Solar Opposites
Like its predecessorRick & Morty , Solar Oppositesis full of risky characters doing distressing , fantastic , and flaky things . After receive crash landed on Earth , desperate Schlorpians Korvo and Terry , along with their replicants Yumyulack , Jesse , and the mysterious pupa , have to desegregate into human society .
While they endeavour to adapt , unlike facet of their personalities emerge when they become entrenched in the consumerism of Earthly liveliness . While Korvo disdains it , Terry embrace it , and the replicants try their hand at being teenagers . The originative team tamp each episode of every time of year with lots of little details about the principal characters that most people will only notice if viewers sleep with where to look .
Terry’s T-Shirts With Obscure References
Sharp fan trained to Terry ’s burgeon closet of thymine - shirts will mark that with each sequence , the clever Schlorpian slips more peculiar sayings into his wardrobe . In Season 1 , he assume shirt that said " Dick Wolf " ( the longtime manufacturer / creator ofLaw & Order)and " 17'5 4 7R4P " ( the celebrated phrase say by Admiral Ackbar inReturn of the Jedi),and the second time of year wreak even more soda water culture references .
From innocent shirt like " ET TEXT HOME " and " Flash Back " ( done in the dash ofFlashdance)to revelatory shirts like " Horn if you ’re Honkey " , and " Area 69 " with a down pointer , Terry always has something redundant to say ( though some fans may not get the " Mayor of Shondaland " reference tothe yield company possess by Shonda Rhimes ) .
Halk Has A History Solving Crimes
Prior to being miniaturized and put into Yumyulack ’s human ant farm , Halk was an " executive story editor"Bones , which seems to make him the stark character to head up the investigation involving the execution of various residents of The Wall in Season 2 .
In reality , Halk is unadulterated because his part thespian Sterling K. Brown has played an investigator and or law investigator before , as well as had guest roles on dozens of offense lick series . He ’s act as Detective Cal Beecher inPerson of Interestand Officer Dade inThird Watch , and has come along onNCIS , Without A Trace , Castle , Criminal Minds , and many more .
Ethan Is A Reference To The Da Vinci Code
As Halk ’s investigation in The Wall narrows on one suspect , a sociopathic former rock crampoon named Ethan , he get wind that Ethan is but one link in the confederacy chain ( albeit a deranged one ) . Where once Ethan aligned himself with Tim and keep his secrets dependably , he ’s taken it upon himself to clean The Wall in his own way as a " god " among lilliputian men .
With his bleach white hair , wan skin , and holy - than - K composite , Ethan bears a striking resemblance to Silas , the albino assassin ( play memorably by Paul Bettany ) fromThe Da Vinci Code , right down the spiritual zealotry and the pale patrician eye .
They Constantly Make Sci-Fi References
Being a series about alien confab Earth , it ’s only coherent thatSolar Oppositesincludes as many sci - fi references as potential , but for every episode boast Robocop chasing the Pupa or Terry and Korvo in a constabulary lineup with Alf , Mork , and one of the Coneheads , there are more subtle reference .
In Season 2 , as Korvo conduct his war on Dinner Parties , he confer with his " E - Cogs " - individuals with the tycoon to " sense tocopherol - vites before they ’re sent " . This is a lineal reference to the " Precogs " inPhillip K. Dick ’s classical sci - fi novelMinority report card , about being who have the ability to sense crimes before they happen .
Terry’s Star Wars Obsession
There have always been a few reference toStar Warsin the series ( such as Yumyulack and Jesse look " James Earl Jones School " ) , which makes a certain amount of good sense given Disney ’s partnership with Hulu . But by Season 2 it ’s unmortgaged that Terry ’s compulsion has a way of pussyfoot into every narrative . From hisPoe Dameronjammies , to his wanting to shop at " Gretchen Darth - Mall " , they variegate from the obvious to the unexpected .
He ’s even been known to sport Chewbacca themed Mickey ears from Disneyland after go on holiday , and skid into talking like " Jar Jar Dinks " . If only he could have gotten into Yumyulack ’s bulwark and hear Tim dressed like Old Man Luke from the Sequel Trilogy !
Terry And Korvo Are A Couple
While some fans may be inclined to think that Terry and Korvo are BFF ’s , brothers , or squad leader , it ’s been stated by the creators themselves that Terry and Korvo are something more like a couple . The Jehovah desire to make more possibilities for their moral force to grow without being strictly roomie .
There are several times when this is confirmed in Season 1 , like when Terry offers to aid Korvo de - tension , as well as when Korvo reminds him about their college years where Terry invited partners into " their bed " and he did n’t seem to mind . In Season 2 , Terry gets angry with Korvo for cheat on him , and after a near light touch with death , they share a kiss in a Whole Foods Market .
The Duke Is The Janitor
One of the very first humans to go into The Wall is the janitor that upsets Jesse and Yumyulack . They wither him down and put him into their miniature kingdom , created in the main from hamster cages . He ’s seen again helping Tim when he first gets into the bulwark , then he disappears for the rest of the season .
Unless he did n’t ? When The Duke appears , he ’s run around the same articulation and the same hair as the janitor , but with much more stylish wearable . He ’s become the ego appointed rule of The Wall , base on The Duke of New York fromEscape from New York .
The Pupa Is Ser Davos
Terry and Korvo are responsible for the pupa , a curious puppet who is ultimately locomote to flex into a creature able of pop humanity and terraforming Earth into a planet habitable for Schlorpians .
Normally the pupa makes gibberish sound , but in the last installment of Season 1 , the pupa speaks in a heavy stressed cadence , revealing the dulcet tones ofGame of Thronesactor Liam Cunningham aka Ser Davos .
The Pupa Gets Locked Up With Disney Characters
On one of the pupa ’s random dangerous undertaking , he gets kidnapped by a overzealous gull and posit on the deck of a merchandiser ship , whose crew sells him to the Rare Collector ’s Academy .
He ’s auction off as " Spongebob Squarepants " amidstseveral Disney icons , admit Donald Duck , Mickey Mouse ( in the bottom correct corner of the cage ) , 101 Dalmatians , and Paddington Bear .
Tim’s Evil Turn Was Foreshadowed
Tim may present as a hero in The Wall in Season 1 , but before shrinking him down and cast him in there , Jesse explicate he deserved it because he was " credibly a Nazi " .
Flash forward to Episode 7 when Tim is writing a manifesto while in prison , then break on to lead a revolution and ultimately staging a coup on The Duke , oust his rule and take over his kingdom , putting his own regimen in power under a new name - the Wallderman .
