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* NamesTheSame: A guy named Creator/PaulVerhoeven plays the gravedigger.

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* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] A guy named Creator/PaulVerhoeven plays the gravedigger.

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Film watched: ''{{Hamlet}}''

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Film watched: ''{{Hamlet}}''
''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''



Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough Pearl picks the version they'll watch]], [[DisproportionateRetribution just to spite him]]...

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Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''.''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough Pearl picks the version they'll watch]], [[DisproportionateRetribution just to spite him]]...



* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called Alas Poor Who? where the bots are shown random bones and have to guess whom they belonged to.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied... By presenting him with a poorly made version made in Germany.

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* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called Alas ''Alas Poor Who? Who?'' where the bots are shown random bones and have to guess whom they belonged to.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied... By by presenting him with a poorly made version made in Germany.



* FreudWasRight: InUniverse, Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion.

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* FreudWasRight: InUniverse, Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion. It could also be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another classic piece of theater]].



** It could be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another classic piece of theater]].



--->'''Crow:''' Purse your beak.
--->'''Mike:''' I'll purse your beak!
* NamesTheSame: A guy named [[{{Showgirls}} Paul Verhoven]] plays the gravedigger.

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--->'''Crow:''' Purse your beak.
--->'''Mike:'''
beak.\\
'''Mike:'''
I'll purse your beak!
* NamesTheSame: A guy named [[{{Showgirls}} Paul Verhoven]] Creator/PaulVerhoeven plays the gravedigger.



* PungeonMaster: Mike and the bots have a lot of fun with the now-archaic-sounding Shakespeare-lingo:

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* PungeonMaster: PungeonMaster:
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Mike and the bots have a lot of fun with the now-archaic-sounding Shakespeare-lingo:



--->'''Hamlet:''' I shall not look upon his like again.\\

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--->'''Hamlet:''' -->'''Hamlet:''' I shall not look upon his like again.\\



* RunningGag: "Cut his throat in a church!"

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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
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"Cut his throat in a church!"



-->'''Pearl:''' ''(after dealing with Fortinbras)'' Is it ''me''? Am I a [[InvokedTrope magnet for these idiots]]?![[note]]Considering your son is a maniacal MadScientist, and your companions are a talking ape and a pale-faced omnipotent being who carries his brain around in a bowl, yes, you ''are''.[[/note]]

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-->'''Pearl:''' ''(after ''[after dealing with Fortinbras)'' Fortinbras]'' Is it ''me''? Am I a [[InvokedTrope magnet for these idiots]]?![[note]]Considering your son is a maniacal MadScientist, and your companions are a talking ape and a pale-faced omnipotent being who carries his brain around in a bowl, yes, you ''are''.[[/note]]
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* NoodleIncident: Meta example. The official episode guide names the "Alas Poor Who?" sketch as "series-cancelling," but doesn't elaborate.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Used in one of the riffs.[[note]]"Bunghole" here means a hole in a barrel, of course. Interesting that using the word "bunghole" as slang for anus dates back to at least a XVII century.[[/note]]

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Used in one of the riffs.[[note]]"Bunghole" here means a the hole in a barrel, of course. Interesting that using the word "bunghole" as slang for anus dates back to at least a the XVII century.[[/note]]
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Used in one of the riffs.[[note]]"Bunghole" here means a hole in a barrel, of course. Interesting that using the word "bunghole" as slang for anus dates back to at least a XVII century.[[/note]]
-->'''Hamlet:''' Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander till he find it stopping a bunghole?\\
'''Tom Servo:''' Eww!
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->''[[TheStinger [Dazed man suddenly looks to the right]]]''
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** During Hamlet's meeting with the ghost of his father, 99% of the scene focuses on Hamlet himself (presumably interpreting the spirit as a delusion.) Mike and the 'Bots make jokes about the director making panicked orders to switch cameras to the ghost.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied...by presenting him with a poorly made version made in Germany.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied...by By presenting him with a poorly made version made in Germany.



* CallBack: When tricking Pearl into playing a fixed game of 3-card monte and raising the stakes for the final round, Mike imitates Geronimo's CatchPhrase from ''Film/FinalJustice'', the previous episode.

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* CallBack: When tricking Pearl into playing a fixed game of 3-card monte 3-Card Monte and raising the stakes for the final round, Mike imitates Geronimo's CatchPhrase from ''Film/FinalJustice'', the previous episode.



* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In the first host segment, Tom declares that his last name is spelled "Serveaux" (still pronounced "Servo"). Then he reveals his first name is now "Htom" (pronounced "Heh-Tom", though Mike had thought it would be "T-H-O-M"). Crow looks at Cambot in disbelief, then declares "Hey, Htom, why don't you hlick me?"

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In the first host segment, Tom declares that his last name is spelled "Serveaux" "Sirveaux" (still pronounced "Servo"). Then he reveals his first name is now "Htom" (pronounced "Heh-Tom", though Mike had thought it would be "T-H-O-M"). Crow looks at Cambot in disbelief, then declares "Hey, "Well, Htom, why don't you hlick me?"
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** Another is Mike and the bots' disdain for the many long monologues in the movie.
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--->'''Mike:''' I'll purse your beak!
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Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately he [[WhatAnIdiot lets Pearl pick the version they'll watch...]]

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Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately he [[WhatAnIdiot lets Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough Pearl pick picks the version they'll watch...]]
watch]], [[DisproportionateRetribution just to spite him]]...
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* CampGay: Fortinbras.
-->'''Observer:''' He made ''me'' look butch.
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* WeirdnessMagnet: Pearl invokes the trope directly.
-->'''Pearl:''' ''(after dealing with Fortinbras)'' Is it ''me''? Am I a [[InvokedTrope magnet for these idiots]]?![[note]]Considering your son is a maniacal MadScientist, and your companions are a talking ape and a pale-faced omnipotent being who carries his brain around in a bowl, yes, you ''are''.[[/note]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mike wanted to see a film version of Hamlet. Pearl complied...by presenting him with a poorly made version made in Germany.
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* CallBack: When tricking Pearl into playing a fixed game of 3-card monte and raising the stakes for the final round, Mike imitates Geronimo's CatchPhrase from ''Film/FinalJustice'', the previous episode.
-->'''Mike:''' You think you can take me? Go 'head on, it's your move.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[invoked]] Mike and the 'bots get some mileage from Ricardo Montalban doing the ADR for Claudius.
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--->'''Crow:''' Purse your beak.
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If I remember, Crow spelled it Cröe,\" not like the last name in a certain rock band.


** HypocriticalHumor: After the commercial break, Crow decides to start spelling his name Crüe.

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** HypocriticalHumor: After the commercial break, Crow decides to start spelling his name Crüe.Cröe.
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'''Mike:''' [[PopculturalOsmosis The literary equivalent of]] "[[LudwigVanBeethoven Duh-duh-duh-DUM]]"!

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'''Mike:''' [[PopculturalOsmosis The literary verbal equivalent of]] "[[LudwigVanBeethoven Duh-duh-duh-DUM]]"!
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Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately he [[LiteralGenie fails to specify which version...]]

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Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately he [[LiteralGenie fails to specify which version...[[WhatAnIdiot lets Pearl pick the version they'll watch...]]
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** It could be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another play by Shakespeare]].

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** It could be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another play by Shakespeare]].classic piece of theater]].
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** It could be they were just referencing [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing another play by Shakespeare]].
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** HypocriticalHumor: After the commercial break, Crow decides to spell his name just as bad as Tom's.

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** HypocriticalHumor: After the commercial break, Crow decides to spell start spelling his name just as bad as Tom's.Crüe.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: In the first host segment, Tom declares that his last name is spelled "Serveaux" (still pronounced "Servo"). Then he reveals his first name is now "Htom" (pronounced "Heh-Tom", though Mike had thought it would be "T-H-O-M"). Crow looks at Cambot in disbelief, then declares "Hey, Htom, why don't you hlick me?"

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In the first host segment, Tom declares that his last name is spelled "Serveaux" (still pronounced "Servo"). Then he reveals his first name is now "Htom" (pronounced "Heh-Tom", though Mike had thought it would be "T-H-O-M"). Crow looks at Cambot in disbelief, then declares "Hey, Htom, why don't you hlick me?"
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: In the first host segment, Tom declares that his last name is spelled "Serveaux" (still pronounced "Servo"). Then he reveals his first name is now "Htom" (pronounced "Heh-Tom", though Mike had thought it would be "T-H-O-M"). Crow looks at Cambot in disbelief, then declares "Hey, Htom, why don't you hlick me?"
** HypocriticalHumor: After the commercial break, Crow decides to spell his name just as bad as Tom's.
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* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called Alas Poor Who? where the bots are shown random body parts and have to guess whom they belonged to.

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* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called Alas Poor Who? where the bots are shown random body parts bones and have to guess whom they belonged to.

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* AffablyEvil: Pearl forwards mail to allow Mike to stay in contact with his family.



* BedsheetGhost: When the bots try to pass themselves off as the ghost of Mike's father.
* FreudWasRight: Of course Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion.
-->Tom Servo: Hamlet, get off your mom!

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* BedsheetGhost: When the bots try to pass themselves off as the ghost of Mike's father.
father. Upon learning that he's alive, they try every other conceivable relative and get the same result.
-->'''Crow:''' Don't your relatives ever die?!
* FreudWasRight: Of course InUniverse, Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion.
-->Tom Servo: -->'''Tom Servo:''' Hamlet, get off your mom!



-->Claudius: Forgive me my foul murder.
-->Crow: It's just that that turkey was mouthing off to me.

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-->Claudius: -->'''Claudius:''' Forgive me my foul murder.
-->Crow:
murder.\\
'''Crow:'''
It's just that that turkey was mouthing off to me.



-->Hamlet: I shall not look upon his like again.
-->Crow: Why were you [[DoubleEntendre looking at his like]]?

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-->Hamlet: --->'''Hamlet:''' I shall not look upon his like again.
-->Crow:
again.\\
'''Crow:'''
Why were you [[DoubleEntendre looking at his like]]?
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->'''Hamlet:''' To be, or not to be.\\
'''Mike:''' [[PopculturalOsmosis The literary equivalent of]] "[[LudwigVanBeethoven Duh-duh-duh-DUM]]"!
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* AlasPoorYorick: One of the skits has Mike hosting a gameshow called Alas Poor Who? where the bots are shown random body parts and have to guess whom they belonged to.


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* PungeonMaster: Mike and the bots have a lot of fun with the now-archaic-sounding Shakespeare-lingo:
-->Claudius: Forgive me my foul murder.
-->Crow: It's just that that turkey was mouthing off to me.
** And:
-->Hamlet: I shall not look upon his like again.
-->Crow: Why were you [[DoubleEntendre looking at his like]]?
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Film watched: ''{{Hamlet}}''

Mike wins a bet with Pearl and gets to choose the movie of the week, so he picks the Bard's masterpiece, ''{{Hamlet}}''. Unfortunately he [[LiteralGenie fails to specify which version...]]

!!The [=MST3K=] treatment of ''Hamlet'' provides examples of:

* BedsheetGhost: When the bots try to pass themselves off as the ghost of Mike's father.
* FreudWasRight: Of course Mike and the bots take the play's subtext to its funniest conclusion.
-->Tom Servo: Hamlet, get off your mom!
* NamesTheSame: A guy named [[{{Showgirls}} Paul Verhoven]] plays the gravedigger.
* RunningGag: "Cut his throat in a church!"
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