History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E09Gorgo

* BigShutUp: Tom gives one when the obnoxious reporter gives one [[ContemplateOurNavels navel-gazing]] monologue too many.

* TakeThat: For a worse movie, Leonard Maltin suggests something with Creator/MickeyRourke or Creator/EricRoberts.

* Crow and Servo are in hot water with the mob over their line of planned ''Gorgo'' erotic calendars, as they can't find a single woman in today's film. Mike points two; one in Nara Island, another during Mama Gorgo's rampage. Pearl and Maltin are shocked as the film seemingly had no serious effect on Mike or the 'Bots. For a worse film, Maltin suggests one with Mickey Rourke, and teams up with Pearl for future experiments.

* TheCameo: ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' critic Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; while he confesses to liking it himself (having given it a three-star rating in his movie guide), it supposedly put two of his assistant editors into intensive care.

* ContinuityNod: Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a pair of bits in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E06TheUndead The Undead]]'' episodes. In ''Laserblast'', Mike and the 'bots read out the various critically-acclaimed movies ranked worse or no better than ''Laserblast'''s 2½ stars (like ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'', ''Film/SevenSamurai'', etc.). In ''The Undead'' (also given a middling-to-decent review in Maltin's ''Video Guide''), Tom has Mike dress up as Maltin so he can ''freak out'' at him.

* LoanShark: Crow and Tom borrowed money from "[[TheMafia a New Jersey firm, rough-looking guys in late-model cars]]" to finance their ""hunks and babes of ''Gorgo''" calendars. Bad idea.

** To the ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E02Gamera Gamera]]'' movies:

* The Nanites set up a circus with live animals, carnival games, and acrobats (and Nate the Clown). Mike drops some quarters, which causes chaos and destruction to the circus (and Nate the Clown).

* Crow and Servo are screwed with the mob over erotic calenders, as they can't find a single woman in today's film. Mike points two; one in Nara Island, another during Mama Gorgo's rampage. Pearl and Maltin are shocked as the film seemingly had no serious effect on Mike or the Bots. For a worse film, Maltin suggests one with Mickey Rourke, and teams up with Pearl for future experiments.

* TheCameo: ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' critic Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; while he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), it supposedly put two of his assistant editors into intensive care.

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and Nate the Clown)]] by dropping his two bits directly on the counter, causing death and freeing the wild nanoscopic animals. As a bit of FridgeHorror, this is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.

** Pearl calls Leonard Maltin [[Creator/GeneSiskel Mr. Siskel]], [[Creator/RogerEbert Roger, Ebert]], and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Mr. Maltin-Ebert]], before finally settling on Leo.

** Mike wants to play ''TabletopGame/TrivialPursuit: William Sylvester Edition'', based on the presence of the ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' actor's presence in this movie, as well as ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E18DevilDoll Devil Doll]]'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E14RidingWithDeath Riding With Death]]''. The 'Bots can't be bothered.
* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; while he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), it supposedly put two of his assistant editors into intensive care.

-->'''Servo:''' Oh, Mike, you're probably gripped with the urge to say "London Bridge Is Falling Down" [[MonumentalDamage at this point]], but don't, DON'T! This is actually the ''Tower'' Bridge.\\

'''Servo:''' Mike, what did I just tell you?

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The crew use the typical American mispronunciation of [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot "Waiting For g'DOH"]] when in fact it's meant to be pronounced "Goddo", which sounds more like Gorgo anyway. PlayedForLaughs as something of a GeniusBonus[[invoked]] -- Servo himself corrected the mispronunciation in earlier episodes, and it's deliberate here.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and Nate the Clown)]] by dropping a few quarters, causing death & freeing the wild animals. As a bit of FridgeHorror, this is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.

* ScotIreland: Some of the riffs are based on Scottish stereotypes, despite the setting being explicitly an Irish island. PlayedForLaughs, [[DontExplainTheJoke the joke being]] that they know Samuel Beckett is Irish as well as [[CelebrityResemblance what he looks like]] but somehow can't tell Scotland and Ireland apart.

* Mike tries to play TabletopGame/TrivialPursuit: William Sylvester edition with Crow and Servo, but the two don't care.

* The Nanites set up a circus with live animals, carnival games, acrobats and Nate the Clown. Mike drops some quarters, which causes chaos and destruction to the circus and Nate the Clown.

* Crow and Servo are screwed with the mob over erotic calenders, as they can't find a single woman in today's film. Mike points two; one in Nara Island, another during Mama Gorgo's rampage. Pearl and Maltin are shocked as the film gave no effect to Mike or the Bots. For a worse film, Maltin suggests one with Mickey Rourke, and teams up with Pearl for future experiments.

* AccidentalMisnaming: "Hey, it's Large Bob!"
-->'''Mike:''' ''(chuckling)'' It's Big Ben.\\

** Meta-example: the little kid from the beginning sort of looks like a young Mike Nelson, or a grown-up [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave Foley]].

* ContinuityNod
** To ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E08TouchOfSatan Touch of Satan]]'':
--->'''Crow:''' Hi, I'm Gorgo -- but I'm ''not'' [[Film/TouchOfSatan Mormo of the thousand-faced moon.]]
** Also:
--->'''Crow:''' Go play on Film/{{Gamera}}'s back, kid, I'm not into it.
** Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a pair of bits in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E06TheUndead The Undead]]'' episodes. In ''Laserblast'', Mike and the 'bots read out the various critically-acclaimed movies ranked worse or no better than ''Laserblast'''s 2½ stars (like ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'', ''Film/SevenSamurai'', etc.). In ''The Undead'' (also given a middling-to-decent review in Maltin's ''Video Guide''), Tom has Mike dress up as Maltin so he can ''freak out'' at him.

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (with Nate the Clown)]] by dropping a few quarters, causing death & freeing the wild animals. As a bit of FridgeHorror, this is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.

* ShoutOut: When the boat is being rocked by the volcanic eruption at the start of the film:
-->'''Crow''': Mike, Servo? For what it's worth, [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} my heart will go on]].

* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; though he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), although it supposedly put some of his assistant editors into intensive care.
* CelebrityResemblance: One of the charters Mike and the Bots see is dubbed Creator/SamuelBeckett.

* EmpathyDollShot:

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The crew use the typical American mispronunciation of [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot "Waiting For g'DOH"]] when in fact it's meant to be pronounced "Goddo". PlayedForLaughs as something of a GeniusBonus[[invoked]] -- Servo himself corrected the mispronunciation in earlier episodes, so it's deliberate here.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (with Nate the Clown)]] by dropping a few quarters, causing death & freeing the wild animals. FridgeHorror: this is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.
* ScotIreland: Some of the riffs are based on Scottish stereotypes, despite the setting being explicitly an Irish island.

-->'''Crow''': Mike, Servo? For what its worth, [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} my heart will go on]].

-->'''Crow:''' Hi, I'm Gorgo -- but I'm ''not'' [[Film/TouchOfSatan Mormo of the thousand-faced moon.]]

** Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a pair of bits in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E06TheUndead The Undead]]'' episodes. In ''Laserblast'', Mike and the 'bots read out the various critically-acclaimed movies ranked better, not as a good as, or no worse than in comparison to ''Laserblast'''s 2½ stars (like ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'', ''Film/SevenSamurai'', etc.). In ''The Undead'' (also given a middling-to-decent review in Maltin's ''Video Guide''), Tom has Mike dress up as Maltin so he can ''freak out'' at him.

-->'''Servo:''' Oh, Mike, you're probably gripped with the urge to say "[[PlaygroundSong London Bridge Is Falling Down]]" at [[MonumentalDamage this point]], but don't, DON'T! This is actually the ''Tower'' Bridge.\\
'''Mike:''' ''(literally seconds later)'' ''London Bridge is falling down...''\\

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: During Mama Gorgo's rampage, Servo sarcastically remarks that some of the people will be put "in hospital", perhaps even having come "from university".[[note]]In American English, you'd want to add an extra "the" in front of each of those.[[/note]]

** To [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E08TouchOfSatan Touch of Satan]]''

-->'''Servo:''' Oh, Mike, you're probably gripped with the urge to say "[[MonumentalDamage London Bridge Is Falling Down]]" at this point, but don't, DON'T! This is actually the ''Tower'' Bridge.\\

* BigShutUp: Tom gives one when the obnoxious reporter gives one [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplating]] monologue too many.

* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; though he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), although it supposedly put some of his assistants into intensive care.

-->'''Crow:''' Hi, I'm Gorgo - but I'm ''not'' [[Film/TouchOfSatan Mormo of the thousand-faced moon.]]

-->'''Crow:''' Go play on Film/{{Gamera}}'s back, kid, I'm not into it.
** Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a bit in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' episode where Mike and the 'bots, reading his movie guide, rank movies as "better" or "worse" in comparison to ''Laserblast'''s 2½ stars.

-->'''Mike''': See, what I don't understand is how you didn't notice them actually building a nest.
-->'''Crow''': Well, I was aware of ''some'' activity, Mike, but ::tch:: it's the top of my head! I suppose you know everything that's going on on the top of your head at all times?
-->'''Mike''': ({{Beat}}) I guess not...

--> '''Mike:''' (as the shot cuts to tanks) Now ''tanks'' are brought in to roll over the doll!

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The crew use the typical American mispronunciation of [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot "Waiting For g'DOH"]] when in fact it's meant to be pronounced "Goddo"... which ironically rhymes better with Gorgo already.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: This time Mike accidentally brings chaos to the Nanites' circus [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (with Nate the Clown)]] by dropping a few quarters, causing death & freeing the wild animals.
** FridgeHorror: This is the last episode where the Nanites appear, and they're never mentioned again.

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: During Mama Gorgo's rampage, Servo says that some of the people were sent "to hospital from university".

* VisibleBoomMic: Rare for [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] - at 9 minutes in, Servo says "Hey, Mike Nelson!" and Mike says "Hey, Tom Servo!". When Mike turns his head [[http://youtu.be/J6NWEmwunmg?t=9m17s you can see his microphone sticking out in front of his mouth]].

-->'''Crow:''' Go play on Franchise/{{Gamera}}'s back, kid, I'm not into it.

** Though it's not that rare, you can actually see it in most Mike episodes. They even have one for Robot Mike in Prince of Space!

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: During Mama Gorgo's rampage, Servos says that some of the people were sent "to hospital from university".

-->'''Mike''': ::beat:: I guess not...

* Crow fires hot lead to weasels trying eat the eggs. Meanwhile, Pearl is in Los Angeles with film critic Leonard Maltin to present today's experiment, ''Film/{{Gorgo}}''. He says that the film sent two of his assistants to the hospital.

* Mike and the Bots put a production of ''[[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Waiting for Gorgo]]''.

* MissingEpisode: Before the DVD was released, this episode had only aired twice. Both airings were on the same day.

* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; though he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide in a bit that smacks of self-promotion), although it supposedly put some of his assistants into intensive care.

* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; though he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), although it supposedly put some of his assistants into intensive care.

* CelebrityResemblance: One of the charters Mike and the Bots see is dubbed Samuel Beckett.

-->'''Mike''': ::beat:: I...suppose not...

* HeyItsThatGuy: Invoked somewhat unsuccessfully by Mike while trying to play Trivial Pursuit: William Sylvester Edition, noting that he appeared in ''[[Series/GeminiMan Riding With Death]]'' and ''Film/DevilDoll''.

** Maltin's appearance, as well as referencing the rather favorable review he gave it, is also a call-back to a bit in the earlier ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]'' episode where Mike and the 'bots, reading his movie guide, rank movies in comparison as "better" or "worse" than ''Laserblast'''s 2-and-a-half stars.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mike tries to invoke this while trying to play Trivial Pursuit: William Sylvester edition, noting that he appeared in [[Series/GeminiMan Riding With Death]] and Film/DevilDoll.

* TheCameo: Leonard Maltin appears to advise Pearl on what bad movies to show Mike and the bots. He recommends this; though he confesses to liking it himself (having given it an above-average rating in his movie guide), although it supposedly put some of his assistants into intensive care..

-->'''Crow:''' Go play on Franchise/{{Gamera}}'s back, kid, I'm not into it

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