- Zero surfing on his sword in the intro while doing a "hang loose" gesture.
Shatter Squad Needs a Pet
- West's Flat "What" response to the Title Drop.
- One of the reasons for getting a pet: "Someone to blame property damage on".
- "I vote cat. They have knives for hands."
- "Excuse me? I fed and watered my weapon every day this week!"
- When Phase reveals that she got a cat without West's knowledge.Phase: I found it's best not to ask for permission.
One: Right, ask for forgiveness, not permission.
Phase: Oh, I definitely don't ask for that either.
Night of the Living Dad
- Axel's addiction to dad jokes is treated as Serious Business. Including by himself, who does a Smoke Out after one, and goes on a "rampage" of sorts. West even says lethal force should be authorized against him before it gets contagious.Can a bird do a pun? No, but toucan!
Walk and Talk
- This episode successfully recreates the show's absurd conversations, specially when Zero and Phase realize they are aimlessly walking.Phase: Can't we just go back to our base? […]
Zero: Back to our base? [stops] Wait, where are we going?
Phase: What? I was following you.
Zero: I was following you! You live here now, don't you?
Phase: I don't know, it's non-canonical!
Beach Episode
- This episode has plenty of Leaning on the Fourth Wall commentary, culminating in the budget running out, "animation" by dragging static renders, and a color bar in the colors of the RVB logo.
Freaky Friday
- "Did you... cut your hair?" "Seriously?! I'm wearing a helmet!" "No, did you... change your make-up?"
The One With the Escape Room
- One showing an old cell phone leads Raymond to comment "That's not a phone, that's a brick with buttons!"
Phase's Reputation
- "Why can't the English language be sexy? Like a Snyder movie without slow motion, it ain't happening."
- After all the tall tales about Phase are contrasted with that she's actually doing (cutting limbs with scissors = trimming a Bonsai; martial arts = Tai Chi Chuan; reshape mountains = doing a topographic model; beastmaster = playing with a cat), she still kills a hidden assailant by throwing her scissors over her shoulder.
- When Zero walks in, he's greeted with the cheering of an offscreen studio audience.
- The escalating rumor chain.One: A friend told me that Phase defended Viper base against an elite class of shinobi.
Raymond: Well, a friend's cousin told me…
West: Well, a friend's cousin's chiropractor told me…
Zero: Well, a friend's cousin's chiropractor's golf ball diver told me…
The Unbearable Lightness of Zero
- This episode has said villain in full Large Ham mode, shooting his alarm clocknote , his enthusiastic spiel about breakfast (followed by him shouting at Phase for daring to correct him), some wordless overacting trying to clean his sword just by staring at it, and an overjoyed delivery of a factoid in a meeting. There is also his 'moment of zen' in a bathtub with his sword.
- Shatter Squad realizes they missed an important part of raiding a base - knowing where it is.
Buzz:Kill
- Shatter Squad fears wasps worse than Grif and Simmons with bats and snakes. Although this one is no ordinary bug - a highlight is the wasp grabbing One in mid-air and throwing her into a wall.
Special Guestmas
- When Santa shows up, Axel starts reminiscing about childhood holiday difficulties. Then Phase shoves him aside to make her demands.Axel: I don't know, a virtual Santa isn't so bad. No long lines, no crying kids. [getting lost in memory] No serious talks from your mother about having to put those sneakers you wanted on layaway, just in case you turned out to be a bad little boy after all.
[beat]
One: Yo... you good, Ax?
Axel: [chokes up and sniffs] Holidays are hard.
[Phase runs in from offscreen, slamming him aside]
Phase: You're taking too long. [to Santa] I need more knives. [mutters] And AirPods. - Throughout the episode, the squad are kept wondering who their special guest is going to be. Even though Lopez, Sarge, and Santa himself show up. After everyone leaves, an animated Gus shows up...to an empty room.Gus: Happy federal holiday ever-Hello? [looks around] Oh goddamnit, I better still get paid for this.
Hard Boiled
- This episode has, true to the title, a Film Noir sendoff that's increasingly absurd.
- Before we even get to the Film Noir, we start with West just trying to watch a movie, but Shatter Squad wants to go out for a late-night meal.
- Raymond starts out by flubbing and calling West "Dad", much to West's annoyance, as he insists that he's their commanding officer, not father. He then follows up with, "And two, go to bed kids, last time you ate this late you had nightmares."
- How does East convince West to let the Squad go out? "No dishes, and we'll leave you alone." "Take the company card."
