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The '''Intergalactic Stock Exchange''' is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is [[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection.
The '''Intergalactic Stock Exchange''' is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is [[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection.


The space station is clearly a spoof of the station seen in ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', and Jor-El has its origins in the 1978 ''Superman'' movie, where a similar entity could be seen on Krypton.
The space station is clearly a spoof of the station seen in ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'', and Jor-El has its origins in the 1978 ''{{w|Superman}}'' movie, where a similar entity could be seen on Krypton.


[[Image:Jor-El.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling]]
[[Image:Jor-El.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling]]

Revision as of 02:07, 29 January 2010

Intergalactic Stock Exchange
Intergalactic Stock Exchange.jpg
LocationIn orbit around Earth
First appearance"Future Stock" (3ACV21)
Episode

The Intergalactic Stock Exchange is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is Jor-El, Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection.

The space station is clearly a spoof of the station seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Jor-El has its origins in the 1978 Superman movie, where a similar entity could be seen on Krypton.

Jor-El, Master of Scheduling

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker.

Appearances