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|name = Intergalactic Stock Exchange | |name = Intergalactic Stock Exchange | ||
|image = [[ | |image = [[File:Intergalactic Stock Exchange.jpg|225px]] | ||
|location = In orbit around [[Earth]] | |location = In orbit around [[Earth]] | ||
|first appear = {{ | |first appear = {{e|3ACV21}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
[[ | [[File:Jor-El.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling]] | ||
==Additional Info== | |||
===Trivia=== | == Additional Info == | ||
=== Trivia === | |||
*The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker. | *The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker. | ||
===Appearances=== | === Appearances === | ||
* {{ | * {{e|3ACV21}} | ||
[[Category:Places]] | |||
[[Category:Satellites]] |
Revision as of 06:00, 20 May 2010
Intergalactic Stock Exchange | |
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Location | In orbit around Earth |
First appearance | "Future Stock" (3ACV21) |
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.
Additional Info
Trivia
- The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker.