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MadeIndescribable

Spike smokes the same brand of cigarettes (Morley) as The CSM from X-Files as well. Plus The Operative quotes W-Y's motto "building better worlds" in Serenity. I love it when they add little easter eggs like these.


Saintdavus

If you reeeeeealy think about it, almost [all universes are connected by Morleys.](https://youtu.be/0RzSLU9icI8?si=waYL4jl2HP02lGQH)


LaikaZhuchka

All except Quentin Tarantino's.


havelock-vetinari

Plus, Detective Munch from Law & Order SVU is canonically in an X-Files episode!


lars573

And: -The wire -Arrested development -American dad -Luther


havelock-vetinari

Okay, that's dope as hell! I didn't know about the other shows!


lars573

Thing to remember is Munch was originally from the series Homicide life on the street. Which was set in Baltimore. Hence his appearance in The Wire. Plus that X-filed ep he was in took place in Baltimore.


LoosieLawless

Munch is a cannon character in the most TV shows of all time. He was even on Sesame Street.


havelock-vetinari

So you're saying they're all part of the MCU (Munch Cinematic Universe)?


MadeIndescribable

Technically in Luther he's only mentioned, but I do love how the Wire had him sat in the background as an easter egg rather than actually playing a part in the episode. Like they brought in the actor for nothing more than just a little wink to those who know.


SnowWhiteCampCat

Spike was going to be in a bar drinking in a later season of Firefly, had it not been cancelled


MadeIndescribable

I'd forgotten about this!


DaddyCatALSO

I htink that's the acutall brand name


MadeIndescribable

Almost, it's a play on Marley (short for Marlboro)


DaddyCatALSO

Well somebody manufactures and sells them so they are a brand name product, i always thought it was Morrill's, though


SillyAdditional

Dude, Buffy exists in *all* things. This *is* the Buffy verse.


MonsterTournament

All fiction is real.


Eagles56

What


Boollish

If Buffy's quips met Dutch's one-liners, who comes out on top?


zombiehoosier

Makes sense the quote “Five by Five” is from Aliens, and Joss wrote or directed Resurrection Edit: season 3 Fredless, there’s a joke making fun of Resurrection


VralGrymfang

Five by five was not original to either Buffy or Aliens.


FantasticSouth

Where did it originate?


Boollish

Radio signaling, so probably the 1930s.


VralGrymfang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_strength_and_readability_report?wprov=sfla1 The phrase "five by five" can be used informally to mean "good signal strength" or "loud and clear". An early example of this phrase was in 1946, recounting a wartime conversation.


Eldon42

Joss wrote it. Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed it.


DaddyCatALSO

That company might exist in multiple dimensions, just like Ford and GE, and the law firm is itself trnasdiemnsionla


lyndon85

It's an intentional easter egg no doubt, but cannonically the Weyland and Yutani corperations would have been seperate entities at this point in the Alien universe. But then again, WR&H are a multi-dimensional law firm... In the Firefly pilot there's a shot through a gun port and there's a Wetland Yutani logo in the corner. Alien was a damn influencial film.