#ed 209

[virtualpolicedeer]

this template is just so them im so sorry.

[atticusdoesthings]

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ED-209 Appreciation Post ^_^ <3

Look At This Silly Guy And Its Silly Footsies :3

So Cute Like A Kitty :P

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[therobotwig]

"You are illegally parked on private property. You have twenty seconds to move your vehicle."

All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. I added a few digital sparks where ED209's head used to be. The rest is all in camera.

[sepublic]

Alright I know I did muse on Krekka’s design being inspired by Soundwave and tbf the idea is not precluded by this observation either. But with how he’s a repurposed prototype for the Vahki, and the Vahki are robot cops. And looking at the three-toed feet accompanying the stocky legs, not to mention this rounded-off canopy…

Yeah I’m pretty sure the set designers were inspired by the ED-209 from Robocop, which is fitting because they were making robot cops for a futuristic dystopian city. I think the resemblance is even more obvious with the inverted mode; The knees are facing backwards like the ED-209, and the canopy’s shape matches better.

The Wahi Enforcer was likely born of this Robocop inspiration before the Vahki were reimagined as canister sets, and so while they retained the ability to invert to assume a four-legged mobile mode, the overall design of the Wahi Enforcer was repurposed into Krekka, whose Red-White-Blue coloration homages to cops.

In fact I wonder if Krekka the set was designed as an Elite Vahki first, and then Greg made him an unrelated Dark Hunter who got hired here? And again, he referenced the BTS story of Krekka’s set by having the canon detail about “Dume” passing off Nidhiki and Krekka as Elite Vahki variants because it’s genuinely a way more sensible assumption from their appearances than the actual lore. Hell we even got actual Elite Vahki variants in the form of combiners, the Kraahu and Kranua, that follow the basic design of philosophy of Nidhiki and Krekka respectively; One of them a multi-legged insect with sharp legs and the other a big hulking brute missing the Vahki crown piece.

[grayrazor]

Designer of ED-209 was like “I’m going to make the anti-R2D2, a completely serious and non-cute robot” and then proceeded to create something absolutely adorable.

Its face is so angy! Look at its chunky little toes!

[brokehorrorfan]

You are now authorized to use physical force on Tonyk's plush toy of ED-209 from RoboCop. Priced at $39.99, it stands 12" tall

[so-much-fandoms]

Rogue City is about to make me crash tf out (Spoilers Ahead!!)

So I started playing Robocop: Rogue City the day before yesterday, and OMG THE FUCKING BOSS BATTLE WITH ED-209 IS MAKING ME WANNA ALT+F4 I SWEAR TO GOD. I HAD DIED 10 FUCKING TIMES TO THAT PIECE OF WORK AND THERE WERE TIMES I WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE. BUT NO, IT JUST HAD TO MAKE ME RESTART ALL OVER AGAIN.

Fuck you ED-209 you deserve to fall down the stairs and die

[longwuzhere]

Some cool Easter eggs I caught watching My Adventures with Superman that I want to show to people so they can be in on it with comic book readers:

Episode 1 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 2 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 3 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 4 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 5 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 7 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here and here

Episode 8 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 9 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

Episode 10 of My Adventures with Superman Easter Eggs and references is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 4 post is here

(SPOILERS if you havent seen it obviously)

About 3ish minutes into the episode we see Clark be affected by red sun radiation, one of the non-Kryptonite weakness Superman has.

In the comics we first learn about this weakness in Action Comics #300 (1963), cover art by Curt Swan, George Klein, and Joe Letterese, where Superman is transported to the future by the Superman Revenge Squad, where the sun turned red thus losing his powers and has to find a way back home.

At the place where Jimmy was captured, we meet Monsieur Mallah and the Brain, at least MAwS version of these characters. I talk more about them in here. The episode has them depicted more like an old married couple with no supervillainous intentions compared to their comic counterparts...

who often associate themselves as enemies to the Doom Patrol and affliated with the Brotherhood of Evil. Also the Brain is usually French in the comics, here in MAwS, the Brain is German. The cover is from Outsiders #37 (2006) cover art by Daniel Acuna.

Back outside we see where Monsieur Mallah and the Brain took Jimmy, Cadmus Minefield.

Cadmus/Project Cadmus/the DNA Project, is known for its genetic engineering projects. The organization makes its first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #135 (1971) created by legendary comic book creator, Jack Kirby. Cadmus is pretty well known for cloning Superboy/Kon-el/Conner Kent. Like in MAwS Cadmus is a government sanctioned division that's located outside of Metropolis. Ironic since in MAwS the government disavows Cadmus. You can read more about it on these two pages from Who's Who in the DC Universe #12 (1991), the art is done by Dan Jurgens, Dennis Janke, and Anthony Tollins.

Later in the forest we see Lois and Clark have to deal with the OMACs.

In the comics, Jack Kirby created OMAC, at the time, the acronym stood for One Man Army Corp. Buddy Blank of Earth-AD (a future post-apocalyptic Earth) was selected to be part of the OMAC program where with the help of the Brother Eye satellite grants him powers of super strength, stamina and density control. The cover art here for OMAC #1 (1971) was done by Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, and Gaspar Saladino.

Years later OMAC gets reinvented to be a cyborgs of Brother Eye that was developed by Batman thanks to his paranoia about super powered heroes turning evil. The page here is from the OMAC Project #5 (W: Greg Rucka, P&I :Jesus Saiz, C: Hi-Fi, L: Phil Balsman). This iteration of OMAC uses the acronym for Omni-Mind and Community. These Cyborgs make their first appearance in the OMAC Project #1 (2005). MAwS's OMACs are a lot more robotic and Evangelion-esque designed compared to how they look in the comics. Note the mohawk/fin designs on OMACs heads in both iterations of the comics and how the robots are designed in MAwS.

Someone on the MAwS team is a fan of Gurren Lagann.

Monsieur Mallah name drops Task Force X. I talked about the organization here

Monsieur Mallah mentions one dimensions in the universe where he and the Brain can be accepted. This brings to mind...

DC's multiverse. The multiverse makes its first appearance in the Flash #123 (1961) where Barry Allen and Jay Garrick meet for the first time. DC's multiple Earths have changed over the years from having only 52 distinct Earths to now infinite. The Multiverse map created by Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes, here is from Multiversity comic series.

Someone on the MAwS crew is a fan of the ED-209 design in Robocop.

After the fight with the OMACs, the Brain talks about the General. The only person in DC comics who usually goes by that moniker is...

General Wade Eiling. The panels here are from Captain Atom #1 (1987) (W: Cary Bates, P: Pat Broderick, I: Bob Smith, C: Carl Gafford, L: John Costanza). General Eiling is often associated with Suicide Squad/Task Force X. So it's possible that much like Parasite and Ivo, the MAwS team are combining characters by having...

him be a combination of General Eiling and General Sam Lane, Lois's dad. But who knows. Gotta wait for confirmation if this is either Eiling or Lane.

Thank you for taking your time reading this and making it this far down the post. If you want to see the other posts of easter eggs and references for past episodes:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 4 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 4 post is here