Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Yippie Kayak

"Yippie Kayak" is the tenth episode of season three of the police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the fifty-fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Rebecca Asher with a script written by Lakshmi Sundaram. It first aired on the FOX Network on Tuesday, December 13th, 2015. In this episode, Jake asks Gina's help in picking out a Christmas gift for Charles. Boyle ends up going with them, and the three of them become hostages when a group of thugs hold up the store. Though most people would be terrified, Jake is thrilled, for now he gets to role-play his favorite action movie, Die Hard. Meanwhile, Amy Santiago tries to prove to Captain Holt and Rosa that she is not a wimp by accompanying them on a polar swim.

Crew

 * Michael Schur - Executive producer
 * Dan Goor - Executive producer
 * David Miner - Executive producer
 * Luke Del Tredici - Executive producer
 * Matt Murray - Co-executive producer
 * Andrew Guest - Co-executive producer
 * Laura McCreary - Consulting producer


 * Norm Hiscock - Producer
 * Andy Samberg - Producer
 * Matthew Nodella - Producer
 * Marshall Boone - Co-producer
 * Richard H. Prince - Co-producer
 * Gabe Liedman - Co-producer
 * Travis E. Gates - Associate producer

Notes & Trivia

 * Brooklyn Nine-Nine was created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor.


 * This episode is rated TV-14.


 * Co-creator and executive producer Daniel J. Goor is credited as Dan Goor in this episode.


 * Producer Matt Nodella is credited as Matthew Nodella in this episode.


 * Although this episode does not fall on Christmas day, this does count as the holiday episode of the season.


 * This is the sixth appearance of Dean Winters as The Vulture.


 * This is the fifth appearance of Merrin Dungey as Sharon Jefferds.

Allusions

 * Many elements of this episode are inspired by the 1988 action film Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Jake replaces the names of the gunmen with German sounding names ot reflect the German terrorists from the film. There is also a scene where Boyle saves the day while wearing a white, sleeveless undershirt, much the way that Bruce Willis wore in Die Hard.


 * Boyle's line, "Yippie Kayak other mothers" is a bastardization of the phrase "Yippie-ki-yay mother fuckers", as immortalized by actor Bruce Willis in the film Die Hard.