Yes, they did! Dr Banzai taught at the New Avalon Institute of Science, along with all the other members of the regiment. How's that for a tough bunch of college professors?
Dr Banzai was a really blatant reference to Buckaroo Banzai anyway. He was referred to as "Dr B. Banzai" in a few places.![[Image: tongue.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/tongue.gif)
In fact, I found this article with two interesting references in it while I was looking for Team Banzai stuff:
www.answers.com/topic/the-adventures-of ... -dimension
--The computer game City of Heroes contains a reference to the oscillation overthruster. In the game, it is an item that can be used by Science and Technology based heroes to increase the intangibility duration of their powers.
--The mercenary unit Team Banzai, led by the enigmatic Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, appears in the fictional Battletech Universe. Team Banzai first appeared in the House Davion Handbook (Published by FASA in 1988 ISBN1-55560-035-2) as an Elite mercenary Battlemech Regiment under contract to the Federated Suns. Further references appear throughout the Battletech Universe canon. Team Banzai is listed as comprising three Battalions: the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the Radar Rangers, and the Blue Blazers. Characters noted as belonging to Team Banzai, besides the unit's leader, Dr Banzai include Perfect Tommy, Reno Nevada, & Rawhide. The unit travels between planets on a Jumpship named "The Nth Dimension". It is rumored that this is due to FASA having the rights to a Buckaroo Banzai Role-Playing Game based on the movie, its proposed sequels, and a TV show that failed to materialize. With a lack of interest, the company decided to sneak the content into the Battletech backstory.
In the basic Battletech set, the back-to-back double-B's of the Team Banzai insignia was used as a generic unit insignia.
The article did get the first name part wrong (the Battletech books never called him Buckaroo), but other than that, they're right on. I pulled out my old House Davion book to check.
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Dr Banzai was a really blatant reference to Buckaroo Banzai anyway. He was referred to as "Dr B. Banzai" in a few places.
In fact, I found this article with two interesting references in it while I was looking for Team Banzai stuff:
www.answers.com/topic/the-adventures-of ... -dimension
--The computer game City of Heroes contains a reference to the oscillation overthruster. In the game, it is an item that can be used by Science and Technology based heroes to increase the intangibility duration of their powers.
--The mercenary unit Team Banzai, led by the enigmatic Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, appears in the fictional Battletech Universe. Team Banzai first appeared in the House Davion Handbook (Published by FASA in 1988 ISBN1-55560-035-2) as an Elite mercenary Battlemech Regiment under contract to the Federated Suns. Further references appear throughout the Battletech Universe canon. Team Banzai is listed as comprising three Battalions: the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the Radar Rangers, and the Blue Blazers. Characters noted as belonging to Team Banzai, besides the unit's leader, Dr Banzai include Perfect Tommy, Reno Nevada, & Rawhide. The unit travels between planets on a Jumpship named "The Nth Dimension". It is rumored that this is due to FASA having the rights to a Buckaroo Banzai Role-Playing Game based on the movie, its proposed sequels, and a TV show that failed to materialize. With a lack of interest, the company decided to sneak the content into the Battletech backstory.
In the basic Battletech set, the back-to-back double-B's of the Team Banzai insignia was used as a generic unit insignia.
The article did get the first name part wrong (the Battletech books never called him Buckaroo), but other than that, they're right on. I pulled out my old House Davion book to check.
Global: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers