History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper

[[caption-width-right:350:"So what's a Catalina Caper?"]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"It's one of those little balls you find when you're eating peel-and-eat shrimp."]]

''Catalina Caper'' holds the distinction of being the only full-fledged comedy film riffed on the show.A There's a good reason, though, as explained below. It was also the first time the Brains would lose the rights to the movie being riffed, leading to it being left out of reruns.

''Catalina Caper'' holds the distinction of being the only full-fledged comedy film riffed on the show. There's a good reason, though, as explained below. It was also the first time the Brains would lose the rights to the movie being riffed, leading to it being left out of reruns.

* RedundantParody: ''Catalina Caper'' is virtually the only straight-up comedy movie the show ever mocked. There's a reason for this: The Brains found it difficult to riff on a comedy.

''Catalina Caper'' holds the distinction of being the only comedy film riffed on the show. There's a good reason, though, as explained below. It was also the first time the Brains would lose the rights to the movie being riffed, leading to it being left out of reruns.

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y--K49c290s Joel reminiscing about the early 1960s]] turns into an [[SanitySlippage unhinged rant]] of how his parents spanked him with a belt in front of company, made him take a bath in the front yard and gave him a shopping cart for his birthday.
* HypocriticalHumor: During a musical number, we get a shot of the singing group sitting together, and the Bots start mocking them:

* InterspeciesRomance: Servo seems to have fallen pretty hard for the "Creepy Girl." How hard? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv0S2gzcEeU Hard enough to sing about it.]]

** In the opening host segment Crow and Servo say their nightly prayers for a number of famous sci-fi robots, including [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E16TheOffspring Lal]], [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]], ''Galaxina'', and yes, even [[Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury Twiki]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"So what's a Catalina Caper?" "It's one of those little balls you find when you're eating peel-and-eat shrimp."]]

** Crow repeatedly attempts to use the line "By this time, my lungs were aching for air" (a ''Series/SeaHunt'' reference), only to be stopped by Joel.

!!This [=MST3K=] presentation provides examples of:

* Joel tries to get the Bots to pray for the Mads, but they refuse. Dr. Forrester snarks that [[AGodAmI he wants to be prayed]] ''[[AGodAmI to]]'', not ''for''. For the Invention Exchange, the cast show their support for two kinds of warfare: the Mads' put a dangerous and literal on beachware with their new Tank Tops, while Joel's Tickle Bazooka is much safer and joy-producing.

* Before they go to bed, Tom and Crow need to say their prayers. Naturally, they ask the powers that be to watch over other robots ([[TakeThat yes, even]] [[Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury Twiki]]).

* Joel tries to get the Bots to pray for the Mads, but they refuse. Forrester snarks that [[AGodAmI he wants to be prayed]] ''[[AGodAmI to]]'', not ''for''. The cast show their support for two kinds of warfare: the Mads' Tank Tops are quite lethal, despite being fun beachwear, while Joel's Tickle Bazooka is much safer and joy-producing.

* Joel waxes disturbingly nostalgic for TheSixties, despite having just been a kid at the time. He might be suppressing...

* Tom serenades the audience with his devoted "Creepy Girl" number.

* Frank hosts a Tupperware party. It manages to go south when Dr. Forrester gets his hands on a melon baller.

* Crow and Tom admit to being completely unable to follow the movie's plot. Joel created a chart to help explain it. It fails to do so, so he reads a letter to improve the mood; the writer got married because of the show!

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** "[[Literature/OfMiceAndMen Tell us about the rabbits, Joel]]," [[BaitAndSwitch which of course is in relation to]] [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} the Playboy mansion]].

* AccidentalMisnaming: During a host segment set in Deep 13, Dr. Forrester addresses TV's Frank as "Fred". When Frank corrects him, he dismissively replies, "Whatever."

-->'''Tom''': (to the audience; talking over Joel) [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Uh, folks? Joel's in a lot of pain. We'll be right back.]]

-->'''Tom''': Why can't you be like everyone else, and remember the ''good'' things from the Sixties?

Thankfully, it is available on Creator/ShoutFactory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-catalina-caper/5c94fae2ec637414f5169e80 here]].

-->'''Crow:''' Look at those stupid legs. They're stupid-lookin'. They're not real-lookin' at all.
-->'''Tom:''' They look like puppets.
-->'''Crow:''' Huh?
-->'''Tom:''' (''*clears throat nervously*'')

* AnswersToTheNameOfGod:
-->'''Forrester:''' I don't want you to pray ''for'' us, I want you to play ''to'' us!

--> '''Joel''': Nice measurements. 36-'''''2'''''-85.

''Catalina Caper'' holds the distinction of being the only comedy film riffed on the show. There's a good reason though, as explained below. It was also the first time the Brains would lose the rights to the movie being riffed, leading to it being left out of reruns.

[[caption-width-right:350:"So what's a Catalina Caper?" "It's one of those little balls you find when you're eating peeled shrimp."]]

* Joel tries to get the 'bots to pray for the Mads, but they refuse. Forrester snarks that [[AGodAmI he wants to be prayed]] ''[[AGodAmI to]]'', not ''for''. The cast show their support for two kinds of warfare: the Mads' Tank Tops are quite lethal, despite being fun beachwear, while Joel's Tickle Bazooka is much safer and joy-producing.