Watchmen

The Meanzocopter's 2D-model.

The Meanzocopter's 3D-model.

Watchmen is a comic book mini-series first published by DC Comics in 1986. Written by Alan Moore with art by Dave Gibbons, it uses comic book character archetypes to tell the story of a modern day 1980s in which Richard Nixon is still President of the United States, and the world finds itself on the brink of nuclear disaster.

The self-contained, twelve issue series has since spawned a franchise of comic book spin-offs, television and theatrical adaptations, games, and other media.

References

• The 1993 Dog City episode "Who Watches the Watch Dog?" borrows from the comic's narrative with characters such as The Watch Dog, and the episode title is a riff on a slogan used in the comic, "Who Watches the Watchmen?"

• When Baby Gonzo plays his recurring villainous character Dr. Meanzo in the Muppet Babies episodes "Super Fabulous vs Captain Icecube" and "Skeeter and the Super Girls", his mode of transport, the Meanzocopter, is a stylistic reference to Owlman's air ship "Archie." For "The Ribbiter," the airship was slightly redesigned, when it received an upgrade from a 2D-model to rendered 3D.

Connections

• Wayne Bergeron played trumpet for the musical score in the 2009 film
• Augie Castagnola provided vocals for the musical score in the 2009 film
• Randy Crenshaw provided vocals for the musical score in the 2009 film
• Ron Fassler played Ted Koppel in the 2009 film
• Matt Frewer played Moloch in the 2009 film
• Jeremy Irons played Adrian Veidt in the 2019 HBO series
• Don Johnson played Judd Crawford in the 2019 HBO series
• Damon Lindelof co-wrote produced the 2019 HBO series
• Dan Payne played Dollar Bill in the 2009 film
• Carmen Twillie provided vocals for the musical score in the 2009 film