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2 | [[caption-width-right:263:"Look at this. It's another one of ''these''."]] |
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5 | [[caption-width-right:263:[[SarcasmMode "This is great. Back to back thrills."]]]] |
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7 | [[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mst3k_robot_monster.jpg]] |
8 | [[caption-width-right:263:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck ... oh man...]]]] |
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10 | -> '''Dr. Forrester:''' Anyway, your film today is ''Robot Monster''. It's a classic film that was nominated for a Golden Turkey Award for being one of the foulest films ever.\ |
11 | '''Dr. Erhardt:''' See, to call this film "wretched" would just be an insult to the word "wretched"! It stars '''no one!''' Oh, man, you won't ''believe'' this!\ |
12 | '''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, and to further your viewing displeasure, we have a double dose of that classic Commander Cody serial, ''Radar Men from the Moon''. Deal with it, pink boy!\ |
13 | '''Dr. Erhardt:''' Enjoy! |
14 | |
15 | Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapters 4 and 5 (serial) and ''Film/RobotMonster'' |
16 | |
17 | The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-028-robotmonster here]]. |
18 | |
19 | !!The Segments |
20 | [[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]] |
21 | * Joel invents the cummer-bubble-bund. Dr. Forrester invents a flame-based whoopee cushion. |
22 | |
23 | [[AC:Segment 2]] |
24 | * Joel and the Bots discuss the physics-defying nature of Commando Cody's jetpack. |
25 | |
26 | [[AC:Segment 3]] |
27 | * While pretending to be Ro-Man, Tom is ordered by Crow, playing the Great Guidance, to kill Joel. Joel responds by smashing breakaway chairs over Tom. |
28 | |
29 | [[AC:Segment 4]] |
30 | * Joel and the Bots discuss surrealism, influenced by the sheer nonsensicality of the film. Even Cambot gets in on the fun. |
31 | |
32 | [[AC:Segment 5]] |
33 | * Joel and the Bots, clad in trash bags, present a pageant about the inconsistencies of Ro-Man. |
34 | |
35 | !!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 4: Flight of Destruction'') has examples of: |
36 | * ForgotHeWasARobot: Servo sneezes at one point, prompting a bemused Joel to say “Hey, you’re not supposed to do that!” |
37 | ---- |
38 | |
39 | !!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 5: Murder Car'') has examples of: |
40 | * LogicBomb: When Joel tells the Bots about how bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly yet they do anyway, Servo's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]], and so does Crow's. [[CameraAbuse It even causes Cambot to malfunction.]] |
41 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Bots attempt to leave the theater when this chapter of the serial begins, forcing Joel to retrieve them. Twice. |
42 | -->'''Servo:''' This is Buddhist! You create us to suffer!\ |
43 | '''Joel:''' I'm {{surrounded by idiots}} of my own design! |
44 | ---- |
45 | |
46 | !!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RobotMonster'' has examples of: |
47 | * ActionFigureSpeech: The Ro-Men, looking for all the world like a guy in a gorilla suit wearing a space helmet flailed around wildly while speaking. |
48 | * AndCallHimGeorge: The TropeNamer is mentioned when one of the Ro-men picks up Alice. |
49 | -->'''Servo:''' I got the girl! I got the girl! Oh happy day! I will love her, and pet her, and hug her, and squeeze her, and call her Georgette. |
50 | * LamePunReaction: When Joel identifies a V-2 rocket, Crow jokes "I could've had a V-8!" and gets slapped. Servo also gets a slap for admitting that he found it funny. |
51 | * SanitySlippage: The bizarre, rambling eulogies Joel and the Bots compose for Ro-Man after the film even disturb the Mads with just how far gone they really are. |
52 | * WhosOnFirst: "Wyatt Ordung" was the film's screenwriter. The Bots take his name as a question, and choose "Wyatt". |
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