History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie

[[caption-width-right:300:"''This Island Earth'' can be yours IF Series/ThePriceIsRight!"]]

** As the Metalunan ship lands, Servo reminds everyone that "we're parked in the [[Franchise/StarTrek Denubrian[sic]]][[note]][[Franchise/StarTrek Denebian]][[/note]] [[Franchise/StarTrek Slime Devil]] lot!"

* BigBudgetBeefUp: Of particular note is the famous theater hallway, which is now a real ''full-size'' hallway. Mike and the Bots even stroll through it in one scene. The theater also has a few additional seats, thanks to the widescreen format.

-->'''Forrester:''' [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E93TheLittlePeople I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD!!!]]

'''Tom:''' If not fully satisfied with this film, please returned unused portion for a full refund.

-->'''Crow''' Country of First Publication: United States of America. Offer void in Utah.\\

-->'''Mike:''' All rights are reserved, Callahan!\\
'''Crow:''' (''as Clint Eastwood''): Oh yeah? Well, what about the rights of that little girl?

* BigBudgetBeefUp: Of particular note is the famous theater hallway, which is now a real ''full-size'' hallway. Mike and the Bots even stroll through it in one scene. The theater also has a few additional seats, thanks to the widescreen format, the theater has a few additional seats.

[[caption-width-right:300:''This Island Earth'' can be yours IF Series/ThePriceIsRight!]]

!!The ''[=MST3K=] movie provides examples of:

->'''Tom Servo:''' ''This Island Earth'' can be yours IF Series/ThePriceIsRight!

!!The ''[=MST3K=]'' movie contains examples of the following tropes:

* ActorAllusion: Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, so a few jokes center around his role as the Professor on ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and the use of BambooTechnology.
* AnalProbing: The topic of two of Servo's riffs about the Metalunans.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The [=MutAnt's=] big, exposed brain makes for an obvious target.
-->'''Crow:''' ''(as [=MutAnt=] when Cal hits it repeatedly in the head)'' OW! I'm very vulnerable there -- D'oh! There go the piano lessons! AAGH! I can't remember my dad!

* BigBudgetBeefUp: Of particular note is the famous theater hallway, which is now a real ''full-size'' hallway. Mike and the Bots even stroll through it in one scene. Thanks to the widescreen format, the theater has a few additional seats.
** The bots have been upgraded too, Crow's arms actually move when he uses the pickaxe and he can tilt his entire head up to look at Mike and Servo. In one of the deleted scenes he even convincingly plays the harmonica! Servo is actually seen hovering as Mike climbs down a ladder (rather than being an InformedAttribute like in the show) and Gypsy... Well, she has a fresh coat of paint.
* BigDamnMovie: Dr. F. is being a real jerk in this "episode", so the threats to Mike and company are much more pressing than usual and their ultimate victory against him is a lot more pronounced and satisfying.

* BrickJoke: The original ending had Crow returning to trying to tunnel out of the satellite, this time with the chainsaw he found in Servo's room. This had to be cut because the focus groups found the original ending too long.[[note]]"And scary", joked Jim Mallon at the Convent-O-Con II.[[/note]]
* CallBack: [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E04WomenOfThePrehistoricPlanet Not the first time the Satellite's robot arms were used.]]
** Among the junk in Servo's room are [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell hamdingers]] and [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E07IAccuseMyParents his ideal family drawing]].
* TheCameo: Obviously unintentional, and they don't call attention to it, but the deliveryman in ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'' is played by Creator/ColemanFrancis, who directed the films featured in [[Film/TheSkydivers three]] [[Film/RedZoneCuba classic]] [[Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats MST3k Episodes]].
* CanonDiscontinuity: The 213 official episodes of ''[=MST3K=]'' (through 2017) include the KTMA "Season 0" episodes, but not the movie. It's a telling legacy of how much discord TheMovie caused among the production staff, including creating rifts that have never truly healed.

* CaptainObvious: When Cal points out the aliens' foreheads being inhuman, Servo chuckles and exclaims, "[[SarcasmMode No!]]"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Crow is considerably loopier than usual in this episode.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal International]] logo appears:
-->'''Mike:''' Doesn't the fact that it's universal ''make'' it international?
* EpicFail: Mike busts up the Hubble so bad it somehow ''drops through space''. Mike (and the viewer) has no idea how that even works.

* {{Flanderization}}: Just for TheMovie, Mike, as TheHero, is extra {{nice|Guy}} and [[TheGenericGuy bland]]; Crow is much more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} than usual and hefts the IdiotBall more readily, rather than the nerdy prankster he usually is; and if anything, Tom is probably less of a SmallNameBigEgo and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} than normal thanks to CastSpeciation, although he does take on the lion's share of VulgarHumor for the riffs rather than having everyone pass it around.
* ForScience: Nobody questions Cal and Joe spending time, money, and power assembling various ill-defined machines that don't actually seem to work.
-->'''Mike:''' Ah, yes. This is when science didn't have to have any specific purpose.

* GratuitousGerman: One of the riffs has Tom speaking in guidebook German (a ShoutOut to ''Series/FawltyTowers'').
-->'''Tom:''' ''Guten Tag! Zigaretten? Wir wollen ein Auto mieten!''[[note]]"Good day! Cigarettes? We would like to rent a car!"[[/note]]
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: It opens with a close-up shot of flasks filled with steaming, bubbling liquid--then the camera pulls back to show the rest of Dr. Clayton Forrester and his lab. No explanation for the flasks is ever given.

* HoYay: InUniverse, several references are made to Cal and Joe being a couple.
-->'''Joe:''' You're too darn smart.\\
'''Servo:''' And handsome!\\
''(later)''\\
'''Joe:''' Cal, won't you reconsider?\\
'''Cal:''' I did. All night.\\
'''Servo:''' ''(suggestively, as Cal)'' Didn't you hear me?

-->'''Mike & The 'Bots:''' ''(singing along)'' ''Normal View, Normal Viewwww,'' '''Normal Viewwwwww,''' ''(Servo alone, grandiosely)'' '''''NORMAL VIEWWWWWW!!!!'''''

* MythologyGag: One of the theater doors has a cast of TV's Frank's face on it, surrounded by bananas (naturally, it's door number 2). The "hard copy of the wire service reports" that Gypsy gives Mike is actually an old ''Satellite News'' from the ''[=MST3K=]'' Info Club. The "Manipulator Arm" Mike uses to delicately pry the Hubble off the ''[=SOL=]'''s hull is labeled "[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos]]" and is accompanied by a brief snippet of Torgo's {{leitmotif}}.

* OhCrap: In the original ending when Crow intends to chainsaw his way out of the [=SoL=].

* OhTheHumanity: When Cal's experiment in an early scene (which the riffers compared to Eggo Waffles) suddenly explodes.
-->'''Mike:''' Oh, my God, my waffle! Oh, the humanity!
* PottyEmergency:
** Defied by Dr. Forrester at the beginning, who makes sure to ask if everyone's gone so that he doesn't have to stop the movie for...you know...
** Also one of the riffs, as Joe runs up the control tower:
--->'''Crow:''' ''(as Joe)'' Putting the men's room in the tower; what was I thinking?!
* PrecisionFStrike: Three S-strikes for the sake of [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating pushing the movie's rating to PG-13]].[[note]]Even if it was ExecutiveMeddling, they made good use out of it. Mary Jo Pehl was responsible for writing all three.[[/note]] All three are delivered by Tom:
** After being told what two of their fellow scientists are working on (uranium, plutonium):
--->'''Tom:''' Whoopty-shit.
** On first seeing Metaluna:
--->'''Tom:''' What kind of shithole planet ''is'' this?!
** And just a few minutes later as they're trying to ''escape'' from said shithole planet:
--->'''Tom:''' No, I could've sworn we parked on level C, right next to the -- ''(sees space monster around the corner)'' oh, ''shit''.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: We finally get a good look at the room of Tom Servo, which contains a [[{{Manchild}} race car-shaped bed]], a {{chainsaw|Good}}, a collection of lamps as well as [[CollectorOfTheStrange his massive underwear collection]], and an interocitor he's apparently just had kicking around for years (he was using it to make hot chocolate).
* RubberForeheadAliens: The Metalunans all have orange skin, white hair, and big, oddly-shaped foreheads. Ruth and Steve think they need a series of sketches and diagrams as proof of this.
-->'''Ruth:''' "Notice the strange indentation in both their foreheads."\\
'''Servo:''' '''[[SarcasmMode NO!!!!!?]]'''
* RunningGag: Many, as usual for the series.
** "In the event that the first assistant production coordinator is unable to fulfill her duties..." "[[OverusedRunningGag Okay, enough!]]"
** "The Amazing Rando!", Construction Coordinator and behind-the-scenes MemeticBadass[[invoked]] Rando Schmook, from the ending credits.
--->'''Tom:''' Watch [[StageMagician Rando the Great]] construct sets with his very MIND!!\\
'''Tom:''' Excuse me, Magic Film and Video, but RANDO will do all the magic on this film!\\
'''Tom:''' [[SomethingPerson Eastman]].[[note]]Eastman Color Film[[/note]] He came out of the east to do battle with [[SuddenlyShouting the AMAZING RANDOOO]]!!!"

** Over the sign saying 'Private Airfield': "Creator/KeanuReeves in ''[[Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho My Own Private Airfield]]!''"
** The first two scientists Ruth introduces Cal to are "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon Reverend Moon]], [[Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies Miss Hathaway]]," respectively.
** "[[Creator/WaltWhitman I sing the Additional Grip/Electric]]."

** As the Metalunan ship lands, Servo reminds everyone that "we're parked in the [[Franchise/StarTrek Denubrian[sic]]][[note]][[Franchise/StarTrek Denebian]][[/note]] [[Franchise/StarTrek Slime Devil]] lot!"
* SomethingPerson: As Joe piles into a Jeep after Cal's near-crash on the airstrip: "This is a job for Weenie Man!"
-->'''Crow:''' Into the [[{{Thememobile}} Weeniemobile]]! Weenie Man away!
* SpaceIsAnOcean: The controls of the ''Satellite Of Love'' are almost identical to a boat's helm. To the point Gypsy (whose major duty in-series is running the satellite) drives it while wearing a captain's hat and singing "What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor".

* StoppedReadingTooSoon: Dr. Cal Meacham gets several crates full of the necessary parts to build an interocitor. The scene skips to after he's unpacked them, and the thousands of fragile parts are spread out on the floor. Cal reads the instructions again...
-->'''Tom Servo:''' ''(as Cal Meacham)'' "But before unpacking..." ''D'oh!''
* StrangelyArousing: When Tom Servo blocks the hull breach with his hoverskirt, he starts ''giggling'' as the vacuum of space sucks at him from underneath, declaring, "I'm experiencing a sensation altogether new to me -- and frankly, I '''''love''''' it!" When Mike removes him, he growls, "Aw, darn..."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The riffers have a lot of fun with the fact that the main characters are fooled by the [[HughMann incredibly obvious aliens]].
-->'''Cal:''' What do you think of [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mr. Mozart]], Exeter?\\
'''Exeter:''' I'm afraid I do not know the gentleman.\\
'''Servo :''' ''(as Exeter)'' '''I'M NOT AN ALIEN!'''\\
''(as the dinner ends)''\\
'''Tom:''' ''(as Exeter)'' And then I'll [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest]], but I'm not an alien!
* TakeThat:
** "Okay, let's see here. [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner, Shatner...]] Doesn't look like he's in this one. We're safe."
** "Hey, you can see the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Cubs]] losing!"
* ThoseWackyNazis: Servo has a German scientist greet Cal and Ruth with an overly cheerful "Heil Hitler!"
* ToiletHumour: The crew wasn't above fart jokes.
-->'''Servo:''' ''(as Cal)'' Sorry, I farted.
-->''(later)''
-->'''Mike:''' ''(as Ruth)'' ''I'' farted.
* TooDumbToLive: Not only was Crow's plan to tunnel out of the Satellite of Love ''immensely'' stupid, but it turns out '''even he knew that''':

* UnraveledEntanglement: Mike and the 'bots get an unscheduled break from the movie when the film comes unspooled and then melts. The scene cuts to Dr. Forrester, whose tie is caught in the projector reel, and his arm is somehow on fire. He uses the film to put out the fire, and just gets his hands tangled in it.

-->'''Gypsy:''' Uh uh! No way! This is your dishwashing liquid, you soak in it!
* YoureNotMyFather: One of the riffs:
-->'''Joe:''' "You know what the kids would say..."\\
'''Servo:''' ...You're not my real father!

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* Claiming he can be a better pilot than Cal, Mike tries his hand at piloting the SOL. He ends up crashing into the Hubble telescope, and

* Dr. Forrester provides an introduction to this movie and that which will be riffed momentarily.

* Mike's morning workout is interrupted when Crow attempts to dig his way out of the Satellite of Love and into space.

* Claiming he can be a better pilot than Cal, Mike tries his hand at piloting the SOL, but ends up crashing into the Hubble telescope.

* As it turns out, Tom has an interocitor in his bedroom, so Mike and the Bots use it to ask a Metalunan for help in escaping. The one they get is not really much help.

* Mike and the Bots unwind from the experiment with a little "Metaluna mixer". When Dr. Forrester attempts to crash the party with his own interocitor, he himself gets zapped to Metaluna.

-->'''Ruth:''' "Notice the strange indentation in their foreheads."\\

** Among the junk in Servo's room include [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell hamdingers]] and [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E07IAccuseMyParents his ideal family drawing]].

** Out-of-universe, the AMAZING RANDO! is art director Rando Schmook. Born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Schmook took to the rails and explored the entire lower 48 states via freight train before persuing a degree in architecture, which he used to design sets for Hollywood movies, including ''Film/MyCousinVinny''. Rando really was amazing to the rest of BBI, who credit him with fully achieving the look they were going after, as well as being amused by his eccentricities, which included showing up to work in ratty sneakers and changing into freshly shined black patent leather tuxedo shoes before starting his work (he claimed the soles allowed him to run around sets faster), and changing back into said sneakers before leaving for the day. He also apparently only ate a pound of Oscar Mayer bologna slices (no bread or condiments) for lunch every day, with no other food or drink consumed the rest of the time.

** As the Metalunan ship lands, Servo reminds everyone that "we're parked in the [[Franchise/StarTrek Denubrian[sic][[note]]Denebian[[/note]] Slime Devil]] lot!"

** As the Metalunan ship lands, Servo reminds everyone that "we're parked in the [[Series/StarTrek Denubrian[sic][[note]]Denebian[[/note]] Slime Devil]] lot!"

** "Hey, you can see the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cubs]] losing!"

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** As the Metalunan ship lands, Servo reminds everyone that "we're parked in the [[Series/StarTrek Denubrian[''sic''][[note]]Denebian[[/note]] Slime Devil]] lot!"

* MythologyGag: One of the theater doors has a cast of TV's Frank's face on it. The "hard copy of the wire service reports" that Gypsy gives Mike is actually an old ''Satellite News'' from the ''[=MST3K=]'' Info Club. The "Manipulator Arm" Mike uses to delicately pry the Hubble off the ''[=SOL=]'''s hull is labeled "[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos]]" and is accompanied by a brief snippet of Torgo's {{leitmotif}}.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In the German dub, the riffers all declare the black triangular screen on top of the interocitor as a "Muschibildschirm!" (literally "pussy screen").
** The [=MutAnt=] is given the name "Scrotor" by the gang.
--->'''Servo''': (''as the Mutant'') Give Uncle Scrotor a hug!
** Cal jerking on his joystick elicits some bemused reactions by the crew as well.
--->'''Servo:''' Should we be seeing this?\\
'''Cal:''' Jerking around caused a flameout.\\
''(Servo chuckles nervously.)''