First Aired: Feb. 02, 2009 on NBC

Rate Episode: 4.25/5 (4 votes)
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Season 2 » Episode #12 - Chuck Versus the Third Dimension

Chuck - 02x12 Chuck Versus the Third Dimension
Summary: When Chuck foils a plan to kill international rock star Tyler Martin, the agents kidnap the musician to find out who wants him dead. Later, Tyler convinces Chuck to go out on the town, which only leads to a night of trouble. Meanwhile, Morgan wins a pair of backstage passes to Tyler's show and holds a contest among his fellow employees, including Big Mike's old football friend Jimmy, to see who gets to be his lucky plus one.

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Guest Stars:

Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb played by Ryan McPartlin
Tyler Martin played by Dominic Monaghan
Jimmy Butterman played by Jerome Bettis
Gavin played by Harry Van Gorkum
Achmed Gambir played by Nicholas Guilak
Emmett Milbarge played by Tony Hale
Vixen #1 played by Luisa Moraes
Vixen #2 played by Nina Fehren

Episode Quotes

Chuck Bartowski: How much tranquilizer did you use?
John Casey: It's high grade at a heave dose. Mr. Martin should be out for 12 to 24 hours.
Tyler Martin: [Starts to wake up] Jet lag is brutal.
Chuck Bartowski: Rock star metabolism.
Chuck Bartowski: I watched you kill that FULCRUM agent in cold blood, Sarah. I am - I am not like you. Okay? I might have all these government secrets in my brain, but that does not make me a real spy. I - I need to tell you this in reality not in my dream.
Sarah Walker: Chuck... this isn't a dream.
Chuck Bartowski: What is it?
Sarah Walker: It's a nightmare!
Tyler Martin: I've never been in a situation like this before. Life or death. Pretty much living my life avoiding anything that's real.
Chuck Bartowski: Takes some getting used to.
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Trivia

  • The name of the grenade in the episode is an IG-88. IG-88 was a bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • This episode contains several references to Tony Hale's previous TV series, Arrested Development, including the frequent use of the Europe song "The Final Countdown" and Hale yelling "No Touching!"
  • This episode contains several references to The Shawshank Redemption, including the use of the duet "Canzonetta sull'aria" from the Mozart opera Le Nozze di Figaro, the mention of the Mexican city Zihuatanejo, and the repetition of the line "Get busy living, or get busy dying."
  • The Arabic Tattoo which was written in Diwani font is a famous Quote from the Bible John 1:14 - "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."