The Icarus Factor - or “Serious Daddy Issues”

Posted by DustBunnie702@reddit | TNG | View on Reddit | 29 comments

Here’s Riker and his dad playing Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots. Er… I mean Anbo Jyustu.

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

i'd just like to point out american gladiator was on like just before tng back then, like sundays at 7 back in the day right?

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

I have only vague recollections of watching American Gladiators but ya they were definitely both airing at the time.

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its just funny cause i remember a event where contestents would stand on pedastals in impact armor and fight with pretty much the same pugil sticks, it was like a budget version of double dare with no slime but tons of steroids and coke in the cast dressing rooms

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

Ya I remember that too. I like how the Japanese did a vaguely similar kinda thing in Takashis Castle and just amped up the goofiness and then it got Americanized years later into the way goofier and amazing MXC.

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TargetApprehensive38@reddit

That would have depended on your market. Both shows were syndicated, so they aired whenever the local station that bought it wanted to air them but yeah Sat/Sun early evening was common for both.

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Pitiful-Hearing5279@reddit

Here’s the soundtrack that was missing: https://m.soundcloud.com/music-man-938714898/star-trek-kirk-vs-spock-battle-soudtrack-full-download

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

dude this is litterally one of the few things i hate about sci-fi made up games sports and martial arts with exception to chess and futurama's slurmball

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

I think it's Blurnsball. Slurm is the extreme energy drink that comes out of a giant slug alien queen monster.

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RangerMatt76@reddit

Rock ‘Em sock ‘Em Riker’s

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DustBunnie702@reddit (OP)

🤣🤣🤣

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jack_begin@reddit

You mean the ULTIMATE evolution of martial arts?

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CmdFiremonkeySWP@reddit

Hachidan kiritsu is an illegal move

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

meanwhile guinan's trying to play glowstick racquetball

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TribalChief2025@reddit

In a universe where we eventually evolve into salamanders, this tracks.

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

licks eyeballs

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flokerz@reddit

the double handed overhead neck basher?

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Arborebrius@reddit

It took until the 24th century but eventually we managed to invent putting fancy blindfolds on two guys and having them randomly swing sticks at each other

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SweaterUndulations@reddit

Two angry raccoons in those inflatable sumo wrestler suits.

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TxCoastal@reddit

'Gladiators - are you READYYYYYYY???"

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JacobDCRoss@reddit

You want to know what's wild about this episode? That shiverish their spouting at each other is actually japanese. I didn't catch that until my second watch through. I speak Japanese and couldn't understand what they were saying

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Lilasfantasy@reddit

It's still gibberish. IIRC, Anbo Jyutsu is a made up term for the show.

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JacobDCRoss@reddit

No, I mean the language that they're speaking to each other when they challenge each other. It's japanese, but they're like overly stressing every syllable in a very odd manner

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bela_okmyx@reddit

I think you mean "gibberish".

Unless it was really cold in the studio when they were filming.

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