Line #34 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E03CityLimits


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Sounds like a clothing store for high school girls!]]
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4	Film watched: ''Film/CityLimits''
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6	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:4/videos/mst3k-074-citylimits here]].
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8	!!The Segments:
9	[[AC:Prologue]]
10	* Crow and Tom dump a load of ping-pong balls on Joel as an homage to ''Series/CaptainKangaroo''. He's not amused.
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12	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
13	* The SOL crew produce Mr. Meat & Potato-Head, perfect for new vegetarians who don't know what to do with the meat still in their freezers. The Mads have invented Tupperware which helps contain the freshness of pop stars. They demonstrate with Music/{{Morrissey}}, who's a little depressed.
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15	[[AC:Segment 2]]
16	* Crow presents his a cappella [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin love ballad to Kim Cattrall]], "Oh, Kim Cattrall". Then he ropes Joel, Tom, and Gypsy into recreating a scene from ''Film/{{Mannequin}}''.
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18	[[AC:Segment 3]]
19	* Crow and Tom leaf through their comic book collection, then start coming up with their own superheroes.
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21	[[AC:Segment 4]]
22	* Joel and the 'Bots come up with even more superheroes. They need to fill up the Fantastic 85, after all. Or is it Fantastic '''185'''?
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24	[[AC:Segment 5]]
25	* While playing the promotional City Limits Trivia Game from Subway, the crew realize that they can't remember anything about the film. The first fan letter would like to join the Information Club, while the second one tells some jokes. Morrissey is sniffing Dr. Forrester, forcing Frank to chloroform him.
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28	!!The ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' presentation of ''Film/CityLimits'' contains examples of:
29	* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The Fantastic 85, with such characters as "Lint-Attachment Man", "Jazz Trio Man", "Really Deep Man" ("He's really deep, man!") and "Always-Smells-Like-Maple Man".
30	-->'''Crow:''' Oh, I got one! He's called "Man Man". He's bestowed with all the powers of a man... but he's a man.
31	* BerserkButton: Joel gets increasingly irritated with the Bots' repeated ''[[Series/TheNBCMysteryMovie NBC Mystery Movie]]'' riffs every time a flashlight appears. By the start of the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E04TeenagersFromOuterSpace next episode]], Joel is putting them through BehavioralConditioning.
32	* CallBack: Frank singing "[[Film/TheGiantGilaMonster I sing whenever I sing whenever I sing]]" to himself during the opening skit.
33	** Joel makes a quick joke about a phone in the movie being the Cheese Phone that the Mads once used [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E13EarthVsTheSpider in a previous invention exchange]].
34	** Crow loses his eyes in the first segment and says [[DullSurprise "help me"]] in the same inflection as the random blind man from ''Film/RocketAttackUSA.''
35	** Joel references ''Film/TheSidehackers'', ''Series/MightyJack'', and ''Film/PodPeople'' when singing to the credits, ending his comparisons with a CurseCutShort.
36	** Crow mocks a buggy computer, saying "Must be System 7". Servo, the avowed Mac fan, protests "Hey!", harkening back to Crow and Servo's [[MediaNotes/ComputerWars PC/Mac debate]] from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E04GameraVsBarugon Gamera Vs. Barugon]]''.
37	* CelebCrush: Crow's crush on Creator/KimCattrall begins here and continues until ''Film/TheMagicSword,'' where his affections switch to Creator/EstelleWinwood.
38	* EndingFatigue: Servo and Crow get ''really'' impatient during the end credits, annoyed that they can't leave. [[invoked]]
39	-->'''Servo:''' ''CAN WE JUST PLEASE LEAVE NOW?!''
40	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Crow and Servo have this exchange as they sort through their comic books (also doubles as a TakeThat):
41	-->'''Crow:''' Shouldn't we be carefully placing these comic books in plastic bags?
42	-->'''Servo:''' No, we have lives.
43	* GagCensor: "Would you guys mind if I opened my umbrella here, I just thought, you never know when..."
44	* GlassesPull: Observed in Kim Cattrall's character:
45	-->'''Tom Servo:''' She just has those glasses so she can pull them off dramatically.
46	-->'''Crow:''' [[CelebCrush I like it!]]
47	* InstantSoprano: Referenced during a BatterUp brawl when one of the thugs falls prey to a Groin Attack:
48	-->Look, now he's a Vienna Boys Clipper!
49	* JokeAndReceive:
50	--> '''Clipper:''' Hey Ernie!
51	--> '''Joel imitating [[Series/SesameStreet Ernie]]:''' Yeah, Bert?
52	--> '''Clipper:''' Send him back!
53	--> '''Ernie:''' Shut it, Bert!
54	--> '''Joel:''' [laughs] It ''is'' Bert and Ernie!
55	* MoneyDearBoy: Their theory InUniverse on why James Earl Jones is in this: "You can't pay the rent doing August Wilson plays."
56	* RunningGag: A variation on "This is CNN" is uttered nearly every time James Earl Jones's character appears on screen.
57	* SceneryCensor: Joel stands up just at the right time while holding an umbrella to obscure a woman skinny-dipping.
58	* SeasonalRot: In-Universe. For their Invention Exchange, the Mads use Pop Star Tupperware to keep the freshness in pop stars, with Music/{{Morrissey}} as a start.
59	* ShoutOut: "[[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid Rules? In a knife fight?]]"
60	** As Robby Benson's character is talking on the phone, Crow responds as the other end of the call by saying, "Uh, yeah, your girlfriend just threw something off a bridge." That's a reference to Benson's role in TheFilmOfTheSong ''Ode to Billy Joe''.
61	--->'''Mick:''' I'll meet you at the station.
62	---> '''Joel:''' At the Series/ShiningTimeStation?
63	* SuperTeam: Joel and the bots develop a [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/List403.html list of increasingly oddly named superheroes]] to fill out their "Fantastic 85" (upgraded later in the episode to the "Fantastic 185").
64	-->'''Crow:''' Super Sim Catrall!
65	-->'''Joel:''' ''(confused)'' Super ''Sim'' Catrall?!
66	* {{Troll}}: Joel clearly was getting a kick out of using [[SceneryCensor his umbrella]].
67	* ThoseWackyNazis: Part of the SuperTeam is Professor Hitler and his Invisible Knee Machine.
68	* TooDumbToLive: Invoked by Crow.
69	--> '''Crow:''' You have to be really stupid to get hit by a car AFTER the apocalypse.
70	* WithLyrics: The guys sing along with the end credits.
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73	->'''Bolo:''' [[TheStinger AHHHHHHH!!!]] ''[[TheStinger (gets hit with an RC plane)]]''

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