History Film / TheSkydivers

* ThemeNaming: The local joint is named ''The skydiver''.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Skydiving practises and safety culture. The skydivers take risks which would be not tolerated today anymore. [[spoiler:Likewise, the actions in freefall and in emergency situations. The young student loses the stable position in freefall and hits the ground with canopy unopened. The correct action in such situation is to arc immediately as much as possible and extend arms, and if under 1000 m, deploy main canopy immediately.]]

* HollywoodSkydiving: In spades. Saves almost an otherwise unwatchable film.

* HollywoodSkydiving: In spades.

-->'''Tom Servo:''' Now that Harry's dead, we get all the...what do we get?

-->'''Servo:''' Now this here is the butt of choice.\\
'''Mike:''' Yeah, it won the Palme D’Butt at Cannes.\\
'''Servo:''' [[HehHehYouSaidX Heh Heh. Can]]

* GeniusBonus: "That other film" that girls went to watch was probably [[https://youtu.be/eLhld_PI2zg something like this]]. [[invoked]]

Described by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' as "like ''[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos]]'' without the lucid plot", ''The Skydivers'' is less a horror movie and more a very dull soap-opera, about the employees of a small parachuting club.

-->'''Tom Servo''' Now that Harry's dead, we get all the...what do we get?

* RichBitch: Downplayed with Suzy. In her own words, she's "so mean" because her "paw gave her everything." Her money isn't really an important plot element, though.

* DownerEnding: Beth loses her husband and their failing business.
* DullSurprise: Tony Cardoza as Harry. The Agony Booth article linked below has a picture of him with his various moods.

* InformedAttractiveness: Beth at least is cute in a "small town, small dating pool" way. Suzy doesn't even make it into that category. She's supposedly the sultry temptress of the parachuting camp and beautiful enough to drive men to murder. In fact, in the words of [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Skydivers.aspx The Agony Booth]], "by the looks of it, I'd say Suzy's had three, maybe four kids, is about 40, wears granny panties, and has been hitting the donuts, hard". According to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Michael J. Nelson]], "I bet she smells like Marlboros and Arpege and Juicy Fruit and body odor."
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: In some weird way, anyway.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Inverted; this film makes guys jumping out of a plane look boring.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Everyone in this movie. Affairs are built and lives are destroyed around cups of coffee. Par for the course for a Coleman Francis movie, they ''all'' revolve around coffee.

* RichBitch: Suzy. Her "paw" gave her everything, but she's still "mean".
* SilentCredits
* ShownTheirWork: To be fair, the skydiving is 100% accurate, including the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation target fixation]] scene, which is a real danger to skydivers. (Considering the film was shot around a real skydiving school, it should be.)

* GoodHairEvilHair: Beth wears the Jackie O hairstyle, while Suzy wears a modified Lulu cut.

* GenderBlenderName: The actress who plays Beth is apparently named Kevin.[[note]]Oddly, another female Kevin (Kelly) was in ''Film/TheAmazingTransparentMan''.[[/note]]

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Beth's "Panic!" or "Panicked!" as a skydiver plummets to earth without opening his chute, ''maybe''. It's very hard to tell if she's describing the guy or reading her own stage direction.[[note]]Though based on the context of the situation and the next scene, it's the former.[[/note]]

-->'''Tom Servo''' Now that Harry's dead, we get all the...what do we get?\\

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tony Cardoza, the ubiquitous actor/director/producer. Aside from producing and starring in Coleman Francis' movies, he also produced ''{{Hellcats}}''. He got his start co-producing Creator/EdWood's ''Film/NightOfTheGhouls''.

Apparently to make up for the almost dialogue free ''Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats'', the film consists almost entirely of stilted dialogue punctuated by midair footage of parachutists. That would be fine, if the dialogue wasn't all like this:

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Beth's "Panic!" or "Panicked!" as a skydiver plummets to earth without opening his chute, ''maybe''. It's very hard to tell if she's describing the guy or reading her own stage direction.

For tropes and specifics relating to the ''MST3K'' version, please see the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E09TheSkydivers episode recap]].

* InformedAttractiveness: Beth at least is cute in a "small town, small dating pool" way. Suzy doesn't even make it into that category. She's supposedly the sultry temptress of the parachuting camp and beautiful enough to drive men to murder. In fact, in the words of [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Skydivers.aspx The Agony Booth]], "by the looks of it, I'd say Suzy's had three, maybe four kids, is about 40, wears granny panties, and has been hitting the donuts, hard". According to [[MST3K Michael J. Nelson]], "I bet she smells like Marlboros and Arpege and Juicy Fruit and body odor."