History Trivia / MysteryScienceTheater3000

** ''The Final Sacrifice'' has gone in and out of licensing depending on the moods of its director. At first, Shout suggested it was unable to be licensed as Tjardus Greidanus was not a fan of the mockery the movie received. Eventually this hurdle was cleared by just [[MoneyDearBoy offering him more money for the rights.]] The episode received a DVD release and due to its meme status was featured on basically every streaming service that had access to [=MST3K=]. Unfortunately Tjardus would change his mind again and refused to renew the license, letting the episode once more disappear from circulation and streaming. At the moment it's also harder to find online as he aggressively tracks down unauthorized uploads of the episode to have them removed. The episode was finally seen again in May 2024 as part of a Season 9 marathon on YouTube, though this may have been a mistake on the distributor's part.

** ''The Final Sacrifice'' has gone in and out of licensing depending on the moods of its director. At first, Shout suggested it was unable to be licensed as Tjardus Greidanus was not a fan of the mockery the movie received. Eventually this hurdle was cleared by just [[MoneyDearBoy offering him more money for the rights.]] The episode received a DVD release and due to its meme status was featured on basically every streaming service that had access to [=MST3K=]. Unfortunately Tjardus would change his mind again and refused to renew the license, letting the episode once more disappear from circulation and streaming. At the moment its also harder to find online as he aggressively tracks down unauthorized uploads of the episode to have them removed.

* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Dr. Forrester was killed offscreen by his mother in between Seasons 7 and 8, due to Beaulieu leaving the show. A nod to this appears in Season 12 when Dr. Erdhardt passes by Moon 13 as he's fulfilling Frank and Dr. Forrester's final wishes to scatter their ashes to the tune of "Idiot Control Now!"

** Creator/ShoutFactory has announced that 12 episodes of the classic series may never be licensed, and unless that changes, Volume [=XXXIX=] is the final release of the classic series (barring re-releases of the out-of-print Rhino [=DVDs=]). Those episodes include ''Film/RocketshipXM'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''[[note]]This episode was accidentally released on original prints of Volume X, but Toho put a very fast stop on production. A new Volume X was then printed with ''The Giant Gila Monster'' replacing the Godzilla film.[[/note]], ''Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'', ''Film/TheAmazingColossalMan''[[note]]This episode was released on VHS.[[/note]], ''Film/ItConqueredTheWorld''[[note]]The short featured in this episode, ''Snow Thrills'', is a bonus feature on the disc for ''The Sword and the Dragon'' on the Volume XXIV DVD set.[[/note]], ''Film/FireMaidensOfOuterSpace'', ''Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures'', ''Film/TerrorFromTheYear5000'', ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf'', ''Film/TheDeadlyBees'', ''Film/TheSpaceChildren'',[[note]] The short featured in this episode, ''Century 21 Calling'', is a bonus feature on the disc for ''The Killer Shrews'' on the Volume 7 DVD set.[[/note]] and ''Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights''.[[note]]This episode has an official release on Shout Factory's streaming site.[[/note]]

** Joel, during his 2014 AMA said that black and white riffs during the early years were tinted blue as Comedy Central thought that people would not see the difference between the Shadowrama and the film.