YMMV / Dodger

• Genius Bonus:
  • Yes, Sir George Cayley and his attempts at heavier-than-air flight are real.
  • The scene where Dodger has his caricature drawn by John Tenniel for Punch! has a bit more resonance when you know that Tenniel probably also drew the caricatures on Simplicity's Happy Families cards.^note Alternate link, just in case.
  • One subtler reference to Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist had a character rather controversially known as Master Bates. Onan the dog is named after the biblical figure who lends his name to onanism, a word meaning rather the same thing as "Master Bates".

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