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* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bots get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.
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* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bots get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.off from being pelted by hotel room keys thrown by groupies.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Brain Guy beats himself up over his CreditsPushback gag, thinking it failed, Mike and the Bots say that they actually enjoyed it and think he's being too hard on himself.
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** Eddie also asks Servo (regarding Crow), "Do you get that guy?!" This is a CallBack to ''Monster-a-Go-Go,'' when Gypsy upsets Crow by telling him, "I don't get you."
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* JerkAss: Mike's brother Eddie is crude and bullies the robots, even while they watch the film.
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* WithLyrics: Servo superimposes the lyrics to soft-rock songs like "At Seventeen" and the theme from {{Film/Arthur}} over the film's easy-listening soundtrack.
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** GenCorp HQ's stunning resemblance to a public library.
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** GenCorp [=GenCorp=] HQ's stunning resemblance to a public library.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: Invoked when the future world has evidently turned apocalyptic--according to Lisa, anyway.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: Invoked when Nick and Lisa make a return trip to the future world has evidently turned apocalyptic--according to Lisa, anyway.and discover it in supposed ruins.
--> '''Lisa:''' Looks like there was a war!
--> '''Lisa:''' Looks like there was a war!
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* TakeOurWordForIt: Invoked when the future world has evidently turned apocalyptic--according to Lisa, anyway.
--> '''Servo''' (as Lisa): You're gonna have to take our word for it, we can't afford to show it!
--> '''Servo''' (as Lisa): You're gonna have to take our word for it, we can't afford to show it!
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** Lisa's apparent love of plaid and resemblance to Toni Tennille.
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I hope Artistic License is the appropriate trope for this. Since Did Not Do the Research is gone and Critical Research Failure is too extreme for something only people familiar with Wisconsin counties would notice, Artistic License seemd the most appropriate. Feel free to move/edit/delete if need be.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: In the past, Mike is working at a dairy co-op in Burnett County, which Servo states is in central Wisconsin. It's actually in northwest Wisconsin on the Minnesota border. Close enough.
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** George Woodard (J.K. Robertson) said that the episode was "an irritation" because the film "is better than they say it is."
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-->'''Eddie:''' He died like a mangy dog, right on stage! ...Excellent death...
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This is another example of a movie whose original creators were not initially thrilled by the riffing provided to it on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000.''
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one in the past finds Crow's appearances the slightest bit odd or worth commenting. Taken even further when Crow travels back and confronts his past-self. ("Hey, robot from the future, there's another one of you guys to see you."
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one in the past finds Crow's appearances the slightest bit odd or worth commenting. Taken even further when Crow travels back and confronts his past-self. ("Hey, robot from the future, there's another one of you guys to see you."")
** Justified in that ''everyone'' at the plant seem to be [[TheStoner stoners]].
** Justified in that ''everyone'' at the plant seem to be [[TheStoner stoners]].
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** And when the plane actually does fall and crush Robertson:
--->'''Mike:''' Well, thank you, movie.
--->'''Mike:''' Well, thank you, movie.
* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse, as Nick gets beaten up in the hanger.
-->'''Servo:''' I find myself suggesting other places he could hit him. Probably not what they wanted, huh?
-->'''Servo:''' I find myself suggesting other places he could hit him. Probably not what they wanted, huh?
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* TemporalParadox: In order to fix his own mistake, Crow goes back to warn his half-hour-older self not to change Mike's life. At the end of the episode, Pearl wonders if that means there's another Crow running around in the 1980s; cut to show Crow in a hairnet and apron, "working" at the cheese factory. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody seems to notice or care]].
** StableTimeLoop: Of course, imagine if Crow of the 1980's ends up in the S.O.L.?
** StableTimeLoop: Of course, imagine if Crow of the 1980's ends up in the S.O.L.?
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* TemporalParadox: In order to fix his own mistake, Crow goes back to warn his half-hour-older half-hour-ago self not to change Mike's life. At the end of the episode, Pearl wonders if that means there's another Crow running around in the 1980s; cut to show Crow in a hairnet and apron, "working" at the cheese factory. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody seems to notice or care]].
** StableTimeLoop: Of course, imagine if Crow of the 1980's ends up in the S.O.L.?care]].
** StableTimeLoop: Of course, imagine if Crow of the 1980's ends up in the S.O.L.?
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one in the past finds Crow's appearances the slightest bit odd or worth commenting. Taken even further when Crow travels back and confronts his past-self. ("Hey, robot from the future, there's another one of you guys to see you."
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[[TheStinger "Matt, it's time for you decide if you're going to be one of my team players or not."]]
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[[TheStinger "Matt, it's time for you decide if you're going to be one of my team players or not."]]
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: During the first trip to the future, we see a woman that resembles [[{{Friends}} Lisa Kudrow]], so Mike and the 'bots make a joke about it. Thing is, some people took it seriously. For years, [[http://www.imdb.com IMDb]] and others had Kudrow listed in the cast credits.
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* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bot's get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.
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* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bot's Bots get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.
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** GeniusBonus:[[Invoked]] The derisive nickname for RonaldReagan while in office was "Ronnie Raygun".
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--> Lisa: Did you bring your ray gun?
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** GeniusBonus:[[Invoked]] The derisive nickname for RonaldReagan while in office was "Ronnie Raygun".
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** StableTimeLoop: Of course, imagine if Crow of the 1980's ends up in the S.O.L.?
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Removing wick to Did Not Do The Research per rename at TRS.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Servo looks for Past!Mike in central Wisconsin. We see later that Mike worked at a dairy co-op in Burnett County, which is actually in northwestern Wisconsin, on the border with Minnesota.
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* ManVersusMachine: When our hero is trying to escape being crushed by the falling car. The robots begin cheering for the machine.
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* ManVersusMachine: When our hero is trying to escape being crushed by the falling car.plane. The robots begin cheering for the machine.
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** When Eddie is [[AsYouKnow filling Crow in]], he says the Mads sent him up when "that sleepy-eyed guy" escaped.
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* GreatWayToGo: In the altered timeline, Mike became a huge rock star to the point where women were throwing their hotel keys on stage for him. One night someone threw a key with a large keyfob, hitting Mike in the head; he went down and never got back up. Eddie sobs that he's proud of his little brother for this.
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* GreatWayToGo: In the altered timeline, Mike became a huge rock star (well, opening for Motorhead) to the point where women were throwing their hotel keys on stage for him. One night someone threw a key with a large keyfob, hitting Mike in the head; he went down and never got back up. Eddie sobs that he's proud of his little brother for this.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: JK Robertson all the way.
-->'''Mike (as Robertson):''' Hi, I'm Bob Evil!
** "I leave for ten minutes, and Evil Co is in ''shambles''!"
-->'''Mike (as Robertson):''' Hi, I'm Bob Evil!
** "I leave for ten minutes, and Evil Co is in ''shambles''!"
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[invoked]]Crow accuses Nick of being this.
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[invoked]]Crow accuses desperately wants Nick of being to be this.
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Movie watched: Film/TimeChasers
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Movie watched: Film/TimeChasers
TimeChasers
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Movie watched: Film/TimeChasers
!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation has examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Brain Guy makes a surprise appearance during the movie's credits to make his own riffs, but after a couple [[{{Adorkable}} he becomes too embarrassed to continue.]] Mike and the Bots admit that he was ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* AffablyEvil: Pearl and Mike have a nice visit before the movie.
-->'''Mike:''' So, Pearl...how come you're so evil?
-->'''Pearl:''' (''thoughtfully'') Hmmm...I'm filled with hate, I'm not sure that helps.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Mike used to play for a band named Sex Factory.
* AlmightyJanitor / BadassBystander
-->'''Eddie:''' You didn't count on the ''assistant'' janitor!
* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bot's get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.
* BerserkButton: For Eddie, [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]].
* ContinuityNod: At one point, Mike remarks that Nick could use Chinderwear, which was an invention Dr. Forrester presented in an earlier episode.
** Pearl calls Crow "Art" as well.
** The time machine Crow uses is the one from ''TerrorFromTheYear5000''.
* CrackFic: From a riff when Nick and co are discussing the possibilities of the time transport.
-->'''Mike Nelson''': We could send Bob Saget to meet Charlamagne.
* CreditsPushback: When Brain Guy interrupts the end credits, he does so in this fashion, pretending to be a preview for the evening news. The SOL crew [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall reacts with confusion and surprise]].
* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]]Crow accuses Nick of being this.
-->'''Crow:''' This... is not our star, is it? I will ''not'' accept this as our star, sorry.
** Even Nick's choice of bicycle evokes derision.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Servo looks for Past!Mike in central Wisconsin. We see later that Mike worked at a dairy co-op in Burnett County, which is actually in northwestern Wisconsin, on the border with Minnesota.
* FandomNod: Eddie complains about how much it's sucked since "those two guys (Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank) shot me up into space when that sleepy-eyed guy (Joel) left".
* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]: During the latter part of the experiment, Eddie is smoking and tossing several beer cans at the screen.
* [[GoKartingWithBowser Having A Nice Chat With Bowser]]
-->'''Pearl:''' Oh, hey Mike? I despise you, and all you stand for, and you'll never escape... ''[chuckles]'' well, you know the rest. ''[sighs]'' Ah, he's a good kid.
* GreatWayToGo: In the altered timeline, Mike became a huge rock star to the point where women were throwing their hotel keys on stage for him. One night someone threw a key with a large keyfob, hitting Mike in the head; he went down and never got back up. Eddie sobs that he's proud of his little brother for this.
* ILied: In the previous episode (''SpaceMutiny''), Mike and the 'Bots helped Pearl, Brain Guy, and Prof. Bobo escape from AncientRome, with the promise that it meant no more bad movies. "Y'know, sometimes I think I lie because I'm evil."
* IncrediblyLamePun: In-universe example: Eddie ''really'' hates them - threatening Servo after he makes one, then smacking Crow hard for making one.
--> Lisa: Did you bring your ray gun?
--> Mike (as Reagan): Weeell, noo...
* ManVersusMachine: When our hero is trying to escape being crushed by the falling car. The robots begin cheering for the machine.
* NonActionGuy: Crow stubbornly refuses to accept Nick as the movie's hero.
-->'''Crow:''' This... is not our star, is it? I will ''not'' accept this as our star, sorry. See, he's coming up the stairs right now, going inside to meet the ''real'' hero, real hero coming up, and -- [''Nick enters''] -- D'oh!
* OverlyLongGag:
** Lisa "dropping shorts" on the runway.
** Observer's "news segment" - so much so that he gives up in frustration.
* RunningGag: The Crew gets a ''lot'' of mileage that the film [[AliensInCardiff takes place in Vermont]], as well as the dropping price of syrup as the film goes on.
* SelfDeprecation: The producers and actors ''loved'' being lampooned.
** The actor who played Matthew Paul ("Pinkboy") was reportedly mad, but director David Giancola blamed it on the alcohol at the viewing party. He's apparently gotten over it, either way.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Tom sends Crow back in time to 1980s Wisconson in the hopes of preventing Mike from taking the string of temp jobs that would ultimately result in his getting shot into space.
** NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Crow finally convinces Mike to quit temp work (by encouraging him to focus on his rock band Sex Factory), he creates a BadFuture where Mike became famous only to get killed on stage (see GreatWayToGo above), resulting in Mike's sleazy {{Jerkass}} brother Eddie being sent to the SOL instead.
* TemporalParadox: In order to fix his own mistake, Crow goes back to warn his half-hour-older self not to change Mike's life. At the end of the episode, Pearl wonders if that means there's another Crow running around in the 1980s; cut to show Crow in a hairnet and apron, "working" at the cheese factory. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody seems to notice or care]].
* TheRedStapler: The "hero" of ''TimeChasers'' wears a Castleton State College T-shirt through most of the movie. The [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode not only created a demand for the shirts, but [[ColbertBump made the movie popular enough]] to get a DVD release. As David Giancola revealed, the idea for the shirt simply came out of the popularity of Eddie Murphy's college shirt in ''BeverlyHillsCop'', and the staff needed to cheaply get ahold of five or six identical shirts in various stages of distress (they actually got them for free).
** Eerily enough, one of Crow's riffs during the episode was "remember when everyone got the Nick Miller haircut and started wearing Castleton T-shirts?"
** And of course Nick Miller's hair cut was somewhat in style at the time of shooting though not because of him.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Mike Nelson's brother Eddie is played by...Michael J. Nelson.
* YesMan: Servo is this to Eddie in the alternate reality.
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!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation has examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Brain Guy makes a surprise appearance during the movie's credits to make his own riffs, but after a couple [[{{Adorkable}} he becomes too embarrassed to continue.]] Mike and the Bots admit that he was ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* AffablyEvil: Pearl and Mike have a nice visit before the movie.
-->'''Mike:''' So, Pearl...how come you're so evil?
-->'''Pearl:''' (''thoughtfully'') Hmmm...I'm filled with hate, I'm not sure that helps.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Mike used to play for a band named Sex Factory.
* AlmightyJanitor / BadassBystander
-->'''Eddie:''' You didn't count on the ''assistant'' janitor!
* AlternateUniverse: Crow gets the idea from the movie and goes back in time to get Mike to stop temping so that he never gets shot up to the Satellite. This results in a future where the Bot's get stuck with Mike's abusive brother Eddie and Mike himself dies right as his rock career is taking off.
* BerserkButton: For Eddie, [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]].
* ContinuityNod: At one point, Mike remarks that Nick could use Chinderwear, which was an invention Dr. Forrester presented in an earlier episode.
** Pearl calls Crow "Art" as well.
** The time machine Crow uses is the one from ''TerrorFromTheYear5000''.
* CrackFic: From a riff when Nick and co are discussing the possibilities of the time transport.
-->'''Mike Nelson''': We could send Bob Saget to meet Charlamagne.
* CreditsPushback: When Brain Guy interrupts the end credits, he does so in this fashion, pretending to be a preview for the evening news. The SOL crew [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall reacts with confusion and surprise]].
* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]]Crow accuses Nick of being this.
-->'''Crow:''' This... is not our star, is it? I will ''not'' accept this as our star, sorry.
** Even Nick's choice of bicycle evokes derision.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Servo looks for Past!Mike in central Wisconsin. We see later that Mike worked at a dairy co-op in Burnett County, which is actually in northwestern Wisconsin, on the border with Minnesota.
* FandomNod: Eddie complains about how much it's sucked since "those two guys (Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank) shot me up into space when that sleepy-eyed guy (Joel) left".
* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]: During the latter part of the experiment, Eddie is smoking and tossing several beer cans at the screen.
* [[GoKartingWithBowser Having A Nice Chat With Bowser]]
-->'''Pearl:''' Oh, hey Mike? I despise you, and all you stand for, and you'll never escape... ''[chuckles]'' well, you know the rest. ''[sighs]'' Ah, he's a good kid.
* GreatWayToGo: In the altered timeline, Mike became a huge rock star to the point where women were throwing their hotel keys on stage for him. One night someone threw a key with a large keyfob, hitting Mike in the head; he went down and never got back up. Eddie sobs that he's proud of his little brother for this.
* ILied: In the previous episode (''SpaceMutiny''), Mike and the 'Bots helped Pearl, Brain Guy, and Prof. Bobo escape from AncientRome, with the promise that it meant no more bad movies. "Y'know, sometimes I think I lie because I'm evil."
* IncrediblyLamePun: In-universe example: Eddie ''really'' hates them - threatening Servo after he makes one, then smacking Crow hard for making one.
--> Lisa: Did you bring your ray gun?
--> Mike (as Reagan): Weeell, noo...
* ManVersusMachine: When our hero is trying to escape being crushed by the falling car. The robots begin cheering for the machine.
* NonActionGuy: Crow stubbornly refuses to accept Nick as the movie's hero.
-->'''Crow:''' This... is not our star, is it? I will ''not'' accept this as our star, sorry. See, he's coming up the stairs right now, going inside to meet the ''real'' hero, real hero coming up, and -- [''Nick enters''] -- D'oh!
* OverlyLongGag:
** Lisa "dropping shorts" on the runway.
** Observer's "news segment" - so much so that he gives up in frustration.
* RunningGag: The Crew gets a ''lot'' of mileage that the film [[AliensInCardiff takes place in Vermont]], as well as the dropping price of syrup as the film goes on.
* SelfDeprecation: The producers and actors ''loved'' being lampooned.
** The actor who played Matthew Paul ("Pinkboy") was reportedly mad, but director David Giancola blamed it on the alcohol at the viewing party. He's apparently gotten over it, either way.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Tom sends Crow back in time to 1980s Wisconson in the hopes of preventing Mike from taking the string of temp jobs that would ultimately result in his getting shot into space.
** NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Crow finally convinces Mike to quit temp work (by encouraging him to focus on his rock band Sex Factory), he creates a BadFuture where Mike became famous only to get killed on stage (see GreatWayToGo above), resulting in Mike's sleazy {{Jerkass}} brother Eddie being sent to the SOL instead.
* TemporalParadox: In order to fix his own mistake, Crow goes back to warn his half-hour-older self not to change Mike's life. At the end of the episode, Pearl wonders if that means there's another Crow running around in the 1980s; cut to show Crow in a hairnet and apron, "working" at the cheese factory. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody seems to notice or care]].
* TheRedStapler: The "hero" of ''TimeChasers'' wears a Castleton State College T-shirt through most of the movie. The [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode not only created a demand for the shirts, but [[ColbertBump made the movie popular enough]] to get a DVD release. As David Giancola revealed, the idea for the shirt simply came out of the popularity of Eddie Murphy's college shirt in ''BeverlyHillsCop'', and the staff needed to cheaply get ahold of five or six identical shirts in various stages of distress (they actually got them for free).
** Eerily enough, one of Crow's riffs during the episode was "remember when everyone got the Nick Miller haircut and started wearing Castleton T-shirts?"
** And of course Nick Miller's hair cut was somewhat in style at the time of shooting though not because of him.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Mike Nelson's brother Eddie is played by...Michael J. Nelson.
* YesMan: Servo is this to Eddie in the alternate reality.
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