History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E18AttackOfTheEyeCreatures

* BrainBleach: The final scene with the CovertPervert [[TheScrappy Scrappy Military Officers]]:

* CallBack: The "Sessions presents...!" gag used as a RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes a return for a couple of scenes.
* EyePoke: Forrester attempts an old-fashioned two-finger Stooges poke on Frank after losing patience with him, but forgets that Frank can turn his plastic face shield down and winds up only injuring his hand.
* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]] Upon seeing the movie title, Joel exclaims it's an anacoluthon. He's right: an anacoluthon is a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence, like "Did you know that she-... I'm not sure."

* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Joel says this word for word in one host segment after Servo wonders what it's like to kiss someone, and Joel unexpectedly complies.

* KillThemAll: Crow begs the shotgun wielding old man to kill the entire cast.
* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots turn into those for the duration of the film. The density of eye puns is appeyeling.
* RootingForTheEmpire:[[invoked]] InvokedTrope.
-->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the the Eye Creatures.
%% The repeated "the" is in the original quote.
* RunningGag: At the expense of Susan's peculiar beehive hairdo.
** "I hate smoochers!" The first skit was even devoted to it.
--->'''Joel (as the old man):''' Oh, oh! A ''single'' smoocher! The worst kind!

--->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the the eye creatures.\\
'''Crow:''' The The End! Let's let's go!
* TheScrappy: [[invoked]] Servo immediately pegs Culver as "instantly the most unappealing character in film history".

-->'''Tom:''' Jeez, ''Film/HenryPortraitOfASerialKiller'' is not as sick as this.
-->'''Joel:''' This is ''sick''.
-->'''Crow:''' Joel, I need a shower.
-->'''Tom:''' Oh, I ''refuse'' to watch this.

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'''Tom:''' Sure is dark out there! I hope they don't get a ''moon''burn!
* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Joel says "Ewwwwwwwwww" more in this film than all of the previous experiments combined.

* RickRoll: Joel sings the now-infamous song as he sees a Music/RickAstley lookalike. Sometimes labeled the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4611CDqlBs world's first]] rickroll", as the episode in question aired in ''1992'' (''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' came out 3 years later), back when the Internet was pretty much [[EternalSeptember just for scientists]] and about a decade and a half before the birth of the meme.
** The poor, innocent trendsetter...

-->'''Tom''': In fact, you couldn't have picked a nicer ''day'' to film a ''night'' sequence!

* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The entire last segment is Joel and the Bots ripping into the movie's ''many'' poor effects with "TheyJustDidntCare!" highlighting each one.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The entire last segment is Joel and the Bots ripping into the movie's ''many'' poor effects with "they just didn't care!" highlighting each one.

-->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the Eye Creatures.

** Susan's hair gets mocked many, many times.

* CreatorsApathy: InUniverse, and the former TropeNamer (as They Just Didn't Care). At the end of the episode, Joel and the Bots lambast the movie's crew for not caring about putting in any effort to make the movie look professional.
-->'''Tom Servo''': Yes, the night the light intollerant Eye Creatures spearheaded their bone-chilling assault on Earth... was actually quite a lovely day! In fact, you couldn't pick a nicer day to film a night sequence! Just after midnight, or high noon, you decide. You see, they just didn't care.

* CreatorsApathy: InUniverse. At the end of the episode, Joel and the Bots lambast the movie's crew for not caring about putting in any effort to make the movie look professional.

* CreatorsApathy: InUniverse. At the end of the episode, Joel and the Bots accuse the movie's crew for not caring about putting in any effort to make the movie look professional.

* After analyzing the movie, Joel and the Bots conclude that the movie crew just did not care. Then the Mads try to show that the film's director did care, but sadly he also just didn't care.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The entire last segment is Joel and the Bots ripping into the movie's ''many'' poor effects with "they just didn't care!" highlighting each one.

-->'''Tom''': You couldn't pick a nicer ''day'' to film a ''night'' sequence!

* TheyJustDidntCare: The TropeNamer[[invoked]]

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!!The the Segments:

* The The Mads present the the router Ouija board, to listen to spirits of dead woodworkers. Joel sends the the Mads his invention, the the Funny Gag fax, which squirts water to Dr. Forrester.

* Joel and the the Bots pay tribute to actor Earl Holliman.

* As the the Rip Taylor Trio, Joel and the the Bots present their line of Eye Creature gags.

* After analyzing the the movie, Joel and the the Bots conclude that the the movie crew just did not care. Then the the Mads try to show that the the film's director did care, but sadly he also just didn't care.

!!The the [=MST3K=] treatment provides examples of:
* BrainBleach: The the final scene with the the CovertPervert [[TheScrappy Scrappy Military Officers]]:

* CallBack: The the "Sessions presents...!" gag used as a RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes a return for a couple of scenes.
* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]] Upon seeing the the movie title, Joel exclaims it's an anacoluthon. He's right: an anacoluthon is a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence, like "Did you know that she-... I'm not sure."
* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting Crap Past The The Radar]]: Tom during his queries about making out.

* [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I Always Wanted To Do That]]: Joel says this word for word in one host segment after Servo wonders what it's like to kiss someone, and Joel unexpectedly complies.
* IncrediblyLamePun: After inventing the the Woodworker Ouija Board, the the Mads announce that they'll invent "[[Literature/TheLatheOfHeaven The The Lathe of Heaven]]".
* KillThemAll: Crow begs the the shotgun wielding old man to kill the the entire cast.
* PungeonMaster: Joel and the the Bots turn into those for the the duration of the the film. The the density of eye puns is appeyeling.
* RickRoll: Joel sings the the now-infamous song as he sees a Music/RickAstley lookalike. Sometimes labeled the the "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4611CDqlBs world's first]] rickroll", as the the episode in question aired in ''1992'' (''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' came out 3 years later), back when the the Internet was pretty much [[EternalSeptember just for scientists]] and about a decade and a half before the the birth of the the meme.
** The the poor, innocent trendsetter...
* [[RootingForTheEmpire Rooting For The The Empire]]:[[invoked]] InvokedTrope.
-->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the the Eye Creatures[[note]]That isn't a part of the the "the the" RunningGag. Crow says that verbatim[[/note]].
* RunningGag: At the the expense of Susan's peculiar beehive hairdo.
** "I hate smoochers!" The the first skit was even devoted to it.
--->'''Joel (as the the old man):''' Oh, oh! A ''single'' smoocher! The [[strike:the]] worst kind!

** Also, the the running gag on this page, inherited from the the page for the the film.
* [[TheScrappy The The Scrappy]]: [[invoked]] Servo immediately pegs Culver as "instantly the most unappealing character in film history".
* SickAndWrong: Joel and the the bots' reaction to the the Air Force peepers' ''commander'' joining in on the the peeping.

** Joel ends up apologizing for the the rest of the the male sex, and later, actually loses his cool, berating one character:

* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Joel says "Ewwwwwwwwww" more in this film than all of the the previous experiments combined.
* TheyJustDidntCare: [[OverlyLongGag The the]] TropeNamer[[invoked]]

* CallBack: The "Sessions presents...!" gag used as a RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes a return for a couple of scenes.

Film watched: ''[[AttackOfTheEyeCreatures The Eye Creatures]] '' aka ''Attack of the Eye Creatures'' aka ''Attack of the The Eye Creatures''

* After analyzing the the movie, Joel and the the Bots conclude that the the movie crew just did not care. Then the the Mads try to show that the the film's director did care, but sadly he also just did't care.

* After analyzing the the movie, Joel and the Bots conclude that the the movie crew just did not care. Then the the Mads try to show that the the film's director did care, but sadly he also just did't care.

!!The the Segments

* Servo just wants to make out with someone. He first asks Crow, Gypsy and than Magic Voice.

* As the the Rip Taylor Trio, Joel and the the Bots present their Eye Creature gags.

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->''[[TheStinger [Mike, in a technicolor sweater, hangs up the the phone]]]''