History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast

* SanitySlippage: Mike dressing as [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Capt. Janeway]]. Although s/he saves the S.O.L., s/he indulges herself with some "Proud Mary" afterward, Tina Turner-style.

** ''Franchise/StarTrek'': MONAD, Mike & the 'Bots falling into Trek mode when they take control of the Satellite of Love. Plus Servo imitating Scotty when he saves the satellite from falling into the atmosphere.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Mike shows up in one sketch dressed as Captain Janeway. Things somehow drift into him singing "Proud Mary" in the style of Tina Turner.

->'''Van Hippie''': [[TheStinger Faaaaar out!]]

* {{Expy}}: MONAD, a parody of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' NOMAD.

''Laserblast'' was featured on [=MST3K=] in what would be the last episode of its final season on Creator/ComedyCentral (before moving to the [[Creator{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]]). As such, the [=MST3K=] episode itself was something of a [[SeriesFauxnale series finale]] as the staff wasn't sure it would be saved from cancellation. It also marked the final episode with Trace Beaulieu, who portrayed both longtime nemesis Dr. Forrester and the voice of Crow T. Robot.

* As the SOL moves towards a black hole, Mike, dressed up as [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Captain Janeway]], steers the ship back course.

''Laserblast'' was featured on [=MST3K=] in what would be the last episode of its final season on Comedy Central (before moving to the Sci-Fi Channel). As such, the [=MST3K=] episode itself was something of a [[SeriesFauxnale series finale]] as the staff wasn't sure it would be saved from cancellation. It also marked the final episode with Trace Beaulieu, who portrayed both longtime nemesis Dr. Forrester and the voice of Crow T. Robot.

-->'''Servo:''' "''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]] III: The Destruction of Cherokee Jack''".

* SeriesFauxnale: At this point, Comedy Central had canceled their run and they weren't sure about their future so they set this up to be a Series Finale. Fortunately, the Sci-Fi Network (now SyFy) rescued it from cancellation and gave it three more seasons.

** Tom references Ivory Soap's slogan went mentioning his worry over potentially being "99 and 44/100%" pure energy.

** Crow comparing Billy's life to Mike's youth.

->'''Van Hippie''': [[TheStinger Faaaaar out!]]

* RealLifeRelative: Trace Beaulieu's father played the elderly Dr. Forrester.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The [=MST3K=] crew's [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/guide/ep706.html summary of the episode]] claims that while shutting down operations on Deep 13, Dr. Forrester tells the SOL crew that the satellite will drift through space and probably fall into a black hole, while in the actual episode, he instead tells them that its orbit will decay in two hours, and Mike and the bots will die in a crash landing. Servo then makes the satellite drift into space himself, and that's the last the SOL crew hears from Forrester. The mistake is likely related to the staff having written the Season 7 summaries many years after the broadcast and trying to do them from memory, as opposed to the other summaries which were written during the show's production.

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-->'''Servo:''' "''Film/RedZoneCuba III: The Destruction of Cherokee Jack''".

-->'''Servo:''' "[[Film/{{Escape2000}} Leave the Bronx! You are ordered to leave the Bronx!]]"

** In the opening scene, as the guy is wandering around the desert with the laser cannon, Mike calls, "[[Film/{{Eegah}} Rox-eee!]]"

* LadyLooksLIkeADude: Pearl is dressed as a trucker, stating she's happy she never sold the "big rig". The Colossal Guide states that she resembles what cigarette companies call a "virile female".

* Music/{{Styx}}

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->[[TheStinger "Faaaaar out!"]]

** Incidentally, Maltin also gave 2½ stars to ''Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreaturesThatStoppedLivingAndBecameMixedUpZombies'' and three full stars to ''Film/DevilDoll''.

** The criticism Maltin got about the reviews went mainstream, and subsequent editions of his annual review books dropped the movie's rating.

** "Can't we just get [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome beyond Thunderdome]]?"

* ContinuityNod: When some guys start chasing Billy in a small airplane:

** In the opening scene, as the guy is wandering around the desert with the laser cannon, Mike calls, "[[{{Eegah}} Rox-eee!]]"

* CelebrityResemblance: Based on one of the deputies looking like Hank Williams, Jr. See RunningGag.

** Shots of the possessed Billy sporting a green face naturally invite references to TheMask.

--->"What's [Mike] doing with my toy phone?

--->'''Servo:''' "[[Film/{{Escape2000}} Leave the Bronx! You are ordered to leave the Bronx!]]"

[[TheStinger "Faaaaar out!"]]

[[TheStinger "Faaaaar out!"]]

** Pearl finds Frank's spare head, last seen in ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell''.