Line #11 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack


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2	[[caption-width-right:355:The story of a brave pancake, starring Aunt Jemima and Flap the Wonder Dog.]]
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4	Film Watched: ''Series/MightyJack''
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6	This is one of the nine Sandy Frank Japanese films originally used for a KTMA episode that was riffed anew a few years later on Creator/ComedyCentral.
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8	The latter episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:3/videos/mst3k-061-mightyjack here]].
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10	!!The KTMA Segments:
11	[[AC:Segment 1]]
12	* The Mads are arguing over whether they're really mad scientists or just angry.
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14	[[AC:Segment 2]]
15	* The 'Bots have welded themselves together after reading about a prank in ''Boys' Life''. They're not sure how Joel's supposed to find it funny, so they ask him what would. He suggests women's clothing.
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17	[[AC:Segment 3]]
18	* Crow and Servo try to figure out how a sense of humor works. [[HilariousInHindsight They wonder if killing Joel would be funny.]]
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20	[[AC:Segment 4]]
21	* Joel wants to play some games, but the 'Bots don't want to as he always beats them. Joel makes a mental note to not add free will when making more robots.
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23	[[AC: Segment 5]]
24	* It's time for letters! Servo gets a compliment for a riff in [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S0EK13SSTDeathFlight the previous movie]], then a second letter suggests making him less "empty-headed".
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26	!!The Comedy Central Segments:
27	[[AC:Prologue]]
28	* Disaster has struck the Satellite of Love! Joel is ''dead''! The 'Bots are wrecked! It's '''pandemonium!'''... [[MythologyGag No, wait, they're just fooling around.]]
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30	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
31	* For secret agents who need to change out of their wetsuits and into their tuxes quickly, but don't have time to change footwear, the Mads present Formal Flippers, also available in a lady's model. Joel focuses on winter headwear and figures, since kids don't like hats and earmuffs, now they can wear earmuffs that look like actual ears, also available in [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan]].
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33	[[AC:Segment 2]]
34	* Tom and Crow use Joel to test-market their new product: Mighty Jack dog food, with Gypsy as the dog. It comes in the flavors of regular, mailman, and cat.
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36	[[AC:Segment 3]]
37	* Mimicking the film, Servo (with Crow as his cat) traps Joel inside a torture box with lights to blind him. He decides to just close his eyes, thwarting his plans.
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39	[[AC:Segment 4]]
40	* Crow's ''Earth vs. Soup'' has been turning heads in Hollywood, so Joel puts an aquarium in front of Cambot to acts out some underwater sequences. The 'Bots are concerned about his state of mind.
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42	[[AC:Segment 5]]
43	* Joel and the 'Bots are salty sea dogs who sing the sea shanty "Slow the Plot Down". Frank gets inspired to join in the fun and dresses as a pirate while quoting Herman Melville, annoying Dr. Forrester
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45	!!The KTMA version of ''Series/MightyJack'' contains examples of:
46	* DeletedScene: A prologue showing the Mighty Jack team assembling and launching that was cut out of the Comedy Central version is included here. Another deleted scene showed one of the Mighty Jack team trying to rescue Atari, and getting ''himself'' stupidly captured instead.
47	* HumorlessAliens: During a host segment the bots try to understand what Joel finds funny.
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49	!!The Creator/ComedyCentral version of ''Series/MightyJack'' contains examples of:
50	* FakeKillScare: The episode begins with the SOL apparently under attack by some kind of creature, alarms blaring, full of smoke and fire suppression foam, Joel dead on the desk... Psych, it's just the crew pranking the audience.
51	-->'''Joel & The 'Bots:''' Faaaaace.
52	* {{IKEA Weaponry}}: Crow's frustrated with a long scene of a Mighty Jack agent assembling an extended barrel for his sidearm.
53	-->'''Crow:''' What is that, a pool cue or a [[HollywoodSilencer silencer]]?... Put ''that'' part on, that makes it loud again... Oh, and ''that'' attachment for the ''hard-to-reach'' assassinations! (How many silencers does he need?)
54	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After the bots pitch their idea for Mighty Jack dog food, an unimpressed Joel points at the camera and suggests they watch some real commercials.
55	-->'''Joel:''' I think we have very different views of advertising -- let's see how the pros do it.
56	* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The joke of[[invoked]] the FakeKillScare runs on ''[=MST3K=]'' being a NegativeContinuity sci-fi spoof, not the kind of serious, serialized show that's going to start killing off main characters.
57	* MrFanservice: Dr. Forrester in the ladies' Formal Flippers. The man has ''legs''.
58	* MythologyGag: It would seem that Crow and Tom finally figured out if killing Joel would be funny.
59	* RunningGag:
60	** Regarding the [[SpecialEffectsFailure bad miniature effects]][[invoked]]: "[[TongueTwister Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.]]"
61	** Jokes about the BigBad's RightHandCat, even extending to the host segment advertising dog food.
62	** Complaining about the titular CoolPlane constantly making bank turns.
63	* SkewedPriorities: Crow's been blinded, Tom's lost his dome, the Satellite is still under fire, and what is Joel thinking about?
64	-->'''Joel:''' Got five seconds to live...! Must... get... personal finances... in order...! ''(dies)''
65	* SongParody: Joel and the Bots sing a "[[PirateSong plot shanty]]" (with Joel mime-playing [[AccordionToMostSailors a concertina]]) about all the {{Padding}}[[invoked]] in the film, "Slow the Plot Down" (ie. "Blow the Man Down")
66	-->'''Joel & The 'Bots:''' ''We'll make you a movie that's long and immense\
67	Way hey, slow the plot down\
68	Just give us a script that makes no friggin' sense --\
69	We'll try so hard to slow the plot down''
70	* SpyTuxReveal: Frank wears a tuxedo and a scuba tank when the Mads reveal their new invention: the "Formal Flipper", dress shoes (or high-heels) with swim fins attached.
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73	->''[[TheStinger [A man with a briefcase crouches down, on said briefcase]]]''

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