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This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen on-screen for only about eight minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
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This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen on-screen for only about eight minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
music. The scenes of the lizard playing with toy cars on a miniature set are pretty good though.
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* CaptainMorganPose: And lots of it.it; though mostly done by Chase, other actors can be seen making the pose too, suggesting a greater issue with blocking rather than just one actor's predilection for putting his feet on stuff (or it was contagious).
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* DiabolusExNihilo: We are never given any explanation for the monster's origin.
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* DiabolusExNihilo: We are never given any explanation for the monster's origin. Chase and the Sheriff posit that giant animals might be created by a particular saline solution affecting the pituitary gland and causing uncontrollable growth, but the movie never confirms this is what happened.
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* TrackTrouble: The monster's most devastating attack is a result of this. It knocks out a railroad bridge's main support, weakening the bridge enough that it breaks, sending the train crashing into the dry riverbed where it lives.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks" (a.k.a. that goofy "''Sing Whenever I Sing''... song")
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** Additionally, Chase (successfully) argues with the Sheriff that the wrecks he salvages parts from are all write-offs or go unclaimed, anyway.
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* AbortedArc: Chase's budding music career via Steamroller Smith. He gets offered employment by a more repentant Mr. Wheeler instead.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mr. Wheeler (possibly). Chase's heroism and the Sheriff's LetsSeeYouDoBetter does knock him down a peg and he even offers Chase a job.
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** Somewhat an inversion since Chase is still a kind, upright IncorruptiblePurePureness who saves the town and helps his polio-stricken sister.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Nitroglycerin would explode very quickly if jerked around in a car like that. Joel and the bots have fun with this.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Nitroglycerin would explode very quickly if jerked around in a car like that. Joel and the bots have fun with this.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks" (a.k.a. that goofy "''Sing Whenever I Sing''.. song")
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks" (a.k.a. that goofy "''Sing Whenever I Sing''..Sing''... song")
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* InfantImmortality: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a crippled nine-year-old.
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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a crippled nine-year-old.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The Sheriff doesn't contribute much to finding and defeating the Gila monster - most of the work gets done by Chase and his friends. Justified by the fact that the Sheriff is literally the only cop in town, and one man cannot effectively search ten thousand square miles of wilderness for a car with two missing kids in it and the giant lizard who ate them.
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* KarmaHoudini: Chase has been in the habit of stealing parts from wrecked cars to upgrade his own. In the final act, Mr. Wheeler gets proof and decides to force the Sheriff (who was fully aware of this and at one point gave Chase explicit permission to repair a broken headlight on his car with one from a wreck) to arrest him for it. Then Chase's car is destroyed killing the lizard, taking all the evidence with it and ruining the case. On top of that, the Sheriff mentions that the railroad is likely to reward Chase for stopping the lizard with enough to get a new hot rod, so he won't need to commit petty crime to soup up his wheels anymore.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: After putting up with Mr. Wheeler trying to push him around the entire movie, the Sheriff pulls this on him, announcing that Wheeler has just been deputized and put in charge of the safety of the kids whose party the lizard just crashed. After utterly failing to corral three dozen teenagers, Wheeler gives the badge back to the Sheriff.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: After putting up with Mr. Wheeler trying to push him around the entire movie, the Sheriff pulls this on him, announcing that Wheeler has just been deputized and put in charge of the safety of the kids whose party the lizard just crashed. After utterly failing to corral three dozen teenagers, Wheeler gives the badge back to the Sheriff.
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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E02TheGiantGilaMonster here]]''.
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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E02TheGiantGilaMonster here]]''.
here]].''
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* NitroExpress: How Chase destroys the Gila Monster after bullets fail.
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* NitroExpress: How Chase destroys the Gila Monster monster after bullets fail.
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* CoolOldGuy: The Sheriff tends to be a bit gruff, but is on generally good terms with the kids, especially Chase. Old Man Harris might count as well.
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* CoolOldGuy: The Sheriff sheriff tends to be a bit gruff, but is on generally good terms with the kids, especially Chase. Old Man Harris might count as well.
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* NoisyNature: Whenever it appears, the monster constantly makes hissing noises and high-pitched, screeching roars.
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (as part of a double-feature with ''Film/TheKillerShrews'').
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Nitroglycerin would explode very quickly if jerked around in a car like that. Joel and the bots have fun with this.
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* TheCastShowoff: Don Sullivan (Chase) wrote and sang the [[NotableOriginalMusic "Special Songs"]] in the film.
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* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (as part of a double-feature with ''TheKillerShrews'').
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (as part of a double-feature with ''TheKillerShrews'').
''Film/TheKillerShrews'').
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks"
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks"Rocks" (a.k.a. that goofy "''Sing Whenever I Sing''.. song")
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (who also did ''TheKillerShrews'').
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (who also did (as part of a double-feature with ''TheKillerShrews'').
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* TheCastShowoff: Don Sullivan (Chase) wrote and sang the [[NotableOriginalMusic "Special Songs"]] in the film.
* CoolOldGuy: The Sheriff tends to be a bit gruff, but is on generally good terms with the kids, especially Chase. Old Man Harris might count as well.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
* DeathBySex: Well, they don't make it to the sex stage, but it is heavily implied that the young couple in the film's ColdOpen were planning to elope before the lizard ate them.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
* DeathBySex: Well, they don't make it to the sex stage, but it is heavily implied that the young couple in the film's ColdOpen were planning to elope before the lizard ate them.
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* InfantImmortality: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a crippled nine-year old.
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* DisappearedDad: Chase's father apparently died while working for Mr. Wheeler.
* InfantImmortality: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a cripplednine-year old.nine-year-old.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Missy, Chase's crippled baby sister.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Missy, Chase's crippled baby sister.
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* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mr. Wheeler seems to have it in for very nearly everyone in the county.
* SesquipedalianSmith: Horatio Alger "Steamroller" Smith, the DJ.
* SesquipedalianSmith: Horatio Alger "Steamroller" Smith, the DJ.
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* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.Lisa.
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This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen onscreen for only about 8 minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
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This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen onscreen on-screen for only about 8 eight minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: It takes about 50 minutes before the lizard finally smashes a train, and 60 before it crashes a teen party.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: It takes about 50 fifty minutes before the lizard finally smashes a train, and 60 sixty before it crashes a teen party.
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In the backwoods of northern Texas, in a car overlooking a ravine, a young local couple may be scheming to elope and marry when a claw pushes their car over the edge to their deaths. Back in town, at the teen hangout, the couple's friends wonder where they are, and hot rod enthusiast Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) teams up with the sheriff to go and find them. Sure enough, it transpires that the epononymous beastie is lurking about, and is gradually making its way towards the town.
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In the backwoods of northern Texas, in a car overlooking a ravine, a young local couple may be scheming to elope and marry when a claw pushes their car over the edge to their deaths. Back in town, at the teen hangout, the couple's friends wonder where they are, and hot rod enthusiast Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) teams up with the sheriff to go and find them. Sure enough, it transpires that the epononymous eponymous beastie is lurking about, and is gradually making its way towards the town.
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The movie appeared on the fourth season of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Later on, it was included in the 10th volume of Rhino Video's collections of the series -- replacing ''{{Godzilla}} vs. Megalon'' after the rights to release that film were lost.
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* [[CanonSue Canon]] [[GaryStu Stu]]: Chase Winstead.
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* FridgeLogic: This movie asks you to believe that well into the rock-and-roll era, a saccharine song about Adam and Eve would be popular.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks".
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks".
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
Rocks"
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone asLisa.
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
-----Lisa.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (who also did ''TheKillerShrews'').
In the backwoods of northern Texas, in a car overlooking a ravine, a young local couple may be scheming to elope and marry when a claw pushes their car over the edge to their deaths. Back in town, at the teen hangout, the couple's friends wonder where they are, and hot rod enthusiast Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) teams up with the sheriff to go and find them. Sure enough, it transpires that the epononymous beastie is lurking about, and is gradually making its way towards the town.
This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen onscreen for only about 8 minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
The movie appeared on the fourth season of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Later on, it was included in the 10th volume of Rhino Video's collections of the series -- replacing ''{{Godzilla}} vs. Megalon'' after the rights to release that film were lost.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
* BMovie
* [[CanonSue Canon]] [[GaryStu Stu]]: Chase Winstead.
* CaptainMorganPose: And lots of it.
* ChekhovsGun: Earlier on in the film, Chase stores some vials of nitroglycerin. Guess what is eventually used to defeat the monster?
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: It takes about 50 minutes before the lizard finally smashes a train, and 60 before it crashes a teen party.
* FridgeLogic: This movie asks you to believe that well into the rock-and-roll era, a saccharine song about Adam and Eve would be popular.
* InfantImmortality: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a crippled nine-year old.
* NightmareRetardant
* NitroExpress: How Chase destroys the Gila Monster after bullets fail.
* NoMoreForMe: Some guy drinking while driving after he sees the lizard cross the road.
* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks".
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
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'''''The Giant Gila Monster''''' is 1959 giant monster movie directed by Ray Kellogg (who also did ''TheKillerShrews'').
In the backwoods of northern Texas, in a car overlooking a ravine, a young local couple may be scheming to elope and marry when a claw pushes their car over the edge to their deaths. Back in town, at the teen hangout, the couple's friends wonder where they are, and hot rod enthusiast Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) teams up with the sheriff to go and find them. Sure enough, it transpires that the epononymous beastie is lurking about, and is gradually making its way towards the town.
This movie had the potential to be a campy {{narm}}-fest, alas; too little is seen of the big lizard wreaking destruction. It's seen onscreen for only about 8 minutes of the film's 74 minute running time. All the rest is seemingly taken up with characters talking about where the couple might have disappeared, hot rods, and Chase playing/teens dancing to cheesy guitar music.
The movie appeared on the fourth season of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Later on, it was included in the 10th volume of Rhino Video's collections of the series -- replacing ''{{Godzilla}} vs. Megalon'' after the rights to release that film were lost.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
* BMovie
* [[CanonSue Canon]] [[GaryStu Stu]]: Chase Winstead.
* CaptainMorganPose: And lots of it.
* ChekhovsGun: Earlier on in the film, Chase stores some vials of nitroglycerin. Guess what is eventually used to defeat the monster?
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: It takes about 50 minutes before the lizard finally smashes a train, and 60 before it crashes a teen party.
* FridgeLogic: This movie asks you to believe that well into the rock-and-roll era, a saccharine song about Adam and Eve would be popular.
* InfantImmortality: The lizard isn't particularly scary to begin with, but it gets a lot less so when it completely fails to catch and eat a crippled nine-year old.
* NightmareRetardant
* NitroExpress: How Chase destroys the Gila Monster after bullets fail.
* NoMoreForMe: Some guy drinking while driving after he sees the lizard cross the road.
* NotableOriginalMusic: The "Mushroom Song" (a.k.a. "[[RefrainFromAssuming Laugh, Children, Laugh]]"), and "My Baby, She Rocks".
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The props occupying the sets that the lizard (which was a real Gila monster) crawls on are pretty obviously miniature models.
** Turns out it's not even a real Gila Monster, but a Mexican Beaded Lizard. So thet couldn't even get the species right.
* TheDanza: Lisa Simone as Lisa.
!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation contains examples of:
* RunningGag:
** Making explosion noises every time the hero's jalopy visibly jumps while charging the Giant Gila Monster with a load of nitroglycerine.
** Singing the theme to ''TheMunsters'' when a jalopy appears.
** References to that stupid "Sing Whenever I Sing" ('My Baby She Rocks') song.
** Joel's imitation of the titilar lizard with that "BLBLBLAAAHHHH" noise.
** And all that jazz about "SKID MARKS".
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