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* StylisticSuck: Tom's first experience with having his soul transferred results in him getting put into a cheeply-made recreation of his body, complete with poorly painted scrap metal, and shoddily taped plastic for the dome. Tellingly, him transferring his soul into a ''Toaster Strudel'' is a step up.

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* StylisticSuck: Tom's first experience with having his soul transferred results in him getting put into a cheeply-made cheaply-made recreation of his body, complete with poorly painted scrap metal, and shoddily taped plastic for the dome. Tellingly, him transferring his soul into a ''Toaster Strudel'' is a step up.
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* Pitch comes back to the SOL to teach Crow about the film's concept of soul swapping, which he utilizes to transferring Servo's soul into a shoddy duplicate of his body. Mike gets fed up with Crow's Satanic ways and tells Pitch to scram, but while he's busy setting Crow straight, Servo transfers his soul into a toaster strudel, which he remains stuck inside for the rest of the episode.

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* Pitch comes back to the SOL to teach Crow about the film's concept of soul swapping, which he utilizes to transferring transfer Servo's soul into a shoddy duplicate of his body. Mike gets fed up with Crow's Satanic ways and tells Pitch to scram, but while he's busy setting Crow straight, Servo transfers his soul into a toaster strudel, which he remains stuck inside for the rest of the episode.
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* Crow and Servo hold a Friday Night dorm party including setting the music speakers out the window. They only had the money for a window, but the two and Mike party on anyway.

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* Crow and Servo hold a Friday Night open-window dorm party party, including setting the music speakers a sound system hanging out the window. They Mike learns that there's no music or booze because Servo only had the money for a window, but the two and Mike SOL crew party on anyway.
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* Pearl and Brain Guy are introduced around AncientRome as gods, much to her boredom. Pearl throws a toga party to liven things up, but the guests are confused because they're ''already'' wearing togas. Brain Guy then suggest a pants party, with greater success. Back on the SOL, Crow gets too deep into his "frat boy" persona and drunkenly cries over someone named Debbie. Servo moans that Crow punched in the window that Servo had just wrapped for return to Earth.

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* In Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy are introduced being paraded around AncientRome Callipygeas' packed palace as gods, much to her boredom. part of a "Welcome Gods" party. To combat the overwhelming boredom, Pearl throws decides to turn the haughty formal gathering into a bitchin' toga party to liven things up, party, but the guests are confused because they're ''already'' wearing togas. Brain Guy then suggest a pants ''pants'' party, with which has much greater success. Back on the SOL, Mike finally gets his booze when it's shown that the Nanites have a microbrewery. Servo, meanwhile, has the window repacked for when the crew eventually return to the present. Unfortunatley, Crow gets way too deep into his "frat boy" persona and smashes the window while he drunkenly cries over someone some woman named Debbie. Servo moans that Crow punched in the window that Servo had just wrapped for return to Earth.
Debbie.



* The demon Pitch shows up and tries to sell Crow on the perks of Devil Dolls, but Mike drives the devilish intruder away.

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* The demon Pitch shows up and tries appears aboard SOL to sell Crow on the perks of collecting literal Devil Dolls, but Dolls. A horrified Mike drives the devilish intruder away.
away... but not before he's briefly tempted by the idea of Demi Moore collecting such dolls.



* Tom Servo and Crow convert the SOL bridge into an old fashioned British pub. Mike tries to pour himself a hearty stout ale, but the ale pours as slowly as possible.

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* Tom Servo and Crow convert have converted the SOL SOL's bridge into an old fashioned British pub. pub, complete with a tap and British cuisine. Mike tries to pour himself a hearty stout ale, but the ale turns out to be more stout than he expected, and he's forced to wait as it pours as slowly as possible.



* Pitch comes back to the SOL, this time teaching the Bots soul swapping. Mike gets fed up with Crow's Satanic ways and tells Pitch to scram. In the meantime, Servo transfers his soul to a toaster strudel, which he remains stuck in for the rest of the experiment.

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* Pitch comes back to the SOL, this time teaching SOL to teach Crow about the Bots film's concept of soul swapping. swapping, which he utilizes to transferring Servo's soul into a shoddy duplicate of his body. Mike gets fed up with Crow's Satanic ways and tells Pitch to scram. In the meantime, scram, but while he's busy setting Crow straight, Servo transfers his soul to into a toaster strudel, which he remains stuck in inside for the rest of the experiment.
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* Mike finds himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, at the mercy of Crow (dressed as Vorelli) and Servo (as the leggy assistant -- who, it should be noted, is still a toaster strudel, just with legs). Meanwhile in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go to the arena to see a gladiator show. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.

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* Mike finds wakes up to find himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, Hugo and locked in a cage, left at the mercy of Crow (dressed Crow, dressed as Vorelli) Vorelli, and Servo (as the leggy assistant -- who, it should be noted, is still (still a toaster strudel, just but now with legs). Meanwhile shapely legs) as his assistant. Back in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go are brought to the arena Colosseum for Lesser God Day to see a gladiator show. do battle against the lions. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.
"The Mad Goth", who they recognize as Bobo!
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!!The [=MST3K=] treatment provides examples of:

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!!The [=MST3K=] treatment of ''Film/DevilDoll'' provides examples of:
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** Crow offers Mike [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick spotted dick]] and chip, as well as boiled mutton, blood pudding, and whipped mad cow.


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** Crow ''almost'' drags Mike into his fantasy.
---> '''Crow:''' I did it for Debbie. I need to drive over there.
---> '''Mike:''' No! No, you stay right here. Give me your keys so--Oh what am I saying?
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* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: A riff from Mike explains why a wooden dummy is able to fight a human male, Hugo has been doing push-ups in his cage.


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* UnusualDysphemism: Servo-as-Vorelli-after-fighting-Hugo explaining the condition of himself and his dressing room.
-->'''Servo:''' I'm sweaty because I was choking a puppet. [[VerbalBackspace No! No!]]
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* HopeSpot: "Oh, please don't tell me, ''say it was a lamp!''"

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* BecomingTheMask: "DEBBIIIIIIEEEEEE!"

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* BecomingTheMask: "DEBBIIIIIIEEEEEE!""'''''DEBBIIIIIIEEEEEE!'''''"



* MachineBlood: Inverted: When Crow stumbles back onto the bridge after punching in the window, we see that he has a rag wrapped around his hand, covered in ''red'' blood, despite being a robot.




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* WingdingEyes: Crow's pupils turn into Xs while [[LostInCharacter getting deep]] into the persona of a drunken college student.
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** Doubling as SoundtrackDissonance, right as a montage of events of the film start up as Vorelli is repeatedly slaming Hugo against the wall[[note]]the implication being Hugo and Vorelli are starting to have their souls swap[[/note]], Crow starts belting out ''[[Music/BarbraStreisand "The Way We Were"]]''.
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* MediumAwareness: Parodied: At one point during the ending brawl, we [[NonSequitur (for some reason)]] cut to a picture of a man reclining on a chair, with an arm raised in acknowledgement. Crow decides to voice the picture:
-->'''Crow''': (as the pictured man) ''Don't ask me!''


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* {{Understatement}}: Right in the middle of Vorelli and Hugo's brawl, Tom notes that "this is gonna make tonight's show pretty tense".

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* LetsGetDangerous: After Hugo throws away Vorelli's chair during their fight, Crow takes a stab at what's going through his head as he walks over to throttle the man:
-->'''Crow''': (as Hugo) [[{{Angrish}} O-o-okay, okay, you are- you are gonna get it so- oh, you]] ''[[{{Angrish}} son of a-]]'' [[{{Angrish}} come here! COME HERE!]]




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* WeaksauceWeakness: Inverted: During Vorelli and Hugo's climactic fight, Vorelli repeatedly tries to pin Hugo to the ground with a chair. The first time this happens, Mike-as-Hugo boasts how that won't work:
-->'''Mike''': (as Hugo) Ah ha! It's a wooden chair, and all finished wooden products are my brethren and they will protect me!

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* AlcoholInducedStupidity: Because of [[LostInCharacter getting too into his dorm fantasy]], Crow gets drunk enough to think he has a girlfriend named Debbie, and that the only way to win her back is to ''punch a window''.



* TheBusCameBack: The last time Pitch was on the show was during [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TurkeyDay95 Turkey Day '95]], and the presentation of ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E01NightOfTheBloodBeast Night of the Blood Beast]]''.[[note]]This also serves as confirmation that he wound up being the only guest that survived Pearl poisoning the turkey.[[/note]]



* HypocriticalHumor:

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* InsaneTrollLogic: "Debbie... I punched a window in for you, baby. You gotta take me back, Debbie..."



* LostInCharacter: Crow winds up becoming so attached to the fantasy of living in a dorm that he becomes an abusive drunk, and thinks he's in an estranged relationship with a girl named Debbie. [[AlcoholInducedStupidity And apparently, punching in Tom's window would win her back.]]



* SkewedPriorities: According to Tom, right before punching it in, Crow took the time to carefully unpack their window.




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* StylisticSuck: Tom's first experience with having his soul transferred results in him getting put into a cheeply-made recreation of his body, complete with poorly painted scrap metal, and shoddily taped plastic for the dome. Tellingly, him transferring his soul into a ''Toaster Strudel'' is a step up.
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* MaleGaze: "We now go live to ''Leer Cam!''"
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* ForeignQueasine: Tom Servo and Crow combine this with LethalChef in their British pub, complete with a traditional British stout beer so thick it [[{{Squick}} comes out of the tap like brown toothpaste]].
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It is available to stream [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-devil-doll/5553c1ff69702d0704878600 here]].

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It The episode is available to stream [[http://www.in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:8/videos/mst3k-167-devildoll here]], and on Creator/ShoutFactory [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-devil-doll/5553c1ff69702d0704878600 here]].
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* Crow and Servo hold a Friday Night dorm party with music speakers and a window. They only had the money for a window, but the two and Mike party on anyway.

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* Crow and Servo hold a Friday Night dorm party with including setting the music speakers and a out the window. They only had the money for a window, but the two and Mike party on anyway.
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* Mike finds himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, at the mercy of Crow (dressed as Vorelli) and Servo (as the [[ShesGotLegs leggy]] assistant -- who, it should be noted, is still a toaster strudel, just with legs). Meanwhile in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go to the arena to see a gladiator show. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.

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* Mike finds himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, at the mercy of Crow (dressed as Vorelli) and Servo (as the [[ShesGotLegs leggy]] leggy assistant -- who, it should be noted, is still a toaster strudel, just with legs). Meanwhile in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go to the arena to see a gladiator show. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.
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* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, Mike points out Vorelli's back fetish, causing him and the bots to react with disgusted groans.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Servo sits through the last portion of the movie in the form of a delicious apple Toaster Strudel.
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* FanNickname: InUniverse, there is no Magda, only "Butt Lady".
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* Mike finds himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, at the mercy of Crow (dressed as Vorelli) and Servo (as the [[ShesGotLegs leggy]] assistant--who, it should be noted, is still a toaster strudel). Meanwhile in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go to the arena to see a gladiator show. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.

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* Mike finds himself caged and dressed up as Hugo, at the mercy of Crow (dressed as Vorelli) and Servo (as the [[ShesGotLegs leggy]] assistant--who, assistant -- who, it should be noted, is still a toaster strudel).strudel, just with legs). Meanwhile in Rome, Pearl and Brain Guy go to the arena to see a gladiator show. Much to their surprise, the gladiator today is Bobo.



'''Mike:''' ''(woodenly, as [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} little sister Sally]])'' All I want is my fair share! All I want is what's coming to me.
** Pitch is [[Film/GroundhogDay ''a'' devil, not ''the'' Devil.]]
** When Pitch is kicked off the SOL, he gives Crow his card and instructs him to "give me a call when [[Film/TheExorcist Max Von Sydow here isn't around.]]"

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'''Mike:''' ''(woodenly, as [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} little sister Sally]])'' All I want is my fair share! All I want is what's coming to me.
me!
** Pitch is ''[[Film/GroundhogDay a]]'' [[Film/GroundhogDay ''a'' devil, not ''the'' not]] ''[[Film/GroundhogDay the]]'' [[Film/GroundhogDay Devil.]]
** When Pitch is kicked off the SOL, he gives Crow his card and instructs asks him to "give me a call when [[Film/TheExorcist Max Von Sydow here Creator/MaxVonSydow here[[note]]Sydow played Father Merrin in ''Film/TheExorcist''[[/note]] isn't around.]]"
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* BehindTheBlack: During the party at Marianne's house, English (William Sylvester's character) sneaks backstage and inspects Hugo while Vorelli is seducing Marianne. After English leaves, the camera stays on Hugo in his cage for a minute, with no indications of passing time, before panning over to Vorelli, lying awake in his bed.
-->'''Mike:''' (as Vorelli) Did I just see someone walk in and ''paw my puppet?!?''

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