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[[caption-width-right:350:Ha! Every zombie nightmare I have, I'm [[NotWearingPantsDream naked at a hockey game]]!]]

-> "Okay, so he's mad that he's losing, but that's the way he likes it??"
-->-- '''Servo'''

Featured work: ''Film/ZombieNightmare''

Aboard the Satellite of Love, Mike and the Bots have fun with voodoo, hot tubs, and the [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West version]] of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.

The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:6/videos/mst3k-123-zombienightmare here]].
!!The Segments:
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[[folder: Prologue ]]

* Crow and Servo are dressed as the Secret Service, and have Mike under around-the-clock protection in anticipation of assassins. Even though there's no assassins, they still practice tackling Mike to the ground.

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[[folder: Segment 1 ]]

* The Mads have taken up voodoo, which they claim to be "a safe, economical way to inflict evil on the world". They also send their new Deep 13 Voodoo Kit to the Satellite to test it out. The crew up there uses black magic to do some good deeds, plus a bit of childish fun on Dr. Forrester.

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[[folder: Segment 2 ]]

* Crow is enjoying a magazine and some chocolates. Servo drives through in his race car and runs him down, mimicking the suddenness of Tony's death.

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[[folder: Segment 3 ]]

* The 'Bots share some pleasure time in a hot tub on the bridge. Mike pops up from the water after spearing a fish for dinner, throwing his mechanical pals into a panic.

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[[folder: Segment 4 ]]

* Servo and Mike respectively dress as Batman and Robin after they find a ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' screenplay that Crow had written, offering to act it out despite their apprehensions. When he finds out about it, Crow laughs up a storm, since he hated that screenplay and threw it out a long time ago. He gets second thoughts and decides to act it out with them anyway, but the others aren't amused in the slightest. Servo also gets too into character thanks to his costume.

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[[folder: Segment 5 ]]

* Instead of fan mail from viewers, the SOL crew read their own letters to Creator/AdamWest, where they ask him some rather scathing questions. The Mads' voodoo fad gets dangerous when Frank accidentally zombifies Dr. F.

!!The Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 presentation of ''Film/ZombieNightmare'' contains the following tropes:
* AffectionateParody: The ill-fated ''Batman'' play.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Dr. F sends the crew a voodoo kit to share in his obsession. They use black magic to do nice things for people, then to mess with the evil Dr. F.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Apparently, it's okay in Canada.
-->'''Waitress:''' I'm old enough to be your big sister.\\
'''Jim:''' Hey, that's cool, I always wanted to make it with my older sister!\\
'''Crow:''' Oh, so Canada has a [[DeepSouth South]], too!
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Cokie Roberts of Creator/{{NPR}} got a scalp massage. Her "on-air" reaction (provided by Mary Jo) was "pleasurable".
* EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit: Invoked: Servo [[LostInCharacter starts thinking his batsuit]] gives him special bat-powers. Mike (dressed as Robin) and Crow (whose idea the whole thing was in the first place, before he forgot) just think they look like dorks.
* EskimosArentReal: Crow's crack about the "Park Harpell" on the baseball field's scoreboard[[note]]"Ah, dyslexia strikes the scoreboard industry!"[[/note]] is quickly deflated by Mike recognizing it as Canadian English,[[note]]Well, Canadian bilingualism -- the movie was made in Montreal, so "Park Harpell" is a compromise between the Anglo Harpell Park and the French Parc Harpell.[[/note]] causing the crew to realize the film was made in Canada.
* DraggedOffToHell: Churchman's descent is commented on by the bots:
-->'''Crow:''' ''(thoroughly impressed)'' '''''WOW!''''' So Hell's right there!\\
'''Servo:''' Yeah. That’s why you should call before you dig.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: When Jim is driving:
-->'''Crow''': He's such a rebel, look at him ''cross that center line''.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Mike and the bots go into a host segment just as the blonde girl is about to be killed. Considering how [[CruelAndUnusualDeath graphic]] her death is, it's understandable.
** [[AssholeVictim Jim's]] death is also censored, sadly.
* HollywoodVoodoo: The Mads are into voodoo which they claim is a safe economic way to inflict evil on the world... which actually has a strong emphasis on helping others. Although it's possibly justified because this is the [[CardCarryingVillain evil and proud]] Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank we're talking about.
** M&TB used the Deep 13 Voodoo kit for some good by giving a ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything surprisingly sensual]]) scalp massage to Creator/{{NPR}} personality Cokie Roberts, combing the hair of some guy Mike went to school with, and giving UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter a hug. Though they also can't resist the urge to use it to mess with Dr. Forrester.
** Frank has accidentally turned Dr. F into a zombie by the end of the episode.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: "I think I'll take a stroll down 'Certain Doom Lane'."
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Parodied:
-->'''Crow:''' A little ominous in here.
-->'''Mike:''' A little ''too'' ominous in here.
-->'''Crow:''' Lotta cars in here.
-->'''Mike:''' A little ''too'' a lotta cars in here.
* KickTheDog: Even though they clearly don't want to, Mike and Tom get into costume so they can act out Crow's play about Batman. So, naturally, they aren't too pleased when Crow walks in, having forgotten to inform them he decided ''against'' running it.
* LostInCharacter: Servo becomes a little ''too'' enamored of his Franchise/{{Batman}} costume and BecomesTheMask, taking on Adam West's Batmannerisms.
-->'''Mike:''' ''(exasperated)'' God, we gotta cut you out of that thing. Let's--\\
'''Servo:''' Hang in there, old chum! Alfred! ''(to Mike)'' Don't touch me! [[Film/Batman1989 I'm Batman!]] Aunt Harriet! [[MaidenAunt Aunt Harriet]]! I need cookies! Cookies!
* NauseaFuel: Invoked. In a scene where Peter and Susie head for the hot tub to make out, Mike and the bots are audibly grossed out when Peter strips down to his briefs. They get ''particularly'' repulsed when his package goes right by the camera when he checks on a noise.
* NotWearingPantsDream: Discussed; during the movie's opening credits, Crow quips "Every Zombie Nightmare I have, I'm naked at a hockey game!"
* RapeAsDrama: The abuse heaped on the ''victim'' by the police is commented on.
-->'''Waitress:''' I told you, he wasn't my boyfriend! I didn't even ''like'' him!\\
'''Frank:''' Then why did you go into the alley with him?\\
'''Mike''' ''(just a tad bit irritated with Frank's attitude):'' Oh, ''right'', ''blame the victim''.\\
'''Servo:''' [[SarcasmMode Captain Sensitive on the job here.]]
* RunningGag:
** Repeated {{shout out}}s to Adam West and ''Batman'', naturally.
** In particular, West is still upset about not getting a cameo in Creator/TimBurton's 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film. "Let's make a Batman movie and ''not'' call Adam West!"[[note]]For those wondering why, West was never approached about making one, but also said he probably would've told them "no" if he had been.[[/note]]
** Mocking the trying-too-hard hard rock soundtrack, especially Jon Mikl Thor (Tony)'s band Thor.
** When Captain Churchman yells "HEY!" at subordinate Detective Sorrell as he leaves, Mike and the bots repeatedly say "HEY!" in unrelated situations for the next minute.
** In one scene, Jim throws some leftover spaghetti at his mom before leaving the house. This causes Mike and the bots to bring it up a couple more times, such as, "Threw some meat loaf at my mom this morning."
* ShoutOut:
** [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof "Is this the little girl I carried..."]]
** [[Music/HarryNilsson "Put de lime in de coconut..."]]
** They go heavy on the riffing on/[[TakeThat roasting]] of Adam West and ''Batman'':
*** The moment West's character Churchman is introduced, Servo quips, "What's THIS?"
*** Mike and the bots repeatedly snicker at [[TheCoroner the medical examiner's]] [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent odd accent]], saying he sounds like Creator/BurgessMeredith's take on ComicBook/ThePenguin. "''[[AnnoyingLaugh *waughwaughwaughwaugh*]]''"
*** Mike and Servo are dressed in embarrassing Robin and Batman costumes (respectively) for the Batman playlet Crow's not doing anymore in Segment 4. Crow does Frank Gorshin's [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]]: "Riddle me this, Batman! Hoohoohoohoo!"
*** "''(sniff)'' You were the bestest Batman ever... Goodbye Creator/CesarRomero!"
*** The 'Bots' letters to West at the end of the episode: "Do you feel pretty crappy now that ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Theatre Danger Theatre]]'' and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Precinct Last Precinct]]'' has been canceled?" and "I heard ''[[Film/YoungLadyChatterleyII Lady Chatterley's Lover II]]'' was pretty good, although [[TooSexyForThisTimeslot I'm not allowed to see it]][[invoked]]."
*** When Churchman is introduced, Mike hums, "Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah..."
* TwoWordsICantCount: After Dr. Forrester sends Mike and the Bots a "voodoo kit", he tells them "In two words, en-joy!"
* WarmWaterWhiz: As mentioned above, Mike and the Bots use a voodoo doll to mess with Dr. F. It culminates when they stick the doll's hand in a bowl of water, causing Forrester to wet himself when he's ''in the middle of introducing the film.''
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->''[[TheStinger [Voodoo chanting followed by]]]'' "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR"!
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