The Real Glitch Techs

****The Real Glitch Techs****
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**The Real Glitch Techs** is the seventh episode of the second season of *Glitch Techs*, was premiered on Netflix on August 17, 2020.

## Synopsis

High Five figures it's no big deal to break a rule while glitch hunting - until he inadvertently triggers a feud with Techs in the neighboring town.

## Plot

Responding to a glitch cluster of Kitty Glitches, an ultra-rare one heads into neighboring Dabney and Five captures it, despite being told not to go into Dabney. Returning to HQ, Dabney manager Joan Fishback calls Phil about a "glitch poaching" but he defends his techs, while Five's guilt builds and Mitch covers for him out of enjoying his predicament. When co-oping to catch the first of three new sludge Glitches, the Dabney Glitch Techs arrive to blatantly interfere in the glitch capture led by "Nameless" in their declaring a turf war. As Five tries de-escalation, Mitch reciprocates the hostility and the Dabney techs snipe the second and third sludge glitches, so Zahra preps a hack as a retaliation. Zahra's hack releases the sludges, but as the two teams fight over who claims the glitches, Five manifests the Glitch he took in confession, which is then eaten by the Mega Sludge he warned them about; now cooperating, both Tech teams derez the Glitch. When asking their managers about the "no poaching rule" Phil & Joan admit it's unspoken as they made it after Joan's glitch pet "Kodama" was taken by Phil. Now friends, the Dabney & Bailley techs move to snag another glitch.

## Characters

* High Five
* Miko Kubota
* Zahra
* Mitch Williams
* Phil
* BITT
* Simi
* Ray (debut)
* Wes (debut)
* Blake
* Kodama
* Nameless (debut)
* Joan Fishback (debut)
* Glitch Kitties
* Sabrina (cameo)

## Trivia

* The episode title was first leaked by Brad Breeck on his YouTube channel.
* Because this episode is 201 in production order, then this was planned to be the season 2 premiere if aired on Nick. However, this episode, along with Settling the Score, were the only two episodes from the additional 10 episodes ordered to have gotten fully produced.
* A number of references are from Ghostbusters related media:
	+ The episodes title is a play on the *Ghostbusters* animated series, *The Real Ghostbusters*.
	+ The street "Stantz Avenue" is in reference to Ray Stantz.
	+ "Class-five" Sludges, Slimer from the the overall Ghostbusters franchise is a Class-Five.
	+ The plot involving Sludges/ghosts merging to form a large ghost is based on the David Crane game "Ghostbusters: The Computer Game", except the PKE formed Stay Puft Marshmallow man instead.
	+ The Mega Sludge is somewhat like Slimer from the Ghostbusters media as both are slimey, no legs, and gluttonous.
* This episode has many references to classic animated series.
	+ Nameless says "assemble and roll out" an alteration of "Transform and roll out" as said by Optimus Prime From Transformers.
		- Mitch mocks the phrase later, saying "Transform and Cowabunga" mixing the same phrase with the well-known catchphrase of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* "Smooze Brothers" is a reference to Blues Brothers, another film featuring actor Dan Aykroyd, also of Ghostbusters.
	+ Smooze itself is a reference to the creatures in the 1986 animated movie "My Little Pony: The Movie" and an episode of Friendship is Magic.
* The Dabney Glitch Techs' pose is a reference to the Ginyu Force from Dragon Ball Z and their famous action pose.

## Videos

Glitch Techs Season 2 Trailer 🎮 Netflix FuturesWhich Techs Are the REAL Ones? 🤺 Glitch Techs - Netflix Futures

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/DanMilano/status/1293255756779724800
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4MCwwmh7h8
3. ↑ Timestamp: 0:27
4. ↑ Timestamp: 7:11
5. ↑ Slimer on Ghostbusters Wiki
6. ↑ Timestamp: 7:11-7:34
7. ↑ Timestamp: 7:11