History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E10ThePaintedHills

The short ''Body Care and Grooming'' teaches college students of all ages the importance of conformity and obsessive grooming in their dating lives.

!!The [=MST3K=] presentation of ''The Painted Hills'' has examples of the following tropes:

* InformedFlaw: The narrator of ''Body Care and Grooming'' insinuates that the girl's more frazzled appearance makes her outright ugly. Joel and the bots, however, find her to be an UnkemptBeauty instead.

* ThePigPen: Dr. F was hoping Frank would see the short ("Body Care and Grooming"), but he's [[TheyKilledKennyAgain dead again]]. The narrator thinks the "young lady" from the introduction to the short is an example, but the guys (especially Crow) don't agree.

* TheStinger: Another episode where the stinger comes from the short rather than the main film.

* UnnecessaryMakeover: In-universe during the second host segment. Crow and Servo have a debate over whether the girl from the short is more attractive sloppy or clean, with Gypsy moderating and Joel deciding the outcome.
--> '''Crow's argument:''' I like her sloppy. While her well-groomed -- in other words, square -- classmates were listening to Pat Boone and Patti Page, she was at the local jazz club, groovin' to [[Music/MilesDavis Miles]], [[Music/TheloniousMonk Monk]], and [[Music/JohnColtrane Coltrane]]. While her classmates were struggling to make it through an issue of ''Reader's Digest'', she was the only woman on campus who can freely quote Henry Miller. She may be sloppy, but she fits deeply into my idea of paradise.\\
'''Servo's argument:''' I like her clean, 'cause it just shows that she wants to change the system from within. Sure she's a seething cauldron of passion, but she wears clean underpants, and she knows where her shirt is in the morning. Call her what you will -- a Scoop Jackson Democrat or a Jacob Javits Republican -- either way, she's the stuff that dreams are made of.\\
'''Joel's verdict:''' Both of these issues are complex, and there are no easy answers, but Crow's right.\\
Servo then argues against Joel's verdict, stating that the subject of cleanliness and grooming is important to him, and proposes a more effective way to resolve the issue[=:=] "A spitting contest!"
* ValuesDissonance: Invoked, snarkily following the short's '50s values through to conclusion: "Expressing individualism is just plain wrong," and "good grooming" is about attracting a husband by dressing and looking like everyone else.
-->'''Narrator:''' You don't seem to be exactly the type to make this guy behave like a human being.\\
'''Joel:''' ''(as narrator)'' You know, to make him grope you and paw at you.\\
'''Narrator:''' [...] But good grooming is more than clothes-deep.\\
'''Joel:''' It's being snowy-white.
* WunzaPlot: ''"Body Care and Grooming, they're cops!"''

* Crow impersonates Creator/JayLeno, complete with overly large chin and tired jokes about Congress.

* After observing that nothing works harder than the human heart, Dr. Forrester has invented the Cholester-Do-All, a device that he has attached to Frank’s heart. He also has Frank stuffing his face with food to get his heart racing so the device can power various appliances, which sends Frank into cardiac arrest. Joel and the Bots, inspired by subliminal messaging and backwards masking, create Back-Talk, which records gibberish and plays it back as a helpful reminder.

* Tom and Crow debate on whether each of them think that the woman from the short is more attractive clean or sloppy, respectively.

* The Bots write term papers about famous bearded guys who resemble the prospector from the movie. Crow’s paper on Rutherford B. Hayes is bad enough to get him held back a year.

* Having succumbed to gold fever, Tom crushes and melts Crow into an ingot. Joel has to clarify that Crow is only painted gold, and is basically worthless when broken down to his basic components.

* The bots attempt to analyze Lassie’s crimes and bring her to justice, though it’s shot down when Joel states human laws don’t apply to animals. In Deep 13, Dr. Forrester fails to revive Frank.

* SeriousBusiness: When it seems like Taylor is going to shoot [[WouldHurtAChild Tommy]], Crow bluntly announces an intention to trash the theater if he does.

* InformedFlaw: The narrator of ''Body Care and Grooming'' insinuates that the girl's more frazzled appearance makes her outright ugly. Joel and the bots, however, find her to be an UnkemptBeauty instead (an opinion this troper shares).

The episode available on the [=MST3K=] [=YouTube=] page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gr9vxvAwD4 here]] and on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-painted-hills/599b8a4789382f15ed003fb2 here]].