Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen
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Real world references
- This episode is a bit of a treat for Formula 1 fans, as many of the cars competing in the World Grand Prix race are surprisingly faithful recreations of entrants in the real Formula 1 World Championship of 1988, even down to some car numbers and driver helmets, albeit with brand names purposefully misspelt (similar to the decals on the G1 Mirage and Wheeljack toys). Recognisable in this episode are:
- Car 2 - "Totus-Homda" of Satoru Nakajima, with a simplified version of his helmet design. Nakajima was the only Japanese driver in the field that year, which is possibly why his car was featured heavily and instead of his team-mate and reigning World Champion, Nelson Piquet.
- Car 6 - "Camon" Williams-Judd of Riccardo Patrese. Close-ups of the driver show him with the helmet design of Patrese's team-mate, Nigel Mansell, but the car features a white or black 6 rather than Mansell's distinctive red 5.
- Car 10 - "Wost" Zakspeed of Bernd Schneider, including an accurate replication of his helmet design in close-up.
- Car 11 - "Marlbora" McLaren-"Homda" of Alain Prost.
- Car 12 - "Marlbora" McLaren-"Homda" of Ayrton Senna.
- Car 27 - Ferrari of Michele Alboreto (recognisable by the FIAT badge on the side) albeit in an inaccurate lemon yellow colour. Another unnumbered yellow Ferrari is also seen.
- An unnumbered Tyrrell-Ford.
- An unnumbered AGS-Ford with its lesser used white nose livery.
- A red and white car distinct from the McLarens and Zakspeeds that is perhaps meant to be the Arrows-Megatron (and even if it's not, hey, we get to tell you there was an F1 engine called Megatron).
- And what could charitably be considered a Rial-Ford.
- Other brands visible throughout the episode include include "Sall", "Dunpop", "Poca-Cola", "Moolel", "Fireiil" and lots, lots more.
- Rouen-Les-Essarts was a real race circuit, though on public roads, not a dedicated race track. The last F1 race was held there in 1968, well before this episode was made.
