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** Many allusions are made to Bela's career as Film/{{Dracula}}.
** [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs It puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets the hose."]]
** [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs It puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets the hose."]]
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* NotSoAboveItAll: As exasperated as he is with O.G.'s business with the movies they watch, Mal occasionally proves to be a more avid riffer and joker than him. In particular is his uproarious reaction to his own neck pun, concerning O.G.
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* AffectionateNickname: Our hosts endearingly refer to Bela Legosi's character in "Devil Bat" as Uncle Bela.
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* AffectionateNickname: Our hosts endearingly refer to Bela Legosi's character Paul Carruthers in "Devil Bat" as Uncle Bela.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Mal constantly makes jabs at O.J.'s expense, usually out of exasperation with his ambitions.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Depending on how you interpret it, [[spoiler: O.G. manages to cause untold amounts of havoc in very short time outside of the apartment at the end of "Robot Monster". In his words, "they're all dead".]]
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!", "He didn't say goodbye, I love your, or anything", and "They're all dead". [[spoiler: The latter implicitly takes a darker turn at the end of the episode.]]
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!", "He didn't say goodbye, I love your, or anything", and "They're all dead". [[spoiler: The latter implicitly takes a darker turn at the end of the episode.]] Also, the human race being reduced to [[InsistentTerminology four, not five.]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Occasionally, O.G. and Mal will show some genuine comraderie, such as when Mal bought O.G. a calcinater death ray just to cheer him up.
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Apt. 51 is an extremely obscure short-lived series that can best be described as the poor man's Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000. It was distributed by Razor Digital Entertainment in 2005, amid a slew of low-budget works designed to cash in on the 3D craze at the time. This one has never been released on anything except DVDs, and the stock online is steadily running out, threatening to turn it into lost media.
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Apt. 51 is an extremely obscure short-lived series that can best be described as the poor man's Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000. It was created by a man named Sam Boyer and distributed by Razor Digital Entertainment in 2005, amid a slew of low-budget works designed to cash in on the 3D craze at the time. This one has never been released on anything except DVDs, and the stock online is steadily running out, threatening to turn it into lost media.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: In-universe, O.G. tells Mal based on "Robot Monster" that those who want to be like humans will die like them...at the hands of a space gorilla with a bubble helmet shooting electricity.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Mal depicts Ro-Man as a put-upon actor constantly having to walk all over the place, grousing about his situation all the way.
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!" and "They're all dead". [[spoiler: The latter implicitly takes a darker turn at the end of the episode.]]
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!" AWAY!", "He didn't say goodbye, I love your, or anything", and "They're all dead". [[spoiler: The latter implicitly takes a darker turn at the end of the episode.]]
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!"
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!"AWAY!" and "They're all dead". [[spoiler: The latter implicitly takes a darker turn at the end of the episode.]]
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** "More human than, Ro-Man! [[Music/WhiteZombie more human than, Ro-Man!]]"
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** "More human than, than Ro-Man! [[Music/WhiteZombie more human than, than Ro-Man!]]"
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** "More human than, Ro-Man! [[Music/WhiteZombie more human than, Ro-Man!]]"
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* RunningGag: From "Robot Monster", "STOCK FOOTAGE, AWAY!"
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* StockFootage: Aside from the in-film examples from "Robot Monster", Mal ends up changing channels and seeing random scenes of violence, including the infamous shark scene from Film/{{Ape}}.
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** O.G. jokes about how Ro-Man doesn't have to act. He just has to wave his arms around while [[Franchise/StarWars JamesEarlJones dubs the voice in later.]]
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** O.G. jokes about how Ro-Man doesn't have to act. He just has to wave his arms around while [[Franchise/StarWars JamesEarlJones James Earl Jones dubs the voice in later.]]
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** O.G. jokes about how Ro-Man doesn't have to act. He just has to wave his arms around while [[Franchise/StarWars JamesEarlJones dubs the voice in later.]]
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: Mal and O.G., respectfully.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: O.G. is implied to be this, constantly talking about bringing the human race to its knees, while Mal just blows him off and lets him do his thing mostly unimpeded.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: "Devil Bat" ends with Mal performing a torturous experiment on O.G. so that he never makes him go through another SubvertedKidsShow again.]]
* DownerEnding: Well, [[ZigZaggedTrope not exactly.]] [[spoiler: Yes, it's heavily implied that O.G. was killed by Mal's ElectricTorture, but he was planning on brainwashing kids, so it's hard to feel sorry for him.]]
* DownerEnding: Well, [[ZigZaggedTrope not exactly.]] [[spoiler: Yes, it's heavily implied that O.G. was killed by Mal's ElectricTorture, but he was planning on brainwashing kids, so it's hard to feel sorry for him.]]
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* TomTheDarkLord: Apparently, the Central Command that O.G. and Mal answer to is named Jerry, and the former knew him from high school. Neither have a high opinion of him.
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* SubvertedKidsShow: O.G. presents everything in the episode "Devil Bat" as a children's program, complete with presenting the movie as a storytime segment, and even arts and crafts. It's all a front to brainwash kids into doing his bidding. Mal can barely stand it.
* TomTheDarkLord: Apparently, the Central Command that O.G. and Mal answer to is named Jerry, and the former knew him from high school. Neither have a high opinion ofhim.him.
* VillainProtagonist: O.G. and Mal were sent by Central Command so that they may monitor humanity, and then one day bring them down. Only O.G. takes this seriously.
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* VillainProtagonist: O.G. and Mal were sent by Central Command so that they may monitor humanity, and then one day bring them down. Only O.G. takes this seriously.
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* RedShirt: During "Robot Monster", O.G. and Mal joke about the former technically being a red-shirt due to his current apparel. Mal takes it further, stating that Central Command told him to put O.G. in that shirt for that reason.
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* TomTheDarkLord: Apparently, the High Central Command that O.G. and Mal answer to is named Jerry, and the former knew him from high school. Neither have a high opinion of him.
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* FourFingeredHands: Mal has only four digits, which comes up in a couple of gags.
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* SubliminalAdvertising: "Devil Bat" is filled with FreezeFrameBonus messages that go hand-in-hand with the propaganda motif the episode is going for.
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* SubliminalAdvertising: "Devil Bat" is filled with FreezeFrameBonus messages that go hand-in-hand with the propaganda motif the episode is going for.for.
* TomTheDarkLord: Apparently, the High Command that O.G. and Mal answer to is named Jerry, and the former knew him from high school. Neither have a high opinion of him.
* TomTheDarkLord: Apparently, the High Command that O.G. and Mal answer to is named Jerry, and the former knew him from high school. Neither have a high opinion of him.
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* ShoutOut: The aliens' crashed on Earth after O.G. [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.]]
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* GoingNative: From O.G.'s point of view, Mal is doing this by permanently moving into their apartment.
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* CaptainErsatz: O.G. looks like a goblin-esque version of [[ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], while Mal looks like a cross between WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks.]]
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* CaptainErsatz: O.G. looks like a goblin-esque version of [[ETTheExtraTerrestrial [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], while Mal looks like a cross between WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks.]]
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* CaptainErsatz: O.G. looks like a goblin-esque version of [[ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], while Mal looks like a cross between WesternAnimationGoofy and [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks.]]
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* CaptainErsatz: O.G. looks like a goblin-esque version of [[ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], while Mal looks like a cross between WesternAnimationGoofy and [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The bedrock upon which O.G.'s SubvertedKidsShow plan rests upon. To him, adults are too preoccupied with their own issues, whereas children are just pure enough to be manipulated by him. Mal is appropriately disgusted.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mal wants nothing to do with O.G.'s delusions of grandeur, and seems to care only about living a comfortable life in their apartment. He also calls out his SubvertedKidsShow plan profusely at first, and has to force himself to go through with it [[spoiler: until the very end.]]
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The overarching plot of this series is that there are two aliens who live together, presumably in the titular Apt.51, after crashing through it. One seeks to dominate the human race, while the other is content to live life as it is. One way or another, they end up watching some of the worst that cinema has to offer. This usually takes on the form of them watching extremely condensed versions of these films, constantly interrupting with commentary and/or other incidents.
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The overarching plot of this series is that there are two aliens who live together, presumably in the titular Apt.51, after crashing through it. One One, O.G., seeks to dominate the human race, while the other other, Mal, is content to live life as it is. One way or another, they end up watching some of the worst that cinema has to offer. This usually takes on the form of them watching extremely condensed versions of these films, constantly interrupting with commentary and/or other incidents.
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* MundaneUtility: Mal turned a lot of the ship parts into decor for the apartment, with the seats serving as convenient theater chairs, and the ship's screen as a TV.
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* MundaneUtility: Mal turned a lot of the ship parts into decor for the apartment, with the seats serving as convenient theater chairs, and the ship's screen as a TV. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He stranded him and O.G. on Earth as a result.]]
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The overarching plot of this series is that there are two aliens who live together, presumably in the titular Apt.51.51, after crashing through it. One seeks to dominate the human race, while the other is content to live life as it is. One way or another, they end up watching some of the worst that cinema has to offer. This usually takes on the form of them watching extremely condensed versions of these films, constantly interrupting with commentary and/or other incidents.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The DVD cover for "Robot Monster"]]
Apt. 51 is an extremely obscure short-lived series that can best be described as the poor man's Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000. It was distributed by Razor Digital Entertainment in 2005, amid a slew of low-budget works designed to cash in on the 3D craze at the time. This one has never been released on anything except DVDs, and the stock online is steadily running out, threatening to turn it into lost media.
The overarching plot of this series is that there are two aliens who live together, presumably in the titular Apt.51. One seeks to dominate the human race, while the other is content to live life as it is. One way or another, they end up watching some of the worst that cinema has to offer. This usually takes on the form of them watching extremely condensed versions of these films, constantly interrupting with commentary and/or other incidents.
Only two episodes were made, each respectively taking on Film/RobotMonster and Film/TheDevilBat.
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* AffectionateNickname: Our hosts endearingly refer to Bela Legosi's character in "Devil Bat" as Uncle Bela.
* PunnyTitle: It's a very obvious parody of the infamous urban legend surrounding Area 51.
* SubliminalAdvertising: "Devil Bat" is filled with FreezeFrameBonus messages that go hand-in-hand with the propaganda motif the episode is going for.
[[caption-width-right:350:The DVD cover for "Robot Monster"]]
Apt. 51 is an extremely obscure short-lived series that can best be described as the poor man's Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000. It was distributed by Razor Digital Entertainment in 2005, amid a slew of low-budget works designed to cash in on the 3D craze at the time. This one has never been released on anything except DVDs, and the stock online is steadily running out, threatening to turn it into lost media.
The overarching plot of this series is that there are two aliens who live together, presumably in the titular Apt.51. One seeks to dominate the human race, while the other is content to live life as it is. One way or another, they end up watching some of the worst that cinema has to offer. This usually takes on the form of them watching extremely condensed versions of these films, constantly interrupting with commentary and/or other incidents.
Only two episodes were made, each respectively taking on Film/RobotMonster and Film/TheDevilBat.
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* AffectionateNickname: Our hosts endearingly refer to Bela Legosi's character in "Devil Bat" as Uncle Bela.
* PunnyTitle: It's a very obvious parody of the infamous urban legend surrounding Area 51.
* SubliminalAdvertising: "Devil Bat" is filled with FreezeFrameBonus messages that go hand-in-hand with the propaganda motif the episode is going for.
