On a boat, the Scotsman finds Jack, his
sword missing, with a case of amnesia. To help his friend, he takes
Jack on a journey, retracing his steps to find his sword and regain
his memory. A series of clues leads them to an island in an unknown
region of the ocean where they encounter the sirens that took Jack's
mind. Thanks the the sound of the Scotsman's bagpipes, Jack returns
to his senses and defeats the sirens. To determine who will row
their boat on the journey back, Jack and the Scotsman challenge each
other in a friendly contest. |
Initially aired on one night as a
special movie event, the program was split into two separate
episodes on subsequent television airings
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Episode XLV is littered with Star Wars references:
- At the start of the episode, standing next the Scotsman is
a character resembling Boba Fett
- The bounty hunter punched out by the Scotsman resembles
Greedo
- The lines "I've got a bad feeling about this", "You will
never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy" and
the
Scotsman and Jack's entire exchange with the ship's captain are all
dialogue lifted from the film |
The Scotsman mentions that Jack is
the defender of, among other things, talking dogs, a reference to
Episode II and Episode III
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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a famous poem by Samuel
Taylor Coleridge |
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The sirens are
derived from Greek mythology |
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The cast of
The Love Boat television series make a cameo appearance in the sirens'
cave, captured by the sirens among Vikings, pirates, sailors
and robots |
When Jack suggests throwing large
stones to determine who will row the boat, the Scotsman refuses,
suggesting that Jack cheats, referencing Jack's unconventional way
of stone throwing in Episode XVII
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During Jack and
the Scotsman's friendly contest, the duo competed in:
- Long distance stone throwing
- Foot racing
- Jumping to a
tall branch (which Jack accomplishes by "jumping good,"
referencing Jack's training in Episode XIV)
- Javelin marksmanship
- Sword speed
- Catching fish
- Building sand castles
- Knocking bananas from branches
- Long jumping
- Tic-tac-toe
- Thumb wrestling |
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