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  • Awesome Music: The show's theme song, Rock Revolution.
  • Funny Moments:
    • One contestant is completely unaware that the Interceptor is right behind him as Inty aggressively poses behind him. This lasts for a good ten seconds until he gets bored and unleashes his trademark screech, prompting the unfortunate contestant to run like hell.
    • Another contestant (Claire) decides to wave at the Interceptor as he tries to zap them.
    Claire: (from far away) Hi, Interceptor!
    Interceptor: What're you wavin' for, ya sausage?
    • The Interceptor getting arrested for speeding at the end of episode 6.
  • Moment of Awesome:
    • The "Derbyshire Tractor Ambush", in which the Interceptor disguised himself and successfully zapped a contestant, is remembered for how brilliantly played it was.
    • Any team that manages to win the game in general, considering the difficulty of the show.
  • Narm: The stand-offs. The Interceptor was not allowed to touch either of the contestants, so he was frequently thwarted by contestants keeping their backs to a wall until he got bored and left to chase the other.
  • Rooting for the Empire: Admit it, you wanted the Interceptor to win sometimes.

The film:

  • Complete Monster:
    • Alexander Kessel is a former expert torturer working for terrorist groups to overthrow the US. Taking over the Pacific Interceptor platform, Kessel massacres everyone there, shooting the head officer in front of heroine J.J. Collins and attempting to launch missiles to wipe out LA. Foiled by Collins, Kessel tries to get back in, trying to break her psychologically by having her father tortured and seemingly murdered. It is revealed Kessel is nothing more than a mercenary hired by terrorists who plans to nuke 16 major cities and kill 300 million people just to get paid.
    • Corporal Beaver Baker is a treacherous soldier double-crossing his country, a racist and misogynist bigot who despises the diversity of America and wishes to see 300 million killed to carry out his delusions of being a patriot. Beaver assists Kessel in murdering the troops aboard the Interceptor platform and makes clear his intent to rape Collins, later murdering Corporal Shah after Shah's attempts to appeal to Beaver's better nature fall flat.
  • Obvious Judas: The unpleasant and sexist soldier who makes lecherous comments toward the heroine unsurprisingly turns out to be the mole.

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