionic Woman'', including a cable series which would have starred Creator/JenniferAniston, and an InNameOnly re-imagining in which the title was simply a ''metaphor'' and the lead character had no powers at all.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context) to keep the kids' attention, and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Lindsay Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations and not care much. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mill'' featured a run-in with {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}

''For the 2007 series, see Series/BionicWoman.''

...until the Nielsen ratings come in. What Steve didn't know is that over the summer hiatus of re-runs, Jaime ''didn't'' die on the operating table, but was saved at the last second by "cryogenic therapy," but at a price: no memory of Steve. Viewer response to Jaime was so positive that ABC ordered the producers of ''Six Mil'' to revamp the third season opener to make room for a two-parter {{retcon}}ning Jamie's death. On very short notice, the network commissioned a spin-off for January 1976.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility domestic]] context) to keep the kids' attention, and the big action conclusion. One of the keys to the show's success (it often beat its parent program) was Lindsay Wagner's wry, 'girl next-door' performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her augmentations and not care much. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. Consequently, the show is lampooned less-frequently than ''Six Mill''. That didn't stop it from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mil'' featured a run-in with Bigfoot.

* AIIsACrapshoot: "Doomsday Is Tomorrow", a two-parter by showrunner Kenneth Johnson (''{{Series/V}}'', ''Series/AlienNation'') which pits Jaime against a computer programmed to destroy the world, to lesser episodes such as one in which Jaime had to protect a lion (the plot did not get any thicker than that!). Due to the very short notice given for the production of the first season, a couple of scripts had to be [[RecycledScript recycled]] from the show's male counterpart. Still, Wagner's charm and sense of humor was often enough to carry the show, and it is still remembered with fondness by a large number of fans.

Since her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the tennis circuit to teach problem children at Ventura Air Force Base, near her hometown of Ojai. In-between clapping erasers together, she is occasionally -- and reluctantly -- deployed on various OSI missions. Jaime ''boooiiiiiiings'' from one assignment to the next: a briefing from Oscar, a bit of espionage, some humorous "pocket bionics" (showrunner Kenneth Johnson's term for the bionics being used in a [[MundaneUtility non-military]] context) to keep the kids' attention, and the big action conclusion. Her adventures are down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's. That didn't stop the show from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mil'' featured a run-in with Bigfoot.

One of the keys to the program's top-ratings success (it often beat its parent program in that area) was Lindsay Wagner's very wry and down-to-earth performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her bionic augmentations and not care much, although she certainly was more than able to make good use of them in the appropriate crisis situations (and the series also frequently showed how bionics could be used in day-to-day situations as well). Wagner became the first actress in a science fiction-based TV series to win a Best Actress Emmy Award due to her work on ''The Bionic Woman'' (a fact often ignored by those keen on dismissing the series as another example of "1970s cheese").

Like ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', the special effects are a product of their time, in particular the slow motion effects which were inspired, according to producer Harve Bennett, by NFL Films' iconic slow-motion footage of football players in action, and because, so sayeth Lee Majors on the 2010 DVD release of his series, showing bionics at full speed looked silly. With Wagner, the slow-motion takes on a graceful elegance generally missing from the parent series, which is likely why the use of slow-motion on ''The Bionic Woman'' tends to be less-frequently lampooned. Like most series, the scripts run the gamut from classics like "Doomsday Is Tomorrow", a two-parter by series creator Kenneth Johnson (''V'', ''Alien Nation'') that pitted Jaime against a computer programmed to destroy the world, to lesser episodes such as one in which Jaime had to protect a lion (the plot did not get any thicker than that!). Due to the very short notice given for the production of the first season, a couple of scripts had to be [[RecycledScript recycled]] from the show's male counterpart. Still, Wagner's charm and sense of humor was often enough to carry the show, and it is still remembered with fondness by a large number of fans.

At their best, both ''The Bionic Woman'' and ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' sometimes transcended the usual limitations of TV action/adventure. For example, in "Kill Oscar", an evil scientist decides to replace the female personnel of the OSI with life-like female "fembots". The 3-part crossover took this and actually made it both disturbing (at how easily people could be replaced, and how much harm could come of it if a high-ranking person was one of them) and oddly non-sexist, in that the women the robots replaced were the secretaries and assistants of high-ranking male OSI personnel. These secretaries are clearly shown as having high security clearances, access to important knowledge and making a very important contribution to the work, and yet underappreciated and too often ignored. This nearly enables the scientist to bring about the defeat of the OSI.

A trio of reunion movies combined with ''Six Mill'' were made between 1987 and 1994 (the second of which introduced a next-generation bionic woman played by a pre-stardom Creator/SandraBullock as a pilot for a revival series that was never made). In the 1990s and 2000s there were occasional rumors of new film or TV versions of the series, including a made-for-cable series that would have starred Jennifer Anison as Jaime and an InNameOnly reimagining in which the title was going to be simply a ''metaphor'' and the lead character would have no powers at all! Eventually, a [[Series/BionicWoman short-lived remake]] appeared on NBC in 2007 what was closer in spirit to Martin Caidin's original ''Cyborg'' novel series upon which ''Six Mill'' was based. And in 2012 a DarkerAndEdgier comic book version (featuring a Jaime who is not averse to breaking necks when threatened) was launched, though this was replaced in the summer of 2014 with a ''Bionic Woman Season 4'' comic more closely based on the TV series and, in 2017, another comic book that teamed Jaime up with the Creator/LyndaCarter [[Series/WonderWoman1975 version]] of Franchise/WonderWoman.

''The Bionic Woman'' (Creator/{{ABC}}, 1976-1978) is a SpinOff from ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', featuring Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, the second active bionic agent of the OSI. Jaime made her initial appearance in a 1975 episode of ''The Six Million Dollar Man'': she was a tennis pro and Steve Austin's old sweetheart. During a vacation from the OSI, Austin returns to his home town of Ojai and runs into Jaime again, and pretty soon their romance rekindles. During one of their outings, they decide to go parachuting; Jaime's chute fails and she suffers catastrophic injuries. An overwrought Steve convinces his boss, Oscar Goldman, to authorize bionic replacement surgery to restore Jaime's destroyed legs, right arm and right ear. Goldman agrees.

Jaime and Steve bond further after the surgery, and he proposes marriage. But before they can wed, her body starts rejecting the bionics; she dies on the operating table as Rudy Wells struggled to save her life.

Or so it seemed. Viewer response to Jaime was so great, and their response to her death so negative, that ABC ordered the producers of ''Six Mil'' to revamp the opening of the show's third season in order to slot in a two-parter that explained that unknown to Steve, Jaime had been placed in suspended animation (cryonics), which allowed her to be brought back to life. But at a price: no memory of Steve or her love for him remained. Again, viewer response was strong and ABC commissioned, on very short notice for TV, a new spin-off series to debut in January 1976.

Because her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the professional tennis circuit and returned to her home town of Ojai, California, to work as a teacher -- and as an occasional, not to mention reluctant, special agent for the OSI. Her adventures were down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's; dialogue took precedence over action, similar to ''{{Series/Star Trek|The Original Series}}''. That didn't stop the show from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mil'' featured a run-in with Bigfoot.

During the final season, even more attempts were made to humanize things by saddling Jaime with a "Bionic Dog" named Max, a German shepherd who was one of the early successes in Rudy Wells' bionic development program. He was scheduled to be put down before Jaime intervened.

One of the keys to the program's top-ratings success (it often beat its parent program in that area) was Lindsay Wagner's very wry and down-to-earth performance as Jaime. One got the feeling that (unlike Austin) she could lose all her bionic augmentations and not care much, although she certainly was more than able to make good use of them in the appropriate crisis situations (and the series also frequently showed how bionics could be used in day-to-day situations as well). Wagner became the first actress in a science fiction-based TV series to win a Best Actress Emmy Award due to her work on ''The Bionic Woman'' (a fact often ignored by those keen on dismissing the series as another example of "1970s cheese"). Her support cast include always-dependable Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman, and Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells. Both actors made history when ABC cancelled the series and NBC picked it up for a final season, and the two were allowed to continue to appear in both shows, even though they were now on competing networks. (Further crossovers with Lee Majors, however, were forbidden.)

Because her bionics gave her an unfair advantage on the court, Jaime left the professional tennis circuit and returned to her home town of Ojai, California, to work as a teacher -- and as an occasional, not to mention reluctant, special agent for the OSI. Her adventures were down-to-earth and less violent than Steve's; dialogue took precedence over action, similar ''{{Series/Star Trek|The Original Series}}''. That didn't stop the show from occasionally tilting into fantasy: the "Fembots" in ''Film/AustinPowers'' were a spoof of the lifelike androids on this show. One of the {{crossover}}s with ''Six Mil'' featured a run-in with Bigfoot.