Being somewhat older than the Crofts, my first thought when this exchange goes down

"Central, this is Big Sky. We are inbound with the goodies—requesting landing clearance on Pad One."

Another man's voice, closer to a baritone, replied with a carefully precise Midwestern accent, "Copy, Voodoo 3-1. Pad One approach confirmed—we'll see you on the ground."

"Hear that?" DJ asked Asuka, sotto voce. "We're the goodies."

is just me considering the EVA children twenty-somethings as the same-name British comedy trio of the seventies.

And thus they'd ride around on a three-person bicycle and DJ would have massive sideburns.

Here's a representative episode.

On the whole, though, I've been needing some "blow shit up with heavy weaponry and have a pithy comeback afterwards" reading, and this precisely hits the spot. Delightful.