History YMMV / HorrorsOfSpiderIsland

** When the plane takes off from New York, it's a twin-engine Convair CV-240. When it reaches cruising altitude, it's a four-engine Focke-Wulf Kondor. When it's diving into the ocean, on fire, it's stock footage of a stricken B-24 bomber from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

** When the plane takes off from New York, it's a twin-engine Convair CV-240. When it reaches cruising altitude, it's a four-engine Douglas DC-6. When it's diving into the ocean, on fire, it's stock footage of a stricken B-17 bomber from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Fans of the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode seem to be rather fond of Babs. This is helped by the fact that she comes across as a fairly tough, no-nonsense, [[DeadPanSnarker snarker.]] Despite having a few JerkAss moments, she is one of the only women in the movie that has a distinct personality and is portrayed as relatively competent. Not hurting this at all is the fact that she is a huge source of FanService throughout the movie.
* LesYay: Two dancers insist they never dance in separate groups. Babs sneers she's had enough men. Of course, they all find the professor's assistants irresistable, so it could be a case of GirlOnGirlIsHot titilation.

** When the plane takes off from New York, it's a twin-engine Convair CV-240. When it reaches cruising altitude, it's a four-engine Douglas DC-6. When it's diving into the ocean, on fire, it's stock footage of a stricken B-17 bomber from World War II.
** In a decidedly more mundane case, the stripper gets slapped at some point. While they play the sound effects, it's not only incredibly obvious that no contact was made, but the stripper ''doesn't even physically react'' to being hit.

** In a decidedly more mundane case, the stripper gets slapped at some point. While they play the sound effects, it's not only incredibly obvious that no contact was made, but the stripper ''doesn't even physically react'' to being hit.
* UnfortunateImplications: ''Loads.'' As Mike and the bots put it, apparently when you're a woman in a plane crash, you instantly become languid, helpless, and sex-starved, and you murmur a lot.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Fans of the MST3k episode seem to be rather fond of Babs. This is helped by the fact that she comes across as a fairly tough, no-nonsense, [[DeadPanSnarker snarker.]] Despite having a few JerkAss moments, she is one of the only women in the movie that has a distinct personality and is portrayed as relatively competent. Not hurting this at all is the fact that she is a huge source of FanService throughout the movie.

** In a decidedly more mundane case, the stripper gets slapped at some point. While they play the sound effects, it's not only incredibly obvious that no contact was made, but the stripper ''doesn't even physically react'' to being hit.

!!''HorrorsOfSpiderIsland'' contains the following tropes:

** In a decidedly more mundane case, the stripper gets slapped at some point. While they play the sound effects, it's not only incredibly obvious that no contact was made, but the stripper ''doesn't even react'' to being hit.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The plane crash is shown with stock footage, with the girls screaming in front of a black background. Because that's how airplanes were in the 1960s, I guess.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The plane crash is shown with stock footage, with the girls screaming in front of a black background. Because that's how airplanes were in the 1960s, I guess.

!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation contains these tropes:

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The bots become ever so slightly overwhelmed when Linda [[FanService starts stripping to her underwear]] during her interview.
-->'''Linda:''' Shall I... ''dance'' for you?
-->'''Crow:''' '''[++YES, FOR GOD'S SAKE! ''YES!!''++]'''
** Can't forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WJDHoo_t4 the host segment that parodies the plane crash from the movie]].