Babylon 5 Store

[@JohnBachofer]

The fact that it was the actual merch being used made it the ultimate fourth wall break.

[@57thorns]

And at the same time great product placement.

[@christopherdean1326]

They did the same thing in "Jurassic Park".

[@Tayvin4042]

@@christopherdean1326 Yeah, but Jurassic Park played it straight, this one very subtly poked fun at it.

[@nbartlett6538]

"You feel like you're being symbolically cast.... in a bad light" -- fantastic save by Ivanova there.

[@logandarklighter]

"Well put." :D

[@Thalanox]

To this day I can't remember any other female character saying something rude to a guy and correcting herself in mid sentence like that. The delivery on that line was also great.

[@reginal.898]

There was also Londo on the Gag Reel. "Thank you for the sensitivity, Captain. I do not lie when I say this could have been a major... something." Gets me every time!

[@KyosukeShigeru]

I read that to myself, and that is a damn fine save right there.

[@burkesongs]

@@Thalanox Claudia Bruce and Peter all have great comedic timing that they don;t always get credit for (especially Bruce)

[@draxiss1577]

Okay but the cuts used for the alien removing the human mask were actually *really* slick.

[@PassiveSmoking]

Kicked the First Ones out of the galaxy, won a civil war against a fascist dictator, and spaced a teddy bear. The career of John Sheridan is the stuff of legend.

[@DCdabest]

Aahh man... that whole face mask sequence is genius haha The human in the alien mask and the alien in the human mask gets me everytime!

[@SantomPh]

Ivanova's face is pure gold

[@ninja011]

That scene breaks me every bloody time.

[@davidford3115]

Absolutely hilarious! It is a credit to the writers and producers they could make a 4th wall self-deprecating joke like that.

[@SirCraigius]

Well the human mask was an "alien" mask to the alien wearing it ;)

[@sharpe227]

@@SirCraigius a human wearing and alien mask wearing a human mask.How many wall breaks 16?

[@jalarasstudios414]

I love how they so casually reveal/mock the rubber face masks that they used to portray the aliens in the series in the guise of them being store products.

[@davidford3115]

Probably the best part. So hilarious! And the fact that neither the humans nor the aliens were offended made it so much better.

[@TairnKA]

The first time I saw that I felt a bit sad. "He Spaced the Bear!".

[@Spookssga]

The Bear is still floating in space i think

[@TairnKA]

Though, it wouldn't last very long (ref: flags on moon). The sensors on B5 are incredible to detect something that small, but I guess they need to be for asteroid detection. ;-)

[@VigilanteAgumon]

​@@SpookssgaIt showed up in an episode of Space Cases

[@JamaicanCastle]

Sadly you cut out Ivanova's best line: "This isn't some deep-space franchise, we stand for something!" According to legend, someone (might've been Peter David), on encountering that line, told JMS "wow, you people really are dangerous", which was taken as a compliment.

[@sparrowlt]

after all the shit that happent on the whole DS9 thing it was very little from JMS... and shit is still hitting the fan today

[@harlockJC]

This scrip was Joe Straczynski getting Peter David back for getting him the bear. The story is on Peter David's website

[@minggnim]

I liked DS-9

[@PhilipDresdenWayne]

The Starfury scene had me rolling for several minutes the first time I saw this episode and still provokes a laugh today.

[@VigilanteAgumon]

Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the show is made!

[@davidford3115]

And the fact that they could use the show's own merchandise to make a series of self-deprecating 4th wall shattering jokes is a credit to the writers and producers.

[@davincent98]

Where's Babylon 5 the Flame Thrower?

[@kylefisher5138]

@@davincent98 my personable favourite, Kosh the doll ... Who are you? ... muaah adorable!

[@geoffwilliams4478]

@@davincent98 the would've loved that.

[@dwaugh2215]

Babylon 5 the coloring book!

[@thedadgamer9401]

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on Babylon 5.

[@matthewsmith4647]

TheDadGamer take this W. Best sci-fi game series and TV show ever combined in one comment.

[@Janoha17]

@@matthewsmith4647 A massive space station as a symbol of interspecies cooperation/unity; a cycle of conflict involving eldritch aliens with an aptitude for corruption; Humans being the newcomers on the interstellar scene with a war caused by miscommunication; FTL travel primarily involving stationary infrastructure? Are we talking about Mass Effect or Babylon 5?

[@r.l.royalljr.3905]

@@Janoha17 Yes.

[@ProphetChuck8471]

I would kill for a Babylon 5 fan shop today.

[@davido.1233]

I would kill for a JS teddybear!

[@dredd1981]

I know, right? Though it's not as though there was that much merch about at the time. I'd love to find and kill whoever it was at sierra who pulled the B5 fighter sim game back in '99. That game looked like it was going to be the tits!

[@0megacron]

Londo's concern over a lack of "attributes" is even funnier when you find out that Centauri males have SIX - three on each side - that are as flexible as tentacles and can reach several feet in length when... excited.

[@guuguu74]

check some scenes of Londo playing card games, he's cheating with tenta-thingies... *ROTFLOL*

[@bbgun061]

In the words of Ivanova, "Six! Whew!"

[@davidhomerding1563]

Londo: "What? You thought thses were symbolic?" Lennier: "I believe I will take a vow of silence on this matter"

[@KenS1267]

@@davidhomerding1563 Londo Mollari: We made a mistake, I'm sorry. Here, open my wrists. Michael Garibaldi: Centauri don't have major arteries in their wrists. Londo Mollari: Of course not, what, do you think I am stupid?

[@emperorlondomollari5511]

Yes, the Emperor of the Centari Republic is very well endowed.

[@eddiegaltek]

You should have included the line were Ivanova say something like, "Babylon 5 means something, it's not just some Deep Space franchise."

[@thegoodwin]

Deep Space Nine???

[@kelvincasing5265]

@@thegoodwin Indeed

[@reginal.898]

Kudos to the make-up department with the Drazi under the human mask. Very well done!

[@davidford3115]

Indeed. That made the joke perfect!

[@jaroslavpesek6642]

That's why there was the mirror. In the mirror is different actor that is already taking the mask of. There was never a mask of Drazi under a mask of human.

[@reginal.898]

@@jaroslavpesek6642 Then, Kudos to the planners. Still a great effect!

[@Yonatan_Max]

Reminds me of the mask special effects of the first Mission Impossible from 1996

[@matth1143]

IIRC Peter Jurasik said that the Londo doll sold for over $1,000 at the WB auction when they sold a lot of the costumes, props and what not from the show. I would love that B5 model though...

[@roguishpaladin]

I'd like to think that the bear gained sentience and eventually passed beyond the Rim.

[@davidford3115]

@@LorathZ Hell, if I was a producer for Star Trek, I would pick up the ball and have the Vulcans find a bear floating in the Eridani system and they file a formal complain about littering to the Earth Government. Got to keep it going.

[@annoyed707]

Riding a Star Furry, of course.

[@Skyebright1]

Well JS kept him ;)

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

Funny how the vanity angle seemed like such a petty Londo thing until that bear moment. Not so different, are we Sheridan? Personally? I would have written the last scene where Londo should have been initially rebuffed, THEN went back to Sheridan with the bear, and given it to Ivanova as a gift. :3

[@moilevin7088]

Does anyone else feel sorry for the bear?

[@Foebane72]

Talk about a UFO (Unidentified Furry Object)! :D

[@Daftpanzer]

:D

[@aquilesriffo]

I liked so much that sibling-goodfriends-maybe-other-thing-but-respectful relationship between Ivanova and Sheridan .

[@Howyaduing]

It’s called platonic something most people don’t seem to get a grasp on

[@tatianalyulkin410]

They are definitely a brother and a sister. If I'm not mistaken her brother either served under Sheridan or was connected to him in some other way during the Earth/Minbari War. And when Ganya was killed and Sheridan became the Head of Babylon 5 maybe Susan kind of " looked at John and saw her brother " ?

[@randyranderson690]

I love the look on the Fury pilot's face as it slides up the glass

[@roguelead72]

Yeah I didn't just see that.

[@weldonwin]

And next into Sherridan's office, was Kosh, to compain about the Bath Bubble in the novelty Vorlon-shape bottles

[@SirCraigius]

*presses nozzle* "We are soapy" *presses again* "We are ALL soapy"

[@epiendless1128]

Third press: "We have _always_ been soapy"

[@carloreneeventura8714]

with all that vorlon squeaky dialogue ambiance

[@0megacron]

It was shampoo. The little helmet pops open to squirt some out.

[@roguishpaladin]

Bathttime is a three edged sword.

[@annoyed707]

I love how Ivanova is presumed to be store staff. Ever been mistaken for an employee or mistaken another shopper for staff?

[@toomanyaccounts]

The Drazi while mistaken was still very polite even though she was walking away.

[@darwinxavier3516]

Yes, at a Petco and a ToysRUs.

[@roguelead72]

@@darwinxavier3516 I was in a Lowe's Home Improvement, and I work in Lowes Foods(A grocery store mostly in the Carolinas) and someone asked me about bags of topsoil in the back, despite the fact the uniforms aren't even remotely close.

[@AteshSeruhn]

2:51 That look on her face when she turns away says "played him like a fiddle." Great little touch there.

[@geetab9898]

I would buy that bear! Or any B5 merch. Loved this show so damned much!

[@bensneb360]

What’s wrong with having a teddy bear named after you ? Teddy Bears are cute 🧸

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

According to some commentary from JMS the Bearbylon toy was gifted to him by someone, and he was shocked and disgusted by it, hence he wrote the whole merchandise story C-plot in, including the Bearylon bear :D

[@darwinxavier3516]

Some might call that ungrateful. But the fact is he spent time and effort to symbolically throwing it away whereas other people would just throw their unwanted gifts in the trash or in a closet never to be seen again.

[@22espec]

Honestly, I don't know why Sheridan hated the bear, it was in good taste, i dont know anyone who wouldn't like something like that.... well except for the president of China.

[@The31stcenturyfox]

Quoted from NearVSMello's video "J Michael Straczynski was given a teddy bear by the wife of scifi writer Peter David. But since Straczynski didn't like cute cuddly things he had it flung into space in one of the Babylon 5 episodes. So to get back at him Peter David, who worked on the kids show Space Cases, had them retrieve a teddy bear from space."

[@terencemcquillan5750]

@@The31stcenturyfox A while back I was intending to run a tabletop RPG in the B5 setting. The bear was going to become a spacer's tale - every so often it would bounce off a ship's canopy when they come out of the gate... but nobody could accurately determine its trajectory for collection.

[@davfree9732]

I like to think it got picked up by a Vorlon ship and travelled with them to the great beyond.

[@sword4005]

@@davfree9732 i like the idea it found when humnity become the new vorlon in million of years and a new younger race found it and started a religion around it

[@sharpe227]

@@The31stcenturyfox I remember space cases.

[@benediktgeierhofer4146]

I want that Babylon 5 Model...it looks nice

[@maylacortiglia4192]

I have it and would sell it

[@gemmapritchard4696]

Benedikt Geierhofer I'm building one now and loving it.

[@RS250Squid]

It does look pretty cool. I'd want one too.

[@darwinxavier3516]

I want Eaglemoss to do the whole franchise including up to Lost Tales. I guarantee they would make so much metric tonnage of money since no one else is really doing figures.

[@roguelead72]

@@darwinxavier3516 I'd snatch up a Star Fury and a White Star in a heartbeat.

[@turtlelover5988]

I WANT THE BEAR

[@Black__Tiger]

Can you name the company? I'm guessing it's NOT Build-a-Bear...

[@matthewcollins4773]

I actually noticed something new this time -- the Hyach (orange guys with the bifurcated heads) trying on human hats, and wearing two at a time. Ha.

[@toomanyaccounts]

I wonder if who thought of that was a reader of "Marvel What if" since they had a panel about The Leader trying on hats in a clothing store

[@TauridBorn]

@0:20 if anyone is interested

[@saleendriver]

Wish I could get ahold of that model of Babylon 5 though..........

[@RogueShadows]

That bear showed up in another show, Space Cases, which aired on Nickelodeon at the time.

[@BaconMinion]

That bear later appeared in an episode of Space Cases, complete with an illness that the crew caught. Sheridan is a vengeful god.

[@Brownshoe24]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYTXeGx6fpWkack

[@WavemasterAshi]

Just imagine if she had said "J.S." was "Jeffrey Sinclair."

[@SenileOtaku]

If it were a Nendroid or Figma it would have had swappable heads; one Human and one Minbari.

[@mattsnow9273]

Or "Joe Straczynski".

[@storozhevoy75]

That poor teddy bear :(.

[@pollall2793]

“Do you gift wrap” I have no clue why I almost shit myself...

[@Solamnic31]

Even after all these years since i first saw this episode, the spacing of a teddy really struck me as overkill on J. "Bear" Sheridan's part.

[@ciaranirvine]

Well this is John "Nuke 'em" Sheridan we're talking about...the bear got off lightly!

[@longrider42]

He spaced a Teddy bear!

[@RS250Squid]

"Cast... in a... bad light?" Hahahaha.

[@jojannehopmans3629]

And that... was probably the only practical miniature model in the entire franchise...

[@stone1andonly]

Space... a teddy bear's final frontier...

[@0megacron]

That teddy bear floating through space is what incited the Shadows to attack.

[@annoyed707]

That bear didn't hit a home run, it became one.

[@scififlippa4629]

good scanners that can pickup a teddy bear.

[@callianr6980]

Four of these things failed. They weren't taking any chances on the fifth.

[@still_guns]

0:27 - Ivanova bumps the giant B5 model, my heart skipped a beat.

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

I use to have that Starfury model.

[@colincampbell3679]

How did John get that bear out that far in space? even if he blown it out a airlock it would never got that far away! My late mother totally loved all of this so much, it was so good to see her laugh and enjoy this lovely sci-fi series. I wish she was still here now, RIP mum.

[@indigoziona]

Did he use a spacesuit so he could give it a good overarm pitch into space? Then Newton's first law of motion does the rest :D

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

Maybe dropped out a maintenance hatch in the side of the rotating section?

[@krzosu]

When Londo showed that doll and narrowed his eyes - you just knew shitstorm was bound to happen soon ;D

[@jarinazf9683]

I am almost sure that is Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith) doing the advertisement for the emporium. I wonder if it was due to Bill Mumy (Will Robinosn/Lenier) being on the show.

[@MrDEMarq]

The writing was GREAT!

[@starflame34]

Take the clip of just the Starfury coming into "contact" with the stuffed bear and show it to your friends and family who've never seen Babylon 5 and see their reactions.

[@gilbertotabares8196]

Oh cmon! Who wouldn't wanna teddy bear modeled after them?

[@michaelsi7553]

Sheridan personally throws the bear in space. Hahahahaha.

[@harlockJC]

For those who don't know the whole part with the bear was Joe Straczynski getting Peter David back for getting him the bear...Has Joe said He does not do cute. You can check on the whole story on Peter David website

[@tinacorbet4705]

And i thought Sisko had a short fuse

[@paperclip9558]

Lol, i love that they played a totally serious soundtrack over a comedy scene in that ending. Makes the whole thing even funnier.

[@simonwillis1529]

I still want those models

[@roguelead72]

Hell yeah I want that Star Fury one.

[@Tayvin4042]

That frakking bear hitting the canopy still breaks me XD

[@TangomanX2008]

Merchandising, where the real money is made!

[@faxis2k]

"Merchandising!"

[@0megacron]

... MOY-CHAN-DIZING

[@beholder9]

TV doesn't take risks like this anymore.

[@davidford3115]

Sadly. The fact that they could make a self-deprecating joke like that, and neither the Aliens nor the Humans were offended could not fly today.

[@usul573]

The Battlestar Galactica hanger was a gift shop : D

[@aecides3203]

The two main characters of Supernatural literally encounter a fan convention of their own storyline, where everyone is cosplaying as them and openly sharing fan comments like "With the amount of times their weapons get knocked from their hands, you'd think they'd put them on bungee cords". Stargate SG-1 has an in universe version of the show due to an alien settler on earth stealing their adventures for the premise of a TV show and they have an entire episode dedicated to workshopping show ideas where you see Stargate done in various settings which pay homage to other sci-fi's. The Last Airbender has an episode called "The Ember Island Players" where the main cast see their adventures portrayed by over the top theater kids. There are a lot of examples of shows skirting/breaking the fourth wall and poking fun at themselves. :)

[@SenileOtaku]

@@aecides3203 But I think Supernatural was the only one to make reference to "slash" fanfiction.

[@djtrunksta]

Bear-ber-lon 5. HAHAHAHAH.

[@rstyeast73]

No, it's Bab-bear-lon 5.

[@MD2389]

It was actually a gift from a fan.

[@rstyeast73]

No, what it was it was a gift from the wife of one of the writers to series creator J. Michael Straycznski (hence the J. S. initials on the bear's baseball jersey). Straycznski has said that he hates cute things so he decided to include that teddy bear in the final scene from that episode. He wrote that scene in which Sheridan chucked the teddy bear out an airlock into outer space.

[@WingZero75]

The story is in a book I have about the episodes up until a certain point. I think it went up to the 2nd half of the 3rd season. I found it in a book store and would have to dig it out. I have all my B5 collectibles in storage bins. I so loved this show.

[@snbforever]

Mimbari battle pikes 😎

[@NateSean]

A Centauri Ken doll.

[@nathan3252]

In space no one can hear a plush toy scream.

[@emperorlondomollari5511]

That doll without attributes is why the Centari Republic joined the Shadows in hopes of eliminating Earth together for this grievous insult.

[@Brownshoe24]

In the Babylon 5 Universe: 2000 years later sum one finds the bear and making it into a holy object ! :)

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I would've loved to have seen G'Kar's reaction to a G'Kar doll;).

[@Vagajammer]

You know, all Sheridan had to do to close the store was encourage all the affronted parties to sic the layers on Earthdome or whoever authorized these unauthorized items

[@kosh9639]

that scene never gets old... xD 1:57

[@Archie2c]

The humanity he spaced a teddy bear.

[@victoriabowerman8928]

One of my favorite scenes, SPACE TEDDY ATTACKS!

[@jedigecko06]

Wow. The comments are almost as good as the episode was!

[@jancivianci3028]

I pay 500€ for Londo doll/action figure

[@KrautGoesWild]

With or without articulated tentacles??

[@invisiblekincajou]

inflatable?

[@OscarMPG1]

That bear would go beyond the rim

[@sandal_thong8631]

I like the scene where Centauri women are holding the doll and laughing at Londo because of the lack of "attributes."

[@iancotterill2286]

Poor teddy bear... 😢

[@ronaldskeet9880]

Man I'd love to shop in that store.

[@karenkms7646]

The poor bear.😆😆😆 Love Sheridan though.😘😘😘

[@blairbrown4812]

@2:48-3:33 Sheridan:Don't ask Ivanova: Don't tell Keffler: Don't pursue

[@BAGELMENSK]

"heading back to the bar"

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

I would not want to be the pilot, I would have no way to explain the teddy bear, iven if I could no way people would believe it

[@kongfeet81]

That poor bear

[@snapdragon9300]

Who doesn't like teddy bears!

[@annoyed707]

Six former shop employees disliked this video.

[@razieldrakis]

Bearssss innn spaceee!

[@898792]

the other way to look at it is that Sheridan flushed an innocent teddy bear out of an air lock. picture that in your head now and......... doesn't that make him look scary as fuck.

[@Ooilei]

I don't get it, I thought the teddy bear was cute 😅 If anything it's a compliment to Sheridan

[@raxsavvage]

meanwhile 5 nights at babylon 5

[@Nostalgeek]

Best 4th-Wall-break ever...

[@hdufort]

Spaceballs vibes

[@hermitthefrog53]

Anything that's supposed to be me and that Ivanov's wants to cuddle with, I want a dozen!

[@Shadowkey392]

“I like this store, I think it might work out...what’s the J.S. mean?” “John Sheridan.” “...i want the whole thing gone.”

[@DeltaPi314]

Refference to Teddy Bear - Theodore Roosevelt

[@dzl4524]

Never could get in to Babylon 5, but wouldn't have minded getting in to that lady.

[@eviltigz]

The actress did a photoshoot for playboy back in the day.

[@dzl4524]

@@eviltigz Holy smokes, yes she did. You're the man!

[@BlueGoblin1]

Wow so prideful. I would have kept the store open as a humbling experience for all on the station.

[@Vlaxie]

WELL PUT :)

[@Skyebright1]

No one likes to be symbolically cast in a bad light