Line #40 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E03DeathstalkerAndTheWarriors


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2	[[caption-width-right:325:Hey, where's the [[HeavyMetalUmlaut ümlaut]]?]]
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4	Film watched: ''Film/DeathstalkerAndTheWarriorsFromHell''
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6	->''"We're still fighting bravely for our vague goal!"''
7	-->--'''Crow T. Robot'''.
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9	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:7/videos/mst3k-146-deathstalkerandthewarriorsfromhell here]].
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11	!!The Segments:
12	[[AC:Prologue]]
13	* Crow has started an active lifestyle and shows off his newly-grown head of hair. It gets icky when he starts showing off his new calf and butt implants.
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15	[[AC:Segment 1]]
16	* Pearl is sick (with an intestinal parasite), and Dr. Forrester is sick of trying to fulfill her constant demands. Mike and the 'Bots act as annoying fast food clerks to drive him even more insane.
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18	[[AC:Segment 2]]
19	* The 'Bots have put on a Renaissance Festival for Mike, and are soon gouging out his wallet with overpriced attractions and colorful Medieval insults.
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21	[[AC:Segment 3]]
22	* The Renaissance Festival resumes at Mike's insistence, but it comes to an end when the 'Bots run out of things for Mike to waste his money on.
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24	[[AC:Segment 4]]
25	* Pearl is still sick and begging for relief. While Dr. Forrester slips away to get medicine, she begs Crow to read from her favorite book: a trashy romance novel titled ''Love's Sweet Throbbing Gondola''.
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27	[[AC:Segment 5]]
28	* Servo forges a ring of power for Mike to wear as he reads a letter, which doesn't actually do anything. Dr. Forrester has prepared a glass of poisoned milk to deal with his intolerably-sick mother... by chugging it himself.
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30	!!The ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' presentation of ''Film/DeathstalkerAndTheWarriorsFromHell'' contains these tropes:
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32	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Troxartas has a breathy, almost [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner-ian]] delivery.
33	-->'''Troxartas:''' This has, NOTHING to do with, being rich.\
34	'''Servo:''' ''[as Troxartas]'' I, put the, beats in my, own script and I'm, sticking, with them!
35	* AnnoyingPatient: Pearl has a parasite and spends the episode in bed, whining out her son's name.
36	* AsHimself: Or rather, the Warriors from Hell as themselves, during the opening credits crawl.
37	* AuthorAppeal: ''[=MST3k=]'''s ripping on [[RenaissanceFair RenFests]]. A particular BerserkButton for Frank Conniff, who left the previous season.
38	* BrokenRecord: Pearl is in agony, begging Dr. Forrester to help her, but there's nothing he can do except listen. ("[[SayMyName Clayton!... Clayton!... Oh, Clayton!... Clayton!...]]")
39	* BurgerFool: In the opening sequence the Satellite crew pretend to run a business like this (while Pearl is incessantly calling his name behind him and demanding to know what is taking so long) in order to drive Dr. Forrester nuts.
40	* CaliforniaDoubling: Invoked. The crew remarks on how it's unusually sunny and dry for [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval not-quite-Europe]].
41	-->'''Crow:''' I'd like to shoot everyone in this movie entirely in Mexico.
42	* {{Callback}}:
43	** "[[Film/TheDayTheEarthFroze Sampo! Sampo!]]"
44	** "[[Film/TheMagicSword Lodac, are you talking to the toilet again?]]"
45	** The music Pearl is listening to is from the ''Film/TheDaysOfOurYears'' short from the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan The Amazing Transparent Man]]'' episode.
46	** Pearl's repetitively yelling for Clayton, just like the injured Clayton kept calling out for Frank during ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]''.
47	* CallForward: When Deathstalker blows his cover by showing the princess's sister a stick (which he had pretended was a knife):
48	-->'''Mike:''' ''[using [[Film/ThePumaman Vadinho's]] voice]'' Get him, men, he kicked Tony!
49	* CreditsGag: Features singing some of the "[[Music/MenWithoutHats Safety Dance]]" song.
50	* DrivenToSuicide: In the very first host segment, Dr. Forrester tried to strangle himself to get away from Pearl. Later, in a parody of ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'', Clayton drinks the poisoned milk ''himself'' rather than listen to Pearl whine.
51	* FreezeFrameBonus: As an InJoke, the BurgerFool name badge Crow wears is Mary Jo [Pehl] while Servo is Paul [Chaplin].
52	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Joked about by the MST crew, when the title screen appears Mike wonders where the umlaut is.
53	* HollywoodDarkness: The crew take note of a couple scenes which are supposed to be nighttime, but instead look like broad daylight.
54	* MadeOfExplodium: The crew giggles when Troxartas explodes after getting stabbed.
55	-->'''Crow:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\
56	'''Servo:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat O-]]''[[SureLetsGoWithThat kay]]''.\
57	'''Crow:''' Apparently he eats jellied gasoline on toast every morning.
58	* MemeticMutation: "You always were a good judge of men, Deathstalker" became an oft-repeated riff in future eps and Podcast/RiffTrax. [[invoked]]
59	* MillsAndBoonProse: In-universe. Crow treats Pearl to a meandering, disjointed reading of a trashy romance novel.
60	-->'''Crow:''' ''[monotonously]'' ''Yielding'' petals of womanhood...
61	* NauseaFuel: Deathstalker's smugness at the end is enough for Servo. [[invoked]]
62	-->'''Deathstalker''': You once told me it's not easy being a princess. It's not easy being a hero, either.\
63	'''Servo:''' Never before has an entire medieval city thrown up at the same moment!
64	* NoodleIncident: Due to starting with the third ''Deathstalker'' movie, any [[CallBack Call Backs]] come across as this to Mike and the bots.
65	-->'''Deathstalker:''' Why do I always keep getting mixed up with princesses?!
66	-->'''Crow:''' [[LampshadeHanging Oh no, this is a sequel to somethin]]'!
67	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Crow wonders how long the accents at the start of the movie will last. They end up getting dropped within the ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent next line of dialogue]]''.
68	-->'''Crow:''' ''[as Deathstalker, with a ''thick'' Dixie accent, as the first princess mounts his horse]'' [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe I knewest thou would come around!]]
69	* OverlyLongGag: [[AnnoyingPatient A delirious Pearl]] calling Dr. Forrester's name: "Claaaaaaaaaaayyyyytooooonnnnn!!!"
70	* RenaissanceFair: They're overpriced, condescending, and all-around disappointing, based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Vitaman King Vitaman]] Renaissance Festival the 'Bots put on, but Mike's never been to one and is only too happy to get the full experience of being fleeced and insulted.
71	-->'''Mike:''' Oh, right! You're hurling medieval insults at me. Well, lay on, ratcatcher! ''[=[=][[BadBadActing hearty stage laugh]][=]=]''\
72	'''Crow:''' Ah, yeah, right. Well, come on, King Urinal.
73	* RingOfPower: Servo smiths a few in the final segment. The first one doesn't quite work, but after a quick zap back in the forge, it [[GoneHorriblyRight works all too well]], summoning [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings a balrog from Khazad-dûm]]. Once he's sure it's properly in-the-darkness binding them, Tom's back to work on seven more for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone.
74	* RunningGag:
75	** Many about how Nicias the wizard looks like he stepped out of a ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' book.
76	** As well as the cast looking like members of '80s rock bands ("It's Michael [=McDonald=] versus the guy from Loverboy!") dropped into a [[RenaissanceFair RenFair]].
77	** The numerous jokes about the bat wings on the warriors' helmets. Squeak! Squeak!
78	** And the incessant potato jokes when Deathstalker's girlfriend is onscreen (see TheStinger below).
79	* SayMyName: "Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! [[OverlyLongGag Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton! Clayton!]]"
80	-->'''Pearl:''' ...You're ''killing'' me, Clayton!
81	** At the end of the episode, as Dr. F drinks the posioned milk he prepares and keels over, Pearl utters his name one more time, no longer melodramatically whining and genuinely concerned.
82	* ShoutOut:
83	** The poisoned milk scene at the end is lifted from Alfred Hitchcock's film ''Film/{{Suspicion}}''.
84	** There are numerous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', including the closing sketch where Servo attempts to forge a RingOfPower for Mike. Keep in mind this was several years before the movies came out.
85	* SickEpisode: Pearl has an intestinal parasite and is making Clayton suffer along with her.
86	* SissyVillain: Invoked. Troxartas' bitchy behavior, [[LargeHam hammy delivery]], and skort evoke this reaction from Mike and the 'bots.
87	-->'''Troxartas:''' So... I've found my lost bride at last.\
88	'''Crow:''' ''[as Elizena]'' Oh, [[DudeLooksLikeALady you're a]] ''[[DudeLooksLikeALady guy]]!''\
89	'''Elizena:''' You're...\
90	''[Troxartas pulls down his scarf]''\
91	'''Servo:''' ''[as Troxartas]'' [[Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert Priscilla! Queen of the desert.]]
92	** Crow then has Troxartas claim he's Film/MrBNatural later.
93	* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse example. During one of the ineptly-shot battle scenes, Mike chuckles and declares "This is one of the most ambitiously bad movies we've ever done."
94	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: When the opening credits show "John Allen Nelson" in a faux-Old English (Tom dubs it "Extra Stuf Germanic") font:
95	-->'''Mike:''' ''Relson''? What kinda name is ''Relson''?\
96	'''Servo:''' "Nelson", it's "Nelson".\
97	'''Mike:''' That's one of the most clearly printed "R"s I've ever seen!
98	** ...After which Deathstalker [[RunningGag gets called "Relson" through the rest of the experiment]]. Considering that Mike knows very well what the word "Nelson" ''should'' look like, this might be a case of ItsPersonal.
99	* StylisticSuck: The [=RenFest=] during Segments 2 and 3 is terrible, incredibly overpriced and full of bored out-of-character performers and a dead camel, but Mike can't get enough, and the 'Bots take him for all he's worth.
100	* TakeThat:
101	** The host segments really take apart [=RenFests=].
102	** "The Michigan Militia!"
103	* TemptingFate: Mike calls this the most "ambitiously bad movie" the SOL had ever screened. [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion Ya sure about that, Mike]]?
104	* TooKinkyToTorture: Deathstalker seems to enjoy being tied down by the female [[TheDragon Dragon]] a little bit ''too'' much, and Crow calls him out on it.
105	-->'''Crow:''' His "area" is mocking us!!
106	* ViewerNameConfusion: In-universe. The character's name is ''Troxartas'', not "Trucks Artist".
107	-->'''Servo:''' Can you paint my van?\
108	'''Mike:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_truck It's Trucksartas, SUNDAY at the Metrodome!]]\
109	'''Crow:''' ''[as Deathstalker]'' Trucks artist! Good! I was thinking maybe the cover of ''[[Music/TheGratefulDead Mars Hotel]]'' on my van.
110	* WakingNonSequitur: A subversion. After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au3RziM9AfU Crow reads to Pearl]], she [[CassandraTruth tells Clayton about it]], but he assumes it's [[TalkingInYourSleep just the medication talking]].
111	-->'''Pearl:''' ''[half-asleep]'' There was a small golden man reading to me from a dirty book.
112	* WithCatlikeTread: To escape the bat soldiers chasing him, Deathstalker swings onto a tree limb above the trail, where Tom Servo points out he is still in plain sight.
113	-->'''Tom:''' (imitating soldiers) Hi Deathstalker, how you doin' up there? Watch your head, Deathstalker... Last guy in line, you wanna just stab Deathstalker up there?
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115	----
116	->"[[TheStinger Potatoes are what WE eat!]]"

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