History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E21MonsterAGoGo

** Forrester mockingly telling Joel he's going to give "just a little spittle" on Joel's face is a reference to ''Film/{{Dune}}''.

** Invoked by Crow and Servo when they try to have Joel explain the lyrics of Rupert Holmes' song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)." When Joel tells them Holmes just wrote a song about a popular 1970's fad (personal ads), the 'bots pipe up about "Timothy" supposedly being about cannibalism. When Joel replies that the song's Timothy was a ''duck'', they go into full investigative mode.

** The crew hums Music/RideOfTheValkyries when a helicopter flies over the capsule crash site, a shoutout to the helicopter attack scene from Film/ApocalypseNow. They transition into the theme from ''Series/{{MASH}}'' when it lands.

* BlatantLies: At one point Joel denies having brought a soda into the theater, despite the fact that ''we heard him open the can and'' '''''saw him drink from it.''''' It's possible [[INeedAFreakingDrink he was drinking a can of beer.]] [[ExactWords So, then technically he wasn't lying about it not being pop.]] That, and he also says it's his "medicine", a common euphemism for alcohol.

'''Crow:''' [[{{Determinator}} Well, I refuse to give in so soon]]; [[{{Pollyanna}} I'm gonna riff away like it's nobody's business]]... [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-I can't think of anything]] ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial now]]'', but...

* BlackHumor: Joel gets dark in the short: "There's nothing sadder than a gut-shot fawn." "Women are torn apart like fresh bread!"

'''Crow:''' [[{{Determinator}} Well, I refuse to give in so soon]]; [[{{Pollyanna}} I'm gonna riff away like it's nobody's business]]...[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-I can't think of anything]] ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial now]]'', but...

---> '''Crow:''' Hey, what a coincidence; [[BlatantLies there are two guys named Bill Rebane!]] [[Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion Y'know, cause you see, with the...]][[GiftedlyBad and the - the guy that...]][[ThisIsGonnaSuck this is gonna suck]].

* MiniMook: Little Crow chimes in with "Yeah!" when J&TB fire back at the mads at the end.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[invoked]] Gypsy feels the Mads crossed this, screaming "Evil! '''YOU ARE EVIL!''' '''''EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIL!!!!'''''" after they introduce Johnny Longtorso, an action figure where every limb is sold separately. [[CardCarryingVillain Forrester and Frank are more than pleased at this reaction]].

* FridgeLogic: Invoked by Crow and Servo when they try to have Joel explain the lyrics of Rupert Holmes' song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)."
** When Joel tells them Holmes just wrote a song about a popular 1970's fad (personal ads), the 'bots pipe up about "Timothy", which was about cannibalism. When Joel replies that the song's Timothy was a ''duck'', they go into full investigative mode.
*** During the film:
-->'''Narrator:''' No doubt, this was the capsule Douglas rode in.
-->''(Joel and the 'bots giggle loudly.)''
-->'''Servo:''' Douglas was pear-shaped, very short, and ''stood'' the whole way.

* HellIsThatNoise: During one portion, the soundtrack makes a strange warping sound, causing Crow to shout "Stop it!" louder and louder until it cuts out.

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: The film recalls some ''very'' specific traumas for Crow and Servo at the end.

* TheJester: Crow (reluctantly) as Sir Giggles von Laughsalot, in a hat with bells on it and the wand topped with a tiny version of his own head.

'''Frank:''' ''(Instantly, in a flat monotone)'' We won.\\
'''Dr. F:''' ''(Without hesitating)'' You LOSE.

* RevenueEnhancingDevices: UpToEleven with the "Johnny Longtorso" figure, which has each individual piece of the figure, '''even each bolt''', sold separately.

** This is one of the few episodes where ''none'' of the host segments have anything to do with the film. As the quote at the beginning of the page explains, the team chose to do this because having host segments related to the movie would be implying that the movie actually had a ''plot''.

** "'''B.O.!'''" was from the old [[https://www.old-time.com/commercials/1940%27s/Lifebuoy.html Lifebuoy]] [[https://www.old-time.com/commercials/Sounds/Lifebuoy.mp3 radio ads]].

--> '''Crow:''' Hey, what a coincidence; [[BlatantLies there are two guys named Bill Rebane!]] [[Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion Y'know, cause you see, with the...]][[GiftedlyBad and the - the guy that...]][[ThisIsGonnaSuck this is gonna suck]].

-->'''Servo:''' Two bad things that go worse together!

* After the conclusion of the film, Joel cheers Servo and Crow by naming them a happy king and Sir Giggles von Laughsalot. They break down, but soon feel better after thinking of a good thing about the movie.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[invoked]] Gypsy feels the Mads crossed this, screaming "Evil! '''YOU ARE EVIL!''' '''''EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIL!!!!'''''" after they introduce Johnny Longtorso.
** CardCarryingVillain: Forrester and Frank are more than pleased at this reaction.
* NarmCharm: Little Crow chiming in "Yeah!" [[invoked]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Even Joel and the bots seem stunned by the "phone ringing noise" scene, with Joel simply muttering "unbelievable" and Tom just bursting out laughing.

* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Gypsy's reaction to Woodscrew Tapeworm. Servo, on the other hand, is amazed.

-->'''Tom''': Joel, it's this movie. It was really depressing! It was like being a little kid and eating dinner at your Aunt Ruth's apartment in the summer, and it's hot in there and she's got a local Christian radio station on, and there's nothing to do or look at 'cause all she's got in the apartment are Good Housekeeping magazines and linen doilies!
-->'''Crow''': Yeah! And then they send you out to play with the strange neighbor kids and they're all big and their skin is pink and they have big pores and a big eighth grader makes you look at really upsetting pictures, so you go back inside and you sit down and they're all just talking with these big pauses in their conversations and you can hear the clock ticking on the wall!
-->'''Tom''': Yeah! Yeah, and so you dig into your seat cushion and you find a really old peanut, and you're so bored you eat it! And then you just feel bad and a little sick, and then you think you're about to go! But-but then Aunt Ruth takes out a photo album filled with black-and-white photos of kids with squinty eyes and they're supposed to be your uncles and aunts or something, and then your parents force you to look at them!

-->'''Narrator:''' And no circus is complete without pink candy floss! (''the skaters begin to dance in sync to jaunty music'')
-->'''Servo:''' These two girls, they make quite a pair\\

** Uttered verbatim by Crow when Forrester says TV Frank will be the "unbiased" judge of their action figure contest.

--->'''Servo:''' ''(as scientist)'' Yes, I made that phone noise!

* HellIsThatNoise: During one portion, the soundtrack makes a strange warping sound, causing Crow to show "Stop it!" louder and louder until it cuts out.

*** He sings it again in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E21TheBeastOfYuccaFlats The Beast of Yucca Flats]]''.

--> '''Joel:''' You know what, guys, I have a feeling that this is gonna be a tough one.
--> '''Crow:''' Now, it might not be too bad!
--> '''Tom:''' No, I think Joel's right; this one has [[UnusualEuphemism 'stinkburger']] written all over it.
--> '''Crow:''' Come on; [[BaitAndSwitchCredits you can't tell just from the credits]]!
--> '''Joel:''' No, no, it's a feeling I have; my gut instinct's telling me this is gonna hurt real bad.
--> '''Crow:''' Joel, it's not healthy to have such a negative attitude right out of the gate.
--> '''Tom:''' It's just common sense, Crow; there's a feeling of incompetence already in the air here.
--> '''Joel:''' Yeah, we might as well face up to it.
--> '''Crow:''' [[{{Determinator}} Well, I refuse to give in so soon]]; [[{{Pollyanna}} I'm gonna riff away like it's nobody's business]]...[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-I can't think of anything]] ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial now]]'', but...

* OOCIsSeriousBuisiness: Even Joel and the bots seem stunned by the "phone ringing noise" scene, with Joel simply muttering "unbelievable" and Tom just bursting out laughing.

* {{Running Gag}}s
-->''B.O!''

* ShoutOut: When there's a shot from the monster's point of view, Crow mimics the "ki ki ki ma ma ma" motif from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films.

* RevenueEnhancingDevices: UpToEleven with the "Johnny Longtorso" figure, which has each individual piece of the figure, '''down to the bolts''', sold separately.

** Joel groans, "Unbelievable!" when an obviously fake phone ring is dubbed in one scene.

** "'''B.O.!'''" was from the old [[https://www.old-time.com/commercials/1940%27s/Lifebuoy.html Lifebuoy radio ads]].

* NarmCharm: Little Crow chiming in "Yeah!"

* {{Pollyanna}}: Crow fails to become this at the start.

--> '''Crow:''' [[{{Determinator}} Well, I refuse to give in so soon]]; [[{{Pollyanna}} I'm gonna riff away like it's nobody's business]]...[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-I can't think of anything]] ''[[Film/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial now]]'', but...