On February 7, 2005 the arena hosted WWE Raw for United States cable television network Spike TV.

These feelings are apparently reciprocated, as Jet and Spike always allow her to return despite claiming they're pleased to see her leave.

Her gambling, cheating, and competitive skills are unrivaled except by Spike.

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.

Other visual and aural cues are also taken from film noir, in ‘ Pierrot Le Fou ’ for instance, Spike battles an enraged homicidal clown across a fairground, accompanied by lighting and camera angles any film noir would be proud of.

Spike Milligan plays a prophet, ignored because his acolytes are chasing after Brian.

The series ' final two arcs are in some sense are about Buffy's relationships with Angel and Spike.

Smaller weapons such as the Raytheon Griffin and Small Tactical Munition are being developed as a less indiscriminate alternative, and development is underway on the still smaller, US Navy-developed Spike missile.

Another pair that have each been nominated are Sofia Coppola ( nominated in 2004 ) and Spike Jonze, though neither won.

* The Girl in Question 1st flashback: In 1894, Spike and Angelus are imprisoned by the mysterious Immortal, who seduces Drusilla and Darla in their absence.

* Why We Fight series of flashbacks: In 1943, Spike and two other vampires are abducted by Nazi agents onto a Nazi sub.

Throughout Season Two, Spike and Dru are the canon's most prominent example of affection between vampires, displaying the humanity and intricacies of vampire relationships.

Spike and Drusilla are major enemies of Buffy for much of the second season.

Both are unsatisfied ; Buffy is ashamed of her dark desires, while Spike obsessively craves the love, trust, and affection that she is unwilling to give.

When vampire Gunn causes Illyria to revert to her monster form, memories of Fred from Spike and Wesley are transplanted into her to restore her humanity.

Spike's skills of analysis allowed him to realize Willow was barely holding it together after Oz's departure even though Giles and Buffy thought she was doing better, to be the first to see through Tara's abusive and controlling family, forced Buffy and Angel to admit that they were more than " just friends " and identify when and why some relationships, such as between Buffy and Riley, are not meant to last, masterfully feeding Riley's insecurities in an effort to sabotage his relationship with Buffy, so Spike can pursue her.

Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, Mervyn Peake, Colin West, Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss and Spike Milligan.

Programming on an American service may also be blocked if it has significant bearing on a Canadian legal matter ( one episode of Law & Order, inspired by the trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, was blocked in Canada ) or if it interferes with a Canadian channel's broadcast rights ( such as James Bond movies airing on Spike TV ; the Canadian broadcast rights are held by Bell Media.

Although Xander, Anya, Spike, and Dawn are happy to let him interview them, Buffy is angered by his attempt to turn everything into a story and forces him to finally face up to the seriousness of his actions.

Will meets his friends, who are supportive of his decision about Anna, until Spike arrives and promptly calls him a " daft prick ".

Takeshi's Castle, a game show hosted in the 1980s by Kitano featuring slapstick-style physical contests, has gained cult popularity in the United States ( where portions are broadcast on Spike TV as MXC, formerly Most Extreme Elimination Challenge ) and in the United Kingdom where it was given a voiceover by Craig Charles, though these feature very little of Takeshi Kitano as they are heavily edited.

Later, once Spike arrives, he and Amy are taken as prisoners aboard Spike's ship ; they escape, however, when the ship arrives in Sunnydale.

This becomes a recurring joke in the penultimate episode of Season Five, where Spike finds himself repeatedly having to explain to the Scooby Gang that Ben and Glory are the same person, only for them either to misunderstand him or to instantly forget.

The sound can be heard, for example, when Spike Jones sings " Der Fuehrer's Face " ( from the 1942 Disney animated film of the same name ), repeatedly lambasting Adolf Hitler with: " We'll Heil!

The name is mainly associated with Morton who has been credited as an influence by Spike Milligan amongst others.

The crew is made up of four unique characters: Jet Black, a former ISSP police officer who retired following a mob hit that cost him his arm, Spike Spiegel, a laid-back exiled hitman of the ruthless Red Dragons ' Syndicate, Faye Valentine, a beautiful amnesiac con artist who awakened into the future world after a lengthy period of cryogenic hibernation, and Radical Edward, a hyperactive and barefooted preteen girl with a reputation as a prolific computer hacker.

Watanabe, however, made no secret that, in addition to Lupin III, the series paid subtle tribute to his favorite American films and series, which were shown in Japan during the 1970s and ' 80s including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( the relationship between Spike and Jet ), Bruce Lee films ( Spike's martial-arts practice ), films with blues or jazz soundtracks ( the music of the series ), as well as Blaxploitation films ( the series has a very racially diverse supporting cast ).

The image has been mentioned on some television shows such as a sketch on Talkshow with Spike Feresten, and dialogue on Archer, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show and 30 Rock.

In his published Diary, Michael Palin recalls that during the filming of Monty Python's Life of Brian in Tunisia, Spike Milligan ( who happened to be there on holiday ) regaled the Pythons with his own version of the Dead Parrot sketch, but changed " Norwegian Blue " to " Arctic Grey ".

He co-founded The Goon Show radio show with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, but appeared in only the first 38 shows on the BBC Light Programme from 1951 to 1953.

At the time, Public Enemy enjoyed unprecedented mainstream attention with the single " Fight the Power " from the soundtrack of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.

New enemies include Centroids, large cybernetic scorpions with nailguns, Gremlins, small goblins that can steal weapons and multiply by feeding on enemy corpses, and Spike Mines, floating orbs that detonate when near the player.

In 1957, Connery played Spike, a minor gangster with a speech impediment in Montgomery Tully's No Road Back alongside Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton and Norman Wooland.

The series was written by Ed Welch, who had featured in the " Q " series and had collaborated with Spike on several audio productions and produced and directed by Simon & Sara Bor.

Spike decided to identify with his character, and told disbelieving reporters that he thought it would be a nice comfortable rest for him.

Spike was actually intrigued with Oblomov and had read a translation of Ivan Goncharov's novel.

" I've seen very few moments of genius in my life but I witnessed one with Spike after the first show.

Four of his children collaborated with documentary makers on a new multi-platform programme called I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan ( 2005 ), which includes an accompanying website.

The War ( and Peace ) Memoirs ( The seven memoirs were also recorded as talking books with Spike reciting them in his own inimitable style )

* Dear Robert, Dear Spike: The Graves-Milligan Correspondence ( 1991 ) ( with Robert Graves )

* Spike Milligan with Jeremy Taylor: An Adult Entertainment Live at Cambridge University ( 1974 )

Spike Jones, Jr., whose father's orchestral recordings had a deep and indelible effect on me as a child, said once in an interview, ' One of the things that people don't realize about Dad's kind of music is, when you replace a C-sharp with a gunshot, it has to be a C-sharp gunshot or it sounds awful.

TMBG also contributed a track to the 2004 Future Soundtrack For America compilation, a project compiled by John Flansburgh with the help of Spike Jonze and Barsuk Records.

* Talkshow with Spike Feresten was reportedly to air on UPN ; it debuted on FOX one day after UPN's closure.

Opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869, with the driving of the " Last Spike " at Promontory Summit, Utah, the road established a mechanized transcontinental transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West.

The Roses followed Spike Island with another big event, at Glasgow Green.

A typical example of their approach with dealing with the press is the Spike Island press conference ( attended by the world's media ) in 1990.