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'''Writing credits:''' [[D.B. Cooper]] (probably)

'''First released:''' 1998 (?)

'''Title reference:''' Play on ''The Mod Squad''

'''Part of series:''' No

'''Length:''' 2,373 words

'''[[Rating]]:''' ''(needed)''

==Synopsis==
Making excessive use of as many 70s clichés as possible, some of them even as often as possible or rather sensible, ''The Rod Squad'' tells a story of the [[Rescue Rangers]] in the 70s. [[Monterey Jack]], the leader of the Rod Squad, interrupts [[Chip]] and [[Dale]]'s ''HASSLIN''' each other over [[Gadget Hackwrench|Gadget]] (who happens to be Monty's daughter) as he has got a new job for his team. A serious threat against disco culture is said to come from the baseball scene, at least so said Charles O. Finley. So they take their Dune Buggy and ''boogie'' to the ''gritty inner city'' to meet [[Foxglove|Foxy Glove]] and find out what's going on, always accompanied by matching 70s music.

==Important characters==
===Canonical===
The [[Rescue Rangers|Rod Squad]] ([[Chip|Chip Beretta]], wearing a tie so big it serves him as a surfboard and later a genuine polyester suit, [[Dale]], sporting funky clothes and an oversized afro, [[Gadget]], in bell-bottom coveralls and platform shoes, [[Monterey Jack]], and [[Zipper]])

[[Foxglove|Foxy Glove]], wearing an even huger afro than Dale

[[Tammy]]

===Real===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_O._Finley Charles O. Finley]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore Sara Jane Moore] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynette_%22Squeaky%22_Fromme Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme] are mentioned, as is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford Gerald Ford]

Several famous musicians and bands from the 70s are mentioned

Several famous baseball players from the 70s are mentioned

===Crossover===
Short appearance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak Theodore Kojak]

==Contraptions==
The Dune Buggy

==Trivia==
Part of the overdone 70s parody is the language. The word "hassle", including "hasslin'", appears 20 times throughout the story, "ripoff" and the like 6 times, "right on" 6 times, too, and the "gritty inner city" is called that 9 times, just to name a few examples.

The character Foxy Glove is a more than obvious play on the whole blaxploitation genre and based on the actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier Pam Grier], borrowing her character Foxy Brown's name.

==External Links==
[http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/3907/Tales/rodsquad.txt Reworked version of The Rod Squad] on [[Karen Mollett|Kat's]] [[Tales from the Message Boards]]

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