History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15WildWorldOfBatwoman

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Film watched: ''Film/{{Cheating}}'' (short) and ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman''

This episode was released on DVD by Rhino Entertainment.

The episode is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-wild-world-of-batwoman/543832d569702d0e69a00000 here]].

!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Mike and the 'Bots play some Blackjack. Crow gets carried away with calling out "Hit me!" for more cards.

[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Frank has given Dr. Forrester a nuclear perm with his new invention, the Atomic Hair Dryer, to mixed results. Mike shows off the Razorback for dealing with unsightly backhair.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* With the recent ''Cheating'' short on their minds, Mike and the 'Bots debate on who was to blame for John's predicament. Crow would rather talk about ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell Mitchell]]'' instead since he wasn't paying attention.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* The 'Bots present their essays about cheating. Servo offers a long and verbose speech, Gypsy blurts out a simple statement of the obvious, and Crow is found to have copied Gypsy's essay. Servo demands a violent punishment for Crow's cheating, but Movie Sign postpones it.

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Mike, Servo, and Gypsy call a meeting to discuss Crow's punishment for cheating.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Crow is brought before the others to argue his case. He's found guilty anyway, but is cleared on his charges for being "a decent guy". Dr. Forrester is enjoying his new hairstyle even as he feels the radiation poisoning kicking in.

!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] treatment of ''Cheating'' has examples of:
* BrutalHonesty:
-->'''John:''' Why don't they call?\\
'''Crow:''' Because they don't like you.
* DealWithTheDevil: When the teacher returns John's test:
-->'''Servo (as Miss Grandy):''' This contract arrived for you from a "Mr. Elzebub."
* DelayedReaction: When Johnny imagines Miss Granby's head floating in his room.
-->'''Servo (as Johnny)''': Oh, hi Miss Granb... Ah -- '''''AAAAAHHH!! AAAAHHHGETITAWAY!!'''''
* DisproportionateRetribution: Cheating is '''bad.''' [[note]]Richard Basehart is good.[[/note]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Early in the short, right after John gets a phone call informing him he's been kicked off the student council, he wanders despondent into the next room and Tom supplies a gunshot sound.
* EpicFail: Mike shows how bad John is at doing math homework.
-->'''Mike (as Mary):''' ''(exasperated)'' John, this is geography!
* HotForStudent:
-->'''Narrator:''' Was there a shadow of doubt in Ms. Granby's face as she looked at you?\\
'''Crow:''' Or was it lust?
* KickTheDog: The riffers seem really upset when Mary gives in and helps John cheat.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Joked about when Johnny gets caught cheating on a test.
-->'''Servo:''' Fortunately, your mob ties will get you off, Johnny.
* SeriousBusiness: Apparently, the high school student council is a cut-throat political machine:
-->'''Servo:''' You've made some ''powerful'' enemies, son.

!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] presentation of ''The Wild World of Batwoman'' has examples of:
* BrainBleach:
** When one of the Batgirls instructs Tiger on how to dance, using his hips, Mike moans, "Oh, great. I was going to get through this whole movie without thinking about his ''hips'', and now this!"
** Mike and the bots scream when Professor Neon gives Heathcliff a ''big'' kiss on the lips when handing him the bomb.
* CallForward: The movie includes snippets from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E03TheMolePeople The Mole People]]'', which Servo recognizes but won't be used as a subject until the Sci-Fi Era.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Tom:''' Oh, I don't think you'd wanna come to this meeting, it's about ''you''.\\
'''Crow:''' Me?\\
'''Tom:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech That's right, it's about how you cheated and betrayed the confidence of a sweet, innocent robot. It's about how you made a mockery of everything that's good in this world.]] It's about how everything you touch... ''you destroy''.
-->'''Crow''': So why can't I come?
* DisproportionateRetribution: Servo, and later Gypsy, could be said to overreact a little when Crow cheats.
--> '''Servo:''' We must ''immolate'' him! Get a match!
* DoNotSpoilThisEnding: Parodied when [[PaperThinDisguise Rat Fink]] is unmasked.
-->'''Servo:''' ''(monotone)'' Please do not reveal the secret to ''The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman''.
* DrivenToSuicide: By the end of the film all three viewers are begging for the sweet release of death.
-->'''Tom and Mike:''' ''[singing]'' Kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me right now.
* DudeNotFunny: Invoked in Mike and the 'Bots' reaction to the "[[ChingChong Chinese]]" spirit in the seance scene.
-->'''Servo:''' ''[deadpan]'' You know, that may not really be Chinese...\\
'''Mike:''' To every Asian, and '''EVERY HUMAN BEING''', we apologize for that last scene.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
-->'''Servo:''' HEY! It's ''Film/TheMolePeople''! [[StockFootage These two films have crashed!]]\\
'''Crow:''' You got ''Mole People'' in my ''Batwoman''!\\
'''Servo:''' You got ''Batwoman'' in my ''Mole People''!
* EndingFatigue: In-universe, this is how the hosts felt by the end of the movie. Tom put it best.
-->'''Servo:''' ''[inhales loudly]'' [[SuddenlyShouting EENNND!!! EEEEEEEENNNND!!!]]
* FlatWhat: Servo is genuinely baffled by the "Synthetic Vampires" scene in the opening.
-->'''Servo:''' It's like we're smart, but we're not!
* MoodSwinger: On a shot of some teenagers dancing to beach rock music:
--> '''Servo''': The sad thing is, they're trying to tap dance! Ha ha ''kill me''.\\
'''Servo a minute later:''' Is this any way to run an airline? You bet it is! '''''Please''''' ''kill me.''
* NoodleImplements: When Rat Fink threatens to pour Cobalt 40 onto the atomic hearing aid to trigger an explosion:
-->'''Servo:''' ''[as Rat Fink]'' Ha ha! I've got a pencil sharpener and a bowl of sugar, and I'll use them!
* NudeColoredClothes: The black and white print makes one girl's dress the same tone as her skin except for a stripe around the chest, leading Crow to observe bemusedly that she's wearing "a gownless evening strap".
* PassThePopcorn: Mike leaves the theater in the opening scene to get snacks, as if he were watching a movie rather than being tortured. The 'Bots question if this sort of thing is allowed.
* RunningGag: Crow and Servo begging Mike to kill them.
* SanitySlippage:
** As the movie just ''[[EndingFatigue drags]]'' itself to the end, showing off another pool party with the Batgirls, Tom just ''loses it'': %%invoked
---> '''Tom:''' '''''END!! EEEENNNNNNDD!'''''
** Mike loses it a bit earlier.
---> '''Mike:''' What about the hearing aid? Am I crazy? ''WASN'T THAT '''THE ENTIRE PLOT?!'''''
* SeriousBusiness: All of the host segments were based on the ''Cheating'' short (except for a brief reference to the drugged soup scene), featuring overly dramatic responses to Crow plagiarizing Gypsy's essay on the short film.
-->'''Gypsy:''' [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.]]\\
'''Servo:''' Gypsy, he ''stole from YOUR essay.''\\
'''Gypsy:''' Really?... ''[[DisproportionateRetribution FRY HIM! FRY HIM!!!]] [[Film/TheUntouchables I want his family DEAD! I want his house BURNED TO THE GROUND!]]''
-->'''Servo:''' ''(amazed)'' You really are a rebel, aren't you?
* ShoutOut:
** ''Batman''-themed riffs are plentiful, as expected in a film about a shameless rip-off.
** [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet "There's a man on the wing of the plane!"]]
** "You know a movie is bad, bad, bad when it makes ''Series/TheMonkees'' look good!"
** "[[Music/TheDoors You keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel...]]"
** "[[Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends]]."
** “It’s that one [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Kid in the Hall]].”
* StatingTheSimpleSolution:
-->'''Batwoman:''' Free the others! Use your [[TechnoBabble magnetic electron device]]!\\
'''Crow (as a Batgirl):''' Why don't I just unhook 'em?
* WhereAreTheyNow: Servo identifies one of the thugs in the opening scene as a thirty-years older Johnny from the short.
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->'''Bruno:''' ''(laughs while brunette Batgirl bites his hand)'' [[TheStinger OOOOOWWWW!!!]]

'''Servo a minute later:''' Is this any way to run an airline? You bet it is! '''''Please''' kill me.''

--> '''Servo''': The sad thing is, they're trying to tap dance! Hahaha ''kill me''.

-->'''Servo (as Johnny)''': Oh, hi Miss Granb... Ah, AHHHH! GET IT AWAY!

--> '''Servo''': The sad thing is, they're trying to tap dance! Haha... kill me.

** When one of the Batgirls instructs Tiger on how to dance, using his hips, Mike moans, "Oh, I'm going to have to think about his ''hips'' now!"

* Crow is brought before the others to argue his case and is cleared on his charges for being a "decent guy". Dr. Forrester is enjoying his new hairstyle even as he feels the radiation poisoning kicking in.

* DelayedReaction: When Johnny imagines Miss Granby's head floating in his room.
-->'''Servo''': Oh, hi Miss Granb... Ah, AHHHH! GET IT AWAY!

-->'''Servo:''' ''[deadpan]'' You know, that may not really be Chinese.\\
'''Mike:''' To every Asian, and every human being, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LAST SCENE!

-->'''Servo:''' HEY! It's ''Film/TheMolePeople''! [[StockFootage These two films have crashed!]]

-->'''Servo:''' ''(breaths heavily)'' [[SuddenlyShouting EENNND!!! EEEEEEEENNNND!!!]]

'''Crow (as a Batgirl):''' Why don't I just unhook em?

-->'''John''': Why don't they call?
-->'''Crow''': Because they don't like you.

-->'''Servo''' (as Miss Grandy): This contract arrived for you from a "Mr. Elzebub."

-->'''Mike:''' (as Mary, exasperated) John, this is geography!

-->'''Narrator:''' Was there a shadow of doubt in Ms. Granby's face as she looked at you?
-->'''Crow:''' Or was it lust?

-->'''Tom Servo:''' Fortunately, your mob ties will get you off, Johnny.

--> '''Servo:''' "You've made some ''powerful'' enemies, son."

-->'''Tom''': Oh, I don't think you'd wanna come to this meeting, it's about ''you''.
-->'''Crow''': Me?
-->'''Tom''': [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech That's right, it's about how you cheated and betrayed the confidence of a sweet, innocent robot. It's about how you made a mockery of everything that's good in this world.]] It's about how everything you touch... ''you destroy''.

-->'''Servo:''' ''[deadpan]'' You know, that may not really be Chinese.
-->'''Mike:''' To every Asian, and every human being, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LAST SCENE!

-->'''Servo:''' (breaths heavily) [[SuddenlyShouting END!!! END!!!]]

-->'''Batwoman''': Free the others! Use your [[TechnoBabble magnetic electron device]]!
-->'''Crow (as a Batgirl)''': Why don't I just unhook em?

-->'''Tom''': [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech That's right, it's about how you cheated and betrayed the confidence of a sweet, innocent robot. It's about how you made a mockery of everything that's good in this world.]] It's about how everything you touch...''you destroy''.

* DudeNotFunny: Invoked in Mike and the bots' reaction to the "[[ChingChong Chinese]]" spirit in the seance scene.

-->'''Servo:''' (breaths heavily) [[SuddenlyShouting END!!!]] END!!!

* PassThePopcorn: Mike leaves the theater in the opening scene to get snacks, as if he were watching a movie rather than being tortured. The Bots question if this sort of thing is allowed.

* EndingFatigue: How the hosts felt by the end of the movie. Tom put it best.