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* EurekaMoment: Gypsy, playing TheForties office secretary to the boys' detectives, says the case is "no piece of cake", which inspires Mike to come up with the solution: potato cakes.

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* EurekaMoment: Gypsy, playing TheForties office secretary to the boys' detectives, detectives in Segment 4, says the MadBomber case is "no piece of cake", which inspires Mike to come up with the solution: potato cakes.



* EvilSoundsRaspy: Porn pusher Gloria Henderson has a shrill tobacco snarl and a clipped delivery that the crew goes to town with, mimicking a yapping dog, calling her "the scary aunt", and saying "you could shave with her voice."

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* EvilSoundsRaspy: Porn pusher Gloria Henderson has a shrill tobacco snarl and a clipped delivery that the crew goes to town with, mimicking a imitating yapping dog, dogs, calling her "the scary aunt", and saying "you could shave with her voice."
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* EvilIsHammy: Frank pulls out all the stops and hits [[ClicheStorm absolutely every villain cliche]] along the way as a MadBomber out to blow Deep 13 to kingdom come.

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* EvilIsHammy: Frank pulls out all the stops and hits [[ClicheStorm absolutely every villain cliche]] cliche]][[invoked]] along the way as a MadBomber out to blow Deep 13 to kingdom come.



--->'''Tom:''' Ow! Right in the sinister urge!

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--->'''Tom:''' -->'''Tom:''' Ow! Right in the sinister urge!

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Frank's EvilPlan ends up being foiled by his love of potato cakes.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Frank's EvilPlan ends up being foiled by his love of potato cakes.cakes tempting him away from the dynamite long enough for Dr. Forrester to defuse the bomb.



* BrokenAesop: Porn is worse than kidnapping or drugs, but also very lucrative. "I'm learning a lot about porn!"



* EurekaMoment: Gypsy, playing TheForties office secretary to the boys' detectives, says the case is "no piece of cake", which inspires Mike to come up with the solution: potato cakes.



* IncrediblyLamePun: When Mike cracks "Oh, he's a beat cop!", Tom groans and Crow chuckles. Mike comments, "Well, ''he'' liked it."

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* IncrediblyLamePun: When A cop says he's beat; Mike cracks "Oh, he's a beat cop!", cop!" Tom groans and Crow chuckles. Mike comments, "Well, ''he'' liked it."



** Only it wasn't Kline. It was an unnamed undercover officer played by a different actor.

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** Only it wasn't actually Kline. It was an unnamed undercover officer played by a different actor.



* SanitySlippage: Nobody is really surprised by TV's Frank suddenly deciding to blow up Deep 13 after watching one too many MadBomber movies.

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* RunningGag: Everybody gives Gypsy pinking shears for her generic, all-purpose shower, which is [[InsistentTerminology just so darling and lovely]].
-->'''Gypsy:''' Better get pinking!
* SanitySlippage: Nobody Of course, nobody is really surprised by TV's Frank suddenly deciding to blow up Deep 13 after watching one too many MadBomber movies.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Frank and potato cakes.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Frank and Frank's EvilPlan ends up being foiled by his love of potato cakes.



* BrainBleach: The scene in which porn director Johnny Ride gave mannish porn mogul Gloria Henderson a long kiss.

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* BrainBleach: The scene in which porn director Johnny Ride gave gives mannish porn mogul Gloria Henderson a long kiss.



-->'''TV's Frank:''' ''(to Forrester)'' [[Film/FugitiveAlien HAHAHAHAHAHA - You're stuck here!]]

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-->'''TV's Frank:''' ''(to Forrester)'' [[Film/FugitiveAlien HAHAHAHAHAHA - -- You're stuck here!]]



* EvilIsHammy: Frank pulls out all the stops and hits [[ClicheStorm absolutely every villain cliche]] along the way as a MadBomber out to blow Deep 13 to kingdom come.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Porn pusher Gloria Henderson has a shrill tobacco snarl and a clipped delivery that the crew goes to town with, mimicking a yapping dog, calling her "the scary aunt", and saying "you could shave with her voice."



-->'''Mike:''' Which means no more... ''(It finally hits them and they faint.)''
-->'''Crow:''' (In a tone that just screams ICantBelieveImSayingThis) We've got to help Dr. Forrester save Deep 13!

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-->'''Mike:''' Which means no more... ''(It ''(it finally hits them and they faint.)''
faint)''
-->'''Crow:''' (In ''(in a tone that just screams ICantBelieveImSayingThis) ICantBelieveImSayingThis)'' ...We've got to help Dr. Forrester save Deep 13!



* GeniusBonus:
** [[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.)

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* GeniusBonus:
FriendlyEnemy: Even before the EnemyMine situation develops with Frank threatening to bomb Deep 13, Mike and the 'Bots and Dr. Forrester are on strangely chummy terms -- Mike calls Forrester "Clay" and Forrester calls up the Satellite to see if they've seen Frank.
* GeniusBonus: Invoked.
** [[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.)



--->'''Crow:''' (as Bob Dylan) [[Franchise/{{Superman}} This looks like a job]] [[{{Pun}} for Zimmer-man!]]
* GroinAttack: Thanks to the angle from which things are viewed, Dirk getting shot looks like this.

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--->'''Crow:''' (as ''(as Bob Dylan) Dylan)'' [[Franchise/{{Superman}} This looks like a job]] [[{{Pun}} for Zimmer-man!]]
* GroinAttack: Thanks to the angle from which things are viewed, Dirk getting shot looks like this. Also an UnusualEuphemism and a TitleDrop:



* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Dr. Forrester after combing through Frank's room:
-->'''Dr. Forrester:''' Not that I was snooping... but if I didn't snoop, I wouldn't know what was going on in Frank's life!



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]MythologyGag: Mike laughs at a car grill, commenting, "Jet Jaguar!" Crow laughs for a moment, "Hey, it is!", then quizzically asks, "How would ''you'' know?!" Joel, not Mike, was on the Satellite of Love for ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E12GodzillaVsMegalon Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''.
* [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Kick It Into KLINE OVERDRIVE!]]: Invoked by Crow when Kline fights Dirk during a sting operation. Unfortunately, [[TapOnTheHead Johnny intervenes.]]

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]MythologyGag: Mike laughs at a car grill, commenting, "Jet Jaguar!" Crow laughs for a moment, "Hey, LetsGetDangerous: "Let's kick it is!", then quizzically asks, "How would ''you'' know?!" Joel, not Mike, was on the Satellite of Love for ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E12GodzillaVsMegalon Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''.
* [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Kick It Into
into KLINE OVERDRIVE!]]: OVERDRIVE!" Invoked by Crow when Kline fights Dirk during a sting operation. Unfortunately, [[TapOnTheHead Johnny intervenes.]]



* MadBomber: Frank is going to, in his words, blow the living bejeezus out of Deep 13, channeling [[EvilIsHammy similarly dramatic villains]] like Creator/DennisHopper in ''Film/{{Speed}}'' or Creator/TommyLeeJones in ''Film/BlownAway''.
* MythologyGag: Mike laughs at a car grill, commenting, "Jet Jaguar!" Crow laughs for a moment, "Hey, it is!", [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall then quizzically asks, "How would ''you'' know?!"]] Joel, not Mike, was on the Satellite of Love for ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E12GodzillaVsMegalon Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''.



-->''The scene continues for several more seconds''

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-->''The -->''(the scene continues for several more seconds''seconds)''



* ParentalSubstitute: In yet another switch in the weird, ever-shifting dynamic between Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, this episode starts with the doctor fretting over Frank like [[MyBelovedSmother a worried mom]] (before Frank turns into a gloating action movie villain and ties Forrester to a chair).



* PoliceAreUseless

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* PoliceAreUselessPoliceAreUseless:



* SanitySlippage: Nobody is really surprised by TV's Frank suddenly deciding to blow up Deep 13 after watching one too many MadBomber movies.



-->'''Mike:''' (As Gloria) ''That'' market is ''saturated''.

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-->'''Mike:''' (As Gloria) ''(as Gloria)'' ''That'' market is ''saturated''.
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* DeepFriedWhatever: How Dr. Forrester punishes Frank for nearly blowing up Deep 13.
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* The Satellite of Love is throwing a shower for Gypsy. Nobody knew what to get her, so they all got her pinking shears.

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* The Satellite of Love is throwing a shower for Gypsy. Nobody knew Everybody knows exactly what to get her, so they all got her a young robot wants - pinking shears.
shears!



* Dr. Forrester calls up the SOL with a concern. Frank has been watching a lot of action movies lately and Dr. F is worried about what they might be doing to his easily-influenced mind. His concern grows when he finds dynamite in Frank's closet.

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* Dr. Forrester calls up the SOL with a concern. Frank has been watching a lot of action movies lately and Dr. F is worried about what they might be doing to his easily-influenced mind. His The concern grows when he finds dynamite Frank leaves a bomb threat in Frank's closet.
his shower gift to Gypsy.



* Mike and the 'Bots come out to find the bridge covered in smoke from an explosion. Frank then calls and boasts that he is going to blow up Dr. Forrester and all of Deep 13 like in the movies. Upon realizing that they're not getting off the SOL without him, the crew vows to save Dr. F.

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* Mike and the 'Bots come out to find the bridge covered in smoke from an explosion.explosion sent up through the Umbilicus. Frank then calls and boasts that he is going to blow up Dr. Forrester and all of Deep 13 like in the movies. Upon realizing that they're not getting off the SOL without him, the crew vows to save Dr. F.
F and Deep 13.



* As the situation in Deep 13 escalates, Mike and the 'Bots try to find any information about Frank that they can use to stop him. Crow suggests calling up his informant friend Huggy Bear... A Huggy Bear, not [[Series/StarskyAndHutch THE Huggy Bear]].

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* As the situation in Deep 13 escalates, Mike and the 'Bots try to find any information about Frank that they can use to stop him. Crow suggests calling up his informant friend Huggy Bear... A Huggy Bear, not [[Series/StarskyAndHutch Huggy Bear]]. Not THE Huggy Bear]].
Bear, though, just A Huggy Bear.



* Crow hits on an idea and calls up Dr. Forrester. He suggests using potato cakes to bait Frank away from the detonator. Fortunately, Frank's ability to tie up his hostages leaves a lot to be desired.

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* Crow Mike hits on an idea and calls up Dr. Forrester. He suggests using potato cakes to bait Frank away from the detonator. Fortunately, Frank's ability to tie up his hostages leaves a lot to be desired.



* Swayed by the scent of potato cakes, Frank drops his guard and Dr. Forrester overtakes him. With everything back to normal, Mike does some letter-reading and Dr. F deep-fries Frank as punishment.

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* Swayed by the scent of potato cakes, Frank drops his guard and Dr. Forrester overtakes him.unplugs the detonator. With everything back to normal, Mike does some letter-reading and Dr. F deep-fries Frank as punishment.



* EnemyMine: Mike and the 'bots are perfectly fine with Frank blowing up Deep 13 til they realize no Deep 13, no ever coming back to Earth.

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* EnemyMine: Mike and the 'bots 'Bots are perfectly fine with Frank blowing up Deep 13 til until they realize that no Deep 13, 13 means no ever coming back to Earth.
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* As the situation in Deep 13 escalates, Mike and the 'Bots try to find any information about Frank that they can use to stop him. Crow suggests calling up his informant friend Huggy Bear... '''A''' Huggy Bear, anyway.

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* As the situation in Deep 13 escalates, Mike and the 'Bots try to find any information about Frank that they can use to stop him. Crow suggests calling up his informant friend Huggy Bear... '''A''' A Huggy Bear, anyway.
not [[Series/StarskyAndHutch THE Huggy Bear]].

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!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* The Satellite of Love is throwing a shower for Gypsy. Nobody knew what to get her, so they all got her pinking shears.

[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Dr. Forrester calls up the SOL with a concern. Frank has been watching a lot of action movies lately and Dr. F is worried about what they might be doing to his easily-influenced mind. His concern grows when he finds dynamite in Frank's closet.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Mike and the 'Bots come out to find the bridge covered in smoke from an explosion. Frank then calls and boasts that he is going to blow up Dr. Forrester and all of Deep 13 like in the movies. Upon realizing that they're not getting off the SOL without him, the crew vows to save Dr. F.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* As the situation in Deep 13 escalates, Mike and the 'Bots try to find any information about Frank that they can use to stop him. Crow suggests calling up his informant friend Huggy Bear... '''A''' Huggy Bear, anyway.

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Crow hits on an idea and calls up Dr. Forrester. He suggests using potato cakes to bait Frank away from the detonator. Fortunately, Frank's ability to tie up his hostages leaves a lot to be desired.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Swayed by the scent of potato cakes, Frank drops his guard and Dr. Forrester overtakes him. With everything back to normal, Mike does some letter-reading and Dr. F deep-fries Frank as punishment.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: See EnemyMine above.
-->'''Crow:''' Well, if Frank goes through with his plan, that means no more mad scientists!
-->'''Tom:''' Which means no more evil experiments!
-->'''Mike:''' Which means no more Deep 13!
-->'''Crow:''' Which means no way can we ever, ever get down to earth!
-->'''Tom:''' Which eventually means no more Satellite of Love!
-->'''Mike:''' Which means no more... ''(It finally hits them and they faint.)''
-->'''Crow:''' (In a tone that just screams ICantBelieveImSayingThis) We've got to help Dr. Forrester save Deep 13!

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-->'''Crow:''' So they put her in ''more clothes'' than she's ever had on ''in her life''!

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-->'''Crow:''' So they put her in ''more clothes'' than she's ever had on ''in her life''!life''!\\
'''Crow:''' The Queen Mother could heat up a room more!
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* {{Brawnhilda}}: Crow dubs Mary "Big Ethel".

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* {{Brawnhilda}}: Crow dubs Mary "Big Ethel"."[[ComicBook/{{Archie}} Big Ethel]]".
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* GroinAttack: Thanks to the angle from which things are viewed, Dirk getting shot looks like this.
--->'''Tom:''' Ow! Right in the sinister urge!
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* CardboardPrison: Apparently, Dr. Forrester's bonds don't prevent him from leaving Deep 13.

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* CardboardPrison: Apparently, Dr. Forrester's bonds don't prevent him from leaving Deep 13.13 - he isn't actually tied to anything, so he can just get up and walk away. Why he doesn't remove the ropes and bombs from himself after leaving to get takeout isn't mentioned.
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* HostageSituation: TV's Frank sets this up after being inspired by movies like ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'', ''Blown Away'' and ''Film/{{Speed}}''.

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* HostageSituation: TV's Frank sets this up after being inspired by movies like ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'', ''Blown Away'' ''Film/BlownAway'' and ''Film/{{Speed}}''.



* ShoutOut:

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* ShoutOut:ShoutOut: At one point, Mike and the Bots do a parody of [[Film/{{Scrooge}} "The Minister's Cat."]]
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* Brawnhilda: Crow dubs Mary "Big Ethel".

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* Brawnhilda: {{Brawnhilda}}: Crow dubs Mary "Big Ethel".
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* Brawnhilda: Crow dubs Mary "Big Ethel".
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* JustForFun/RoleAssociation: Crow invokes the former trope name, gleefully exclaiming, "Oh, goodie! THIS guy!" when Harvey B. Dunn appears.
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* CardboardPrison: Apparently, Dr. Forrester's bonds don't prevent him from going to the grocery store for a few.

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* CardboardPrison: Apparently, Dr. Forrester's bonds don't prevent him from going to the grocery store for a few.leaving Deep 13.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: When Mike cracks "Oh, he's a beat cop!", Tom groans and Crow chuckles. Mike comments, "Well, ''he'' liked it."


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* ParallelPornTitle: Inevitable considering the subject matter. Examples include ''[[Film/ForrestGump Forrest Hump]]'' and ''[[Film/AFewGoodMen A Few Nude Men]]''.
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Moving to YMMV.


* OneSceneWonder: Ed Wood regular Conrad Brooks provides the special introduction to the episode on the Volume IX DVD set and it's hard to not smile at his enthusiasm for and enjoyment of being in these movies.
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** The follow-up to Tom's "Music/BobDylan saves the day!" riff when Dirk ([[StockFootage allegedly]]) skulks outside of the malt shop scene:

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** The follow-up to Tom's "Music/BobDylan saves the day!" riff when Dirk ([[StockFootage allegedly]]) skulks outside of the malt pizza shop scene:

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* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.)

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* GeniusBonus: GeniusBonus:
**
[[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.))
** The follow-up to Tom's "Music/BobDylan saves the day!" riff when Dirk ([[StockFootage allegedly]]) skulks outside of the malt shop scene:
--->'''Crow:''' (as Bob Dylan) [[Franchise/{{Superman}} This looks like a job]] [[{{Pun}} for Zimmer-man!]]



-->''Mike and the Bots are watching prolonged footage of the outside of a police station''

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-->''Mike and the Bots are watching prolonged footage of the outside of a police station''station.''



-->'''Crow:''' They put her in ''more clothes'' than she's ever had ''in her life''!

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-->'''Crow:''' They So they put her in ''more clothes'' than she's ever had on ''in her life''!



-->'''Mike:''' ''That'' market is ''saturated''.

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-->'''Mike:''' (As Gloria) ''That'' market is ''saturated''.
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* JustForFun/RoleAssociation: Crow invokes the former trope name, gleefully exclaiming, "Oh, goodie! THIS guy!" when Harvey B. Dunn appears.
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* EnemyMine: Mike and the 'bots are perfectly fine with Frank blowing up Deep 13 til they realize no Deep 13, no ever coming back to Earth.
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* CardboardPrison: Apparently, Dr. Forrester's bonds don't prevent him from going to the grocery store for a few.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: [[invoked]] Crow's reaction to Harvey B. Dunn, who had previously appeared in ''Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace'' and ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster''.
-->'''Crow:''' OH GOODIE!!! ''THIS'' GUY!!!!
-->''(Servo chuckles.)''
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]MythologyGag: Mike laughs at a car grill, commenting, "Jet Jaguar!" Crow laughs for a moment, "Hey, it is!", then quizzically asks, "How would ''you'' know?!" Joel, not Mike, was on the Satellite of Love for ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]MythologyGag: Mike laughs at a car grill, commenting, "Jet Jaguar!" Crow laughs for a moment, "Hey, it is!", then quizzically asks, "How would ''you'' know?!" Joel, not Mike, was on the Satellite of Love for ''Godzilla ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E12GodzillaVsMegalon Godzilla vs. Megalon''.Megalon]]''.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Mockingly evoked in the riffing during ''Keeping Clean and Neat''.
-->'''Crow:''' Remember, people like you better if you're pretty.



* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.)

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* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]] Mike's riff, "Smut! I'll show ya ''smut''!" is one of the most obscure ''[=MST3K=]'' riffs. (It was a line uttered by Hawkeye in an episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' ''Series/{{MASH}}'' that was partly drowned out by other bickering characters.)
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* OneSceneWonder: Ed Wood regular Conrad Brooks provides the special introduction to the episode on the Volume IX DVD set and it's hard to not smile at his enthusiasm for and enjoyment of being in these movies.
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Film watched: ''TheSinisterUrge'', with short ''Keeping Clean and Neat''


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Film watched: ''TheSinisterUrge'', ''Film/TheSinisterUrge'', with short ''Keeping Clean and Neat''

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