• MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    To add to that, the Pakleds in the second to last frame are from Next Generation, and also appear in Lower Decks. They’re maddeningly and endearingly dumb, but in a crafty way.

    Their main goal in life is to “make things go” so I can see how Kira would be concerned about where this call is going.

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      And Car Talk itself was a call in show for car repair advice that aired weekly on NPR. The two brothers became famous enough in the car world to get cameos in the Cars films as Lightning McQueen’s sponsors, the Rust-eze brothers.