Penguin Ex Machina

#48: "Penguin Ex Machina"
Overall №	48
Season	3
Episode	2
Release date	August 3, 2010
Running time	9:21
Opening theme	"Kawaita Sakebi"
Episode guide
Previous	#47: "Beyond The Fourth Wall"
Next	#49: "The Incredible Hobson"
Video

Link	http://dueltube.org/S3E02.htm

Penguin Ex Machina is the forty-eighth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series and the second episode of Season 3.

Description

PWNED.

Guest starring :-

HBI2K as Gansley
ShadyVox as Internet Troll #2
Kirbopher as Noah, Internet Troll #1
Antfish as Gozaburo Kaiba

Trivia

• This episode was previewed at Otakon in Baltimore, MD on August 1, 2010.
• The tradition of putting different adjectives in front of the Celtic Guardian's name reached its closest sound-alike in this episode, with the Agnostic Celtic Guardian.
• Yugi saying that he spoke with a British accent in episode 6 references the beginning of that episode, where LittleKuriboh lets his British accent slip through a bit, which was pointed out by many fans.

Cultural references

• The cards at the beginning are:
  • Bob the Angry Flower
  • Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album cover
  • Rally Vincent from Gunsmith Cats
  • Tommy Wiseau
  • Pennywise from It
• The Concrete Elephant may be a Reference to LSD: Dream Emulator.
• Mokuba describes the childhood incarnations of him and Seto as "chibi me and chibi you".
• Téa thinks she is on Tatooine, a desert planet in the Star Wars universe.
• Téa is chased by "internet trolls" and tells them "go back to 4chan", a forum known for its flame wars and generally uncivil behavior.
• The song that plays while Téa is being chased by the trolls is the Star Trek fight music from the episode Amok Time.
• Kuriboh talks like Action Hotdog from Perfect Hair Forever.
• Yugi calls Kuroboh the Annoying Kuriboh, a reference to the Annoying Orange.
• Duke Devlin says he's losing his mojo, a reference to Austin Powers.
• Tristan confuses an axe, a medieval weapon, with Axe, a line of male grooming products.
• Téa refers disparagingly to the films of Don Bluth, who is generally considered by critics to be a brilliant animator who has directed a number of weak animated films featuring anthropomorphic animals.
• When Tristan tears down the wall of the castle, he says "Here's Johnny!", a catchphrase which was used to introduce television host Johnny Carson. This catchphrase is famously referenced in The Shining by the character Jack Torrance when he tears down the door of a bathroom with an axe.
• When Yugi summons Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, the song "Always" by Erasure plays. Both it and Gaia are references to the game Robot Unicorn Attack.
• Gansley saying "It's a double rainbow!" is a reference to the viral video "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10".
• After the duel, Yami and Kuriboh converse in a manner stereotypical of the TV series Lassie. The line "Timmy got stuck down the well?" is a reference to fact that the character Timmy repeatedly became stuck in places such as abandoned mine shafts, rivers, and quicksand, but conspicuously, never in a well.
• Noah describes his chamber's colorful flashing lights and background music of "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory as "disco mode".
• The stinger is Howard Dean's Iowa concession speech from 2004.