History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E05RocketAttackUSA

[[caption-width-right:322:"Now, is 'Creeps' a verb or a noun in this?"]]
[[caption-width-right:322:"I think it's a French pancake."]]

* CallBack: Lugosi's delivery of "Dees vill simpli-fy eh-very-tink!" from Chapter 1 keeps being invoked (and [[RunningGag will return]] in future unrelated episodes).

Films watched: ''The Phantom Creeps'' (FilmSerial) Chapter 2 and ''Film/RocketAttackUSA''

[[caption-width-right:322:"Now, is 'Creeps' a verb or a noun in this?" "I think it's a French pancake."]]

[[caption-width-right:322:"Rocket Attack U.S.A.! ...But it starts in Russia."]]

[[caption-width-right:322:Rocket Attack U.S.A.! But it starts in Russia.]]

Films watched: ''Film/ThePhantomCreeps'' (FilmSerial) Chapter 2 and ''Film/RocketAttackUSA''

!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation includes examples of:
* AnythingButThat: Servo and Crow's reaction to WesternAnimation/DaveyAndGoliath being friendly witnesses for the HUAC.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: During ''The Phantom Creeps'', when finding Mrs. Zorka unconscious at a crash site:

* BigApplesauce: Invoked verbatim by Crow, who says the Russians are going to turn the Big Apple into Big Applesauce.

* CallBack: Lugosi's delivery of "Dees vill simpli-fy eh-very-tink!" from Episode 1 of ''The Phantom Creeps'' keeps being invoked (and [[RunningGag will return]] in future unrelated episodes).

* OpeningScroll: During ''The Phantom Creep's'' opening scroll, Joel quips, "You sure Lucas was the first to do this?"
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Servo used the “Rumors” variant of the quote in ''Phantom Creeps''.

* ShoutOut:
** There are ''three'' references to ''Series/HartToHart'' ("That's my boss!") during the episode.
** During ''The Phantom Creeps'', after the cops shoot one of the mechanical spiders:
--->'''Joel:''' Oh, be ''proud'': you shot a spider. [[Film/{{Arachnophobia}} Thank you,]] [[Creator/JohnGoodman John Goodman]].

* Joel hosts a parody quiz game called ''Civil Defense Quiz Bowl'', where the contestants wrap themselves in tinfoil and answer questions relating to World War III The final round, "Fallout Elimination", is interrupted by Movie Sign.

* The crew just can't stop speaking their grievances with the film over each other, but after a deep breath, they go on a '''long''' tirade. The letter they read, including a photo of a stuffed bunny, doesn't improve their mood. The Mads ignore their tirade and go see ''Film/MadameSousatzka'' instead.

* Joel sands the sides of Tom's head down, making it perfectly cylindrical so he looks "kind of like that guy from ''Film/HouseParty''." Then he goes a little bonkers selling Tom additional "hair"-care products.

* Gypsy ate Joel's first invention (the Mexican Jumping Bean-Bag Chair), so he produced an adding machine which prints out candy strips instead, to make taxes fun. The Mads combine a foosball table with good ol' H[[subscript:2]]O to create water polo.

* In preparation for the film's political commentary, Joel gives the 'Bots a lesson on the Cold War, starting with the [[Creator/EdgarBergen Charlie McCarthy]] hearings. Bet you didn't know just how many beloved puppets and animation stars of TheFifties were involved.

* A parody quiz game called ''Civil Defense Quiz Bowl'', where all the contestants wrap themselves in tinfoil. The final round is "Fallout Elimination".

* Just as the US and Soviet Union had their space race, so too did the Soviets also send a man and his two robot pals -- in this case, cosmonaut Sari Andropoli with two inoperable 'bots -- into space. His sense of humor is lacking.

* The SOL crew can't stop speaking their grievances with the film over each other, but a deep breath later, they go on a ''long'' tirade. The fan letter, including a photo of a stuffed bunny, doesn't improve the mood. The Mads ignore their tirade and go see ''Film/MadameSousatzka'' instead.

* RetroactiveRecognition: InUniverse, as Joel and the bots recognize Art Metrano, and hum the theme to ''Film/PoliceAcademy''.

It is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-rocket-attack-u-s-a/57473ccc5879540d0c007fca here]].

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Tom Servo's "haircut", featured in only this episode and ''Ring of Terror''.