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Buckaroo is somehow related to Jerry Cornelius
They're both musician-physicist-secret agent hero types who live in extremely trippy worlds and are implied to have superhuman abilities for no actual reason. There has to be some connection.

The "crucial missing circuit" from John Whorfin's Overthruster. . .
Is the Warble Circuit. Notice how Banzai and Hikita's Overthruster always makes little warbling beeping noises, while Whorfin's does not. Clearly, the warbling is a necessary component in breaching the 8th Dimension.

Expanding on the above WMG, Buckaroo and Hanoi Xan are versions of Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion (like Jerry Cornelius or Elric of Melnibone)
Buckaroo Banzai and Jerry Cornelius are both rock star/superhero/secret agent/scientists, although Buckaroo is a far more wholesome American hero compared to the decadent anarchist that is Jerry Cornelius. What really does it though, is the sequel novel “Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League,” where his nemesis Hanoi Xan explains that both he and Buckaroo have lived many lives over thousands of years (much like the versions of the Eternal Champion). Hanoi Xan’s lengthy speeches about the benefits of chaos also sound awfully Jerry Cornelius-esque. And then there’s Xan telling Penny Priddy that she is his half-sister and lover across many lives, just like Jerry and Catherine Cornelius or Elric and his cousin Cymoril. All this means that Hanoi Xan is likely a Champion of Chaos. It’s tempting to say that Buckaroo is a Champion of Order, but he could also be one of Chaos who has more of a moral compass, like Elric.

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