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The sense of the familiar is emphasised and reinforced by the continual popular culture references throughout the series.

Kung fu films are an obvious influence – Spike practises the martial arts and philosophies of Bruce Lee and some of the kung fu fights in the series seem to be lifted directly from Bruce Lee ’ s films.

In ‘ Stray Dog Strut ’ the final fight between Spike and Hakim is influenced by Bruce Lee ’ s Game of Death while in ‘ Waltz for Venus ’, Spike ’ s kung fu lesson is eerily similar to a scene from Lee ’ s Enter the Dragon.