Line #1 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E02TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Ever heard of serials before?"\
3	"Yeah, light oat."]]
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5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/18c1d328458303a81ccc2447e1e1dd5d.jpg]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:"Robot?"\
7	"Yaaaay!"\
8	"Versus the Aztec Mummy?"\
9	"Booooo!"]]
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11	-> '''Joel:''' Alright. So, uh, what's this week's experiment?\
12	'''Dr. Erdhardt:''' It's called ''The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy'', and it's almost as annoying as this stupid Chalkman here.\
13	'''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, but first, we're going to scour your palette with a little cinematic science-fiction sorbet. It's an old serial called "Commando Cody and the Rocket Men from the Moon".
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15	->'''Crow:''' This is the kind of movie you don't put on pause when you leave the room.
16	->'''Servo:''' It invites you to make a sandwich.
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18	Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapter 1 (serial) and ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy''
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20	The second episode of the series sees the Satellite of Love overrun by "Demon Dogs"--obnoxious canine skeletons from space who swarm the ship and threaten to send it sinking back into the Earth's atmosphere.
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22	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-023-therobotvstheaztecmummy here]], and on the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3k=]]] [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]].
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24	!!The Segments
25	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
26	* Joel invents an airbag helmet for motorcyclists. Dr. Forrester invents the Chalkman, a record player that produces the sound of NailsOnABlackboard to get rid of lingering party guests, then accidentally demonstrates his new security measures on himself and Larry.
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28	[[AC:Segment 2]]
29	* A mob of extraterrestrial dog skeletons known as Demon Dogs invade the SOL, leaving Tom Servo to try (and fail) to shoo them away.
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31	[[AC:Segment 3]]
32	* Enoch, the King of the Demon Dogs, comes aboard the Satellite to reveal that he and his subjects thought it was a giant bone-shaped chew toy that they intended to bury. After learning that it was inhabited, Enoch declares that he's changed his mind and will convince his subjects to leave the ship alone. Unfortunately, Gypsy winds up eating him.
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34	[[AC:Segment 4]]
35	* Crow disguises himself as Enoch in an attempt to get the Demon Dogs to listen to him. It doesn't end well.
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37	[[AC:Segment 5]]
38	* The Demon Dogs manage to break inside the SOL and overwhelm the crew, but Joel is able to get rid of them by launching a tennis-ball shaped probe for them to fetch. Servo rains on his parade by reminding him that fetch means "get and bring back".
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40	!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 1: Moon Rocket'') has examples of:
41	* BBCQuarry: Joel lampshades this:
42	-->'''Joel:''' Hey, the moon looks just like Arizona, you guys!
43	* DontExplainTheJoke: During the serial, there's a scene in the moon lab where a tall, tapered object with a round top is seen:
44	-->'''Crow:''' "Fresh ground pepper?" ''(after a {{beat}}, turning to Joel)'' It looks like a pepper mill.
45	-->'''Joel:''' Yeah.
46	-->'''Crow:''' Yeah, get it?
47	-->'''Joel:''' Mm-hmm.
48	-->'''Servo:''' I'm laughing hard inside.
49	* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: As Cody descends in an elevator to the moon lab:
50	-->'''Crow:''' First floor: Lingerie, ready-to-wear, notions, toupées...
51	-->'''Joel:''' Moon men...
52	-->'''Servo:''' [[{{Pun}} Threepées]]...
53	* ShoutOut:
54	** As Commando Cody suits up in ''Radar Men from the Moon'', Tom riffs [[Music/DavidBowie "Take your protein pills, and put your helmet on!"]]
55	** "[[Series/{{Newhart}} This is my brother Xenon, and my other brother Xenon.]]"
56	----
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58	!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy'' has examples of:
59	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: You cannot, in fact, weigh down an object floating in space to the point that it "falls" to Earth. (An object in stable orbit which increases substantially in mass is nudged ''away'' from its primary. It's complicated.)
60	* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the Bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".
61	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Discussed in the ''Amazing Colossal Episode Guide'':
62	-->'''Michael J. Nelson:''' We were still experimenting with the movie comments and we look back with embarrassment at two particular gags. One involved Joel covering the mouth of a woman singing and the singing becoming muted. The other, even more shameful, was adding the sound of men, ahem, urinating when there was a shot of them with their backs turned. Both broke the rules of the show and both were quite stupid. We're really very sorry.
63	** Kevin Murphy also said this was the one and only time they ended up doing tequila shots to get through the writing of the riffs.
64	** Also; Gypsy at this point is basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly eats Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.
65	* HordeOfAlienLocusts: Parodied with the Demon Dogs, whose only real threat is in weighing down the SOL to the point that it "sinks".
66	* ImmuneToBullets: Joel and the Bots discuss this with the titular mummy.
67	-->'''Joel:''' Bullets bounce right off.
68	-->'''Crow:''' Or go right through.
69	-->'''Tom:''' Doesn't really matter...
70	* ManOnFire: After seeing the gravekeeper run away screaming after the Robot sets him on fire, Crow quips "Immolation is the sincerest form of flattery."
71	* NailsOnABlackboard: Dr. Forrester invents the "Chalkman"--a record player where the "record" is a circular piece of chalkboard and the "needle" is a prosthetic hand with real human fingernails.
72	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
73	** Enoch, king of the Demon Dogs, comes to broker peace with Joel and the Bots. Gypsy eats him for no discernible reason.
74	** Joel sets one of the probes on the SOL for the remaining Demon Dogs to fetch. Servo points out that fetch means "go and bring back", meaning the crew is still in trouble if/when the Demon Dogs catch that probe. Joel then {{Facepalm}}s.
75	* NoodleIncident: Dr. Erhardt begs Dr. Forrester not to blow up the convention center if he doesn't win the mad scientist competition, and Forrester protests that he only did that twice; the third time technically counted as ''burning down'' the convention center.
76	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:
77	-->'''Narrator:''' How far can the human mind penetrate the mysteries of the great beyond?\
78	'''Crow:''' Thirteen feet, four inches. 1920 Olympics.
79	* RunningGag:
80	** Every set in the movie looks like a miniature golf course to Joel.
81	** Joel and the Bots keep pointing out Pinacate's resemblance to [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the Barber]].
82	* ShootingSuperman: Tom riffs one one of the bad guys shooting at the Mummy even though it clearly has no effect.
83	-->'''Tom:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Yeah, keep shooting Bruno, it's gonna work, really.
84	* ShoutOut:
85	** "[[Series/{{Dragnet}} My name is Friday. I carry a badge.]] [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre I don't need no stinking badge.]]"
86	** "[[Film/SinginInTheRain I ceean't stan' 'im!"]]

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