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| == Technology == | | == Technology == |
− | Rigellians have access to advanced technology including [[UFO|interstellar travel]], ray guns, and the video game "{{W|Pong}}", which in Rigellian society is considered to be cutting-edge.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror]]" ("Hungry Are the Damned")</ref> In the future, they seem to downgrade and become a primitive race and live in peace with nature and the animals.<ref name="XXII"/> | + | Rigellians have access to advanced technology including [[UFO|interstellar travel]], ray guns, and the video game "[[Pong]].", which in Rigellian society is considered to be cutting-edge.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror]]" ("Hungry Are the Damned")</ref> In the future, they seem to downgrade and become a primitive race and live in peace with nature and the animals.<ref name="XXII"/> |
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| They also have special guns that can impregnate humans.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]"</ref> | | They also have special guns that can impregnate humans.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]"</ref> |
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| The overall appearance of Kang and Kodos is derived from the aliens appearing on the cover of an old {{W|EC Comics}}. They are named after two characters from ''[[Star Trek]]''; Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, [[Serak]], derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name {{w|Sarek}}, the Vulcan father of {{w|Spock}}. | | The overall appearance of Kang and Kodos is derived from the aliens appearing on the cover of an old {{W|EC Comics}}. They are named after two characters from ''[[Star Trek]]''; Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, [[Serak]], derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name {{w|Sarek}}, the Vulcan father of {{w|Spock}}. |
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− | Star Trek would often mention planets in the Rigel system. Rigel VII, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original ''Star Trek'' pilot, "The Cage". Rigel IV, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in "[[Treehouse of Horror I]]", is in the episode "{{w|Wolf in the Fold}}". | + | Star Trek would often mention planets in the Rigel system. Rigel VII, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original ''Star Trek'' pilot, "The Cage". Rigel IV, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]", is in the episode "{{w|Wolf in the Fold}}". |
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| == Appearances == | | == Appearances == |
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| *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}} | | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}} |
| *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXII}} | | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXII}} |
− | *{{ep|The Man Who Came To Be Dinner}} | + | *{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}} |
| *{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}} | | *{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}} |
| *{{bon|Fallen Flanders}} | | *{{bon|Fallen Flanders}} |
Years in the future, Rigel 7 is a planet full of lush vegetation and animals where everything can be dangerous. The Rigellians live in peace with the other animals who are adapted to fight wars for some reason. They are led by the Rigellian queen who produces Hillarium for the Rigellians to drink.[5]
The overall appearance of Kang and Kodos is derived from the aliens appearing on the cover of an old EC Comics. They are named after two characters from Star Trek; Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, Serak, derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock.
Star Trek would often mention planets in the Rigel system. Rigel VII, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". Rigel IV, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in "Treehouse of Horror", is in the episode "Wolf in the Fold".