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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Joel groans out that the quote used in the movie's end (Genesis 4:32 - "There were giants in the Earth in those days") was taken completely out of context.
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** "Roxy!" [[Music/ThePolice "You don't need to wear that dress tonight!"]] "Roxy!" [[Music/RoxyMusic "Music!"]] "Roxy!" [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/RoxyAndElsewhere "& Elsewhere!"]]

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** "Roxy!" [[Music/ThePolice "You don't need to wear that dress tonight!"]] "Roxy!" [[Music/RoxyMusic "Music!"]] "Roxy!" [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/RoxyAndElsewhere [[Music/RoxyAndElsewhere "& Elsewhere!"]]
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** "Roxy!" [[Music/ThePolice "You don't need to wear that dress tonight!"]]

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** "Roxy!" [[Music/ThePolice "You don't need to wear that dress tonight!"]]tonight!"]] "Roxy!" [[Music/RoxyMusic "Music!"]] "Roxy!" [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/RoxyAndElsewhere "& Elsewhere!"]]
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The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-eegah/53cd481f69702d27d33e2a00 here]].

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* {{Rickroll}}: In a HilariousInHindsight moment, when a character who looks like Rick Astley shows up in the film, Servo starts singing..."Together Forever" (the follow-up hit to "Never Gonna Give You Up").
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** "Eegah! Eegah! [[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Bonk, bonk on the head]]!"

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** "Eegah! Eegah! [[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Bonk, bonk on the head]]!"head!]]"
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** "Eegah! Eegah! [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Bonk, bonk on the head]]!"

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** "Eegah! Eegah! [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri [[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Bonk, bonk on the head]]!"
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Joel hastily explains why dropping Crow's temperature to 0 Kelvin is a bad idea, Tom states that it's exactly what their calculations came to and suddenly realizes that it really was a stupid plan.
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** "Eegah! Eegah! [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Bonk, bonk on the head]]!"
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* RevolvingDoorBand: When the unnamed SurfRock band plays at the party at the end, Arch Hall Jr asks a friend to take his place as guitarist so he can go dance with Roxy. Seconds later, the bassist also hands ''his'' instrument off to a friend, so he can fight over Roxy.
-->'''Crow:''' This band has more personnel changes than Menudo!\\
'''Joel:''' It's a tag-team band.
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->''Your movie today, ''Eegah!'', has got Richard Kiel and not much else.''

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->''Your movie today, ''Eegah!'', has got Richard Kiel got Creator/RichardKiel and not much else.''
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: When Arch Hall Jr.'s search for Roxy is intercut with random footage of desert animals, Joel jokes that all the creatures of the desert are coming to Arch Hall Jr.'s aid.


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** "Roxy!" [[Music/ThePolice "You don't need to wear that dress tonight!"]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: The fourth host segment starts off with Joel making Jiffy Pop on a small burner. After a good two minutes discussing the Missing Mom trope, Joel examines the still-uncooked pan of popcorn and pointing out that the burner wasn't even turned on, much to the annoyance of Tom.

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* ShaggyDogStory: The fourth host segment starts off with Joel making Jiffy Pop on a small burner. After a good two minutes discussing the Missing Mom MissingMom trope, Joel examines the still-uncooked pan of popcorn and pointing out that the burner wasn't even turned on, much to the annoyance of Tom.
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** [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "Goddamn foreign cars."]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: The fourth host segment starts off with Joel making Jiffy Pop on a small burner. After a good two minutes discussing the Missing Mom trope, Joel examines the still-uncooked pan of popcorn and pointing out that the burner wasn't even turned on, much to the annoyance of Tom.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When Eegah! is hit by a car in his first appearance, Joel and the bots joke about them exchanging insurance. A little over ten years later, GEICO is using cavemen to peddle their insurance.
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* ShoutOut
** An establishing shot featuring tall trees prompts the riff [[Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld "It's under a big W..."]]
** [[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans "Stay alive! Whatever may occur, I will find you!"]]
** [[Film/{{Psycho}} "Who's the girl, Norman?"]]
** Hall Jr. is compared to WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest and [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest "the bat from FernGully"]].
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->''Your movie today, ''Eegah!'', has got Richard Kiel and not much else.''
-->-- '''Dr. Forrester'''
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** At the end of the fourth host segment, where Joel, Crow and Tom discuss the MissingMom trope as Joel makes Jiffy Pop, Joel realizes the stove wasn't even lit.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When Eegah! is hit by a car in his first appearance, Joel and the bots joke about them exchanging insurance. A little over ten years later, GEICO is using cavemen to peddle their insurance.
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* {{Rickroll}}: In a HilariousInHindsight moment, when a character who looks like Rick Astley shows up in the film, Servo starts singing..."Together Forever" (the follow-up hit to "Never Gonna Give You Up").
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* MythologyGag: Crow at near-absolute zero resembles his [=KTMA=] self.
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** "Tequila."
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* Crow gets better, with some claps and glue from Joel. The Mads don't have this week's invention ready, so they let Joel go first. He presents the Porkarina, a musical swine instrument inspired by ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The Mads' invention has Frank's blood replaced with radiator fluid, to his discomfort.

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* Crow gets better, with some claps clamps and glue from Joel. The Mads don't have this week's invention ready, so they let Joel go first. He presents the Porkarina, a musical swine instrument inspired by ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The Mads' invention has Frank's blood replaced with radiator fluid, to his discomfort.

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* CelebrityResemblance: Eegah is compared to [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison in Paris]] and Arch Hall Jr. to [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest Batty]].
* ContinuityNod: As Eegah runs his hands through Roxy's hair in the cave, Joel quips that he went to the "[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Torgo School of Fondling]]".
** As Roxy and her father inspect one of Eegah's giant footprints, Servo says, "[[Film/TheAmazingColossalMan Glenn was fifty feet tall!]]"



* FailedASpotCheck: It takes Joel a few seconds to notice the "Crow-in-the-box"... despite having looked ''directly at it'' when he entered the shot.



* HeyItsThatGuy: Richard Kiel is best known as "Jaws" ([[Film/{{Jaws}} no relation]]), the [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] villain from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''. He also appeared in the ''[=MST3K=]'' experiment ''Film/TheHumanDuplicators''.
* CelebrityResemblance: Eegah is compared to [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison in Paris]] and Arch Hall Jr. to [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest Batty]].
* ContinuityNod: As Eegah runs his hands through Roxy's hair in the cave, Joel quips that he went to the "[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Torgo School of Fondling]]".
** As Roxy and her father inspect one of Eegah's giant footprints, Servo says, "[[Film/TheAmazingColossalMan Glenn was fifty feet tall!]]"
* FailedASpotCheck: It takes Joel a few seconds to notice the "Crow-in-the-box"... despite having looked ''directly at it'' when he entered the shot.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Joel and the Bots several times hope for Eegah to kill Tom.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse, Joel and the Bots several times hope for Eegah to kill Tom.
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-->'''Joel and the bots''': (with Porkarina accompaniment) You WHAT?! You can't do that!

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-->'''Joel and the bots''': Bots''': (with Porkarina accompaniment) You WHAT?! You can't do that!
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* BrickJoke: And thus, due to the episode's letter, we ''finally'' learn what a [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E22TheDayTheEarthFroze Sampo]] is.
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* ForScience: After Joel points out that Frank really didn't ''need'' a radiator and asked why give him one at all, Dr. Forrester uses this nugget:
-->'''Dr. Forrester''': "Why"?! Because it's ''science'', that's why!

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr. Forrester... according to Dr. Forrester; he justified attaching a radiator to Frank (and replacing his blood with radiator fluid) by saying that Frank wouldn't overheat in the summer or freeze up in the winter now.
-->'''Dr. Forrester''': And you act like ''I'm'' the jerk!



-->'''Joel and the bots''': (with Porkarina accompaniment) WHAT?! You can't do that!

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-->'''Joel and the bots''': (with Porkarina accompaniment) You WHAT?! You can't do that!

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