Tagumo Attacks!!!

"Tagumo Attacks!!!"
Information
Season 4 » Episode 5
Episode number	56 of 110
Original airdate	November 19, 2018
Written by	Keto Shimizu Ubah Mohamed
Directed by	Alexandra La Roche
Guest stars
Matt Ryan as John Constantine (special appearance by) Adam Tsekhman as Gary Green Tom Wilson as Hank Heywood Eijiro Ozaki as Ishirō Honda Susan Hogan as Dorothy Heywood Christian Keyes as Desmond Darien Martin as the Konane
Chronology
Preceded by	"Wet Hot American Bummer"
Followed by	"Tender is the Nate"

"Tagumo Attacks!!!" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the fifty-sixth episode overall. It aired on November 19, 2018.

Synopsis

A new fugitive is on the loose in 1951 Tokyo and Sara, Zari, Rory and Charlie try to capture it. As Constantine struggles to recover, Ray knows that magic might be the only thing that can save him but must look outside the team for help. Meanwhile, Ava joins Nate and his family for an unconventional Thanksgiving dinner.

Production

Preparation ran from August 13 until August 21, 2018. Shooting ran from August 22 until September 4, 2018, with a break on September 3 for Labor Day.

Trivia

• The episode's title is mostly a reference to the 1996 film Mars Attacks! which in-turn was adapted from trading card game of the same name.
• When Sara sees the footage of the kraken, she says,"Guys, we're gonna need a bigger timeship", referring to the quote "We're gonna need a bigger boat" from the 1975 film Jaws.
• When Mona asks what the Time Bureau does (having previously done so, but having had her mind wiped), Gary likens the situation to the 1993 film Groundhog Day.
• When Ishirō Honda was talking about Hiroshima and how everyone turned to dust around him, he was talking about the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima was the first city targeted by the United States Army Air Forces, they released a nuclear weapon and dropped an atomic bomb on the city at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, during World War II.
• After they've eliminated the threat of Tagumo, Mick tells film director Ishirō Honda that "lizards are king", before Honda-san proclaims "The King of Monsters" as a good title. This is a reference to Godzilla, a lizard-like monster who in real life was created by Ishirō Honda in 1954 (three years later).
• After they've dealt with the fugitives running loose in the Time Bureau, Hank says, "Let's make like a tree and leave", and Nate says that he's not sure if that's how the metaphor goes. This is a reference to the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, in which Biff Tannen (who is portrayed by Hank's actor, Tom Wilson) mistakenly quotes the metaphor as "make like a tree and get out of here", only to be corrected by his time-travelling older self.
• Instead of the usual Legends of Tomorrow logo, it is written in Japanese.