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[[caption-width-right:350:"Is that like ''Macks the Knife''?"\\
"I think it's about a dog who changed his name."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E01RocketshipXM Mars, extending us a welcome!]]\\
[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E03JungleGoddess French fried potatoes!]]]]

Films watched: ''Film/XMarksTheSpot'' and ''Film/KingDinosaur''

''X Marks The Spot'', where a careless driver is killed in an accident and must plead his case in a heavenly courtroom, is notable for being the first short film featured on the show that was not an episode of a FilmSerial, such as ''The Phantom Creeps'' or ''Film/UnderseaKingdom''.

The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:2/videos/mst3k-044-kingdinosaur here]], and on the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3k=]]] [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81rfhN4TRFk here]].

!!The Segments:
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[[folder: Prologue ]]

* Joel reads some beat {{poetry}} to the 'Bots, who sport beatnik beards.

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[[folder: Segment 1/Invention Exchange ]]

* Joel's incredible invention is a pair of incredibly stinky sweat socks; make of that what you will. Frank accidentally flattens Dr. Forrester with a malfunctioning elevator and has to scoop him up with a shovel, so ''he's'' the invention this week, calling himself the "Pocket Scientist".

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[[folder: Segment 2 ]]

* Thanks to the short, Crow has an existential crisis and wonders whether he's qualified to tell people what to do, such as judging their driving habits.

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[[folder: Segment 3 ]]

* The film's animal star Joey the Lemur gets his very own song and educational bit. Joel gets rather carried away in the role.

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[[folder: Segment 4 ]]

* Joel is the star of the 'Bot's latest sketch, ''The Emotional Scientist'', but he doesn't want to do it. Crow fills in for all of ten seconds, but their turmoil over the idea causes Joel to step back in.

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[[folder: Segment 5 ]]

* Since this is the fourth Robert Lippert film the crew have seen, Crow demands an explanation... but not with visual aids or a song; he's not worth it. Joel compromises by demonstrating a theremin. As Joel gets carried away, Crow and Servo read a letter from fans in Milwaukee, even showing off a scorecard they created. The Mads decide to go to a Kurosawa film festival.

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!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/XMarksTheSpot'' has examples of:
* CurseCutShort: By Joel, of all people, as the Judge is flipping through his book for Joe Doakes' name.
-->'''Joel (as the Judge)''': Doakes... Doakes... I've got "Dickweed," "Dope," "Dumbsh-" Ah, here we go!
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Judge/Commissioner Arthur W. "Fudd" [=McGee's=] case of it is roundly mocked. "Impwove twaffic conditions."
* FictionalSport: Joke about how the running total of injuries and fatalities looks like a scoreboard.
-->'''Tom:''' And at the half-time, wow, Injuries are ahead of Fatalities here in New Jersey!
* HitlerAteSugar: Parodied by the Bots after the judge in the short makes an ominous implication intended for Joe's guardian.
-->'''Judge:''' That description fitted someone else I know... if you know who I mean.
-->'''Crow:''' "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler?]] Uh, no, [[DrivingStick he drove a stick]]."
* {{Joisey}}: The short is mocked for being produced in the state, naturally.
-->'''Judge:''' Born in New Jersey, eh?
-->'''Crow:''' I thought I smelled something.
* JuryDuty: When the judge [[BreakingTheFourthWall calls for the viewers to judge Joe]], Joel quips "We're stranded in space and we ''still'' have to pull jury duty."
* HistoricalInJoke: Joe supposedly ran down Creator/JamesDean.
* NoodleIncident:
-->'''Angel:''' I can't say Joe was out lookin' for trouble, but--
-->'''Crow:''' But I ''did'' find him [[HideYourLesbians down by the waterfront]] [[FanDisservice dressed in a spartan costume]] goin', "Kitty! Kitty!"
* NotBad: Even ''Tom'' is impressed with one of the car stunts, in which Joe's car narrowly misses two others skidding through a wet intersection.
* NotSoStoic: Joel blows up surprisingly early in the going. (Look who's talking.)
-->'''Commissioner:''' Without knowledge, without malice... without thinking.\\
'''Joel:''' Without ENERGY! Would you wake ''up?!'' ''[pantomimes slapping the commissioner across the face]''
* ParallelParking: An early scene has a MatchCut of a car fading into a narrow gap between two cars parked curbside. Tom Servo remarks, "Ah, parallel ''universe'' parking." The car's driver has to leave the space the old-fashioned way -- as Crow puts it, "He uses the Braille system".
* RousingSpeech: Crow delivers one to the audience (and himself) after being inspired by the short. {{Bait and switch}}ed at the end, though, when he pulls a big "Why ME?" and abdicates all responsibility.
* SarcasmMode:
-->'''Joe:''' I never hit-and-run!
-->'''Joel:''' Well, ''that'' changes ''everything''!
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Joel notes the angel is too happy to dump Joe. Almost word for word:
--->'''Joel:''' ''(as the angel)'' The hell with you, I'm outta here. ''([[DisappearsIntoLight angel fades away]])''
** During the Judge's ending speech, Joel and Tom bail early while Crow sticks around and takes it to heart.
* SeriousBusiness: When the Judge questions the audience's qualifications as drivers to judge Joe, Crow takes it oddly seriously.
* WhatWouldXDo: When Crow wrestles with the questions the Judge asked, he ponders, "What would Joel do?", then tells himself he has to stand on his own two foot-like appendages.
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!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/KingDinosaur'' has examples of:
* AmusingInjuries: Dr. Forrester gets pancaked by an elevator. Harshly averted with the lizards and baby alligator forced to battle it out.
* AnythingButThat: Upon seeing the opening credit "Lippert Productions", Joel and the Bots dredge up memories of other Lippert films they've been forced to watch.[[note]]They agonize over it being a Lippert production, never dreaming that the director, Bert I. Gordon, will cause them so much deeper hurting in the future.[[/note]]
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Joel and the bots mistake the kinkajou in the film for a lemur.
* BeeAfraid: "Relax?! There's a bee the size of a moose over there, and you want him to relax?!"
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: Servo does Frank's strange throat noise during the invention exchange.
* CallBack: Upon seeing the opening credit "Lippert Productions", Joel and the 'Bots dredge up memories of [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E01RocketshipXm other]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E03JungleGoddess Lippert]] [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E08LostContinent films]] they've been forced to watch.
* MightyWhitey: As usual, Joel and the 'bots pick up on TheFifties-style arrogance, especially after the NukeEm ending.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Averted. The crew are dismayed, with the bots begging Joel call Creator/BettyWhite (an animal rights activist).
-->'''Joel:''' You know, guys, lizards ''were'' hurt in the making of this film.
* TheScrappy: InUniverse example with Joel's puppet, "Joey the Lemur". Crow and Servo quickly get fed up with Joel's over-the-top obnoxious puppeteering. Fortunately, they don't take their frustrations out on the kinkajou that appears in the actual film.
** It also became one out of universe, to the point where the show itself spoofed it four seasons later in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E11LastOfTheWildHorses Last of the Wild Horses]]''. It doesn't help that Joel blows his lines several times; apparently this was the best take they got and everyone just wanted to move on.
** And even worse, Joey has not yet appeared in the film by the time the sketch happens, making it pretty darn confusing on first viewing. They try to cover it up with Joel saying he read a film guide that says it'll happen. Of course, ''many'' fans have pointed out that the problem would have been resolved a lot more smoothly by simply flip-flopping the sketch with the following one, which doesn't relate to the film at all.
** And to top it off, there's no lemur in the film anyway. Joey is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkajou kinkajou]].
* ShoutOut: [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 "I'm your boyfriend now!"]]
** Crow's spoken word[=/=]poetry is a reference to the song "Float On" by ''The Floaters'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, that's really what their name is]]), consists of each band member saying their sign, their name, and what they're looking for in a woman, with "Float, float on" in between each member.
* ShownTheirWork: Crow correctly points out that lizards don't stand erect. He later points out that iguanas are herbivores (which makes one playing the role of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' all the more ironic).
* {{Slurpasaur}}:
** Pointed out when Dick called the iguana a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
--->'''Dick''': It resembles the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from Earth's prehistoric age.
--->'''Servo''': No, it doesn't.
--->'''Crow''': Sorry, no way.
--->'''Dick''': ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', [[TitleDrop king dinosaur]].
--->'''Servo''': That's a lizard from Pet World.
--->'''Dick''': This monster dominates just as similar ones dominated Earth 125 million years ago. It's like living in the past.
--->'''Crow''': It's an ''iguana!''
--->''(later when Ralph and Patricia encounter the lizard)''
--->'''Patricia''': What is it?!
--->'''Crow''': It's an ''iguana'', now shut up!
** Lampshaded again when the "mammoths" show up.
--->'''Servo''': How did they get him to shake like that?
--->'''Joel''': They covered him with shag carpeting.
--->'''Servo''': Yeah. Poor elephant.
* SoundtrackDissonance: During the climax, the bots note that the musical score seems to be mocking the on-screen action (what with the muted trumpets going "Nah nah-nah NAAAH nah-nah NAAAH nah!" and all).
* ThatsGottaHurt: This is Joel and the bots' reaction to the reptile battles, which is made worse by the fact they're ''actual'' reptiles fighting to the death with each other.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Servo and Joel say "Oh, no!" when they see Robert Lippert's name in the credits ("[[Film/RocketshipXM Mars extending us a welcome!]]" "[[Film/JungleGoddess With some french-fried potatoes!]]") When Crow enters late, he asks what film they're watching. When they mention it's a Lippert film, Crow screams.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: One of the scientists laughs that there's nothing dangerous with the planet, and that there isn't any "race of super beings".
-->'''Servo:''' ''(as scientist)'' All we've seen are giant mutated animals!
* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: [[invoked]] On the riffers' part -- that's not a lemur, it's a kinkajou. They're actually not even related to lemurs, being more closely related to raccoons. It's probably the prehensile tail that did it.
* VisualPun:
-->'''Dr. Forrester:''' Okay, look at me. Take a long gawk at the pocket scientist!
* WhatTheHellHero: Every time Dick pushes one of the girls down -- which happens disturbingly often. Partly justified in that the women both qualify as TheLoad. The screaming load.
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->'''Patricia:''' [[TheStinger AHHHHHHHH!!!!!]]
->'''Ralph:''' ''([[TheStinger staggers to the ground]])''
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