Creature Commandos | Trivia

A list of trivia related to Creature Commandos.

References to DC Comics

• Characters from the comics that make their DC Universe debuts on this show include Rick Flag, Sr., Bride of Frankenstein, Nina Mazursky, Frankenstein's Monster, Doctor Phosphorus, G.I. Robot, Circe, Victor Frankenstein, Franklin Rock, Little Sure Shot, Bulldozer, Wildman, Canary, Four-Eyes, Bogman, Will Magnus, Shaggy Man, Fisherman, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man, Crimson Centipede, Elizabeth Bates, Gorilla Grodd, Superman, Starfire, Mister Terrific, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Supergirl, Robin, Booster Gold, Batman, Guy Gardner, Wally West, Isla MacPherson, Clayface, Hyena, Orca, Egg Fu, Congorilla, Nosferata, Chemo, Khalis, Bug-Eyed Bandit, Rupert Thorne and Myron Mazursky.
• Races and species from the comics that make their DCU debuts on this show include Amazons, Humans, Imps, Kryptonians, Metahumans, Reach, Robots, Vampires, Zombies, Cats, Dogs and Gorillas.
• Locations from the comics that make their DCU debuts on this show include Belle Reve, Daily Planet Building, Iceberg Lounge, Bludhaven, Hub City, Gotham City, Metropolis, Star City, Bialya, Boravia, Corto Maltese, Jarhanpur, Pokolistan and Themyscira.
• Items and vehicles from the comics that make their DCU debuts on this show include Peacemaker's Helmets, Batsuit, Blue Beetle Suits, Booster Gold Powersuit, Hawksuit, Mister Terrific Suit, Peacemaker Suit, Robin Suit, Supersuits, Vigilante Suit and Sheba.

The Bride reading an issue of Young Love.

• The Bride can be seen reading an issue of Young Love, which is actually a real romance-themed comic book series published by Prize Publications from 1949 to 1956. A second volume, picking up numbering from Prize's All for Love, ran from 1960 to 1963 before being acquired by DC Comics.

References to the DC Universe

• The debut episode The Collywobbles, references several plotlines previously depicted in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which have since been confirmed to be integrated within DCU canon:
  • Amanda Waller makes reference to Project Starfish, the black ops assignment carried out on Corto Maltese by Task Force X during the events of The Suicide Squad.
  • Both Waller and Rick Flag, Sr. acknowledge the death of the latter's son Rick Flag, Jr., who was betrayed and killed by former Task Force X member Christopher Smith/Peacemaker during Project Starfish, in The Suicide Squad
  • When introducing Weasel to Rick Flag Sr., Waller remarks on how their unexpected survival during the Corto Maltese operation made him a suitable candidate for the Creature Commandos. In The Suicide Squad, Weasel was revealed during the ending, to be one of the only members from the first unit of Task Force X operatives, to survive the initial infiltration of Corto Maltese depicted at the beginning of the film.
  • Waller and Flag establish that the United States Congress dissolved Task Force X and prohibited the former from using any more human inmates at Belle Reve Correctional Center for A.R.G.U.S. operations, after Waller's daughter Leota Adebayo exposed her involvement in the unit's activities, as depicted in the Peacemaker season one finale, "It's Cow or Never."
  • Belle Reve Correctional Center looks exactly the same as it did in The Suicide Squad.
    • This is because James Gunn wanted the locations in animation to look exactly like their live-action counterparts.
  • When Elizabeth Bates asks John Economos what happened to his leg, he tells her that he was fighting off an alien invasion. In the first season of Peacemaker, Economos and the 11th Street Kids fought agaisnt the Butterflies, a species of deadly parasitic aliens with the appearance of butterflies. In the season finale, Economos ended up with a broken leg after trying to jump a wooden fence.
  • King Shark appears in the ending of the season finale A Very Funny Monster, having been relocated to Belle Reve's Non-Human Internment Division and suggested for a new incarnation of Task Force M led by the Bride. Nanaue previously appeared in The Suicide Squad as a member of the second incarnation of Task Force X who was led by Rick Flag Jr. during Project Starfish on Corto Maltese.

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Unorganized Trivia

• Creature Commandos has been described by James Gunn, Frank Grillo and Rick Morales.
  • In his pitch for the series, Gunn described it as "dark, humorous but never goofy and unsentimental, adult-themed show with political storylines."
  • Grillo described that the series was "hard R" with a "funny and filthy" tone, and "X-rated" sex scenes.
  • Morales described it as a "macabre spin" on action ensembles such as the film The Dirty Dozen (1967) and the series The A-Team (1983–1987).
• Gunn had pitched Creature Commandos before he took over DC. He then greenlit the project himself when he became the CEO of DC Studios.
• Gunn was influenced by the Universal Classic Monsters, manga series Golgo 13, and 1960s war films for visual reference for Creature Commandos.
• Gunn compared Creature Commandos to The Suicide Squad and his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), noting that they are both focused on "outcasts and irregular types and weirdoes" but Creature Commandos is less sentimental than Guardians of the Galaxy due to the different moral allegiances of each team.
• Gunn discovered the show's theme Moliendo Café on Spotify and thought it was a good theme.

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  TOM 5 and SARA v4 introduce a preview

  TOM 5 and SARA v4 from Toonami introduce a sneak preview of the series which provided a first look at the series.
• Each episode of Creature Commandos centers around one of the main characters.
  • The Collywobbles focuses on Rick Flag, Sr..
  • The Tourmaline Necklace focuses on the Bride of Frankenstein.
  • Cheers to the Tin Man focuses on G.I. Robot.
  • Chasing Squirrels focuses on Weasel.
  • The Iron Pot focuses on Eric Frankenstein.
  • Priyatel Skelet focuses on Doctor Phosphorus.
  • A Very Funny Monster focuses on Nina Mazursky.