Commando Cody - References in Other Media

References in Other Media

• During the Clone Wars (Star Wars), a clone trooper named Commander Cody serves under Jedi general, Obi-Wan Kenobi. This character—complete with rocket backpack—was named after Commando Cody: an homage by Star Wars creator George Lucas to the serials of his youth.

• The Star Trek: Voyager holodeck story The Adventures of Captain Proton features numerous references to Commando Cody and other Republic serials, including the costume worn by the Captain, which was created from replica components of Cody's costume such as his jacket, rocket pack and chest control panel, and a killer robot that was an almost perfect replica of one used in the original Commando Cody serial.

• Radar Men from the Moon was lampooned in the TV Series Mystery Science Theater 3000. The first eight episodes were featured as shorts in several episodes of the first season.

• The recurring Almost Live! sketch, "Jet Guy", was a parody of Commando Cody.

• As a teen, before beginning his professional film career, Bob Gale created a series of parody films of Commando Cody, featuring a character named "Commando Cus".

• Digital/ambient music artists Carbon Based Lifeforms sampled from the first Commando Cody episode in their track "Proton/Electron", using Henderson's lines "It's the same guess that we've made, because it's the only possible answer" and "atomic activity on the moon, atomic blast on the earth."