Jencyclopedia

A man wants to be Indiana Jones and get back at some guy who put him in prison or something.
Charo wants to meet her father, who doesn’t know she exists.

Why do they name the story “Charo”? She doesn’t play herself.

Here’s an actual conversation from this episode. I’m not even paraphrasing:

Charles Woodruff: Roarke! What a surprise!
Tattoo: You’ve got a bigger one coming.
Maria Diaz: This is him?
Roarke: Yes. Miss Maria Diaz, may I present Mr. Charles Woodruff: your father.

Not cool, Roarke; that’s not how you break the news to someone that they have a daughter they never knew about.

Allen Daly: A map? Just as simple as that?
Roarke: Simple to find, yes, but I must warn you…

This show doesn’t need to do much to make me happy — just those five little words.

Roarke: While researching Miss Diaz’s fantasy, I came across this document. It is a record of the baptisms that took place in that little town in the year 1955.

I have a new dream job: being a research assistant on Fantasy Island.

They keep using wipe transitions in the “Revenge” fantasy. Was that a thing in Raiders of the Lost Ark? I feel like I saw a movie recently-ish that used a lot of wipe transitions, but maybe I’m thinking of Star Wars.

Roarke: Um, it seems to me your fantasy has been fulfilled, since you found the hidden treasure. When do you plan to leave Fantasy Island to begin your new life?

Roarke has been really eager to get rid of guests lately (see also 6×9 “The Winning Ticket”).

Marion Robertson: This isn’t my bungalow.

How can you tell?! They all look exactly the same.

Tattoo has been involved in both fantasies this episode, which is quite unusual. This would make sense if it was during filming of Wrath of Khan, but that was last season. In any case, it’s good to see Tattoo getting to wear a costume and go on an adventure.

Tattoo: Oh, Maria. If somehow something goes wrong, remember, that was your idea.

Marion Robertson: Allen, you just disappeared.

Into a board game? (Add Jumanji to the list of movies I need to makes GIFs of.)

Mrs. Potroy is possibly the most racist character this series has ever had. This fantasy feels like a Monkees episode. The guy constantly saluting feels very like a Monkees character as well.

I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to bid up your own item in an auction.

Whenever they have a guest actor on this show who has appeared in a previous episode as a bad guy, I always suspect they’re a bad guy again, and they usually are.

Lorne Robertson: You’re still a dang fool.

It’s lines like this that make me think those “hells” in other episodes were accidental.

Charo starts playing guitar and singing “Chiquitita”, then she tosses aside the guitar, but keeps singing, and there’s music coming from nowhere now.

Fancy dinner? Golden goblets? Check.

Everybody (except Roarke) leaves Charles Woodruff’s dinner because the food, which was prepared by Maria’s Mexican aunt, is too spicy. This would make sense if the dinner guests were all stuffy old white Americans, but Woodruff is an ambassador, and he’s got a bunch of foreign diplomats over for dinner; you would think they could handle spicy food. Are they implying Mexican food is the spiciest in all the world? Or did aunt Gina intentionally make everyone (except Roarke)’s meals too spicy?

Lorne Robertson is pointing a gun at Allen Daly, but his hand is hit by a very convenient falling rock.

Mrs. Potroy is drunk, and she pats Roarke on the cheek. Roarke doesn’t seem to like it when other people get up in his personal space.

Ugh, Charles didn’t fire Mrs. Potroy after she was such a jerk to his daughter and her family. That’s really unsatisfying. Wait, and now Mrs. Potroy is leaving with Maria’s family? What?

Roarke: Ahh, you know, Tattoo, this is my kind of fantasy.
Tattoo: Boss, that’s my line!

I don’t like that Charles Woodruff’s chef’s name is Henri, because that was Roarke’s chef’s name from 5×15 “The Case Against Mr. Roarke”.

I didn’t pay too much attention to the “Revenge” fantasy, but… Allen Daly tricked his old girlfriend into sleeping with him, and he tricked his old friend into buying a worthless gold mask… but in the end, he gets to go home with the girl anyway? Doesn’t seem right.

• Guests:
  • Miss Maria Margarita Rosaria Pilar Martinez Molina Rodriguez Diaz from Spain
  • Mr. Allen Daly
• Recurring phrases:
  • Roarke: He was framed.
    Tattoo: Framed? That’s terrible.
    Roarke: Indeed.
  • Allen Daly: A map? Just as simple as that?
    Roarke: Simple to find, yes, but I must warn you… legend says that much of the treasure was sacred in nature.
• Ominous Roarke:
  • Tattoo: I think he’s gonna need a trustworthy guide, like me.
    Roarke: Yes, that’s right, Tattoo. But I’m afraid he’ll need much more than that to get him through this weekend… much more…
• Roarke’s drink: same old
• Ominous shot of Roarke drinking: no
• Costume change: Tattoo wears a camoflauge outfit with a mustard yellow ascot and an Indiana Jones style hat.
• Research:
  • Roarke: While researching Miss Diaz’s fantasy, I came across this document. It is a record of the baptisms that took place in that little town in the year 1955.
• Reminders:
  • Roarke: Still, I’d like to remind you that revenge is a two-headed monster that strikes in all directions.
• All you need is love:
  • Charles Woodruff: Ever since I met and lost your mother, I’ve been trying to make myself believe that loving someone and being loved wasn’t important. But that isn’t true.
  • Roarke: Yes, love is the best cure for all the ailments of our lives.
• He’s dead, Jim:
  • Roarke: Uh, Mrs. Robertson, I am terribly sorry about your husband.
    Marion Robertson: His greed just finally caught up to him.
• Leaving with an extra guest:
  • Allen Daly with new/old girlfriend Marion Robertson
  • Maria Diaz with her family and newfound father Charles Woodruff and his maid/assistant Mrs. Potroy
• Drivers:
  • To the dock: Roarke
  • Allen Daly’s departure: That Guy
  • Maria Diaz’s family’s and Mrs. Potroy departure: Wally
  • Maria Diaz’s departure: I can’t tell; he goes by very quickly
• Age gap:
  • Christine Belford: 34 / Marjoe Gortne: 39 = 5 years
  • Christine Belford: 34 / Steve Kanaly: 36 = 2 years