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Troy James Hurtubise (November 23, 1963 – June 17, 2018) was a Canadian inventor, entrepreneur and conservationist, noted for creating the Ursus series of bear suits which showed the Ursus Mark VI in the 1996 film Project Grizzly directed by Peter Lynch for the National Film Board of Canada.
After a dangerous but victimless encounter with a giant grizzly bear during a camping trip in 1984, North Bay, Ontario resident Troy Hurtubise is inspired to research the species up close. [2] [3] A scrap-metal merchant, Hurtubise builds a space suit-like "grizzly-proof" suit of armour inspired by the film RoboCop, which he calls "Ursus Mark VI ...
The Trojan suit bore a striking resemblance to the MJOLNIR battle armours from the Halo video game series. Hurtubise confirmed this in an interview, saying, "I did look at Star Wars. I looked at Halo, the video game." [citation needed]
You see, Troy -- inventor of such products as several well-documented bear suits, a fire-resistant paste, and a strange device that he claims can see through walls and skin -- spent $150,000 ...
Star Wars Epic Duels (2002) Stay Alive (1965) Stratego (board game) series: Stratego (1947) Electronic Stratego (1982) Stratego (Revised Edition) (2008) Stratego: The Chronicles of Narnia (2005) Stratego: Duel Masters (2004) Stratego: The Lord of the Rings (2004) Stratego: Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End (2007) Stratego: Star Wars (2002)
The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". [1] [2] It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, 2015–2019).
The creation of bear-proof armor after surviving a bear attack (but not Homer's public cowardice) was inspired by Troy Hurtubise, whose story was told in the documentary Project Grizzly. [1] [2] Sprawl-Mart is a parody of Wal-Mart. The Bible cartoon shown at Sprawl-Mart is a parody of the Christian animated series VeggieTales. [3]
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