Line #9 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E01WarriorOfTheLostWorld


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4	Film watched: ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''
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6	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:5/videos/mst3k-096-warriorofthelostworld here]].
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8	!!The Segments:
9	[[AC:Prologue]]
10	* Joel allows Tom to take a stab at giving a formal, respectable introduction to the show. His intro drags on when Crow heckles him and steals his script, forcing Tom to retaliate by shoving said script down his fellow 'Bot's throat.
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12	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
13	* The Mads' have invented a trendy new fitness tool dubbed the Square Master... which is just a mat you put on the floor, but it costs a cool $49.95[[note]] Or '''three''' payments of $29.99[[/note]]. Meanwhile, Joel has come up with Bittersweet Hearts, an awkward antacid alternative to Valentine's Day candy hearts for adults. Phrases include STILL MAD, I'M TESTED, and YOU'LL DO.
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15	[[AC:Segment 2]]
16	* Joel has converted Tom and Crow into a pair of slot cars, but Tom has trouble running the course. Joel admits he made some mistakes with him and drags Tom to the pit as Crow savors his victory.
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18	[[AC:Segment 3]]
19	* In a nod to Steve Allen, the crew perform a skit on what the movie would be like if the Warrior (Joel) didn't have his driver's license, forcing a humiliated and irritated Warrior to save the world from his mother's (Crow) backseat as he waits for her to pick out her new bra.
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21	[[AC:Segment 4]]
22	* The movie actually makes the apocalypse look pretty cozy, so the crew brainstorm ideas on how to spend it. Joel feels the need to remind the 'Bots to [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast pack extra prescription glasses]].
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24	[[AC:Segment 5]]
25	* Tom and Crow are bummed out by Megaweapon's death, so Joel calls him up to cheer up his little pals. The fan letter includes a photo of a birthday cake showing the crew watching ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''. The Mads' lifestyle has become more active thanks to the Square Master, and they're off to play tennis and enjoy some dancing.
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27	!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld'' provides examples of:
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29	* AlasPoorVillain: Megaweapon is particularly beloved by Joel and the Bots, especially when it runs over and kills Einstein.
30	* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing:
31	** Einstein's death is cheered on by Joel and the bots.
32	--->'''Servo:''' I can't tell you how deeply satisfying this is.
33	** Paper Chase Guy getting shot, as well as crashing Einstein into a cliffside earlier, also gets loud cheering.
34	* BaitAndSwitch: The middle host segment (with the Warrior riding around with his mother) ends with Joel, as the Warrior, shouting at everyone to "SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU! JUST SHUT UP!!" leading to a very long, uncomfortable pause. It looks like Joel lost his temper, but it turns out they just [[NoEnding forgot to write an ending]] for the sketch.
35	* BananaInTheTailpipe: Referenced. When the Warrior is hanging on underneath Megaweapon to sabotage it, Joel muses that he's putting a potato in the exhaust pipe.
36	* BookEnds:
37	** The title of the film prompts Joel to say, "Oh, I dunno..." dismissively. When just the word "WARRIOR" concludes the film, Tom says, "Oh, I don't know..."
38	** Also, in regards the film's own use of the trope: As the Rider is approaching at the start of the film, Crow shouts "WHOOO AAARRREEE YOOOUUUU???" and at the end, as the Rider departs, "WHOOO WEERRRRREEE YOOOUUUU???"
39	* CallBack: Frank motions to his side after working out, saying, "I can really feel it here", a reference to Ator's same comment in ''Film/CaveDwellers''.
40	** When the Paper Chase Guy is receiving mystical medical treatment after his bike crash, Crow remarks on the similarity to ''Hangar 18''.
41	* CallForward: When Kahmbatta points a gun at her father, Crow riffs, "I accuse my parents!" The crew wouldn't riff ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E07IAccuseMyParents I Accuse My Parents]]'' for another six episodes.
42	* CelebrityResemblance: Servo notes several dozen when they show a [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/List501a.html crowd shot near the end of the movie]].
43	* CozyCatastrophe: One of the sketches is devoted to lampshading the ample greenery and well-maintained roads of this post-apocalyptic future.
44	-->'''Crow:''' You know, Joel, I have to say what with the lush, green countryside, the well-maintained roads and buildings, and the ready availability of transportation, food, and fuel, I'm kinda looking ''forward'' to the Apocalypse!\
45	'''Servo:''' Yeah, provided that Paper Chase Guy doesn't survive!\
46	'''Joel:''' Guys, that's a terrible thing to say - ''nobody's'' looking forward to the Apocalypse, [[HypocriticalHumor though I do agree with you about the Paper Chase Guy]].\
47	'''Servo:''' Yeah, but -- Look at it this way, Joel; factor out the unfathomable human loss, and a guy could really get a lot ''done''!
48	* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]] Joel and the 'bots spend the entire film generating a healthy amount of disdain and disgust for Ginty's character. By the time he viciously decks the Tina Turner-lookalike, Joel growls, "Now I ''hate'' his everliving guts."
49	** It doesn't help that he killed Megaweapon, [[DracoInLeatherPants the]] ''[[DracoInLeatherPants real]]'' [[DracoInLeatherPants hero of the film]]. (Fortunately, Megaweapon calls the S.O.L. to reassure the crew he's alright.)
50	* DullSurprise: Not as obvious as with ''Film/AlienFromLA'', but Joel and the bots note that Ginty really undersells his reactions.
51	* FridgeHorror: InUniverse. During the credits, Crow has a realization:
52	-->'''Crow''': Uh, wait a minute, guys... Are these credits supposed to imply that there was a ''crew''?
53	* HopeSpot: A brief one for Joel and the Bots regarding Megaweapon:
54	-->'''Crow:''' "Oh, he seems fine..." (Megaweapon explodes) "Ah!"
55	* TheIllegible: The contrast is so horrible on the opening scroll that none of the ''[=MST3K=]'' crew can make it out.
56	--> '''Servo:''' The unclear war has been forgot?
57	--> '''Joel:''' All the gummy mints have colitis?
58	* KungFoley: The ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' treatment is the TropeNamer.
59	* LongList: Joel and the 'Bots provide a list of other actors who might have been chosen to play the Rider over the ''Paper Chase'' Guy.
60	** Towards the end of the movie, the camera pans over a cheering crowd, and Servo says "Look, it's ''(celebrity name)''!" for ''every single person'' (Although, the list ends when Robert Ginty's seen & Servo's stymied.)
61	---> '''Servo:''' Uh... I can't place him... ''Paper Chase'' guy?
62	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Toward the end of the episode, they call up Megaweapon (voiced by Michael J. Nelson) and have a pleasant chat with him. He's moved on from this film.
63	* MeaningfulName: Suggested when Donald Pleasance's credit comes up.
64	-->'''Joel:''' Oh, he's nice, very reasonable fellow.
65	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Square Master is this, with Dr. Forrester mentioning utilizing inertia, mass and gravity, i.e. things that don't even involve the mat, to get fit; he even suggests upping your workout game by buying a ''second'' Square Master to make a rectangle. And apparently, the square shape is [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope patented]].
66	* MyBelovedSmother: "What if the ''Paper Chase'' Guy hadn't gotten his license in time for the apocalypse? And then he had to have his ''mom'' drive him around in her Vista Cruiser station wagon? We think it would go something like this..."
67	** NoEnding: They couldn't figure out a way to end the sketch, and even admit as such on the way back into the theater.
68	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Robert Ginty is almost ''never'' called anything but "''The Paper Chase'' Guy" by anyone on the show. Joel briefly calls him "the Ginty-est" during the opening credits, but that's literally it.
69	* QuestionableCasting: [[invoked]] In Serov's LongList CelebrityResemblance gag, the camera pans past the white martial arts guy sitting in Lotus Position prompting "Creator/PatrickSwayze as [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Ghandi]]."
70	* RootingForTheEmpire: [[invoked]] Joel and the bots are BIG fans of the Omega's (nearly) invincible tank, Megaweapon. Most likely because its first act of villainy is to run over [[TheScrappy Einstein]] with extreme prejudice.
71	-->'''Servo''': Ooooh, yes... die, my darling, die!
72	-->'''All''': MEGAWEAPON! MEGAWEAPON! MEGAWEAPON!
73	-->'''Crow:''' Make it last!
74	-->'''Servo:''' Yes, make it ''slow''!
75	* RunningGag
76	** Jokes about the Professor looking like UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter (and/or Gary Busey)
77	** ANY FRUIT TO DECLARE?!
78	** Crow points out misspellings of the word "perimeter." By the third time it happens, he just shakes his head.
79	** The Series/{{password}} was "motor". <''ding!''> And then it was "speech". <''ding!''> And finally, it was "circulatory". <''ding.''>
80	** The cycle's incomplete phrases are completed with ''Series/MatchGame'' {{Shout Out}}s.
81	* ShoutOut:
82	** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Here are TWO unsuccessful insurance salesmen."]]
83	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After Einstein sings, "BEEP... BEEP... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_5593-skQ BOP-A-LOOLA]]", Servo groans, "Oh, is it too early to kill myself?"
84	** To the bots, Einstein is basically [[{{Blackface}} Robotface humor.]]
85	* VisualPun: When Paper Chase Guy slams a karate gang member into the yin-yang symbol on a van, Crow quips "Ooh, right in the [[UnusualEuphemism yin-yang]]!"
86	* WhatTheHellHero: From Joel and the Bots, chiefly due to the Rider's apparent misogyny. (For example, the first words out of his mouth when meeting Nastasia is: "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?")
87	-->'''Joel:''' ''(after Drifter decks the final female opponent)'' Now I ''hate'' his everliving guts.
88	* WunzaPlot: Declared when an odd grouping of LaResistance pass by.
89	--> '''Servo:''' This Fall, on NBC: Black Nazis, White Ninjas, and the Beige Berets.
90	** Of the TheyFightCrime variety: After [[CelebrityResemblance comparing two guys]] to Creator/DanielStern and Creator/RandyQuaid, Servo quietly tacks on "They're cops."
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93	->''[[TheStinger [The Rider stares at Nastasia]]]''

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