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I think R/V FLIP was also the inspiration for the Operation Hennessey underwater sea laboratory in Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou that Zissou's crew steals an espresso machine from.

NED: Steve are we allowed in here? ZISSOU: It's the scientific community, man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFdjq-QIRc

Interestingly, in a life imitates art way, an R/P FLIP crew member describes the culture onboard the actual sea lab as resembling Life Aquatic here: https://rvsallyride.ucsd.edu/2017/04/04/week-3-report-from-f...