Re:RE: [HOE] Throckmorton's Device Inside Joke?

["Rich Ranallo" <toadpooka@juno.com>]

---------- "Darrin Bright" <darrin@neobright.net> writes:

Probably just a coincidence. I think "Throckmorton Device" is another way of
saying its a "McGuffin".

Actually, the Throckmorton Device is an actual machine in Over the Edge.  The Throckmortons are basically a fascist group trying to take over the world, so the similarity is too much to ignore; I'd say that General Throckmorton's name is probably a reference to that.