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--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' Creator/EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...

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--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' Creator/EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas Creator/DannyThomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...
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!! The ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' presentation has examples of:

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!! The ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' presentation of ''Film/TheMagicSword'' has examples of:
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* Joel has decided to get into caricature artwork, and the 'Bots are his subjects. He's apparently wanted to draw Cambot naked, even though all of them are.

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* Joel has decided to get into caricature artwork, draw caricatures for a living, and is using the 'Bots are as his subjects. He's apparently wanted to draw Cambot naked, even though all ''all'' of them are.
the 'Bots are naked.



* Joel created the Big Gulp Berets to appeal to hippies who want to attend poetry readings while enjoying a cool bottled spring water. Frank stars in a one-act play demonstrating Dr. Forrester's decorator biohazard clean-up pillows, but he's concerned about the mutated strain of dysentary he spilled on himself.

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* Joel Joel's created the Big Gulp Berets to appeal to hippies and beatniks who want to attend poetry readings while enjoying a cool bottled spring water. Frank stars in a one-act play demonstrating Dr. Forrester's new decorator biohazard clean-up throw pillows, but he's concerned about the mutated strain of dysentary he dysentery he's spilled on himself.



* Top trainer Joel only feeds Basil Rathbones to his dogs. Packed with bits of Nigel Bruce and comes in pesto flavor!

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* Top trainer Joel only feeds stars in a commercial for Basil Rathbones to Rathbone brand doggie treats, with Crow and Servo as his dogs. Packed They're packed with bits of Nigel Bruce and comes also come in pesto flavor!
flavor.



* Tom is not impressed with Joel's grand pageant based on the Middle Ages and serves up a heaping reality check on how hard it was back then.

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* Tom is not impressed with Joel's Joel puts on a grand pageant based on about life in the Middle Ages Ages, with himself as a happy king, Crow as a knight, and serves up Gypsy as a lady-in-waiting/unicorn. Tom, dressed as a serf, ruins the whole thing with a heaping reality check on of how hard it life ''really'' was back then.



* Crow, smitten with Creator/EstelleWinwood, sings a love ballad for her. Tom, again, feels the need to interject with counterpoints.

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* Crow, Crow has become smitten with Creator/EstelleWinwood, Creator/EstelleWinwood and sings a love ballad for her. Tom, again, Tom once again feels the need to interject with counterpoints.



* The film's seven curses make the crew discuss George Carlin's own naughty words. Back in Deep 13, Frank is reduced to a skeleton, creeping Dr. F out.

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* The film's seven curses make the crew discuss George Carlin's own naughty words. seven curses. Back in Deep 13, Frank is reduced to a skeleton, skeleton via the dysentery, creeping Dr. F out.
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* Tom is not impressed with Joel's grand pageant based on the Middle Ages and [[JustForPun serfs]] up a heaping reality check on how hard it was back then.

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* Tom is not impressed with Joel's grand pageant based on the Middle Ages and [[JustForPun serfs]] serves up a heaping reality check on how hard it was back then.
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Per wick cleanup.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* StrippedToTheBone: What happens to TV's Frank by the episode's end after he gets infected with dysentery from the Invention Exchange.
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[[quoteright:343:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mst3k_magic_sword.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:343:...can slice a tomato so thin you can see through it!]]

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Incredibly Lame Pun is a redirect and not a trope by itself.


* IncrediblyLamePun
-->'''Crow''': "Hey, Joel! Serf's up!"


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* {{Pun}}
-->'''Crow''': "Hey, Joel! Serf's up!"
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* NightmareFace: The ogre-woman's deformed face keeps freaking out Joel and the bots.
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** [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."]] Doubles as an ActorAllusion since Gary Lockwood was in that movie too.
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The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-magic-sword/59270f56fe6ea9149e006337 here]].

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The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-magic-sword/59270f56fe6ea9149e006337 in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:4/videos/mst3k-082-themagicsword here]].
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fix misunderstanding


'''Joel''': No, the pre-merchant tank mix, of course he's the sorcerer!

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'''Joel''': No, the pre-merchant pre-emergent tank mix, of course he's the sorcerer!
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tom's toothpick comment.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tom's toothpick comment.GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Joel reads a letter that reveals that doing this helped a family give their son something to talk to them about while in college.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Joel reads a letter that reveals that doing this helped a family give their son something to talk to them about while in college.%%InUniverse



** Which turns a little {{squick}}y if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]

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** Which turns a little {{squick}}y if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]]]%%Invoked
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* Crow, smitten with Estelle Winwood, sings a love ballad for her. Tom, again, feels the need to interject with counterpoints.

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* Crow, smitten with Estelle Winwood, Creator/EstelleWinwood, sings a love ballad for her. Tom, again, feels the need to interject with counterpoints.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: Crow's classic "Ode to Estelle". He claims he had "a little spat" with Kim.[[note]]'''Servo:''' In your dreams, buddy.[[/note]]
** SillyLoveSongs

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* ShoutOut: [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "Strider!" "Boromir!"]]
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "My Westley will come for me."]]

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "Strider!" "Boromir!"]]
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "My Westley will come for me."]]" and "Mawwiage!"]]

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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Crow has this reaction toward Sybil.
** Which turns a little {{squick}}y if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]
** Servo averts this however, interrupting Crow's "Ode to Estelle" with his LongList:
--->'''Servo:''' ''(singing)'' Here's a quick list of people much better looking than Estelle...
--->'''Crow:''' ''(rolling eyes)'' You're so shallow.
--->'''Servo:''' Fred Biletnikoff, [[Creator/{{NBC}} Brandon Tartikoff]], [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]]...
--->'''Crow:''' [[SarcasmMode Very funny...]]
--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' Creator/EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...
--->'''Crow:''' ''(completely frustrated)'' Joel, make him stop!
--->'''Joel:''' Servo, you're not helping things at all. Can you go and cut those coupons like you promised?
--->'''Servo:''' Daaaaaaah, okay! ''(leaves singing)'' Willy [=DeVille=] and Agnes [=DeMille=] and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]] and Roscoe Tanner...


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* SilverFox: Crow has this reaction toward Sybil.
** Which turns a little {{squick}}y if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]
** Servo averts this however, interrupting Crow's "Ode to Estelle" with his LongList:
--->'''Servo:''' ''(singing)'' Here's a quick list of people much better looking than Estelle...
--->'''Crow:''' ''(rolling eyes)'' You're so shallow.
--->'''Servo:''' Fred Biletnikoff, [[Creator/{{NBC}} Brandon Tartikoff]], [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]]...
--->'''Crow:''' [[SarcasmMode Very funny...]]
--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' Creator/EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...
--->'''Crow:''' ''(completely frustrated)'' Joel, make him stop!
--->'''Joel:''' Servo, you're not helping things at all. Can you go and cut those coupons like you promised?
--->'''Servo:''' Daaaaaaah, okay! ''(leaves singing)'' Willy [=DeVille=] and Agnes [=DeMille=] and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]] and Roscoe Tanner...
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* DiggingToChina: Referenced when George asks Sybil what's in the hidden basement, and Tom replies with China.
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The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-magic-sword/59270f56fe6ea9149e006337 here]].
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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Lodac first appears:
-->'''Lodac''': I am Lodac!\\
'''Sir Branton''': The sorcerer?\\
'''Joel''': No, the pre-merchant tank mix, of course he's the sorcerer!

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%% * YeOldeButcheredeEnglisheYeOldeButcheredeEnglishe
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Servo's reaction when Crow proclaims his new love is named... Estelle.
-->'''Tom:''' '''''WINWOOD?!''''' ''(laughs derisively)''
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Joel reads a letter that reveals that doing this helped a family give their son something to talk to them about while in college.
-->'''Joel''': (reading the letter) ...so kudos to guys (and Gypsy) for finding a way for parents and kids to connect. When people ask us how we manage to stay in such close touch with Bill and his generation, because they too wanna enjoy that kind of meaningful relationship with their kids, we simply tell them KeepCirculatingTheTapes
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-->'''Crow:''' ''(singing about Estelle Winwood)'' She's rooty-toot-toot / I bet she smells like Juicy Fruit...
-->'''Servo:''' '''''Blecch!'''''

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-->'''Crow:''' ''(singing about Estelle Winwood)'' She's rooty-toot-toot / I bet she smells like Juicy Fruit...
-->'''Servo:'''
Fruit...\\
'''Servo:'''
'''''Blecch!'''''



** Which turns a little [[{{Squick}} squicky]] if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]

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** Which turns a little [[{{Squick}} squicky]] {{squick}}y if you realize [[FridgeHorror Estelle Winwood died eight years before the episode aired.]]



--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...

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--->'''Servo:''' [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' EthelMerman Creator/EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...



* RunningGag: The king's resemblence to Grady from ''SanfordAndSon''.

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* RunningGag: The king's resemblence to Grady from ''SanfordAndSon''.''Series/SanfordAndSon''.

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** [[Film/SupermanTheMovie "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!"]]




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* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: The riffers are most unimpressed by Lodac's final threat.
-->'''Joel:''' Oh, go to bed, old man!
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!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Joel has decided to get into caricature artwork, and the 'Bots are his subjects. He's apparently wanted to draw Cambot naked, even though all of them are.

[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
* Joel created the Big Gulp Berets to appeal to hippies who want to attend poetry readings while enjoying a cool bottled spring water. Frank stars in a one-act play demonstrating Dr. Forrester's decorator biohazard clean-up pillows, but he's concerned about the mutated strain of dysentary he spilled on himself.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Top trainer Joel only feeds Basil Rathbones to his dogs. Packed with bits of Nigel Bruce and comes in pesto flavor!

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Tom is not impressed with Joel's grand pageant based on the Middle Ages and [[JustForPun serfs]] up a heaping reality check on how hard it was back then.

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Crow, smitten with Estelle Winwood, sings a love ballad for her. Tom, again, feels the need to interject with counterpoints.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* The film's seven curses make the crew discuss George Carlin's own naughty words. Back in Deep 13, Frank is reduced to a skeleton, creeping Dr. F out.
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--->'''Servo:''' [[TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...

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--->'''Servo:''' [[TheMunsters [[Series/TheMunsters Fred Gwynne]] and Anthony Quinn and Rin Tin Tin and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley and Mayor Daley and Hank & Phoebe Snow... ''(deep breath)'' EthelMerman and [[Creator/PaulReubens Pee Wee Herman]] and Strom Thurmond and Vince Lombardi and Burgess Meredith and George & Mary & Jesus Jones... ''(deep breath)'' Edith Head and Series/MisterEd and UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and Danny Thomas and Leona and [[Series/TheJeffersons Sherman Hemsley]]...
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* OrphanedPunchline: One scene opens with one of the characters saying, "...If you'd move that darn cat!", a reference to an urban legend that [[Series/TheTonightShow Johnny Carson]] supposedly told Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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