History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate

* CharacterFilibuster / MotorMouth: During one of the film's long driving sequences, Servo starts riffing in the wife's voice;

* CharacterFilibuster: During one of the film's long driving sequences, Servo riffs one of these in the wife's voice.

-->"So, so, I told Gary that I was ''going'' on this vacation, so he goes, "Well, then I'm goin' hunting with Jeff next weekend." Well, that's when we were at knives. And then Lou sang "Fernando," and then Gary--oh, he sings so good. You should meet Jeff sometime. Do you like Barry Manilow songs? I know the farmers need rain, but when it's damp like this, my hair just explodes--just ex-puh-''lodes''! Oooh, I'm feelin' kinda gassy; [=McNuggets=], y'know, they make me so gassy, all that grease and all. It really helps if you drink eight to ten glasses of water a day; did you know that? Sometimes I drink five; sometimes I drink nine just to make up for the other three I didn't drink. Oh, coffee and diet drinks don't count either. Y'know, this is pretty country, isn't it? Y'know, it's really kind of a blessing in disguise that I didn't get accepted to college, yeah. You know, I'm gonna have to revise my twenty-year plan, but--oh, did I tell you about my twenty-year plan? Okay, well, okay, listen here. In year one, this is the year when I'm going to take off those extra seven pounds--you know, that's equal to seven pounds of butter, huh-huh! So it's like I'm wearing seven pounds of butter, ha-ha! And, uh--oh, oh, where was I? Oh, oh, yeah. So my aunt and uncle here, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary, and my uncle wanted to sing, uh, "Sunrise, Sunset"--he wanted ''me'' to sing that, and I haven't sung that since Cindy's wedding, and, well, she never thanked me for that--well, I'm still--uh, well, y'know, she's probably really busy and all, but..."

-->"So, so, I told Gary that I was ''going'' on this vacation, so he goes, "Well, then I'm goin' hunting with Jeff next weekend." Well, that's when we were at knives. And then Lou sang "Fernando," and then Gary--oh, he sings so good. You should meet Jeff sometime. Do you like Barry Manilow songs? I know the farmers need rain, but when it's damp like this, my hair just explodes--just ex-puh-''lodes''! Oooh, I'm feelin' kinda gassy; [=McNuggets=], y'know, they make me so gassy, all that grease and all. It really helps if you drink eight to ten glasses of water a day; did you know that? Sometimes I drink five; sometimes I drink nine just to make up for the other three I didn't drink. Oh, coffee and diet drinks don't count either. Y'know, this is pretty country, isn't it? Y'know, it's really kind of a blessing in disguise that I didn't get accepted to college, yeah. You know, I'm gonna have to revise my twenty-year plan, but--oh, did I tell you about my twenty-year plan? Okay, well, okay, listen here. In year one, this is the year when I'm going to take off those extra seven pounds--you know, that's equal to seven pounds of butter, huh-huh! So it's like I'm wearing seven pounds of butter, ha-ha! And, uh--oh, oh, where was I? Oh, oh, yeah. So my aunt and uncle here, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary, and my uncle wanted to sing, uh, "Sunrise, Sunset"--he wanted ME to sing that, and I haven't sung that since Cindy's wedding, and, well, she never thanked me for that--well, I'm still--uh, well, y'know, she's probably really busy and all, but..."

-->"So, so, I told Gary that I was ''going'' on this vacation, so he goes, "Well, then I'm goin' hunting with Jeff next weekend." Well, that's when we were at knives. And then Lou sang "Fernando," and then Gary--oh, he sings so good. You should meet Jeff sometime. Do you like Barry Manilow songs? I know the farmers need rain, but when it's damp like this, my hair just explodes--just ex-puh-lodes! Oooh, I'm feelin' kinda gassy; [=McNuggets=], y'know, they make me so gassy, all that grease and all. It really helps if you drink eight to ten glasses of water a day; did you know that? Sometimes I drink five; sometimes I drink nine just to make up for the other three I didn't drink. Oh, coffee and diet drinks don't count either. Y'know, this is pretty country, isn't it? Y'know, it's really kind of a blessing in disguise that I didn't get accepted to college, yeah. You know, I'm gonna have to revise my twenty-year plan, but--oh, did I tell you about my twenty-year plan? Okay, well, okay, listen here. In year one, this is the year when I'm going to take off those extra seven pounds--you know, that's equal to seven pounds of butter, huh-huh! So it's like I'm wearing seven pounds of butter, ha-ha! And, uh--oh, oh, where was I? Oh, oh, yeah. So my aunt and uncle here, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary, and my uncle wanted to sing, uh, "Sunrise, Sunset"--he wanted ME to sing that, and I haven't sung that since Cindy's wedding, and, well, she never thanked me for that--well, I'm still--uh, well, y'know, she's probably really busy and all, but..."

-->"So, so, I told Gary that I was ''going'' on this vacation, so he goes, "Well, then I'm goin' hunting with Jeff next weekend." Well, that's when we were at knives. And then Lou sang "Fernando," and then Gary--oh, he sings so good. You should meet Jeff sometime. Do you like Barry Manilow songs? I know the farmers need rain, but when it's damp like this, my hair just explodes--just ex-puh-lodes! Oooh, I'm feelin' kinda gassy; McNuggets, y'know, they make me so gassy, all that grease and all. It really helps if you drink eight to ten glasses of water a day; did you know that? Sometimes I drink five; sometimes I drink nine just to make up for the other three I didn't drink. Oh, coffee and diet drinks don't count either. Y'know, this is pretty country, isn't it? Y'know, it's really kind of a blessing in disguise that I didn't get accepted to college, yeah. You know, I'm gonna have to revise my twenty-year plan, but--oh, did I tell you about my twenty-year plan? Okay, well, okay, listen here. In year one, this is the year when I'm going to take off those extra seven pounds--you know, that's equal to seven pounds of butter, huh-huh! So it's like I'm wearing seven pounds of butter, ha-ha! And, uh--oh, oh, where was I? Oh, oh, yeah. So my aunt and uncle here, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary, and my uncle wanted to sing, uh, "Sunrise, Sunset"--he wanted ME to sing that, and I haven't sung that since Cindy's wedding, and, well, she never thanked me for that--well, I'm still--uh, well, y'know, she's probably really busy and all, but..."

-->'''Servo''': (Sobbing) What about the pardon from Fanny Farmer?!
-->'''Crow''': His only crime was BEING BORN DELICIOUS!"

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both of the Mads feel compelled to ''apologize'' to Joel and the 'bots for making them watch this. Rather odd since Forrester's entire goal is to find a movie that will drive people insane... but once you've seen the movie, you understand.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both of the Mads feel compelled to ''apologize'' to Joel and the 'bots for making them watch this. Rather odd since Forrester's entire goal is to find a movie that will drive people insane.

* RunningGag: In the beginning when the movie takes a long time to get its plot in motion: "So.... ''Manos, The Hands of Fate''.

** ''Eegah'' ("Watch out for snakes!") and ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' ("Torgo, you're the laziest man on Mars!") also get callbacks.

-->--'''Tom Servo'''

'''Films watched:'' {{Hired}} '' (Part 2) and ''ManosTheHandsOfFate'''''

* BerserkButton: As in ''{{Lost Continent}}'', typically laid back Joel is driven to scream "DO SOMETHING!" during one particularly interminable {{Leave The Camera Running}} scene.

* BerserkButton: As in ''{{Lost Continent}}'', typical laid back Joel is driven to scream "DO SOMETHING!" during one particularly interminable {{Leave The Camera Running}} scene.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both of the Mads feel compelled to ''apologize'' to Joel and the 'bots for making them watch this.
** Rather odd since Forrester's entire goal is to find a movie that will drive people insane.

** ''LostContinent'' ("Watch out for snakes!") and ''SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' ("Torgo, you're the laziest man on Mars!") also get callbacks.

Films watched: ''{{Hired}}'' (short) Part 2 and ''ManosTheHandsOfFate''

The Best Brains crew thought about '''not''' riffing ''Manos'' at first, as they considered the film '''too strange''' to riff on. Eventually they decided to go through with it, feeling they owed it to the world to expose people to ''Manos''. [[VindicatedByCable The rest, as they say, is history.]]

!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Manos'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* BrickJoke: Torgo forgot the drinks in his car when he delivers the pizza at the end of the episode. He leaves to get them. ...[[{{Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E08OperationDouble007}} Eight episodes later]], he finally returns with their drinks.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: The episode begins with Joel having installed "Protocol Modules" in the bots to make them believe everything Joel says or does is brilliant. Their incessant sucking up forces Joel to remove the modules during the first break.

-->'''All''': ''ZIGGY HAD GARFIELD '''NEUTERED?''' NOW '''THAT'S''' FUNNY!!''

-->"You have stolen painted eggs in a time of famine. Off with her head, Frank!"

* BrickJoke: Torgo forgot the drinks in his car when he delivers the pizza at the end of the episode. He leaves to get them. ...Eight episodes later, he finally returns with their drinks.

Films watched: ''Hired!'' (Part 2) and ''ManosTheHandsOfFate''

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