Cultural References
Casablanca, Lister's favourite film, was used for the main plot of the episode and is mentioned and referenced throughout. Kryten and Camille even watch the film in the episode. When Lister explains to Kryten why it is needed to lie he mentions examples of Humphrey Bogart in the Casablanca ending scene and Nelson's "I see no ships" line. The ending of Casablanca is also parodied in the Kryten and Camille farewell scene.
Lister watches a vid recording of the television show Tales of the Riverbank: The Next Generation, a parody of the Tales of the Riverbank show and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Lister compares the main character Hammy Hamster the rodent equivalent of Marlon Brando. The television show St. Elsewhere is named by Lister as a tongue-in-cheek defense of his credentials to be ship's surgeon ("I've seen every episode"). His Spider-Man costume is also mentioned.
Steve McQueen and the film The Blob are referenced by Lister after Kryten takes the true form of Camille to dinner.
The concept of a pleasure GELF is also a reference to the first Star Trek episode; The Man Trap.
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