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Notice! This post contains SPOILERS for Creature Commandos episode 3, “Cheers To The Tin Man”Creature Commands episode 3 features a collection of exciting Easter eggs and references. While the new episode is predominantly focused on GI Robot and its origins, there is also some important connection to the new DCU in general, beyond the automated soldier and his monster companions that make up Amanda Waller's Task Force M. and some of the weirdest DC characters of all time becoming canon.
As seen in Creature Commands In episode 3, the origins of the GI Robot are explored, especially during World War II and after, when the United States no longer had a purpose for an automated soldier to kill Nazis. Exploring how he came to be one of Amanda Waller's agents, GI Robot's journey and ultimate fate are as tragic as they are moving considering its connection to the greater DCU. To this end, Here are the biggest DC Easter eggs and references that can be found in Creature Commands episode 3.
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Company Sergeant Rock & Fácil
“Blessings to the Tin Man!”
Created to help win the war against the Nazis, GI Robot is shown fighting alongside Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, eventually being embraced by men as “The Tin Man”. Sergeant Rock and his men are classic DC Comics creations from the late 1950s. Although they were not superhero characters, Sgt. Rock, in particular, had some brief interactions with characters like Batman and Superman in the original comics. Likewise, GI Robot names several Easy Company soldiers, each of whom are actual members of the comics who served under Rock's command: Bulldozer, Little Sure Shot, Wildman, Canary, Four-Eyes, and Bogman.
What does the GI Robot story with Sgt. Even more exciting is that it was recently reported that Daniel Craig is in talks with DC Studios to star in a live-action Sergeant Stone film. As such, perhaps GI Robot could also make its live-action debut in the project, considering its canon DCU history with Easy Company. That being said, the Sergeant Stone the film could end up being a standalone “Elseworlds” film with no DCU connections.
GI Robot was its predecessor
After World War II, the government gave the GI Robot to Doctor William Magnus. Voiced by Alan Tudyk, Magnus is a classic DC Comics character who created the team known as the Metal Men. Using AI devices known as responsometers, Magnus' robot heroes were named after the metals used in their creation: Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Tin and Platinum. To this end, Creature Commands episode 3 reveals that Magnus's study of GI Robot helped with his designs for the Metal Men in the DCU (who now have the perfect launching pad to debut in a future project).
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Sam Fitzgibbon
Voiced by Michael Rooker
Once Magnus was done with GI Robot, the automated soldier was passed from collection to collection, eventually falling into the hands of Sam Fitzgibbon. Voiced by Michael Rooker (who has a role in almost all of James Gunn's projects), Fitzgibbon is revealed to be a Nazi who was eventually shot to death alongside his fellow National Socialists by GI Robot and its main programming. While it could be pure coincidence, Fitzgibbon is also the name of the Belle Reve doctor who implants the nanite bomb in the head of Savant, played by Michael Rooker in Gunn's film. The Suicide Squad.
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Central city
A DC Comics city as bad as Gotham
The meeting of the National Socialists to which Sam brings GI Robot in Creature Commands episode 3 is located in Hub City. A classic city in the DC Universe, Hub City is considered just as bad and crime-ridden as Gotham. Additionally, it's also the home of Vic Sage, the original Question, before the mask and cloak were passed on to Gotham's Renee Montoya.
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VJ Day in Times Square
The GI robot was there too!
The classic photograph celebrating the victory over Japan at the end of World War II, a broader image of VJ Day in Times Square is revealed in Creature Commands episode 3. This reveals that GI Robot was off to the side, waving at the camera as the sailor kissed a stranger. As such, it's a very humorous image, showing the GI Robot's role in the war, just before its uncertain future once it ends.
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Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
One of DC's weirdest characters
Taken to Belle Reve after killing everyone at the Nazi meeting, GI Robot is shown passing through more of Waller's incarcerated monsters in the DCU. This includes Animal-Plant-Mineral Man, one of DC's most bizarre characters of all time. A Doom Patrol villain, Animal-Plant-Mineral Man gained the power to transform any part of his body into an animal, vegetable, or mineral after falling into a vat of amino acids. As such, he often transforms multiple parts of his body into three simultaneously, such as a dinosaur, tree branches, rocks, and more. Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man recently made his live-action debut in Max's Doom Patrol show.
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Crimson Centipede
Believe it or not… an enemy of Wonder Woman
Next to the Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man in Creature Commands episode 3 is none other than the Crimson Centipede. A true DC Comics villain, Crimson Centipede was created by the God of War to torment Wonder Woman. In his debut, the monster robs banks in a bizarre way and divides the money among other criminals, creating a huge crime wave for Wonder Woman to stop.
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