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Rush Pop Culture References Update - April 2013

It has been awhile since I've updated the Rush Pop Culture References page, and here's the latest additions.
  • In the fourth issue of the ongoing creator-owned Image Comics series Revival, by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, released October 24, 2012, the crematorium technician of the Heinlien Funeral Home is wearing an original-logo Rush shirt under his lab coat.
  • The Fox cartoon series Futurama had a few Rush references during its 7 season run, and here is one more.  During episode #98, "The Prisoner of Brenda", aired August 19, 2010, on the title card at the very beginning of the episode, the bottom caption reads "What happens in Cygnus X-1 stays in Cygnus X-1".
  • In the movie Expendables 2, released on August 17, 2012, a team of mercenaries conduct their missions in an old Canadair CL-215 floatplane. In reality this plane served as a waterbomber for the Province of Ontario, and for the film, the airplane's call letters are "XP 2112".
  • From the season finale of FX's animated show Archer, which has had multiple Rush references over the last four years, check out this clip from the season finale, "Sea Tunt: Part II", which recently aired on April 11th.
- Thanks to Brett Hudgins, Chris Morley, Barry Horton and David Wholihan for the headsup and images!

2 comments:

  1. On the Rifftrax commentary for The Avengers, during the scene where the villain Loki is commanding a crowd to kneel before him, one of the guys (Kevin Murphy?) quips "Who do Rush fans say belongs in the Hall of Fame?" right before Loki's second "kneel!"

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  2. That looks more like a black hole joke than a rush reference in the futurama one, really.

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