History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie

* 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}}. Many, many references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially during the opening credits.

** As Crow attempts to tunnel out of the Satellite, he sings "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" which is a reference to ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' finale; this is later repeated in [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E13Diabolik the Season 10 series finale]] of the original run of ''[=MST3K=]'' itself.
** In the intro sequence, the closeup on Gypsy's eye is both a reference to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and a callback to the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E12Mitchell Mitchell]]'' episode from ''[=MST3K=]'' itself.

* As it turns out, Tom has an Interociter 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 Interociter, he himself gets zapped to Metaluna.

** "The Amazing Rando!", Construction Coordinator and behind-the-scenes MemeticBadass Rando Schmook, from the ending credits.

** {{Thememobile}}: "Into the Weeniemobile! Weenie Man away!"

* ActorAllusion: Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, so a few jokes center around his role on ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and the use of BambooTechnology.
* AnalProbing: The topic of two of Servo's riffs.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] - when the Hubble Telescope suddenly falls and burns up (and presumably [[MadeOfExplodium blows up in an incredible]] [[TakeOurWordForIt offscreen fireball]]), Mike points out that it shouldn't even be possible for it to suddenly drop out of orbit like that.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The [=MutAnts=] big, exposed brain makes for an obvious target.

** The bots have been upgraded too, Crow's arms actually move when he uses the pick-axe 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 a lot more pressing and their ultimate victory against him is a lot more pronounced and satisfying.

* 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!]]"

-->'''Crow:''' Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!

* RoomFullOfCrazy: We finally get a good look at the room of Tom Servo, which contains a race car-shaped bed, a chainsaw, a collection of lamps, his massive underwear collection, and an interocitor.

* RunningGag: As one example, there's "The Amazing Rando!" from the credits.

** As Crow attempts to tunnel out of the Satellite, he sings "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" which is a reference to ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' finale; this is later repeated in the Season 10 series finale of the original run of ''[=MST3K=]'' itself.
** In the intro sequence, the closeup on Gypsy's eye is both a reference to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and a callback to the ''Mitchell'' episode of [=MST3K=] itself.

** As Crow attempts to tunnel out of the Satellite, he sings "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" which is a reference to ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' finale; this is later repeated in the series finale of [=MST3K=] itself.

-->'''Cal:''' What do you think of Mr. Mozart, Exeter?\\

* GratuitousGerman: One of the riffs has Tom speaking in German (a ShoutOut to ''Series/FawltyTowers'').

* TypesetInTheFuture: The opening credits use the [[UsefulNotes/Fonts Eurostile font]] as a parody of serious science fiction films (like ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'').

* GratuitousGerman: One of the riffs has Tom speaking in German.

-->"Oopsie."

* PottyEmergency: One of the riffs, as Joe runs up the control tower:
--> "Putting the men's room in the tower; what was I thinking?!"

* PrecisionFStrike: Even if it was ExecutiveMeddling, they made good use out of it (Mary Jo Pehl was responsible for both of them):
-->'''Tom:''' ''(On first seeing Metaluna)'' What kind of shithole planet ''is'' this?!
** And a couple minutes later:
-->'''Tom''': No, I could've sworn we parked on level C, right next to the -- ''[sees space monster around the corner]'' oh, ''shit''.
** "Whoopty-shit."

* RubberForeheadAliens:
-->'''Ruth:''' "Notice the strange indentation in their foreheads."
-->'''Servo:''' '''[[SarcasmMode NO!!!!!?]]'''

* ShoutOut[=/=]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}}. Many, many references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially during the opening credits.

* SirSwearsALot: Servo makes all three Precision S-Strikes.
* SomethingPerson: "This is a job for Weenie Man!"

* StoppedReadingTooSoon: Dr. Cal Meachum gets several crates full of the necessary parts to build an interociter. 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 Meachem]'' "But before unpacking..." ''D'oh!''
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The riffers have a lot of fun with the fact that the main characters are fooled by the obvious aliens.
-->'''Tom:''' (As Exeter) Then I'll ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest, but I'm ''not'' an alien.
** Earlier:
--->'''Cal:''' What do you think of Mr. Mozart, Exeter?
--->'''Exeter:''' I'm afraid I do not know the gentleman.
--->'''Servo :''' ''(as Exeter)'' '''I'M NOT AN ALIEN!'''
* TakeThat: "Hey, you can see the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cubs]] losing!"

* TypesetInTheFuture: The opening credits use the Eurostile font to parody serious science fiction films.

--> "You know what the kids would say..."\\
"...You're not my real father!"

* ToiletHumor: The crew wasn't above fart jokes.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Concerning Crow's "digging through space" plan, he actually did think this through, just not well enough:
--> "Well, believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding against the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid and... I went ahead anyway."

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: "Hey, look at that, Dr. Forrester's gone!" "Alright! Now we'll never get back to Earth!" ''(Everybody laughs)''
-->''(FadeToBlack, {{Beat}})''\\

* FailedASpotCheck: When Crow pickaxes his way through the hull and sets off ContinuousDecompression through the hole, he asks for the blueprints to his plan. Once the paper flies into his face:
-->'''Crow:''' Oh look at that, "Breach hull, all die!" [[TooDumbToLive Even had it underlined!]]

* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Crow plans to escape the ''Satellite of Love'' by [[IdiotBall tunneling out of it]]. You know, ''into space''. "Hey, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds that I was doing something incredibly stupid, and... I went ahead anyway."

* FailedASpotCheck: When Crow breaches the hull he asks for the blueprints to his plan. The paper flies into his face and he reads it over.
-->'''Crow:''' Oh look at that, "Breach Hull, all die!" [[WhatAnIdiot I even had it]] ''[[WhatAnIdiot underlined!]]''

* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Crow plans to escape the ''Satellite of Love'' by tunneling out of it. You know, ''[[TooDumbToLive into space]]''. "Hey, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds that I was doing something incredibly stupid, and... I went ahead anyway."
-->'''Crow:''' Wow, look at that! 'Breach hull, all die.' Even had it underlined!

* TheMovie: Of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', as it says right in the title.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A literal case. Mike has yet to embark on his [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds world-destroying career]], but he manages to steer the ship straight into the Hubble space telescope within seconds of taking the controls, then manages to damage it even further while trying to ''manually'' put it back in orbit with the Satellite's manipulator-arms, then botches things completely when, [[GravityIsAHarshMistress a few seconds after he lets go]], it plummets straight to Earth.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: "Alright, Dr. Forrester's gone! Now we'll never get back to Earth!" ''(Everybody laughs)''

* BigDamnMovie

--->'''Servo:''' Should we be watching this?
--->'''Cal:''' Jerking around caused a flameout.
--->''(Servo chuckles nervously.)''
* AGodIAm: Forrester when he overrides the interocitor signal and fires beams at the crew to get them back to the theater room.

* {{Homage}}: The movie's opening credits play over Mike jogging along the inside of a circular track, similar to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''...but Mike's in a human-sized hamster wheel.

* IKnowMortalKombat: Mike's revelation that he's an instrument-rated pilot in ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' prompts Crow and Servo to dare him to take the controls of the ''Satellite of Love''. Five seconds later, [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds the Hubble telescope is destroyed]]. Notably, he complains when they make the dare that piloting a satellite is nothing like piloting a plane.
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Crow plans to escape the ''Satellite of Love'' by tunneling out of it. "Hey, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds that I was doing something incredibly stupid, and... I went ahead anyway."
** "Wow, look at that! 'Breach hull, all die.' Even had it underlined!"

** Averted for a change. Crow doesn't know why their credits would involve puppeteers.
** There's an odd reversal from the show, which had the SOL crew talk to the audience regularly while the Mads mostly ignored them. Here, Dr. Forrester talks directly to us to set up the premise, while the crew ignore us, save for a brief moment after the Hubble is destroyed. When Mike and the 'Bots head back to the theater, Gypsy looks at the camera, groans "Boys", and then shakes her head disapprovingly.

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Or, breaker of important telescopes, that is.
* TheMovie

** "Normal view, Normal viewwww, Normal viewwwwww, NORMAL VIEWWWWWW!!!!"

* TakeThat: "Hey, you can see the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cubs]] losing!" HilariousInHindsight after they won the 2016 World Series.

* BrainBleach / JustSmileAndNod: Mike's reaction to Servo's underwear collection.

** In the German dub, the riffers all declare the Interociter as "Die Muschibildschirm!" (literally "pussy screen").

* TheCameo: Obviously unintentional, and they don't call attention to it, but the deliveryman in ''ThisIslandEarth'' is played by Creator/ColemanFrancis, who directed the films featured in [[Film/TheSkydivers three]] [[Film/RedZoneCuba classic]] [[Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats MST3k Episodes]].

** 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 ''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.

-->'''Crow:''' ''(as [=MutAnt=] when Cal hits it repeatedly in the head)'' OW! Very vulnerable spot there! I can't remember my dad!

[[caption-width-right:300:Every year, Hollywood makes hundreds of films. This is one of them.]]

* 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.

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

* ForMassiveDamage: The [=MutAnts=] big, exposed brain makes for an obvious target.
-->'''Crow:''' ''(as [=MutAnt=] when Cal hits it repeatedly in the head)'' OW! Very vulnerable spot there! I can't remember my dad!

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Well, probably ''PG'' in this case, but Gramercy insisted on having a handful of foul words used during the film so the MPAA would bump the rating up to PG-13 and help the film attract a wider audience.

* KneelBeforeZod: Dr. Forrester forces Mike and the Bots to bow down to him.